Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-11-04

inscription " Free Maryland"
The Governors proclamation con
cludes as follows:
And WHEREAS, The results of said
election have been duly certified to by
proper judges Of said several elections,
and on accurately counting and casting
up votes so returned to me, for and
against said Constitution, including the
soldiers vote aforesaid, it doth appear
that there We're 80. Ia bailots cast for the
new Constitution IND %, I99 against the
said Constitution, and there being 81
blank ballots reported as given against
the Constitution but no counted, the
persons offering them refusing to take
the oath required by said Constitution,
and there being on the aggregate SO cast
Il majority for The adoption OF said Con-
stitution, ROW, therefore, /, Augustus
w. Bradford, Governor Of the State OF
Maryland, in pursuance of authority 50
vested inme by said act of the Assembly
and Constitution aforesaid, do by this
nv proclamation declare and make
known that the said Constitution and
form of government so framed and
adopted by the Convention aforesaid,
has been adopted by 4 majority of the
voters of the State, and that in pursu-
ance of the provisions contained therein
the same will go into effect as the prop
err Constitution and form OF govern
ment of this State, Supercedlng the one
now existing, on the first day of Novem-
Der next.
Given under my hand and the great
seal OF the State of Maryland, at the city
OF Annapolis, on. the Goth day of October,
in the wear of our Lord 1864.
tSi~ued) A. w. BRADFORD.
Bv the Governor. w. B. HALL,
Sec'y OF State.
WATERFOWL, n. V, Oct. 29.-Gov.
SEYMOUR has appointed a commission
consisting of the Hon. Amos j. Parker,
Hon. w. +. Allen and Hon. W. Rel
lev. to proceed to Washington forth
| with % 'inQuire into the causes of the
arrest Of Col. North and other citizens
of the State of New York, and to take
such action as may be necessary to secure
a speedy trial; TO vindicate the law OF
the State, and at the same time TO see
that any attempt on the part OF any one
to prevent the soldiers from voting, OF
to defraud them out of their votes, q. Il
coerce their action in voting, or to de-
tain or alter the votes already cast by
them be exposed and punished.
[Signed.1 j. F. MILLER,
Inspector General of New York.
NEW YORK, Oct, 29.-Owing to the
storm last night the proceedings in the
case of the alleged election frauds en-
soldiers couil not be transmitted ovel
the wires.
The following is n brief summary O
the proceedings:
Donahue, II of the p~riS0ner%, admits
that he had signed certain Dl;lks with
| the names of &. G. Arthur, Captain,
and no others; but claimed ii ";ia ~
crime, As there was no such i'll tie -cr-
vice. He also denied the Jurisdictions Of
the Commissioner. The Judge A'E0-
cite claimed that the Court had iur!4,
diction, and said the Oftense Wa III
| violation OF general order No. 269.
The court decided it had jurisdictions,
\. X. Wood, of West Chester, Clinton
county, swore on the part of the govern
Ment that he was agent OF Che Union
Committee OF his county. He had his
suspicious aroused while on q visit tC
Fort Monroe, and finally went 10 SIR.
Ferry, State Agent, and reported him
I self rs a Mcclellan man. Here he soon
learned that when Lincoln votes were
| sent there from the soldiers they Were
changed for Mcclellan, and he was Is
SIlr9C ina tnerc WAS more "a iNio CCit
than he thought o.
! The witness detailed the operation o.
OF filling up the blanks, etc, and muciI
other information, showing systematic
fraud while in Ferry's office. Two sol
! diers came in, signed the power CT at
toPucy. and each placed Union fiectola al
and State tickets in envelopes. F..
~ distracted Union and substituted
Democratic tickets. Wood theu ~
formed the provost marshal of the has
ine-s. \ lot of letters etc. seized III
Ferrr's Office were shown. The letters
are ali enignatical, and contain noo}esl
admission Of frauds. The IN Of p.
tani;er. II. Crandall, sheriff OF Albany
and T.. Newcofnb, OF Albany frequent
Iy occu: i'll letters.
After an address 10y the Judge Adyo-
rlle. the case OF Donahue was an
uniliice.i as closed ANA the court room
. cleared f~T the .,:mmit5ce 10 deiib2I:t,
0, it.. the decision WIS arrived IL III
an hour. Yut it goes II the President ."j
a~uJ:rr..i bcfore being made public. .j:,
EnWc03mb under oati, made Il s%tateDl&u,
. that he VAS commissioned by GoVectt"i
t-tTulnur 10 Cai<e vnges II Baltimore i,i,i
Washington. lie saw Donaiue. Wuot,
iars: Ferry without power % attorney
%ui proxies at Ferry, office. In -.'ule
ca.2s he saw officers name pu: iii, AL
AZ Dunalle'S reullest he filled III s!fi"-
ctn. 81 power OF attorney and affidavit
Non",lla mad" i statement III WHICH
he sit. "il2t he lad done was fool:ahiy
done, ara without any knowledge ~
ida q the consequences. He apDea,e0
t. tne court 20 view his ease with len
ianpy.
iIGAo4uAHTHHS ARMY OF ioiUMAC.
O"V. &a.-ijle iai. movements o: tni>
army have resulted in extending Gu!
lines It's Tar as Tha:riier's Run, on Tia.
Duucan Rrati-:ir advance Of a}.!ut !:
uni,~s b., uaG or 10. :uer POSITION. i,
ii.s .eauitet: III the discovery % liz rX
a"t position vi the rebel lines ALI me
works erected for their defence, as J2il
Us a more complete knowledge o: .h4
country between us and the south .-,;!e
Railroad.
twas not believed that the rebels had
any strong works in this direction, and
that, By taking them by surprise, e!ley
would be easily driven into the inner
lines OF Petersburg but, to the surprise
OF all, not only was the enemy found To
be entrenchel on both sides Of the
! Boynton plank road, but they hal q
strong force on noun sIdeS OF the run
extending several miles.
The corps III the charge on the plank
road drove the rebels from their works
Oh the south side of the Run and across
the bridge. of which they held posses
sion until ordered to withdraw.
On the advance OF the 5th corps they
moved on the south side of the run, and
the road being very crooked in this vi
entity, by keeping close to it there was
~ 4 between its left and the right OF
the "a corps. The rebels took advan'
ragc OF this and massed in the woods
under cover, under Il most determined
: assault On the right OF the ID division o.
the ID corps, evidently with the inten'
: ton OF capturing tho entire force on the
right. Their charge for q very short
title vas II success, but our men rallied
! charged on them, and drove the rebels
,ack. cutting off the greatest part o