Washington telegraph., 1865-07-05

meetings rave BEEN held, and srrious appreban-
sions of riot were entertained, bit as Vel u o
breach of the peace has occurred We taketbe
following account froul the Missouri Repbii-
can of the 10th ult,: l.ft sd i-r lauHu
Shortly after 10 O'Clock YESTERDAY,
General Dc Coleman. OF tile Enrolled
Militia, appeared in the Supreme Court
during tlie session of the Court .iudees
Bay and Dryden being on the II6nrh.
To each of these Judges h. presented, by
order Of Governor Thoz.aC Fletcher, d
copy of the following l.rter: nrA4
EXECUTIVE DErARTMENT, Mo..l
i.'.- 3rHI 70 Jane l3. 1865
SIR: BY the ordinances Of the State
Convention yacating certain offices, the
offices of the Judges Of the Supreme
Court became vacant on the first dav of
May last. by virtue Of the authority
conferred on me by that ordinance. ms
Governor of tie State of Missouri, ! have
caused commissions TO be issued in legal
form to Hon David Wag er, Hon Wal
ter Lovelace and Hon Nathaniel Holmes
as Judges of the Supreme Court, and who
have qualified as such Judges.
Hi The ordinance referred 10 J., the su-
pTeme law on that subject. and il is my
Imperative duty TO enforce II, which duty
| shall pursue the most summary course
performing, and will treat as tlev deserve
any acts on your part done In flrtherance
of a design to intrude yourselves into and
usurp the powers of tile office Of udsp
of the Supreme Court
..... .
THOS. C. FLETCHER, .
Governor Of Missouri.
Neither Judge Bay nor J udge DRYDEN
saw fit to yield obedience to this "sum-
mary and revolutionary threat and 50
Informed General Coleman. adding that
Governor Fletcher tad no warrant or
authority for interrupting them in the
discharge Of their offic al duties.
Upon this refusal, General Coleman
withdrew, and in the course of a half
hour or more returned with police force
of ten or twelve men, and presen ed the
following order Of Governor Fletcher. and
the letter of instruction given hv him to
the General for his .gnidance i'm the
premises: 7s..'' .l.
LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR TO THE
JCDGEs.
HEAD Gas. STATE OF MIssmRI, !
l. June Is, 1865.
Special Orders
L. The usurping Judges Of tie Supreme
Court viii be compelled 10 submit to tn.
ordinance Of the State Convention vaca.
ting certain offices.
III. David Wagner, Walter +. Love
lace and Nathaniel Holmes VII BE but
in possession Of the Supreme Court room
in til. Court House, at st. Laris. with all
the records, seals. furnitu \, books aud
papers Of the Office Of tie Clerk of tile
supreme Court
III. Brig. Gen. ID. " Coleman Il
charged with the,executiaro W this order.
and will employ such forcp far that pur
pose as he may deem necessary. and ar
est all persons who may oppose him.
THOS c. FLETCHER,
Governor and Commandpr-in- Chief.
LETTER FROM GOV. FLETCHER TO GEN.
CoLEMAN
HEAD QRs. STATE OF Missouri,
June II. 1865
GENERAL. Herewith plqase find special
order directing You to enforce the ordin-
ance of the State Conventian, vacating
certain Offices by putting tho recently an
pointed Judges of the Supreme Court in
to the possession Of the Courtroom. re-
cords, &c, Of that Court.
You will proceed to the Court House.
and on the arrival of Messrs DRYDEN and
Bay, deliverto each of them Tie sealed
note addressed to them respectively. An
officer Of the city police VIII accompany
yen, and will have force. OF the. city
police at hand. N ..l ,
If, after delivering the notes. Tho said
Bay and Dryden do anv act t. disturb
Messrs Lovelace and Wagner III erter.
ing on said discharge Of tbpir duties As
Judges, Jon will direct the policemen to
arrest them, and take them before The
City Recorder, and at once Inform he Of
that fact .
In case Mpssrs. Bay and Drvden 40
not come TO the Court-Housp 1t Q O'Clock
or as soon thereafter, YOU will cause the
note referred to to be delivered 10 them
at their rooms
In putting the Judges into possession
of the courtroom and Clerks Office. YOU
viii as far as Is, eon"enirnt in your judg-
ment, avoid the use II violent means. but
if in your judgment necessary do Hot
hesitateto employ all. the force II nav
require @ THOS c. FLETCHER
To Gen. DAviD G. coLEMAN.
Judges Bay and Dryden refused also
to recognize he authority or this order
and again prcte ted az ainst any inter.
ruption of themselves or rh+ir business 1T
the hands of General Coleman. This
gentleman (and we understand he acted
as gentleman in this, to him evidently.
unpleasant proceeding) informed the
Judges that, as an officer, he must obpv
the orders of his superior AT first, he
desired the Judges should consider them
selves removed by force This they de-
clined acceding to He then proposed
TO lay his hands upon them, and that
they should consider that as an arrest.
This also was declined, and he was in
formed that they would only yield tothe
pres ence and command of a force which
they could not success, fully resist The
General then informed them that force
of police was waiting in the hall of the