Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-04-11
THE GAZETTE.
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL II. 1859.
.TUE COUNSEL IN rHECASE."


THE COUNSEL IN THE CASE"
The following sketch ofthe lawyers engas-
ed on the Sickles case from the Philadelphia
press" will be found Of much interest;
The broad figure and easy manner OF 10
bert Ould, the prosecuting attorney, ana the
ruddy complexion and sharp eyes OF his col
league in this case, James NJ. Carlisle, are
well known to frequenters OF the court
Equally well known is the careful. attentive
watchtulness of the hard head, slightly COW
cred with yellowish-grey hair, and pale fe''-
lures of Daniel Radcliffe. who, spectacles on
nose is reading the jury-list as though he
were reading the men instead oi their names.
The bland-looking gentleman who asks Judge
Crawford if the court will give time Tor the
former to put in legal shape an exception
ma lie against decision of the latter, IS Mr..
Phillips of Alabama, now domiciied IN tins
city. He is "a lawyer of great force and tact
and has the general management OF the de-
fence. Close to him and and to the right of
Radcliffe, is T. F. Meagher, who, by the way,
says that Phillips face has strong resemb-
lance to that of Charles Phillips, once celebra-
ted as an orator of the pyrotechnic order, aud
lately deceased Mr.. Meagher, Junior coun-
sell very attentively watches the proceedings,
now and then making note which probably
the ears ofthe court will hear before the case
is brought to close Who is that full-bodi-
ed, fresh-faced parsonage, with the sleek
whitsh hair and mobile expression about the
mouth? That is Mr.. Chiffon, Of Virginia.
who has high repute for effective jury eo-
quence.
Near him is Mr.. Magruder, also Virginia
LAWYER of note. Between the Nirginans-in
the stylish blue surtout cOat-that rather
plump, full-breasted person with the well-cut
features, crowned with a wig which seems to
have been rubbed against the dollars made by
the head it covers, is John Graham, the not
ed New York criminal lawyer, and eldest
son of the famous David r. Graham. The
gentleman before US is rather renowned Tor
the fearlessness and ferceness Of his invec-
tive, or shall say legal vivacity. As coun-
sci for Sickes in his suit against the Herald,
two years ago, Mr.. Graham applied the scalp
ing knife somewhat vigorously to the pro-
prietor of that sheet. He is the same Graham
who, some years since, gave Bennett cow
hiding on Broadway.
On the other side of the table, next to the
district attorney. is one whose expansive fore
head, impending brows, and flowing beard
would make a fine study for painter. He ls
Edwin Stanton, of Pittsburg. He is the lead
ing adviser of the defence, and is among law
yers of prominence accorded high position
for sagacity. profuudity. and back-letter lore,
On Stanton 5 right is head-one that might
be called bulbously massive-negl igsently
covered with profusion of black and silver
curls some of which very witchingly lap over
the forehead in Byrouic manner. The
brightness and playfulness Of the steel-blua
eye shows the rapidity and yiyacity, the force
and fervor of the mind that speaks through II
with an intelligence which its owner has the
rare gift of putting into the most suitable and
telling language. In New York every man,
woman, and child, almost, knows that roman
tic looking headt to belong to James |. Brady
and there is every reason to believe that he
will acknowledge it here. Brady isa small
man. narrowing downwards from his fore
head. which gives him the appearance tho
doubt intended by Providence) of note OF
admiration. He deservedly has greatrepu,a'
ton in New York. His joco.ity is somewhat
less than his stability, and his force OF eloqu'
ence only yields to his rigidity Of logic, when
occasions demand that the sternness OF the
latter should put the rhetoric fascination OF
the former in leading strings.