St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

equipped themselves at the States ex-
pense just before their departure. ,
If so, it is just retribution on a
government which thus, in violation of
federal authority, permitted itself to
be robbed of its means of defence,
that it should now suffer for the want
of them.
By a late arrival we had an account
of the arrest of Judge Terry of the
Supreme Court, and his Imprisonment,
attended with circumstances of pecu-
liar outrage and indignity, because
he resisted the arrest of man named
Maloney.
A correspondent writes:
Judge Terry is now in their dun
geon. His wife, child and friends are
refused all access to him, even in the
presence of witnesses. Attempts
have been made to induce him to re-
sign under the alternative of death :;
but he refuses to do so while in their
hands. / have no doubt he would re-
sign if, on being released, he thought
it was the wish of the State. He is a
man of fine morals, free from dissipa-
ton, and of unspotted integrity. The
secret of their hate for him arises
from the fact that he is the real lead
er, the soul and spirit of the party that
sustains the laws. His arrest has
awakened the deepest feeling all over
the State, and has aroused rejection
against this movement. What will
be his fate? The Vigilance Commit
tee, as a mass, are in favor of extreme
measures. The Executive Committee
are not" ... ... ..,...
Maloney, referred to above, was ex-
PEELED from the State, and has since
published long card explanatory of
the circumstances of his case in par
ticular and of the secret operations of
the committee in general. He aflirms
that he is wholly innocent of crime in
any shape, and that his sole offence
was the active part he took in opposi-
ton to the committe, especially in
conveying the State arms from Benz
cia to San Francisco, which were in
tercepted and seized by the Vigilants
while en- route. For his participation
in this affair, and the subsequent pro-
ceedings, growing out of it, he was
confined fourteen days in the dungeon
of the Committee, and, as. he perse-
vered in his adherence to the State
authorities and would have been a
material witness in the charges of pi.
racy for Selling the said arms, his ex.
pulsion was resolved upon and carried
into effect without giving him the
slightest opportunity to arrange his
affairs. He makes some very grave
charges against the committee, and
says that just prior to his departure
from San Francisco he learned that
an order for the arrest of Chief JUS
tice Murray, of the Supreme Court,
had been issued by the executive COM
mittee, under an Indictment by pack
ed jury, in which the judge is charged
with bribery IN some old land case.
Mr. Maloney gives it as his opinion
that Judges Murray und Terry are at
this moment floating at large Oh the
face of the Pacific, in terms of a
threat uttered by one of the commit
tee-men, that "they would be sent so
far they would not be able to get
back to San Francisco during their
term of Office, and that all who went
in that vessel would never see land,
unless they were in very big luck"
In response to recent call of the
U. S Senate, the latest news from
Washington is, that the President has
caused to be prepared documents
which he will shortly send in to that
body, embracing Gov. Johnson's APP
plication for the Presidents interior
ence and assistance Marcy's refusal
Cushing's legal opinion supporting
Marcy's objections, together with in
structions from Secretaries Dobbin
and Davis to the army and navy on
the Pacific. These documents, it is
said, will show. Gov. Johnson's con-
nivance with the Vigilance Committee
during the first week of its existence,
and his negligence to employ proper
constitutional means to suppress in
surrection, before resorting to the fed
eral authority. The rebellion had pro-
crossed eleven weeks before his APP
plication to the President. The appli-
cation is now refused becausehe failed
to summon the Legislature, which was
the first duty devolving on him, by the
action Of Congress.
Our neighbor Kelley, Of the ST.
Charles Hotel, is one Of the greatest
shots in the county, and when, with
his setter dog, York, and double bar