TITLE: The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. / Series 2 - Volume 2 AUTHOR: United States. War Dept., John Sheldon Moody, Calvin Duvall Cowles, Frederick Caryton Ainsworth, Robert N. Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph William Kirkley PUBLISHER: Govt. Print. Off., Washington, 1897 Page A Production Note Cornell University Library produced this volume to preserve the informational content of the deteriorated original. The best available copy of the original has been used to create this digital copy. It was scanned bitonally at 600 dots per inch resolution and compressed prior to storage using ITU Group 4 compression. Conversion of this material to digital files was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Digital file copyright by Cornell University Library 1995. This volume has been scanned as part of The Making of America Project, a cooperative endeavor undertaken to preserve and enhance access to historical material from the nineteenth century. Page B /2 G~LE 0O~.S NO~ THE GIFT OF A~iio~s7 7j3fq Title Page Page R001 THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION 013 THE OFFICIAL I~ECOI~DS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF The Hon. DANIEL S. LAMONT, Secretary of War, BY MAJ. GEORGE W DAVIS, U. S. ARMY, MR. LESLIE J. PERRY, CIVILIAN EXPERT, MR. JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY, CIVILIAN EXPERT, Board of PublicatioR. SERIES IlVOLUME IL WASIIJNGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1897 Page R002 A. I 1 0 Page R003 PREFACE. The work of preparing the records of the war for public use was begun under the resolution of Congress of May 19, 1864, by Adjt. Gen. E. ID. Townsend, U. S. Ar my, who caused copies to be made of reports of battles on file in his office and steps to be taken to collect missing records. Under the provisions of joint resolution No. 91, of 1866, Hon. Peter II. Watson was appointed to supervise the preparation and formulate a plan for the publication of the records, but he did no work and drew no pay under this appointment, which expired July 27, 1868, by limi- tation of the resolution. This resolution also repealed the former one and work ceased. The first decisive step taken in this work was the act of June 23, 1874, providing the necessary means to enable the Secretary of War to begin the publication of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, both of the Union and Confederate Armies, and directing him to have copied for the Public Printer all reports, letters, tele- grams, and general orders, not heretofore copied or printed, and prop- erly arranged in chronological order. Appropriations have been made from time to time for continuing such preparation. Under this act the preliminary work was resumed by General Townsend, who first out- lined the plan on which the records are printed, though it appears that originally he contemplated publishing to the world only the more important military reports. Subsequently, under meager appropriations, it was prosecuted in a somewhat desultory manner by various subordinates of the War De- partment until December 14, 1877, when the Secretary of War, per- ceiving that the undertaking needed the undivided attention of a single head, detailed Lient. Col. Robert N. Scott, U. S. Army, to take charge of the bureau and devote himself exclusively to the work. The act of June 23, 1874, greatly enlarged upon the first crude scheme of publication. On this more comprehensive basis it was de- termined that the volumes should include not only the battle reports, but also all official documents that can be obtained by the coin piler, and that appear to be of any historical value. Colonel Scott system II Page R004 Iv PREFACE. atized the work and the plan and presented the records in the following order of arrangement, which has been adhered to by his successors: The first series will embrace the formal reports, both Union and Confederate, of the first seizures of United States property in the Southern States, and of all mil- itary operations in the field, with the correspondence, orders, and returns relating specially thereto, and, as proposed, is to be accompanied by an Atlas. In this series the reports will be arranged according to the campaigns and sev- eral theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts. The correspondence, etc., not embraced in the reports proper will follow (first Union and next Confederate) in chronological order. The second series will contain the correspondence, orders, reports, and returns, Union and Confederate, relating to prisoners of war, and (so far as the military authorities were concerned) to State or political prisoners. The third series will contain the correspondence, orders, reports, and returns of the Union authorities (embracing their correspondence with the Confederate offi- cials) not relating specially to the subjects of the first and second series. It will set forth the annual and special reports of the Secretary of War, of the General- in-Chief, and of the chiefs of the several staff corps and departments; the calls for troops, and the correspondence between the National and the several State authorities. The fourth series will exhibit the correspondence, orders, reports, and returns of the Confederate authorities, similar to that indicated for the Union officials, as of the third series, but excluding the correspondence between the Union and Confederate authorities given in that series. The first volume of the records was issued in the early fall of 1880. The act approved June 16, 1880, provided for the printing and bind- ing, ui~der direction of the Secretary of War, of 10,000 copies of a com- pilation of the Official Records (Union and Confederate) of the War of the Rebellion, so far as the same may be ready for publication, during the fiscal year;~~ and that of said number 7,000 copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, 2,000 copies for the use of the Senate, and 1,000 copies for the use of the Executive IDepartments. Under this act Colonel Scott proceeded to publish the first five volumes of the records.* *AlI subsequent volumes have been distributed under the act approved August 7, 1882, which provides that: The volumes of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion shall be dis- tributed as follows: One thousand copies to the Executive Departments, as now provided by law. One thousand copies for distribution by the Secretary of War among officers of the Army and contributors to the work. Eight thousand three hundred copies shall be sent by the Secretary of War to such libraries, organiza- tions, and individuals as may be designated by the Senators, Representatives, and Delegates of the Forty-seventh Congress. Each Senator shall designate not exceed- ing twenty-six, and each Representative and Delegate not exceeding twenty-one, of such addresses, and the volumes shall be sent thereto from time to time as they are published, until the publication is completed. Senators, Representatives, and 1)ele- gates shall inform the Secretary of War in each case how many volumes of those heretofore published they have forwarded to such addresses. The remaining copies of the eleven thousand to be published, and all sets that may not be ordered to be distributed as provided jierein, shall be sold by the Secretary of War for cost of publication with ten per cent. added thereto, and the proceeds of such sale shall b Page R005 PREFACE. V Col. Robert N. Scott died March 5, 1887, before the completion of the work, which, during a ten years service, he had come to love so dearly. At his death some twenty-six books only had been issued, but he had compiled a large amount of matter for forthcoming volumes; conse- quently his name as compiler was retained in all the books np to and including Vol. XXXVI, although his successors had added largely to his compilations from new material found after his demise. The Secretary of War, May 7, 1887, assigned Lient. Col. H. M. Lazelle, U. S. Army, to duty as the successor of Colonel Scott. He had con- tinued in charge about two years, when, in the act approved March 2 1889, it was provided That hereafter the preparation and publication of said records shall be conducted, nuder the Secretary of War, by a board of three persons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Army, and two civilian experts, to be appoin Vd by the Secretary of War, the compensation of said civilian experts to be fixed by the Secretary of War. The Secretary of War appointed Maj. George B. Davis, judge-advo- cate, U. S. Army, as the military member, and Leslie J. Perry, of Kan- sas, and Joseph W. Kirkley, of Maryland, as the civilian expert mem- bers of said board. The board assumed direction of the publication at the commencement of the fiscal year 1889, its first work beginning with Serial No. 36 of Vol. XXIV. July 1, 1895, by direction of the Secretary of War, Maj. George W. Davis, Eleventh infantry, U. S. Army, relieved Maj. George B. Davis, U. S. Army, as the military member and president of the Board of Publication. Each volume includes a copious and accurate index, and for the fur- ther convenience of investigators there will be, in addition, a general index to the entire set when complete, in a volume by itself. Nothing is printed in these volumes except duly authenticated con- temporaneous records of the war. The scope of the boards work is to decide npon and arrange the matter to be published; to correct and verify the orthography of the papers used, and occasionally to add a foot-note of explanation. GEG. W. DAVIS, Major 11th Infty., U. S. A., LESLIE J. PERRY, (Jivilia n Expert, JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY, Civilian Expert, Board of Publication. Approved: DANIEL S. LAMONT, Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. 0., March 26, 1896. covered into the Treasury. if two or more sets of said volumes are ordered to the same address, the Secretary of War shall inform the Senators, Representatives, or Delegates who have designated the same, who thereupon may designate other libraries, organizations, or individuals. The Secretary of War shall report to the first session of the Forty-eighth Congress what volumes of the series heretofore published have not been furnished to such libraries, organizations, and individuals. He shall also inform distributees at whose instance the volumes are sent Page R006 Table of Contents Page R007 CONTENTS Page. Treatment of suspected and disloyal persons, North and South 11557 VI Page R008 (L C Sunday. Monday. ~ ~ utauu~. ~-iuu. iuu~. uuu~. ~ uu~. u~~-i. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ u~- ~-. 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GEN. FRED C. AINSWORTH, RI:collD AND PENsION OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT, ANI) MR. JOSEPH W. RU{KLEY. Mr. JOHN S. i~IOODEY, Indexer. WAS H I N G TO N: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1902 Page A002 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS~ TEXT. Page 1419. Bledsoe to Crane, date line, for 3 read 7. Page 1438. Second paragraph, first line, for (Buck lifason) read (brickniason). Page 1525. Case of Robert Wood, fifth line, for Report of S. S. Fax/er, Gonunis- sioner, read Report of James Lyons, Gonunissioner. INDEX. Insert all words and fignres in italics and strike ont all in [brackets]. An asterisk (*) following a correction indicates that Additions and corrections to the text shonid be consnlted. Adjutant-Generals Office, U. S. A. Correspoiidence: Ogden, c. S. Agnew, cornelius R. [Dr.]. Ashe, W. S. [J.]. Barbour, Alfred AL [Major]. Baxter, Sydney S. Mentioned, [1555] .5 Bonaparte, Charles L. N See Napoleon III. Boteler, Alexander R., i~~ [Boteler, Alexander, 1467]. Buchanan, Robert C. Garadeuc [caradene], F. de. caroline, Ship [Steamer]. iTo/lan/es, Satornino Calderon [calderon, Mr.]. collins, Ganialiel [George]. Edwards, Weldon AT [W. H.]. Florance, LezvC [Louis]. Gunther [Gunter]. Benjamin F. hail, Jrardrop. Mrs. Hanehel, Joh ii [Hankel. Mr.]. Havens [Havers], B. F. Henson, John H. James, (linton [Clinton, James]. Jamestown, U. s. Sloop [Steamer]. Kortright, Charles Ed. Keith. Leak, William F. Correspondence. W. 5. [3.] Ashe. Li ndsav. JUitliani .8. [Mr.]. Lloyd, LIT Alvin. Lyons, James. i5s5.* McDonald, A. W., Jr. McKce.Joel [Captain]. Mackin,JamesS. [Dr.]. McLaue, Robert if. McPherson, James iL, z~s, io,~s; McPherson, James, [142, 10521. Magoffin, Beriab [H.]. [Mason, Buck, I/38.]* Maupin, Catherine M., ij66 [1636]. Memminger, christopher [Charles] G. Molyneux, Edion inid [Mr.]. Nezc York Stoats Zeitnng, ~ [Staats Zeitnug, 494497]. Ogden, Charles S. Orrison, Jollall L. Roosevelt, James I. [Judge]. Rosecrans, William S. Correspondence: Samuels, H.J. [I.]. Samuels, HenrvJ. [I.]. Savannah, IT S. Sloop, 97; Savannah, C. S. Pri- vateer, ~ Shepherd [Shepard], A. Shepherd [Shepard], R. D., jr. Stedman, Griffin A ., Jr. [Captain]. rhomas, Frallcis, 1538, z,~o, z,g~s [Thomas, Frank, 1538, 1540, 1542]. Todd, David H. [I,ieutenallt]. Variler, Jacob, IS. III [Varller, Lieutenant, 413, 414]. Watso11, Wallace D. [W. L.]. White, Elijah IT Williams, William (Maryland), ~ JiTillianis, JiTilliam (Seaman), sbsr. Jt~ilnier, Leninel, 86s; Willner, 3. P. B., [8621. Willder, IlichardB. [Mr. (Md.)]. Yancer, B. C. (Hon.), 19.? 191 Yancey. B. C. (13th llattn. Ala. S. S.). Mentioned, [1493. 1494] Page 1 TREATMENT OF SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PER SONS NORTH AND SOUTH. SUMIMIAIRY OF PRINCIVAL IEVIFIN~ZPS. Apr. 27, 1861.President Lincoln authorizes Lieut. Gen. Winfleld Scott, U. S. Army, to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in his discretion on any military line between Washington and Philadelphia. June 28, 1861.Capture of the steam-boat Saint Nicholas in Chesapeake Bay by a party of disguised laboring men under command of Richard Thomas Zarvona. July 8, 1861.Arrest of Richard Thomas Zarmina, a Virginia officer, for piracy in Chesapeake Bay. 12, 1861.The House of Representatives asks the Attorney-General to lay before it a copy of his opinion on the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and copies of executive orders authorizing its suspension by military commanders. 13, 1861.The Secretary of State transmits to the House copies of said executive orders. The Attorney-General transmits to the House a copy of his opinion. 21, 1861.Congressman Ely, of New York, captured on the Bull Run battle- field by the Confederates. 23, 1861.Hon. Arnold Harris, of Kentucky, arrested at Fairfax Court- House, Va., and sent to Richmond. Aug. 8, 1861.An act of the Confederate Congress defining alien enemies approved by the President. 12, 1861.Arrest of Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, the American minister to France. He is sent to Fort Lafayette. 14, 1861.President Davis issues a proclamation warning alien enemies to leave the Confederate States. 19, 1861.Arrest of M. Lonis de Bebian, a French citizen. Arrest of William Henry Hurlbert at Atlanta, Ga., and confine- ment in a Richmond prison. 25, 1861.Arrest of Hon. James G. Berret, mayor of Washington. 27, 1861.Lieutenant-General Scott, U. S. Army, directs Lient. Col. M. Burke, U. S. Army, commander of Forts Hamilton and Lafay- ette, to allow no writs to be served on him for prisoners under his charge. Sept. 1214, 1861.Arrest of the brothers Charles H. and William H. Winder. 11, 1861.Arrest of Hon. James W. Wall, of New Jersey. 1214, 1861.Arrest of W. W. Glenn, F. Key Howard, Thomas W. Hall and S. S. Mills, Baltimore newspaper editors. 13, 1861.Arrest of Hon. Henry May, a member of Congress from Maryland. 24, 1861.Brig. Gen. Robert Anderson, U. S. Army, niakes important polit- ical arrests in Kentucky. Other arrests follow by Brig. Gen. William Nelson, U. S. Army. Oct. 6, 1861.Lord Lyons, the British minister, writes the Secretary of State protesting against the alleged cruel treatment of British ~eamert captured on blockade-runners. (1) 1 R RSERIES II, VOL I Page 2 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Oct. 11, 1861.The Secretary of State, Hon. William II. Seward, replies to Lord Lyons, transmitting a letter of explanation from the Secretary of the Navy. Arrest of J. R. and F. D. Flanders, editors at Malone, N. Y., for disloyal ntterances. 14, 1861.The President authorizes the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus on any military line between Washington and Ban- gor, Me. 26, 1861.The General-in-Chief directs the transfer of the political pris- oners in New York Harbor to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. Nov. 5, 1861.The Confederate Commissioners, James M. Mason and John Slidell, arrested by Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy. 15, 1861.Brig. Gen. B. V. Sumner, U. S. Army, arrests William M. Gwin, Calhoun Benham and J. L. Brent, of California. Feb. 14, 1862.President Lincoln issues Executive Order, No. 1, transferring the power to make extraordinary arrests from the State to the War Department. 27, 1862.Secretary Stanton appoints Maj. Gen. Jobn A. Dix, U. S. Army, and Hon. Edwards Pierrepont a special commission to examine state prisoners. President Davis suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Norfolk and vicinity. Mar. 13, 1862.President Davis suspends the writ of habeas corpus in New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana at the request of Gov- ernor Moore and others. Apr. 8, 1862.President Davis suspends all civil jurisdiction and the writ of habeas corpus in the Department of East Tennessee. 9, 1862.A court of inquiry ordered in the case of Hon. John Minor Botts, of Virginia, arrested as a suspect by the Confederate authorities. May 3, 1862.President Davis suspends the writ of habeas corpus in portions of Western Virginia. Miscellaneous Union Correspondence, etc., Relating to Political Arrests During the First Year of the War. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, May 16, 1861. G. HETNEKEN, Esq., Agent of the New York and Virginia Steamship Company, Washington, D. C. SIR: I have received your letter* of yesterdays date asking me to give you in writing my reasons for considering an acceptance on your part of Governor Letchers proposal to purchase the steam-ships York- town and Jamestown, recently seized by his orders and now in his possession, an act of treason. With this request I readily comply. An insurrection has broken out in several of the States of this Union includingYirginia designed to overthrow the Government of the United States. The executive authorities of the State are parties in that insurrection and so are public enemies. Their action in seizing or buy- ing vessels to be employed in executing that design is not merely with- out authority of law but is treason. It is treason for any person to give aid and comfort to public enemies. To sell vessels to them which it is their purpose to use as ships of war is to give them aid and com- fort. To receive money from them in payment for vessels which they *Not found. Page 3 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 3 have seize(1 for those purposes would be to attempt to convert the unlawlul seizure into a sale and would subject the party so offending to the pains and penalties of treason, and the Government would not hesitate to bring the offender to punishment. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. QITlUE OF THE SUPT. OF THE METROPOLITAN POLiCE, New York, May 17, 1861. lion. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, ASecretary ~f State. SiR: On the arrival of the family of Mr. Faulkner and of Dr. Gus- tavus Holland, of Texas, I immediately telegraphed you and requested to be informed whether it was the desire of the Government to detain either of them (supposing at the moment that Mr. Faulkner was him- self in company). Not receiving a reply I deemed it proper to act on the rumors rife and made an examination of the papers of Dr. Holland on the morning of Wednesday. Nothing, however, was found on him that was calculated to snstain the unfavorable report of his being a bearer of dispatches from Messrs. Mann, Yancey and company to the Confederate States of America. But I found on him copies of four letters (evidently made in the counting room of the writer) of the dates of March 23 and 27 and April 27 and 27, addressed to Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, on the subject of loaning money by capitalists in Europe to the Confederate States of America, and refusing to do so until a full recognition of the repudiated debt of Mississippi should be made. I am having copies of these letters made and will forward them to you to-morrow. Meanwhile a little incident has occurred that induced me to bring the doctor before me this evening when he informed me that an entire change has taken place in his views of the policy the South should pur- sue in the few days he has been here, and desired me to inform you that he is anxious to exert himself in restoring his Southern friends to reason; that he can convince them that they need expect no help from Europe; that he induced Mr. Gregory to make the motion in Parliament for the recognition of the Southern Confederacy under wrong informa- tion, & c. He expresses himself willing to call on you in Washington, where he can inform you further both in relation to things in Europe and at the South if you desire it. He was about to leave the city for Texas in a day or so, but will now await your pleasure. It would prob- ably be best to notify me of your wishes in the matter, when I could communicate them to him. If you desire to address him direct you can do so by sending to Saint Nicholas Hotel. Very truly, yours, & c., JOHN A. KENNEDY, Superintendent. OFFICE OF TilE SUPT. OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE, New York, May 18, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: As I advised you in my note of yesterday I herewith inclose copies of fonr several letters of the dates respectively of March 23 and 27 and April 27 and 27 from Edward Haslenwood, of 7 Lothbnry, East Chelsea, Lomidon, to Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Con Page 4 4 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. federation, on the subject of obtaining European loans for the South. These copies are made from manuscript copies furnished at the office of Mr. Hasleuwood, the sheets bearing the printed heads of his office. I have engaged with Doctor Holland in whose possession they were found that no use should be made of them to his personal annoyance or dis- advantage. Very truly, yours, & c., JOHN A. KENNEDY, Superintendent. [Inclosure No. 1.] 7 LOTUBURY, EAST CHELSEA, LONDON, March 23, 1861. His Excellency JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Sonthern Confederation. SIR: It must be evident to you that the principal difficulty with which the South has to contend is the want of money and the want of credit. As long as Mississippi forms part of the Southern Confederacy and as long as the bonds of Mississippi issued through the Planters and the Union banks are unsettled no loan can be negotiated in Europe. Missis- sippi must either go out or settle with her creditors. Within a few days you shall have a letter showing how other nations have compro- mised their debts and that the repudiation difficulty can be arranged. I remain, your obedient servant, EDWARD HASLENWOOI). [Thelosure No. 2.] 7 LOTHBURY, EAST CHELSEA, LONDON, March 27, 1861. JEFFERSON DAvIS, Preside~~t of the Sonthern Confederacy. SIR: On Saturday last I forwarded a few lines to you on the subject of the future credit of the Southern Confederacy and how far it would be injured by the course heretofore pursued by Mississippi with regard to her bonds. Outside of that letter I did not put any superscription beyond your name and address because I felt that it might become the ground for detention of the same by any of the postmasters of the Northern States who might wish to embarrass your movements. Annexed to this letter you will find a copy * of the law of the London Stock Exchange which will hopelessly exclude any new loan until Mis- sissippi shall make satisfactory arrangements with her creditors, and it is of no use to try the Continent because it is a standing rule with them never to take any loan which has been openly refused here. I am a member of the London Stock Exchange. I know perfectly the work- ings of the rule. I also know how futile your hopes will be of raising any money here except upon the conditions I mentioned, that the Mis- sissippi debt must be acknowledged and settled. Moreover, I am one of the committee for settling the debts of Spanish America and have made arrangements for the debts of Peru, Chili, Buenos Ayres, Ven- ezuela, New Grenada and Central America and in a future letter I will give you the benefits of my experience and show to you the nature of the compromises of other nations in the settlement of their debts. I am also the secretary of the corn inittee appointed by the Mississippi bondholders having special reference to that class issued through the Planters Bank, though I do not now address you in my official capacity. I am well aware of the difficulties of the question for raising money for the South, but I do not regard them as insurmountable provided * Not found Page 5 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 5 that the two debts of Mississippi are arranged for. Hopeless without it and among the difficulties are the non-recognition of the Southern Confederacy by the United States and by European nations, the prob- abilities of war between the North aud South, the fact that the entire income of the South depends almost upou one staple; that the condi- tion of their exchanges is such that any money advanced would take the form of a direct shipment of gold coin thus reducing the bullion in the Bank of England and prolonging the rate of discount at 7 per cent. per annum. Slavery.There are armies of aunnitants who would not lend a six- pence on the slaves on principle; anyhow the rate would have to be very high because at all times the Southern sixes were only equal to Northern fives under the best circumstances. But the greatest diffi- culty is repudiation. Apparently it would seem to be unfortunate that you, the principal exponent and defender of repudiation, should have been chosen as the head of the Southern Confederacy. I regard it in quite another light. One word from you showing the necessity for retracing the steps of Mississippi would have more effect than a volume from any other man. Remember there is more joy over one error repaired than over myriads to . If you have not the courage to do this then your position is a mistake. To-morrow I will send you much valuable information foreshadowing a solution to your difficulties. I remain, yours, very truly, EDWARD HASLENWOOD. [Inclosure No. 3.] 7 LOTHBURY, EAST CHELSEA, LoNDON, April 27, 1861. JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Southern Confederacy. Sin: According to the promise contained in my former letters I will give to you the outline of a compromise for both debts of Mississippi drawn from my experience in these matters. The first step is to obtain power from the legislature to the executive to make satisfactory arrangements with her bondholders within the means of the State. The question is not how much does Mississippi owe but how much can she pay? What is the maximum annually she hopes to set aside for redeem- ing her credit? What is the minimum she can guarantee? Above all things let her acknowledge as a debt the whole of the principal and the whole of the arrears of interest and make one common homogeneous debt of it, and then the sum the State can pay annually; whether it is large or small let it be equally divided over the whole debt. The system is to call a public meeting of the bondholders, obtain their con- sent to the acceptance of an arrangement on any basis proposed, appoint a representative or a committee to settle the details and immediately after the issue of the new bonds the Stock Exchange of London is open to the negotiation of any new loan or industrial enterprise of the State. Among the very large number of the compromises which I have effected as one of the committee of Spanish-American bondholders I have never failed in convincing the creditors that they ought to accept the offer, provided that first of all I was myself convinced of the justice of the compromise. I have always been an advocate where the debt is very large and the revenue small that a fixed percentage of the total receipts should be set aside and taken by the creditors in full each year for the interest of that year. This prevents any great accumulation of unpaid arrears against the State, and also induces the creditors to ben- efit the State if in any way in their power. Any proposition should be accompanied by statistics showing the position of the State for the pas Page 6 6 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. few years, and that the new taxes are as much as the people ought to be expected to carry. Until the Mississippi debt is settled the credit of the South is j iist nothing at all. I remain, yours, very truly, EDWARD HASLENWOOD. [Inclosure No. ~1 7 LOTHBURY, EAST CHELSEA, LONDON, April 27, 1861 JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Southern Confederacy, Montgomery, Ala. SIR: It may so happen after all that the Southeru Confederacy may again pass into and become part of the United States of America, and if so the opportunity ought not to be lost for merging the debts of the individual States into one common homogeneous debt, including Missis- sippi, and also insisting on a great reduction of the tariff. Apparently the credit of the United States is at a low ebb, but let the whole be once more united and I have no hesitation in stating that a loan coul(l be raised bearing 4 per cent. interest large enough to absorb the whole of the States debts (including Mississippi), and that the price of that stock would soon be higher than any of the Southern 6 per cents or Northern 5 per cents of the separate States. Another poiiit of great importance would be to stipulate that the number of States in the Seii- ate should be equal for the South as for the North. To effect this there must be ultimately an extension by purchase or conquest of Mexico, and nothing would give greater satisfaction iii Europe than to see the whole of that country absorbed into the States, provided that the debt of Mexico was acknowledged and guarantied. The peon law of Mexico is not far removed from the slavery of the South. I remain, your most obedient servant, EDWARD JIASLENWOOD. OFFICE 13. 5. DISTRIcT ATTORNEY FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, New York, May 20, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. SIR: In pursuance of the instructions of Col. James Cameron, your accredlted agent, I made arrangements with the marshal and with our general superintendent of police which resulted in the simultaneous possession by the Government to-day, May 20, at 3 oclock p. in., of all telegraphic dispatches sent to or received from the Southern section of the coumitry for a year and upward. They are so numerous and bulky and so systematically arranged that the marshal determined not to remove them at present and to place two deputy marshals in continual charge of the apartments in which the dispatches were found and are stored with instructions to permit no person to have access to them. We await a consultation among ourselves and perhaps instructions from you before taking a further step in the matter. The companies mildly protested in order to l)Iace themselves right before their customers, but they and their counsel made no serious objec- tion to the proceeding and now appear willing to afford every facility in their power to aid the object of the Government. I inclose a copy of my letter to the marshal upon which he has acted. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. DELAFIELD SMITH, U. S. District Attorney Page 7 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 7 [Inclosure.] OFFiCE U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORI, New York, ZliEcty 20, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U~ S. Jliarshai. SIR: In pursuance of instructions received from Washington you are directed on behalf of the United States Government to obtain pos- session of any telegraphic dispatches that may have been sent or received with purposes hostile to the Government or in relation to sup- plies of arms and provisions purchased or forwarded to the Southern rebels. Upon obtaining possession of these dispatches should the record or file in which they are included also embrace other telegraphic dispatches having no connection with this subject you are authorized to assent to the packages which may be taken by you being sealed, to be opened aiid examined on the part of the United States Government upon notice to the telegraph agent from whom you receive them. You will take this proceeding at 3 oclock p. in. to-day, and do so simultaneously at all the offices in this city where such dispatches are to be found. Your prompt and energetic action in the matter is requested and will be expected. Very respectfiiily, E. DELAFIELD SMITH, U~ S. District Attorney. OFFICE U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY, Newark, May 20, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. DEAR SIR: In pursuance of the directions of Col. James Cameron given to me on your behalf I obtained at 3 p. m. to-day all the tele- graphic dispatches sent and received within a year past at the offices iu Trenton, Princeton, Elizabeth and Newark in this State. They are all now in my possession and I await further instructions as to the dispo- sition of them. Very respectfully, your obedient servant A. Q. KEASBEY, U. S. Attorney for New Jersey. OFFICE U. S. ATTORNEY EASTERN DISTRICT PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, May 21, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. SIR: I have the honor to report that on yesterday at 3 oclock p. m. Marshal William Millward by my directions took charge of all dis- l)atches sent to the South from any source from this city since the 1st of January last. The gentlemen controlling the various telegraph lines being loyal rendered us every aid and assistance. We hold these papers subject to your order and shall meanwhile proceed to examine them. Your obedient servant, GEO. A. COFFEY, U. S. Attorney Page 8 8 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. ATTORNEY-GENERALs OFFICE, iVfay 22, 1861. Hon. SIMoN CAMERON, Secretary of War. Sin: A short time since by request I sent instructions to several dis- trict attorneys toward the North to co-operate with your special agents in making effectual your orders to take possession of the written mes- sages in various telegraph offices. Several of the attorneys have made report to me of the seizure of the papers and other reports are expeeted daily. Having no important matter to communicate I only notify you of these facts and of my desire to co-operate with you in full. Most respectfully, EDW. BATES. OFFICE U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, New York, May 25, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. SIR: It is estimated that the telegraphic dispatches in our custody covering a period of a year number not less than 200,000 or 300,000. The formidable amount of criminal to say nothing of civil business pressing upon me, my continued efforts to investigate charges of trea- son and to put an end to the flow of aid and comfort from this city to the rebel combinations at the South and the prize cases now crowding upon us all render it difficult for me to depute from my office a judi- cious person to examine all the dispatches and select those that should merit my attention or be of use to the Government. It has appeared to me that the delicate and important duty of mak- ing such examination should be intrusted to a very intelligent, reliable person who could devote to it huis uninterrupted efforts until the task should be methodically completed. If Col. James Cameron whose dis- cretion and energy have been evinced in perfecting the plan of seizing the dispatches can come here charged with the duty in question I shall be glad. If not perhaps you will give me authority to employ a dis- creet and intelligent person at such rate of compensation as our district judge and myself shall determine to be reasonable. Awaiting your instructions or intimations on the subject, I am, with great respect, honored sir, your obedient servant, E. DELAFIELD SMITH, U. S. District Attorney. U. S. S. MACEDONIAN, Near Vera Gruz, May 26, 1861. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. SIR: I hereby respectfully request to resign my commission as a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. H. WARD, Lieutenant, U. S. Navy. [Indorseme~t.] This resignation has been in my possession during the last month. I was too sick to forward it when it was first handed in. Lieutenant Ward is a good officer and I would regret to lose his services. Respectfully, JAMES GLYNN, Captain Page 9 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 9 HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, June 3, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST: (Care Maj. S. Williams, Asst. Adj. Gen., Saint Louis, Mo.) The Secretary of War directs that you arrest General A. S. Johnston if he returns from California by overland route. WINFIELD SCOTT. Los ANGELES, CAL., June 7, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON. DEAR SIR: I am a resident of San Jos6, Santa Clara County, Cal., and I am in this city on business and have spent ten days here, and I have learned that Colonel Johnston who was recently commander of the U. S. forces on this coast will leave this place next week with an armed band of secessionists for Texas with the avowed purpose of joining the traitors of Texas and the Southern Confederacy. They will pass through Arizona, thence to New Mexico, and I am informed that it is their intention to clean out as they express it all Union men on the route. I thought it my duty as a good citizen to post you that they may be headed off in New Mexico by the soldiers stationed there or on the border of Texas by Montgomery or Jim Lane, of Kansas. This information I believe to be reliable. They publicly state their intention to emigrate as they call it, but you be assured from my knowledge of some of the emigrants they are and will be ready to annihilate every Union man as soon as they leave the borders of this State where Colonel Sumners prompt and timely arrival saved our State from a bloody war for the Union. I refer you to Hon. John F. Farnsworth, of Saint Charles, Ill. (Repre- sentative), K. S. Bingham, of the Senate, and to ex-Governor Felch, of Michigan, all of whom know me well and of my truthfulness. My name must not be used or my life would not be worth a straw. Truly, H. B. HALL. California safe for the Union. We are forming Union clubs in every city, town and hamlet. HALL. NEW YORK, June 11, 1861. Hon. W. H. SEWARD, Washington, D. C. SIR: I have in my possession evidence I think of complicity of two of our foreign ministers, one to Portugal and the other to Switzerland, while in England with the enemies of our country so strong that I think it cannot fail to convict them of treason, and if you think it important I can supply it to you if you so direct me. Very respectfully, from one of your earliest friends, HENRY SHEPARD, No. 131. Fast Thirteenth Street, Neu York. P. S.If you should think it necessary to communicate with me please do so under cover to J. B. Jones, New N ork Page 10 I0 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, June 14, 1861. JOHN E. WARD, Esq., & tcanuah, Ga. SiR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant.* It has given the Department pleasure to comply with your request by giving you a passport for the purpose indicated by you, and by furnishing Mr. Spooner with the desired permit to transfer your baggage and effects to Savannab. I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. DEPT. OF NORTHEAST ViRGINIA, No. 5. Arlington, June 11, 1861. Unless under the special orders in each case of a commander of brigade or superior authority it is forbidden to any officer or soldier within this department to arrest or attempt to arrest any citizen or citi- zens under the plea of their being secessionists, or for any cause what- soever save that of being at the time in arms against the Ijuited States. Nor will any officer or soldier without the like authority forcibly enter, search or attempt to search any house or the premises of any peaceable resident or other persons not in arms against the lJnited States. The military or police force will arrest any one found trespassing even on the premises of any citizen without the department. By command of Brigadier-General McDowell: JAMES B. FRY, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, Port Mdllienry, June 16, 1861. lion. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. SIR: The election passed without disorder but the fact is not a just indication of the spirit of the city. Active deinonstratioiis on the I)art of secessionists can only be suppressed by constant readiness of our forces. We need greatly some assistance here. First. Authority to establish a home guard. There are many good Union men here who are ready to enter the service, and we have arms for theni which have beeii taken from ill-disposed persons. They can be deposited at the custom-house under guard of our troops 50 as to make secure their possession. This will give occupation to the Union men and confidence to the loyal portion of the city. I think it will be prudently and safely managed. Second. We need a corps of cavalry to suppress the contraband trade on the back roads leading southward. We have not now a moun ted orderly by whom to send a message even to the city. Some assistance of this kind is indispensable. The infantry cau well command the rail ways. I have written to Mr. Secretary Chase to loan us the service of a revenue cutter for a brief period by which we could control this tra(lC upon the river and bay. To cut oft the contraband is to deprive Balti- more of the support now given publicly to the secession spirit amid strip the rebel army of its most useful supplies. I beg you to think of this subject amid give us prompt aid. * Not found Page 11 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 11 Third. Baltimore would afford most excellent camps of instruction for raw troops. They can be easily and cheaply supported here in healthy and convenient locations, well drilled and disciplined, and their presence would afford support to the Government against the rebel elements in the city. In a short time you conld safely withdraw the best troops for service elsewhere leaving the new levies in possession here. With respect I submit these considerations to you, and remain, yonr ol)liged and obedient servant, N ~. BANKS, General, Commanding. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Wheeling, Isa., June 21, 1861. His Excellency the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Sin: Reliable information has been received at this department from various parts of this State that large nninbers of evil-minded persons have banded together in military organizations with intent to over- throw the government of the State, and for that purpose have called to their aid like-minded persons from other States who in pursuance of such call have invaded this Commonwealth. They are now making war on the loyal people of the State. They are pressing citizens against their consent into their military organizations and seizing aiid appropriating their property to aid in the rebellion. I have not at my command sufficient military force to suppress this rebellion and violence. The legislature cannot be convened in time to act in the premises. It therefore becomes my duty as governor of this Commonwealth to call on the Government of the United States for aid to suppress snch rebellion and violence. I therefore earnestly request that you will furnish a military force to aid in suppressing the rebellion and to protect the good people of this Commonwealth from domestic violence. I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant, FRANCIS H. PEIRPOINT, Gorernor. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORTHEAST VIRGINIA, Arlington, June 21, 1861. Colonel HEINTZELMAN, Commanding Brigade: Through the intercession of Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, I am induced to order that George W. Armes, now a prisoner under your guards, be returned to his position in the State l)epartment on his own recognizance. I. MCDOWELL, Brigadier- General, Commanding. ALEXANDRIA, VA., June 25, 1861. Capt. J. B. FRY, Assistant Adjutant- General, Arlington. l)EAR SIR: On the 15th instant I left with you at Arlington a letter from Maj. J. F. Lee introducing me to General McDowell, and a letter from me to General McDowell in which I asked him to inform me whethe Page 12 12 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. the three Virginia troopers who were prisoners here could be exchanged or released on terms. Not haying heard from General McDowell will you be so obliging as to inform me by letter directed to this place whether General McDowell saw Major Lees and my letter and whether he has come to any conclusion in relation to the prisoners. Your early reply will oblige, your obedient servant, J. M. JOHNSON. HEADQITARTERS OF TIlE ARMY, iVashinyton, Jane 27, 1861. (via Chanibersburg.) Major-General PATTERSON, U. S. Army, Commanding, f~e., Ilagerstown, Md.: I have your telegram of this date about a prisoner. * * * You needed no special authority for sending prisoners to Fort Mdllenry. WINFIELD SCOTT. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORTHEAST YIRIUNIA, Arlington, June 27, 1861. J. M. JOHNSON, Alexandria. SIR: In reply to your letter of the 25th instant I have to inform you that your letter was laid before General McDowell but no answer at the time could be given in the case. The prisoners of war to whom you refer have been sent to Washington and your application must now be made there. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES B. FRY, Assistant Adjutant- General. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Appointment Office, June 28, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, & eretary of War. SIR: Your letter of the 26th instant relative to forwarding letters from Europe to the rebels in the South has been received. The inclosed copies of letters to the honorable Secretary of State and Major-General McClellan set forth the views of this Department as to its power in the premises. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. KASSON, flrst Assistant Postmaster. General. [Inclosure No. 1.1 POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 12, 1861. Maj. Geui. G. B. MCCLELLAN, Cincinnati, Ohio. GENERAL: 1 have received yours of the 9th instant, * inclosing a letter from Mr. Gaither upon the subject of the transmission of mail matter South by Adams Express Company. I have to reply that the regulation of the intercourse between the two sections is under the control of the military authorities of the Not found Page 13 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 13 country and therefore whether the express business shall be continued at all or not it is not my province to decide. If it is continued and letters are transmitted by it and mailed at Louisville or elsewhere within the loyal States, postage paid in accordance with the laws and regulations of the service, I cannot prevent it; but the postmaster at Louisville has been instructed to send all letters coining from States in which the postal service has been discontinued with our stamps upon them to the DeadLetter Office, for the reason that we do not recognize stamps and stamped envelopes obtained from offices in such States which like other mail property have been fraudulently seized. I should not object at all to the express company receiving letters in the South and bringing them to Louisville or Cincinnati to be mailed to any part of the United States if the stamps for the prepayment of the postage on such letters are obtained from offices within the loyal States. Nor would I object to the express company taking letters from within the loyal States to any point within the seceded States, such letters being stamped in accordance with the United States postal regulations. There being no postal arrangements on the part of this Government in existence in those States, as a matter of course such transmission of letters would involve no infraction of law. The only point on which I wish especially to insist in the employment of the express agency for this purpose is that letters mailed to points within the loyal States shall not be prepaid by stamps which have been stolen from us, and from the high character you give Mr. Gaither I should feel assured upon this point; but as we can have no understanding with him he must take care to make it clear to our offices that he is not using the stamps stolen from us. Respectfully, & c., M. BLAIR, Postmaster- General. [Thelosuro No. 2.] POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Appointment Office, June 28, 18G1. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington. SIR: I am in receipt of yours of the 25th instant inclosing a letter* from Mr. Bowen, commissioner of police at New York, relative to the channel of communication between the disunionists in Europe and Northern States with their party in the Southern States. Mr. Bowemi suggests that there will be no difficulty in breaking up the establish- ment in New York and Boston if authorized by the Secretary of War and the Postmaster-General. In reply I have to state that there being no postal arrangement in existence on the part of this Department between the Government and the disunion States, or between the disunion States and foreign gov- ernments, the regulation of the intercourse between them is at present under the control of the military authorities of the country, and any communication which may be had must depend upon the action of the military department. Under the provisions of the eighth section of the postal act of August 31, 1852, letters inclosed in postage-stamped envelopes not having been before used may be carried outside the mail over regular postal Not found Page 14 14 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. routes, provided such stamps are equal in value and amount to the rates of postage to which such letters would be liable if sent in the mail. So far as the Post-Office laws are concerned it will thus appear that this Department has no further power than to see that its revenues do not suffer, and that no frauds are perpetrated upon itin other words, that the laws are observed. I have only to say ftuther that in the opinion of the Postmaster-General his power is limited to secure the observance of the laws and regulations resting thereupon. The further questions must be referred to the War Department. I inclose a printed copy of the letter of the Postmaster-General addressed to Major-General McClellan, and embodying his views, in reply to that officer. Agreeably to request the letter of Mr. Bowen is herewith returned. