The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-11-05

wears IA the Asylum He also believe:
that son and daughter Of his mother.
brother have been confined in an Asylum
but he is not apprized of the fact that an
other son Of that brother is now insane and
in close confinement.
Brown also desires his counsel to say
that he does not put in the plea Of insanity
and if he has been at all insane he is total.
" unconscious Of it, yet he adds that those
Who are insane generally suppose that they
have more reason and sanity than those
around them For himself lie disdains to
put III that plea, and seeks no immunity Of
the kind.
Brown then raised himself up in bed,
and said: Il will add, if the Court will
allow me, that ] look upon it as miserable
artihce and pretext Of those who sought to
take different course in regard to me, If
tbev took any at all, and / view it with
contempt more than otherwise. As re
marked To DIR. Green, insane persons, SO
far AS nv experience goes, have but little
ahiIitvt IN Judge Of their own sanity; and,
e 7 nm insane. Of course should think l
lrow more than all the rest Of the world.
Bn+ do hot think SO. ] am perfectly I'M
conscious Of insanity, and | reject, 50 far
as am capable, any "''en,P' ~ i1''i i0Ao
in my behalf on llaI 6ooIe' ],
8Ir. Bolts stated tnat ne was iuI'no! ~
srrcteibv Mn. Brown to say that, reject
INV this piea entirely, and seeking no delay
for that reason. he does repeat to the Court
I,;a rar,,ng+ ,rada Yesterday, that time be
given for the foreign counSel 70 arrive 'na'
he has now reason w expect
The conr-e taken by brown lili0 ~ II
ing makes ~ evident thaV Ao So'6 Il u
postponement Tor inc mere PURPOSE " uo
lay, as ile' reIecL5 LHe KILT 4. ii-'l u
sun N ms 0Plllo- Y o0ul- IT,, ! 10 Ia
tfial H Xiii og'eli: ii Ie+o lo' afaeaai h.
own conh5rl l"aii I III "o'0 "o''''''0I ~
ms .,t coul'set n 'ie'G',t liIiI'
Ihe Oooft 'taIeu 'haS ~ iAus' NH, -
tins caSe ;s ~ mn O'heI' tila' : Pi oG3,a
cause lof " delay Wa8 hl''oe1 ~ poloIe
granting sHcA an apphcalon' Al tne pres
ent case hc coald hoL nm liial Llle Ieiesidli !
gave any assurance that the addltlohal
counsel inte4dcd to come. The prisoner
care that no improper evidence is adduced
against him, ana that all proper evidence
in his behalf shall be presented. lie could
not sae that q proper cause tor dalay was
made out. He expected counsel might az
rive before the SASS was closed, ana could
then see all the testimony winch mad been
taken, and Thus tAe prisoners might nave
the benefit OF their advice, although the
case noW proceeds. As 70 the matter of n
sanity II was NET presented IN q reliable
form; instead q mere statements We should
have atildaTits, or something Of that char
acter. Hethought, therefore, that the jury
should Tx sworn and the trial proceed.
The jury having been sworn to fairly
an' 'd',aF'a'ly uy 'he PRISONER TIL NouFI
f,rm Of standi2g while arraigned. if he
desired VI.
1Tr. Botts mt the innuirv TO thc prisoner.
anl M Continued M Te nrostratc Oh his ct
while the long Indictment, filling seven pa
gcy. was read.
F,r.t: Insunoction
Second: Treason.
Llit' IVA N-ttJ1'
Counsel for the defense, in their open
ing. contondod that according to the decis-
ion Of Attorney General Gushing, the State
had no Jurisdiction over offences committed
within the limits Of the Arsenal grounds,
tho United States possessing sole and ex-
elusive control there. IF the offenses al
legged were committed on the bridge, then
Yirojnia bad nD Jurisdiction. that territory
BENZ within MARYLAND jurisdiction. The
nro,r.n+ion III raTntation of this position.
showed max 4 murderer. whose crime was
committed within thu Arsenal enclosure
WAS tried and executed in the Virginia
State Courts. The evidence elected on
Tie triaI discloses nothing new.
liii'D DA''
Caps. Cook arrived here ct I o'clock this
morning. Tic says that if Brown had ia
ken his advice in relation to mounting, a
thousand men could not have ia Ken them.
There is great rejoicing at his arrest.
George III Hoyt Of Boston, counsel fol
Brown, arrived this morning. He is quite