Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-04

tody, as in said petition prayed according
to act of Congress, passed March Sd, 1868,
entitled an act, relating to the habeas cor
pus, and regulating judicial proceedings in
certain cases.
Third. That on the facts stated in said
petition, and exhibits, the Military COmmiS-
sion mentioned therein, no jurisdiction le-
gally, to try and sentence L. P. Milligan iu
the manner as in said petition, and exhib-
its are stated, and thereupon now hereby
ordered and adjudged by this Court, that it
be so certified t1 by said Circuit Court.
BE was instructed to say that the opinion
of the Court in these cases will be read at
the next term, when such of the dissent
ing Judges as see fit to do so, will state their
grounds of dissent The petitioners, it will
be recolleeted, were condemned to death by
a Military Commission, on the charge Of
conspiracy, but their sentences were com
muted by the President to imprisonment for
life They are now in the Ohio penitentiary.
The case was heretofore argued by Judge
Mcdonald, of Indiana, General J. A. Gar
field of Ohio, Hon. J. S. Black Of Pennsyl-
vania, and Hon. David Dudly Field Of New
York, for the petitioners, and by General
Butler, Henry Stanbury, ESQ.,, of Ohio, and
Attorney General Speed for the United
States. The arguments in this important
case are soon to be published in pamphlet
form.
Mexican Victory.
The following official letter, addressed to
General Alvarez, is communicated by him
from La Provincia, under date of March l.,
1866, TO Minister Romero:
HUELTAMo, Feb. 2S, 1866.
have now the pleasure of confirming the
news of the defeat of the Imperial General
Mendez, which I gave in my last, having
last night received the official dispatches.
In a word, the enemy lost all their reserve,
their provisions, baggage, clothing, and the
private correspondence of Mendez, together
with his military chest, in which were some
Sl2 coo, which is now in our hands and,
what is more, the flags of the differeut corps
and large number Of prisoners. Pastenaro
was occupied on the following morning IN
consequence of these successes. We have
obtained other small triumphs in Aprisin-
qua and Irambo, all of which 1 hasten to
Communicate to you and our companions in
arms. Signed
GREGoRIEs PEREr JoRDES.
The following extract from letter from
Paris has been received in this city:
PARIS, March ", 1866.
The principal objecl of these lines is to
let you know that 5000 men left here a
week ago Tor Vera Cruz, with tn e greatest
secrecy. Among them, are 400 hussars of
Algiers, Brest and Churborg. The prers has
not mentioned anything about it, nor do
they care to speak at all about the Mexican
question, because they have been warned
not to do so.
A telegraphie despatch from Vienna, in
forms us that an agreement has been con-
cluded with Macmillan for the purpose of
sending him 1900 Austrians to fill up the
losses Of the Austrian contingent in Mexico.
The necessary expense will, Of course, be
betrayed by the French government
The TEST Oath.
The cases of Garland, of Arkansas, and
Mann, of Louisiana, asking to be readmit-
ted to practice at the bar of the Supreme
Court, and involving the eonstitutionality
of the Congressional test oath, together with
the Missouri! test oath, and many others are
continued to the next term, the Court hay
ing to-day adjourned until that time.