The Christiana Treason Trials. The United States Circuit Court opened at Philadelphia on Monday last, before Jed. ges Qrier and . Kane, for the purpose of com mencing the trials of the persons charged with the crime of treason, in resisting, by violence, the execution of the law of the United States, at Christiana, in Lancaster county, which resulted in bloodshed and death. The list of jurors was called over, and 81 answered to their names: The Court di rected each defaulting juror to be fined $lOO who did not answer to his name the next day. A number of jurors were excus ed, for various rensons—old age, sickness, chronic diseases, hard of herring, profes sional engagements, &c. Judge Grier said he never know so Many people hnrd of hear ing, in so small a number, as on this occa sion; it seemed as if all the country was he- toming deaf ! He greatly demic was prevailing. The counsel who appeared for the Uni ted States, were U. S. District Attorney John W. Ashmead, James - R. Ludlow, Esq., and George L. Ashmead, Esq. For the State of Maryland, Robert J. Brent, E. and Hon. James Cooper. Counsel for Cost ner Hanavvay—John M. Reed, E.sq.. Thad deus Stevens, Esq., Joseph S. Lewis, Et.q., .of Chester county, and Theodore Cuyler, Esq. Judge.Grier_tenini , ably occupy the ourt the cases would pro' until next spring. Castner Hanawny, one of the white men implicated in the - crime:- was -nrraigned_for trial on the second day. He put in a plea of "not guilty," and the Court proceeded to empannel a jury. This occupied consid erable time, a large number of jurors being set aside'by are . U. S. Attorney, and chal lenged by the defendant. During the sec ond day. Tite"only were selected. The fol lowing que.§tions were propounded to the ju rors, by the U. S. District Attorney, as they were called • 1. Have you any conscientious scruples upon the oubject of capital 'punishment, so that you would not, because you conscien tiously could not find a verdict of treason. (tenth beinc the puntshment, though the ev idence required such a verdict? 2. Have you formed or expressed an opinion relative to the matter now to be tried :3d. Are you sensible of any prejudice or bins therein, us may ef!ect your action as a juror . ? 4. Have you farmed an opinion that the law of the United States 'mown as the Fugitive Slave Law of 18.50, is unconstitutional, so that you cannot for that reason convict a per son indicted for a forcible resistance thereto, if the facts alleged in the indictment are proved, and the Court hold the statute to be constitutional? 5. Have you formed nr expressed any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused, or of the other persons alleged to have participated with him in the offence charged against him in the indictment ? At the close of the second day's proceed ings, the. additionalseven jurors were select ed, end the panel to try the case of Hana way, was constituted as follows : Robert Elliott, of Perry ; James Wilson, of Adams; Thomas Conelley, of Carbon ; Peter Martin, of Lancaster; Robert Smith, of Adams ; William R. Sadler, of Adams I James M. Hopkins, of Lancaster ; John Jun. kin, of Perry ; Solomon Newman, of Pike ; Jonathan . W4inwright, of Philadelphia coun ty ; Ephraiiri - Fenton, - of Montgothery, and James Cowden of -L•ancaSter. _ . _ . The Court then adjourned ot•er until Fri• day morning, when the jurors were sworn. and the case was opened for the prosecu tion by the U. S. District Attorney. The jurors not empannelled, were notifi ed that the list would not he called again be fore next Monday a week, and that such as wished to return to their homes, or attend to their respective occupations. were at lib erty to do so, as no fine would be iinposted for non-attendance until that time. The examination of witnesses is now in progress. The Search for Sir John Franklin. A new search for John Franklin is to he 'undertaken by Lieut. party at the ex pense of Lady FRANKLIN. Thy aid of the Russian Emperor is to be solicited, the Eng 'lish Admiralty having refused to adopt it. • Lieut. PI3I developed his plan nt a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, held on the 10th. He had been led by various cir cumstances to the conclusion that Sir John FRANKLIN had passed through Wellington Channel, attained the Kolyma, and then steered to the westward, and when renching+ the meridian of l3ehring's Straits, reentered the ice in order to penetrate to the Pacific Ocean. The probability being that the mis sing ships had gone, not to the coast of Amer ica, but the coast of Sala. 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