TRIAL. THIRD DAY: Documentary Testimony, 110 Testimony for the Defence: Daniel D. Tompkins, 112 Presentation of Authorities by Counsel for the Prosecution, 113 Arguments of Counsel on the Points of Law: Mr. Lord, 117 Mr. Larocque, 133 TRIAL. FOURTH DAY: Arguments of Counsel on the Points of Law: Mr. Larocque, continued, 144 Mr. Mayer, 164 Mr. Brady, 169 Mr. Evarts, 170 TRIAL. FIFTH DAY: Summings up of Counsel to the Jury: Mr. Dukes, 204 Mr. Sullivan, 218 Mr. Davega, 231 Mr. Brady, 236 TRIAL. SIXTH DAY: Summings up of Counsel to the Jury: Mr. Brady, continued, 270 Mr. Evarts, 283 TRIAL. SEVENTH DAY: Summings up of Counsel to the Jury: Mr. Evarts, continued, 334 Charge to the Jury, by Judge Nelson, 368 Return of the Jury and further instructions, 373 TRIAL. EIGHTH DAY: Discharge of the Jury, 375 APPENDIX: President's Proclamation, April 15, 1861, 377 Proclamation of the President, declaring a Blockade, 378 Correspondence between Gov. Pickens and Major Anderson, 379 Extracts from President Lincoln's Inaugural, 380 The President's Speech to the Virginia Commissioners, 381 Extracts from President Lincoln's Message to Congress, July 4, 1861, 382 Extracts from President Buchanan's Message to Congress, December 4, 1860, 383 Proclamation of August 16, 1861, 384 PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS During the month of May, 1861, the schooner Savannah, of Charleston, of about fifty-three tons burden, and mounting one pivot gun, was fitted out as a privateer, in the City of Charleston; and on the second of June, under the authority of "a paper, purporting to be a letter of marque, signed by Jefferson Davis," she sailed from that port for the purpose of making captures among the commercial marine of the United States.