The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-14

The UNITED STATES JOHN HINDERSoN.-The distric
court Thursdsy evening at a O'Clock, and pro-
ceeded 10 complete pannel Of who try Mr.
| Henderson. When the number was full, Mr.. Henderson
rose and said thar no wished to lay certain atdsvits be-
fore the court. which went 70 impeac the impartiay Of
one of the who had that he had formed and
expressed no opinion when IL Appeared from these wt8-
dav sworn by respectable citizens. that tho juror
had formed and expressed very decided opinions Mr..
added that The district attorney consented
suike the Jurors from the list. the thought
that such made by the afdavits would have
excluded him when he was on his vor dire
The Judge, after reading the afidavts said that if the
of jurors mpnrsliy left TO him. he
say juror competent. especially these n
aduvits represented the Jurors mind in very different
situation from what he had himself represented it.
Mr.. Gou therefore discharged.
and without hesitation that he had neither formed
nor expressed opinion upon the guilt innocence Of the
accused. Now, Mr. David CIRCUIT and Mr.. Thos. Bowman
swear that last Monday they had conversation with Mr.
Got in which (Gon) expressed in measured
his Of all the engaged in the Cuban
affair He would hang them IL II was left TO him
And vet this individual had his roir dire
thar he was without prejudice, that he had formed
opinion and that could justice the prisoner He
had by Of this perjury smuRge him
self on jury for the purpose OF wreaking his vengeance
upon the prisoner Got discharged from jury service
for this term and II this incident Is remembered viii not
he called AGAIN to tho honora duty sitting
BON his fellow citizens Mr. Penrce was elected in bis
place Yesterday morning the district attorney opened the
a.e on the the United States and examined sew
erai witnesses the part OF the pros cnton The test
uony Is substance. the that given the fret
trial The adjourned three o'clock TO meet again
to- morrow morning-N o. Della, Feb J.
Loss STEAMER AMERICA The new steamer America
Ca plain Broadwe bound from Philadelphia Mobile, to
take her station Lake Ponchatrsin, lost the
nigh, OF the Both pt off Cape Hst,rras light bearing
W supposed about miles distant In seven inthoms
wafer Six OF the picked up the follow
inp IN ornng by the schooner Champion, Captain Bartlett
from Boston, and arrived here last night The remainder
of the crew IN number, have not been heard o.
The following report Of the loss OF The has been
frns shed by Capt Baetti The staroard after guard
wa. started by heavy which caused The boat to leak
badly nj midnight broke the expansion pipe. which en-
treiy disabled the engine then kept the boat before The
wind for four miles. and anchored in tahoms
water with five feet in the hold. The then
their boats and the first boat with six Of the
an boa I'd left about past O'Clock in
s morning the boats, with the captain and the
balance OF had not yet le bat are supposed TO
h, Va done so in q very short time afterwards.
The following Of those that have arrived at
this psce John Lodge I'll engineer Staten Morris ~
pilot Alfred Thomas. Waterman cbas. G. Mcdonald and
Jacob Haniss deck hands John Mailman, fireman.
ItyImiasion IN C) Journal, F,b