Evening star., 1863-05-12

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in line CT battle seove King and Queen Ccurt
, House. The strength was uiykaown, but at
| once advanced 10 the attack, only, howe YER to
| discover that they were friends, = portion OF
| the 18th Illinois cavalry, who had become
| separated from ,hc command OF fisut, fyoi
! Davis, OF the same regiment. =
At 10 O'clock a. m. on the eth, fonad safety
and rest under our own brave hines at Glon-
| cester Point This raid and march around the
| entire rebel army, march Of nearly 2Oi miles,
has been made In less. than hyeideys with a.
icss OF officer and 81 priyates, having cap
| tured and paroied upwards Of $50 men, s#-
| frr --~$>-- #fgg - r
| TRIAL OF G. L.vALiANDiGHAIC CON.
! CLEDED. r -.
| A Majority of the Court in Favor OF Send
| Ing Him TO the Dry TortuScs-The Minor.
| ity In Fcrcr Of Sending HIM South.
| The trial of Clement L. yallandighara before
| the military court in Cincinnati was conctuded
| on Saturday, and the yerdicthas been submitted
to General Burnside for his approval or dis
! approval.
| The majority of the ccnrt, il is said, have
! sentenced Mr. Vaiiancignayn to the Dry Tor.
| tugss for two years. The minority, il is said,
| We're IN favor of sending him Soath. with the
| Injunction not to return until the war is over
We learn, however, that the Government has
! not been informed that such verdict as above
| referred 10 has been made.
! The accused was Charged with publicly ex-
/ pressing, in violation OF General Order No. a.
| from Headquarters Department of the Ohio, his
| sympathies for those in arms against the Gov
ernment Of the United States, declaring disloyal
sentiments and opinioas, with the object and
! purpose OF weakening the power Of the Gov
einment IL its efforts to suppress an unlawful
rebellion.
| The specifications are that in a speech lately
| delivered IN Mount Vernon, Ohio he expressed
! sentiments and opinions which he well knew
did aid, comfort, and encourage those in arms
| against the Government, and could but induce
| Ia his bearers distfust of their own Govern
| mort and sympathy for those in arms against
| II, and disposition to resist the laws of the
! land.
Capt. Hill, of the I15th o. V. l., testified that
| h. heard the speech, and that MIR. Vailaadig-
ham uttered words to the effect that the present
! war WAS "a wicked, cruel and unnecessary
! war; o war not being waged for the p-eserva-
/ ton OF the Union; a war for the purpose of
| Crushing out liberty and erecting a des putism:
| I war Tor the freedom OF tho blacks and tie en-.
siaH s,aent of the w hies;" stating Usthat If the.
! Administration had wished the war could
! iaSe been orabIy terminated months ago:
| ;i'at i'Hacs might have been honorably obtained
! by listening to tho proposed intermedation Of
/ France; tnat propositions by which the south
/ fTn STATES ceula he won hack and the South
| ie guaranteed their rights under the Constitu-
! ticn had peen rejected the day before the late
battle Ut EreGPrIcksh"rg by Lincoln and his
/ minlons, meaning thereby the President of the
! United States ard those under him in an-nor-
ity. Charging "ttslt tSa Government of the
/ United States were about to appoint military
! ;narshals ia every district 10 restrain the peo-
pie of their Ncerties, TO deprive them of their
! GTGeT No. .S, EeaGquar:Grs Department: of the
+. Chic, as -. base usurpation of arbitrary au-
! hcIly,' inviting his hearers 10 resist the same
| hy saying ssthe sooner the people inform the
| miEions Of Gsurped power that they viii net
submit 10 >Ach restrictions pDcn their Liberties
the hett?r:' declaring that ne was AT all times
and hroa all occasions, resolved 10 do what he
/ cGniG - Cf feat Tie attempts now being made
to EiilC ED {: monarchy uDon the ruins of our
tree Government" asserting I" that he firmly
believed, as he said six months ago, that the
IGga in power are attempting establish d
aespotisnl IN this country, more crnel and more
uEarrss!ye than ever existed before
Captain John a. Means, also OF the 1t5th
Chic, WIS lie next witness. He too, heard the
! speech IA que. lion. Mr- FalIandigham said
lfat the war was not carried ON for the preser-
Saiicn Uf The Union; that it might have been
| stopteti and peace Restored some time ago, and
| Tie Union saved, il the plan which had osen
/ sHtinticd had BEEN accepted the day before the
! battle OF. Fredericksburg.
