, 1866-12-28
NORTH CAROLINA.
The Execution OF General tfcklcss Or
def-Thc Conflict Win kae k3ffeets OF
tho Superior Court.

The Execution OF General tfcklcss Or
def-Thc Conflict Win sfac Officers o1
tho Superior Court
The Raleigh (N. CO. Standard, ofDeccem.
ber -, contains the fullowine details Of q
caac alluded to BY telegraph:
On Monday last, an order lssued by Gcner-
al Sicklcs. commanding this department,
waa handed to Judge Eowlc. by order Of the
military cummander here, prohibiting infsic.
t'on of co.porea1 punishment. On Thursday
instou, VAS received by the same Judge.
saying :" that the order was rescindck-yo1
May proceed With the punishment. y
Nhereupoh one Cornelius Walters,
a,,ca fesam;sn c1ax;sa,a M having 'an oeen duly
In the stock. for one hour, preliminary 10
whipping. General Bosnford, not having re-
cet'ed any official Information of the rescis
sten ofthe order ct his superior In command
general sick1es, ,was notified By staff officer,
who hapPened 70 pass the conrt house, that
hieted upon the freedman, Walters Major
Wells Was Immediately despatched to pru-
hibtt i. and be arrived In time to prevent she
sheriff from striking blow. The temper Of
VIC sonSourss VI people present being appa-
else oGvrsd opposition, Major weils
walked to the street aud dispatched
a,a orderly for gnn,d- Meanwhile Sheriff
hay Proceeded 10 inilict The punishment, and
e'Eht la6lcs Wcrc administered before Major
Meiis conid return snd order him TO desist.
The Sheriff then informed tile Judge; the
Euard arrived, followed soon after BIZ General
bt mtold, who deemed It his duty to +:
present on the spot 1t u due to tue General
also to say tnat he patiently waited On the
ground ioE near half au hour, being Informed
1hat Judge Fowle would meet him there.
AS vas not thus met, however; and mean.
while the names of Tie officers and soIaIers
acting Under orders were obtained Al Gar as
possiele, fof the purpose Of Indictment Tor
conttDpt of court
The negro at the stocks being held for
again rnt in jail. Later in the eyep,u. a.
company Of troops WAS sent to headu uarte,a
Tor any emergency.
Ihus the matter etands for the present
aud as General Bonfo1d has received no OIL.
ca! notification that General sickies' order
suppose The Indictment will be qnashed, IS
the whipping has been suspended untii
further INSTRUCTIONS from Washington.
The order Of General Slcklcs, until official
y teSoEed, Is the supreme law. It would
not be, u this State were IN the enjoyment
Of all its privileges as member or the
Luton but We arc still nnder military law
20 certain eItent, and the orders Of the
eommnndcrsn-Ghle1, through his subordi.
mates, must be oocyed By ali until officially
It Is not our purpose to censure any one,
but It Was unotticIally known that the order
prohibiting whipping had been revoked.
and It seems to Us the Judge might have
woited day or so until General Bo1nford
could lase received official notification of
the fact. We deprecnte conflicts or even
disaEreements between the military and
those officials among us who administer The
civil Law By permission ofihe Presideut, ana
We tMuh great care should be taken by both
sides to avoid conflict. General Bomtosd had
20 option In the matter: He was Obliged to
do What he did, or disobeJ the orders OF his
superior and incur the risk Of being cash
Tered.
We have no sympathy With those who
await themselves OF this unfortunate occur
renee to excite feeling against the military.
or against the National Government. Such
I,etsons would be much more tn the line Of
duty If thcj would exert themselves to re-
store the Union On the terms prescribed by
t'c majority, and thus recnre the establish
nent Of such civil Law as will be pernauent.
y Paramount In all things to the military
power