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. KASSON, First Assistant Postmaster- General. lln~I~s. DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, June 28, 1861. Maj. Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT, Washington. DEAR SIR: On my arrival at this place I found quite a number of prisoners in custody under General Morris. I have felt it my duty as well as good policy under surrounding circumstances to deal leniently with the prisoners against whom the charges were not of a gross char- acter, and all such have been discharged. For my guidance in dispos- ing of those remaining in custody as well as for my direction in other cases that may arise I beg leave to ask for instructions as to what dis- position is to be made of prisoners of the following classes respectively: First. Prisoners taken in battle. Second. Prisoners who have been in the secession army and have deserted or been discharged. Third. Spies. Fourth. Guerrillas. Fifth. Prisoners who without taking up arms themselves have been active and influential in inducing others to take up arms. Most respectfully, your obedient servant, GEO. B. MCCLELLAN, Major- General, U. ~. Army, Commanding Department. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, July 2, 1861. Lieut. Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT, General-in- Chief of the U. S. Army, & e. GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose an order addressed to you by the President* authorizing you or any officer acting under your com- mand to suspend the writ of habeas corpus on or in the vicinity of any military line between this city and the city of New York should it be deemed necessary. I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. Omitted here. For this order see Seward to the House of Representatives, July 13, inelosure No. 3, p. 19 Page 15 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 15 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Wheeling, July 3, 1861. General G. B. MCCLELLAN, Grafton, Va. Sin: Inclosed J send you a Slij) from the Cincinnati Gazette. I learn there were two men takenMessrs~ Miller anti Waggener. * * * Yours, in haste, F. H. PEIRPOINT. P. S.J have just learned that there were many of the Union men with their families driven into Ohio from Jackson Countyfrom iRavens- wood and that vicinity. It is also statedfor the truth of which I can- not vouchthat a regiment from Ohio passed into Virginia at Point Pleasant. Yours, & c., H. PEIRPOiNT. [Inciosure.] COLUMBU8, July 1. Colonel Norton, of the First Regiment State troops at Gallipolis, telegraphed the governor to-day that on Saturday night a mounted party of fifty men came from Charleston, Va., to Point Pleasant headed by A. G. Jenkins and took some of the most prominent Union men there prisoners and marched them off. Colonel Norton started with 100 men in pursuit but could not overtake them. He then scoured the country and took 30 prominent secessionists prisoners whom he now holds as hostages for the safety of the Union men in lmnds of the rebels. Norton says there are 3,500 rebels now at Charleston nnder command of [Brig. Gen. J. M.] Hawes. Extract from the ~ message to Con .qress in Special scs~wa, July 4, 1861. FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE SENATE AND llousn OF REPRESENTA TIVES: * * * * * * * Soon after the first call for militia it was considered a duty to authorize the commanding general in proper cases according to his discretion to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, or in other words to arrest and detain without resort to the ordinary proc- esses and forms of law such individuals as he might deem dangerous to the public safety. This authority has been purposely exercised but very sparingly. Nevertheless the legality and propriety of what has been done under it are questioned, and the attention of the country has been called to the proposition that one who is sworn to take care that the laws be faithfully executed should not hin~elf violate them. Of course some consideration was given to the question of power and propriety before this matter was acted npon. ihe whole of the laws which were reqnired to be faithfully executed were being resisted and failing of execution in nearly one-third of the States. Must they be allowed to finally fail of execution even had it been perfectly clear that by the use of means necessary to their execution some single law made in such extreme~ tenderness of the citizens liberty that practically it relieves more of the guilty than of the innocent should to a very lim- ited extent be violated Page 16 16 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. To state the question more directly, are all the laws but one to gc unexecuted and the Government itself go to pieces lest that one be violated l Even in such a case would not the official oath be broken if the Government should be overthrown when it was believed that disre- garding the single law would tend to preserve it ~ But it was not believed that this question was presented. It was not believed that any law was violated. The provision of the Constitution that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it is equivalent to a provis- ionis a provisionthat such privilege may be suspended when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety does require it. It was decided that we have a case of rebellion and that the public safety does require the qualified suspension of the privilege of the writ which was authorized to be made. iNow it is insisted that Congress and not the Executive is vested with that power. But the Constitution itself is silent as to which or who is to exercise the power; and as the provision was plainly made for a dangerous emergency it cannot be believed the framers of the instru- ment intended that in every case the danger should run its course until Congress could be called together; the very assembling of which might be prevented as was intended in this case by the rebellion. * * * * * * * ABRAHAM LINCOLN. PALOZZO BACJOCCHT, Florence, Italy, July 6, 1861. Hon. PRESTON KING. Mv DEAR SIR: While taking a social cup of tea on the 4th with our consul-general, resident in this city, he informed inc that he had recently received one of three letters that had been sent to this city under the cover of the obliging consul of Her Britannic Majesty of England, resi- dent at Richmond, Va., by one of the rebels of that State who is now a soldier in the Army of the Confederate States. The writer of these letters was for several years previous to the breaking out of this atro- cious rebellion a resident of this city, but he returned to Virginia in March last and has now as he says in his letters to the consul taken up arms against the Government of the United States. The letters that this misguided and foolish fellow has sent here under cover of the British consul at Richmond have simply reference to busi- ness and friendly relations and in themselves are of no public irupor- tance whatever; but inasmuch as he says in them (one of which I took pains yesterday to get a glance at) that his friend the British consul at Richmond will allow replies from his correspondents here in Florence to go to the writer under his cover (the consuls), it shows how coin- munications may pass between the enemies of our Goveriiment which in the present crisis in its affairs may be of vital inportance. I said therefore to our consul that I thought he ought at once to apprise the Government of the fact that the British consul at Richmond, Va., was obliging his friends by the use of his official position and privileges in aid of their correspondence in a manner that might be found detri- mental to the interests of the country. The consul is by birth a North Carolinian and an appointee of Buchanan aiid said he did not like the idea of being an informer; but I urged the importance of this fact being communicated to the Government at Washington so strongly that he finally indicated a disposition to write to some one there about it Page 17 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 17 But lest he should not do so I have taken the liberty to drop you this note in relation to it, and if you regard it in the light that it pre- seits itself to me you can communicate it to those who will be able to guard the country against any mischief that might otherwise be likely to flow from the ability of the enemies of the Government to keep up a free and undisturbed correspondence by means of the privileges granted iii good faith to foreign consuls accredited to the Government of the United States and residing in the revolted territory. If the British consul in Richmond is obliging enough to render a facility of this kind to one rebel he can hardly refuse it to others, and for any purpose that may suit the convenience of those who may desire it, and if one British consul resident in the revolted States will lend himself for the use of the enemies of the Government to which he stands accredited is it not likely that others similarly situated do the same thing, and that through this consular postal medium Jeff. Davis and the head rebels of the South are kept daily advised of whatever is being done on the part of the Federal Government to counteract their nefarious intentions l I remain, my dear sir; with great respect, very truly, your friend, J. E. COOLEY. Resolution adopted by the House of Representatives July 8, 1861. Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to instruct the offi- cers of the Army of the United States taking prisoners and releasing them upon their oath of allegiance to the United States to report their name and residence to him that they may be recorded in his Department. NAVY DEPART1~IENT, July 8, 1861. Hon. WTLLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith a copy of a memorandum that has been left with me giving information of a plan said to have been formed by a person named James C. Hurry, of Baltimore, for the capture* of one of the steam-boats plying between Baltimore and the Patuxent River. The memorandum is from a responsible source. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, GIDEON WELLES. [InclosureMemorandum.l A man of notoriously bad character named James C. Hurry, a resi- dent of Baltimore, has formed a plan for the capture during the present week of one of the steam-boats plying between Baltimore and the Patuxent River, either by putting his men on board the boat at Bal- timore or at Millstone Landing, on that river. This Millstone Land- ing or point is a position from whence more smuggling of men and provisions is carried on than any other place on the Chesapeake waters. Small vessels are constantly plying between that position and the Rap- pahannock and Cone Rivers, chiefly to the latter, where a Tennessee regiment is posted. These vessels are run outside of Captain Budds lines. ~See case of Zarvoiia, p. 379, et Seq. 2 R RSERIES II, VOL I Page 18 18 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Co~1FIDENTIAL. BARNUMS hOTEL, INdt*iuorc, July ~, 1~61. Hon. SIMON CAMERON. SIR: To be short: I have a plan for securilig the persons of Jefferson Davis, Floyd, Cobb and others prominent in this secession movemei~t and should be glad to submit it to your judgment. I believe the time is not far distant when these gentlemen (I) rebels will be obliged to flee the country. My stratagem would have to do with them at that particular juncture and could not possibly fail of bagging some if not all of them. It could be done without much cost comparatively, and so far as I might be concerned would ask of Government the opportunity of executing it. Should you desire I will lay the whole matter before you at any time you may designate. It may be proper to add that when necessary I can present suitable credentials from some of yonr warmest friends. Yours, very respectfully, TIIOS. DENNY SAUC ENT, Q/ Massachusetts. CUSTOM-HOUSE, NEW YORK, Collectors Office, July 10, 18G1. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington. SIR: James D. Balloch, of Savannah, Ga., is now in England, and has purchased there ten war vessels and is fitting them out at an expense of al)out 8750,000 for the use of the Southern Confederacy as a naval force. These vessels will sail from Liverpool under the flag of the Confederacy and ~ ill operate upon our merchantmen and navy ships. This information was communicated to me to-day by Mr. J. A. Roose- velt, of the well-known and highly respected house of Roosevelt & Son, of this city, a nephew of Judge Roosevelt, a family connection of Mr. Bulloch, and who has seen letters from him duecting his propem-ty here transferred to other parties so that.it may not be confiscated by action of the United States Government. Of course I know not the grounds of this apprehension, but give it as I have given all the statements in this letter on Mr. Roosevelts authority exclusively. Mr. Roosevelt is an ardent Union man and would feel bound to denounce a brothem probably to save the Government, but he does not wish his name used if it can be avoided. I am, dear sir, truly, yours, HIRAM BARNEY. Resolution adopted by the House of Representatiucs, July 12, 18G1. Resolved, That the Attorney-General be requested to lay before this House at his earliest convenience a copy of the opinion mentioned iii the message of the President delivemed to this House on the opening of its present session, and also a copy of the General Order suspending the writ of habeas corpus. DEPARTMENT OF STATuE, Washington, July 13, iSGi. To THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: The Secretary of State to whom was referred that part of the reso- lution of the House of Representatives of the 12th instant whic Page 19 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 19 requested the Attorney-General to lay before the House a copy of the order suspending the writ of habeas corpus has the lioiior to report that three several orders upon this subject have been issuedone by the President of the United States to the commanding general of the Army of the 27th April; the second by a proclamation of the Presi- dent of the 10th May last, and the third by an order of the President to the commanding general of the Army of the 2d instant. A copy of these orders is hereunto annexed. WILLIAM II. SEWARD. [Inclosuro No. 1.] The COMMANDING GENERAL ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES: You are engaged in repressing an insurrection against the la~vs of the United States. If at any point on or in the vicinity of any mili- tary line which is now or which shall be used between the city of Phila- delphia and the city of Washington you find resistance which renders it necessary to suspend the writ of habeas corpus for the public safety, you personally or through the officer in command at the point where resistance occurs are authorized to suspend that writ. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at the city of Washington, this 27th day of April, 1861, and of the Independence of the United Sta~tes the eighty-fifth. [L. S.] ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President of the United States: WILLIAM H. SEWARD, & ~cretary of state. [Inclosure No. 2.] A PROCLAMATION. Whereas an insurrection exists in the State of Florida by which the lives, liberty and property of loyal citizens of the United States are endangered; and Whereas it is deemed proper that all needful measures should be taken for the protection of such citizens and all officers of the United States in the discharge of their public duties in the State aforesaid: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby direct the commander of the forces of the United States on the Florida coast to permit no person to exercise any office or authority upon the islands of Key West, the Tortugas and Santa Rosa which may be inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of the United States, authorizing him at the same time if he shall find it neces- sary to suspend there the writ of habeas corpus and to remove from the vicinity of the United States fortresses all dangerous or suspected per- sons. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this 10th day of May, A. D. 1861, and of the Independence of the Unitel States the eighty-fifth. [L.s.] ABRAIJAM LINCOLN. By the President: WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. [Inclosure No. 3.] The COMMANDING GENERAL ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES: You are engaged in repressing an insurrection against the laws of the United States. If at any point on or in the vicinity of any military lin Page 20 20 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. which is now or which shall be used between the city of New York and the city of Washington you find resistance which renders it necessary to suspend the writ of habeas corpus for the public safety you person- ally or through the officer in command at the point where resistance occurs are authorized to suspend that writ. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at the city of Washington, this 2d day of July, A. LD. 1861, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-fifth. [L. S.] ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President of the United States: WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. ATTORNEY-GENERALS OFFIcE, July 13, 1861. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SIR: In obedience to a resolution of the House passed yesterday and by permission of the President I have the honor to send herewith a copy of my opinion mentioned in the message of the President delivered to this House at the opening of its present session. The resolution also requests of me a copy of the order suspending the writ of habeas corpus. As there is no such order in the records or the files of my office I have ventured to request the Secretary of State to ftllfill the pleasure of the honorable House in that particular. I have the honor to be, most respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD BATES. [Thclosure.] ATTORNEY-GENERALS OFFICE, July 5, 1861. The PRESIDENT. SIR: You have required my opinion in writing upon the following questions: First. In the present time of a great and dangerous insurrection has the President the discretionary power to cause to be arrested and held in custody persons known to have criminal intercourse with the insur- gents or persons against whom there is probable cause for suspicion of such criminal complicity ~ Second. In such cases of arrest is the President justified in refusing to obey a writ of habeas corpus issued by a court or ju(lge requiring him or his agent to produce the body of the prisoner and show the cause of his capture and detention to be adjudged and disposed of by such court or judge ~ To make my answer to these questions at once consistent and plain I find it convenient to advert to the great principle of government as recognized and acted upon in most if not all the countries in Europe and to mark the difference between that principle and the great prin- ciple which lies at the bottom of our National Government. Most European writers upon government assume expressly or by implication that every national government is and must be the full expression and representation of the nation which it governs, armed with all its powers and able to assert all its rights. In England, the form of whose Government more nearly approximates our own, and where the rights, interests and powers of the people are more respected and cared for than in most of the nations of the European continent, it has grown into an axiom that The Parliament is omnipotent,7~ that is, that it can do anything that is possible to be done by legisl Page 21 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 21 lion or by judgment. For all the ends of government the Parliament is the nation. Moreover in Europe generally the sovereignty is vested visibly in some designated man or set of men so that the subject peo- ple can see their sovereign as well as feel the workings of his power. But in this country it has been carefully provided otherwise. In the formation of our National Government our fathers were surrounded with peculiar difficulties arising out of their novel, I may say unexam- pled, condition. In resolving to break the ties which had bound them to the British Empire their complaints were leveled chiefly at the King, not the Parliament nor the people. They seem to have been actuated by a special dread of the unity of power, and hence in fram- ing the Constitution they preferred to take the risk of leaving some good undone for lack of power in the agent rather than arm any Gov- ernment officer with such great powers for evil as arc implied in the dictatorial charge to see that no damage comes to the commonwealth. Hence keeping the sovereignty always out of sight they adopted the plan of checks and balances, forming separate departments of gov- eminent and giving to each department separate and limited powers. These departments are co-ordinate and coequalthat is, iieither being sovereign, each is independent in its sphere and not subordinate to the others, either of them or both of them together. We have three of these co-ordinate departments. Now if we allow one of the three to determine the extent of its own powers and also the extent of the powers of the other two that one can control the whole Government and has in fact achieved the sovereignty. We ought not to say that our system is perfect for its defects (perhaps inevitable in all human things) are obvious. Our fathers having divided the Government into co-ordinate departments did not even try (and if they had tried would probably have failed) to create an arbiter among them to adjudge their conflicts and keep them within their respective bounds. They were left by design I suppose each independent and free to act out its own granted powers without any ordained legal superior professing the power to revise and reverse its action. And this with the hope that the three departments, mutually coequal and independent, would keep each other within their proper spheres by their mutual antagonismthat is, by the system of checks and balances to which our fathers were driven at the beginning by their fear of the unity of power. In this view of the subject it is quite possible for the same identical question (not case) to come up legitimately before each one of the three departments and be determined in three different ways and each decis- ion stand irrevocable, binding upon the parties to each case; and that for the simple reason that the departments are co-ordinate and there is no ordained legal superior with power to revise and reverse their decisions. To say that the departments of our Government are co-ordinate is to say that the judgment of one of them is not binding upon the other two as to the arguments and principles involved in the judgment. It binds only the parties to the case decided. But if admitting that the departments of Government are co-ordinate it be still contended that the principles adopted by one department in deciding a case properly before it are binding upon another department that obligation must of necessity be reciprocal. That is, if the President be bound by the principles laid down by the judiciary so also is the judiciary bound by the principles laid down by the President; and thus we shall have a theory of constitutional government flatly contradicting itself. Depart Page 22 22 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. ments co-ordinate and coequal and yet reciprocally subordinate to each other ~ That cannot be. The several departments, though far from sovereign are free and independent in the exercise of the limited powers granted to them respectively by the Constitution. Our Govern- ment indeed as a whole is not vested with the sovereignty and does not possess all the powers of the nation. It has no powers but such as are granted by the Constitution; and many powers are expressly withheld. The nation certainly is eoeqnal with all other nations and has equal powers but it has not chosen to delegate all its powers to this Government in any or all of its departments. The Government as a whole is limited, and limited in all its depart- ments. It is the especial function of the j iidiciary to hear and determine cases, not to establish principles nor settle questions, so as to con- clude any person but the parties and privies to the cases adjudged. Its powers are specially granted auud defined by the Constitution, article 3, section 2: The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States and treaties made and which shall be made nuder their authority; to all cases affecting ambassadors, other ministers and consuls; to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; to controversies to which the United States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States; between States and citizens of other States; between citizens ot different States; between citizens of the same State claiming lands nuder grants of different States and between a State or the citize~s thereof and foreign States, citizens or subiects. And that is the sum of its powers, ample and efficient for all the pnr- poses of distributive justice among individnal parties but powerless to i unpose rules of action and of judgment upon the other (lei)artments. Indeed it is not itself bound by its own decisions for it can and ofteu does overrnle and disregard them, as in common honesty it ought to do whenever it finds by its after and better lights that its former judgments were wrong. Of all the departments of the Government the President is the most active and the most constant in action. He is called the Executive, and so in fact he is, and much more also for the Constitution has imposed upon him many important duties and granted to him great powers which are in their nature not executivesuch as the veto power; tIme power to send and receive ambassadors; the power to make treaties and the power to appoint officers. This last is not more aim executive power when used by the President than it is when exer- cised by either House of Congress, by the courts of justice or by the people at lar2e. The President is a department of the Government; and although the only department which consists of a single man lie is charged with a greater range and variety of powers and duties than any other department. He is a civil magistrate, not a military chief; and in this regard we see a striking proof of the generality of tIme sentiment pre- vailing in this country at the time of the formation of our Goverumuemit to the effect that the muihitary ought to be held in strict subordination to ~he civil power. For the Constitution while it grants to Congress the unrestricted power to declare war, to raise and support armies and to provide and maintain a navy at the samne time guards carefully against the abuse of that power by withholding from Congress and from the Army itself tIme authority to appoint the chief commander of a force so potent for good or for evil to the State. The Constitution provides that the President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States and of the militia of the several State Page 23 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 23 when called into the actual service of the United States. And why is this~ Surely not because the President is supposed to be or commonly is in fact a military mnaii, a man skilled in the art of war and quahfied to marshal a host in the field of battle. No it is for quite a differeiit reason; it is that whatever skillful soldier may lead our armies to vic- tory against a foreign foe or may quell a domestic insurrection; how- ever high he may raise his professional renown and wh~atever martial glory he may win still he is subject to the orders of the civil magis- trate, and hc and his army are always subordinate to the civil power. And hence it follows that whenever the President (the civil magis- trate) in the discharge of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed has occasion to use the army to aid him in the performance of that (luty he does not thcrcby lose his civil character and become a soldier subjcct to military law and liable to be tried by a court-martial any more than does a civil court lose its legal and pacific nature and become military and belligerent by calling out the power of the country to enforce its decrees. The civil magistrates whether judicial or executive must of necessity employ physical power to aid them in enforcing the laws whenever they have to (heal with disobedient and refractory subjects; and their legal power and right to do so is unquestionable. The right of the courts to call out the whole power of the country to enforce their judgments is as old as the common law~ and the right of the President to use force in the per- formance of his legal duties is not only inherent in his office but has been frequently recognized and aided by Congress. One striking exam- ple of this is the act of Congress of March 3, 1807 (2 Stat., 445), which empowered the President without the intervention of any court to use the marshal ,and if he be insufficient to use the Army summarily to expel intruders aiid squatters upon the public lands. And that power has been frequently exercised without as far as I know a ques- tion of its legality. To call its is sometimes done the judiciary the civil power and the President the military power, seems to me at once a mistake of fact and ami abuse of language. While the judiciary and the President as departments of the Gen- eral Government are co-ordinate, equal in dignity and power and equally trusted by the law in their respective spheres, there is never- theless a marked diversity in the character of their functions and their modes of action. The judiciary is for the most part passive. It rarely if ever takes the initiative; it seldom or never begins an operation. Its great function is judgment, and in the exercise of that function it is confined almost exclusively to cases not selected by itself but made amid submitted by others. The President on the contrary by the very natnre of his office is active; he must often take the initiative; he must begin operatiomis. His great function is execution for lie is required by the Constitution (and he is the only department that is so required) to take care that the laws (all the laws) be faithfully executed; and in the exercise of that function his duties are coextensive with the laws of the land Often he comes to the aid of the judiciary in the execution of its judgments; and this is only a part and a small part of his constitu- tional duty, to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. I say it is a smnalh l)art of his (luty because for every instance in which the President executes the judgment of a court there are a humidred instances in which he executes the law without the intervention of the judiciary and without referring at all to its functions Page 24 24 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. I have premised this much in order to show the separate and inde- pendent character of the several departments of our Government and to indicate the inevitable (lifierences in their modes of action and the characteristic diversity of the su1~jects upon which they operate; and all this as a foundation for the answers which I will now proceed to give to the particular questions propounded to me. As to the first question: I am clearly of opinion that, in a time like the present wheu the very existence of the nation is assailed by a great and dangerous insurrection, the President has the lawful discretionary power to arrest and hold in custody persons known to have criminal intercourse with the insurgents or persons against whom there is proba- ble cause for suspicion of such criminal complicity. And I think this position can be maintained in view of the principles already laid down by a very plain argument. The Constitution reqnires the President before he enters upon the execution of his office to take an oath that he will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will to the best of his ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. rfhe duties of the office comprehend all the executive power of the nation which is expressly vested in the President by the Constitution (art. 2, sec. 1) and also all the powers which are specially delegated to the President and yet are not in their nature executive powers. For example: the veto power: the treaty making power; the appoint- ing power; the pardoning power. These belong to that class which in England are called prerogative powers, inherent in the crown. And yet the framers of our Constitution thought proper to preserve them and to vest them in the President as necessary to the good gov- ernment of the country. The executive powers are granted generally and without specification; the powers not executive are granted spe- cially and for purposes obvious in the context of the Constitution. And all these are embraced within the duties of the President and are clearly within that clause of his oath which requires him to faithfully execute the office of President. The last clause of the oath is peculiar to the President. All the other officers of Government are required to swear only to support this Constitution, while the President must swear to preserve, protect and defend it, which implies the power to perform what he is required in so solemn a manner to undertake. And then follows the broad and compendious injunction to take care that the laws be faithfully exe- cuted. And this injunction embracing as it does all the lawsCon- stitution, treaties, statutesis addressed to the President alone and not to any other department or officer of the Government. And this constitutes him in a peculiar manner and above all other officers the guardian of the Constitutionits preserver, protector and defender. It is the plain duty of the President (and his peculiar duty above and beyond all other departments of the Government) to preserve the Constitution and execute the laws all over the nation; and it is plainly impossible for him to perform this duty without putting down rebellion, insurrection and all unlawful combinations to resist the General Gov- ernment. The duty to suppress the insurrection being obvious and imperative the two acts of Congress of 1795 and 1807 come to his aid and furnish the physical force which he needs to suppress the insurrec- tion and execute the laws. These two acts authorize the President to employ for that purpose the militia, the Army and the Navy. The argument may be briefly stated thus: It is the Presidents bounden duty to put down the insurrection as (in the language of th Page 25 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 25 act of 1795) the combinations are too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals. And this duty is imposed upon the President for the very reason that the courts and the marshals are too weak to perform it. The manner in which he shall perform that duty is not prescribed by any law but the means of performing it are given in the plain lan- guage of the statutes and they are all means of forcethe militia, the Army and the Navy. The end, the suppressiou of the insurrection, is required of him the means and instruments to suppress it are lawfully in his hands; but the manner in which he shall use them is not pre- scribed and could not be prescribed without a foreknowledge of all the future changes and contingencies of the insurrection. He is therefore necessarily thrown upon his discretion as to the manner in which he will use his means to meet the varying exigencies as they arise. If the insurgents assail the nation with an army he may find it best to meet them with an army and suppress the insurrection in the field of battle. If they seck to prolong the rebellion and gather strength by intercourse with foreign nations he may choose to guard the coasts and close the ports with a navy as one of the most efficient means to suppress the insurrection. And if they employ spies and emissaries to gather infor- mation, to forward secret supplies and to excite new insurrections in aid of the original rebellion he may find it both prudent and humane to arrest and imprison them. And this may be done either for the purpose of bringing them to trial and condign punishment for their crimes or they may be held in custody for the milder end of rendering them pow- erless for mischief until the exigency is past. In such a state of things the President must of necessity be the sole judge both of the exigency which requires him to act and of the manner in which it is most prudent for him to employ the powers intrusted to him to enable him to discharge his constitutional and legal dutythat is, to suppress the insurrection and execute the laws. And this discre- tionary power of the President is fully admitted by the Supreme Court in the case of Martin v. Mott (12 Wheatons Reports, 19; 7 Curtis, 10). This is a great power in the hands of the Chief Magistrate; and because it is great and is capable of being perverted to evil ends its existence has been doubted or denied. It is said to be dangerous in the hands of an ambitious and wicked President because he may use it for the purposes of oppression and tyranny. Yes, certainly it is dangerous all power is dangerousand for the all-pervading reason that all power is liable to abuse; all the recipients of human power are men not abso- lutely virtuous and wise. Still it is a power necessary to the peace and safety of the country and undeniably belongs to the Government and therefore must be exercised by some department or officer thereof. Why should this power be denied to the President on the ground of its liability to abuse and not denied to the other departments on the same grounds ~ Are they more exempt than he is from the frailties and vices of humanity l Or are they more trusted by the law than he is trusted in their several spheres of action ~ If it be said that a President may be ambitious and unscrupulous it may be said with equal truth that a legislature may be factious and unprincipled and a court may be venal and corrupt. But these are crimes never to be presumed even against a private man and mitch less against any high and highly trusted public functionary. They are crimes, however, recognized as such and made punishable by the Constitution, and whoever is guilty of them, whether a President, a Senator or a judge, is liable to impeach- ment and condemnation Page 26 26 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. As to the second question: Having assumed in answering the first question that the President has the legal discretionary power to arrest and imprison persons who are guilty of holding criminal intercourse with men engaged in a great and dangerous insurrection, or persons suspected with probable cause of such criminal complicity, it might seem unnecessary to go into any prolonged argument to prove that in such a case the Presi- dent is fully justified in refusing to obey a writ of habeas corpus issued by a court or judge commanding him to produce the body of his prisoner, and state when he took him and by what authority and for what cause he detains him in custody, and then yield himself to judg- ment to do, submit to and receive whatsoever the judge or court awarding the writ shall consider in that behalf. If it be true as I have assumed that the President afl(l the judiciary are co-ordinate departments of government, and the one not subordinate to the other, I do not understand how it can be legally possible for a judge to issue a command to the President to come before him ad sub- jiciendumthat is to submit implicitly to his judgment and in case of disobedience treat him as a criminal, in contempt of a superior authority and punish him as for a misdemeanor by fine and imprison- ment. It is no answer to say as has sometimes been sai(l that although the writ of habeas corpus cannot be issued and enforced against the President himself, yet that it can be against any of his subordinates for that abandons the principle assumed of giving relief in all cases of imprisonment by color of authority of the United states, and attempts to make an untenable distimiction between the person of the President and his office and legal power. The law makes no such dis- tinction for it is no respecter of persoiis. The President in the arrest and imprisonment of men must almost always act by subordinate agents, and yet the thing domme is no less his act than if done by his own hand. But it is possible for the President to be in the actual cus- tody of a prisoner taken iii civil war or arrested on suspicion of being a secret agent and abettor of rebellion, and in that case the writ must be unavailing unless it run against tIme President himself. Besides, the whole subject-matter is political amd not judicial. The insurrection itself is purely political. Its object is to destroy the political gov- ernment of this nation and to establish another political government upon its ruins. And the President as the chief civil magistrate of the nation and the most active department of the Government is emi- nently and exclusively political in all his principal functions. As the political chief of the nation the Constitution charges him with its preservation, protection and defense, an(t requires hhn to take care that the laws be faithfnlly executed. And in that clmaracter and by the aid of time acts of Congress of 1795 and 1807 he wages open war against armed rebellion, and arrests and holds in custody those whom in the exercise of his political discretion lie believes to be friends of and accomplices in the armed insurrection which it is his especial political duty to suppress. He has no judicial powers. And the judiciary department has no political powers and claims none, and therefore (as well as for other reasons already assigned) no court or judge can take cognizance of the political acts of time President or undertake to revise and reverse his political decisions. The jurisdiction exercised under the writ of habeas corpus is in the nature of an appeal (4 C., 75) for as far as concerns the right of time prisoner the whole object of time process is to re-examine and reverse or affirm time acts of the person who imprisoned him. And I think i Page 27 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 27 will hardly be seriously affirmed that a judge at chambers can enter- tain au appeal in any form from a decision of the President of the United States, and especially in a case purely political. There is but one sentence in the Constitution which mentions the writ of habeas corpus (art. 1, sec. 9, clause 2), which is in these words: The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. Very learned persons have differed widely about the meaning of this short sentence, and I am by no means confident that I fully understand it myself The sententious language of the Constitution in this par- ticular must I suppose be interpreted with reference to the origin of our people, their historical relations to the mother country and their inchoate political condition at the moment when our Constitution was formed. At that time the United States as a nation had no common law of its own, and no statutory provision for the writ of habeas corpus. Still the people, English by descent, even while in open rebellion against the English Crown claimed a sort of historical right to the forms of English law and the guarantees of English freedom. They knew that the English Government had ~nore than once assumed the power to imprison whom it would, and hold them for an indefinite time beyond the reach of judicial examination; and they desired no doubt to interpose a guard against the like abuses in this country. And hence the clause of the Constitution now under consideration. J3nt we must try to construe the words, vague and undeterniinate as they are, as we find them. