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Show TELEGRAPHIC iiii: it 1:1:4 ifli:it nc mi.. Whull Slic.Mloro liltoii lIM7 Iteuch'H I'ii-turu of flic 'Mlneor New York, 9. At tho optininc: of tho trial this morning, .fmlyu Neilson , stilted lie was informed by the alitor of tho Tribune thut tlic pamphlet . containing tho aa-callcd ollirinl report re-port of tlio first part of tho trial wan t not iaaiiRd from the Tribune oflico. r Tlio judge uunsurcd publiahers for , their sovoro criticiHNi of Moultoa, and hoped tho ollenso would not be repotted. re-potted. Fryor continueti Inn argumeut ' in favor of receiving the tt'wtimotiy of Tilton, allying tliat the .let of 1807 contemplated no unch thing an parties in Miita in cnsL'3 of uthdtcry, tcatifying for -jr against oacliothcir, and quoliiiL; the former deci-ion of cuurts in support sup-port ot thin position. At tlio conchiHi'jii of '.'ryor'H argument, argu-ment, Beach, on the sanio aide, rose to suHtain his (Pryor's) view oi the case. He complimented tlio oratorical orator-ical displny of the dnfcndnnt's coim-sol, coim-sol, but said it would have KOiinded better if it had come Irom one who was not defending a man who was not believed to bo walking in the illustrious il-lustrious footsteps of liia master. JTo argued tho injusltco ef allowing tlio seducer on tlio etund while the man he had wronged was forced to ait ailently by. ido drew a picture of a happy home, tho wifo a weak, frail woman, devoted lo her husband, her early choice, the lather of her children; chil-dren; her pus tor, learned, honored, gifted. Ah ! lie had a silver tongue that would charm an angel out of paradise, lfe exerted upon her all bis arts and she fell. Is aho to be blamed ? Was the pro;ecution brought against her for her condemnation con-demnation ? Oh, no ! Consider how strong ho was, how weak she wits. Imagine tho suspicious way in which ho taught her that fornication was 1 but a species of love. This seducer was brought into tho hall of justice to answer for his crime. Iteaeli then quoted nunieroiiB precedents in sup- ; port of his proposition that in such cases uusband and wifo may testify : iigainst each other. Without conclud- 1 Lug his argument 11 recess was taken. , |