New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-11

90 IA the case OF an adsItereIi II ik"s '" SPP0'
nbsber law. The Court took notes frequently as
he went on. Mr.. sickles was much Affected al
lie opening Of the speech.
REGULAR REPORT.
WAsHiSGIos, Saturday, APnl 9, 1872
The Gaze for the defense opers tins morning IL u
enacted tha. Nr. Graham viii commune the whole
ssy m the opening address. Hs associates would pre-
Ger hr.yy IN the OpeLing they wish 10 reserve tneT
Man OF operations for toe present, 10 say nothing OF
Mr.. Key except that Immediately connected with the
I'm, ssetion, and 10 withhold comments on the prose-
cation There has been no attempt 10 account for the
disparity between the size Of the bullet extracted from
The body and the bore Of tee Dernnger found in the
street
The defense deny thu, the Dennger belonged TO
Mr. Soklst DO effort has been made 10 trace II 90 him.
and the deiense will mike the most Of TINS crcun-
rsaIee ard claim ths. II belonged 10 Mr.. Key, and
perhaps that the first shot caos fro n Mr.. hey. AS
70 the two keys found in TIE pocket Of the deesseo
the ides is that they those Of the house IN fr
teeDth stree where the meetings took place. and II 20
that Circumstance viii be put in evidence
Two letter. from Mr.. Key 10 Mr.. Sckes, one a.
Elegantly deDouDcipg the iDsnustion maze WIN 10
meet 10 bis familiarity with Mrs Seke', and the olher
accepting subsequent invitation to dinner, viii De
GleIed n II
nse Of them before the Jury.
The pressure for admission becomes grester as the
ssse progresses. Many are present from New.YOrk:
among them, John Kelly, Sheriff. John C'obrane,
NC; John Clancy County Clerk; Capt Bowling,
and Owen w. Brennan. Mr. BsgioG hss returned TO
Hew.York.
The Court opened at lOl O'Clock.
Alter some delay the prisoner Wa conducted into
Court end placed the dock, where he conferred With
Mr. Brsdy, Mr. STATION and Reverdy johnson.
The Jurors were called and answered to their names
Mr. Graham proceeded to address the Jury, amid
the solemn silence ana attention Of the whole Court.
He sad:
May il please the Court and gentlemen Of the Jury
This is TO me the time for solemn thoughts, and
mas TO address you aborng under severe struggling
Of feeling IL is beautiful sentiment, better ex-
pressed in the Latin than in the translation, Am'coS
% res OpiRo partaRt 0drersG pT0baAt' property
10 the parent Of friends; bad fortune is the fire in which
they tried. Friendship is the mos sacred OF al
artificial as distinguished from our nstuTal attach
ment. II stands nearest TO those which by the
hard Of nature have been interviewer with the 0o-
ects which che herself creates. On the altar OF that
relation cast my present Offering Ii carries with
1t the JUNCTION Of arm heart. May 1t prove 10
be efhcacous tribute in favor OF my chent'
have been the companion OF his sunshine, ana an
now called here 10 participate in the gloom OF his
p,ettnt afctiOn. Trouble is a mysterious visitor; 1t
seems 10 be the unshunabe doom Of man. IL has
been vel said that although affection cometh not
forth from the Gust neither does trouble spring ont OF
the ground; man Is born unto trouble az the sparks
nv upsaId." That same great influence whlcn mas
impressed the laws on all the departments oil Gre
AbOn-whieh has studded the heavens with Their
6Ies, and ordained the boundary line between
the day and the niRht-that came great Influence
which strengthens over the face of nature, YER
dnres tbs green mantle, and again suDplaOLs IL
for the less pleasing dress OF Wihter1ihst ss1'e
the dropping of she leaves and the falling OF the ,
spauOws is the Will which gulOes and the hand which
holds the rod with which, in this life, We are pun
ehtd. As we pass from the proceedings IN which we
are here engages may We be permitted TO repeat, |
over the resalt which confidently ALT cipate, az |
q generalization TO this defendant for the severe !
ordeal through which he hss passed, " Behold, |
"hsppy 10 the .nan whom God conecte'h; there |
"tors oespise nct thou the chastening o. tae Al /
"miehty: he mr$s.c.h sorrow aud he bindStn up: he
"wcanGeth and kis hands make whole he shall de- |
"hver thee in sYtroubes yea 10 seven there shall no
"eyil touch theet few weeks silee the body Of a
human being wgs found 10 the thTOes OF death
IN one Of the st.ets OF your city. II proved to be
the body Of confirmed and hsbitual
soultereI. On a day too sacred u be protaned by
worldly toll on which he was forbidden go moisten hs
brow WITH the sweat of honest labor, d day when
he sbord have sen above the gr1ssnees OF his ma
iuse-and though no Cner days he had scot his as
p.ratiOns heavenwart, he should On that day nave
slos "a them to pass in that direction we find nun
be,e,i with the mott evI intentions, that
castle where, for their security and repOse, the
Law had placed the wife and children OF s nelgooor'
bad be observed the solemn precept " RememOer
the Sabbath day TO keep molly, he might AZ TINS mo.
ussrt have formed one of the living. The injured
faher and husband Tushes ON hmm ~ the mo-
mtIt OF his guilt, and, under the influence oil
fTeuzy executes on him Judgment, which WAS as
ius. as II was summary. The Issue woich you are
her 70 decide is whether tins act renders MS author
autnabe 20 the laws of the land In the decision OF
t0ai issue, gentlemen Of the jury you have deep
aud solemn interest You are here 20 ~ tae prce o.
the marriage bed. lOn are here 10 say Ia Whist
estimation that sacred coach is held by honest and
intelligent Ame dcau Jury. You are favored oItil 7ns
you i've III cty which constitutes the city OF our
Federal Government, a city cOnsecrated 70 liberty
above all Others but not 10 the liberty OF tne lbene,
city tearUg the Of the lllustIious Washington,
the father OF his country OF whom II has been EN-
phGtic1ly and truly said, that he WAS the hrst
An war, the fret In peace, and the fret in tho
hearts Il his oOuntymen. fou nay feel pity,
In reviewing this occorrence, for the hte that has
been taken yOu may regret the necessity which
col strantd chat event, but while You pity the
dead, remember also that you should extend CON-
miseIation 10 the living. That HE, taken away
u Il VAS, NAV prove TO be your ana ny gam you
knew not how coon the wife or daughter OF some
one Of You would have been, II fact You kue~
rot but tle had been, marked by the same
syes that Destroyed the marriage relations o. thus de
feudsnt you knos rot how toe gsrdeoS Of love
hness over which you now preside, had that lite been
spared, would have been called upon 10 supply Their
flower 10 SATISFY the unsuitable appetite Of the de-
Ceased. AnintetfeIorce with toe marriage relauops
must strike every rejecting mind as the greatest
wrong tia, can be committed on human being.
IL has been well said that atlCtiOo, shame, poverty
AID captivity preferable, ana do not know tnal
can express the sentiment more sby thar 10 recnus
the lines which the great dramast n6s plScsd in tho
mouth OF the Moor the supposed discovery O: the
isconstancy 81 HE Desdem0ra;
Had q p'es,ed Heaven
t. try N with stlcaoni hsd ne rsiucd