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, & c. Does that mean that the writ itself shall not be issued, or that being issued the party shall derive no benefit from itl Suspendeddoes that mean delayed, hung up for a time or altogether denied ~ The writ of habeas corpuswhich writ ~ In England there were many writs called by that name and used by the courts for the more convenient exercise of their various powers; and our own courts now by acts of Congress, the judiciary act of 1780, section 14, and the act of March 2, 1833, section 7, have I believe equivalent powers. It has been decided by the Supreme Court and I doubt not correctly (see Bollman Swartwouts Case, 4 C., 93) that for the meaning of the term habeas corpus resort must be had to the common law, but the power to award the writ by any of the courts of the United States must be given by written law. And the sanme high court (judging no doubt by the history of our people and the circumstances of the times) has also decided that the writ of habeas corpus mentioned in the Con- stitution is the great writ ad subjiciendum. That writ, in its nature, action and objects is tersely and accurately described by Sir William Blackstone. I adopt his language as toun(l in his Commentaries (book 3, p. 131): But the great and efficacious writ in all manner of illegal confinement is that of habeas corpus ad 8ubjicieudurn, directed to the person detaining another an(l corn- maading him to produce the body of the prisoner, with the day and cause of his caption and detention, ad faciendion, subjiciendum, et recipiendum, to do, submit to an(l receive whatsoever the judge or court awarding such writ shall consider in that behalf. This is a high prerogative writ, and therefore by the common law, issuing out of the court of kings bench not only iii term time but also during the vacation by a fiat from the chiefjustice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the kings dominions; for the King is at all times entitled to have an accouut why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted. Such is the writ of habeas corpus of which the Constitution declares that the privilege thereof shall not be suspended except when in case Page 28 28 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. of rebellion or invasiou the public safety may require it. But the Con- stitutiou is silent as to who may suspend it when the contingency hap- pens. I am aware that it has been declared by the Supreme Court that If at any time the public safety should require the suspension of the powers vested by this act ~meaning the judiciary act of 1789, section 14] in the courts of the United States, it is for the legislature to say so. That question depends upon politi- cal considerations, on which the legistature is to decide. Upon this I remark only that the Constitntion is older than the judiciary act, ani yet it speaks of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus as a thing in existence; it is in general terms, and does not speak with particular reference to powers which might or might not be granted by a future act of Congress. Besides I take it for certain that in the common course of legislation Congress has power at any time to repeal the judiciary act of 1789 and the act of 1833 (which grants to the courts and to the judges the power to issue writs) without waiting for a rebellion or invasion and a consequent public necessity to justify under the Constitution the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus; The court does not speak of suspending the privilege of the writ, but of suspending the powers vested in the court by the act. The power to issue a writ can hardly be called a privilege, yet the right of an individual to invoke the protection of his government in that form may well be designated by that name. And I should infer with a good deal of confidence that the court meant to speak only of its own powers and not of the privilege of individuals but for the fact that the court ascribes the powers to suspend to the legislature upon political grounds. It says, that question depends upon political considerations, on which the legislature is to decide. Now I had supposed that questions did not belong exclusively to the legislature because they depend upon political considerations, inas- much as the President in his constitutional and official duties is quite as political as is the Congress, and has daily occasion in the common routine of affairs to determine questions upon political considerations alone. If by the phrase the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus we must understand a repeal of all power to issue the writ, then I freely admit that none but Congress can do it. But if we are at liberty to understand the phrase to mean that in case of a great and dangerous rebellion like the present the public safety requires the arrest and confinement of persons implicated in that rebellion, I as freely declare the opinion that the President has lawful power to suspend the privilege of persons arrested nuder such circumstances; for he is especially charged by the Constitution with the public safety, and he is the sole judge of the emergency which requires his prompt action. This power in the President is no part of his ordinary duty in time of peace; it is temporary and exceptional, and was intended only to meet a pressing emergency when the judiciary is found to be too weak to insure the public safety; when (in the language of the act of Con- gress) there are combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested iii the marshals. Then and not till then has he the lawful authority to call to his aid the military power of the nation and with that power per- form his great legal and constitutional duty to suppress the insurrec- tion. And shall it be said that when he has fought and captured the insurgent army and has seized their secret spies and emissaries he i Page 29 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 29 bound to bring their bodies before any judge who may send him a writ of habeas corpus, to do, submit to and receive whatsoever the said judge shall consider in that behalfl I deny that he is under any obligation to obey such a writ issued under such circumstances. And in making this denial I do but follow the highest judicial authority of the nation. In case of Luther v. Borden (commonly called the Rhode Island case), reported iu 7 Howard, p. 1, the Supreme Court discussed several of the most import- ant topics treated of iu this opinion, and among them the power of the Presideut alone to decide whether the exigency exists authorizing him to call out the militia under the act of 1795. The court affirmed the power of the President in that respect and denied the power of the court to examine and adjudge his proceedings. The opinion of the court, delivered by the learned Chief Justice Taney, declares that if the court had that power then it would become the duty of the court (provided that it came to the conclusion that the President had decided incorrectly) to discharge those who were arrested or detained by the troops in the service of the United States or the Government which the President was endeavoring to maintain. If (says that learned court) the judicial power extends so far the guarantee contained in the Constitution of the United States (meaning of course protection against insurrection) is a guarantee of anarchy and not of order. Whatever I have said about the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus has been said in deference to the opinions of others and not because I myself thought it necessary to treat of that subject at all in reference to the present posture of our national affairs. For not doubting the power of the President to capture and hold by force insurgents in open arms against the Government and to arrest and imprison their suspected accomplices I never thought of first sus- pending the writ of habeas corpus any more than I thought of first suspending the writ of replevin before seizing arms and munitions destined for the enemy. The power to do these things is in the hand of the President, placed there by the Constitution and the statute law as a sacred trust to be used by him in his best discretion in the performance of his great first dutyto preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. And for any breach of that trust he is responsible before the high court of impeach- ment and before no other human tribunal. The powers of the President falling within this general class have been several times considered by the judiciary and have I believe been uuiformly sustained without materially varying from the doctrines laid down in this opinion. I content myself with a simple reference to the cases without encumbering this document already too long with copious extracts: The Rhode Island Case (7 Howard, p. 1), Fleming v. Page (9 Howard, p. 615), Cross v. Harrison (16 Howard, p. 189), The Santis- sima Trinidad (7 Wheaton, p. 305), Martin v. Mott (12 Wheaton, p. 29). To my mind it is not very important whether we call a particular power exercised by the President a peace power or a war power for undoubtedly he is armed with both. He is the chief civil magistrate of the nation and being such and because lie is such he is the constitu- tional Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and thus within the limits of the Constitution he rules in peace and commands in war and at this moment he is in the full exercise of all the functions belong- ing to both those characters. The civil administration is still going on in its peaceful course, and yet we are in the midst of war, a war in which the enemy is for the present dominant iu many States and ha Page 30 30 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. his secret allies and accomplices scattered through niany other States which are still loyal and true; a war all the more dangerous aild more nceding jealous vigilance and prompt action because it is an internecine and not an international war. This, sir, is my opinioli, the result of my best reflections upon the questions propounded by you. Such as it is it is submitted with all possible respect by your obedient servant, EDWARD BATES, Attorney- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, July 13, 1861. Lieut. Gei~. WINFIELD ScoTT, Washington. GENERAL: I inclose a copy of a note* of the 11th instant addressed to this Department by Chauncy Smith from Morrisania, Westchester County, N. Y., alleging that correspondence between that place and Richmond, Va., is carried on through British consuls. As such an officer has no right to claim a privilege in behalf of couriers in his employment I would suggest that no such courier be allowed to pass the lines of the U. S. forces when coming from the South. The exist- ing regulations will it is presumed be sufficient to check any such abuse from couriers who may be proceeding in the opposite direction. I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERALS OFFICE, No. 44. Washington, July 13, 1861. I. In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives the Secretary of War directs that officers report to this oflice the names and residences of all prisoners that may be hereafter taken and released upon their oath of allegiance to the United States. In like manner officers will report the names and residences of all prisoners who have been taken and released upon their oath of allegiance to the United Statcs previous to this date. * * * * * * * By order: L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS OF TilE ARMY, Washington, July 15, 1861. Major-General BANKS, U. S. Ar my, Commanding Department of Annapolis, Baltimore, Md. SiR: The General-in-Chief directs me to say that Major-General McClellan by several recent victories has taken a large number of prisoners. He has been instructed to release the privates who will take an oath and the officers who will give a parole not to serve against the United States unless regularly released from their obligation. The officers, however, who are known or supposed to have recently resigned from the Army or Navy of the United States with the intention of entering the ranks of the rebels are to be sent prisoners to Fort Mdllenry. * Not found Page 31 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 31 After the arrival of these prisoners the general desires you to send them together with Marshal liane and the police commissioners,* who are in arrest, and such political prisoners as may not be iiiider indict- ment by the civil authority to Fort Lafayette, harbor of New York, in an armed steamer and under a sufficient guard. A permanent guard will be ordered to the fort in time to receive tlye prisoners. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,~ E. I). TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, Iluttonsrille, Randolph County, Va., July 15, 1861. OFFICER COMMANDING THE FORCES COMMANDED BY THE LATE I{OBERT S. GARNETT, Esq., Styling himself Brigadier- General, C. S. Army. SIR: As the commander of this department I have protected the per- sons of all citizens of Western Virginia except those engaged in active hostilities against the United States, and when under a misapprehension of patriotic duty arrests have been made because of political opinions or sympathies I have promptly ordered releases. I have protected all private property by whomsoever owned. My proclamations and general orders on this subject have doubtless been brought to your knowledge. I am informed that arrests have been made in Western Virginia of citizens loyal to the Government of the United States but not in arms for the support of it, and that such prisoners or some of them are within your control. I suggest to you the propriety of releasing all such persons, their detention being not only individual hardship but calculated to increase the troubles of this section of the country without contributing to any military result. Among the prisoners now within your control and belonging to the class above mentioned my attention has been called specially to the following names: W. M. Smith, John Brooks, Quilby Osborn, J. L. Forton, Quillers Herron, and I beg leave to call your attention to those and all similar cases. I am, sir, your obedient servant, GEO. B. MCCLELLAN, Major- General, U. S. Army, Commanding i)ejpartment. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, July 16, 1861. Lieut. WILLIAM H. WARD, U. S. Sloop Miacedonian, Vera Cruz, Mexico. SIR: Your resignation as a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States tendered in your lette,r of the 26th May last has been received. By direction of the President your name has been stricken from the rolls of the Navy, to take effect from the date of the delivery of the order. I am, respectfully, GIDEON WELLES. * For case of Kane an4 the Baltimore police commissioners, see Vol. 1, this series, p. 619, et seq Page 32 32 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. HDQRs. C. S. ARMY IN NORTHWESTERN YTRGINTA, July 16, fS61. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Commanding U. S. Forces. SIR: Your letter of the 15th instant with its anomalous address has been received. In response I have simply to say that I am as yet wholly unapprised that a different policy in regard~ to the arrests of suspected persons or the protection of private property from the line you have so naturally proposed for yourself has been pursued by the chief of this division of the Confederate Army. Hence yonr suggestion as to the propriety of abandoning any other would seem to be uncalled for. Begging to remind you that any information you may receive as to the absence of sufficient grounds for the arrest and detention of the persons you name (or any others) may to say the least of it be quite as unreliable as the evidence upon which such persons are held I will conclude by saying to you that justice will be duly regarded by me in the treatment of all persons whatsoever. I am, sir, your obedient servant, H. It. JACKSON, Brigadier General, C. S. Army. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, July 19, 1861. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, Fort Hamilton, N. Y. SIR: The General-in-Chief directs that you assume command of Forts Hamilton and Lafayette, New York Harbor, taking quarters at the former place. Orders have been given for the confinement of certain political pris- oners and prisoners of war in Fort Lafayette, and a guard has been detailed for their custody, the officers of which will be quartered with the guard in the same fort. The general directs that you give orders to the following purpose: First. That the prisoners be securely held and that they be allowed every privilege consistent with this end and be treated with alE kind- ness. Second. That a record be kept of the names, dates of confinement and release of the prisoners. Third. That the prisoners be permitted to provide themselves with such comforts as they require. Fourth. That an exact account be kept of the subsistence, & c., fur- nished the prisoners of war. I am, & c., E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, July 20, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent Metropolitan Police, New York. SIR: I inclose a copy of a private and confidential letter to me from Mr. Adams, at London, relative to Doctor Holland, ot Texas, who was the subject of your note to me of the 17th of May last. The French hous Page 33 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 33 therein referred to and their corresponden~e should it seems to me be watched and any member of the firm arrested against whom there should be probable cause for a charge of disloyal or treasonable prac- tices. If any arrest should be made General Scott will be requested to cause the party to be confined in a fort in the neighborhood of New York. Jam, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. [inc1o~ure.] LONDON, July 5, 1861. Hon. W. H. SEWARD, Washington, D. C. DEAR SIR: I feel it my duty to communicate a little information which I have obtained from a source entitled to credit touching the movements of a man called Holland now in London. This is the same man who escaped from America a short time since under strong sus- picion which was probably well fonnded. It is stated that on his voy- age he had papers which would have convicted him, but that they were saved by a woman who concealed them in her bosom and who carried them safely to their destination. I understand this to have been on the way out to America, from which he not long since returned. He is now engaged here in procuring and forwarding arms to the South. He professes to be able to get them in by the way of Texas. He also gives it out that he is fitting out a steamer for a privateer. This is probably the same vessel of which the consul, Mr. Morse, has had information. But the material part of the information is that he keeps up his com- mnnications through Paris and a French house in the city of New York, a Mr. Am~dee Simon6e who transmits the letters from Richmond. He admitted that for a time he had been cut off but the thread was tied again. It is said that he affirms that much of what is done at Wash- ington is known to the Confederates by the treachery of subordinates yet retained by Government. I receive this information in a way which makes concealment of the channel highly advisable. Very truly, yours, C. F. ADAMS. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, July 23, 1861. Major.General DIX, U. S. Army, Commanding, d~c., Baltimore: Can you with safety send to New York your political and other pris- oners without waiting for those from Western Virginia otherwise than by a steamer and the ocean ~ See previous communications to General Banks. WINFIELD SCOTT. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MARYLAND, Port iJieBlenry, July 24, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. SIR: I received your confidential dispatch* last evening with the let- ter inclosed concerning the Winans arms. Major-General Banks doubts the fact stated and thinks that a search would excite a great deal of feeling among the Roman Catholics. I sent for a special agent of the Not found. 3 R RSERIE5 II, VOL I Page 34 34 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. police and directed him to station policemen by night and day near the only two nunneries as he thinks in the city and keep them under con- stant supervision. If they are entered by any unusual number of per- sons or if any attempt is made to move the arms in case they are secreted there as conjectured the whole police force aided by the military will be called out. In half an hour two regiments can be concentrated at either point. In the meantime if any circumstance occurs to confirm suspicion 1 will not hesitate a moment to institute a thorough examina- tion of the premises. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. List oJ prisoners (citizens) paroled by order of Brig. Gen. W. S. Rose- crans July 25, 1861, captured at the battle of Rich Mountain, Va. Isaac T. Vincent, Samuel W. Vincent, Henry Martin, Jasper Martin, George W. Slus, Joseph Matthews, William J. Matthews, ~James 11. Camp, George H. Easton, Williani Schiefer, Hugh ODonnell, William E. Lively, Charles Meredith and Benjamin F. Green. HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIG-ADE ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS, Cairo, Ill., July 26, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. 1)EAR SIR: I have the honor herewith to transmit a report of the names and residences of all prisoners taken and released upon oath of allegiance to the United States by the troops under my command. With assurances of high regard, I have the honor to be, dear sir, your obedient servant, B. M. PRENTISS, Brigadier- General. [Inclosure.] Alfred Yancey, Hardeman County, Tenn., arrested May 12, released May 13; employ6 of Adams Express Company. Oliver M. Russell, Saint Louis County, Mo., arrested May 12, released May 14; rearrested and held since July 2. Matthew Hale, Joseph Hill, Samuel W. Woods and Thomas Bren- nan, Hickman County, Ky., arrested and m-eleased June 1; arrested at Cairo, Ill. Johu Martin, Saint Louis County, Mo., arrested June 3, released June 5; arrested at Cairo, Ill. Riley W. Murphy, Jackson County, Ill.. arrested June 4, released June 6; arrested at Carbondale, Ill. Israel Blanchard, Jackson County, Ill., arrested June 4, released June 8; sent to civil authorities, and subsequently released. Lewis Thompson, arrested June 5, released June 6; steam-boat hand; arrested at Cairo. James M. Morgan, Jackson County, Ill., arrested June 5, released June 6; arrested at Carbondale, Ill. Reuben Morgan, Jackson County, Ill., arrested and released June 5; arrested at Carbondale, Ill. James Richardson, McCracken County, Ky., arrested and releas& June 5, by scouting party under Colonel Morgan Page 35 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 35 J. H. Naive, James M. Newell, Z. S. Jett, John Smith, Milton Gris- som, James Welsh, Benjamin P. West, George Jfargaii, Daniel Hargan, George W. Naive, Madison J. West, James P. Davis, Chesley Rhodes, Michael MeRedman, Alfred Rush, William Reasor, George W. Wise- man and James McPherson, Scott County, Mo., arrested June 10, released June 11, by scouting party under Lieutenant-Colonel Hammer. Sylvester Parker alias Holman, Mississippi County, Mo.; arrested amid released June 12; arrested at Cairo, Ill. T. C. Tappan, Edward Gray, William B. Gray and A. J. Carter, Scott County, Mo.; A. S. Lightner, Jasper Colbey and T. J. McClure, Alexander County, Ill., arrested and released June 23; A. R. New- man, Marshall Ellison and Edward Moss, Scott County, Mo., arrested June 23, released June 24, by scouting party nuder Colonel Morgan. Michael Flynn (residence not fixed), arrested and released June 26; steam-boat man; arrested at Cairo, Ill. Peter H. Tiernan and Aubrey C. Howard, Saint Louis County, Mo., arrested July 7, released July 24; arrested at Cairo, Ill. B. M. PRENTISS, Brigadier. General. Extract from 1lift~j. Gen. George B. McClellans report covering operations oJ the Army of the Potomac from July 27, 1861, to November 9, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Ad U. S. Army. Sin: * * * * * * * Immediately after being assigned to the command of the troops around Washington I organized a secret service force under Mr. E. J. Allen, a very experienced and efficient person. This force up to the time I was relieved from command was continually occupied in procur- ing from all possible sources information regarding the strength, posi. tions and movements of the enemy. (Mr. Allan Pinkerton was the trustworthy and efficient chief of the secret service mentioned under the assumed name of E. J. Allen.) All spies, contrabands, deserters, refugees and many prison~rs of war coming into our lines from the front were carefully examined, first by the outpost and division commanders, and then by my chief of staff and the provost.marshal-general. Their statements taken in writing, and in many cases under oath, from day to day for a long period pre- vious to the evacuation of Manassas comprised a mass of evidence which by careful digests and collations enabled me to estimate with considerable accuracy the strength of the enemy before us. * * * * * * I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GEG. B. MCCLELLAN, Major- General, U. S. Army. HEADQUARTERS, Fort Meflenry, iild., July 27, 1861. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. GENERAL: Jn compliance with General Orders, No. 44, Adjutant. Generals Office, July 13, 1861, I have the honor to inclose herewith Page 36 36 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. report of the prisoners who have been taken and released on their oath of allegiance to the United States at this post. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. W. MORRIS, Major Fourth Artillery, Commanding Post. [Inclosure.] Nathaniel Stephens, released June 29, 1861, on parole of honor; Timothy Corbett, released July 9, 1861, on parole of honor; Frederick Ellenbrook, released July 11, 1861, ou oath of allegiance; John L. llebb, released July 13, 1861, on parole of honor; James Clayton, released July 16, 1861, on oath of allegiance; Richard F. Moran, released July 16, 1861, on oath of allegiance; Samuel Ogle Tilghman, released July 16, 1861, on parole of honor Charles ID. links, released July 6, 1861, on parole of honor; Eugene Higgins, released July 26, 1861, on parole of honor. The above report is correct. W. W. MORRIS, Major Fourth Artillery, Commanding Post. An act of the V. S. Congress, approved July 81, 1861. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if two or more persons within any State or Territory of the United States shall conspire together to overthrow or to put down or to destroy by force the Gov- ernment of the United States, or to levy war against the United States, or to oppose by force the authority of the Government of the United States, or by force to prevent, hinder or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take or possess any property of the United States against the will or contrary to the authority of the United States, or by force or intimidatiou or threat to prevent any person from accepting or holding any office or trust or place of confi- dence nnder the United States, each and every person so offending shall be guilty of a high crime and upon conviction thereof iu any dis- trict or circuit court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof or district or supreme court of any ~l2erritory of the United States hav- ing jurisdiction thereof shall be punished by a fine not less than $500 and not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment with or without hard labor as the court shall determine for a period not less than six months nor greater than six years, or by such flue and imprisonment. a DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 1, 1861. Lieut. Gen. WJiwwLn SCOTT, Washington. GENERAL: I am directed to communicate to you for your information and guidance the accompanying copy of au order of the President of the United States of yesterday relative to political prisoners in forts of the United States. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD Page 37 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 37 (Same to Secretary of the Interior, marshal of the United States for the southern district of New York and marshal of the United States for the district of Maryland, Baltimore.) [Inclosure.] EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, July 31, 1861. The marshals of the United States in the vicinity of forts where polit- ical prisoners are held will supply decent lodging and subsistence for such prisoners unless they shall prefer to provide in those respects for themselves, in which cases they will be allowed to do so by the com- manding officers in charge. Approved, and the Secretary of State will transmit the order to mar- shals, the lieutenant-general and the Secretary of the Interior. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Resolution adopted by the House of Representatives August 1, 1861. Whereas it is currently reported that the forces now in rebellion against the Government have imprisoned loyal citizens of the United States, and among others Hon. Alfred Ely, one of the members of this House: Resolved, That the President be requested to furnish this House any information he may have upon this subject. WASHINGTON, August 2, 1861. To THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of yes- terday requesting information regarding the imprisonment of loyal citizens of the United States by the forces now in rebellion against this Government, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the copy of a telegraphic dispatch by which it was accompanied. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. [Inclosure No. 1.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 2, 1861. The PRESIDENT: The Secretary of State, to whom was referred the resolution of the House of Representatives of yesterday requesting the President to furnish to that House any information he may have in his possession on the subject of the forces now in rebellion against the Government having in imprisonment loyal citizens of the United States, and among others the Hon. Alfred Ely,* one of the members of the House of Rep- resentatives from the State of New York, has the honor to report to the President that the only information possessed by this I)epartment on the subject is contained in a telegraphic dispatch, a copy of which is annexed. Respectfully submitted. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Mr. Ely was captured at Bull Run July 21, 1861 Page 38 38 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. [Inolosure No. 2.] RICHMOND, VA., July 31, 1861. (Received August 1.) lou. W. H. SEWARD: I am here a prisoner. Ely, Arnold Harris and Magraw are also here. C. HUSON, JR. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 5, 1861. Hon. W. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: In reply to your note of this morning* I respectfully suggest that among the persons who have just arrived at New York from Cali- fornia, mentioned in the newspaper slip inclosed in that note, I think it desirable that John Adams, a native of Tennessee, who recently resigned a captaincy in the U. S. First Regiment of Dragoons, be arrested and held a political prisoner, as I do not doubt that he designs to take service in the rebel army against us. There is no similar reason for confining medical officers even when taken as prisoners of war. J have the honor to be, sir, with high respect, your obedient servant, WINFIELD SCOTT. HEADQITARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 5, 1861. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, Commanding, & c., Port Hamilton, N. Y. SIR: * * * The general also directs that you receive and take charge of any political prisoners or prisoners of war who may be deliv- ered or sent to you by the U. S. marshal or by any department commander. 1 am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 5, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM STUART, & c. SIR: I have had the honor to receive your note* of the 1st instant, setting forth that British officers and seamen captured in vessels charged with attempting to run the blockade have without necessity been confined in military prisons and common gaols as prisoners of war; that they have been robbed of their effects, and that an attempt appears to have been made to get certain colored seamen of the iVlersey out of the way in order to prevent their giving testimony in favor of the owners. In reply I have the honor to acquaint you that Her Majestys Govern- ment does nomore than justice to the Government of the United States in supposing that it could never sanction such practices and that if in any case it shall be made to appear that a British subject has been treated with undue harshness all proper reparation shall be made. Immediate inquiry with this view shall consequently at once be made ~Not found Page 39 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 39 in the proper quarter. Meanwhile, however, I would remark that it seems so improbable that anything which the mariners on board cap- tured vessels would be likely to have would tempt the cupidity of those who may have had those gersons in their power that this charge may in advance be pronounced as of questionable foundation. I have the honor to be, sir, your very obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE POTOMAC, Washington, August 6, 1861. Col. A. PORTER, Provost-Marshal, & c., Washington, D. C. SIR: The general commanding directs that you have in charge the surveillance of all persons in this city who are disposed inimically to the Government. You will exercise a wise discretion in making arrests, and all cases will be reported directly to these headquarters. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. V. COLBURN, Assistant Adjutant. General. STATE OF OHIO, EXECUTIVE 1)EPARTMENT, Columbus, August 7, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, & cretary of War, Washington ,.D. C. SIR: There are mio w and have been for some time a number of prisoners at Camp Chase who were arrested in Western Virginia under orders of commandin- officers. I desire to know what are the princi- ples governing their discharge. There are among them men who may properly be set at liberty, and you will please advise what steps may properly be taken for that purpose and on whose authority discharges may be issued. I have miot taken any charge of these prisoners but have in all cases on their arrival here turned them over to the U. S. officers. I am pressed every day for papers granting discharges and I trust you will give this your immediate attention. Very respectfully, W. DENNISON. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE POTOMAC, Washington, August 7, 1861. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, Provost-Marshal, Washington, D. C. GENERAL: I amn directed by the major-general commanding to say that in addition to your other duties he desires you if l)ossible to inter- cept all letters and communications sent to or coming from Virginia otherwise than through the proper channels. He desires also that all persons supposed to be in correspondence with or who are disposed in any way to aid the enemy be carefully watched. Much discretion should be used in arresting such persons. You are authorized to employ citizen detectives to aid you in performuing the above duties. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. V. COLBURN, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 40 40 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. CIRCULAR.] UDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Santa FJ, N. Mex., August 8, 1861. The writ of habeas corpus has been suspended in order to enable every commander to guard against the treasonable designs of persons disloyal to the Government of the United States, particularly agents and spies, persons engaged in furnishing information to or iu other treasonable correspondence with the enemy or in inciting insurrection or rebellion. Caie will be taken to guard against any abuse of this power by unauthorized arrests or by any annoyances to peaceable and well-dis- posed citizens, and except in the case of overt acts arrests will only be made by the superior commander of every district, post or body of troops in the service of the United States, and only upon probable cause of suspicion of being dangerous to the public safety. When arrests are made the person arrested will immediately be exam- ined and if there be no ground for suspicion will be released; jf otherwise held in confinement until his case is disposed of by the proper authorities. If there be evidence of treason or misprision of treason he will be turned over to the civil courts for trial. In the execution of these duties the troops will at all times unite with and assist the civil authorities in maintaining order throughout the country. By order of Col. E. R. S. Canby: A. L. ANDERSON, Second Lient., Fifth Infantry, Acting Assistant Adjutant. aeneral. OFFICE AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Washington, August 9, 1861. B. P. SNYDER, Manager, and 0-. II. BURNS, Supervisor: You will receive instructions relating to the conduct of Government telegraphing and the restrictions upon other business from Hon. Thomas A. Scott, Assistant Secretary of War and general manager of military telegraphs. You will not permit any telegram relating to late, present or contem- plated movements of the Army or any part thereof to pass over the lines excepting official messages sent by military commanders. The former rule permitting such army information as appeared in the Washington papers to be telegraphed is rescinded. You will require of every one in the employ of the company having access to messages to take the oath of allegiance and secrecy as per form furnished by Mr. Scott. Great caution must be used in forwarding and receiving Government cipher and other messages. In all cases of the slightest doubt have the message repeated until its correctness is clear. If messages be sent in with illegible words return them for explanation. You will not permit any one not directly and necessarily connected with the office to have access to messages or the operating room or its immediate vicinity unless duly authorized by the Government telegraph manager. Any information you may obtain which appears of importance to Government is to be communicated directly to Mr. Scott. Respectfully, E. S. SANFORD, President Page 41 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 41 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 12. 1861. Mr. A. W. THAYER, Northampton, Afass. M~ DEAR SIR: Your favor of the 10th instant has been received, together with the newspaper mentioned therein containing what pur- l)Orts to be a letter from a surgeon of the U. S. Army stationed at Arlington Heights containing strictures upon the Army, members of the administration and others, and in which it is stated4hat Seward is drunk from morning till night. You tell me that if it is thought best you think you could find out who is the writer of the communica- tion. I give you my sincere thanks for the kindness which prompted you to bring this matter to my notice, but I have not the least interest in discovering the author of the communication. It has been a habit of my life to leave my conduct and character to the vindication of time and truth. I am, my dear sir, very trudy, yours, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE POTOMAC, Washington, August 12, 1861. Brigadier-General MANSFIELD, Gommanding Department of Washington. GENERAL: You will please take no action in regard to the detective police of Washington as to secessionists. The subject is fully covered by proceedings from these headquarters in connection with the action of the provost-marshal. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GEG. B. MCCLELLAN, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 13, 1861. Hon. SECRETARY OF WAR. SIR: Licut. Col. Martin Burke, U. S. Army, has been assigned to the command of Forts Hamilton and Lafayette for the purpose of super- vising the safe custody of the political prisoners and prisoners of war confined in the latter fort. In accordance with the wishes of the hon- orable Secretary of State instructions of which the inclosed are copies have already been given in relation to the said prisoners. I beg leave to suggest fhat the letters written by the prisoners to their friends having a political rather than a military bearing should be sent to the Department of State for examination to ascertain whether they may be properly forwarded to their address, or if not what should be done with them. Applications for permission to visit the prisoners should be submitted it is supposed to the same Department. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WINFIELD SCOTT. [Inclosuro.] HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 2, 1861. Lient Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, Commanding, ctw., No. 6 State Street, New York City: Should the writ of habeas corpus come for the production in court of any of your political prisoners you will respond thereto that you deepl Page 42 42 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. regret that pending existing political troubles you cannot comply with the requisition of the honorable judge.* WINFIELD SCOTT. NEW YORK, August 13, 1861. Hon. SECRETARY OF WAR. DEAR SIR: I beg to apprise you of a plot to get p6ssession of Fort Lafayette in this harbor by a surprise in order to release the Baltimore prisoners confined there. A recent visit to the fort shows me that it can be easily accomplished by a few bold memi. The gates of the fort are always open and entrance is easy to any one suddenly landing. Some of the guns on Fort Hamilton point to Lafayette, but there is not a man in the garrison of Hamilton who can work a gun. Nor are there any about there except some twemity-five men in Company 0-, of the Texas troops, who are encamped near the fort. Fort Hamilton is also open continually to stragglers, and you may hear that some of the guns have been tampered with, especially the brass pieces that stand outside the gate. You do not know me and therefore may question my statements, but I beg you to send some agent to look at the position of matters at these forts, and I am sure you will conclude that they need attention. Fort Hamilton ought to be fully garrisoned by regulars and shut from idle stragglers, and Fort Lafayette should also be carefully guarded and no one permitted to land there or hold any communication with it. If you do not attend to this you will experience trouble and mortification I am confident. Very respectfully, A. 0-. WHITE. COLUMBUS, Am~qust 14, 1861. Hoim. SIMON CAMERoN, secretary of War: We have several prisoners confined at Camp Chase charged with various crimes. I now semid you inclosed a statement t of the accusa- tions made against them by the different persons by whom they were arrested. I desire to be informed what shall be done with them. Three of the prisoners are confined for the crimes of murder and rape. Shall they be delivered over to the civil authorities of the State in w hich the crime was committed, or to be tried here by court-martial ~ Several of the prisoners are only accused of an expression of opinion in favor of the rebels without overt act of treason against the Govern- ment. What course is to be adopted as to prisoners of this class ~ Shall they be discharged on taking the oath to support the Constitution of United States or detained as prisoners of war ~ Others are charged with overt acts of treason. What shall be done with this class of prisoners l Shall they be handed over to the Fed- eral courts for trial for treason or for the present detained as prisoners of war? I ~~~uld be very glad if you would inform me of your co~clusions as soon as possible as prisoners are accumulating very rapidly on our hands. You will please indicate at the bottom of the statement as to each prisoner what I shall do with him. Respectfully, yours, W. DENNISON, Governor. See also Scott to Burke, August 12, 1861, vol. I, this series, p. 641. t Not found Page 43 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 43 HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE POTOMAC, Washington, August 14, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON~ Secretary of War. SIR: I respectfully invite your attention to the case of A. P. II. Itanson, styling himself a lieutenant of the Army of the Confederate States. This gentleman is one of the prisoners surrendered wfth the command of Colonel Pegrani to the forces under my command just after the battle of Rich Mountain, Va., and subsequently released on parole. He was the adjutant of Colonel Pegrams regiment, and on account of the feeble state of the health of that officer was permitted by me to accompany him to Fort McHenry, to which place he was ordered pursuant to the instructions of the General-in-Chief Mr. Ran- son was directed to report to General Banks on his arrival in Baltimore, but the general having been removed from that station he has come to this city, where he now is. Mr. Ransons bearing and conduct since he became a prisoner to our arms have been of the most exemplar~ character, and if consistent with your views I shall be gratified to receive authority from you to permit him to return to his home in Virginia via Fort Monroe. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servamit CEO. B. MCCLELLAN, Major- General, Commanding. [Indorsement.] WAR DEPARTMENT, August 15, 1861. Major-General MCCLELLAN, Commanding: Time actioim of the rebels in regard to citizens of loyal States has been such as to prevent compliance with your request. Citizens that have passed the lines on missions of mercy have been thrown into prison and unwarrantably detained. Until some change is made by the rebels no privileges can be extended to citizens of Southern States. Very respectfully, SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 16, 1861. Major-General Dix, Fort MeHenry, Baltimore: Richard K. Meade, of Virginia, late minister to Brazil, is expected to arrive at Baltimore soon. Secure his papers, arrest and send him to Fort Lafayette. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, XVashington, August 17, 1861. Lieut. Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor. SIR: * * * I have also to inform you, in relation to some letters from Mr. Howard, that the Department of State sees no objection to letters unsealed being received and dispatched by the prisoners, or to their purclmasing such newspapers as may be for sale in New York City. I am, sir, very respectfully, E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 44 44 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. CIIZCULAE.] HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OCCUPATION, Glarksburg, W. Va., August 17, 18G1. Great looseness and irregularity prevails in the arrest and discharge of prisoners. Much care and discretion must be exercised in the arrest of persons merely suspected, and proofs obtained if possible; but when proofs exist, and particularly when taken with arms in hand or with evidence of intention or preparation to pursue other than a perfectly peaceable course no prisoner whatever will be released, but as soon as practicable he will be forwarded with a full statement of his case to these headquarters. By command of Brigadier-General Itosecrans: GEG. L. HARTSUFF, Assistant Adjutant- General. MIDDLETOWN, Au gust 19, iSGi. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of Sta~, Washington. DEAR SIR: We wish to trouble you by asking one question, viz: Is Adams Express of New York City allowed to transport letters to any Southern State they choose? Such is the case, however, and they advertise boldly and make up a very respectable mail which does quite as well as our former U. S. mail. Considering the facility the enemy has for letter transportation it is not to be wondered at that they know our movements so well. We feel that this kind of work should be stopped. Not wishing to intrude upon your duties we ask that something may be done to suppress such a dangerous conveyance as regarding letters and other comforts which they receive by their hands, of which we think there is ample proof. While we are exerting ourselves to sul)port the Government by every means we can they are allowed to transport the secession sentiments from our midst to any Southern State they see fit, and it is growing daily in and about our county villages. We look upon you as one who by experience can devise a remedy. Truly, yours, SAMUEL SMITH. LAND MANY OTHERS.] A Union man to the backbone. You will confer a favor by answering. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., Augast 19, 18G1. Maj. Gen. G. B. MCCLELLAN, Commanding Division of the Potomac. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that on Friday last, the 16th instamit, the pickets of the First Regiment of Pennsylvania Volun teers between Annapolis and the Junction captured 2 wagons loaded with medicines and military goods, 3 horses and 2 men. A third man ran away and could not be overtaken. I directed the captured property to be taken to Annapolis with the two men and there detained. There were numerous letters in the carpet bag of one of the two men. The other is a negro. The letters were sent to me and I have examined them. They are either of a domestic or commercial nature indicating secessionist affinities in most cases but containing no valuable informa- tion. Under the Presidents proclamation of the 16th instant th Page 45 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 45 property seized is forfeited to the United States there being no doubt that it was on its way to Virginia. One of the captured men, Albert Brummel, No. 351 Lexington street, Baltimore, whose written statement I have admits that they were on their way to the Potomac and that the property was to be taken to Popes Creek (opposite Matthias Point) and thence sent across. He also admits that some of the purchases were made for a Mr. IRuskell who keeps a store in Itichmond. I directed the boxes containing the property, seventeen in number, to be secured in the naval school, Annapolis. The vehicles are also forfeited by the Presidents proclamation aud are secured in the same place. Will you advise me what to do with the men? I directed their detention to secure their testimony. 1 do not see that they have incurred any pen- alty though I have no copy of the act of February 28, 1795, to which the Presidents proclamation refers. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANiA, Baltimore, Mid., August 19, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant. General, H of the Army. COLONEL: Your letter of the 19th instant* is just received. We have no doubt the old city police are busy stirring up disaffection. I shall arrest any one of them who is so engaged if I can obtain the proof. We sent a special agent this morning to the lower counties of Maryland to track them if they are there and ascertain the true state of things. In this city they are closely watched. * * * I shall write to Major-General McClellan, now my immediate superior, to morrow in regard to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, which requires attention. I am, colonel, very respectfully, yours, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General, Commanding. NAVY DEPARTMENT, August 20, 1861. Licut. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Commanding Fort Lc~fayette, New York- Harbor. SIR: The War Department has consented to take charge of such prisoners as may come into the possession of naval authorities, and has informed this Department that they will be confined in Fort Lafayette, under the command of Lieut. Col. Martin Burke. I have directed Flag Officer S. H. Stringham to send any he may have to you. and will thank you to take charge of them accordingly. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, GIDEON WELLES. IIDQRS. DIVISION OF TIlE PoToMAC, August 20, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. Dix, Commanding, & e., Baltimore, Mid. GENERAL: I am directed by Major-General McClellan to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant relating to captuie of men Not found Page 46 46 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. and property. He directs me to say in reply that the property will of course be confiscated and that the men will be kept in custody. Before many days some place will be designated where prisoners of this description can be sent for safe-keeping until everything is settled. When there is good reason to suppose that persons are giving aid and comfort to the enemy they should be arrested even when there is want of positive proof of their guilt. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. V. COLBUIIN, Assistant Adjutant- General. WAR DEPARTMENT, IVashinyton, August 23, 1861. OPERATOR NATIONAL OFFICE: Do not send any messages relative to the arrest of any person or persons in this District at any time during the day. The order is imperative. THOMAS A. SCOTT. No. 136 DUANE STREET, NEW YORK, August 23, 1861. SIMEON DRAPER, Esq. DEAR SIR: When in England a few weeks since two merchants from Charleston, S. C., both Northern men, and one of them a most violent secessionist, told me that the British consul in Charleston would sometimes allow letters to be dropped into his bag for England for them. The names of these two rebel gentlemen can be had by appli- cation to me from the proper quarter. Yours, truly, N. A. GARRETT. Lindorsement.] This gentleman has been known to me for twenty years, and is reliable. S. DRAPER. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 24, 1861. Hon. WILL1AM P. FESSENDEN, Portland, Me. SIR: As it is important and desirable that agents of the insurgents who may land at or proceed from Portland should be arrested II will thank you to inform me of a suitable person to employ to be on the lookout for such parties. r~ he compensation will be at the rate of $50 a month. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 24, 1861. Hon. ZACIIARIAH CHANDLER, Detroit, Mich. SIR: I will thank you to recommend to me a person to be employed in your city at a compensation of $50 a month to detect and arrest persons in the employ of the insurgents. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD Page 47 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 47 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, IVashington, August 24, 18U1. THURLOW WEED, Esq., Albany, N. Y. SiR: As it is desirable and important that agents of the insurgents who may have been abroad should be arrested when on th3 way to the disaffected region I will thank you to inform me of a suitable person at Rouses Point to employ there for that purpose. The compensation would be at the rate of $50 per month. Jam, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 24, 1861. HOLLIS WHITE, Esq., Piagara Pails, N. IL SIR: It being very desirable to employ a man of prudence and fidel- ity to detect persons in the service of the insurgents who may pass the Suspension Bridge either way you are appointed to that office at a com- pensation of $50 a month. Please signify your acceptance or other- wise. It will be your duty to arrest and hold for orders from this Department any person liable to reasonable suspicion of being in the service of the insurgents, according to your own knowledge or to infor- mation which you may receive from here or elsewhere. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Washington, August 24, 1861. [Lieltt.1 Col. ROMAINE LUJEANE, Commanding Thirty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers. SIR: Your letter of the 21st instamit has been submitted to the major- general commanding who directs me to inform you that he fully approves your conrse in arresting a man in Baltimore who nsed offensive lan- guage toward yonr regiment. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. V. COLBURN, Assistant Adjutant- General. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 24, 1861. Mr. ROBERT TANSILL, Late Captain, U. ~. Marine Corps, Boston, Mass. SIR: Your resignation as captain in the Marine Corps of the United StaLes, tendered in your letter of the 17th May, 1861, has been received. By direction of the President your name has this day been stricken from the rolls of the Marine Corps. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, GIDEON WELLES. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 24, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM L. HUDSON, Boston, Mass. Sum: Upon receipt of this order you will send under guard to Col. Martin Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, Capt. Robert Tansill an Page 48 48 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Lieut. Thomas S. Wilson, of the Marine Corps, and Midshipmen Henry B. Claiborne and Hilary Cenas, all of the frigate Congress. Very respectfnlly, GIDEON WELLES. