Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-04-05
WASHINGTON NEWS.

NEw YoRE, April a.
The Times Washington correspondent says
there are probabilities that contract within few
Gays will be given to a New York Company for
carrying the mails from New York to San Francis
co via Nicarauga This company contenipates
using the Collins steawers, and will force the tran
st leaving the consequence to be taken care OF by
our ships of war at each side Of the Isthmus
Mr.. Buchanan is opposed to the project, aud
suggest delay but Mr. Cass urges Immediate nc.
tion, aud the Postmaster General faVors the pro-
position.
To-day The trial of Hon Daniel Il. sickles be-
gins and intense interest is manifested throughout
the community in regard to It, The applications
for admission to the dngy little room in the City
Hall, where the Criminal Court IL held, have been
very numerous, but 80 miserable are the accommo-
datiOnS that they find great difficulty In securing
seats. As 10; desks fables or other facilities for
reporting this important trial, they are all out Of
the question, and imbecility and ignoIBnce are
characteristics Of the old foggy officials here,
though there might have easily been proper ar
rangements made by the intr oduction Of tables or
temporary desks.
The people or Marshal, or whoever ought to at.
tend to the plan seems to know only, "HOw not TO
do it," and their obtusenegs is so extreme that re.
mOustauce is useless.
Not more than three or four reporters have been
able to get facilities for writing and those for the
Associated Press are not amongst them, although
application was male by them weeks ago. They
have however, ventured on taking seats set apart
for the lawyers.
visited Mr.. Sickles in prison at o late hour last
evening, there ia no special hour for excluding Wis
ttors. When called there were three gent lemen
with him, among them his father;I had not seen
MIR. 5. since his arrest, and was hardly prepared
to mud him looking so well, his manner was pleas
anlly natural There was little or no talk about
the event Ia which so deep an interest Is felt
AT the same time there was no apparen desire
| to evade the subject. Conversation was kept up
| ON variety Of topics, and the accused bore his
part in It with such ease that no one would mag.
| ne that he bore great and abiding grief at his
| heart The space within the bar of the Court
| Room is densely crowded with traverse Jurors,
| lawyers, reporters, and witnesses More than the
usual number OF uniformed police were present
The doors were not thrown open TO the publ 10,
but about 80 were privately admitted TO the area
usually occupied by spectators. Many outsiders
were oamorOus for admittance, and q number
| gained ingress at the windows While much inter
est was manifested in the Court there was genera
good order.
The Judicial proceedings having been concluded
Mr. Sckles was arraigned and the indictment fol
the murder of Mr. Key read TO him. In response
to the usual question: he answered firmly mo
guilty"
The Traverse Jurors we're severay called aui
accepted or challenged, according to the Characte
OF their responses Out Of the panel of thirty
Jurors only five were selected and sworn
They were discharged till 10 O'Clock to morrow
many with q caution not TO speak with nor listel
to any person on the subject of the trial.
Seventy.ive talesmen ordered to be summoned
by the Marshal aud returned by the above nance
time, and the Court adjourned.