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TRIAL OF THE INsUpGEwTs


| The mails bring further details of the
second days examination Of Brown,and his
fellow. prisoners. From the Baltimore Am.r
! tca", OF Thursday, We extract The following:
! Circuit Court jefferson County. Eirpini,-
Judge Richard Parker on the Bench
| The Court met Mt 10 O'clock Tho Grnnl
Jury were called and Immediately retired to
resume the examination of witnesses in the
insurrcction case.
The Court took recess awaiting their re.
turn
INDICTMENTS FOUND
AZ II O'Clock the Court re-nsscmble.l The
Grand Jury returned bills Of indictment
against the prisoners and were Immediately
discharged
Charles b. Harding, ES,j. assisted by An.
| drew lluntcr. Esq, appeared for the State, and
Charles J. Faulkner and Law son Bolts. Esos.,
! for the prisoners.
| The indict ments against each prisoners were
then read--first: For c"nspiring with negros
to create an insurrection. Second For treas.
on on against the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Third For murder
| The prisoners were brought into Court nc.
| compnned by body of armed men, They
passed along through the street md entered the
! street ana entered the Courthouse without the
. slightest demonstration on the part of The pc,
Pie. Captain Brown looked somewhat better
! his eye not being so much swollen Stevens
! had to he supported. and was placed on n mat.
! trcSs on the floor of the Court roorn cv identity
unable to sit lie has The appearance almost
"i dying man: breathing with difficulty and
: painting for breath.
/, Before the reading of the indictments. Mr..
| Hunter called the attention of the Couut to
! til" necessity of appointing additional counsel
! tor the prisoners. He stn,e,! that onc Of :Le
counsel, Mr.. Faulkner, appointed hy the County
court, c"nSid"red his duty i'll that capacity us
: 'iavin" ended, and had left here The prison.
! "rs. therefore, had no other counsel than Mr..
! l"Ns. If III" Court was about to assign them
! other counsel it mi ghl be- proper to do so now
The Court stated That it would assi.n them
! rs counsel ANY members OF the Bar they m;rht
| select. After consulting, with Capt. Brown
Mr. l'"tts said that the prisoner retaiuc,l lin
| and desired TO have Mr.. Green t" n.si-: him
! II the Court would ncCcslr to that ARRANGEMENT
IT. would bc very agreeable To hirn personally
, In" Court Requested Mr. Green TO act rs cuun.
: -! for iis"ncrs and he conccnteL to do -"
The Court ordered the Indictment 10 he r.nl
so that the prisoners could plead guilty ornot
guilty and said it would then consider browns
request. HE prisoners We're compelled to
sta'"i during the arragnmcnt. Capt Brown
! standing with difficulty, and Stevens being
! held upright by two baiiins.
Porte Crayon (l!ic artist) was pr. sent. an,
took sketches of the prisoners thus arrairnel
The rcn'ling Of the indictments occupied about
twenty minutes.
The prisoners eaoli responded 10 The usual
1"cStiol not guilty, and desired to bc tried
separately.
EMrANELIfNG TIE JURY.
The examination Of The Jurors was cont tinucd
Unit tweniy-i"nr were decided by the Court
an! counsel TO be competent jurors. Out Of
these iwrnty-foTr the counsel for the prisoner
has riSh: TO strike off eight, and hen twelve
are drawn by ballot ont Of the remaining six
| teen.
allie" long argument by Browns mse
for p"Stp""r'ncn; or l.lav of the trial, the
court drc'l i the point rs follows.
The Court stated that i, must see to it, in
,hi> case as III any other that proper cause
for delay male out before craniin.r such
al application. In the present cas-. he could
not see that the Telegram gave any assurance
that the additional counsel intended To com :.
The prisoner is now defended hy counsel wba
WI! take care that no improper cvi.icnc is
addnecd against him. and that proper evidence
IL his behalf shall BE- prcscuic.l The Court
could not that any proper cause for DELAY
wa? made ont. The expected coui.sri might
arrive before the cnse was conc!uIel and
conld then see all the test st;monv taken. aad
thus the benefit of their advice although tn.
case now proceeds As 10 the maite:. Of in
sanity it was not presented in n reliable f,rm
| Instead OF mere statements, We should have
aihdavits or something Of that character. He
thought, therefore. that the jury should be
sworn and the trial proceed.
THE JURY SWORN.
| ihe jury haViS ucen sworn to fairy AMI
inpnrtially try the prisoner, the Court directed
that the rrisonrr might fnrcgo the form Of
siautiing while being nrraigncL, If lie so ,lesir.
ed it.
MIR Bolts put the inquiry to the prisoner
and he continued to be Frustrated in his seat
while the l"ng Elictnent filing seven closely
written f""Iscap pages. was rcad-.hc first
count being insurrection, the second treason,
and the third murder.
The Counsel next made opening addresses
to the Jury and various witnesses were exam
! incd
CHARLESTON. October 2S.-J. r. Cooke arriv-
ell here today. Geo. II, Hoyt. of the Boston
| Bar, also arrived here this morn ing as counsel
for Brown. lie admitted by the court
though ae announced. for thepreseDt lie would
not take part in the case The examination
of witnesses was continued. Conductor Phelps
was recalled for the defence, also Lewis Wash
ter laid before the jury the printed Constitution
Of tho Provisional Government, also n large
bundle of letters and list o f members Of the
Convention, headed by William Charles Morris
President. and II. j. kngi, Secretary. Brown
acknowledge the signature on the paper. A
letter was read from j. II. Giddings acknowl.
edging letter from Brown, and stuting TINT
he would he pleased to see him. Gerr;t Smith 8
letters about Kansas work, we're also read
Armstcad I5nll, John Allstadt. Alexander Il Ke.
ey and Albert Grts, severally testified, sub.
ltantially, as previously published.
Gov. Willard, of Indiana. and brother.in.
law of j. +. Cooke, accompanied by j. L. Nc.
Donol, Attorney Generally Of Indiana, and
others. arrived here this morning, and had an
interview with Cooke at the Jail.