Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-12
NOIIherH News-ImPOrIauG GrSm WRsh-
imgton.

NOIIherH News-ImPOrIauG frOm WRsh-
ingtOn.
I, appears thst the abolition magnatss ST
Washington f4d more difficulty in dealing With
the negro question tan they expected. cor
res poudent vi the Baltimore Sun" writing on
tie 23l . May, gives the following account OF
All tlsiT which took place at the Federal capital
on She previous evening:
The anomalous state Of things here st this
time ia come rtiou with the institution Of slavery,
gives rise 20 Lew and une pcc.ed incidents from
day to day, which are Go' only psIpleIing, but
may become, in d"gree, dangerous. JUS!
iisCTSetuess and Use !urbearAECe are 20 be
hoped fJr hOweYer, in the premises Since the
difficulty mentioLed yesterday, with the 10Th
New York reg m III, IN resisting the civil police
ia The reclamation OF fugitive slaves from among
then On NJ - ISSUED under the law. We have
had sLothrr p,sode-s military guard going LAST
night by der Of zen W AdsE oTth, the military
gov raOT, 10 the jail 30 take sway 4 cJ.oTed gill
belonging 10 3lrs. AllBOtt. of Prince Georges
county, Nd, snd because OF the j4ilOr Mr..
Nj burn) declining 10 deliver her up, placing
him aud the pury marshal (Mr. PhillPs) uE-
der = military aIrrst, sud taken possession OF
the keys lf the prison Asd the prison itself.
these two 0ficisls were taken a the ggATd
house, while Asssrs. Josepk II. B:Edley aud
} 4mts 81 CaGliSle both prominent members Of
.ho bi-, the s.; cDantei Tor the claimant Of tho
slave Nho ia Ite meantime vent 70 the jail IN
their III R caDaclty, where held vi Mn lis walls
d, prjsOlers also Al late h1ur OF th, IA XhI
however, the |. ) marshal Of tue distIiSi CUi
Lam0u, having duly summoned the pUies, vent
Siih Polio. Superintendent Webb and Sc giant
C,oTia 70 Tie 81, aud III turn placed uuder ar
rest ;hs 'li,sry seTgEant and sentry Tbe h=d
bser 7h in uhary-, releasing MsssIz Bradley
and Carlisle. Daring this morning The se:-
geaut Of The mjii'a'y guard uss released by ibe
marsha, aud D~puty marshal Phillips, and
i4loI Nii6uD, i rvs expected, would De dis
missed FROM ;he sua Il hoUse lie marshal
aysils himself II the earliest opportunity 10 eoH-
sui; the President oI ihe subject.
The Washington Star Of the sji has an 81
count 81 f the disturbance which concludes as
follow:
The marshal found il impossible to see the
Pfesidcn' whO WAS understood TO be absent
from !hs executive mansiOn, engaged wish the
Secretary Of War in the transaction OF business
oi 50 ( eat publ importance As that Le had
sOms hcurs bccrt given directions involving n
,ecleusiGU s. see any ono on any business whs;-
ever las. night aud to-day. The marshal then
rrpaIctd 10 the Aticnl-y Genera, with whom he
consulted freely ~ 20 his path ol duty in the
plon'-es. Subsequently be returned 20 the 81.
4id sylrS!td llt- military guard by virtue Ot HE
civil authority, dissrmei Them, and placed them
quder lock and key. J. M. Carlisle, Esq act
ing a. liz DJSss cOaajgtqtgS, armed with the !eVUl
veI aud ssbe Of The disarned sergeant.
Thus the matter stauGr a. noon to-day. Dep
uty inarsta Phillips aud jsilOr Ni.bu!u are
held as prisoners by the provost guard III their
prison.
The emLr0gi4 is No. to be solved uu,il she
riesi 'sn. ran tiUd tine 10 dispose Ui it, which
may b. tsssr,s, -tllr hours yer,
We hear shat ,ho military governor : 0I ier 10
take the woman i.Om the lawful custody ol the
| uited States marshall, was prrdicsted upon
testimony inpunging the loyalty oi he cain.
ant
We Learn Ly dispatch from Washington Ia
ter than the /" egUing, shat all who were arrested
by either sid we're 70 sssed. The dispatch adds:
Marshall Lemon and military governor Wads-
worth had 4. long interview TelstIye TO the con-
fict OF jurisdiction between them--the former
claiming the right to szercise all his civil func-
lions in the absence Of the declaration OF mar
tia! law. The question al iSsue will have TO be
.et,le1 by The executive. The subject has Oc-
clsiuned general cUmmen. aud some eIci5s-
nIeut
Toe New York Herald Of May 2ith gives
Gen. WslswJrth the following complimentary
notice iu connection with the tff.i::
In another column We publish = telegrsphiC
dispatch from which il will be seen that, under
The leadership Of Gen. Wsdsworth, disgraeeful
military riOt-eyeu 20 the breaking of Jail and
the rescue OF prisoue,-hss taken place in the
city Of Washington, the capital of the nation.
In the very presence Of the assembled CongIoss
the majesty Of the law has been iDsul.ed and
the dignity of the republic set at naught by
orders Of Gen WEdsworth, who because hs
wears epaulets, imagines he may play the despO.
and 10 what he pleases with impunity.
/, is very cl ar tha: WAdsworth il completely
in tue wrong, and he would have been lar better
employed in helping Cen. Mcclellan to whip the
enemy at Richmond, Instead OF creating riots in
Washington and helping to deirAud the lrysl
citizens OF May land OF their prOPsrty. 1t is An
al IN Of cur laws, and indeed OF the laws Of ell
free countries, that the evil power is supreme
over military. uul5ss were maTtiSl lAw is pro-
claiIn.d by the caef mag i'trste. Even it mArtisl
Law lii e1is, "a. the time in tho District Of Col.
umba ,hr sct OF Gen. w dsHoTth would have
been rOtolls proceeding, hgh-handsd out.
rage tJr martial Law only suspends the civil
law 20 far ~ is necessary 70 the safety OF the
army aud the succegs OF military operations,
and can only be smployed i0T the arrest Of
dangerous and suspicious persons within ihe
lines OF the Amy. Tuefe are no military
operations gUiI : on at Washington, aud the
acts perps:rated by Urdsr of Gsu. Wslswosth
might have beeR done with the same legality ia
the city Of Sen Iuik.