New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-09

was Withdrawn for several weeks to AID in the invest
cations at Washington lin relstion 10 tho ASSASSINATION
Of the President. 100 20 Ht".N
Another point does not seem to be genersLy under.
stood-that all the testimony and arguments which
take place before Court Martial hare TO be recorded
Formerly Courts would sit from six to eight hSrs and
were delayed by the necessity Of recording their own
proceedings now that photography is used more
work done in four hours than was formerly done In
eight. The shorthand reporters, after the session
over are obliged to write ont everything In fol for the
next days proceeding 1t frequently takes four hours
Of ordinary writing to transcribe one hours work in
short hand The sessions Of the Court vary from 10 a.
IN. to 9 p. m, and IL a. to p M, and were they
longer nothing woull be gained, of the record would
not be complete without an entire nights labor on the
part Of the reporters.
1t is not true that the Court frequently sits for few
minutes only. 1t happened on one occasion that the
Judge Advocate asked for the indulgence Of the Court
on account OF severe sickness IL Is also true that ne
Court on two or three occasions have been obliged 10
adjourn on account Of the indspotion Of members OF
the Court who are still suffering from severe wounds
received in service
The members of the Court have not applied for this
duty but have been detailed by the Secretary OF War
Every one Of the Court has an honorable records ve
ofthem have been struck BY the enemys MISSILES three
Of them severely and dangerously wounded. and one
has endured long Imprisonment in Libby. 1t Is
doubtless pleasant to them to be spoken o. now that
the war is over, as set Of fellows who ought 70 DC
kicked out of service with delicate aiusioa W '"0
making excellent powmen in tho West.
AS Congress itself passed the law authorizing the
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see wherein the military despoism lies. This law holds
good for ell Time and is not limited By the end OF the
Rebellion.
II IL assumed that Tho Government has acquesced In
the writ Of habcas corpus issued by Judge Thompson
n 60 there Ia no official Of the fact The
truth IT, the Cozzens case has not yet been decided in
Washington owing to the pressure " business and the
great number OF cases which precede it. The proceed
ngs Of tho Court recorded take up more than 5000
pages of legal cap fact which II itself shows that the
members have not been wholly Idle. 1t takes time to
examine such record as this and pass upon the MI
uerous points involved II the final decision Of the
War Department should be favorable to Cozzens 1t Is
unite possible he may no. DO re.errested; II found
guilty there Is nothing to show that the Department
intends permit any interference on the part Oh Judge
Thompson or Of any one else
In reply TO this we have to say: Tho facts
published by The TRIBUNE came directly from
the best authority. We quoted the names OF
the officers as found in military orders We
selected the time of the Sessions of the court as
printed in Philadelphia newspapers. We COM
puted the amount Of money paid the members
of the Court from figures that came directly
from the Pay Department. If these figures
were wrong, it was not because we did not
strive TO make them right. We believe they
were right; and with the assistance Of simple
arithmetic we made out this bill:
tn, Psople Of The United States in rih The Double
day Court Martial for trial Of W. D. Co,'ens. citizen
Of nslrdnta on the charge of not hdrpg Pnt good
duek IN tents furnished BY contract sr tAs time