14/107 Pallor, anxiety, alarm, were depicted on every countenance. "Take him out,"-- "Bring water,"-- exclaimed several voices. He had been prevented from falling to the floor by a member from Ohio, whose seat was near his--Mr.Fisher--who received him in his arms. Immediately Mr.Grinnell, one of his colleagues from Massachusetts, was by his side, keeping off a press of anxious friends, and bathing his face with iced water. A sofa was brought, and Mr.Adams, in a state of perfect helplessness, though not of entire insensibility, was gently laid upon it. |