New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-21
The wn.hIngron slave Ca.e.

Correspondence Of Inc IfiDunc
WAsmNGroS Thursday, Aug II, lsis.
The second Of the tedious trials against Sayres
has resulted IN second verdict Of acquta, after an
absence of fifteen minutes on the part OF the jury
When the counsel for the prisoner closed their arsu
rnent Yesterday morning the District Attorney md ne
the whole case knocked away from under him. com
planned Of the ear ache and chat pretence obtained
from the Judge delay till this morning when be came
into court and delivered barangue OF three hours
and half IL was tissue of misrepresentation Of law
and fact from beginning 70 end, proving the Distei
Attorney be either bOckhead, stupid beyond any
hope of redemption or he knew what he was about
and have charity enough 10 believe that he did not
resolved 70 sickle at nothing 10 obtain cOnVicuJn
Whether he viii go 10 try the remaining thirty nine
indictments remains 70 be He is the more Pqued
al losing these cases because they go 10 dscredt ns
two verdcts against Dray ton which rested substantially
on the evidence One OF these Yerdicts ne Is III
danger of loseing trial has been moved for, on
the ground that Hampton Williams, leader OF the
steamboat expedition. swore on the hrs: E1a mat
Drsyton told him that II he had got of safe with ms
cargo Of slaves, he should have been placed IN inde
pendent circumstances which statement on the second
Trial and before the first jury bad yet agreed upon their
verdict this Williams voluntarily took back, say
ug that he could not tell whether i had been said to
him by DrAyton or by somebody else. The TACT was
Drayton had charged him roundly with having sworn
falsely in this matter, and with all his anxiety to
swesr enough 10 convict the prisoner yet wishing 70
held back this testimony, saying, that he could not
recollect whether Drsyton some one else said II.
Now II SO happened that while Williams was ma
hing this very rctracon the other jury then out for
twenty one hours were agreeing 10 their verdict OF
guilty upon the strength Of this very piece of evidence
new trial has been moved FOR on this ground. Find
ing how important this piece of testimony is this wit
ness Williams has suddenly lost his conscience and re-
covered his memory. and now thinks he can almost
certainly rccollect that Drsyton did Say II pretty
witne truly.
This IL not the only exhibition that this MI. Williams
has made OF himsef lie had the impudence 10 swear
"a thing at which all the other Government witnesses
lsughcd-that he believed the mob which attacked the
prisoners their way Jail got up out OF tear
that the free negroes would rescue the rcCaptuFed
slaves
II was he too who committed the innocent English
TO prison not Georgetown magistrate the testimO
nv OF this Williams had led me to suppose The inany
oi that transaction rests wholly on him have not
heard that he OF the Grand Jury the District Ator
ney have yet msde any compensation 10 this nnoccu
Young man for the injuries they have inflicted upon
him and suppose they intend 20 put up with the i'm
putson Of being malicious scoundrels. who, in then
sgerness 10 uphold slavery regard the rights OF their
white fellow citizens but dust in the balance.
What will become Of the other cases against ssyres
does not ys appear The District Attorney will no doubt
nv 20 get theSu continued he did those against Dray
ton he will BE- able TO carry them into his next
years account Depend upon it, these things will be
looked after at tive next Congress.