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Ross Winans.

--The Baltimore Sun, after announcing the release of Mr. Winans from custody, says plainly that the seizure of that gentleman by an officer of the Army, without the issue of any civil process, and his detention in an armed court by a military power, is as gross, direct and palpable a violation of the Constitution as was ever committed in the whole history of this country.

The Daily Dispatch: may 20, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. may 20, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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