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 26, 1861. Col. HENRY L. SCOTT, Inspector- General, Commanding, 4w., New York: Gelleral Scott says if the U. S. marshal of New York calls on you for assistance in making arrests give it. Bring [use0?] his name if you have to take troops from the forts in the harbor. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. MAYORS OFFICE, Newport, R. L, August 26, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: I have good reason to believe that there are several disloyal persons in this city, some residents and some summer visitors, who have been and are in communication with the rebels in various secret ways. If I can discover anything of a reliable nature against any of them will you please inform me what steps I shall take to cause their arrest 0? I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. CRANSTON, Mayor. WASHINGTON, August 27, 1861. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Hamilton: Allow no writs to be served on you for any of the prisoners under your charge. Give the same answer * as heretofore. WINFIELD SCOTT. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, New York, August 27, 1861. Bvt. Col. CHARLES F. SMITH, Lieutenant-Colonel Tenth Infantry, Fort Columbus, N. Y. SIR: I am instructed by the General-in-Chief to say that you will give any aid in troops that the marshal of the United States for the south- ern district of New York may require of you in making arrests. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, HENRY L. SCOTT, Inspector- General. HEADQUARTERS, Fort Hamilton, August 28, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General, Hdqrs. of the Army, Washington. SIR: I have this day received from Lieut. W. Gwin, U. S. Navy, Capt. Robert Tansill and Lient. Thomas S. Wilson, late of the Marine Corps, See Scott to Burke, August 2, 1861, Vol. I, this series, p. 636; also Seward to Scott, August 8, same volume, p. 637; also Scott to Secretary of War, August 13, aud its inclosure, p. 41, this volume Page 49 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 49 and ilenry B. Claiborne and ililary B. Cenas, late midshipmen in the U. S. Navy as prisoners, and they are now confined in Fort Lafayefte by order of the honorable the Secretary of the Navy. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant-Colonel, U. ~. Army, Commanding. FORT HAMILTON, N. V., August 30, 1861. Col. ft 1). TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. COLONEL: At the request of Colonel Burke I have the honor to inclose a copy of a letter received by him to day from Mr. Cisco, assistant treasurer. The commanding officer at Fort Lafayette has been warned to be on the alert, and a copy of the inclosed letter has been sent to the revenue cutter lying in the stream off the fort. Major [C. C.] Sibley, Third Infantry, has also been notified to hold his command in readiness to repel any attempt of the kind mentioned in Mr. Ciscos letter. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. B. CLIITZ, Major Twelfth Infantry. [Inclosure.] OFFICE U. S. ASSISTANT TREASURER, New York, August 30, 1861. Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army. SIR: It has been communicated to me to.day by a gentleman of high character and position (whose name I am not at liberty to give) that preparations are making to attempt the forcible rescue of the prisoners of state now under your charge at Fort Lafayette. This statement coming from the source that it does strongly impresses me with belief in its truth. I have therefore deemed it my duty to immediately com- municate with you that you may if you deem it necessary strengthen yourself for any emergency. Yours, very respectfully, JOHN J. CISCO, U. S. Assistant Treasurer. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 31, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. CRANSTON, Mayor of Newport, A. L SIR: I have had the honom~ to receive your letter of the 26th instant relative to supposed disloyal persons in your city. In reply I have to state that your best course would be to communicate with the marshal of the United States for the district of Rhode Island in regard to any person who in your judgment should be arrested for the cause referred to and to request the marshal to address this Department upon the sub- ject by telegraph or letter when proper directions will be issued to him. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary. 4 R RSERIES Ii, VOL I Page 50 50 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. OFFICE oF TIW SITPT. OF THE METROPOLITAN POLiCE, New York, August 31, iSGi. lion. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: In order to be able to perform the service you sometimes require of me it will be necessary in future to have the revenue department at this post instructed to allow my officers opportnnity and some filcilities for boarding the incoming ships, steaiiiers especially, before the parties sought for have time to escape or to transfer papers, & c., intrusted to their charge. In two cases lately I have been refused any such aid. In one case I applied in person at the office of the surveyor (on 20th instant), the collector at the time being at Newport, and the surveyor also absent from town, Mr. Benedict, the deputy surveyor, acting. I made a request to allow two of my detectives to go on board of the revenue steamer in order that they might have the best opportunity to arrest a person expected on the steanier Edinburg due that day who was sus- pected of being an agent of the rebels. My request was declined. I specially urged it on the ground that the person for whom I was in search was a near relative to the boarding officer who had charge of the steamer, but without avail further than to refer me to this very board- ~ng officer. Being anxious to secure the arrest of the person I then went to the steamer and made the request of Mr. Lowber, the boarding officer, which lie declined unless ordered to comply by his superior offi- cer; a very proper position for him to take. It became necessary for me then to have recourse to the quarantine department, at great in con- veiiience and loss of time, by which I was enabled to get my men on the ship but not until after the brother of the person for whom I was in search had been on board inquiring for his brother. He was not on that ship. Another case has since occurred presenting points which I think should not be withheld from you. On the 23d instant I received a tele- grain from you of that date directing the arrest of Edward haley, of South Carolina, expected to return shortly from Europe. On the 27th instant, by telegram from Sandy Hook, I learned that the steamer City of Washington was on her way up, and immediately dispatched two officers to board her and look for Daley. I did not direct them to apply to the revenue department, but as und er the last administration no obstruction to our officers was offered they very naturally went to the Barge Office to obtain passage to the ship on the revenue steamer. The report of Mr. Eustace, a copy of which is inclosed, will show that they were so obstructed in their proceedings that Daley may have very easily evaded them by remaining on board the ship or by landing at Castle Garden with the second-class passengers. I have ~o request that my men may be furnished with suitable facilities for boarding incoming vessels, especially when they are in the discharge of duty imposed on them under orders froni the executive department. Very respectfully, yours, & c., JOHN A. KENNEDY, Superintendent. [Inclosure.] NEW YORK, August 27, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police. Sm: In obedience to your order, in company with Officer Tiemnen, I proceeded with telegram from the Hon. W. II. Seward, Secretary o Page 51 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 51 State, to arrest Edward Daley, a captain in the rebel army, who is expected here every day in some of the steamers from Europe. We took also a telegram to John A. Kennedy, superintendent of police, announcing to him the arrival of the steam-ship City of Washington. After making inquiry we learned that the steam-boat Birbeck, then in the service of the Government Barge Office, would be the first to take off passengers from the steamer City of Washington, then lying in the harbor. We went to the officer in charge of the Barge Office, showing our shield of office, and made known our business to him (Hawley) to get permission to go on the steam-boat Birbeck. The Government officer said he had orders to allow no person to go on board the steam- boat. I said in reply that it was a very strange order to prevent officers from going on board the boat with dispatches from Secretary of State and superintendent of police. The Government officer sent a messenger to the surveyor of the port, also the dispatches from the Secretary of State and superintendent of police, to know whether we would be per- mitted to go on board the Birbeck. The messenger returned with orders from the surveyor saying that we could not have permission to go on board the Birbeck, a boat then leaving to take the passengers off the City of Washington. We then waited until the steam-boat Bir- beck returned the passengers, but said Daley was not among them. Respectfully, yours, JAS. EUSTACE. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, ~S~eptember 1, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. of the Army, Washington City, D. C.: When I rcceived the assistant treasurers note of which I requested Major Clitz to send you a copy yesterday I sent Lieutenant Lay, my officer of the day, over to Fort Lafayette to see Lieutenant Wood, the officer commanding Fort Lafayette, and to show him the papers and to send a copy to the captain of the cutter near by. (The captain of the cutter is a very clever officer.) Lieutenant Wood sent me back word that I would find the prisoners all there. I presume he meant in Tur- kish fashion that they would be there dead or alive, I know not. I think the answer will please General Scott. In connection with this matter I would recommend this officer, Lieutenant Wood, to be imme- diately promoted to the grade of captain. If 1 had the influence with the President I would make a major of him at once. Lieutenant Woods conduct has been uniformly kind and consistent to the prisoners. Bat under no combination of circumstances will it be proper to relieve Lieu- tenant Wood from the command of Fort Lafayette, as in the large range of my acquaintance I do not know an officer as well fitted to per- form the delicate and stern duties of that post as Lieutenant Wood. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant. Colonel, U. AS~. Army, Commanding. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 2, 1861. lion. S. P. CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury. SIR: Mr. John A. Kennedy, the superintendent of police at New York, who has instructions to arrest persons in the employment o Page 52 52 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. insurgents who may arrive there, especially in the steamers from Europe, represents that the custom-house authorities have recently in several instances refused the necessary facilities for that purpose. As it is obviously impracticable for Mr. Kennedy efficiently to discharge that duty without the cordial co-operation of those authorities I will thank you to give such directions to the collector of the customs at New York as may tend for the future to obviate any similar cause of complaint on the part of Mr. Kennedy. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. STATE DEPARTMENT, Washington, September 2, 1861. WILLIAM II. BARsE, Esq., Detroit, ]lJJich. Srii: This Department has occasion for the services of a discreet and active man at Detroit to detect and arrest disloyal persons, espe- cially those who may be agents of the insurrectionary States. You are accordingly appointed for that purpose at a compensation of $50 a month. You will be particularly on the watch for such persons who may pass into or from Canada omi their way to or from Europe. In case any well-founded suspicion should be entertained against any such person you will arrest him, secure his papers and give immediate notice by telegraph to this Department. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. (Same to John C. Miller, Chicago.) FORT HAMILTON, N. Y., September 2, 1861. Lieutenant-General SCOTT, General-in- Chief, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. GENERAL: Flag Officer Striughain wishes to deliver to me 678 pris- oners of war. There is capacity in Fort Lafayette for about fifty prisoners. There are forty-eight there now. Lieutenant Wood says he can fit up the gun galleries and receive 100 more, but in doing so the fort so far as its armament is concerned will be perfectly defense less, and I therefore strongly object to receiving any of the Minnesota prisoners. I would respectfully suggest that Fort Independence, Bos- ton Harbor, be assigned to the prisoners. The commodore is lying off time fort awaiting instructions. Please answer at once. MARTIN B URKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, U. S. Army. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 8, 1861. The Right Rev. JOHN HUGHES, Archbishop of New York. SIR: I inclose a copy of a letter addressed to me by the superintend- ent of police at New York and of the affidavits to which it refers rela- tive to the Rev. M. M. Hallinan, represented to be a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. If the representations in these papers are correct, it is presumed that you will agree with me that the reverend gentleman merits at least admonition from his clerical superiors. I remain, my dear sir, very truly, yours, WILLIAM H. SEWARD Page 53 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 53 [Inclosure.] NEW YORK, September 1, 18G1. Hon. W. II. SEWARD, Secretary ~f State. Sin: Last night a man who at the time called himself J. Storer, of Dayton, Ohio, but who afterward proved to be Rev. M. M. Hallinan, now of Salem, Mass., but formerly was at the college at Georgetown, ID. C., in some capacity, was arrested for endeavoring to induce a soldier in the U. S. service to go over to the enemy, as set forth in the accompanying affldavits.* He is a young man of about thirty years of age, Irish by birth, and has some reputation as a lecturer. At the time of his arrest he was very much under the influence of drink, and this morning presents the appearance of a man accustomed to such indulgence. On his person was found ~1,l19. A very large sum to be in the possession of a priest. But on taking possession of his bag- gage nothing was found to implicate him in any way whatever with the rebels, his papers consisting of skeleton sermons, lectures, poetic effusions and amatory letters. Of the latter there are quite a large number. On his person besides the money and a few unimportant papers was the inclosed letter* addressed W. L. Beaumont, Boston, Mass. Notwithstanding the strength of the affidavits I send I am inclined to regard him as inoff~nsive. He is undoubtedly very much debauched by intercourse with women and indulgence in drink. And his visit to Philadelphia seems to have been made in consequence of having received the Beaumont letter, which I have no doubt is another assumed name for himself. In his trunk I found a large number of newspaper clips; some are signed M. M. H., others Beaumont, others B. These are no doubt effusions of his own that he has collected. And I think in the erased signature I can trace the word Donna, one of his most devoted correspondents, whose letters and scraps he has saved to the number of over fifty. if I am right, this is a love threat, noth- ing more; but if not, it may in some way be connected with his conduct with Fabre yesterday. He arrived in this city on Tuesday, 27th instant, and took a room at the hotel iii Fourth avenue; left that evening for Philadelphia, where he remained until 2 p. m. of Friday, when he returned on the same train with Fabre, and then went back to the same hotel. The postmark on the Beaumont letter is August 24, and he would seem to have obeyed the summons immediately. The Doc- tor Fitzgerald whom he involves with himself has command of a com- pany in Col. F. Websters regiment, and is now in the field. I think it well that Colonel Webster shonld be apprised of the suspicion resting on him by the act of this drunken priest. If the doctor is sound it will do no harm; if not he had better be on guard. Fabre tells me that the doctor was to join the enemy before he could be expected to get around to them, and this note was for use when he met him on the other side. I have to request that proper notice be taken of the con- duct of the private, Fabre. He has managed the matter in a very adroit manner, and seems to have been influenced alone, by a desire to detect and expose the business of seducing our men from their allegiance. Respectfully, yours, JOHN A. KENNEDY, Superintendent. Not found Page 54 54 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 3, 1861. FLAMEN BALL, Esq., U. S. Attorney for the District of Ohio, Cincinnati. SIR: I inclose a copy of a letter* to the President from J. H. Edwards who professes to be a member of the society calling itself Knights of the Golden Circle, and offering to disclose its secrets to the Govern- ment. We have had disclosures from other similar persons which have hitherto proved of little or no value. You may, however, request this person to call on you, and if he has anything of importance to com- mtinicate you may pay him for it according to its valuenot to exceed $100, and may draw on this Department for the amount at sight. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. OFFICE OF THE U. S. MARSHAL, New Haven, Conn., September 3, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. Sin: To prevent a greater calamity I have taken it upon myself to interdict and entirely prohibit the sale and circulation of the New York Daily News in the city of New Haven, it being quite evident to me that our citizens as a body do not desire its circulation nor will they Ion oer allow it. Will you please telegraph me on receipt of this if my course is approved, as I wish to stop the circulation of this detestable sheet throughout the whole of our State? DAVID H. CARR, U. S. Marshal. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, September 3, 1861. DAvW H. CARR, U. S. Marshal, New Haven, Conn.: Your course with reoard to the Daily News is approved. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. STATE HousE, Boston, September 3, 1861. Hon. W. H. SEWARD: Is your consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, thoroughly loyal ~ IFour vessels from North Carolina have recently arrived there loaded with naval stores and are now loading with contraband goods. HENRY WILSON. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, Fort Monroe, Va., September 3, 1861. Brig. 0-en. BENJAMIN HUGER, Commanding Forces, Norfolk: I have just received yonr communication of this date with twenty- five persons just arrived from Richmond, who were captured on unarmed vessels and are not considered prisoners.~~ By the return flag * Not fonnd Page 55 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 55 1 send to your care the Right Reverend Catholic Bishop Verot, of Georgia, accompanied by his priest and deacon and three young persons, also Miss Jones, of Virginia. I am, with the most respectful consideration, your obedient servant, JOHN E. WOOL, Major- General, Commanding. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, ~Septernber 5, 1861. GEORGE A. COFFEY, U. S. Attorney, Philade~phia, Pa. SIR: You are hereby authorized to cause the seizure of the Register, at Norristown, and the Carbon I)emocrat, at Mauch Chunk, if in your opinioli there is sufficieiit ground for ~)rOceeding against them under the act of Congress approved 6th of August, 1861. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 6, 1861. WILLIA~r DUNN, Esq., ]Ilechanicsrille, Saratoga Connty, N. Y. SIR: You are appointed a confidential agent of this Department at Rouses Point. Your compensation will be at the rate of $~O a mouth. Your dnty will be to examine the passengers who pass the point either way, and if you should have good reason to suspect any of them to be in the service of the insurrectionary States you will cause them to be arrested and promptly sent to Fort Lafayette, N. Y., informing this Department by telegraph in order that Colonel Burke may be requested to receive them. I am, sir, your obedieimt servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. PROCLAMATION. PADUCAH, September 6, 1861. To THE CITIZENS ~OF PADUCAH: I have come among you not as aim enemy, but as your friend and fel- low-citizen; not to injure or annoy yon, but to respect the rights and to defend and enforce the rights of all loyal citizens. An enemy in rebel- lion againstour common Government has taken possession of and planted its guns upon the soil of Kentucky and fired upon our flag. Hickman and Columbus are in hi~ hands. He is moving upon your city. I am here to defend you against this enemy and to assert and maintain the authority and sovereignty of your Government and mine. I have noth- iiig to do with opinions. I shall deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors. You can pursue your usual avocations without fear or hindrance. The strong arm of the Government is here to protect its friends and to punish only its enemies. Whenever it is manifest that you are able to defend yourselves, to maintain the authority of your Government, and protect the rights of all its loyal citizens, I shall withdraw the forces under my command from your city. U. S. GRANT, Brigadier- General, U. S. Army, Commanding Page 56 56 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS U. S. TROOPS, No. 82. Key West, Fla., September 6, 1861. 1. Within ten days from this date all male citizens of the island of Key West who have taken the oath of allegiance will send their names to these headquarters to be registered. 2. Within thirty days from this date all the citizens of this island are required to take the oath of allegiance to the United States. 3. At the termination of sixty days all citizens of this island who have failed and refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States will be removed from Key West. This will also apply to their families and the families of those who have left the island to join the Confederate States. WM. H. FRENCH, Brevet ltliajor, U. S. Army, Commanding. DEER CREEK, PIOKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO, September 7, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON. DEAR SIR: Inclosed you will please find clipping from Circleville Watchman, an incendiary sheet published at Circieville, Pickaway County, Ohio. Such shonld not be tolerated in onr midst, and know of no other lawful means to stop such sheets from circulating among ns than by the War Department at Washington, D. C. I remain, your obedient servant, SAMUEL HILL, Postmaster, Deer Creek, Piekaway County, Ohio. [InclosureEditorial extract* from Circleville Watchman.] The nameless boobies who write editorials for the Cincinnati Coin. mercial are very profuse in the use of the word tory. All who do not shout hosannas to Abe Lincoln and indorse his unconstitutional and unholy war upon the people of the South are denounced as tories. These contemptible jobbernowls who blather about tories do not know the definition of the word. Mr. Webster says it is an Irish word the name given to an adherent to the ancient constitution of England and to the ecclesiastical hierarchy. In England the Tories formed a party in favor of a strong government of more arbitrary principles than were advocated by the party called Whig. In America during the revolu- tion those who favored the claims of Great Britain and justified the Government in all its usurpations under the pretense of enforcing the laws, just as the abolitionists are doing now, were called tories. Those who refused to sustain a government which was administered by tyrants for the oppression of the people were called rebels. The word tory cannot be found in the Constitution or any of the statutes of the United States, and when applied to the men who oppose this damnable abolition war and the unconstitutional and outrageous acts of a would- be military despotism which have destroyed this Union it has just as much meaning and sense as we generally find in the fanatical cant of such blockheads and filthy blackguards as preside over the columns of the Cincinnati Commercial and other treasonable abolition sheets. There were other extracts inclosed, only one of which is printed as a fair sample of the tone of the whele.CoMPILEu Page 57 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 57 NEW YORK, September 9, 1861. [Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.] M~ DEAR GOVERNOR: I received in due course your letter of the 3d instant together with a copy of the document from the superintend- ent of police in regard to Rev. Mr. Hallinan. This is an unfortunate, fallen and degraded priest; an outcast in fact unrecognized by any authority of the Catholic Church. He fell into bad company, and bad as he is I think the man Fabie is still worse. Mr. Kennedy and his next adviser, Inspector Leonard, had been with me not more than half an hour before your communication was received. The antecedents of Hallinan were proved to have been disreputable, but not at all in any connection with the complaint of Fabre. I told Mr. Kennedy that I thought he should be sent to the penitentiary for ninety-seven years and four months, but he said that you had signified to him that Hallinan might be discharged. You suggest at the end of your letter that this man merits admoni- tion from his clerical superiors. Alas, he has no clerical superiors in the Catholic Church. He is an outcast, aiid when he offends against the laws of the country, especially in this city, Mr. Kennedy is or ought to be his superior. I remain, as ever, your obedient servant, JOHN, Archbishop of New York. P. S.Doctor Fitzgerald, captain of Company F, of Salem, should in my opinion be inquired into as the friend of Hallinan. J [OliN], Archbishop. OFFICE OF THE BRECKINRIDGE COAL AND OIL COMPANY, Gioverport, Ky., September 9, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. DEAR Sin: I have learned that a man was in this place yesterday, a member of a large mercantile firm in Louisville. His object here was to try and arrange with the merchants here to receive goods from their firm and forward them on to Tennessee by teams, they to receive a portion of the profits, the firm in Louisville to ship the goods to the merchants here as having been sold them for their trade here. This man said he had already sent on to the Southern Confederacy, smng- glcd, as he termed it, by shipping the goods down the river in the way here proposed, over $200,000 worth, and when it was suggested that the pay in Southern scrip was not good, he replied that they were so anxious to get the goods that they would pay in specie (gold and silver), and that he had had no other pay offered him. He also said the steamer John Gault that passed here the day before had on $30,000 worth of goods to be landed at Owensborough, and to be sent from there to mer- chants in IRussellville, goods that their firm had shipped to merchants there ostensibly for their trade. I did not learn the name of the said Louisville firm, as it was communicated to me in such a way that I did not like to be inquisitive, but I can find out the name of the firm if desired. There is no question but that there is a large quantity of goods, provisions, & c., fin ding their way to the Confederate Army by being shipped down the Ohio from Louisville and Cincinnati. Th Page 58 58 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. company that has been enlisting here and in this vicinity for the Con- federate Army (about 100) expect to leave here iiext Tuesday. Let my communication be confidential so far as exposing my name. Respectfully, GEG. CURTISS, Utica, N. Y. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., September 9, 1861. Capt. A. A. GIBSON, Commanding Fort Delaware. CAPTAIN: Please read and return the inclosed papers.* Put a stop at once to the visits of pleasure parties to the fort. The utmost cau- tion should be practiced in regard to visits to prisoners. We have lost one of our most important ones within a few days and have no doubt his escape was facilitated by communications between him and his friends admitted to his room. I am, very respectfully, yours, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General, Commanding. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 10, 1861. Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, Postmaster- General. SIR: I am apprised by J. A. Kennedy, the superintendent of police at New York, that letters for the South are sent 1)0th by post and by express under cover to William A. Richardson, Louisville, Ky. Mr. Kennedys suggestion that it may be advisable to have all such sent here for examination which may be received in New York or Louisville is submitted to your consideration. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, Fort Monroe, September 10, 1861. Col. R. C. HAWKINS, Corn dg. Ninth New York Vols. and Hatteras Inlet, N. C. SIR: * * * It is reported to me that some of the troops who lauded at the inlet committed depredations on the inhabitants. You can assure the inhabitants that I will not only punish the offhnders but will see justice done them at least to the amount taken from them, which was yesterday ordered if it could be found to be restored to them. I hope you will forewarn all who may be guilty of such infamous practices for the severest punishment awaits such condnct. * * * * * * * Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN E. WOOL, Major- General DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 11, 1861. Hon. W. PITT FESSENDEN, Portland, Me. SIR: I send appointment and instructions in blank. You will please insert the name and inform me who is appointed. Passports for the *Not found Page 59 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 59 agent are sent to your care. I thank you for the explanation in the case of Elliot, * & c. It seemed unintelligible, and I confess I was sur- prised at being asked for instructions in a case where every part of the affair was with the local authorities. It is enough to have to deal with jndicial persons here in the debatable ground. I dont want to be drawn into disputes with them in the loyal States. I will confide in the marshal. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, FINANCE OFFICE, September 11, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for your inspection a copy of a letter received at the Dead-Letter Office which was written by Arnold Harris t at Richmond, va., August 20, 1861., and addressed to I)r. Thomas Miller, of this city. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, A. N. ZEVELY, Third Assistant Postmaster- General. [Inelosure.] RICHMOND, August 20, 1861. Dr. THOMAS MILLER. DEAR DOCTOR: I wrote you last week hoping it might reach you, but perhaps did not, and I having another chance will write another short one. We are still in jail and our case still undecided though looking a little better, but as long as the North continue to act as they do and talk as Thurlow Weed talks there is very little chance for prisoners here being released or put on parole. My health is not good. Doctor Garnett attends to me and perhaps may get me removed to more comfortable quarters. I wrote you to see Mrs. Lewis and have my trunk packed and try to send it to me here by Adams Express. If it has not gone yet and the company cannot send it to me here let them send it to Captain Buford, Versailles, Ky., where my family are aiid where they will probably remain until times are more settkd. At all events we do not expect to be in Washington until the war is over, which strange as you may think it will not be long. The Federals will be cleaned out of Missouri and Virginia in less than two weeks and the turn of Maryland comes next and will not be far behind. The South is in earnest and will con- quer or die. They will conquer to a certainty. I wish when you see Mrs. Lewis you would say to her that if she sees that young sailor boy, my nephew; to tell him to resign his present place and if he can to come to me. I am going into business if my health will allow and can pro- vide him a good place. Moreover I dont like the place or business lie is in. I inclose you a check for $100, payable to your order. Please pay my bill at Kirkwoods and Mrs. Lewis and also some to Kidxvell and credit me with the balance. Y on may have had to pay in advance for my trunk. - If possible let me hear from you. Direct care of Bev. Tucker. Kind regards to all friends, particularly to the Kirkwoods, Mrs. Lewis and See case of Elliot, p. 688. For case of Arnold Harris, see Confederate political arrests, p. 1515 Page 60 60 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. her two children. Tell them if they could only come and talk to me 1 would not be so lonesome; however, Mr. Magraw talks pretty well and we are quite comfortable. Adams & Co. can forward letters. I heard yesterday from my family, the first since I have been here. They were all well or tolerably so. I wish Old Abe could hear some of his poor prisoners talk. I think the reason he dont ask for an exchange is that lie is afraid to let them come back after the treatment they have received from the United States Government. Poor fellows! duped into a war they did not understand and left to pine away in prison. The day of retribution must come before long. If the IRobespierre policy of Thurlow Weed is to prevail there are about 2,000 in this city, poor, innocent victims will stretch hemp instantly. Yours, very truly, ARNOLD HARRIS. OFFICE OF THE U. S. MARSHAL, New Raven, Gonn., September 11, 1861. Hon. SIMoN CAMERON, Secretary of War. Sin: In obedience to your orcler* I have stopped the sale, keeping for sale or circulation of that damnable secession sheet the New York Daily News in the State of Connecticut. The order has been well obeyed with one exception. There is on the Naugatuck Railroad a newspaper traveling agent by the name of George A. llubbell,t a noisy secessionist, in a spot where he is doing great mischief by his treasonable talk, and also by his disobedience of this wholesome order of our Government which has given so much satisfaction to our truly loyal men all over the State. lie has violated the order and I have written evidence from respectable citizens that he has made his brags oC it, and says he will repeat it in spite of me. I have no power or authority to arrest him by any law known to me, and still I have sent him word that I will do so if he persisted in his course. Now all I want is an order from yourself or Mr. Seward to arrest and take him to some of the forts in New York. Such an order would be put in force instanter, and would in my opinion do more good than any order that has yet been issued from the Government to be executed in this State, unless it was for the arrest of Ellis B. Schnabelj of your State, which I am most happy to add pleased everybody. Will you please favor me with a telegraphic reply as soon as possible and grant this most proper request, and oblige many loyal citizens of Connecticut as well as your obedient servant, DAVID II. CARR, U. S. Marshal. FORT CLARK, Hatteras Inlet, N. 0., September 11, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN E. WooL, Commanding Department of Virginia, Port Monroe, Va. Sin: I have the honor to report the reception of your favor of the 10th. the contents of which have been carefully noted; also the orders forwarded by Captain Taylor. For my answer, in part, I would refer ~Not found. I See memoranda of Hubbells arrest, p. 302. See case of Schuabel, p081 Page 61 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 61 you to my inclosed report of the 7th which should have been trans- mitted by the steamer George Peabody. I take great pleasure in announcing to you the continued strength- ening of my belief in the loyalty of the citizens of this State who inhabit the counties bordering on the Pamlico Sound. The sincerity of the people who live upon the strip of land running from Hatteras Inlet to Oregon Inlet is not to be doubted; they have all taken the oath of alle- giance, which you will perceive is a strong one, and have shown every disposition to assist me in every manner possible, such as furnishing me with supplies, giving information of the movements of the enemy, & c. I have sent three of the most intelligent of their number to the other side of the sound for the purpose of informing the inhabitants of the real intentions of the Federal Army and ascertaining what the real feeling is among the people. My belief is that troops could be raised here for the purpose of sup- pressing rebellion in North Carolina upon the assurance that they would not be called on to go out of the State. I have been unable to secure any considerable amount of property plunkred from the inhab- itants. That which 1 have been able to get hold of has been returned. I presume that $5,000 will pay for all the property taken, and [would suggest that the Government make provision for paying it as soon as possible. The people upon this strip of land have been peculiarly situated. Since the secession of this State their means of subsistence have been completely taken away from them, and now they are mostly without food or clothing, and in the winter, unless something can be done before, there will be great suffering among them. Cannot the Govern- ment send them flour, meat, cloth for clothing and some shoesl Each dollar spent in such acts of charity would bring scores of friends over the whole South. * * * * * * * I am, most faithfully, your obedient servant, I~USH C. HAWKINS, Colonel Ninth Regiment N. Y. Volunteers, Commanding Post. [Inclosure.] FORT CLARK, Hatteras inlet, N. C., AS~eptember 7, iSGi. Maj. Gen. JOHN E. WooL Commanding Department of Virginia, Fort Monroe, Va. Sill: * * * During the afternoon of the 30th a delegation on behalf of the citizens of this island waited upon me and placed in my hands a paper, a copy of which is herewith inclosed and marked A. In answer to this communication I requested that as many of the citizens as could should meet me the next day for the purpose of arranging terms by which they might be permitted to remain here. Agreeably to my request about thirty came to see me, and the terms contained in an oath, a copy of which is herewith inclosed and marked B, were agreed npon. On my part I have agreed verbally to give them all the neces- sary protection against the vigilance committees which infest all parts of tile State and are organized for the purpose of suppressing Union sentiments and pressing men into the service of the Confederate Army and to afford them such other protection as may appear necessary. Two hundred and fifty have taken the oath and they are still coming in. I am informed by some of these people that secret Union meetings have been held in several of the counties bordering on the Pamlico Sound, and that they would openly avow themselves true to the Unite Page 62 62 PRiSONERS OF WAR, ETC. States Government if they were sure that they would be protected against the violence of the secessionists. It is also thought that a Union convention would be called at once, and that these counties would vote themselves back into the Union and take up arms to defend themselves if necessary. In view of the foregoing facts I would suggest that a force of at least 1,000 men be scattered through one or two of the counties which are supposed to be Union in their sentiment; that the people call their con- vention and vote and that the U. S. forces at hand afford them such protection as may be necessary. Could this be done now I have no doubt that one-third of the State of North Carolina would be back in the Union within two weeks. I am over-anxious that these suggestions should be acted upon at once and that I may be allowed to continue in the work which I have commenced. These people who look to me for protection I have already taken a very deep interest in; I sympathize with them in their misfor- tunes and would do anything for them in my power. I fear that if I am superseded the ~omises I have made will not be carried out and that the measures I have commenced will fall to the ground. I regret to be compelled to state to you that the conduct of the men and some of the officers of the Twentieth Ilegiment New York Volun- teers has been that of vandals. They have plundered and destroyed. The first night they were on shore they visited one of the encampments which had been abandoned by the enemy. I am informed that this party was iThder the charge of three or four commissioned officers; that they first commenced breaking open trunks left behind by the officers and men who had abandoned the camp. After they had broken all the trunks and boxes open and partly destroyed what they did not want or could not carry away, they then set fire to the buildings and every- thing except a few tents was consumed. After this they went to Fort Clark where they had a repetition of the above. By these two trans- actions the United States has lost a large amount of valuable property, consisting of arms, cooking utensils, medical stores, & c. The next day they commenced breaking open private houses and stores, and I saw party after party come in, some of them headed by commissioned officers, loaded down with the results of their plundering. This conduct continued until I was compelled to adopt the most severe and stringent measures. * * * * * * Most faithfully, your obedient servant, RUSH C. HAWKINS, Colonel Ninth Regiment N~ Y. Volunteers, Corn dy. Fort Clark. [Sub-inclosure A.] COMMANDER OF FEDERAL FORCES AT HATTERAS INLET. DEAR SIR: We, the citizens of Cape hatteras, do ask of your honor that you will allow us to return to our homes and property and protect us in the same as natural citizens, as we have never taken up arms against your Government nor has it been our wish to do so. We did not help by our votes to get North Carolina out of the Union. Believ- ing that your clemency will not allow you to treat us as rebels, who have always been loyal citizens, we do earnestly request for the sake of our women and children that you will comply with our wishes, as we seek protection from your honor. Yours, very respectfnlly, CITIZENS OF HATTERAS. P. S.Please let us know by the bearer what we can depend upon Page 63 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 63 [Sub-inclosure B.] STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Hyde County: We, the undersigned, do solemnly swear that we will true allegiance bear to the United States of North America; that we will not take up arms against said Government or hold ~any communication with its enemies or aid or comfort its enemies in any way whatever, and that we will give to the commandant of Fort Clark ally information we may obtain or receive of the approach of the enemy; and in ease we are called upon we will assist the commandant of said fort in his defense thereof against any and all the enemies of the said United States of North America, and we will always nnder any and all circumstances support the Constitution of the said United States. [Sub-inclosure C.] FORT CLARK N Col. MAX WEBER. , . C., September 2, 18G1. DEAR COLONEL: I learn with great regret that your men and others under your command still continue to commit depredations against the property of the inhabitants of this island. It seems that they pass from the fort over which you have command to the land above by boats. This must and shall stop. These people are worthy, loyal citizens and have taken the oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and they ought to and shall be protected in their rights of property and person, and I shall in future use all the power under my control to see that they are protected. This passageby boats must cease from this date, and if it cannot be prevented by any other means I shall use my artillery against all the boats I may see pass. I have promised these people protection and intend to keep my promise good. Yours, very truly, RUSH C. HAWKINS, Colonel, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore ]Vfd Capt. JAMES GRIMSLEY, , ., September 11 1861 Twenty-first Indiana Volunteers, Baltimore, In charge of detachment and prisoners: You will proceed from Fort McHenry, Baltimore, to New York Har- bor in charge of certain political or State prisoners as follows: George P. Kane, late marshal of police of Baltimore; Robert Drane, Fairfax County, Va.; Arthur Dawson, Loudo un County,Va.; Benjamin Eggles- tone, Washington, D C.; Jonah Orrison, Loudoun County, Va.; James G. Davidson, Loudoun County, Va.; Mahion Myers, Loudoumi County, Va.; James W. Daniel, Loudoun County, Va.; John Pegram, Baltimore; Dennis Kelly, Baltimore; Thomas Shields, Baltimore; William Mc- Kewen, Baltimore; Benjamnin F. McCawley, Baltimnore; George Thomp. son, Baltimore; John Wilkins, Baltimnore; A. Williamson, Baltimore; Patrick Crohan, Baltimore; Jamnes Campbell, Baltimore; David H. Luc- chesi, Baltimore; Alexander Conner, Baltimore; Frederick Tollenback, Baltimore; Patrick Conway, Baltimore; George A. Appleton, Balti- more: David Summners, Baltimore; Michael J. Grady, Baltimore; Jehu L. Bouldin, Baltimore; George Summers,Baltimore; Samuel Davidson, Baltimore; George Gosswell, Baltimore; Philip Cassidy, Baltimore. (The above named are all citizens. Page 64 64 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. You will safely keep them on the route and will deliver the first four named to the commanding officer at Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, and the remainder (twenty-six) to the commanding officer at Fort Colum- bus, New York Harbor. Receipts for the prisoners delivered at each fort will be taken by you from the commanding officer thereof. Thjs duty performed you will return to your regiment with your command without delay. By order of Major-General Dix: D. T. VAN BUREN, Assistant Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 12, 1861. E. L. 0. ADAMS, Esq., Portland, Me. SIR: You are appointed a confidential agent of this Department at Portland. The chief object of the appointment is to prevent persons in the service of the insurgents or other disloyal persons from proceed- ing abroad or returning thence by the way of Portland. If any snch should within your own knowledge be found there or should this Department by letter or by telegram apprise you of their being there you will cause them to be arrested and forthwith sent to Fort Lafayette, N. V. Passports are herewith sent to you, which all persons are required to be provided with who embark in the steamers for Europe. As loyal persons may reach Portland for that purpose without a knowledge of the requirement you are herewith furnished with passports in blank with which you may provide them pursuant to the following regulations. In addition to the instructions contained in the two circulars herewith* your attention is called to following points: Passports can onlybe issued to citizens of the United States, the proper evidence necessary to obtain which will be found described in Circular No. 1. The mere declaration of intention to become a citizen is not evi- dence of citizenship, and therefore the preliminary papers issued by the courts which are frequently produced as such evidence will not entitle per- sons to passports. In the case of persons applying for passports who are natives of or have lived any time in either of the States at present in insurrection against the Government you will be very particular in your inquiries as to their loyalty and insist upon their taking the oath of alle- giance which is required in all cases. You will be required to keep an index of the passports issued by you containing the number, date and name of the party to whom issued, and you will also keep the letters and other documents accompanying all applications, numbering and dating them to correspond with the index, and in cases where the applicant may be a naturalized citizen it will be necessary to note on the application the place where and the court in which his certificate of naturalization may have been obtained togetber with the date of the same. These docu- ments are to be preserved for future reference. You will be pleased to transmit to the i)epartment monthly returns of the passports issued, embracing number, name and date. Circular No. 2 will furnish you with full information in regard to the recent regulations on the subject of passports and a careful observance of both circulars will be expected. Your compensation will be at the rate of $60 per mouth. Ten blank passports are sent herewith and you will be supplied hereafter as you desire. I am, yonr obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Omitted Page 65 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 65 WASIIJNC-TON, I). C., September 12, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. Sm: Immediately after the arrest of my brother, on consultation with some of his friends I employed a man named Benjamin Egglestone, of this city, to carry a letter to Richmond. I selected this man because I had known him for many years, and because he was acquainted with many persons in Richmond who had gone from Baltimore, and because of his sympathy with the South, and was active and shrewd. I took care as far as possible that my commission should be the sole purpose of his trip. I furnished him with money to pay expenses and gave him a letter to my brother from his wife. He left here in the stage, crossed the Poto- mac and made his way to Richmond partly on foot. The Star of the same date published his departure with the remark that he was a noted secessionist. After visiting Richmond and delivering the letter with verbal messages from myself he returned to Baltimore, making forty miles of thejourney on foot. His friends here and in Baltimore, knowing of the publication in the Star and fearful of his arrest if he returned here, advised him to remain in Baltimore. While I was about to apply to you for a pass to enable him to return to his family here he was arrested and has been confined in Fort McHenry for the last ten days. That he has been guilty of any disloyal act or any indiscretion in Baltimore since his return there I am not aware, but believe that his arrest was solely on account of his visit to Richmond. Under these circumstances I would most respectfully ask you to inclose to me an order to the com- mander at Fort McHenry to release the said Benjamin Egglestone, with a pass to return to his family in this city. