Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-08-17
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
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WRIT OF HAsEAssCoRpu..sp MARTIAL


WRIT OF HABEAsvCoRpushsD MARTIAL
Law IN KENTUCKY.
wan DEPknTMENT,l
Ir kDIuTA~r ersEphL's OTTIcE,
oil. MAtnIHaToH, July ", lSsa'
General erders, No. 2aS. -
Byte President cfths UnRtd States ~ Am'ri'o'
PROCLAMATION.
Where's, BY a proclamation which was i,su'd
the 18th day OF April, 1851 the Presluen, 0, we
CnI eds'Ates Aunoun ed and declared thst 'he IsSs
Of he CnI'ed States had been Tor some ums pAs',
and ten were, oppo,ei, snd the execution the.coi
ob.ttueted. in certain Ststcs therein menhonedp %
eonbIn,,,on, too powerful to be suppressed BY the
Ordinary eoIr,o Of judicial proseedings, or BY tho
powers vested In the msr'hals oY ~;
Ina vrb.re,s, immediately after the Issuing Of
,h...,d nroeI. M alton the land and naval forces
ofth. United states were put into activity TO sup.
pre,, the aid insurreotion and rebellion;
And whereas, the Congress, OF the United States,
nv an .et approved on the 81 day OF March, 1854,
aid enset that durips the said rebellion the Presi
lent Of the United States, whenever In his ju 6.
nept the public safety may require 1t, 10 author
.sd to suspend the privilege OF the writ OF hGb6ds
CORPUS In any case tbroughout the United States,
or 10 any IT thereofi
And whereas, the said insurtection and rebel
lion stil continue, sndsngerins the existence Of
the Constitution and Government OF the United
ststss, g..
And whereas, the military forces Of the United
State. arc now aeIively engaged in suppressing
the sAd Insurreetion and rebellion In various paIt'
of the States where the said rebellion hiss been
suooessful In obstrueting the laws and public au-
thorit,e,, especially in the States Of Virginia and
Gecrgiai
And whereas, o the 18th dsy Of September last,
the President Of the United States duly issued his
proc amstion, wherein he declared that the Priyi-
lego OF the writ OF habess corpus should be sus-
pended throughout the United States In the cases
where, by the authority OF the p esident OF the
United states, military, naval, and civil officers
Of ne Un,,ed states, or any Of them, hold pc cons
under their command or In their custody, either
81 priso ers Of war; spie, or aiders or abeitoTs Of
thu eaemy or ON ers, soldiers, or seamen enrolled
or drafted or mustered enlisted 10, or belonging
to- the land or naval forces ofthe United statts or
as dtserters therefrom, OF otherwise a. enable to
military Law or the Rules and Articles OF War, or
the rules regulations prescribed for the military
or nAy,l services, by authority ofthe Pr sIdent OF
the United States, or for resisting draft, or for
AIRY other offense hgainbt the military or naval
servioej
An where's, mary citizens otthe State Of Ken
tueky have Joined the forces Of the insurgents aud
sui iususgenta have, sever al 'eeAsio entered
the said St ate OF Kenu Ky 10 large force, and not
without aid and comfort furnished by disa ed
and dSlSyAl Ol;Isns OF tho upited stSi0s residing
thereto, have not only greatly disturbed the pub
lie peace but have ovsrborne the civil Suthorries
ana inside nssrant eivil war, destroy ing property
Ahdlfe in various parts OF that statei
AMI whereas, 1t has been msds Known to the
President OF the United states by the officers com
manding the pation.l armies, that combina,ioni
have been formed In the said State OF Kentucky
with purposs OF melting rebel forces to renew
the said operations Of civil war within the said
stste, and thereby - smbarrsss the Quilted Slater
armies now operating In the IAld States Of Viz
gina and Georgia, and eveR to endAnger thtil
safetvi =
Now, therefore, !, ABRAHAM LING OH, Prssi
dent Of the unitsd States, BY virtue Of the author
ity vested IN me by the Constitution and laws, dc
hereby declsIe that, in my Judgment, the pubiit
ssisty especially -quir,s that the Susj enIion o
the privilege of the writ Of AsbsIS o0rpui so pro
clsimed In the sid proclamation OF the 18th o
september, 1883, be made eifectual and be duty en-
fore. din and throughout the said state Of Ken
tuck a, and that martial law be for the present
taOlished therein. lido, til Tefore, hereby {, our
OF VI military ofn"er In the ssid state that III
privileges Of the wit OF habca, corpus be efeOtusll
spended within the said state. according to II
Aforesaid proclamation, and that msttiAl law !
sstsbrIhet therein, 70 take eft ct ron the dAto
this proelAmAtioo, the said suspenBton Aad estA
hshment OF martial law 70 continue until IN
proclamation shall be rsyoksdo or modified, but q
beyond the period when tine s%id rebe lion ali,
have been suppressed or come to an end An
do hereby pqaire and command, ~ well all mi
taryoficers zs all civil sfhoe-s and sa,thorities
isttng or found within the said state Of RentuoI
to t,ke notice ofthiI proclamation andto give t
eff, OF to toe same.
The mArtiai law herein proclaimed, and
things In thst bssptc here ord red will not
deemed or taken TO Interfere " it'll the holding