The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-20

Wnicn many persons c0njectured would occur
by the conflict o. jurisdiction between Marshal
Barlow aud Judge McCrnn. Tho examination
into the case was conducted before United
States Commlssioner Osborn.
Pratt made his entrance into the building
several minutes before tho examination began,
and was attended by company OF United
States ARTILLERY. His friends. who gathered in
considerable .oree, awaited his arrival with
for fear that he would be rernanded to the GUS
tody of the Texas authorities, in whose han e,
Ii was saId. his life would be sacrificed as an
atonement for his misdeeds. A large number
OF people were assembled in the street, being
attracted under the supposition that some
thing startling would take place between tho
military and the sherif's forces. After the
commissi sioner bad taKen his scat and called
the case OF the United States y,. Pratt. there
was general eagerness manifested to sec the
prisoner. who wss brought IN through 3 side
door. He subsequently took S,eat between
General Cochrabe and General Pryor, his
counsel. ~
The proceedings held before Commissioner
Osborn wore opened by Mr. Prior, who sad
that be would not appear for the prisoner at
that time, because he bad been legally dis
charged by. Judge MeCunn: Hs denied that
he had any intention of abandoning Ills clients
cause 30 long as he had the pos er to invoke
Justice. The commissioner claimed that the
Slate courts had no riaht to interfere IN the
case. and cited the DECISION OF Chiet Justice
show he had jurisdiction over the prisoner.
District Attorney PIerrepopt subsequently
made an address defending the action Of the
United On sta ;es authorties in holdine Pratt
about the. jurisdiction Of the United
States had already been decided. Tho
debate commenced at Fort Sumter in 1851,
aud was concluded at Appomattox Court
one, but .it will never be repeated In our our
time. The District Attorney represented that
the commissioner had precisely. the same ju-
Iisdiction over the case as Judge Nelson world
diction. He eaid that Judge McCunn had
right TO issue writ Of habeas corpus, but that
be should have remanded the prisoner back to
the commissioner on his discovering that he
was in his hands,. He said that Governor Hoff.'
man bad received q telegraphi6 dispatch from
the Governor Of Texas, requesting him to re-
mand Prattlto 10 his custody. Alter reading 4
dispatch nom the Secretary Of War, mentiop-
against Pratt, the District Attorney annoan led
that the government would produce such evil
denea against Pratt as had been placed in it's
poesessloh. .3fii.4,, -. ~, -
Deputy Marshal orowiy was then called, and
said that the defendant had informed Mir.
Tracy, the warden OF Ludlow. stseet jail, that
ms name wan Pratt and thH be was from
Jefferson, Texas. Thts vas tie only witness
stood that the District Attorney bad a large
mass oIdooumepiary eyid dence.. but that Il. was
syE Qistrics Attorney said that he
0 0 f ssaeases who had heard the
sssa the trial OF The parties implicated
and also. pap6ts ssolaling to their
sriRl, but 1t could not be legal evidence The
commission then gave decision discharging
the prisoner, on the ground that, judioialy
considered, there: was not sufficient legal evt-
denoe to hold hinny,Y, NJ "a .F-4S = -. I
The announcement was greeted With. loud
cheers, the applause apparently being aiyen
byi traits friends, who accompanied him on
hts way out OF the building, cheering at short
intervals: Il was reported that Pratt imme-
diaf ely started on his way to Canada, fearing
here from Texas. 1l1s7.'-, :