The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-05-11

handing i'll Georgia, had virtually
TO try civil offenders while the civil
Courts were in session, was not gener-
ally known here till to-day. Mr..
Beck efskentucky, Attempted to get
q resofution through the House. cail
tiHg upon the President far all sinfor,
nation inthe premises and to know
1T this extraordinary preceding re.
ceived his official sanction, but a sin.
gle objection prevented its considera.
ton.
The ia4ermation~4enah hand shows
how a citizen of Warrenton was ar.
rested, at midnight without any knowl
edge of the charge and imprisoned
Counsel sued out a writ of ha6eqs cor
pus before the civil Court having ju-
risdiction, but General Terry gave
orders that the writ should not be
obeyed. 1t seems that the Senate
/ even did not intend to authorize such
suspension under the Georgia bill
now pending in the House, and most
of the Senators thought that the
writ could uot be suspended Ludel
present circumstances, but General
Terry has not only suspended the
writ but virtually declared martial
law. Further information says that
the preteXt for this is IN intention to
develop the Ku-Klux. For four days
the examination of the citizans has
been going ON under the the bayonets.
anil the whole community is thrown
into terror lest suborncd testimony
may touch the u~noffending:
~ letter says that this is Il part of
BullOck's scheme, to make it appear
that there Is trouble in Georgia, and
if the fear of being involved with the
military did not deter, the scheme
world be exposed, and would starrle
the country, even in these times
The crime charged, in this particular
case, is the murder of IL citizen more
than n year ago. The friends of the
murdered man + numerous, and
decline to prosecutetIthe MAN under
military arrests for the crime. 1t is
believed III Georgia thai other arrests
are to follow this, though there are
no inculpating facts, and the impress
sion is creating general alarm. The fol-
lowing IRE the official orders which
show General Terry's virtual suspen-
of-thewrit-of habeas corpus, and
the trial ofur citizen by military or.
der. " .-isbD,--s -"-t ..
eHEtBe'ksMnrrARY DISTRICT OF CAL.
I'D t.k ATLANTA. April %. 1S7O)
'+.Dretef Major F. Torbct, Warren
ton, Ga:
Sin The Brevct Major General
commanding directs that you report
at thecdf1iest practicable moment the
evidente ON which II. Martin was ar
rested You will not permit him to
be produced in the Court of the ordi-
nary, Or released on bail until Il decis-
ion in the premises is rendered at
these Headquarters.
Every respectfully, your obedient
servant,
TSigncd1 J. II. TAYLOR.
Assistant AdjutantG General.
HEADH'oRs, WARRENToN Ga. April
"a, 1870.
II. Potter, Esq, Counsel for II.
Martin,i Citizen:
'SIR: / have the honor to inform
You that, in pursuance of orders from
Headquarters of the Military Dis
tr;ct of Georgia, the evidence III the
case of the United States against Ill.
Martin wifi be taken by me at the
Courthouse in Warrenton, Georgia,
commencing at ten A. NJ, April 81,
and continuing from day to day UNI
til. closed. Counsel for defense, Or
upon application such witnesses will
be summoned. By order. I am sir
respectfully,
fSigned +: H. FORFEIT.
"Captain Eighteenth Infantry and
Brevct M:jor United States Army
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
There was a bitter struggle III the
House during most of to-day's session
over the Senate bill allowing the
Northern Pacific Railroad to issue its
own bonds, and to secure the same by
mortgage, and to further extend the
Immigrant of said company. East
ern Democrats and Republicans, so
far as debate was allowed to range,
took occasion to denounce the bill
with all the weapons that were used
against the measure i'll the recent Sen
ate debate. it being stated among 9th
er things that the Company had nj
ready been granted sixty millions
acres of public lands. The friends
of the measure declined to allow an
amendment TO. be made providing
that the land should only be disposed
of to actual settlers at a price not eX
ceeding two dollars and a half per
acre, ~whcreupon the opponents of the
measure then res0rted 10 every kind
Of parliamentary strategy to defeat the
bill. After a struggle OF two hours
they succeeded III poStponing the final
vote till Wednesday next, by which
tune they hope to overcome the small
majority which, test vote showed to
be in favor oft,
HOUSE ADJOURNED. UNTIL MON
~ DAY.
ThesIIouse has adjourned till Mon
day TO allow the chamber to be put
in summer attire. tits the under
Standing that v on Monday it
shall do no business. No committees
of any account will meet in the jnle-
rim, thet'unding Bill being postpon
cd by the Ways and Means till Tues
A large number of mem
bers left town. & tonight, including
most every one whose home is within
Il railroad ride oftwenty-four hours.