The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-11-02

The reply of the officer was, that he TAR
rested the men by order of the Sheriff,
for resisting the laws of the State" He
was then informed that the whole pro-
ceeding was contrary to the instructions
which had few moments before been
given him, from General Emory, and if
he persisted in making further arrests,
and refused to release the gentlemen
who had been arrested, he would be re-
ported. His reply was, that he "believed
he was doing wrong, as the men were
not making any fuss, but he had been
ordered to report to the Sheriff, and he
was going to obey his ORDERS" He was
then shown the following despatch, and
requested to refrain from making furth-
er arrests until reply was received:
Major General EMORY, Cumberland Nd
The voting is going on quietly. Lieut..
Myers, commanding the military guard,
is, by order of the Sheriff, engaged in ar
resting unoffending loyal citizens.
Respectfully, JOHN /. YELLOTT.
As soon as it was ascertained that this
despatch was to be sent to Gen. Emory,
Mr.. Hoke, States Attorney, and Sheriff
Pitzer went to the telegraph Office to
communicate with Gov. Foreman, but
at last agreed to answer Maj. Yellott's
despatch by telegraphing to Gen. Emory
a copy Of the ince,sdid,y and REASONABLE
hand-bill, with the entirely false declar-
alton that, "the excitement and indig-
nation Of the people Of the town was SO
great against the signers Of this hand
bill, that the arrests were necessary to
preserve peace" We assert that not one
breath of excitement or single sign of
disturbance was observable before these
gentlemen were arrested.
a telegram was soon received from
Gen. Emory, ordering the release of the
parties arrested, and ordering the officer
in command to have nothing to do with
arresting citizens, except in the event Of
a disturbance, and the inability of the
civil authorities to quell it. In about an
hour after this order was received, the
guards were withdrawn from the guard
house, but no one seemed inclined to
take the responsibility of releasing the
prisoners, as both the officer and the
Sheriff denied that they arrested them
or ordered the arrest-Mr. Pitzer declar-
ed he did not order the arrests, while the
officer declared he did.
We remarked to the officer that we
thought he had transcribed his author
ity, and if he did not take care, he would
be cashiered,-fo which personal offence
we were not released with the other gen
tlemen, but marched off to the County
Jail, where we were locked in cell un-
til the arrival of Capt. Jones from Hair
per's Ferry, about 5 o'clock in the after
noon. We have been authoritatively
informed that Lieut.. Myers is now un-
der arrest, by order of Gen. Emory, and
will be court-martialed for his miscon-
duct
During the day several very exciting
dispatches were sent to Cumberland by
the Radicals, which caused additional
military force (,cith on assistant .Stuyeon)
to be sent to Martinsburg in the after
noon. There was not a knock-down or
a blow struck during the entire day, nor
the slightest riotous demonstration yet
dispatches had been sent of character
to lead people to believe that Our streets
acere running acith blood!
Sheriff Pitzer, VIM. Meracle and Jos.
7. HolSe were the most prominent per-
sonages in the gallant attack upon our
citizens, though we are sorry to inform
our readers that upon the receipt of Or
ders from Gen. Emory, these gallant
"Hon1e retera1ls" seemed anxious to re-
lieve themselves of all responsibility in
the matter, and to throw it solely upon
the shoulders of the poor little German
second lieutenant, who had imprudently
lent himself to these gentlemen, to do
their contemptably mean work.
The plans were we'll laid to brighten
off the Conservative vote, but, thanks to
the energy Of few gentlemen i'll our
midst and the prOnlptncSS of General