The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-05-21

Mr.. Respass;' yet he has been honorably
acquitted. under every disadvantage as to
place Of trial, absence Of witnesses, &c.
Read the following:
From the Raleigh Standard.
ISAIAH REsPAss, ESQ.
Mr.. HOLDEN: hope as an act Of common
Justice to that falsely accused and much in
jured man, my son-in-law, above named,
! that the Standard, and all other papers in the
State which lately published the fact tina, he
had been arrested and incarcerated in a
dungeon in Richmond, pap By she military
authorities, for trial, upon charge oi treason
l--;ii-~.so publish this article, to inform their
readers that he was tried last week, by a
Court Martial Of their own selection, and
upon the testimony Of their own witnesses,
(for none were allowed to him, nor even the
benefit Of an argument of the case by his
counseD he was " honorably acquifted' as
says the record Of the Court, and that the
prosecution was false and malicious. lie
was, thereupon, discharged from prison to
return home. On Tuesday last, he reached
here, and the next day visited the State
Convention, then in session-and the same
evening left for GoldsbOrough, bearing a
letter from Gen. Winder to Gen. Holmes,
announcing his honorable acquittal and dis
charge.
:, 1t is also due to the Hon. Messrs. Bridg-
ers, Smith and Arlington, members of Con-
gress from this State, that | should say,
in this connection, on their hearing that
MIR. Respass had been dragged from his
bed IN his own house, at a late hour of the
night, by a military force, when he was
scarcely recovered from a long and danger
Gus illness, and allowed one minute, only, TO
hurry on the clothes he had worn the day
before, but not permitted 10 take any others
with him, and was confined in that den of
infamy, McDaniels negro Jail, they appeal
ed to the military authorities of Richmond
to allow Mr.. Respass the benefit of the pri-
son limits as essential to his health, perhaps
even 10 his life, aud they would stand bail
for him in any sum that might be required
averring, from their knowledge Of his char
acter and personal acquaintance with him,
that they were convinced he was falsely
accused and i1jured man. Heaven bless
them for their generosity and kindness. But
they were insultingly told in reply, that he
should remain where he was, and il it kill
ed him it would only save them the trouble
Of hanging him, and that, as an example had
to be made, to terriig the traitors in North
Carolina, in him they had got hold Of the
right person TO make that example Of.
JOSEPH B. HINTON.
Raleigh, May Q, 1861.
Tn. REspAss CAsE.-We learn that the
Court Martial which was engaged nearly the
whole Of last week IN Richmond, in the trial oI
Isaiah Respass, the Mayor Of Washington, in
this State, acquitted him on all the charges
brought against him. The judgment Of the
Court was approved by The revising anthori-
", and MIR. r. was released on Monday
last. Col. Tyler, cone Of the Editors Of the
Richmond Enquirer,) was Chairman Of the
Court, assisted by Captains Archer, Bad
ham. Cameron and others. Mr.. 0uld, for.
merly United States Attorney for the Dis.
trict of Columbia. acted as Judge Advocate
and conducted the prosecution. Judge w.
w Crump, Of Richmond, and II. W. Mil
Ter, Esq, Of this City, appeared for the ac-
cused. We are requested 10 state that the
rumor which prevails, that Mr.. Respass wa:
acquitted on the technical objection TO the
jurisdiction Of the Court. is incorrect. The
case was tried and decided On rs merits, the
question OF jurisdiction having been waived
for reasons satisfactory 70 the accused and
his counsel. Raleigh standard.
.--.x.3....z.1.1..