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, SAML. M. MAGRAW. [Thdorsement.] SEPTEMBER 12, 1861. Please let this man be released. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. OFFICE OF H. B. CROSBY, WHOLESALE GROCER, Paterson, N. J., September 12, 1861. [From to-days paper.] The following are the names of the most prominent secession members of Congress, some of whom are now roaming about the country giving aid and comfort to the enemy in various ways: Hon. Benjamin Wood, of New York, editor of a secession newspaper. Hon. H. C. Burnett, of Kentucky, making secession stump speeches. Hon. John B. Clark, of Missouri, expelled from the House of Representatives, now iu the rebel army. Hon. C. L. Yallandigham, of Ohio, delivering secession stump speeches and writ- ing secession letters. Hon. John W. Reid, of Missouri, raising a regiment to join the rebel forces. Hon. John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, getting up disunion barbecues, and try- ing to strengthen the backbone of secessionists. Hon. Henry May, of Maryland, doing his best to keep out of Fort Lafayette, where a number of his fellow-citizens are now taking an airing. Hon. Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, missing since the discovery and publication of a letter to Jeff. Davis. Hon. James A. Bayard, of Delaware, Hon. Trusten Polk, of Missouri, and a half dozen members of the House of Representatives, are now remaining comparatively quiet in view of the necessity which the Government has recently adopted of encour- aging emigration to a certain fort in New York Harbor. 5 R R$ERJES II, VOL I Page 66 66 PRISONERS 01? WAR, ETC. HONORED SIR: Let me beg of you to have these men arrested; it will do everything for us in stopping secession at the North. Very truly, yours, H. B. CROSBY. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, September 13, 1861. DAVID H. CARR, U. S. ]Ifarshal, New Haren, Conn.: Arrest the man referred to in your letter of 11th, and send him to Fort Lafayette. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. U. S. SLOOP OF WAR JAMESTOWN, New York Harbor, September 13, 1861. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. SIR: I have been directed by Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham, com- manding Atlantic Blockading Squadron, to leave at Fort Lafayette under your command the following-named men as prisoners, viz: From the schooner Colonel LongE. C. Myatt, master; Frederick Mortiiner, William Perry, Charles W. Fannigan, William Smith, Thomas Kelly, Charles Williams, Peter Reilly. From the U. S. steam frigate MinnesotaJohn F. Newton, William St. George. Requesting that you will be pleased to furnish me with a receipt for the above-named persons, I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHARLES GREEN, Commander, U. S. Navy. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 14, 1861. FLAMEN BALL, Esq., U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Cincinnati. DEAR SIR: * * * Our wish is to make as few arrests as possible compatible with the safety of the Government, and never if they can be avoided for merely words spoken. I am well aware of the difficul- ties to which you refer, and approve of your suggestion for the prompt delivery to the military authorities of any person whom it may be deemed advisable to arrest. * I am, dear sir, very truly, yours, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DIST. OF NEW YORK, New York, September 14, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: Inclosed you will please find copies~ of the Tompkins County Democrat, published by Samuel C. Clisbe, at Ithaca, N. Y. What shall be done with the editor~ I also inclose three affidavits* concerning * Not found Page 67 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 67 persons entertaining secession sentiments. The parties making the same are known to me as being persons of character and position. Yours, respectfully, ROBERT MURRAY, U. S. ]Jiliarshat. OFFICE OF THE SUPT. OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE, New York, September 15, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Sin: Charles W. Adams, of the firm of Adams, Jordan & Co., Galves- ton, Tex., and also of a firm in Boston, arrived per Africa on Thursday night last from Liverpool (where he had been to dispose of a cargo of cotton carried over on the ship Aaron L. Reid, of New York, from his house in Galveston) under British colors. I understand the value of the cargo is at least ~200,000, and the presumption is that he has brought the avails with him in some shape. With the knowledge of these facts I sent one of my men to Boston last night, Adams having gone thither immediately after arrival here, to notify the U. S. marshal. Since his departure I have learned further that there is no doubt of his complicity in the treason of Texas. He was at Galveston attending to the loading the above ship when the three steamers, Gen Rusk, Matagorda and Orizaba, were seized by the rebels there. The two lat- ter steamers were released under an engagement with the owner of the three (Charles Morgan) that they should run between Galveston and New Orleans. The Orizaba left with freight and passengers; among them was this Charles W. Adams. After getting to sea the captain found his private instructions from Mr. Morgan were to run the steamer to New York instead of New Orleans. He consulted his mate and one or two passengers, who approved of a plan to land the passengers at Key West and proceed to New York with such as preferred to stay by the ship. But his plan was thwarted through the connivance of the mate and the overpowering force of the passengers headed by Mr. Adams. The steamer was therefore through his effort run into Berwick Bay; she was afterward taken possessiou of by the rebels and is still held by them. These facts are furnished me by a refugee from Texas who was on board the Orizaba at the time and who favored running to NewYork. Very truly, yours, JOHN A. KENNEDY, Superintendent. FORT LAFAYETTE, September 15, 1861. Lient. Col. M. BURKE, Commanding Forts Hamilton and Lafayette. COLONEL: In obedience to the instructions received from you I beg leave to submit the following report in regard to the capacity of this post for the confinement of prisoners: I have at this time in my custody 80, who are arranged as follows: Room No. 1, 25, confined as privateers; room No. 2, 8 prisoners of war and state; room No. 3, 8 prisoners of war and state; room No. 4, 9 prisoners of war and state (1 more by desire of prisoners); room No. 5, 28 prisoners of war and state (this room is 25 by 60 and in the lower battery); guard house, 2 privateers; total, 80. Jn a day or two I will have another large room ready which will accommodate 50 prisoners. It will be 25 by 95 feet. In room No Page 68 68 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. 1 the privateersmen, 25 in number, are confined, which is a much larger number than is compatible with comfort, but they being a class so different from the other prisoners I cannot associate them. I therefore respectfully beg leave to ask you to make application for their removal to some place more suitable for their confinement. I would also respectfully beg leave to ask you to make application for the removal of Capt. J. A. de Lagnel to Governors Island or some other place where space is not so limited, as he has not entirely recov- ered his strength and requires more exercise than he can possibly get here. There are four guns neutralized in the room where I have twenty- eight prisoners. They are in the lower battery and on the south side. I inclose a rough sketch5 of the interior of the room which will give you an idea of its arrangement. When the other large room spoken of heretofore is used there will be six more guns neutralized in the west side lower battery. I am, colonel, with respect, your obedient servant, CHAS. 0. WOOD, ASecond Lieutenant, Ninth Infantry, Commanding Post. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 16, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of New York. SIR: Your letter of the 14th instant with the accompanying copies of the Tompkins County Democrat has been received. In reply I have to inform you that I have directed Mr. ~Edward C.] Chase, the marshal of that district to arrest and send Samuel C. Clisbe to Fort Lafayette.~ I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. DEPARTiVIENT OF STATE, Washington, September 16, 1861. Rt. Rev. HORATIO POTTER, No. 33 West Fourteenth Street, New York. MY DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 24th instant has been received. In reply I have to inform you that no disloyal clergyman can be allowed to hold communication with any of the prisoners at Fort Lafayette. If, however, a clergyman of well-known loyalty should apply for leave to visit any particular prisoners for spiritual purposes only leave for that purpose will be granted. I am, sir, your obedient servaut, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. NEW YORK, September 16, 1861. WILLIAM II. SEWARn: The steamer from Liverpool brings a large number of passengers residing in Southern States whose passports have not been vis6ed, or they have none. What must be done with them ~ JOHN A. KENNEDY, Superintendent. Omitted. I The order was subsequently countermanded Page 69 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 69 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, lVashington, September 16, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police New York: Your telegram received. If any of the passengers may reasonably be suspected of any intention to impart information adverse to this Government or to commit hostilities against the United States they may be arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette, and their names fur- nished to this Department. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed for the regulation in regard to passports to be rigidly enforced. WILLIAM II. SEWARD. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, September 16, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Headquarters Army, Washington City. SIR: I have felt it my duty to forward the inclosed letter written by Robert Mure, prisoner, to the headquarters of the Army before sending it as addressed. Very respectfnlly, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. [Inclosure.1 FORT LAFAYETTE, September 13, 1861. EDWARD M. ARCHIBALD, Esq., Her Britannic Majestys Consul, New York. DEAR SIR: It is my misfortune to be a prisoner* here under circum- tances most trying, which makes me feel keenly for others in a worse condition which induces me now to address you. There are in this garrison (in irons) some wrecked British sailors. One of them, an old man from Manchester, England, was picked up at sea on the coast of Florida after being seven days on a raft. He is one of the crew of the British bark Sir Walter Raleigh, Rae, master, wrecked there, and I believe reported upon. The other three are part of the crew of t~je British bark Prima Donna. It appears those seamen came together at one W. A. Johnstons, at Miami, Fla., and remained there until the 30th ultimo when a small vessel reached that place, and said Johnston shipped them off in her as a means of getting clear of them as they had no funds. It turns out the small fishing vessel they took passage in from Miami proved to be bound to Charleston, S. C. Before the small craft reached there she was taken by the U. S. fleet on the coast and all on board have found their way here and are confined as pirates. I think if an investigation into their case was made you would find them not subject to the treatment they are now undergoing. I therefore on their behalf bring the matter before you to take such action in the premises as you may see proper. I do this merely as an act of humanity. I did myself the honor of addressing you on the 16th ultimo, which I pre- sume did not reach you. I would gladly have said a word to you when you visited this post, but it was not my privilege. I remain, dear sir, yours, very respectfully, ROBT. MURE, Of Charleston, S. C. P. S.I used the word shipped. They were not shipped but only got a free passage. The crew of the craft are also here. For case of Mure, see po8t Page 70 70 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 17, 1861. lion. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, Postmaster- General. SIR: The accompanying copy* of the Louisville Courier having been brought to my attention I would suggest the expediency of prohibiting the circulation of that paper by post. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 17, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. DIX, Port llilidllienry, Baltimore. GENERAL: I inclose copies of two letters* from the Treasury Depart- ment, one addressed to the collector and the other to W. H. D. C. Wright, of Baltimore, from which it has been inferred to be the inten- tion of Mr. H. K. Meade, late minister of the United States to Brazil, to leave at that port on his return. Should he do so you will cause him to be arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette, N. Y. I am, general, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 17, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Superintendent of Police, New York: Your letter received. Arrest Charles W. Adams, secure his papers, and send him to Fort Lafayette. WILLIAM II. SEWARD. (Same to John S. Keyes, Boston, Mass.) AmIT. GENERALS OFFICE, GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., Washington, September 17, 1861. } No. 79. The commanding officer of the U. S. forces at Hatteras Inlet, N. C., is authorized to accept the services of such loyal North Carolinians, not to exceed one regiment, as in his neighborhood may volunteer to take up arms for the United States, and to designate a regular officer to muster them into service. * * * * * * * By order: L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. FORT LAFAYETTE, N. Y., September 17, 1861. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. SIR: It is due to myself as well as family to request to be released from confinement as I feel and know I have done nothing to deserve it. If, however, the Department intends to retain me as a prisoner I would ask that I may be removed to Washington City, D. C., where my wife and children reside whom I have not seen for over twenty-six months. I am, sir, respectfully, ROBERT TANSILL, Late Captain, U. S. Marine Corps. * Not found Page 71 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 71 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 18, 1861. R. MINTURN, Jr., Esq., New York. SIR: Your letter of the 14th instant requesting a passport for the Reverend Mr. Mercer and others to proceed to New Orleans has been received. You cannot doubt my disposition to comply with any rea- sonable request of yours, but a rule has for some time past been in force pursuant to which such requests are invariably refused. It must be allowed, however, that if any exceptions were allowable the case of the Reverend Mr. Mercer would afford strong grounds therefor. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. CUSTOM-HOUSE, COLLECTORS OFFICE, New York, September 18, 1861. Hon. S. P. CHASE. SIR: Mansfield Lovell, a native of Washington, D. C., aged about forty, formerly a captain U. S. artillery, resigned and joined General Quitman in his filibustering expedition against Cuba, was acting street commissioner of this city until Friday last (13th instant); recently left this city and has gone probably by way of Canada to the rebels. He is an accomplished military man and would be of great service to the rebels. Mr. Gustavus W. Smith, the street commissioner, who was of the U. S. Engineer Corps, left the Army at the same time and for the same purpose as Lovell; is a first cousin of John C. Breckinridge and a warm friend and co-operator of his; left the city some months ago on account of his health and is still absent. Both Smith and Lovell are strong sympathizers with the rebels, and it is presnmed are aiding them in all practicable ways. I get the above from Colonel Craven, the chicf engineer and president of the Croton Aqueduct Board, who thinks that Breckinridge ought to be arrested at once. He, Colonel C., was last fall a Breckinridge man, but was then, is now and always was and always will be an uncom- promising Union man and friend to the Government. He is a Southern man by birth, and has relatives in the rebel army. He has also two brothers in the U. S. Navy, one in command of the flotilla in the Potomac, and the other commands the Crusader. Colonel C.~s opinions are entitled to great respect on account of his character and his knowl- edge of certain men. By the way he informs me that Mark Mount, the keeper of Conover Beacon in Raritan Bay has received intimation of a removal. If there are no objections to his official conduct there are political and pru- dential reasons for his retention. I am, truly, yours, HIRAM BARNEY. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Washington, September 18, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. Dix, U. S. Army, Baltimore, Aid.: I am directed by Major-General McClellan * * * to say that he wishes you to make any arrest that you may consider necessary even if you have not direct authority from the Government. The genera Page 72 72 PRISONERS OP WAR, ETC. has entire confidence in your judgment and discretion and desires that you pursue such a course as you deem advisable for the public good. I am very respectfully, & c., A. V. COLBUIRN, Assistant Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 19, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. Dix, Port ]l/Jielienry, Baltimore. GENERAL: As Dennis Kimball now in Fort Columbus, is presumed to be a British subject and a man of no special influence it will be well to direct his release. I am, general, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. WASHINGTON, September 19, 1861. Hon. W. II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. HONORED SIR: I was in Alexandria last Saturday, aiid while there I learned that there was a secret organization of secessionists in that townfor what purpose we have only to imagine. I could not ascer- tain anything more about it but that it had its meetings under name of Red Rose Club. The above information I obtained from a friend who stands as I do; his property as well as mine (according to act of Vir- ginia) stands confiscated, and could it be possible for our enemy to succeed we are ruined. I also found out something about the manner that information is constantly going out from us to the Confederates and some of the per- sons concerned in it, besides several other things I thought important, and upon my return home to Washington I went in search of a person I knew to be a detective, related the above and told him I desired to manage this thing myself, believing I could bring it all to light better than a stranger could possibly, as I had lived among those people for many years; but as I was deprived of my property now I was not able to bear the expenses and pay a quarter dollar each way in the boats (small as it may appear). I have a large family of eight children. This gentleman carried me to a Mr. Allen, who said he could not authorize me to go into it as he had no money, but referred me and advised me to go to Mr. Scott, Assistant Secretary. I accordingly did go, but Mr. Scott told me the whole matter was in your hands. I have been at your office two days in succession, and not being able to see you I concluded to lay it before you in this way and if you consider it worth your attention I will obey a message from you at any moment. I reside on Fourth street east between F and G south. There is yet another matter which ought in my opinion to come to the knowledge of your honor, that is concerning the vessel detained at Georgetown some week or so ago, destined for Alexandria. I felt every desire to come forward at the time I saw the publication of the seizure, but really on two occasions before when I gave information I thought it was so unwelcomely received that I became discouraged for a time. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. D. COLLINGSWORTII. P. 5.Should any reference be required for myself see letter from Mr. Wallach, now at provost-marshals office (which I had to obtai Page 73 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 73 before I could get a pass), and also letter from Senator Carlile with my other papers, now iii the office of Commissioner of Public Buildings. A. D.C. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 20, 1861. JOHN C. 1VIILLER, ~hi~~go, Ill.: Be on the lookout for Mansfield Lovell, formerly of the U. S. Army, aged about forty. If found, arrest and send him to Fort Lafayette, N. Y. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. (Same to William H. Barse, Detroit, Mich., and ilollis White, Niagara Falls, N. Y.) HARLEM, N. Y., September 21, 1861. Hon. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States of America. DEAR Sin: Yesterday, September 20, at 10 a. in., my brother, by occu- pation a news agent on the Naugatuck Railroad cars, was arrested by U. S. Marshal [David H.] Carr, of New Haven, at the Bridgeport Rail- way station, and is now incarcerated in Fort Lafayette. The ostensible cause of this arrest was the charge of having sold copies of the New York Daily News, and if I am rightly informed using disrespectful language toward the Government. The prisoner is a brother of mine, but this shall not prevent me from stating the facts of the case, though a thousand brothers were at stake. Briefly then he is a young man twenty-five years of age; has been a cripple from his youth with a spinal deformity, and is the sole help of his poor mother who is in the deepest sorrow. At intervals he has sold copies of the News aforesaid mainly at the instigation of William D. Bishop, esq., a Congressman, who is president of the railway over which he runs, not wishing to incur his displeasure, fearing the road might be let out to another party. Furthermore when arrested the publication of the Daily News had been stopped for six days. As to the language imputed to him it was said in the heat of passion to people who advised him to stop selling the News, because he regarded it as none of their business. He is a strong Union man, and has said he would spend his last cent to put this wicked rebellion down. About four months ago he said to me: I did not vote for this administration, but if Lincoln runs in 1864 he will get my vote. He used imprudent languagelanguage that in calmer moments he would not indorse, but yet used under the provocation already named, where people as he thought impertinently interfered with his business. I am myself a member of the Twelfth Ward Republican Association; also a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Did time admit I would make my affidavit to the above before a magistrate. I supported you among other reasons for the soubriquet you bore of Honest Old ~7 and cannot doubt that in the present instance you will interpose for the protection of a somewhat imprudent but yet warm- hearted boy. Would it be asking too much to request you to apprise me of your decision at your earliest couveuience~ My brothers name is George A. Hubbell. I remain, faithfully, yours, KATHAN HUBBEL Page 74 74 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 21, 1861. Many intelligent and patriotic citizens have applied to me by memo rial asking the attention of the Government to what they represeiit a~ treasonable matter contained in a letter bearing the date of Washing- ton, August 10, published in the London Times, and they express their conviction that the statements made in that communication are untrue, and that it is the design of the writer to bring the credit and fame of this Government into disrepute in foreign countries. It has been the habit of the Government of the United States to take no notice of rep- resentations however obnoxious made by the press of foreign nations, or even of injurious utterances made by ministers or other agents of foreign powers in the ordinary transaction of their own affairs. The Government on the contrary has hitherto recognized as worthy of its observation only the language and the action of the executive organs of foreign states. For myself I confess I have not read the publication complained of:, and I am quite sure it has not arrested the attention of any other mem- ber of the administration, engrossed as we all necessarily are with urgent public duties and cares. However erroneous the facts or the inferences of the writer may be they nevertheless stand on his own individual authority, while the whole patriotic press of our country is free and is interested to refute them. The Government of the United States depends not upon the favor or good will of foreign writers or papers or even of foreign nations, but upon the just support of the Amer- ican people. Its credit and its fame seem to me now more than ever heretofore safe in their keeping. If it be assumed that the obnoxious paper may do harm here is it not a sufficient reply that probably not fifty copies of the London Times ever find their way to our shores ~ If it be said again that the obnox- ious communication has been widely published in the United States it seems to me a sufficient rejoinder that the censure of a magnanimous Government in that case ought to fall on those of its own citizens who have reproduced the libel rather than on the foreigner who wrote it exclusively for remote publication. Finally, interference with the press even in the case of an existing insnrrection can be justified only on the ground of public danger. I do not see any such danger in the present case. Even if one foreigner does pervert our hospitality to shelter himself in writing injurious publications against us for a foreign press a hundred other foreigners, as intelligent, as virtuous, as respectable as he is, are daily enrolling themselves in the Army of the United States to defend and maintain the Union as the chief hope of humanity in all countries and for all ages. Could there be a better illustration of that great fundamental truth of our system, that error of opinion may safely be tolerated when reason is left free to combat it ~ WILLIAM H. SEWARD. PROCLAMATION. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Saturday, September 21, 1861. KENTUCKIANS: Called by the legislature of this my native State II hereby assume command of this department. I come to enforce not to make laws, and God willing to protect your property and your lives. The enemies o Page 75 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 75 the country have dared to invade our soil. Kentucky is in danger. She has vainly striven to keep peace with her neighbors. Our State is now invaded by those who professed to be her friends, but who now seek to conquer her. No true son of Kentucky can longer hesitate as to his duty to his State and country. The invaders must and God willing will be expelled. The leader of the hostile forces who now approaches is, I regret to say, a Kentuckian, making war on Kentucky and Kentuckians. Let all past differences of opinion be overlooked.. Every one who now ral- lies to the support of our Union and our State is a friend. Rally then, my countrymen, around the flag our fathers loved and which has shielded us so long. I call you to arms for self-defense and for the protection of all that is dear to freemen. Let us trust in God and do our duty as did our fathers. ROBERT ANDERSON, Brigadier-General, E. S. Army. SHARPS RIFLE MANUFACTURIW COMPANY, Hartford, September 22, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I have received information from my son, J. C. Palmer, jr., who was a passenger on the Africa on her last trip to Liverpool, that General Sinclair, Ex-Minister Williams (to Turkey) and four other secessionists, all of whom ran the blockade at Charleston and reached Halifax via Nassau, New Providence, were among the passengers on board the Africa. He states that their repre- sentations seemed to secure the sympathy and engage the attention of most of the passengers, who were foreigners, and that emboldened by the omen of listening ears and convinced hearers they openly avowed the object of their mission to be the purchase of ordnance and materials of war for the Confederate Army. I feel it a pleasure as well as a duty to give you the facts. If anything further of this nature comes to hand I will inform you. Your obedient servant, JOHN C. PALMER, President. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 23, 1861. JOHN S. KEYES, Esq., U. S. Marshal, Boston, A/lass.: You can employ two detectives at $150 a mouth for two months. Consult with the governor and take effective measures to break up the business of making and sending shoes for the rebel army or other articles for like purposes. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT OF METROPOLITAN POLICE, New York, September 23, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I am confidentially informed that there is a lack of oversight kept on the prisoners confined at Fort Lafayette. Information has been received by the inmates there in advance of that received by the publi Page 76 76 PRISONERS OP WAR, ETC. here by several days of the intended transfer of the U. S. prisoners from Richmond to Castle Piuckney. It is not certain as to the medium of such correspondence, but a change of custodian might work a remedy. I do not intend to be understood as alluding to Colonel Burke. I believe him to be as strict as it is possible for a man to be and exer- cise any~of the kindness that a humane man is prompted to do. But the lieutenant in charge of the fort has his family with him, and women are famous for sympathizing with those they regard oppressed in any way, and it may be that the ladies of his family (not the officer himself) furnish such aid as to make communication free between the inmates and their friends. Without making any direct charge against any person I would suggest that an officer without family be substituted for Lieutenant Wood as custodian of the prisoners. There has been a want of care manifested at the time of discharging prisoners. They are allowed to go out unsearched; and although their signature to their oath has not had time to dry they do not in any case hesitate to violate the spirit of it by bearing out communications from the inmates of any character that may be delivered to them. A copy of the inclosed letter* of Ellis B. Schuabel was thus taken out by young Harold whom I suggested should be discharged. The copy I send you was delivered to me by one who was requested to have it published in the New York Day Book and a Hartford paper of the same stripe. I received it with the understanding that I could use as it might appear best to me. Not knowing whether you had received from Schuabel the original I send the copy to you instead of to the press. Very truly, yours, JOHN A. KENNEDY, Superintendent. NEW YORK, September 23, 18G1. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, d~c. DEAR SIR: There is confined at Fort Lafayette Capt. Robert Tansill, now or late of the U. S. Marine Corps and a native of Virginia. He married a daughter of Major Bender, formerly of the Army and now residing at Washington, and another daughter is the wife of Mr. Charles B. Fisk, an engineer, who is the uncle of Mrs. Stoughton. It was owing to this connection that I became acquainted with Captain Tansill when he was in New York several years since on duty. I was this morning informed by a person recently discharged from imprisonment at the fort that he had been requested by the captain to see me and ask me to call upon him there saying that I was the only one known to him in this city to whom he felt at liberty so to apply. I have not otherwise heard from him and do not know in what way I can be of the least serv- ice to him. He has I believe been absent from his family for more than two years past upon a cruise and may have reason to suppose an interview with me may be useful to him and I therefore feel bound to make an effort to see him, and with that view take this liberty of requesting from you permission to go to the fort for that purpose. I ought perhaps to write to the Secretary of War on the subject, but as I am no doubt quite unknown to him and as your knowledge of me is at least sufficient to impress you with the certainty that I am incapable of abusing the privilege I seek I address you. * See case of Schuabel, po8t Page 77 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 77 With the assurance that I am exceedingly sorry to trouble you at this time and that my excuse for so doing is that I write from motives of humanity and in the discharge of a duty I owe to a person held in imprisonment, I remain with great respect, very truly, & c., E. W. STOIJG-HTON. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 24, 1861. Right Hon. Lord LYONS, & c. Mv LORD: In reply to the inquiries in your reminder of the 23d instant* I have to inform your lordship that General Dixs reply to my inquiries concerning Patrick Crohan and Dennis Kelly has not yet been received. I shall again call Genera] Dixs attention to the matter to-day. Meantime Consul Archibald will be permitted to visit Dennis Kelly. As to the case of the person named Walsh also mentioned in your lordships memorandum I can only say that the fact that he was a British subject could not have been known to the military police who were engaged in suppressing the insurrectionary proceedings in which he was engaged, and that even if it had been I cannot regard his com- plaint as entitled to consideration when his associations with insur- gents and their badges found on his person provoked the seventies with which he was visitedseventies no greater in his case than those with which the disloyal Americans with whom he had combined were treated and which neither in his nor in theirs were carried beyond the necessities of the occasion. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your lordship the assurance of my high consideration. WILLIAM II. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 24,1861. Col. G. LooMis, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, N Y. COLONEL: I have to request that you will give Edward M. Archibald, esq., Her Britannic Majestys consul at New York, permission to visit Dennis Kelly, a British subject now confined at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor. I am, colonel, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 24, 1861. Lieutenant-Colonel BURKE: You will see that no political communications of any kind from pris- oners are permitted to be carried out of the fort. Abuses of privileges of admission to the fort having been committed such privileges will be granted less frequently than heretofore by this Department. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 24, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police, New York. DEAR SIR: I think it would be well for you to give notice to Mr. Joseph Scoville (not as coming from this Department but on your own * Not found Page 78 78 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. authority) that a continuance in sending such letters as that which appeared in the London Standard would be likely to subject him to surveillance. Very truly, yours, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. BOSTON, September 24, 1861. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington. DEAR SIR: My information respecting Mr. Charles W. Adams is that he left Boston several months ago for Liverpool, England, where he had large business. He retained about ten days since by steamer arriving at New York. Two days after his arrival at his home in IRox- bury he was informed that orders were out for his arrest for political reasons, in consequence of which he left for Canada where he now is. As a resident of Texas for many years (some fifteen or twenty I am told) he has naturally acquired prejudices in favor of that State and her institutions,andlam informed has at the present time considerable property there. His home has been in the neighborhood of Boston for several years past. He married a lady from Bangor, Me., a few years ago. Previons to his departnre from Europe he purchased a large and valuable tract of land in the town of West Roxbury with the intention of building a house to be his future home, and to my knowledge the work has been in progress for months past during his absence in England and continued up to last Saturday, the 21st instant. In consequence of being obliged to leave his home his business has been thrown into con- fnsion; his notes are nuder protest, and the laborers upon his new place at West Roxbnry are nnpaid. My impression is that if Mr. Adams has exposed himself to suspicion it has been caused by hasty and indiscreet remarks. I do not believe him disloyal. On the contrary I believe he will at all times support the laws which protect him, his family and his property. I do not, how- ever, believe that he can take the oath of allegiance without jeopardiz- ing his property in Texas. All his movements show his intention of becoming a citizen of West Roxbury, and I have no doubt that should the order for his arrest be withdrawn he will return to his home and confine himself strictly to his private affairs which as I before stated are suffering by his absence. The fact of his absenting himself should not be brought against him, as he doubtless is apprehensive that he may be subjected to long imprisonment before he could have a hearing. I learn from Mrs. Adams that Mr. Adams is now at Montreal. I have some reason to think that bonds might be obtained from responsible parties here for his good conduct if on parole. Respectfully, your obedient servant, JONATHAN AMORY, Dispatch and Passport Agent. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 25, 1861. E. W. STOUGHTON, Esq., New York. SIR: Your letter of the 23d instant asking permission to visit Ilobert Tansill, a prisoner of war now confined at Fort Lafayette, has been received and as it has been fbund necessary to restrict such permissions I regret to say your request cannot with propriety be granted. Ther Page 79 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 79 15 110 objection, however, to Mr. Tansill communicating directly with the Government if he desires to do so. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA Baltimore, Md., September 25, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, AS1ecretary of State. SIR: I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 24th instant* in relation to Patrick Crohan and Dennis Kelly claimed as British subjects. On the 19th instant you wrote to me suggesting the pro- priety of discharging Dennis Kimball, a prisoner at Fort Columbus, presumed to be a British subject. As there was no prisoner of that nametherelknewthat Dennis Kelly was the person alludedto,and desired Colonel Loomis,the commanding officer at that post, to dis- charge him. I have no doubt it has been done. Patrick Crohan is a person of no consequence and it would be well to discharge him. He was arrested with some twenty others, some of whom were known to be on their way to Virginia to join the Confederate Army. Some of the party may have been going to the southern counties of this State in quest of employment, but it was difficult to separate the two classes from each other. There are a few others whom I may recommend hereafter for a discharge on taking the oath of allegiance. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, Capt. C. MCKEEVER, Cairo, September 26, 1861. Asst. Adjt. Gen., U. S. A., Western Dept., Saint Louis, life. SIR: For the information of the general commanding the Western Department I have to report that reconnaissances which I have directed for the last two days show the enemy to have abandoned their position near Hunters farm. * * * Yesterday a party of cavalry from Columbus came up to the neighborhood of Elliotts Mills and arrested a farmer there for the crime of loyalty to his country. To-day I directed in retaliation the arrest of two noted secessionists who were informed that they would be released on the safe return of the Union man sent to Columbus. The party making the arrest went into Blaudville and brought from there also a Mr. Blake, who is charged with recruiting a company for the Southern Army. lie will be sent to Saint Louis for trial. Respectfully, your obedient servant, U. S. GRANT, Brigadier- (ieneral, Commanding. GEORGETOWN, D. C., September 27, 1861. His Excellency ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the Uftited States of America. SIR: I beg to trespass upon your attention in behalf of lily friend James A. Donnelly, a young man of irreproachable character who was Not found Page 80 80 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. arrested on the 22d of August last and who is yet in confinement at the corner of Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue in Washington by order of the provost-marshal of the District of Columbia. At the suggestion of Col. T. M. Key (aide, & c., of General McClellan) who states that Mr. Donnellys release* is dependent upon the decision of a higher authority than his own, I address you in this connection. I had the honor to file with General Porter (provost-marshal) numer- ous letters from the leading men of this town in relation to the uni- form high character of Mr. Donnelly, and which although hurriedly gathered I beg Your Excellency will possess yourself of and allow them due weight in the examination of this case. Mr. Donnellys offense (if any) is one that can only be by inference and implication gathered from his own words, there having been no witness against him who could or did implicate him. He freely disclosed to Colonel Key (to whom it seems belongs this class of cases) the following state of facts which I submit to Your Excellency presents no offense meriting the severe punishment he is now undergoing, to wit: That on the 5th of July last he went to Richmond, Ya., upon purely private business to receive the semi-annual interest payable the 1st July upon Yirginia bonds owned by his sister now in Europe. This money could be obtained in no other manner or in any other place. That when he had completed this business he endeavored to return but was prevented from so doing by force, a pass in military parlance being demanded. He could obtain no pass in Richmond and was forced to repair to Manas- sas Junction to enlist the influence of Doctor Boyle (a former resi- dent of Washington and acquaintance) in procuring the pass required. That he found Doctor Boyle, a major of the forces and provost-marshal at Manassas, and he after hearing Mr. Donnellys statement and desire to return to his home in Georgetown furnished hint with a pass which enabled him to leave the Confederate lines and return here where he arrived on the 15th of August, exactly one week before his arrest. To procure this pass which was obtained only after great difficulty and delay Mr. Donnelly was obliged to pledge his honor to disclose naught concerning the situation, numbers, & c., of the forces in Virginia, which promise he considers himself bound religiously to adhere to. Saving this rigid adherence to secrecy, which no honorable man could object to, he has done nothing directly or indirectly agailist the United States. I should be slow to believe that the Government contemplated by con- tinuing his confinement the coercion of an individual into a breach of faith and honor, although if no more is alleged against Mr. Donnelly such a conclusion would follow logically and almost irresistibly. Mr. Donnelly upon his examination by Colonel Key voluntarily pro- posed to make oath that he had not assisted what is called the Confed- erate forces in any manner either directly or indirectly, and further that he would not do so at any time but in all respects would demean him- self as a law-abiding citizen of the United States. He expected and intended to remain here and pursue his honest and usual calling. He gave his immediate attention to his business and not five minutes previous to his arrest had purchased a cargo of wood from a vessel then at his wharf. He is in the wood and coal business. With all deference it appears to me that the proposed oath and the above facts are sufficient to entitle Mr. Donnelly to his release. Mr. Donnelly has a widowed mother and two sisters (one of them unmarried) and he is the ~ See order for Dornellys release PP. 238, 245 Page 81 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 81 only male member of the family to whom this mother and unmarried sister may or can look for protection and a sheltering arm. These are all the facts in the case which I desired to bring to your attexition and they are submitted to Your Excellency as presenting no case demanding the further continuance of Mr. Donnellys imprison- ment. On the contrary it is believed to afford a suitable and desirable opportunity for the exercise of that Executive clemency for his release the improvement of which by Your Excellency I earnestly invoke in his behalf if after an examination of the case you should arrive at the same conclusion. May I request an answer to this communication. I have the honor to be Your Excellencys most obedient servant, F. W. JONES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 27, 1861. Right Hon. Lord LYONS, & c. Mv LORD: Adverting to my note of the 24th instant relative to the cases of Dennis Kelly and Patrick Crohan I have the honor to inform you that orders have this day been given to Colonel Loomis, command- ing at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, to discharge them. I have the honor to be~ with high consideration, your lordships obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 27, 1861. Colonel LOOMIS, U. S. Ar my, Commanding, & e., Fort Columbus. SIR: Let Dennis Kelly and Patrick Crohan be discharged from custody. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. CONFIDENTIAL.] COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Boston, September 27, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Mv DEAR SIR: I wish to urge you to direct that prisoners of war only, and no State prisoners be sent to Fort Warren or elsewhere in Massachusetts. I trust I shall be in Washington early next week and will give the reasons. In great haste, but faithfully and respectfully, your friend and servant, JOHN A. ANDREW. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMIIERLAND, Louisville, Ky., September 27, 1861. J. J. ANDERSON, Esq. SIR: Your letter asking for information with regard to the meaning of General Andersons proclamation is received. In reply I am authorized by the general to say that no one will be arrested for mere opinions sake. All peaceable citizens of whatever 6 R RSERIES II, VOL Page 82 82 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. opinion will be protected if they do not engage in giving aid in any manner to the enemies of our country. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, OLIVER D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 28, 1861. Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, Postmaster- General, Washington. SIR: I transmit herewith* information placed in my hands in refer- ence to the Plymouth Democrat, published at Plymouth, md., and I recommend that the circulation of that journal in the mails of the United States may be prohibited. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 28, 1861. SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, Esq., New York. SIR: I have directed Colonel Loomis, the officer in command at Fort Columbus, to permit you to make a single visit in the presence of an officer to the prisoner George Armistead Appleton. Fearing the prec- edent will lead to much inconvenience if not abuse I have reluctantly granted the permission requested. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, September 28, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Asst. Adjt. Gen., fldqrs. of the Army, Washington City. SIR: From a private letter received yesterday by a near relative of mine in New York I suspect some new intrigues of the friends of the State prisoners are going on. The old game of the county[ ~?] will be tried to be started but I shall be circumspect and wary. I think it would have a bad effect to change the commanding officer or to make any alteration at Fort Lafayette. Mr. Sewards and the General-in- Chiefs orders to the letter and spirit can be carried out without any change. I consider Mr. Wood as regards Lafayette an institution, and I desire that the high authorities at Washington would let him have his wife there. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE Lieutenant. Colonel, Commanding. FORT HAMILTON, September 29, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters of the Army. SIR: I have heard unofficially, verbally and perhaps incorrectly that a very wealthy man recently relea~-ed from Fort Lafayette has been Not found Page 83 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 83 using his influence to have Lieutenant Wood removed from the com- mand of that post. The high esteem in which I hold Lieutenant Wood as an officer is well known at the Department as well of War as of State and Navy, but at the same time I as a servant of the Government shall obey and respect any and every order emanating from my superiors. If Lieutenant Wood should be removed, the responsibility of the change will of course rest with the Department not upon me. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Comman mng. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 30, 1861. Lieut. Col. MARTIN BIYRKE, Fort Lafayette, N~ Y. SIR: Let the seamen confined in Fort Lafayette (not privateers) be released on taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States and enlisting in its service. Robert Murray, esq., the U. S. marshal, has been instructed to take charge of them and see that they report for duty at the navy-yard in Brooklyn. You will please deliver into the custody of the U. S. marshal the privateers in Fort Lafayette, to be transferred by him to the city prison for confinement, and report to this Department. