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althy merchants, and young women, without having been allowed a hearing, or trail, or any opportunity to vindicate themselves, were banished from the state. In this destruction of the unalienable right of personal liberty, the state government was passive; indeed, it was powerless to resist. A state election was to be held on the first Monday of August for local officers and a Judge of the High Court of Appeals from one district. Chief Justice Duvall was one of the two candidates. On July 29th an order was issued by the Major General, commanding, to the sheriffs of the counties concerned, as follows: You will not allow the name of Alvin Duvall to appear upon the poll-books as a candidate for office at the coming election. Another name was substituted. The election of a President of the United States was to be held in November, but the government of the United States seems to have regarded the vote of the state as unnecessary to secure the reelection of its officials, an