Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-04
LATER FROM NEW ORLEANS
The Exchange Of Prisoners.
&c, &c. &c. Ac.
from XashinRfOn

WASHINGTON November 3-The Officis
statement shows that on the first Monday in De
tOber the resources Of the National Banking As
ISOLATION were over S297 900 900, including
about s93 $50 900 in loans and discounts, and
nearly s45.00O 600 in specie and other lawful
money Their profits are stated At about So.
900 600
The trial OF Colonel North, New York State
Agent. and Levi Cohen and VI NJ Jones, com
menced to-day before the L ;. Military Com
mission, OF which Gen. Doubleday is President
and Col Foster, Judge Advocate
Nessrs X. IL. Gillett and J ID. Mcpherson ap-
peared As counsel for the prisoners above named
The prisoners, together with Reeves and Soho
field, are charged With cODduct preudcial Ia
good order and military discipline, and Of fraud
toward the New York State electors, in that they
forged the names Of officers and soldiers to wha,
purpOrted to be ballots of said soldiers. 10 be
used At the election TO be held or Tuesday next.
They are also charged with falsely aud fraudu-
lently issuing divers aud sundry blanks. which
purported to be signed by officers and soldiers i'm
the military service of the United States author
ling certain parties 10 cast votes at the ensuing
State and National election, wth in,en' 20 lie
fraud the true elecior of his right
Mr.. Giilett one of the counsel Tor the prison
efs pleaded to the jurisdiction of the court, argu
Ing that the court had no jurisdiction over the
parties.
Secondly over the subject Of the matter.
Thirdly. that lie matter was not within the
Jurisdiction OF the national government,
Fourth, that It was a subject over which the
national government had never legslated
Fifth, that there was no law of the Federal
government authorizing the jurisdiction of mill
tary courts for the trial of any not in the militia
~ service.
Mr. Gillett argued that the Federal tribunals
had not in any way OF manner authorized the
trial of persons by Federal courts for crimes
committed against the laws of anv State or
States. If the accused had committed crime.
u was only violation of the statute of the State
of New York. and consequently the tribunals Of
the United States had no jurisdiction over an of
fence which had been committed against the
laws of New York, and that the same law pre-
scribes the penalties and mode Of trial ana in
dictment
Ifthe ofense was committed in any other State
against the laws OF New York. under the extra
dition laws of New York the party charged
with crime Is liable 10 be taken to New York
1t parties here charged have not committed
crime against the State of New York il must
appear aiirmatively that crime against the statute
laws OF the United States has been committed
Ii has been decided there can be no ofFensc
against the United states unless il i specially
made 50 by statute
Il is not averred that the prisoners nave com
mitted an offense against the statute Of the Uni
ted States. There are no common law ohfenses
in the United States, and il expressly rules that
vhai are common Law olfenses of England are
not law offenses against the United States No
oiiense such as these prisoners are charged with
has been created by the statute OF the United
States, and consequently this tribunal has no
jurisdiction
The Commission adjourned at MIR. Gillett's re
quest. I'LL I'D o'clock to morrow morning