The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-04-13
Extracts from Washington Letters.

Extracts from Washington Letters.
The correspondent, Occasional of the
Philadelphia Prsss, writing under date of the
Alb inst says: W.:
The first scene in the Sickles trial commence
ed this morning. Mr.. Sickles appeared in
! cosiri accompanied BY his leading counsel. Ed
win NJ Stanton, Of Washington and James
Z T. Brsdy, of New York Mr.. SickIes was ex
8 ceedingly we'll dressed, as is usual with him,
cool, collected, and pale; and he calmly con
RED with his counsel during several hours -
He looked as easy as if he wer sitting in his
seat in Tie House of Representatives. Mr.
Stanton. the principal counsel. is about the
size of John G. Bullet. of yoar bar, some two
or three years older, dark complexion, and of
resoute und energetic expression of face and
manner. Your Philadelphia lawyers will rec
collect Stanton for bis distinguished connection
with The Wheeling bridge case, some years
ago, IN which he considerably worsted the Hon.
john Cadwalader. now the somewhat bizarre
Judge Of yonr United States District Court.
James II. Brady, of New York, (the other
Feoun,el will arrest attention at once BY his
remarkable head, which is in itself study
He is a very elegant geDtlem la fearless and
honest lawyer and an intrepid and thorough
going friend. Mr.. Ould (the district altor-
.
{ Brady, is one of the finest looking men in the
District. He is little raw in the profession;
was an old line Wing. opposed to Pierce in
1852; is connected with some of the 6rstsfam
{ ilips; and Is a kind-hearted, amiable.a and
agreSpdleA gentleman. noticed, among those
present at tilie~tgiai. that gallant and devoted
gentleman, Hon. B. Hart, surveyor of the
port CT New York man who never yet de
serted friend, ordurned his back upon ar
enemy. He is here advising Mr.. Sickles in
his tribulationn The father OF the accnsed
Mr.. e. g Sickies, of New York, is also pres
ent, fakinga profound interest in the proceed
8 ings TIeis qnite a young looking man, al
though his beard is long and gray. The ex
citement which had .snbsided has heen renew
ed ny the trial. and nov we have the town 6llet
with the usual gossip. but cannot doubt tha
the re sult will he satisficfory to all the par
lies concerned; for gsatgre the efforts of th,
Star there is no manifest disposition on tht
( part of the friends of Key to make any per
sanal war upon Mr. Sickes. The fact is.
case ike this ia best settled by being spec il
disposed of The opinion grows apace tha
Siekes win be acquitted. The manner /
which the traverse jurymen, who found them
selves committed all on the side of Sickles
showed which way the current was setting :
3 / will not he at all astonished if Siekles wa
acquitted with the least trouble, and nefore
speech is made on either side. M
The evidence for the prosecution closed, an
J. the evidence on the part of the defence con
4 smeuced last Saturday. A correspondent {
the NJ Y. Tribune says:
The evidence for The defence will be strong
er than was supposed They say that MI
Sckles believed bis wife to be innocent up I
Saturday morning preceding the hon'icide
that he became convinced Of her gnilt dnrin
the afternoon; that night he became perfet
madman; and that on Sunday he was broke
down with uncomfortable grief. They say tbs
it will be shown, also, that his pursuit of Ke
ID was a sndden Impulse. without a possibility I
premedi,ation; and other facts, which the
decline to state, will be brought forward
palIialion.
All the recent reports concerning Gen. Gas
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