The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-05

charged by virtue of the provisions of this act
until after he or she shall have taken an oath
OF ALLEGIANCE to the Government of the United
States and to support the Constitution thereof;
and that he or she will not hereafter in any
way encourage or give aid and comfort to the
present rebellion or the supporters thereof.
ana provided also, That the Judge or court
Delore Whom Such person may be brought, be-
lore dlscharging him or her from imprisOn-
lllen', shall hive power, on examination OF the
case, and if the public safety shall require it,
snail be required to cause him or her to enter
AlCo rccOgnizance. w tn or without surety, in q
sum to be fixed by said judge or court, to keep
the Inc peace and be of good behavior towards the
United States and its citizens, and from time
10 time, and at such times as said Judge or
court may direct, appear before said judge or
court, to be further dealt with according to
law, as the circumstances may require. And it
Shall be the duty of the District Attorney of the
United States to attend such examination be-
fore the judge ............. ...., ......-,
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That in
case any of such prisoners shall be under in
dictment, or presentment for any offence
against the laws of the United States, and by ex-
listing laws bail or a recognizance may be talk
en- for the appearance for trial of such person,
it shall be the duty of said judge at once to
discharge such person upon bail or recogni-
zance for trial as aforesaid. And in case the
said Secretaries of State and War shall for any
reason refuse, or omit to furnish the said list of
persons held as prisoners aforesCsd at the time of
the passage of this act, within taventy days there
after, and Of such persons as hereafter may be
arrested acithin tuenty days from the time of the
arrest, any citizen may, after grand jury shall
have terminated its session without finding an
Indictment or presentment, as provided in the
second section of this act, by petition alleg-
ing the facts aforesaid touching any of the per-
sons as aforesaid imprisoned, supported by the
oath nfc 9TH.
person, obtain and be entitled to have the said
judges order to discharge such prisoner on the
same terms and conditions prescribed in the
second section of this act: Provided. however,
That the said Judge shall be satisfied such allie
cations are true
This law, which appears to have been
carefully drawn, proceeds upon the suppo-
sition that in time of civil war there may
be conditions and circumstances of society
in which the President ought to suspend
the writ of hobeas corpus, and order the
arrest of troublesome or miscfievOus per-
sons. He is to act whenever, in his judg-
ment, "the public safety" may require
such action. But the law, at the same
time, obviously regards such occasions as
transient or temporary, and directs a mode
for the proper judicial trial of all who may
haves been irregularly seized and impris-
Oned. 1t says their Names must be, cas-
soon as practicable" transmitted to the
Judges of the Circuit and District Courts
of the United States, fer presentment or
Indictment by the Grand Jury, and in the
event that the Grand Jury adjourns with
out finding bill against them, the Judges
are to discharge the accused. Nothing
can be clearer or more explicit than this;
nothing shows more tender regard for
the rights of the citizen, or a stronger de-
termination on the part of the lawgiver to
keep the military power subordinate to the
civil power. While it admits the occa-
sional necessity of arbitrary proceedings, it
takes great care to prevent abuses.
Under the provisions of thes' statute.
VALLANDIGHAM is a prisoner of State, and
the Secretary of War is bound to report
him as such to the Circuit Judge of the
district in which his supposed offences were
committed, to he regularly tried by the
civil tribunal. There is no escape from the
plain demands of the law. even if there
we're desire to do so, which we cannot
suppose, and we expect to hear in a few
days that the culprit has been handed over
to the only legitimate authorities.
Further Particulars of the Capture
Of Jackson.
The Chicago Tribune, received last eve
ming, has further particulars of the capture
of Jackson. 1t appears that QU1MBY's d.
vision, now under command of General
CRooKER, was held in reserve at the battle
of Raymond, but in the attack on jackson
was given the advance. We quote what
is said Of
sToEMING TIE REBEL HEIGHTS.
Slowly at first and steadily, the extended line
moved forward. Seen from my point of OBJ
servation on the left the movement was a
splendid one. The line appeared as unrutfied
as if going through the evolutons of battalion
drill on dress parade They marched on the
field east of the ravine, crossed the gullev and
moved up the hill at the same measured step.
Presently we heard the sharp crack of a rifle,
then another, and then perfect rattle of mus
kerry, sounding in the distance like echOing
thunder We could see our brave boys fall
headlong upon the ground we could see the
gaps made in the ranks. and expected every
moment to discover them forced back before
the terrible storm. Not q man taltered. On
ward they pressed up the activity: they leap
ed the garden fence, they entered the enclo-
sure around the mansion and, delivering fear
full volley, the rebel line was broken. In wild
disorder and utter terror, leaving their dead
and wounded, they fled, nor stopped to look
behind them until they had gained the ridge
and forest mile beyond, just in the outskirts
of jackson.
THE FIELD OF SLAUGHTER.
/ rode over the battlefield ten minutes after
wards, before any of the wounded were re-
moved. The sight was a fearful one. Here
was the dead body of a Union soldier, and al
most within reach the corps Of his rebel OPP
pOnent. There was the wounded Federal and
dying Confederate, each begging for help and
calling upon us to relieve him of his terrible
misery. The bodies of a hundred rebels lay
upon the green sward around the dwelling,
and on the rise of the hill lay as mauy more of
our own gallant boys. Presently the ambu-
lances came upon the ground, the dead were
laid carefully side by side for recognition and
burial, the wounded were taken to the hOspi-
tai the prisoners were coyr0lea, and the divi-
sion moved on again with lessened ranks but
as compact and unbrOken as ever These brave
BOYS had marched up to the gates OF hell and
looked beyond the portals of the grave mo-
ment before, but now they moved us uncon-
cernedly, and with laughter and testing as if
the deadly charge had been an idle pastime.
HOSTING THE FLAG OVER THE CAPITOL.
A few cavalry had entered the town from the