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, Sentember 30, 1861. E. L. 0. ADAMS, Portland, life.: Look out for John E. Ward, late U. S. minister to China, who is pro- ceeding by way of Quebec and Portland to England as agent for the disunionists. Arrest and send him to Fort Lafayette. WILLIAM II. SEWARD. (Same to Jonathau Amory, U. S. dispatch agent, Boston, Mass.; Hiram Dunn, Rouses Point, N. Y.; ilollis White, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; W. II. Barse, Detroit, Mich -; John C. Miller, Chicago, Ill., and Joshua R. Giddings, Montreal, Canada.) DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 30, 1861. ALBERT G. DAVIS, Esq., Washington City. SIR: This Department having occasion for the services of a discreet and active man on the Northern frontiers to detect and arrest disloyal l)ersons, especially those who may be the agents of the insurrectionary States, you are hereby appointed for that purpose at a compensation of $100 a month for the next two months, of which you will receive here an advance of $100. You will be particularly on the watch for such persons who may pass into or from Canada on their way to or from Europe. In case any well-founded suspicion shall be entertained against any such person you will arrest him, secure his papers and give immediate notice by telegraph to this Department. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD Page 84 84 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., September 30, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: Several weeks ago a party of twenty-four persons were captured near North Point, at tlie mouth of the lower harbor, on their way to a sloop which was to take them to the lower part of Maryland. It was ascertained to our satisfaction that some of them intended to join the Confederate Army, and we snpposed that was the destination of all, but we were satisfied afterward that many of them were going to the lower counties in this State to get work. About the time they were captured orders were received from Lieutenant-General Scott to send our prisoners to New York, and twenty-two were accordingly sent there. Two have been released by your order, one of them (Dennis Kelly) having been claimed as a British subject. The whole transaction has been thoronghly investigated by the police, and it has resulted in the con- viction that twelve of them ought to be discharged on taking the oath of allegiance. They are all laborers or mechanics and of no social importance. It is believed that their first pnrpose was to find employ- ment in the lower part of this State; and even if there was a contin- gent design in case of failure of going to Virginia it is believed that they have been sufficiently punished. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General, Commanding. NEW YORK, September 30, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. M~ DEAR cTOVERNOR: I have received your official letter of the 28th instant in which you say that you have directed Colonel Loomis, the officer in command at Fort Columbus, to permit me to make a single visit in the presence of an officer to the prisoner George Armistead Appleton, and that fearing the precedent will lead to much annoyance if not abuse you have reluctantly granted the permission. I certainly will do nothing to annoy you, and I therefore hasten to remove your fears by saying that I shall not avail myself of the permission which you have so kindly granted. At the same time I ought to say that I should not have asked the permission from Mr. Cameron if I had not been told by Mr. Weed that he had been allowed to visit the prisoners in Fort Lafayette. I supposed that that precedent warrallted my application.. Thanking you for your kindness and apologizing for the trouble I have given you, I am, as ever, very faithfully, yours, SAML. BLATCHFOI~D. HEADQUARTERS OF TILE ARMY, Washington, September 30, 1861. Lieut. Col. M. BURKE, Commanding Fort Hamilton, N. Y. SIR: The General-in-Chief directs me to saythat he has been informed obstacles have been thrown in the way of Mrs. Gelstons sending pro- visions, & c., to the prisoners in Fort Lafayette. The general wishes you to permit proper articles to be sent in such mode as you may indi- cate, and to see that all respect is shown to the benevolent lady in question Page 85 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 85 The general does not assent to your proposition in regard to the family of Lieutenant Wood. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. P. TOWNSEND, _____ Assistant Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 2, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal: (For Colonel Loomis, Fort Columbus, N. Y.) Release on taking oath of allegiance William F. McKewen, Benjamin F. McCawley, John Williams, Patrick Crohan, James Campbell, Alexan- der Conner, Frederick Tollenback, Patrick Conway, Samuel David- son, George Gosswell, Philip Cassidy, George Summers. F. W. SEWARD, ______ Assistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 3, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. Dix, Fort ]llicffenry, Baltimore. GENERAL: I inclose a letter* of the 28th ultirno and its accompani- nients addressed to Mr. Cameron by J. Hopkins Tarr, from Denton, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, relative to Judge R. B. Carmichael, of that qnarter. It seems to me that that functionary should be arrested even in his court if need be and sent to Fort Lafayette. You may proceed accordingly. I am, general, your very obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 3, 1861. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Lafayette, N. Y. SIR: Permit the Hon. William H. Ludlow to visit any of the prison- ers confined at Fort Lafayette at such times as he may desire to do so. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 3, 1861. JOhN E. WARD, Esq., Care of Messrs. Barring Brothers & Co., London. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated Quebec, 27th ultimo,* and now take pleasure in transmitting to you the pass- port in accordance with your request. Owing to the representations of persons who it appears accompanied you from the South, it was deemed proper, with a due regard for the public safety, to obstruct you in the progress of your journey; but circumstances have since transpired which call for the removal of such restrictions, and the accompanying passport is therefore forwarded to you. If you deem it proper to destroy this communication you are at liberty to do so. I am, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 3, 1861. E. L. 0. ADAMS, Portland, life.: Do not arrest John E. Ward. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Not found Page 86 86 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. (Copies of the above also sent to Jonathan Amory, U. S. dispatch agent, Boston, Mass.; Hiram Dunn, Rouses Point, N. Y.; louis White, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; W. H. Barse, Detroit, Mich.; John C. Miller, Chicago, Ill., and Joshna IR. Giddings, Montreal, Canada.) NEW YORK, Qtober 3, 1861. W. H. SEWARD: The prisoners in Fort Columbus ordered discharged by your telegram have no money to return to Baltimore. Shall I purchase tickets, or will you send passes ~ Answer. ROBERT MURRAY, U. S. Marshal. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 4, 18G1. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. SIR: Application having been made to this Department for inter- course with persons on board the schooner Henry Middleton under- stood to have been captured off Charleston I will thank you for such information as may be in the Navy Department in regard to the cir- cumstances attending the capture in order that the propriety of grant- ing the application may be determined. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 4, 1861. MOSES H. GRINNELL, Esq., New York. SIR: Your letter* of the 3d instant has been received. It is deemed incompatible with the public interests to grant passes to visit the insurrectionary States, and no exception can with propriety be made in favor of the sister of the wife of an officer of distinction in the Southern army.~~ I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 4, 1861. HIRAM WALWORTH, Esq., Ptattsbmrg, N. Y. SIR: This Department desires to employ you as a confidential agent for the purpose of enabling the Government to prevent disloyal per- sons, especially those in the service of the insurgents, from passing through Plattsburg. For this purpose if you should obtain informa- tion on which you. may rely that any person is likely to pass that way you will be on the lookout for him, have him arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette, N. Y. Your compensation will be at the rate of $50 a month. You will also be allowed any reasonable expenses which you may incur in the discharge of your duties. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. Not found Page 87 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 87 PHILADELPHIA, October 4, 1861. Hon. THoMAS A. SCOTT, Assistant Secretary of War: The following paragraph appears nilder the Washington correspond- ence in the North American and Ledger of this date: Certain charges having been preferred [against] the Adams Express Company in the matter of carrying letters, & c., to and from the South it [is] reported to-day that these charges will be brought before the courts, when the accused will have an oppor- tunity of proving their falsity or correctness. It is understood that some other matters are also on the list against this firm which will come up at the same time. The company as a general thing stands in high favor here, and it is the impression that the suit will not damage them very materially. I propose to make some one responsible for the statements of this character, and will thank you to inform me whether the above is justi- fied by any actions of your Department, or by any facts within your knowledge. Respectfully, E. S. SANFORD, General Superintendent Adams Express Company. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, October 5, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Sin: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant and to transmit herewith a copy of Commander S. P. Lees report dated August 21, 1861, of the capture of the schooner Henry Middleton. I am, respectfnlly, your obedient servant, GIDEON WELLES. [Inclosure.l U. S. S. YANDALIA, Off Charleston, August 21, 1861. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, .D. C. SIR: I transmit according to law the inclosed list of the officers and crew of this ship being a complete list of all those who were captured and of all who were in sight at the time of the capture of the schooner Henry Middleton of 103 tons, built in Charleston, S. C., owned in Charleston and cleared from Charleston for Liverpool with a cargo of 496 casks of spirits of turpentine and 65 barrels of rosin. The Henry Middleton was discovered at daylight this morning run- ning the blockade off Charleston and was captured by the Yandalia at 1 p. m. to-day in latitude 310 58 N., longitude 790 15 W., after a chase of eight hours and about fifty miles in a southeast direction from Charleston Bar. It appears that the Henry Middleton was intended hereafter to take out privateer papers. She was captured with the secession flag flying at her peak and had a full set of papers from the Confederate States of America. The Henry Middleton is ordered into and I recommend that she should be fitted as a temporary light-boat for the use of the squad- ron off Charleston. Respectfully, yours, S. PHILLIPS LEE, Commander Page 88 88 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. NEW YORK, October 5, 1861. Hon. W. H. SEWARD: The elevei prisoners discharged from Fort Columbus are entirely destitute. Shall I furnish them with means to get to Baltimore~ R. MURRAY, U. S. ]Jfarshal. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 5, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, U. S. Marshal, New York: Furnish the prisoners referred to in your telegram with means to reach Baltimore. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, October 5, 1861. BENJAMIN P. LOYALL, Late Lieutenant, U. S. Navy, New York. SIR: Having refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States your name has by direction of the President been stricken from the rolls of the U. S. Navy. I am, respectfully, GIDEON WELLES. U. S. MILITARY PRISON, THIRTEENTH STREET, Washington, D. 0., October 5, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: About five weeks ago Ward H. Lamon, marshal for the District of Columbia, accompanied by a squad of cavalry in the service of the United States, arrested me at my residence in Hagerstown, Md., and brought me immediately to this place where I have ever since been kept in close confinement. I have no official information of the cause of my arrest and detention here, but from what Marshal Lamon has said to friends of mine who have conversed with him on the subject I am led to believe it is owing to the course of a newspaper published under the title of the Hagerstown Mail. If I have permitted anything to appear in that paper inconsistent with my rights and duties as an American citizen I have done it under a mistaken conception of those rights and duties and not from a dJiberate purpose to do wrong. If the tone of the paper has been disloyd I am willing to change it, as I have no wish to do anything inconi4ent with my obligations to the Government of my country. I ackn. ledge that I owe allegiance to the Government of the United States a~ established by the Constitution and laws thereof?, and this allebiance I am now satisfied is paramount to any allegiance I may owe to any State government. I recognize in His Excellency Abraham Lincoln the lawfully elected President of the United States, and I will not knowingly do any act calculated to deprive him of his just powers and authority as such. I ardently desire the perpetuation of the union of these States, and deeply regret that the disaffected portion of my countrymen did not seek redress for their alleged grievances in the manner prescribed by the Constitution. Born and reared in Pennsylvania, married in Virginia, and domiciled in Maryland where all my children have been born, all the tender feeling Page 89 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 89 that cluster around my heart constrain me to hope that neither Mason and Dixons line nor the Potomac River shall ever mark the boundary of my country. I beg leave further to represent that I have pecnniary obligations which can only be met by the proceeds of my labor; that my pecuniary affairs are suffering from my absence from home, and that should my detention here be of long duration I shall be ruined in a pecuniary sense, and my creditors will be injured and my wife and two little chil- dren deprived of the comforts they have been accustomed to. I would also beg leave to state that my father, now about 82 years of age, and who served his country in the war of 1812, is affected with asthma and heart disease, and I am informed that his bodily infirmities have been greatly aggravated by mental anxiety on my account. I am informed on the authority of his physician that any one of his frequent attacks may prove fatal. I beg leave to add that I myself am suffering in health. Accustomed to an active life and to much exercise in the open air my close confinement operates injuriously upon me. I have been afflicted with boils for several weeks past, and at this time have a dreadfully sore hand and arm from that cause. In conclusion I beg leavp to express the hope that you will direct my immediate release. I have seen a copy of the oath administered to Mr. Gordon, of Maryland, who was formerly confined in the same room with me, and I am perfectly willing to take and subscribe the same and faithfully abide by it. Respectfully, yours, & c., DANIEL DECKART. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of October, 1861. JNO. H. JOHNSON, Justice of the Peace. U. S. MARSHALS OFFicE, New York, October 5, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: * * * I have also transferred the privateers taken from on board the Dixie and York to the city prison. But the sailors confined at Fort Lafayette for running the blockade have refused to enlist in the U. S. service, and therefore are still confined. The twelve prisoners sent from Baltimore to Fort Columbus have also been discharged upon their taking the oath of allegiance. Yours, respectfully, ROBERT MURRAY, U. S. Marshal. HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH BRIGADE, General W. B. FRANKLIN, Alexandria, Va., October 5, 1861. Gommanding Troops in Front of Alexandria. GENERAL: Several Union men have recently been arrested by the enemy in the vicinity of Accotink. On Saturday last three worthy and inoffensive men were taken from their houses solely on account of their sympathy with the Govcrnment. I have to-day caused the arrest of two open and avowed secessionists residing in the same neighborhood Page 90 90 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. I am confident that the retention of these men as prisoners for a few days will have a wholesome effect, and will tend to restore quiet in the vicinity of Accotink by convincing the enemy that the practice of cap- turing nnarmed men is one which can be followed by both sides. Mr. Nevitt (one of the men arrested) frankly admits that he is a secessionist; that he has sufficient influence with the enemy to secure the discharge of parties arrested by them; that he has been to Fairfax and secured the release of some of his Union friends. All this he freely admits. There is no doubt about his position. Mr. Lee occupies the same position. He admits that he is opposed to the Government; that his house is often visited by the enemy, and that some of his family are in the army. I think the position of both is sufficiently defined by themselves to justify the Government in retaining them as hostages for the good treatment of their neighbors and our friends who are now in the hands of the enemy. I have therefore placed them in the charge of the provost-marshal at Alexandria to be held until further orders. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, II. W. SLOCUM, Brigadier- General of Volunteers. [Tndorsement.] Respectfully forwarded to the commanding general for his informa- tion. I recommend that these two men be sent to Washington for imprison- ment until further orders. I have no doubt that through information given by them arrests of Union men in the vicinity of Acotink have been made. W. B. FRANKLIN, Brigadier- General, Commanding Division. WASHINGTON, October 6, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, & c. Sin: I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a dispatch* from Her Majestys consul at Boston, as well as a copy of a letter and an attested copy of an affidavit which accompanied it. I beg to recommend to favorable consideration the request to which they refer that the master of the British schooner Revere, who is sup- posed to be detained at Fortress Monroe, may appear at Boston as a witness for the defense of the vessel before the prize court at that city. I desire also to direct your attention to the unusual manner in which the master and crew of the Revere appears to have been treated, and especially to the fact of. two of the crew having been kept (as it would seem very unnecessarily) in irons. I request you to be so good as to return the attested copy of the affidavit to me. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant, LYONS. * Not found Page 91 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 91 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington City, October 7, iSGi. SECRETARY OF STATE. SIR: I was informed by the President of the United States some days since that he had referred to you the application of Mr. Isaac Miller, an employ~ of the Government at the arsenal in this city, against whom charges of disloyalty had been preferred and ~evidence taken before the committee, for restoration of his former place from which he had been removed on the report to the evidence in his case to the Secretary of War, with a request that he should be reinstated if on hearing his statement you should be satisfied that he was loyal. The evidence before the committee disclose the facts that Mr. Miller had for more than forty years been the recipient of the bounty of the Government; that his only son is now in the rebel army in open arms against the Government; that his wife and daughter now living in this city are open and bold in their declarations of hostility to the Govern- ment, and that Miller himself expressed his gratification at the attack made upon the Massachusetts troops in Baltimore. I desire to be informed if any part of this testimony was transmitted to you by the President, or was before you when you examined the matter; and also if Mr. Miller has been restored to his former position by virtue of the instructions sent you by the President ~ Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. F. POTTER, Chairman ~f Committee of Investigation. NEW YORK, October 7, 1861. Hon. S. CAMERON: One hundred and thirty-four prisoners in Fort Lafayette. All full. MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant-Colonel, U. k. Arms. GENERAL ORDERS, ( HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE CUMEERLAND, No. 5. Louisville, Ky., October 7, 1861. The commanding general learns with deep regret that arrests are being made in some parts of the State upon the slightest and most trivial grounds. He desires the civil authorities and orders the mili- tary not to make any arrests except where the parties are attempting to join the rebels or are engaged in giving aid or information to them, and in all cases the evidence must be such as will convict them before a court of justice. In some cases it is understood that the home guards have gone into adjoining counties and arrested and carried off parties who have been quietly remaining at home under the expecta- tion that they would not be interfered with, provided that they did nothing in violation of the spirit of the proclamation bearing date of September 24, issued from these headquarters. Some instances are mentioned of persons having been arrested and taken out of the State. This is all contrary to what the commanding general has declared to be his wish, and he trusts it will not be repeated. It is believed that many of those who at one time sympathized with rebellion are desirous of returning to their allegiance and wish t Page 92 92 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. remain quietly at home attending to their business. A conciliatory, fair course pursued toward such persons will join them to our cause; the reverse may force them into the ranks of our enemies. The commanding general entreats and urges his fellow-citizens to discountenance and endeavor to put a stop to these ill-timed and nnlawfal arrests, and to aid him in keeping peace among ourselves. By command of Brigadier.General Anderson: OLIVER D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant- General. FORT HAMILTON, N. V., October 7, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General, Headquarters Army, Washington. SIR: * * * The General-in-Chief is hereby informed that the Sec- retary of the Navy has this day sent here twenty prisoners, which swells the nnmber now confined at Fort Lafayette to 133. The General- in-Chief is well aware from reports sent from these headquarters of the capacity of Fort Lafayette. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. FORT HAMILTON, N. V., October 7, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General, Headquarters Army. SIR: I have received the following prisoners by order of the honor- able Secretary of the Navy: OfficersG. A. Shackleford, G. W. Barnard, G. 0. Van Amringe. MenJohn Johnson, Edward 0Neil, Elijah Simmons, Edward Heinrichs, George Parker, James B. iloggard, William F. Capehart, Erick Brundeen, William Brown, Perry White, Carthwright Thompson, J. A. Douglass, John Murphy, Isaac Swindle, Edward Baum, Sterling F. Newton, Robert S. Grissons. I have also received Capt. Michael Berry,* by or4er of the Secretary of State. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Third Artillery. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 8, 1861. EDWIN C. PETERS, Suspension Bridge, N. Y. SIR: You are hereby appointed an assistant of ilollis White, esq., for the arrest and detention of persons in the service of the insurgents in this country and of notorious disloyalty. Your particular instruc- tions you will receive from Mr. White himself. Your compensation will be at the rate of $50 a month. 11 am, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. * See case of Berry, p. 933 Page 93 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 93 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 8, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal, New York. SIR: As the prison seems to be crowded you will release the sailors (not privateers) on taking the oath of allegiance, if they desire it. If not exercise your discretion whether to do so without. I am, very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. OFFICE OF THE U. S. ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF ~EW JERSEY, Newark, October 8, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I have to-day seized 107 patented machines for sharpening cot- ton gins, Burdens patent, said to be almost indispensable at the South. They were made by James T. Cochrane, of this city, and were just packed and ready to be sent away. I learn that he has been sending them West during the summer to be smuggled to Tennessee. A man named Wormell came here from the South in May to superintend the work and has been here ever since. Knowing that Cochrane had made these machines I cautioned him in May against sending any South. He promised not to do so but the proof is clear that he has. Is it best to take any proceedings against them ~ Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. Q. KEASBEY, U. S. Attorney. STAMFORD, CONN., October 8, 1861. F. W. SEWARD, Esq., Assistant Secretary of State, Washington. MY DEAR SIR: I think it my duty to inform you that in an accidental interview with a gentleman of my acquaintance, a resident of Cuba, I was informed that Mr. C. J. Helm, our former consul-general to Havana, was making preparations to return to Havana as an agent for the Con- federate Government. His intimate connection with Mr. Breckinridge, and close friendship with G. W. Smith, now a major-general in the rebel army, added to his own well-known proclivities render such a thing highly probable, and as he might do us some hurt in Cuba from his former position there I respectfully suggest the propriety of preventing his departure from the country in any of the Havana steamers. Very respectfully, It. W. SHUFELDT. NAVY DEPARTMENT, October 9, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a letter this day sent to Flag Officer L. M. Goldsborough, commanding North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, with regard to flags of truce between Fort Monroe and Norfolk, Va. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GIDEON WELLES Page 94 94 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. [Inclosure. NAVY DEPARTMENT, October 9, 1861. Flag Officer L. M. GOLDSBOROUQTH, (Iomm~anding North Atlantic Blockading Sqnadron. SIR: In consequence of the detriment to the public interests arising from the frequency of flags of truce passing between Fort Monroe and Norfolk it is hereby directed that hereafter all correspondence is to be confined to the prisoners at New York and other places, no one of whom is to be allowed to write oftener than once a month, and then the letter must not exceed six lines. All letters are to be open and to undergo the usual inspection. No flag of truce is hereafter to convey any per- son from Fort Monroe except by the special authority of the proper department at Washington. I am, respectfully, yonr obedient servant, GIDEON WELLES. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, Wednesday, October 9, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State oJ the United States. SIR: Pursuant to your dispatch of the 8th to Marshal Murray the following prisoners have been discharged and I herewith inclose their oaths of allegiance: Thomas Kelly, Charles Williams, Stephen Bennett, James B. iloggard, William F. Capehart, Carthwright Thompson, John Murphy, Perry White and Isaac Swindle. In consultation with Marshal Murray I have discharged the following foreigners: Edward lleinrichs, Erick Brundeen, John Johnson, George Parker, William Brown. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lientenant- Colonel, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., October 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. HENRY H. LOCKWOOD, Commanding at Cambridge, ]kld. GENERAL: All the disunion companies in Queen Annes County should be disarmed. I much prefer that you should do the work with your Delaware troops. Arms and prisoners should be sent here. I am trying to get a steamer to put at your disposal. If I do not succeed I must send you our tug at Annapolis. We can spare her two or three days in a week. If you can get any legitimate authority, executive or military, in Delaware to direct the disbandment or disarming of companies in that State it should be done. In that case I think the arms had better be deposited at Fort Delaware. I have been urging the Government for two months to send a force into Accomac and Northampton Counties, Va., and break up the rebel camps there. General McClellan encour- aged me to believe that it would be done and I trust it will not be delayed much longer. I am, general, very respectfully, yours, JOHN A. DIX, Major- general, Commanding Page 95 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 95 CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS AND CINCINNATI li. R. COMPANY, Cleveland, Ohio, October 9, 1861. A. C-. LAWRENCE, Esq. DEAR SIR: Yours of September 15 came to hand just as I was leav- ing home. I placed it under a pile of letters lying on my desk for future examination that it might be out of sight, and having been absent much of the time since it entirely slipped my miiid until yesterday; in over- hauling my unanswered letters I discovered it. This is my. excuse for not replying at an earlier date. In regard to the conversation of Mr. Henry Garrett, of Baltimore, to which I was an unwilling and exasper- ated listener, it was not as relating to what he had done or intended to do but was of a bombastic and boasting character; of the high tone and ability of the rebel officers and men; of the great deeds they had done and were to do; of the large number, wealth and character of the men Baltimore had furnished the Southern army; that they would soon have President Lincoln and his Cabinet, and much more of the same sort that I cannot now recollect. I looked upon it as the gossiping, of a weak-headed maii. That he would be an active traitor to the Govern- ment had he the ability I have but little doubt, but unless I much mis- judge him he has not capacity to benefit the enemies or injure the friends of the Government. I hardly think if bagged he would be worth the ammunition used to bring him down. Hoping that all the enemies of the country may be speedily subju- gated, 1 am, truly, yours, L. N. HUBBY. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, October 10, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th instant and inclosures relative to the captain and crew of the schooner Revere recently captured by the U. S. S. Cambridge. The Department has directed in accordance with your suggestion the release of the captain of the Revere if in custody at Fortress Monroe, and has written for an explanation~ of the harsh treatment alleged to have been inflicted upon certain of the crew of the Revere. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, GIDEON WELLES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 10, 1861. Lieut. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Port Lafayette, N. lIT. SIR: Will you have the kindness to furnish this Department at your earliest convenience -with a list of the prisoners now in your custody at Forts Lafayette and Columbus, New York Harbor, and by whose authority they were committed, together with the date of their recep- tion by youl I am. sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. (Same to General John A. Dix, Fort McHenry, and General John E. Wool, Fort Monroe.) See Welles to Seward, November 23, with its inclosures, p. 158 Page 96 96 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, New York, October 10, 1861. lion. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington. SIR: In compliance with the instructions in your telegram of yester- day I immediately proceeded to Fort Lafayette and administered the oath of allegiance to William F. Capehart, John Murphy, Perry White, Isaac Swindle, Carthwright Thompson, James B. iloggard, Stephen Ben- nett, Charles Williams and Thomas Kelly, who were immediately dis- charged. Edward lleinrichs, a Prussian; Erick Brundeen, John John- son, William Brown, Swedes, and George Parker, an Englishman, being foreigners and the first four entirely ignorant of our language I dis- charged without administering the oath of allegian& e, and was obliged from their utter stare of destitution to famish them with sufficient funds to reach the city. * * * Very respectfully, yonrs, ROBERT MURRAY, U. S. Marshal. FORT HAMILTON, N. Y, October 10, 1861. CoL E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- ()~eneral, Headquarters Army. SIR: Inclosed please find statements of deserters from the enemy, sent here by Colonel Brown, commanding Fort Pickens. I have this day ordered their release by authority of yours of 7th instant. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel Third Artillery. ~Inc1osure.] Almond Rice, Angelica, N. Y., was a steam-boat man on the Missis- sippi; could not get away from New Orleans; was obliged to enlist in the rebel army, go to prison or starve; belonged to the so-called rebel Marine Corps; was sent to the Warrington Navy-Yard about the 1st of May; was part of the time in the navy-yard and part of the time on board the privateer Judith. When he first went to Pensacola Har- bor thinks there were about 10,000 troops there. That number was after[ward] reduced to about 6,000, and they had about that many when he left. Thinks there were about four or seven guns left in Fort Macon - the rest were sent to Pensacola. There were four guns (42s and 32s) between the navy-yard and the bayou bridge toward Pensa- cola. Most of the machinery had been removed from the navy-yard, bnt the rebels were still casting shot and shell at the foundry. Had been a sailor on board of the sloop of war Albany; paid off in 1849 or 1850. There were three companies of marines (250), nearly all North- ern men, and a Louisiana infantry regiment about 900 strong in the navy-yard; will go home when released if he can get there. John Matthews, Madison, Ind., says he was a) steam-boat man; joined the rebel forces at New Orleans; was out of money and could not get away; was put in the parish prison and kept there twenty days; was afterward impressed in rebel service; was sent to the Warrington navy-yard on the 21st of April; was attached to the marines and quartered in the navy-yard. The greater part of the marines ar Page 97 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 97 Northern men, and would take the first opportunity to get away; were very much dissatisfied. Thinks there were about 7,000 men under arms on the rebel side; will go home when released; does not know much about the strength or location of the batteries on the rebel side; was pretty constantly in the guard-boat. Samuel Benham, Buffalo, N. Y., says he had been a man-of-wars man on board of tlie Savannah; was paid off about a year ago; was iml)ressed in the rebel service at New Orleans; was attached to the Marine Corps and sent to Pensacola Harbor about the 1st of May, 1861. Was put on board schooner Judith and went out at night in the coast- guard boat. Thinks when he first went to Pensacola the rebels had about 15,000 men, but when he left thinks they had only 6,000 or 7,000; knows but little about the strength or location of the rebel batteries; will go home when released. Daniel ill. Smith, Allegheny, Pa., says he was a boatman on the Mississippi; was impressed in the rebel service, and was sent to the Warrington Navy-Yard with the marines about the 1st of May; was closely questioned by Colonel Brown at Fort Pickens, and his answers taken down in writing; gave Colonel Brown all the information he possessed. B. F. Lidy, Lancaster, Pa., says he was a steam-boat man; was im- pressed into the rebel service at New Orleans; was sent with the rebel marines to Warrington Navy-Yard about the 26th of April last. Says the marines are mostly either Northern men or foreign born, and thinks all but about fifty would leave if they could get a good chance. Gives same information as the others; says the Lovell battery, near the light-house, has 10, 8, and 6 inch guns (three guns), all covered in with earth on timbers about six feet thick; will go home when released. Ovid P. lleno, Beaver County, Pa., says he is a boatman; joined the rebel service at New Orleans; was impressed; was attached to the marines and sent to Warrington Navy-Yard. Gives same information as others. John Harmon, Allegheny County, Pa., says he was in New Orleans; could not get work; enlisted to keep from starving, intending to desert so soon as he had a chance to get home; belonged to the marines; was sent with them to Pensacola; says the batteries between the navy-yard and Pensacola were washed away; knows nothing about the other bat- teries. There are a good many Northern men in the rebel marines, all of whom will take the first opportunity to get home. Kelly and Booth absent. The above men were all examined by me, and the above seems to be all the information they possess. H. B. CLJTZ, Major Twelfth Infantry, Commanding. STATE OF NEW YORK, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Albany, October 10, 1861. Colonel LooMIs, U. S. Army, Commanding at Governors Island, New York City. COLONEL: I am directed by Governor Morgan to inquire if the politi- cal prisoners at Fort Lafayette are supplied with a chaplain. He has 7 R RSERIES II~ VOL I Page 98 98 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. been requested to recommend a Lutheran clergyman for the position but has declined to do so, presuming that there is already a chaplain at the post, and awaits your reply. I am, very truly, yours, & c., L. L. DOTY, Private A3ecretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 11, 1861. The Right Hon. Lord LYONS, & c. Mv Lonn: 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 6th instant relating to the captain and crew of the schooner Revere recently captured by the U. S. steamer Cambridge, and in reply to transmit herewith a copy of a letter* of yesterday from the Secretary of the Navy informing me that the release of the captain of the Revere, if in custody at Fortress Monroe, has been ordered and explanations required in regard to the crew. 1 avail myself of the occasion to offer to your lordship a renewed assurance of my high consideration, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 11, 1861. A. Q. KEASBEY, U. S. Attorney, Newark, N. J.: Arrest Cochraue and Wormell. Send them to Fort Lafayette. Libel their property. WILLIAM II. SEWARD. OFFICES OF BOWDOIN, LAROCQITES & BARLOW, New York, October 11, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, d~c. SiR: I have by mail to-day from Old Point a letter from the Hon- orable Alfred Ely dated at Richmond, September 20, urging me to apply to certain personal friends in Virginia iu his behalf and I have another similar letter from another prisoner in confinement there. While I fear it is out of my power to be of much service to these gentlemen I will exert any influence that I may have in their behalf on being informed that a correspondence strictly limited to this object is not objected to by my Government. I have the honor to be, sir, yours, very respectfully, SAMUEL L. M. BARLOW. DETROIT, October 11, 1861. Hon. F. W. SEWARD, Esq., Assistant Secretary of State, Washington, D. 0. DEAR Sin: * * * I sent Da Costa forward Wednesday, 9th Instant, evening train; he arrives at New York this a. m. A. G. Davis called here last Saturday and left Tuesday for Halifax. There should be a man at Toronto and Collingwood, Canada West. I must have help; it is taking up too much of my time. Respeetfally, your obedient servant, W. H. BARSE. Omitted liere; see p. 95 Page 99 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 99 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 12, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police, New York. SIR: From information which has reached this Department it is deemed probable that Mr. C. J. Helm, U. S. consul at Havana under the last administration, may soon embark for that place upon business not compatible with his loyalty as a citizen. This Department will not fur- nish him with a passport for that purpose, and I will thank you to do anything which you properly can toward preventing his proceeding thither. I am, sir, your obedient servant. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. CAMBRIDGE, October 12, 1861. Hon. W. H. SEWARD. DEAR SIR: I have thought since I had the honor to see you on Tues- day last the hurried interview did not allow me to make myself under- stood. The memoranda handed you was taken from a letter written by a lady at Richmond to a friend in Maryland advising as to the best mode of getting a letter to their friends South, as also those here who sympathize with the rebellion to receive communications from the South. The parties connected with the letter alluded to are highly respectable, and as I told you I got the information in such way as to forbid the use of names. My design was to put you in the way of trap- ping the French consul at Richmond and the chancellor at Washington by getting some one to write as a secessionist, send the letter as instructed and keep a lookout for the reply. There is foul play somewhere and a great deal of it. The loyal States and our Army and Navy are full of traitors; many of our officeholders are faithless to the Government, and unless things are closely looked after and the war carried forward with greater vigor we shall be whipped I fear. I have not been scared until recently; have never doubted the ability of the Government to sustain itself or the certainty of our success at last until recent events coming to my knowledge has forced a doubt. We still suffer in Maryland from the inefficiency of Major-General Wool. I have the honor to be, with great respect, obediently, THO. II. HICKS. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, October 12, 1861. IF. W. SEWARD, Esq., Assistant Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: In accordance with the request contained in your letter of the 10th instant I subjoin the names of the State prisoners confined in Fort Mdllenry. There are at present no prisoners of war at the Fort: Richard Thomas (alias Colonel Zarvona), confined July 8, 1861, by order of Major-General Banks. W. Wilkins Gleun,* confined September 15, 1861, by order of Major-General Dix. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, ]JiIiajor- General, Commanding. See post for cases of Zarvona and Glenn Page 100 100 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 14. 1861. Colonel LooMIs, Commanding Fort Columbus, New York Harbor. COLONEL: Herewith I transmit to you a communication received at this Department from E. Cornell, esq., of Ithaca, N. Y., in reference to a couple of prisoners confined at Fort Columbus. Will you please inquire into their cases and remit to me with this inclosure your opin- ion thereon l I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. (Inclosure.] ITHACA, [N. Y.,] October 11, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State of the United States. DEAR SIR: When the list of prisoners taken at Fort Hatteras was published in the New York papers I noticed the names of two of the three sons of a cousin of mine who settled many years ago at Wash- ington, N. C. They are John W. and Ezra E. Cornell. My correspond- ence with them upto the 22d of April, 1861, shows them to be good Union men who were forced against their will to take up arms against the Union. (I had received no letter from them since the above date.) I at once repaired to New York and laid a statement of the case before Colonel Loomis, with extracts from their correspondence, proving their loyalty of sentiment to the ,& c. The colonel took my statement and promised to lay it before the general. He also permitted me to see the prisoners and supply them with such articles of clothing as their situation demanded. This was on the 6th of September, since which I have heard nothing from Colonel Loomis or the general. It is my desire to secure their liberation from prison if not inconsistent with the public interest, and not knowing who is the proper officer to apply to for that object I take the liberty to address you on the subject, and trust you will do me the favor to place this in the hands of the proper officer if I have misjudged in troubling you with it. If the Government should requfre bond or any kind of a guarantee that if released they will not be found in arms against the Union I will furnish that to the satisfaction of the Government. The following extracts from the letters referred to will show you their views of the contest the rebels are now waging against the Government. In letter dated Washington, N. C., April 7, 1861 [they say]: Politics is something I have not made my study. Until very recently I have thought very little of it. I now see the object of the Southern politicians beaded by William L. Yancey. We have some few in our State; for instance, our governor. He is a strong disunionist. He with some others are trying to keelhaul this State out of the Union after the people going over 30,000 against secession. This State has been giving 12,000 majority for the Democratic ticket until the convention ques- tion came up, then we elected two to one Unioa candidates by a majority of over 30,000, and voted down the convention. The secessionists have called a meeting to try and get the State out of the Union, but they will not get her out that way, for we are going to call one to counterbalance theirs to meet at the same time they do, and when they present their resolutions for the governors signature ours will be offered at the same time so he dare not sign either. If he should sign the secession ordinance I think civil war will be inevitable, for the Union portion of our State will not submit to them. I still think all our troubles will be settled. Whether they are or not I am for the Union under any and all circumstances, for I cannot feel willing to give up my share of the Constitution and the Sear Spangled Banner Page 101 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 101 Again, in the last letter which I received from them (though they wrote others that did not reach me) they say: WASHINGTON, N. C., April 22, 1861. Your predictions concerning our State I am ashamed to confess have come to be realized, for the disunionists have or are about to plunge our good old State into this unholy war against our wishes and better judgment. It is hard for us to fight against the Star Spangled Banner, that which our fathers suffered, bled, died and won for our enjoyment. I say it is hard for me to fight for breaking down the best Govern- ment that ever existed and against our Federal rights, but it seems it must be so. We cannot be neutral and remain here, and I have not the means to get away with my mother and family. Again, in the same letter he closes by saying: I have not the heart to write more, for our whole community is all excitement. I have done all that I could to evade the fatal blow, but all to no purpose. I have got to put onthesecessionharness; it will chafe hard but I will kick it oft whenl can. I answered this letter immediately tendering them the means to bring the family on to New York, but they did not receive my letter. All letters between us were intercepted after the passage of theirs of the 22d of April. These men are mechanics, ship carpenters by trade, and if liberated contemplate seeking employment in this ~State and get their other brother, mother and sister (the balance of the family) away from Washuiigton, N. C., to New York the first opportunity that offers. If not inconsistent with the interest of the Government you will do me a great favor by procuring an order for the release of the said John W. and Ezra E. Cornell, now prisoners of war at Castle William, on Governors Island, N. V. Very respectfully, E. CORNELL. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 14, 1861. W. L. MARSHALL, Esq., Baltimore, ]117d. Sin: Your letter of yesterday has been received. In reply I have to inform you that General iDix is charged with the decision of questions relative to the expediency of allowing former residents of his military district to return thither from places within the lines of the insurgents. In regard to the domestics to whom you refer I have to state that since the permit to which you refer as having been granted by General Scott it has been determined to grant no others of a similar character. This decision I am sorry to say cannot be deviated from. I am, your very obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. FORT HAMILTON, N. Y., October 14, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Sin: In obedience to your request of the 10th instant I herewith have the honor to inclose a list of the prisoners now confined at Fort Lafayette. I have sent a copy of your letter to the commanding officer at Fort Columbus in order that he may complete the list by giving the names of those confined at that post. