The Vicksburg weekly herald. [volume] (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1864-1867, 1866-06-02

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81 BIS aprQiud - 1u
cHaed." John Randolph, l8e noat
orator Of Roanoke, was m ae1
ia The riacc of senator Giles aud
wus Tho foreman u the rlaud tuFy.
Contrast this grand jury with Chat
/ which 80 lately mGt az Nor nd.
aitcr Hsteulng to Underwear Ia
Hanauo fgulaW Nuc biuacAnlstM r.
DnVis.
After the Hnding Of Tree bill
fJurteerddy 5of6 Dent NJ kBlting
an iRpqFtEdi jnyWho bad mel her
formed nor expFesstd-an opinion
as % the guilt Of The . FUSED. -.
Out Of a reHire Of forty eight but
four men wefo found Wb se opin-
ions we're sufficiently daiscRdsd to
permit them 30 act as dreTs. There
was but one juTymaI peFempterily
challenged by Burr. ItamHsk Be.
borne in MUD that he had, batla
short time before ] e trial killad
Alexander Hamilton in a dnei.i51
a person who wa being nkasih-
Cd Is to his c0mpet ney asadaF0r,
/ sharply questioned nd somewhat
nettied By Burr's &C lnsoL turning
70 the spectators, sal l.: "Lan snF-
prised they should b. in such terror.
of me. Perhaps II il bccans6 my
llame is Hamilton "7hat re-
mark" exclaimed B Fr, Elsa sutIi--
cient reason for 0bjec ing 10 him. L
challenge him perem torily Out
of a second vehirc Of iorty elght an
had formed unfavorablGOR one u.s.
to the accused, and mnttgfs i0oksd-
80 desperate that the counsel for
tho defence moved to quRsh the trial
fnn Itny could be obtained, A jury, q
however, was 81 last obtain "a By
.RPrmi1hagB uRR 10 select eight it-
f6m = WeFpo added ~ alsl fgnr
Ialready selected in the nshhlwhgs
The pFocurementaOf a.iAEHlh had !
occuppied from The second qtarthG
seventeenth Of August, and 0Htlat
day the examination Of he Wit
nesses for the. Governml al cJnl
menced. The eEaminr ton Of the
witnesses and the, a. gumenf oOf
counsel contiRued from thcfse en-
toenth TO. the twenty-n IT'D Of AM
gust, WHOM Chief Justh lar hall
virtually dscidedathe { Sc By tlmt
famous opinion, the ca lih bf
which occupied more. hanutHr6G
.hOurs. No covert act" # IN sou
had been proved against Burr aid
the decision Of Mars oil that ''nd
testimony relative TO he con uct
or declaratioAof the pi sOner, sisc-
where and subsequcnttn the TRIMS
action on BlAnnaTlAssutts Lsitnd.
(the alleged overt act of q en- M
can be admitted; because q oh es-
timony being in its nature merely
cOrrO6orativc, and incompetent TO
prove the overt act in Itself, islir-
relevant until there can be PTG1fQf
tie oUeTt dct By tRO SOitnesSesF The
Jury with these instructions return
ed the following qualified YerdiP of
acquittal "We, Ofthe jury, say ttat
Aaron Burr is not PIOped 10 be'
gully under tho Fundamentally any
evidence submitted 10 us. We.
therefore find him not guiltyPF
This verdict greatly excitedBnRt,
who at once spInng 10 bis feet and
with great cXcitenlent Of mataler
protested against the form 0flthe
indictment, and demanded that II
should be FcnleEed in the regular
and less damaging form. The veF-
dict was finally simply ont0Tpd on
: the record us mot guilty" Barr
was then admitted 10 bail, and tried
aud acquitted Of tue charge .of mis-
.demeanOr, OH tie, ground That tie
offence WAS not committed IN Viz
/ GINA. Thus, eight 'louths aileP
/ hisarrest, aud siX n'onths after lIe
commencement Of proceedings
againsthim in Virgiuiaa Burr was
once more free 4-1r Sra ~ g@
The trials Of Calendar and Burr,
in their day aud generatiO1,eRcbgin
ed tue attention Of tho whole Ra-
tiop, but compared with theprepor
sed trial Of the ok president Of the
Confederate States, they shrink In
to absolute insignilicance. CalleH-
Iar was q low, brutal and drunken
hack writer, whose CAUSE was es-
poused by party thon rising into
power, to annililate tie Federal
party. Burr, was oil unprinCipl cd,
disappointed adventurer, w Ose
real object must always rem in a
question Of grave DOUBT.
The distinguished aud unfortu-
nate statesman who Is soon to be
tried is the representative of the
millions who agreed with him in
sentiment, aud who conferred upon
him unsolicited and dangero slIon-
0rs. Ills character as Q man JfspOtl
less integrity, ability, and Christian
virtues, lie not questioned, nor is Il
pretended that Ac is he author and
principal promoter of the lat0 civil
war. Thousands wh0Y ere GT more
active in initiating ho3tilititH than
himself have been long sinns par.
doRed. liz ALONE, mere 'saO COLI
sequelce Of having hel( u aigh Of
lice, is to be tried for his lie! 90
In this triad we recognize the ar
raignment and prOsOeu on not OF
one man, but of an entire section.
Hence in dignity aud importance IL
will be the most imp rtant trial
which has ever Oocurr d.. sJl u.l.
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JAIL DREAKIKG.-Nire prisoners
succeeded in breaking atof olriail
Tuesday evening aboVt s O'clock
seven Of them negroes; Haggerty,
Duncan (wlitcs), Abe perkins, Ra q
Mitchell, and Abe wilkins e., wei
all under sentence 10 ten ears each
in the StAte penitentia :. Wash
Jenkins and ALI Huston, waiting
trial Caleb Johnson and San,
Brown, serving out the fines impos-
cd on them.
They had filed through the hinges
Of lthe grating door, and when Mr..