The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-05-09
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In the. Circuit Court Of jefferson county,
Tennessee, last week, Dewitt g. Williams
/. late 8 Confederate soldier, was tried before
Judge ]. 3. Swami for treason against the
Stateof Tennessee, in enlisting in the Con-
federate army, and under the charge Of the
Judge the jury found the accused guilty and
| fixed his punishment at fourteen years con-
inement in the penitentiary. An appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court of the State,
| and the defendant bailed for his appearance
in September, as follows: s1sl &
The first count charged the defendant with
levying war against the State of Tennessee.
The second count charged the defendant
with having enlisted in the army of the So
called Southern Confederacy, for the purpose
| of carrying on said war against the State.
The third count charges that o war was
wrongfully levied against the United States
and to overthrow the government thereof,
and of the State of Tennessee.
The principal points given in charge by
| the court are substantially as follows:
LIST. The defendant, by the same act may
be guilty of treason against both the United
| States and the State of Tennessee, and may
be punished by both governments for the
same act lAf .sl's -
I'd. The court and jury can take judicial
notice of the public history of the country,
| and it being one Of the objects of the late
war to change the relation Of Tennessee to
| the federal Union, it was a war against the
| State, as we'll as the United States 81
. Sd. The pardon of the President, in such
cases, purges the offense against the United
| States, but does not affect the offense against
the State .il
4th. The fact that the rebellion assumed
the dimensions and recognized character of
civil and public war does not prevent the
citizens of Tennessee who entered the service
of the Confederate States, after that time,
| from being punished as traitors by the State
Courts of Tennessee
5th. The Act of Assembly, passed and the
Bird day of May, 1861, repeating so much of
the Treason Act as made offenses against the
| United States, punishable as treason against
the State, is utterly null and void, having
been passed by the Legislators whom the
court judicially knows to have been engaged
in reasonable purposes
9th. The decision and opinions of the Su-
| preme Court of the United States in the ca
ses of tine Amy Warwick and Others, and
Mrs. Alexander's cotton and others, are no
authority whatever in trials for treason.
It'll Although the laws of nations protect
beligerents during the existence of war from
| the prosecution in the civil courts for trea-
son, yet, after the war is over, and peace de-
clared, the soldiers who participated in the
rebellion or war, may be punishedas traitors
| thereof
Sth In trials for felony, the jury are judges
| of both the law and the facts, but only
judges of the law as propounded to them by
| the court
| Muster ont of STAFF officers.
1t is expected that the War Department
| will issue an order within the next three
days, directing the honorable muster out of
service of all volunteer officers of the staff
corps, with the exception of those assigned
| to duty with the Bureau of Refugees and
| Freedmen.-IJid
New York Money Market.
The supply of money in New York on
Tuesday continued largely in excess of the
demand, and Stock Exchange loans were
made mostly at A per cent, while transac
tons on Governments are reported at 81
The general street rate was, however, 4@5.
The discount line easy at 6@7 per cent. for
tirst-class commercial paper, according to
date of maturity. The weekly bank stale
ment was favorable to increased ease in
loans, the legal tenders being increased
$2,9S6. 1874, the circulation 1881 ,423, and the
! deposits $780, 1896. The loans were in
creased S3,950,629, and the specie is decreas-
ed S1,251 ,526. Gold, which was shade
better on Tuesday than the day before, yes
terday advanced more than a cent 1t open
ed at 1865 and closed at 1879, reaching dur
ing the day 1883. On Monday, on,y $500
Virginia 6's were sold at $67.
81 Southern Cotton Markets.
The foreign Intelligence lately received had
depressed the New Orleans market The
stock on hand there was 1853, Gas bales on the
26th of April Sales of 900 bales that day;
Good ordinary at Csc, strict good ordinary
! at Sic, and low middling at &c. The mar
ket unsettled, and general quotations out of
! question in unsettled condition of market.
CHARLESTON, April 30.-On Saturday last
! the market was depressed and tending down.
wards, with sales of about 20 bales on a ba-
sis of Csc for middling cotton. The market
/ continues too unsettled for quotations.
AUGUSTA, April sS.-The late advices
| from Liverdool of decline of from Id to
3d. in cotton has caused corresponding
! decline in the home market We heard of
one sale this morning, of 40 bales of good
middling, at 20c, the seller paying the tax,
making it &c.,, per pound. The market is
very unsettled, and we do not think the sale
here reported is a fair criterion. 1t is, how
ever, the only sale heard of to-day.
ATLANTA, April 2S- Cotton.-Market ac-
tive, with slight advance. Quotations -
Poor ordinary, 20c., ordinary, 22c.; good Or
binary, 24c.; middling, 49,; strict middling,
% cents. !afG
New York Dry. Goods Market.
Under date the 30th April we. have the
following report:
"The market for domestic dry goods in
this city closes weak and unsettled, with a
tendency towards lower prices Owing to
the extremely limited demand, stocks of
/ goods have accumulated to such an extent
that many holders are anxious to realize
whatever they can. The few transactions
reported are solely to supply immediate
wants for consumption.
4" Foreign dry goods continue without
| change heavy and pressed for sale through
the auction rooms. Excepting for leading
STYLES of dress fabrics the prices realized at
the auction rooms are far from satisfactory
to importers"
Later from Europe.---Deeline in Cotton.
| FARTHER POINT. April 3O.-The steam