Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-06-05
The Norm Trials.

pated by our correspondent we learn
from Mr. BROWNING who was one Of
the counsel tina. the jury brought in
verdict Of acqui,,al for all the accused.
The trial for the murder of HyRUM
SMITH will take place a. special term
of the Court in few weeks.
As the Comfy Commissioners who
selected the Jury and as the Jury Them
selves were supposed to be tinclured
with Mormonism, the prisoners made
affidavit that they were fearful Of going
to trial with the jury selected by these
County Commissioners and prayed the
Court to set aside the array and appoint
Eisors--a Sheriff's substitute to re.
turn Jury-to selec. fair and impair.
tial Jury. After hearing arguments on
this question, Judge YOUNG decided
that there was good cause for quashing
the array, as set forth in the affidavits.
Eisors were accordingly appointed
who reported new jury. The de.
csion Of Judge YOU'VE will hereafter
be plead as preceden, wherever
Mormon Jury is TO sit in judgment in
the trials of anti Mo.mons. and will in
a grea, measure lessen the power the
Mormons have heretofore possessed in
controlling the Courts of tina. County.
If the Grand Jury can be set aside in
the same way. some of the guilty Nor
mons must look out for breakers. AL.
though two or three Of the Mormon
witnesses at the late trial were known
to have committed perjury, the pre-
sent grand jury could not be prevailed
upon 10 indict them. We learn that
the verdict was received with the ut
most decorum.
Some of the testimony approached
the miraculous. One Of the witnesses
declared that when 10 SMITH fell he
saw distinctly brigh. ligh! proceeding
from each of his wounds, and ,ha, four
of the men who shot him were trans.
fixed 10 the spot from which they fired,
and remained paralyzed, without being
able to move, until some one came to
their assistance. Several specimens Of
testimony as marvellous and some more
absurd might be noted.
We see by the 81 Louis papers tina.
it is yet doubtful who will be the Post
Master in that city. The Republican
says that Gen. VAN ANTWERP thinks
he will certainly get it, but as he
thought the same about the office Of
Surveyor General and Commissioner
Of The General Land Office. they seem
to think ii uncertain. He ought to
have it or some other fat office, for he
has certainly worked very hard in his
way since he left this Territory in
disgrace on accoun. of his 6gh, with
Bainbrldge a, Iowa City.
The Crops.-Before the late rains of
Sunday night and Monday last vegeta-
ton Of every description had assumed
most sickly and unpromisigg appear
ance; but since then The grass and grain
of every description have pu. on their
gay dress of greenest grandeur. filling
all with gratitude to the Giver and a
strong hope that the granaries Of our
farmers will groan under the weight of
the anticipated gathering a. harvest.
home.
johnson d. May. the Steamboat
burner, was taken to S, Louis from the
Gaiena Jail on board the St Croix, the
boa. he first attempted to fire. where.
after examination, he was committed TO
Jail TO await his trial.
Shocking "A man in fit Of mania
pofu rushed upon three gentlemen
who were in conversation on the cor
ner Of Main and Fourth streets, Gin
cinnali, on the Odd ult., with an open
dirk knife in his hand, and before they
were aware Of it. stabbed all three of
them severely, and one, Mr. SHIvERs,
dangerously. He then ran down street
into the store Of DEsILvER and BURR,
where he was arrested without doing
further damage. His name is VIM.
PIERCE, and all the excuse he makes is
that when the drunken fit was on him
he imagined himself pursued by pack
of demons
DR. BRENNER, who recently left his
family in New York and took passage
for Albany. was missing when the
boat landed. 1t was supposed that he
fell overheard in the night. as his body
was found floating down the North
river some days after.
The jury in the case of the U. s. ..