You will carry the remembrance of your verdict when you go to your homes. It will come to you in the solemn and still hours of the night. It will come to you clothed in all the solemn importance which attaches to it, with the lives of twelve men hanging upon it, with the honor of your country at stake, with events which no one can foresee to spring from it. And I have only to reiterate the prayer, for our own sake and for the sake of the country, that God may inspire you to render a verdict which will redound to the honor of the country, and that will bring repose to your own consciences when you think of it, long after this present fitful fever of excitement shall have passed away. DOCUMENTARY TESTIMONY. _Mr. Brady_, for the defence, put in evidence the following documents: 1. Preliminary Chart of Part of the sea-coast of Virginia, and Entrance to Chesapeake Bay.--Coast Survey Work, dated 1855. 2. The Constitution of Virginia, adopted June 29, 1776. It refers only to the western and northern boundaries of Virginia--Art. 21--but recognizes the Charter of 1609. That charter (Hemmings' Statutes, 1st vol., p. 88) gives to Virginia jurisdiction over all havens and ports, and all islands lying within 100 miles of the shores. 3. The Act to Ratify the Compact between Maryland and Virginia, passed January 3, 1786--to be found in the Revised Code of Virginia, page 53. It makes Chesapeake Bay, from the capes, entirely in Virginia. _Mr. Sullivan_ also put in evidence, from _Putnam's Rebellion Record_, the following documents: 1. Proclamation of the President of the United States, of 15th April, 1861. (_See Appendix._) 2. Proclamation of the President, of 19th April, 1861, declaring a blockade. (_See Appendix._) 3. Proclamation of 27th April, 1861, extending the blockade to the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina. 4. Proclamation of May 3d, for an additional military force of 42,034 men, and the increase of the regular army and navy. 5. The Secession Ordinance of South Carolina, dated Dec. 20, 1860. _Mr. Smith_ stated that, in regard to several of the documents, the prosecution objected to them,--not, however, as to any informality of proof. He supposed that the argument as to their relevancy might be reserved till the whole body of the testimony was in. _Judge Nelson_: That is the view we take of it. _Mr. Brady_ suggested that the defence would furnish, to-morrow, a list of the documents which they desired to put in evidence. The Court then, at half-past 4 P.M., adjourned to Friday, at 11 A.M. THIRD DAY. _Friday, Oct. 25, 1861._ The Court met at 11 o'clock A.M. _Mr. Brady_ stated to the Court that two of the prisoners--Richard Palmer and Alexander Coid--were exceedingly ill, suffering from pulmonary consumption, and requested that they might be permitted to leave the court-room when they wished. It was not necessary that they should be present during all the proceedings.