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding Page 102 102 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. [Inclosure.] lAst of prisoners now confined at Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, October 14, 1861. By whom confined. Date of re- Names. ception. Edward Seymour Ruggles R. H. Alvey John H. Cusick. John W. Davis William H. Gatchell Charles M. Hagelin Charles Howard SamuelH. Lyon James E. Humphrey ~or Murphy) Austin E. Smith John Williams, Jr Robert Mure Charles Kopperl Jerome R. Barber D. C. Lowber Samuel Eakins Robert Tansill T. S. Wilson H. B. Claiborne Hilary B. Cenas Ellis B. Schnabel Richard S. Freeman W. H. Ward James Chapin RobertElliot.. Edward B. Wilder Algernon S. Sullivan Charles Barkley Midshipman A. D. Wharton C. J. Faulkner Robert R. Walker John K. Millner Robert Drane Arthur Dawson Bethel Burton William H. Winder. E. C. Myalt Peter Reilly John F. Newton William St. George Benjamin F. Longley James A. MeMaster Moses Stannard Daniel Cory James M. Haig F. Wyatt William Gilebrist Cyrus F. Sargent W. E. Salmon J. H. Gordon C. J. Durant Andrew Kessler W. R. Miller Thomas J. Claggett Bernard Mills J. Lawrence Jones J. M. Brewer JohnJ. Heckart James W. Maxwell George W. Landing Philip F. Rasin E. G. Kilbourn ... Thomas H. Maddox C. S. Morehead R. T. Durrett M.W.Barr George W. Brown - S. Teackle Wallis Henry M. Warfield Charles H. Pitts T. Parkin Scott Lawrence Sangston J. Hanson Thomas William G. Harrison Leonard G. Quinlan Robert M. Denison F. Key Howard Andrew A. Lynch Thomas W. Pall Henry May (on parole) General.in.Chief Secretary of State do do do do do do do do do do do do do do Secretary of the Navy.. do .....do do Secretary of State do Secretary of the Navy.. Secretary of State do do do Secretary of the Navy.. do Secretary of War Secretary of State do do Secretary of War Secretary of State Secretary of War Secretary of the Navy.. do do do Secretary of State do do do Secretary of War do do Secretary of State do do do do do do .....do do do do do do do do Secretary of War do do Secretary of State (10 do do do do do do do do do do do do July 22, 1861. July 31, 1861. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Aug. 3, 1861. Aug.11 1861 Aug.15 1861 Aug.18 1861 Aug.24 1861 Aug.26 1861 Aug.27, 1861 Aug.28, 1861 Do. Do. Do. Aug.29, 1861. Au~1, 1861. Sept. 5, 1861. Sept. 7, 1861 Do Sept. 8, 1861 Do. Sept. 9, 1861 Do. Sept.12, 1861. Do. Sept.11. 1861. Do. Do. Do. Do. Sept.14, 1861. Do. Do. Sept.16, 1861. Do. Do. Do. Sept.23, 1861. Do. Do. Sept.24, 1861. Do Do Do Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Sept.25, 1861. Do. Do. Sept.26, 1861. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do Page 103 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 103 Liat of prt8oners now confined at Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, 4~c.Continued. Names. By whom confined. Date of re ception. Henry K. Stevens Secretary of the Navy.. Oct. 2, 1861. Benjamin P. Loyall do Do. Walter R. Butt do Do. Dr. Charles Macgill Secretary of State Oct. 5, 1861. W. E. Wright Secretary of War Do. W. E. Kearney do Do. J. T. MelFeal do Do. Joseph W. Griffith do Do. Anderson McDowell do Do. William Grnbbs do Do. J. W. Rohards do Do. F.M.Crow ..do Do. H. G. Thnrher do Do. S. H. Wooldridge do Do. G. P. Pressy do Do. Edward Payne do Do. L. S. Holselaw do Do. Joseph Back do Do. G. A. Shacklefor4 Secretary of the Navy Oct. 7, 1861. G. W. Barnard do Do. G. 0. Van Amringe do Do. Edward ONeil do Do. Elijah Simmons do Do. J. A. Douglass do Do. Edward Baum do Do. Sterling F. Newton do Do. IRchert S. Grissons do Do. Capt. Michael Berry Secretary of State Oct. 10, 1861. Alfred Da Costa do Oct. 11, 1861. A. R. Carter do Oct. 12, 1861. J. W. Packard do Oct. 13, 1881. MARTIN BUJ~KE, Lieutenant. Colonel, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., October 14, 1861. Brig~ Gen. HENRY II. LOCKWOOD, Cambridge, Md. GENERAL: Ii send you the steamer Balloon, Captain Kirwan, which is placed at your disposal for the purpose of aiding you in breaking up the commercial intercourse with the Confederate States, of which the Eastern Shore of Maryland furnishes the material. You have as I suppose ere this taken measures to seize all merchandise brought from Delaware to Salisbury by rail and destined to Virginia. With the aid of the Balloon you may intercept much of that wilich finds its way down the Chesapeake by water, and I trust be able to confine this illicit traffic to very narrow limits. It is believed that the Balloon will also be of essential use in sending to different points the force necessary to disarm such companies of militia or such unauthorized military bodies as are training with intentions notoriously hostile to the Government. The duty is one of the greatest delicacy, and requires the utmost pru- dence and discretion. It is not doubted that numbers of individuals on the Eastern Shore of Maryland have been led into .the support of disloyal measures by gross misrepresentations of the views and inten- tions of the Government. While the purpose you have in view should be steadily maintained and carried out with inflexible firmness, those who have been deceived and misled instead of being confirmed in their prejudices and driven hopelessly off by harshness on our part should if possible be reclaimed by kind treatment and convinced of thei Page 104 104 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. error by correcting the misapprehensions under which they labor. If in spite of all efforts to induce them to discontinue their acts of hos- tility to the Government they l)ersist in carrying on corresl)ondence with the enemy and in giving him aid and comfort they should be arrested and sent to Fort Mdllenry; but unless a case of extraordinary urgency should occur I trust it may not be necessary to make ~in arrest without first consulting me. I have full authority from General McClellan to act in all cases. You will bear in mind that we are on the eve of an election in Mary- land of vital importance. The preservation of this State is indispen- sable to the safety of the capital. It is not doubted that all your measures will be so tempered with discretion as to give strength to the cause of the Union; but while all the just rights even of those who are disloyal should be respected they should be made to feel that no act of open hostility to the Government will be tolerated for a moment. I inclose copies of letters which have passed between Major-General McClellan, Governor Hicks and myself in regard to the disarming of military companies.* The one at Westminster has been already dis- armed by a force sent from this city. All those on the Eastern Shore of Maryland are left to you, and I consider any company drilling in avowed hostility to the Government as coming within the authority given to me by Major-General McClellan and sanctioned by Governor Hicks, though not specifically named in the letter of the latter. The authority conferred on me is hereby delegated to you, not donbtiiy that it will be firmly and discreetly exercised. It will be advisable ta consult with our leading friends in the counties in which you adopt these stringent and delicate measures. You will please report to me the result of every such movement with all convenient dispatch. Should you deem the co-operation of a police force advisable in any case, please notify me and it shall be provided. I am, general, very respectfully, yours, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General, Commanding. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 15, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of New York. SIR: This Department understands that George Parker and George A. Shackelford, two seamen, British subjects, found on board prizes taken into New York, are confined at Fort Lafayette. If their testi- mony should not be deemed indispensable by the district attorney and he should not be aware of any other objection it seems to me that they ought to be discharged. Please consult Mr. Smith on the subject and proceed in pursuance of his advice. * * * I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, & c., Fort Monroe, Va., October 15, 1861. Col. M. N. FALLS, President Bay Line Steamers. SIR: The major-general commanding directs me to inform you that no more persons bound for Norfolk will be sent thither or allowed to land * Omitted Page 105 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 105 at this place for the present. You will please inform such persons that it will be useless for them to come here with the expectation of being forwarded, and it is desirable that they should not come. When this prohibition is removed you will be notified by the major-general commanding. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. D. WHIPPLE, Assistant Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 16, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. Dix, Fort Mdllienry, Baltimore. GENERAL: I commnnicate four intercepted letters* which have been received here from the Post-Office Department, and would suggest that Isaac C-. Mask at least, the writer of those numbered 1 and 2, be arrested arid sent to Fort Lafayette. I am, general, your very obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, ]JId., October 16, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I was glad to get the intercepted letters just received, one of which is signed Isaac C-. Mask. I have had this mans letters for a month but they were all signed I. C-. M., and with all our efforts we have been unable to identify him. I have ordered his arrest and will send him to Fort Lafayette to-morrow. He ought to be hanged. His is a clear case of treason as defined by the Constitution. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General, Commanding. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 17, 1861. Colonel LOOMIS, Fort Columbus, N. Y. COLONEL: You are authorized to allow any duly accredited member of the U. S. Sanitary Commission to visit the prisoners under your charge. I am, colonel, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. (Same to Lient. Col. M. Burke, Fort Hamilton, N. Y.) SPECIAL ORDERS, ?~ HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, No. 172. Washington, October 17, 1861. 1. Bvt. Col. J. Dimick, U. S. Army, will repair without delay to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, arid assume command of that post. He will receive instructions on his arrival at Boston. * * * * * * * By command of Lieutenant-General Scott: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. * Not found Page 106 106 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. PROCLAMATION. OCTOBER 17, 1861. To THE PEOPLE OF NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY NOW IN ARMS AGAINST THEIR NATIONAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. FELLOW-CITIZENS: You have assembled together in arms against your Government, against yonr State, yonr neighbors and in some instances your nearest relatives without any cause or any object that is worthy of brave and good men. What has your country done that you should rise against it, or what good will it do yon to murder the people, burn and pillage the towns and overthrow the constitution and laws of Kentucky l If yon could accomplish this you would be the most wretched as you would become the most wicked of men. The mass of yon cannot wish to do this. But be assured the ruin you pro. pose by your acts to bring upon the people of Kentucky will fall upon your own heads if you persevere. Doubtless many of you have been misled by wicked and desperate men, bankrupt in fame and fortune, who hope to profit by the ruin of the Commonwealth. I sincerely believe that many of you have been deceived and led into rebellion who this moment regret the step they have taken, and would return to their families and homes if they could do so in safety. To all the people therefore who have without due reflection taken up arms against their country and rebelled against both their nation and their State I say return home, lay down your arms, live in peace and friendship with your neighbors, and remember that at least you are Kentuckians. I promise that you shall not be molested either iu per- son or property for what you have already done; on the contrary I will protect you equally with all other citizens so long as you render obe- dience to those laws which you yourselves have made. I offer you a complete amnesty for what is past; you will be held accountable only for the future. But to secure this result you must return home within days. After that time you will be treated as enemies and must never more hope to see in safety your families or enjoy your property until you have carried out the purpose of your wicked inisleaders and conquered the people of your State and overthrown the Government of your fathers. As your fellow-citizen and a native of your State I urge this offer upon you. Should you reject it, the enlightened world as well as the laws of your country will hold you alone responsible for the shedding of fraternal blood. WILLIAM NELSON, Brigadier- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 18, iSGi. Hon. S. P. CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury. SIR: From intercepted letters of a recent date received at this Department and which were written by influential persons among the insurrectionists it seems that their chief mode of communication at the present time is by means of vessels plying between Havana and New Orleans, running the blockade at the last-named port. I call your attention to the matter in order that you may take sueh action as you may deem proper. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. (Copy to Secretary of the Navy. Page 107 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 107 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 18,1861. Lieut. Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT, Washington. GENERAL: I have received the letter of Assistant Adjutant-General Town send of the 16th instant,* accompanied by one addressed to you by W. C. Dusenbury, of New York, in which that gentleman expresses a wish to visit certain prisoners in that quarter for charitable purposes. No objection is entertained to the sending of contributions of any kind toward the comfort of the prisoners, but visits to them by any persons for supposed philanthropic objects cannot be approved. I am, general, your very obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 18, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN E. WOOL, Fortress ]Jlionroe, Va. GENERAL: I have had the honor to receive your letter t of the 16th instant and its accompaniments. Proper measures will at once be adopted to dispose of the Swedish consuls at both Norfolk and Balti- more. This Department has unquestionable information that foreign consuls in insurgent States and elsewhere are habitually made media of treasonable correspondence in violation of their privileges and even municipal law. Your contiiiued vigilance to such matters would materially subserve the public interests. I am, general, your very obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 18, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. ]liiiarshal, New York. SIR: Your letter of the l6th* instant has been received. In reply, you are authorized to release the sailors (not privateers) referred to by you on their taking the oath of allegiance. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 18, 1861. Brig. Gen. ANDREW PORTER, Washington, D. C. GENERAL: I will thank you to transmit to this Department the oaths of allegiance (and stipulations made if any) required of persons here- tofore discharged by order of the ~3ecretary of State, and in all cases hereafter to send such papers to this Department when executed by prisoners released by his direction. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, JLId., Octobcr 18, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I have the honor to inclose a list of prisoners brought to Fort Mdllenry within the last three days. All but Julius, of whom I know Not found. Omitted Page 108 108 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. nothing, are implicated in the same criminal actsrecruiting and for- warding men to the Confederate Army. Julius is said to have been concerned in facilitating their passage across the Potomac. It is desirable that they should be sent away from Fort Mdllenry to some place of security more distant from their friends who are constantly seeking access to them. I am, very respectfully, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General, Commanding. [Inclosure.] List of prisoners sent to Port ikicHenry, October 16, 1861. William F. McKewen was clerk to the board of police commission- ers. He is an active and dangerous rebel; was the leader and adviser of the old police in their rebellious opposition to the Government; he was detected in enlisting men for the rebel army and was going himseW Robert iRenwick, a cabinetmaker of Scotch birth; very boisterous and obnoxious in his opposition to the Government. He was detected in enlisting men for the rebel army. A. box of minie rifle balls was found on his premises. H. H. Bigger, a lawyer; believed to have been commissioned by the rebels as a recruiting officer here. He was detected enlisting men for the rebel army in connection with the two first named in this list (McKewen and Renwick). George Julius was sent here by General Banks. He has been en- gaged for some time past in conveying recruits across the Potomac at Marsh Run. Charles D. French, implicated with Bigger in recruiting for the rebel army. Robert Rae, implicated with Bigger in recruiting for the rebel army. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, October 18, 1861. E. PELAFIELD SMITH, Esq., District Attorney, Yew York, N. Y. SIR: Will you do me the favor to ask Judge Garrison, and please obtain it under his signature, if I go to New York or Brooklyn whether I shall be subject to arrest under his aid warrant and fined~l Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel. [FORT COLUMBUS,] October 18, 1861. Colonel LOOMIS, Commanding. COLONEL: The prisoners of war J. W. and E. E. Cornell state that their views and feelings have been correctly represented by Mr. E. Cornell in his letter to the Secretary of State, but they decline taking the oath of allegiance, and state that in the event of their doing so their property in North Carolina will be confiscated to the use of the rebellious States and their family turned out of doors. They are will- ing to take an oath not to bear arms or serve in any military capacity against the Government on condition of being released. J. UPDEGRAFF, Captain, Fifth Infantry Page 109 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 109 HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, October 19, 1861. The undersigned, General-in-Chief of the Army, has received from the President of the United States the following communication: WASHINGTON, October 14, 1861. Lient. Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT: The military line of the United States for the suppression of the insurrection may be extended so far as Bangor in Maine. You and any officer acting under your authority are hereby authorized to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in any place between that place and the city of Washington. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. In accordance with the foregoing warrant the undersigned devolves on Bvt. Col. Justin Dimick, U. S. Army, commanding Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, a like anthority within the limits of the city and har- bor of Boston to execute in all proper cases the instructions of the President. WINFIELD SCOTT. By command: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 19, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. DIX, Baltimore, Aid. GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your com- mtinication of the 18th instant and its inclosure relative to prisoners received at Fort Mdllenry within the last three days. In reply I have to inform you that arrangements are to be made to provide suitable places of confinement near Boston and at some point in the West which will probably be completed in a few days. When this is done the pris- oners at Fort Mdllenry can be transferred as you suggest. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 19, 1861. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. SIR: Herewith I have the honor to inclose by direction of the Secre- tary of State for your information copies of two letters addressed to the President by B. P. Loyall and W. H. Ward, late lieutenants in the Navy of the United States. 1 have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. [IncloBure No. 1.] FORT L4FAYETTE, New York Harbor, October 15, 1861. His Excellency the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SIR: A week ago I received from the honorable Secretary of the Navy a communication informing me that by your order my name ha Page 110 110 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. been stricken from the rolls of the U. S. Navy. This in consequence of my having refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States. By this exercise of the power vested in you I have been pnn. ished for an alleged offense. It is not for me to comment upon the justice of my dismissal, but in the most respectful manner I do com- plain of my imprisonment, which must in your judgment result from some act of mine deserving of it and from your right to inflict it. By no act nor intention nor in any manner whatsoever have I offetided against the military or civil law of the United States, except having refused to obey an order which you deem merited my dismissal from the naval service. Being thus released from my duty as an officer of the Government by you it is impossible for me to see by what right I am detained in confinement. I hope, sir, that you will see the truth and reason in my case as I state it. The position of an enemy to the United States is being forced upon me by my continuance in prison. I am confident that nothing upon the records of the Navy Department will warrant such treatment, and with all respect I ask you to release me and to restore to me that liberty of person to which every innocent man is entitled. In the name of law and justice I respectfully protest against my detention in prison. I am, sir, most respectfully, your obedient servant, B. P. LOYALL, Late Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy. [Inclosure No. 2.] FORT LAFAYETTE, October 15, 1861. His Excellency the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SIR: Whilst on board the U. S. ship Macedonian in the Gulf of Mexico in May last I tendered my resignation as a lieutenant in the U. S. Navy. From the date of my resignation (May 26) up to the 12th day of Augustwhen I received a communication from the Navy Department informing me that my name had been stricken from the rolls of the NavyI continued performing my duty faithfully to the Government. On the receipt of my dismissal from the Navy I in good faith, never dreaming of injustice at the hands of the United States Government, accepted a passage home in the U. S. store-ship Release, kindly granted by Lieutenant-Commander Frailey. On my arrival in New York on board the aforesaid U. S. vessel I was arrested without any charge being made against me on the 31st day of August last, and have been confined in the fort up to the present date without being charged with any offense whatsoever. Conscious as I am of having committed none I respectfully call your attention to this act of injus. tice in that I confided in the United States Government for my assur- ance and right to personal liberty, and protest against my past, present and future confinement. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. H. WARD. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, October 19, 1861. Bvt. Col. J. DIMICK, U. S. Army, Boston, Mass. SIR: You have been assigned to the command of Fort Warren, Bos- ton Harbor, that you may take charge of the political prisoners an Page 111 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 1.11 prisoners of war who may be sent there for safe-keeping. His excel- lency the governor of Massachusetts will detail a battalion of volun- teers as a garrison for the fort on your application to him, which application the Gimeral-in-Chief desires you to make as early as prac- ticable as the order for transferring the prisoners from New York Harbor cannot be given until you are established at Fort Warren. The general desires you to be governed by the following general instructions: First. That the prisoners be securely held and that they be allowed every privilege consistent with this end, including opportunity to take air and exercise and be treated with all kindness. Second. That a record be kept of the name, dates of confinement and release of the prisoners. Third. That they may be permitted to provide themselves with such comforts as they require, if they have the pecuniary means; that they be allowed to receive under proper inspection articles of food, clothing and small sums of money not exceeding $20 at a time, & c., which may be sent them by friends. Fourth. That they be allowed to transmit and to receive unsealed letters through your hands which on inspection shall be found to con- tain nothing inflammatory or injurious to the United States, and to receive or purchase the newspapers of the day. You will use your own discretion whether to forward or return to the writers as improper such communications as you receive from or for the prisoners, and in case of doubt you will forward them to this office for consideration. Fifth. That personal intercourse with visitors be not allowed them except by express permission from proper authority in Washington, and then only in the presence of an officer. Sixth. That when released by proper authority prisoners shall be examined to see that they bear upon their persons no unauthorized coruinunication from those left in the fort. Seventh. That an exact account be kept of the subsistence and clothing issued by the Government to each person. You will receive without other special instructions in each case all prisoners who may be delivered to you by order of the Secretary of War or State or by the U. S. marshal for the district. Should writs of habeas corpus be served on you for the production of any prisoners of war you will respond thereto that they are held as prisoners of war, and in these cases and also in any case of a political prisoner you will reply you deeply regret that pending existing political troubles you cannot com- ply with the requisition of the honorable judge. If then a writ of attachment is attempted to be served on you you will resist being taken yourself or having your prisoners liberated with all the force at your command. The Presidents authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus at Fort Warren is herewith inclosed. You will keep well on your guard against any possible attempt to liberate your prisoners by a coup do main from the sea. The Quartermasters and Subsistence Departments have given orders for putting the quarters at Fort Warren in comfortable condition, and for supplying the post with provisions. Report by telegraph to this office when you are ready to have the prisoners transferred from New York Harbor. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- Ueneral Page 112 112 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, October 19, 1861. WILLIAM COXE DUSENBURY, Esq., No. 142 Broadway, New York. SIR: Y our letter of the 15th of October in relation to visiting the pris- oners of war on Governors Island, N. Y., has been submitted to the Department of State and the following is the reply thereto: No objection is entertained to the sending of contributions of any kind toward the comfort of prisoners, but visits to them by any persons for supposed philan- thropic objects cannot be approved. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. FORT LAFAYETTE, N. Y., October 19, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Washington, D. 0.: I beg leave respectfully to bring my case to your notice, my long confinement proving very disastrous to my family. Late in Jnne my vessel was chartered by McConkey & Co. to go down to the Patuxent River to get off a vessel wrecked or ashore there. The charter party was a written one and with parties with whom I had no previous acquaintance, and it is still in my possession and Mr. McConkey has a counterpart. The vessel ashore was the schooner Robert L. Seth, on the Patuxent at the mouth of Town Creek. A few hours before my starting a Mr. Tyte, who was a partner with me in the job, told me that about eight persons going to within a mile or two of my destination would like to avail themselves of the oppor tunity to go down if I would give them passage, they finding them- selves with provisions. I understood they were laboring men and mechanics looking for employment. I had never seen them nor heard of them until then. I landed them within three miles of the vessel ashore. A squall came up and blew my vessel (the Alverda) ashore, and the water continued so low with constant blows that although part of the time I had lighters I was unable to get her off. My men left and Mr. Tyte went to Baltimore to get assistance. Previous to this the steamer Chester arrived with Massachusetts volunteers on board inquiring for the schooner Georgiana; and sent U. S. deputy marshals on board to examine my vessel and left me. I was alone on board. Subsequently the steam tug Vigilant and sloop William Byrne came down and sent a canoe with deputy marshals demanding my papers. I showed my papers, which they proposed to retain, and said I must go with them to General Banks, and was carried on board the sloop William Byrne and delivered up to Lieutenant Pickett. Some of the men went on board my vessel, opened my cabin and lockers, took papers, clothing, & c. The Vigilant went out cruising in the bay while the sloop remained at anchor, and meeting with the gun-boat Yankee, Commander Craven, came back followed by the Yankee, who suspected these vessels and demanded their papers, and finding they were out upon an unauthorized expedition threatened to take them prisoners to Annapolis or Baltimore. I was ordered on board the Yankee. Commander Craven made inquiry of me as to the party I had carried down, all of which I told him. When learning that my vessel was nearly afloat he said he could tow her off in a few minutes and would do so. This was on Saturday even Page 113 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 113 ing. On Sunday morning he determined to go down the Potomac and ordered me as I understood to my own vessel, instead of which I was taken back to the sioop and sent off to Baltimore, they leaving my vessel in charge of a man, and at Fort Mdllenry I was landed and delivered up to General Banks and in charge of Major Morris. General Dix arrived about that time, and at my instance on telling him the condition of my vessel, my only means of support, he promised to look into the matter. Meantime orders for transfer of the prisoners there to Fort Lafayette being sent on, I was transferred to this place and have had no opportunity of having my case presented to Govern- ment, while my family are suffering. The truth of all I say can readily be verified. I have never at any time had complicity or in any way knowingly done anything which I could not openly do with knowledge of the Federal authorities, and all who know me can testify that I have not interested myself in the present trouble so far even as to discuss them. I have at no time either said or done anything knowingly to which the authorities could take exceptions, and when I took these per- sons as passengers I had no suspicion that the parties were other than what they were represented, and upon the errand stated. Upon this statement of facts, which can be established, I sincerely hope that I will be released from a confinement so burdensome to my family, dependent upon my labor. I am, sir, most respectfully, your obedient servant, CHARLES M. HAGELIX. HEADQUARTERS, Fort Columbus, October 20, 1861. Hon. Wn~LIA~r H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I send you list of prisoners confined in this harbor under my command. * * * The political prisoners were sent from Baltimore by order of Major-General Dix. Marshal Kane was brought here by your order to the marshal of New York. Very respectfully; your obedient servant, G. LOOMIS, Colonel, Fifth Infantry, Commanding. [Inclosure.] Lsst of political prisoners paroled and quartered in Fort Columbus, New York Harbor. When Name. received. Remarks. George Armistead Appleton Sept. 13, 1861 Political prisoner. George P. Kane Oct. 11, 1861 Do. M. J. Grady Sept. 13, 1861 Do. Thomas Shields do Do. David Summers do Do. David H. Luechesi do Do. George Thompson do Do. Jelin L. Bouldin do Do. A. Williamson do Do. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 21, 1861. H. M. HoxiE, Esq., U. S. Marshal, Des Moines, Iowa. SIR: Information has been lodged with this Department that persons in the State of Iowa are disloyal and co-operating with those in arms 8 R RSERIES II, VOL I Page 114 114 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. against the authority of the Government of the United States, and that others are engaged in transporting gunpowder across the State for the insurrectionists. You will please confer with the U. S. district attorney and arrest and commit to military custody any such persons and report to this Department. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 21, 1861. W. H. F. G-URLEY, Esq., U. S. District Attorney, Davenport, Iowa. SIR: Yonr communication of the 9th instant addressed to the Hon. Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, and by him referred to this Department has been received. In reply I have to inform you that instructions have this day been issued from this Department addressed to the U. S. marshal for the district of Iowa directing him to confer with you and arrest and commit to military custody any persons dis- loyal and co-operating with the insurrectionists and report to this Department. I am, sir, very respectfnlly, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 21,1861. Col. G. LOOMIS, U. S. Army, Commanding, & c., Port Columbus, N. Y. COLONEL: You will please release J. W. Cornell and E. E. Cornell, prisoners of war confined at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, on their engaging upon oath not to leave the State of New York during the present hostilities without permission from the Secretary of State nor to hold any treasonable correspondence themselves nor be concerned in any nor to do any act hostile or injurious to the Government of the United States, and report to this Department. I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary of State. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 21, 1861. SAMUEL HILL, Esq., Postmaster, Deer Creek, Pickaway County, Ohio. SIR: Your communication of September 7, ultimo, in reference to the treasonable conduct of the Circleville Watchman addressed to the Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War., and by him referred to this Depart- ment has been received. In reply I have to request that if the journal referred to continues in the course complained of you will forward some recent numbers to me by mail. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. ~. SEWARD, Acting 8ecretar~~ Page 115 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 115 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, Md., October 21, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I have the honor to inclose a letter from Mayor Brown. I know Capt. Charles M. Hagelin, and had several conversations with him before he left Fort McHenry. He is a person of very simple character and without influence. I am inclined as I was while he was here to believe his statement. But whether true or not I think he has been sufficiently punished and recommend his immediate release. The clos- ing paragraph of Mayor Browns letter will attract your attention with- out any suggestion from me. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major. General. [Inclosure.] FORT LAFAYETTE, October 8, 1861. His Excellency ABRARAM LINCOLN President of the United States. SIR: I respectfully ask your attention to the case of a citizen of Baltimore who is confined in this fort. He is Capt. Charles M. Hagelin, aged forty-nine years, and for twenty.seven years a resident of Balti- more. In March he invested nearly all his hard earnings in the pur. chase of a schooner called the Alverda in which he made but two trips. The first was to the Patuxent for a load of wood; the second was to the same river for the purpose of getting off a vessel which had run aground. On this trip he was requested to take ten men as passen- gers who were represented to be mechanics in search of employment. He consented, and it was not nutil after the voyage had begun and when it was nearly over that he ascertained from the conversation of these men that most of them designed to go to Virginia. On the 19th of July, some time after his arrival in the Patuxent River, Captain Hagelin and his vessel were seized. He was brought here, and his vessel, as he is informed after having been stripped, is left aground on the shores of the Patuxent. Thus Captain Hagelin is likely to be deprived of nearly everything he is worth, has been sub- jected to a long imprisonment, and is taken away from his wife and children who look to him for support, for no act except having taken on board his vessel a few passengers whose business and purposes he did not scrutinize before receiving them. These are the statements of Captain Hagelin, and have gained the entire confidence of his fellow-prisoners including myself in conse- quence of the simplicity of his character and the gentleness and pro- priety of his whole demeanor. He is a Swede by birth, a perfectly harmless person, and with neither power nor disposition to do injury to the (3-overnment. There are doubtless other cases here equally worthy of examination and relief but as Captain Hagelin is one of my con- stituents and has personally interested me I confine my application to him. I hope that it will meet with a favorable consideration. I cannot close, however, without calling your attention to the condi- tion of the prison. My official duty has made me somewhat familiar with the management of similar institutions, and I do not hesitate to say that the arrangements here are inhuman and disgraceful to th Page 116 116 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Government of the United States, and I apprehend that serious illness among the inmates will be the consequence. Respectftilly, your obedient servant, GEG. WM. BROWN, Mayor of Baltimore. FORT LAFAYETTE, New York Harbor, October 21, 1861. Lient. Col. M. BURKE, Commanding Ports Hamilton and Lafayette. COLONEL: I find on inquiry of the prisoners that they do not care about having a chaplain. Some of them on being asked replied, No; especially an abolitionist. In making this report I give the expres- sion of the majority. I am, colonel, with respect, your obedient servant, CHAS. 0. WOOD, Second Lieutenant, Ninth Infantry, Commanding Post. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 22, 1861. Maj. Gem JOHN A. Dix, Baltimore, Md. GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your com- munication of the 21st instant with its inclosure from Mayor Brown. In reply I have to inform you that I have directed Colonel Burke to discharge Capt. Charles M. Hagelin on his taking the oath coupled with certain obligations. I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 22, 1861. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Port Lafayette, N. Y. SIR: Let Charles M. ilagelin, a prisoner confined in Fort Lafayette, be released on taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States stipulating that he will neither enter any of the States in insurrection against the authority of the United States Government nor hold any correspondence whatever with persons residing in those States withont permission from the Secretary of State; and also that he will not do anything hostile to the United States during the present insur rection. You will please make the stipulations a part of the oath. I transmit this order to Robert Murray, esq., U. S. marshal, who has been instructed by this Department to cause a police examination to b~ made in some cases of the persons and baggage of prisoners discharged from custody to the end that no correspondence or other improper papers be conveyed by them to persons outside the fort. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary Page 117 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 117 OFFICE OF THE U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, New York, October 22, 1861. Lieut. Col. MARTIN BURKE. MY DEAR SIR: I have obtained the inclosed from Justice Garrison. You need not fear arrest. If you have any trouble see me; but you will not. Truly, yours, E. DELAFIELD SMITH. [inclosure.] BROOKLYN, October 22, 1861. The process spoken of has beeu returned, and of course I will not of my own motion issue any other. SAML. GARRISON, Kings County Judge. SAINT LoUIS, October , 1861. Hon. W. H. SEWARD, & cretary of & S1tate: I teh~graphed~ the Secretary of War on the 10th instant informing him that there were in this city from 50 to 100 dangerous secessionists, and that circumstances might make their arrest necessary. Also that we had no suitable place of detention for such a large number of pris- oners, and suggesting their removal in a certain contingency to the fort at Mackinac. My l~elegraph has not been answered. Some of the persons referred to have been arrested. They ought by all means to be detained. Please answer and state the disposition which you think ought to be made of them. JOHN MCNEIL, Colonel Nineteenth Missouri Vols. and Asst. Provost-Marshal. FORT MCHENRY, October 23, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON and Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD: Fort McHenry is very small and is filled up by the garrison. We have not room for the accommodation of prisoners or the means of pro- viding for their comfort. Seven prisoners of war from General Banks column and four state prisoners engaged in secreting a balloon in Dela- ware came in last night. We have now over twenty confined in one room and cell. JOHN A. DIX. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 23, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. DIX, Baltimore, ]tJid.: Send the prisoners mentioned in your dispatch to Fort Columbus, N. Y., and report names to me. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. * See Vol. I, the series, p. 134 Page 118 118 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 23, 1861. Maj. Gen. N. P. BANKS, & c. GENERAL: I learn that Mr. Barnard, who is an agent of the Associ- ated Press, is with your army. Information which leaves no room for mistake satisfies me that until last May he was an agent of the disun- ionist press in this city. You will I think do well to have his corre spondence strictly observed and to guard against any treachery on his 1)art. I am, general, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 23, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal, New York. SIR: Complaints still come that the comforts which might be allowed the prisoners at Fort Lafayette are not enjoyed by them. Although these complaints have their origin in repoyts which arose before you went there to look after the comfort of the prisoners you will proceed again to the fort and remedy what admits of remedy. * * * I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEW4RD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 23, 1861. DAVID H. CARR, Esq., U. S. Marshal, New Haven, Gonn. SIR: Your communication* of the 17th instant addressed to the Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, and by him referred to this Department has been received. In reply you are authorized to arrest and send to Fort Lafayette any persons engaged in inducing soldiers to desert or otherwise obstructing the recruiting officers in the discharge of their duties. It is to be hoped that the exercise of this authority in a few cases will serve as an example which will deter the class of per- sons referred to from their disloyal practices. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. WASHINGTON, October 25, 1861. Honorable SECRETARY OF STATE. DEAR SIR: I returned from Canada this morning. I found at the Clifton House, Niagara Falls, a large number of prominent secessionists who have just returned from Europe. I would like an order for the arrest and conveyance to Fort Lafayette of S. W. Ashly and 0. B. Caruthers, the first named being a member of the so-called Confederate Congress at this time. These traitors are awaiting an opportunity to go South. They have very important correspondence in their posses- sion some of which I have seen. I am confident I shall succeed in induc- ing them to visit our side of the river, which of course will be the only opportunity of arresting them. Yours, very respectfully, L. C. BAKER. * Not found Page 119 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 119 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 25, 1861. L. C. BAKER. SIR: You will arrest S. W. Ashly and 0. B. Caruthers and convey them to Fort Lafayette. Secure their papers and remit them to this Department. This process is not to be executed outside the United States. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, Baltimore, October 25, 1861. Hon. W. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I have sent to Fort Columbus to-day the following prisoiiers, viz: William F. McKewen, R. H. Bigger, Robert Renwick, Charles D. French, citizens of Baltimore, confined October 16, 1861; Robert Rae, confined October 17, 1861. * * * John D. Sudendorf, citizen or supposed to be so, but acting in the capacity of a spy in conveying information to the rebels. Thomas B. Giles, Joseph Bacon, S. B. Frost, citizens of Delaware, confined October 23, 1861. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General, Commanding. DENVER, CoLo. TEn., October 26, 1861. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Resting under the impression that most of our letters to Washington miscarry unless they go by private hand and that the governor does [not] attach the same importance to frequent reports ito the Goverii- ment that I do, I venture to overstep my line of official duty by writing you again. We have news to-day that Captain Otis, at Fort Wise, captured a portion of the rebels raised in this Territory by the notorious Captain McKee to whom I recently denied the writ of habeas corpus. They had attacked a party of loyal people on the Arkansas, who found a way to send word to Fort Wise, when Captain Otis sallied out with his cavalry and made them prisoners. That will help us some if it does not bring upon us the Cherokees who have joined the rebels and are quick to avenge what they conceive to be an insult to Georgians. To make this point apparent to you it is needful to say that the gold of this region was first discovered by Georgians and Cherokee half- breeds, who have served as mountaineers here for twenty years. The road which sweeps from the Indian reservations south of Kansas through here to what is called on the maps the South Pass bears the name of the Cherokee trail; and although the Cheyennes have traveled it most lately they still claim it as theirs. In consequence of their relationship to and old associations with Georgians the thousands of Georgians residing here from whom the rebellion arose appeared to calculate from the start that they could make a conquest of Colorado by the aid of the Cherokees. The notorious A. B. Miller, who headed the first party of rebels here, went at first to Fort Smith and leaving his party there went to Richmond for orders, and then returned to the Cher Page 120 120 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. kees. That would seem to mean that he is to lead them here unless the movements of General Fr~mont shall scatter them in some other direction. The governor having gotten some ammunition from Laramie we begin to feel some confidence in our own strength. Heretofore with the single exception of one or two arrests I have been obliged to face this rebellion alone, except with the aid I received from the marshal. But I think we shall keep the rebels under. Will the President cause us to be informed how we shall subsist these political prisoners l I have the honor to be, sir, Your Excellencys obedient servant, BENJ. F. HALL, Chief Justice of Colorado. OFFICE OF THE U. S. ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY, Newark, October 26, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, & cretary of & ate. SIR: I duly received your telegram in answer to my letter of the 8th instant directing me to arrest James T. Cochrane and Wormell and to libel the property. These parties fled at the first seizure of the goods, and although I have had the officers on the watch ever since I have not succeeded in effecting their arrest. I have libeled the 107 machines found in Cochranes factory, and also 300 files found in a file man ufac- tory, part of 1,500 that have been made this summer for these cotton- gin sharpeners; the others have been sent South. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. Q. KEASBEY, U. ~3. Attorney. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, October 26, 1861. Col. G. LOOMIS, U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Columbus, N. Y. SIR: The General-in-Chief directs that the political prisoners and prisoners of war confined at the several posts in New York Harbor be sent by sea under charge of a vigilant officer and strong guard to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. Colonel Dimick, U. S. Army, has arrived in Boston under instructions to take command at Fort Warren, and the prisoners will be delivered to him. Colonel Burke has been instructed to turn over the prisoners under his charge on your application. You will call on the quartermaster in New York to furnish steam trans- portation. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General. Copy for Lieutenant-Colonel Burke, who will turn over the prisoners under his charge on the application of Colonel Loomis. By command of Lieutenant-General Scott: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 121 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 121 U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DIST. OF NEW YORK, New York, October 28, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM 11. