Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . in you in your affliction. was much moved by this incident,and expressed his thanks as well as hisemotion would permit him. Time wore on, each moment seeming anhour. At last the d
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . in you in your affliction. was much moved by this incident,and expressed his thanks as well as hisemotion would permit him. Time wore on, each moment seeming anhour. At last the door was opened, andthe jury came in, one by one, and ]iro-ceeded to take their seats in the box. Allrestraint was forgotten, in the anxiety tosee their faces. Benches, and forms, andtables, were mounted by the excited andventuresome. .\1I ujuoar, however, sub- GREAT AND MEMORABLE EVENTS. 695 sided instantly, when the judge directedthe clerk to call the jurors names. Whenthe twelfth name was called and respondedto, a pin might have been heard to drop. Daniel E. Sickles, stand up and lookto the jury, cried the clerk, as he brokethe deathly stillness of the vast and anx-ious assembly. Mr. Sickles stood up. How say you, gentlemen; have youagreed to your verdict ? asked the clerk. We have, answered the foreman. How say you; do you find the pris-oner at the bar guilty, or not guilty ? inquired the Not gidltij! was the foremansprompt reply. As these words fell from the foremanslips, there was one loud, wild, thrilling,tumultuous hurrah sent up by the specta-tors; cheer after cheer resounded in thecourt-room, and it was taken up by themultitude outside and repeated. Hatsand handkerchiefs were waved, and therewas one general rush for the dock. Mr. Sickles, amidst the renewed cheersof the assembled crowd, was taken out ofof the dock by Captain Wiley and , the former, one of Mr. Sicklessmost devoted friends, kissing him at themoment of deliverance, and holding fastby him a
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