! MI Ful!anGigham objected to thing on
/ t..Is las noirt, on the frouno tha. be mad ap-
! piird icr q suhpuna tor Fernando Wood, of
4 EcW EOIE, TO bring with him the piIu pro-
/ posed. and had heen refused.
IhI Judge Advocate replied that this point
nigh b waived. and he would str Ike from
! ne specifications what related 10 the proposed
Plan ~ restoring thc IGspm.
| he witness Continued. haL il the plan had
! hesn adopted. peace would have been restored,
! .i,r i'nioa sa.ed hy reconstruction, the Snath
/ CD back and guaranteed i'll her rights. That
| cur armies didn't meet with success; that
| Richmond was nottaken, Charleston, nor Vic6-
| burg, than he Mississip was not open, and
would net be as tong 6s there was cotton to sell
| or contractors 10 reward. He said, In regard
/ 70 tie Tebuke Of the Administrator at the last
| iaii election, that no mere yoiun teers could be
! haG; that lie Administration had 10 resort TO
/ the tI. ach eonscTlptlon act; that he would not
/ counsel resistance tothe military Or civil law,
| Tor that V as not needed. That a people were
| INV oithy 10 be freeinen who would submit to
/ such encf foachments on their liberties. MEAN
/ lig the CONSUMPTION act.
Nj Y. said further, he believed the Admin
/! isuaiioE WAS attempting to-erect despotism;
! tlatin less t!.an one month Lincoln had plunged
| the country into this cruel, bloody and unne-
/; cPssary war.
| In relation to order No. IS, he said it was a
!. nsurpation Of power; that he despised il, spit
ppon 1t: trampled it under his feet; that he, for
cn", would not regard it. He styled the Ad-
| mirlstration officers, and officers of the army,
| as minioas of the Administration. He advised
he people, at the close of his speech, 10 come
| Ep together at the baliot-box, and hurt the
tyTant from his throne. He styled the Presi-
cent at another time as king Lincoln
On cress-examinaton, this witness insisted
upon the correctness OF the evidence as given
acoSe: and the Judge Advocate then rested his
| evidence when Hon. S. S. Cox was called on
| the part of Mr.. Nallandigham. MIR. Cox WAS
! cne OF the speakers at the Mount Vernon meet
ing. He denied that NJ. V. applied any epithet
to Cen Burnside. What he said relative 10
Order No. IS was in effect that he didn't re-
eoenize Order No. 5S as superior TO Ozder Ne.
| |: the Constitution, from George Washington,
| commanding. MI Valiandigham charged that
the men in authority had it in their power, if
| they We're willing, to make peace He ex-
hansted some time in reading from Montgome-
| ~ Blair and from Forney; and also stated that
| there were private proofs, yet to be developed.
and which Time would disclose, proving his
| statement. He bitterly denounced any attempt
!! to make peace by q separation of the States.
| when ne occasionally used the words aPresi-
| dent and his minions," witness did not under
stand him 10 mean the military exacfly, but
| It was n connection with arbitrary arrests.
| Mr.. Cox further said that Mr.. " invoked his
hearers under no circumstances to surrender
! the Union. E#f
At the conclusion Of the evidence, Mr. Val.
| landisham submitted protest, setting forth
| that lie was arrested without a due process of
| law; that he was neither in the land or naval
service OF the United States, and therefore not
riabie in military court; and demanding as
his right as citizen OF the United States, that
!se be arraigned by Indictment and tried by a
jury of his country. The alleged offense.
which he says was simply advising the people
OF Ohio relative 10 certain policies, was not
Enoc'n TO tie Constitution of The United States
lie denied that he has ever counseled resist