The Kanzas news., 1859-05-07
La LAWYERS 5 in l' the sickles Case,

Lawyers II the sickles Case,
The following sketch of the lawyers, en-
gagged on this case. from the Philadelphis
Press, viii be efounda of considerable inter.
est: 900 8. s.sizHialssti Eesse s.lisse. agssl
The broad figure, and easy manner O
Robert ould. the prosecuting attorney. and
the ruddy complexion and sharp eyes oi
his colleague in this case, james II. Car
Isle. are known to fgeqashtefs of the Court.
Equally well known is the careful, attsntive
watchfulness of the hard hesd. slightly COW
|ered with yellowish gray hair. and pale
features of Daniel Radcliffe. who. specta.
cles on nose, is reading the juFYsliss as
though be we're reading the men instead OF
their names. The bland looking gentleman
who asks Judge Crawford if the court win
give lime for the former to put in legal
Shape an execution made against a decision
of the latter, is Mr.. Phillips, of Alabama.
now domiciled in this city. He is a law
yer of great force aud tact, and has the gen.
eral management of the defence.
Close to him. and TO the right OF Rad
cliffe, is T. F. Meagher,, who. by the way,
says that Phillips face has strong rssem-
blance, to that of Charles Phillips, once cell
|ebraIed as an orator of the pyrotechnic or
der, and lately deceased. Mr.. Meagher. jun
ior counsel, very a.tentivelS watches the pro-
ceedings, now and then making a note,
which probably the court will hear before
the case is brought to q close, e; zsz,.z,,,-r
Who is that full-bodied, fresh faced per,
sonage, with the. sleek, whitish hair. and
mobile expression about the mouth? That
is Mr. Chillon. of Virginia, who has. high
repute for effective jury eloquenee.IHaNear
him is Mr. Magruder, also Virginian law
yer of note. Between the Virginians-i in
the stylish blue surtout--that ratheE plump,
full breasted person with the Well-cht fea.
lures, crowned with awig which seems to
have been rubbed against the dollars made
by the head it covers, is John Graham, the
noted New York criminal lawyer. and eid-
,est son of the famous David E. Graham 4
The gentleman before us is ratherrenowned
for the fearlessHess and GeFcsness Of his
invectiye, or shall say legaliyiyacity? As
counsel for Sickles, in his suit against the
Herald. two years ago. Mr.. Graham applied
the scalping knife somewhat vigorously to
the proprietor of that sheet. He is the
same Graham who, some years since. gave
Bennett cowhiding On Broadway -,
On the other side of the table. next to
the District Attorney, is one whose expan-
sive forehead, impending brows. aud how-.
ing beard, would make fine study for a
painter, !, He is Edwin Stanton. of Pitts.
burg. He is the leading adviser of the de-
fence, and is among lawyers Of prominence,
accorded a high position for lsagacity, pro-
fundity aud black letter lole. On Stanton's g
right is head---one that might be called
bulbously msssive--negligently covered
with profusion of black aud silver .curls,
some of which very witchingly lap over the
forehead in Byronic manner. The bright
ness and playfulness of the steel-blue eye
shows the rapidity and yivacity, the force,
and ferver of the mind that speaks through
it with an intelligence which its owner has
the rare gift of putting into the most suita
BILE and telling language. In New York
every man, woman and child, almost. knows
that romantic-looking head to belong to
James T. Brady, and there is every reason
to believe that he will acknowledge it here
Brady is asmall man, narrowing dowhwards
from his forehead. which gives him the ap-
pearance (no doubt intended by Providence
of note of admiration! He deservedly
has great reputation in New York. His
iocosily is somewhat less than his stability,
and his force of eloquence only yields to RI
gidity of logic, when occasions demand that
the sternness of the latter should put the
rhetoric fascination of the former in lead.
ing strings. .7 80, -