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: In obedience to your instruction~ I yesterday proceeded to Lafayette to examine the situation of the prisoners there, and in order to have the concurrent testimony of others I selected Mr. Simeon Dra- per, who is connected with the charitable institutions of the State, and Mr. Senator Ferry to accompany me. After a thorough examination of the situation of the prisoners there we came to the conclusion that suf- ficient food of a good quality was supplied to them, and that their wants in other particulars were well attended to with the exception of the cooking arrangements. Soldiers are employed to do this business who have no knowledge of it, and it would be desirable to have two cooks appointed who could attend to this branch of the department. Amongst the prisoners we found a number of men who occupy no social position and who have no standing in the community and whose room would be more beneficial to the Government than the space they occupy. The main difficulty with regard to the comfort of the prison. ers in the fort is the want of sufficient room, and by discharging those whom it is of no interest to the Government to retain this difficulty would be obviated. These men it would appear to me could not do the Government any mischief~ and it is only a matter of surprise how they came to be arrested. I would therefore advise that some competent person or persons should be named by you to examine into the charges against these men and report to you for your final action in the prem- ises. Lieutenant Wood, in command of the fort, complains that his duties are very onerous, having in charge from $5 to $15,000 belonging to the prisoners which he disburses on their order. Of course under these circumstances his time is almost entirely occupied and he is unable to render those services which he ought to be able to render to the prisoners. I have therefore no hesitation in saying that it would only be right and proper that he should have a secretary appointed to assist him, to be selected according to your instructions. I would suggest that as soon as the room could be spared that a hospital should be set apart for those who are suffering from sickness in order to separate them from those who are in good health. Very respectfully, yours, ROBERT MURRAY, U. S. Marshal. P. S.Mr. Draper and Senator Ferry concur in the above recom- mendation. R. MURRAY. [Indorsement.] OCTOBER 29, 1861. Respectfully referred to Lieutenant-General Scott with a request that he will make an order for the military matters within mentioned. WILLIAM II. SEWARD Page 122 122 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL, & tint Louis, Mo., October 28, 1861. Brig. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN, Commanding Department of the Cumberland. GEJ~ERAL: I send herew li a statement made by a prisoner who was arrested by my orders for going South contrary to an order issued from this department on the 30th of August. My object in sending it is to bring to your notice the routealthough I presume you have taken measures to close itpursued by the prisoner. I understand from other sources that the aforesaid route has been largely traveled by persons desiring to evade the order in reference to non-intercourse with the South. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours, JOHN MCNEIL, Colonel Nineteenth Missouri Volunteers, Provost-Marshal. [Inclosure.] SAINT Louis, October 23, 1861. Col. JOHN MCNEIL. SIR: I was informed this morning by Mr. Caifrey that you did not consider my letter of yesterdays date as satisfactory, it not giving the route by which I went to New Orleans. I now state that I went by railroad to Evansville, md.; by river to Henderson2 Ky.; from there by stage to the Tennessee State line, where I took the railroad to Brook- haven, Miss.; from there by buggy to Natchez, Miss., and thence by river to New Orleans. Returning I came by railroad to Memphis, where I stopped one day and a half to collect some debts; went from there to Natchez, where I arrived on Saturday noon; collected some debts and returned from there on Sunday to State line by railroad, by stage to Henderson, Ky.; from there by Government steamer Storm to Evansville and by railroad home. I do not consider that I have committed any offense by making the trip to the South as I went solely on our commercial business to collect moneys we required in our business and which there was danger of being confiscated. I will further state that I remained at the several places which I visited only time enough to transact my business, and left by first conveyance I could get. The following-named gentlemen will I feel confident bear me out in my assurance of loyalty to the Government under which we live: Albert Pearce, esq., George Pegram, esq., William J. Hazard, esq., Messrs. S. M. Edgell & Co., Messrs. William Matthews & Co., and Messrs. John J. Roe & Co. Very respectfully, M. VOLAN. [Indorsement.] Respectfully referred to Major Corwine, judge-advocate. This man left after the proclamation of martial law, passing our lines each way without permission and in defiance of orders, and aow pleads ignorance. JOHN McNEIL, Assistant Provost-Marshal Page 123 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 123 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 29, 1861. Lient. (Jol. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Lafayette, and Col. G. LOOMIs, Fort Columbus, N. Y. GENTLEMEN: I have requested Seth C. Hawley, esq., to visit the forts in New York Harbor for the purpose of reporting to this Depart- ment the names of such among the prisoners there confined as may with propriety be released. You will please render such aid in the prosecu- tion of his errand as may be necessary, arid grant to him full permission to visit all the forts under your respective commands. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 29, 1861. SETH C. HAWLEY, Esq., New York. SIR: I inclose herewith an extract* from a communication received at this Department from Robert Murray, esq., U. S. marshal for the southern district of New York. Will you please examine the matter and report tc me the names of such persons as in your judgment may with propriety be released on taking the oath of allegiance. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Albany, October 29, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: The Rev. H. Dulin called on me on Saturday last and made certain statements in regard to the fitting out of vessels at Montreal destined for Southern ports. I requested him to put the information ~theformofaletter,andItakethelibertyofinclosingacopyofhis statement herewith for such consideration as you may deem it enti- tled to. I am, with high regard, your most obedient servant, E. D. MORGAN, Governor of New York. [liiclosure.] Governor MORGAN. [ALBANY], October 26, 1861. DEAR SIR: The substance of the statement which you wish me to commit to paper is this: There is a vessel now being loaded in Montreal destined to a South- ern port. Consul Mure and his two brothers who are there are supposed to be interested (John Mure especially so) in the enterprise. The cap- tain of this vessel boasts that he has twice run the blockade. I also give it as my opinion that there was not sufficient efficiency in the con- sulate to meet the present emergency. Not that I call in question the integrity or ability of the consul-general, but first he isavery old man for such a place; and second his home is in Ohio and he is neces- sarily much of his time with his family. The deputy who is the acting consul is manager of nearly all the express companies of both provinces. He has no time or disposition to make himself active in defeating rebel designs. At Quebec where beyond measure we need a consul there is but an agent. Montreal and Quebec are full of secessionists. Proba * See Murray to Seward, October 28, ante Page 124 124 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. bly nearly or quite 100 refugees from the South are at those two places. If I were permitted to suggest it would be the appointment at once of a consul at Quebec, and employing an efficient detective agent at Mon- treal who would telegraph to the agent at Rouses Point or other places when secessionists were going South and keep the Government informed of their measures generally. It is true that through Mr. Weed I have asked for the consulate at Quebec if one be created there and would be much obliged for your own influence in that direction if you feel free to give it; yet it is above all personal consideration that influences my opinion in this case. Most respectfully, H. DUNN. P. S.Another fact is worthy of notice. Funds are being constantly sent from the South to these insurgents of ours in Montreal and Quebec. Should such funds be permitted to pass l H.D. NEW Yonn, October 29, 1861. Hon. W. H. SEWARD: Will you continue countermand* of order for removal of Fort Lafay- ette prisoners until I see you ~ I leave for Washington to-morrow morning. W. H. LUDLOW. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, October 30, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. of the Army, Washington, D. C. Sin: Inclosed you will receive Lieutenant Woods report disposing of the prisoners in Fort Lafayette up to this date. If you do not con- sider the suggestion an improper one I would most respectfully ask the General-in-Chief to signify direct or through me his approbation of Lieutenant Woods conduct while in charge of the prisoners at Fort Lafayette. I am aware that in ordinary cases these duties would be considered merely as a part of the ordinary routine of the service, but so highly do I estimate Lieutenant Woods exertions in the discharge of these most onerous duties that I cannot refrain from submitting a sug- gestion of this nature to the General-in-Chief, Lieutenant Wood having in my opinion while stationed at Fort Lafayette rendered services equivalent to those of three good officers. I have the honor to remain, sir, your most obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, U. AS~. Army, Commanding. [Inclosure.] FORT LAFAYETTE, New York flarbor, October 30, 1861. Lieut. Col. M. BURKE, Commanding Ports Hamilton and Lafayette. COLONEL: In obedience to your instructions t I have delivered into the custody of ~Lieut.] John L. Buell, Fourth Infantry, all the prisoners * No countermand order can be found. To send the political prisoners to Fort Warren. See Townsend to Loomis, Oct. 26, p. 120 Page 125 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 125 of war and state confined at this post and hold his receipt for the same. I also as per instructions sent twenty men of the detachment under lily command as guard and furnished three days cooked rations for both prisoners and guard. I am, colonel, with respect, your obedient servant, CHAS. 0. WOOD, Second Lieutenant, Ninth Infantry, Commanding Post. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, & c., Port Monroe, l~a., November 1, 1861. Maj. Gen. B. HUGER, Commanding at Norfolk, Va. GENERAL: I received your several communications of the 23d and the 29th ultimo, with an indorsement on that of the 23d. In reply to the latter I have only to remark that I gave no other instructions than that I could not for the present receive passengers by flags of truce coming from Norfolk. I was not aware until you informed me that any other instructions had been given on the subject. 1 certainly have no intention or desire to be discourteous to General Huger. Herewith I send by a flag of truce and commend to your care and courtesy the following-named persons: Mrs. Susan Carnes, her sister, Miss Shelton, and Miss Barker; Mrs. iReeves, her four children and female servant; Mrs. Sophia Allen and son (seven years old), and Mrs. Charles Parker, Mrs. Margaret Cormick, Mrs. Annie M. Upsher, Miss Williamson, Miss B. B. Nichols, Mrs. Julia Stilhnan, Mrs. Eliza Still- man, Mrs. IRachael B. Myers and her daughter, and I believe one other lady who is desirous of visiting her children and who says her husband is in the U. S. Navy. Mr. C. Drew and his daughter also go with this flag. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN B. WOOL, Major- General. P. S.I also send under cover to you a small package of letters. JOHN E. WOOL, Major. General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, Louisville, Ky., November 2, 1861. General W. T. WARD, Carnpbellsville. DEAR SIR: Your letter of 31st is received. When prisoners are received have the papers all handed to Judge Bullitt, a good Union man and a member of the court of appeals, to whose decision I leave the case. We cannot imprison and keep in enstody all suspected persons, and the only safe course is to follow the law of the State of Kentucky w-hich makes arrests only proper when overt acts of treason are estab- lished. The cases you mention are certainly such as the safety of the community would justify in having imprisoned and I will caution Judge Bullitt on the point. By my request Judge Catron has appointed a number of commission- ers to reside along the line, one of whom was designed for Campbells- vile. His examination and commitment will be final and will obviate our hitherto trouble of judging cases from mere letters and the expl Page 126 126 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. nations of the accused. So many improper arrests were made by self- constituted authorities that there was a physical impossibility of keeping them. To inflict any cruelty on them would not be tolerated by the laws of war or peace, and the consequence is many dangerous men are set free. Judge Catron says the commissioners can put them under bond and the bond will be good against their property or the property of their sureties. As you can well understand we would soon fill all the places of confinement in Louisville were we to arrest and imprison all who may be dangerous. Leaders and conspicuous men never should be arrested unless in strong cases, and then an examination should be had before a commissioner of the United States. I expect you up this week. Yours, truly, W. T. SHERMAN, Brigadier- General, Commanding. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 4, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN E. WOOL, U. S. Army, Fortress Monroe, Va. GENERAL: I have this day received a note from Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan stating that within the past few days orders have been sent from his headquarters to you to pass over our lines two or three loyal citizens under flags of truce and that at the time of issuing of these orders it was not known to him that the power to grant such passes was confined to the State Department. He desires me to approve his action which under the circumstances I have done. You will therefore please permit the persons holding passes from him to go over our lines as directed. I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Acting Seeretar~y. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 4, 1861. SETH C. HAWLEY, Esq., New York. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 31st ultimo informing me of your inability to execute the orders of this Department of the 29th ultimo in consequence of the removal of the prisoners from the forts in New York Harbor to Fort Warren, in Boston, Mass., and suggesting if it is the wish of the Department that you should proceed to that point and make the investigation required that instructions to the commanding officer of Fort Warren similar to those to the commandants of the forts in New York be forwarded to you. In reply I inclose herewith such instructions to Colonel Dimick together with a note to Robert Murray, esq., the U. S. marshal for the southern district of New York, requesting him to accompany you and to give you all the aid in his power in prosecuting your investigations. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary Page 127 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 127 [Inclosure No. 1.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 4, 1861. Col. JUSTIN DIMICK, U. S. Army, Commanding, t~c., Fort Warren, Boston, Mass. COLONEL: I have requested Seth C. Hawley, esq., to visit Fort War- ren, Boston, for the purpose of investigating the cases of certain pris- oners recently transferred from New York and of reporting to me the names of such as in his judgment may with propriety be released. He will be accompanied by Robert Murray, esq., U. S. marshal for the sonthern district of New York. You will please grant to both these gentlemen full permission to visit the prisoners confined in Fort War- ren and render them all other aid in the prosecution of their errand in your power. I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary. [Inclosure No. 2.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 4, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal, New York. SIR: I have requested the Hon. Seth C. Hawley to proceed to Fort Warren, Boston, Mass., and investigate the cases of certain prisoners therein confined (lately transferred from the military posts in New York Harbor) referred to in your letter to this Department of the 28th ultimo, and he has expressed a desire to avail himself of your counsel and advice in the premises. I will therefore thank you to consult freely with Mr. Hawley and if possible accompany him to Boston, and render him all the assistance you can in the prosecution of his investigations. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 5, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal, New York. SIR: Brig. Gen. Andrew Porter, the provost-marshal in this city, has in his custody several female prisoners and it is thought advisable to transfer them to some other point where they can be more comfortably detained. Will you please proceed to Fort Columbus, New York Har- bor, and make an examination of it with reference to that object and report to me as soon as you conveniently can whether in your judg- ment suitable accommodation can be provided therein. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary. U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, Cincinnati, November 5,1861. Hon. W. H. SE WARD~ Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.: Inclosed please find statements of several of the most prominent citizens in Southern Ohio. I have ofttimes received statements of a similar character. I would refer you to the Hon. S. P. Chase as to the responsibility of Mr. Beckett and the other gentlemen whose names appear on the within statement. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. C. SANDS, U. $. Marshal Page 128 128 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. [First indorsement.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, November 8, 1861. Respectfully referred to the Secretary of the Treasury for his opinion as to the propriety of arresting the person complained of. Please return these papers. By order of the Secretary of State: E. D. WEBSTER. [Second indorsement.] SECRETARY OF STATE: Messrs. Beckett and Tytus are best known to me of the gentlemen referred to and are highly respected citizens. The other gentlemen so far as I know enjoy the confidence of their fellow-citizens. Perhaps I ought to add, however, that I am obliged to differ from them as to the expediency of arresting Mr. Yallandigham. I return the papers. S. P. CHASE. [Inclosure.] Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State of the United States: We, the 11 udersigned citizens of Butler County, Third Congressional district, Ohio, having heard the speech of Hon. C. L. Yallandigham made in this city on the 12th of October, 1861, and believing it will calculate to render aid and comfort to the traitors now in hostility against the Government of the United States by exciting sympathy for them in this community, and particularly by preventing enlistments in the volunteer service of the country and by discouraging subscriptions to the Government loan, beg leave respectfully to request that you adopt such means as will prevent this gentleman from working similar detriment to the public service in future. We herewith send the Cm- ciunati Commercial containing a brief abstract of the speech in ques- tion, which we pronounce generally correct as far as it goes. Of the effect of this speech in our community we can only give our opinion, which is that it has in some measure put a stop to enlistments in this community. Were we to undertake to point out wherein the Commer- cials report fails to give a full impression of Yallandighams language it would be in that part where he denounces the loan and tax measures, which he denounced as particularly unequal, unwise and disastrous in their results. We have only further to say that the speech in its gen- eral tone and bearing was just such a speech as might very well have been addressed to and been applauded by an audience of rebels. It was vilely denunciatory of the Administration and very kindly in its tone toward the rebels. On the subject of taxation he said that the amount to each man, woman and child would be about $30; that the people would be utterly unable to pay it, and the result would be that under the law the farms would be sold and bid in by the Government officers, and shortly afterward Government land offices would be established all over the State for the sale of forfeited farms. As to the bonds issued by the Government they would soon depreciate to 80 or 70 per cent., and thus the widows and orphans would be fleeced. And if the war went on a few years the very men who authorized the issuance of the bonds would turn round and repudiate them. We do most sin- cerely believe the good of the country requires that the said Valla Page 129 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 129 digham should be forthwith arrested and taken care of until the war is ended, and we hope that Marshal A. C. Sands will be instructed to make said arrest. F. J. TYTUS. JACOB MORRIS. The parts of Mr. Yallandighams speech which we heard are cor- rectly set forth above. M. P. ALSTON. PHILIP BERRY. J. F. SUTHERLAND. We, the undersigned citizens of the said Congressional district, believing the above to be a correct statement of the speech of Mr. Yal- landigham and of its tendency, and considering that he has at other times and places made speeches to the same effect, and believing that he is using all his influence to defeat the efforts of the Government in crushing out the rebellion which now so seriously threatens its exist. ence, would earnestly urge upon you the necessity of the immediate arrest of C. L. Yallandigham and of his safe-keeping until the public danger is removed. WM. BECKETT. E. G. DYER. ISRAEL WILLIAMS. EZRA POTTER. As to the character and responsibility of Beckett, Dyer, Williams, Tytus, Morris, Potter and Alston, and Berry and Sutherland, see Sec- retary Chase. PROCLAMATION. IIEADQUAnTERS, Prestonburg, November 5, 1861. Having this day occupied the town of Prestonburg with the force under my command I declare to all whom it may concern that the jurisdiction of the State of Kentucky is restored in this section of the State, and that the regular fall terms of the courts will be held in those counties in which the time for holding the same has not passed; and all civil officers are ordered to attend at the regular times aiid places of holding said courts and attend to the duties of their respective offices. Given under my hand this 5th day of November, 1861. W. NELSON, [Brigadier- General, Commanding.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 7, 1861. His Excellency WILLIAM DENNISON, Columbus, Ohio. GovERNoR: I have had the honor to receive your telegraphic dis- patch of yesterday* expressing an opinion that three brothers named Crumbaugh, from Kentucky, now held as prisoners of war, ought to be released, and requesting their discharge after taking the oath of alle- N~ found. 9 R RSERJES II, VOL I Page 130 130 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. giance In reply I have to state that although reluctant even to delay a compliance with any similar request from you 1 am compelled by cir- cumstances of which you may not be fully aware to postpone the release of prisoners of war from Kentucky at this juncture. This determina- tion has been reached pursuant to the suggestion of loyal citizens of high standing in that State to which we feel bound to defer. I have the honor to be, your excellencys very obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 7, 1861. THORNTON K. LOTHEOP, Esq., Assistant U. AS~. District Attorney, Boston, Mass. SIR: Your letter of the 4th instant* has been received. I am directed by the President of the United States to say that there being an insur- rection in the United States the President has suspended the writ of habeas corpus in the State of Massachusetts and in the waters thereof so far as it may concern the action of any military or naval officer or other persons engaged in the military service or the naval service of the Union and any civil officer of the United States. No officer therefore of the United States will obey any such writ without the assent of this Department previously obtained. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. WASHINGTON, November 7, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, & c. SIR: In a note which I had the honor to address to you on the 10th [6th] of last month I directed your attention to the unusual manner in which the master and crew of the British schooner Revere appeared to have been treated after the caj5ture of their vessel by the U. S. ship Cambridge, and especially to the fact that two of the crew had been kept in irons. It is now my duty to beg the Government of the United States to take into their serious consideration statements concerning another case of the same kind which have been brought to my notice by Rear- Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, commander-in-chief of Her Majestys naval forces on the North American and West Indian stations. It would appear from them that on the seizure by the Cambridge of another British schooner, the Louisa Agnes, for an alleged breach of blockade, two of the crew of that vessel also were put in irons and that the master did not meet with that considerate treatment which might have been reasonably expected. I have the honor to inclose a copy of the admirals dispatch on the subject and an extract t from an affidavit of the master of the Louisa Agnes which accompanied it. I have the honor to be, With high consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant, LYONS. * Not found. Omitted Page 131 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 131 [Inclosure.] NILE, AT HALIFAX, October 28, 1861. Right Hon. Lord LYONS, K. C. B., & c. M~ LORD: I deem it right to forward to your excellency the accom- panying original papers relative to the capture of the British schooner Louisa Agnes, of Lunenburg, which have been forwarded to me by the owner of her cargo, Mr. Moran, a merchant of this city. I do so, how- ever, not with any view to your excellencys entering into the question of her capture which Ipresume is now before the U.S. prize courts,but of pointing out how contrary it is to the usages of war to resort to coer- cion upon the unresisting crews of neutral vessels detained for breach of blockade, & c., and farther that I cannot but think as a naval officer that if these statements are true not only had the seamen who were put in irons strong grounds of complaint but the master had a right to look for more considerate treatment to himself personally than he appears to have received on board the U. S. ships Cambridge and Susqnehanna. It will be for your excellency to decide as to what steps if any should be taken thereon or whether any immediate representation should be made to the United States Government to prevent a recurrence of such harsh treatment to masters and crews of English vessels detained by U. S. ships of war, but whatever course may be deemed most in accord- ance with your excellencys views I may be permitted to refer to the very emphatic language used in regard to an analogous case by Sir W. Scott, in his judgment on the case of the San Juan Baptista (Robert Adm. Reports, p. 33), wherein referring to putting the crew of a prize in irons that eminent jurist says if proved to have existed and to the extent alleged and without necessity must be pronounced disgraceful to the character of the country (Great Britain), since no one who hears me will deny that to apply even to enemies modes of restraint that are unnecessary and at the same time convey personal indignity and per- sonal suffering is highly dishonorable. I have, & c.. ALEXANDER MILNE. CHICAGO, November 7, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: * * * A man by the name of Jewett, a son-in-law of Com- modore Garrison, came -to this city in the month of May last. He is Southern by birth and a strong secessionist in feeling, but says very little. He stated to a friend of his, a reliable Union man, that he was introduced to President and Mrs. Lincoln by Breckinridge last winter; that he has been in correspondence with both the President and his wife; that Mrs. Lincoln has written him several replies. Several of his recent letters to Mrs. Lincoln, copies of which he read to my informant, were substantially intended to induce her to caution the President against the Secretary of State. Whether the object of this man Jewett is to make trouble by his correspondence with the wife of the President or to obtain information by means of such replies as may be written or whether he is a mere adventurer I am at a loss to determine. I will endeavor to procure copies of his letters and forwaid them. I inform you of these facts, thinking that perhaps some light may be thrown upon the matter at Washington. Very respectfully, JOHN C. MILLER Page 132 132 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. V., November 7, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARm Secretary of State. SIR: The desire to furnish information that may possibly be of serv- ice to my Government will serve as an apology for my addressing you directly. I would refer to the acquaintance which I had the honor of having with you when residing in Albany simply to secure a favorable consideration of the subject of this letter. I have just been infoiined by a gentleman of high respectability that the traitor Beauregard has a nephew in Montreal with whom he maintains a constant semi-weekly correspondence through the mail under cover to the president of the Bank of Montreal. The Government may be in possession of fhe infor- mation already, but if not it seems to me to deserve their attention. There can be no doubt that the rebels gain very accurate information of the intentions of our Government, and this may be one of the meth- ods by which it is obtained. It also seems to me probable that British officials in Virginia are used as the channels through which the corre- spondence is forwarded northward. There are a large number of secessionists at one of the principal hotels in Montreal who are doubt- less engaged in some way in furnishing important information to their friends at tbe South. I am, very respectfully, yours, JOHN NEWLAND. [First indorsement.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, November 12, 1861. Respectfully referred to the U. S. consul-general at Montreal with the request that he will return when he no longer has use for it. [second indorsement.] The fact that Beauregard had a nephew here was known to me at the time and reported to the Department. But he stayed here less than a week and had no letters through the president of the Montreal bank except one of an ordinary business transaction. J. IR. G~IDDINGS.] OFFICE OF U. S. ATTORNEY, Philadelphia, November 9, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretar~q of State. SIR: The case of one Samuel Eakins, recently discharged from Fort Lafayette, was presented to me to-day in a form somewhat embarass- ing. On the 24th of August last Eakins was arrested upon a warrant issued by the U. S. commissioner (lleazlitt) and a hearing had in his case before the commissioner. Pending the examination he was com- mitted by the executive to Fort Lafayette, where lie has remained till a day or two ago. This morning he presented himself to the marshal for this district and requested that officer to deliver to hun certain property, including a watch and some gold coin, that was found in his possession at the time of his arrest. He stated that he intended to leave immediately for Washington for the purpose of learning whether the Government desired to employ him in any of its workshops. The commissioner informed him that he was in the custody of the marshal inasmuch as the original complaint had not been disposed of, to which Mr. Eakins replied that he was unconditionally discharged by the Go Page 133 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 133 eminent. I instructed the commissioner to allow Eakins to enter his own recognizance to appear upon the 24th of the present month to answer the charge upon which he had been originally arrestedthe charge of treasonand said to him that the marshal would retain the property (in value about $1,500) as security. I am unable to consult with the district attorney in the matter, but I learn that Mr. Coffey had concluded before his illness that the case was not one for prosecution. I desire, however, to know whether the Department have any instructions to give the district attorney in relation to the case or have any wish in reference to it. If the Gov- eminent does not desire the prosecution now pending to proceed fur- ther 1 presume that the money belonging to Mr. Eakins may be delivered to him. I have the honor to be, very truly and respectfully, your obedient servant, J. HUBLEY ASHTON, Assistant U. S. Attorney. [Indorsement.] If it is not a case in which the evidence will warrant a strong expec- tation of success discharge him. W. H. SEWARD. [NOVEMBER 9, 1861.] Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWiRD, Secretary of State. Sin: Some time since I sent by the United States Express a package containing a pamphlet and paper written and published by Merritt Munson, of this State, to the State Department for instructions. I have heard nothing from it, and therefore call the attention of the Department to it. On the 29th instant I learned that one Doctor Hopper, of Knoxville, Tenn., left this city in company with two ladies and a Doctor Letcher. His destination was Canada. He went there for the pnrpose of pur- chasing quinine and morphine, and is expected to return at once. I telegraphed to Mr. Barse, at Detroit, and arranged with a gentleman at Michigan City, the junction of the Michigan Central and New Albany and Salem roads, and another at the Lake Station, the junction of the Central and Cut Oft Railroads, to watch for them. Doctor Hopper is described thus: Tall, aristocratic appearance; light hair, smooth face, large blue eyes, about forty; wears dark business coat, drab vest and pants and slouch hat. His wife has dark complexion, black eyes and hair; full medium height. The other lady small, light hair, blue eyes, round face and plump. Their errand was communicated in Tennessee to a person who was in their confidence. The ladies both had leather traveling bags; no other baggage; will probably return with trunks. 1)octor Letcher has gone to Washington. A description of him can be obtained from W. T. Dennis, a special agent of the Treasury Department. He should be arrested, and the arrest kept from the public until the others have been apprehended. Mr. Barse informs me of the arrest of Shaver,* an agent of the Grand Trunk Railway. I had known of his movements and expected to arrest him in Indiana. I am afraid the arrest was premature. If the Department wishes any more evidence in his case I can furnish it. * See p. 982 for case of Shaver Page 134 134 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Yesterday I received from Governor Morton, of Indiana, a letter* a copy of which I unclose. I will go to Bloomington to-night and make some temporary arrangement until the Department instructs me what course to take in the matter. The suggestions in the letter seem to be judicious. Some weeks since I learned that a consignment of saltpeter had been landed from a Goderich (Canadian) propeller with no other mark than a diamond B and without a bill of lading. The seizure of contraband was not included in my duties, but I took the liberty of locking it up. No one has claimed it and it is now in the hands of the surveyor of the port. There are twenty-two packages. A few days afterward I received a dispatch from a special agent of the Treasury Department asking me to look out for a consignment of tobacco, three~fourths of which was the property of rebels. The tobacco (2,400 cases) was found in the hands of the Michigan Central Railroad and taken charge of until the arrival of the agent of the Treasury Department, when it was delivered to the surveyor of the port. I drew upon the Department for my salary for two months and a small bill of expenses paid by me. Respectfrilly submitted. JOHN C. MILLER. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 11, 1861. The President of the United States directs that the writ of habeas corpus be suspended so far as it relates to officers and soldiers in the military or naval service of the United States, or marshals and their deputies within the State of New York. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Approved: A. LINCOLN. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 11, 1861. His Excellency WILLIAM DENNISON, Governor of Ohio, Columbus. SIR: I have examined the papers relative to the case of the Messrs. Crumbaugh and am of the impression that although these persons might not if released pursuant to your recommendation engage in the military service of the insurgents there is nothing to show that they would not seek civil employment under them. If therefore you will sound them as to their disposition to enter into an engagement not to accept employment of any kind in that quarter or to do any hostile act against tbe United States, and should find such disposition to exist, the expediency of their discharge will again be taken into consideration. I have the honor to be, your excellencys obedient servant, ~TILLIAM H. SEWARD. BALTIMORE, November 11, 1861. Brig. Gen. II. II. LocKwooD, U. S. Army. GENERAL: You will proceed with the forces under your command into the counties of Accomac and Northampton, Va., and carry ont *Not inclosed Page 135 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 135 the assurances given in the proclamation to be issued by me on the 13th instant. One of the objects in view, though not stated in the procla- mation, is to bring these counties back to their allegiance to the United States and reunite them to the Union on the footing of West Virginia. The first step in the accomplishment of this object is to disarm and dis- perse the military corps encamped within them. If these corps are in the service of the Confederates they should be made prisoners and sent to this city. A conciliatory course should be pursued in regard to those who are not nuder arms and have not been in the pay of the Con- federate Government. It will require great discretion and prudence in bringing about the desired result; but if the people of these counties can be induced to declare their independence of the Confederates the strongest assurance may be given to them of an efficient protection by the Government. It will be advisable to have a free and frank conference with the leading Union men as soon as you think the time has come for disclosing the wishes of the Government. In advancing into the interior great care will be necessary to guard against surprises. It is understood that the intention is to carry on a guerrilla warfare against you and that the character of the country favors it. Against this you will take the requisite precaution by carefully feeling your way. You will if possible send me a brief note of your progress every day. * * * * * * * No distinction should be made between the citizens of those counties in regard to the past. All who submit peaceably to the authority of the Government are to be regarded as loyal. If any persist iii acts of hostility it is for you as commander of the expedition to decide what measures shall be taken in regard to their persons or their property, and with this prerogative no subordinates can be permitted to inter- fere. The notion has been far too prevalent that the persons and prop- erty of secessionists may be unceremoniously dealt with by commanders of regiments or corps and the sooner it is corrected the better. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major General, Commanding. IIDQRS. CITY GUARD, PROVOST-MARSHALS OFFICE, Washington, November 11, 1861. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, U. S. Army, Provost-Marshal. GENERAL: In the case of Mrs. Medora A., alias Mary E. Onderdonk, arrested at Chicago and brought here on an order of Hon. William II. Seward, Secretary of State, and now confined in the female prison, No. 398 Sixteenth street (Mrs. Greenhows house), since the evening of 15th of October, I have the honor to report that I have carefully examined all the papers connected with it, including the report of John C. Miller (who was intrusted with the management of the case) to the honorable Sec- retary of State; also various letters and a lengthy statement made by Mrs. Onderdonk to one of my operatives and which I caused to be taken since her incarceration; all of which papers are now on file in my office, and I would respectfully suggest not seeing any good grounds to sus- tain the charge of being a spy or otherwise treasonably implicated that she be discharged from custody. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. J. ALLEN Page 136 136 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. [Indorsement.] Release her and pay fare to Chicago. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 12, 1861. CHIEF OF POLICE, Philadelphia, Pa. SIR: It is expected that all persons embarking for foreign ports and especially for Europe will provide themselves with passports from this Department, or if aliens countersigned by the Secretary of State. You will not allow any persons not so provided to embark at Philadelphia excepting only the poorer class of emigrants, whom you can easily distinguish. I am, sir, very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, November 12, 1861. Brig. Gen. D. C. BuELL, Commanding Department of the Ohio. GENERAL: * * * As far as military necessity will permit reli- giously respect the constitutional rights of all, Preserve the strictest discipline among the troops, and while employing the ntmost energy in military movements be carefnl so to treat the unarmed inhabitants as to contract not widen the breach existing between us and the rebels. I mean by this that it is the desire of the Government to avoid unnecessary irritation by causeless arrests and persecution of individ- uals. Where there is good reason to believe that persons are actually giving aid, comfort or information to the enemy it is of course necessary to arrest them, but I have always found that it is the tendency of sub- ordinates to make vexatious arrests on mere suspicion. You will find it well to direct that uo arrest shall be made except by your order or that of your generals unless in extraordinary cases, always holding the party making the arrest responsible for the propriety of his course. It should be our constant aim to make it apparent to all that their prop- erty, their comfort and their personal safety will be best preserved by adhering to the cause of the Union. McCLELLAN. NOTICE. FORT WARREN, November 12, 1861. The undersigned, appointed by the Secretary of State of the United States to examine into the cases of the political prisoners at Fort Warren, desires those prisoners to be prepared to-morrow to answer the question whether they would severally be willing to take the oath of allegiance to the Constitution and Government of the United States if they should be set at liberty, further inquiry into each case to depend upon the answer. To-morrow there will be an opportunity to answer the question. SETH C. HAWLEY Page 137 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 137 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 13,1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police, New York. SIR: Your letter of the 11th instant has been received. Inclosed is a memorandum in regard to passports to be required of passengers by steamer to Aspinwall which you may have published in the form of an advertisement. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. [Inclosure.] There being reason to believe that disloyal persons embark in the steamers for Aspinwall for improper purposes, notice is hereby given that all passengers by these steamers will in future be expected to provide themselves with passports in the same manner as passengers by the steamers for Europe. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 13,1861. JOHN S. KEYES, Esq., U. S. Marshal, Boston, Mass. Sin: Referring to your communication of the 6th instant, the receipt of which has heretofore been acknowledged, I have to request that you will proceed to Fort Warren and separate the prisoners as suggested by you; that is to say you will convey the political prisoners to Fort Independence leaving the prisoners of war at Fort Warren. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 13, 1861. W. II. BARSE, Esq., Detroit, Mich. Sin: You are hereby authorized to employ a competent person at Port Huron and another in the city of Detroit, but the whole expense for your and their services must not exceed the sum of $150 per month. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, ADJUTANT-GENERALS OFFICE, Wheeling, November 13, 1861. General W. S. RosECRANs: The undersigned, adjutant of the Ninth Virginia Regiment, a new regiment just forming at Guyandotte, Va., wonld beg leave respectfully to report that on Sunday evening, the 10th instant, just after 7 oclock, the said regiment, consisting of only 150 men yet in camp, was com- pletely surprised by 700 cavalry under command of Jenkins [Clarkson], the guerrilla chief, and cut to pieces and captured, with the loss also of about 30 horses, a small stock of Government stores and 200 Enfleld rifles. * * * Among those taken prisoners are the ion. K. V. Whaley, member of Congress, who was in command of the post. * * * The enemy als Page 138 138 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. arrested and carried off the following Union citizens, after having first taken and destroyed their property: William Dowthit, merchant, and his son; Doctor Rouse, druggist, who was also a commissioner of the Fed- eral court; Albert White and perhaps others. At Barboursville, the county seat of the same county, they captured John W. Alford, a can- didate for the legislature; Matthew Thompson, a merchant, whom they stripped of all his goods; old Mr. Kyle, a gunsmith, and Mr. Moory, a tanner. * * * Respectfully submitted. J. C. WHEELER, Adjutant Ninth Virginia Volunteers, U. S. Army. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 14, 1861. E. L. 0. ADAMS, Esq., Portland, life. SIR: Your letter* of the 11th instant has been received. In reply I have to inform you that it will be your duty to require of all persons who may embark at Portland for foreign countries excepting the poorer classes of emigrants to provide themselves with passports signed or countersigned by the Secretary of State. If not so provided you will not allow them to embark, and may employ such of the police as may be necessary to carry out this regulation. In cases where there is good reason to believe that persons may embark at Portland for Halifax or Saint John for the purpose of thence proceeding to Europe or else- where in aid of the insurgents of this country you will require them also to provide themselves with passports. As the object of the regu- lation, however, is precautionary merely and intended to thwart the designs of enemies of this Government who may be proceeding abroad it is desirable that it should be carried into effect with as little annoy- ance as possible to honest persons upon their own affairs. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. NEW YORK November 14 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Will you send to me by telegraph authorization to visit and act with Seth C. Hawley at Fort Warren ~ W. H. LUDLOW, New York Hotel. FORT WARREN, Boston Harbor, November 14, 1861. Lieut. Col. M. BURKE, Commanding Forts Hamilton and Lafayette, N. V. M~ DEAR COLONEL: * * ~ Would it not be well to send me all the orders you receive for holding the prisoners sent me~ All I have is simply a list of prisoners without the scratch of a pen to show where or by whose order confined. Many questions have arisen in con- sequence of not having the original order of confinemeiit; some claim to be prisoners of war and say they were so considered until their arrival at Fort Lafayette. Now they are necessarily considered as civil Not found Page 139 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 139 prisoners. I see you are not yet relieved by Colonel Gates. I rather [think] you will be obliged to remain some time for this to take place. Very truly, yours, J. DIMICK, Colonel First Artillery, Commanding Fort. BALTIMORE Novem His Excellency A. LINCOLN. ber 15, 1861. Mv DEAR SIR: I inclose a proclamation which I have issued to the people of Accomac and Northampton Counties, Va. Its purpose, as will be apparent to you from its tone, is to bring about a peaceable submission on their part. If they resist they are advised that they may expect severe chastisement. The ease of these counties is peculiar. They have not engaged in any active hostility to the United States. Their people have never crossed the Maryland line. Their greatest offenses are sympathizing with the Richmond leaders and carrying on an illicit trade with the eastern shore of Virginia. One of their cap- tains fired on a barge belonging to one of onr revenue steamers, but the act was disapproved by their leading men. If they can be reclaimed and induced to throw off their connection with the Confederates it will be a great point gained, especially as the residence of Governor Wise, their former representative, is in Accomac; and I thought it worth while to make the effort by quieting their fears in the first place, for they have got it into their heads that we want to steal and emancipate their negroes; and by giving them the strongest assurances of kii~d treatment and protection if they do not resist the authority of the Government I trustI ought to say I hope rather than trustthat they may be gained over without bloodshed. As their case is peculiar I have endeavored to meet it with a remedial treatment adapted to the special phase of the malady of secessionism with which they are afflicted. I have sent an additional force since my return from Washington. The whole number will be 4,500among them about 3,500 as well dis- ciplined troops as any in the service. In my instructions to General Lockwood, who commands the expedition, I have directed him to dis- arm and make prisoners of all persons found with arms in their hands. I have also inclosed him a copy of the act of Congress of the 6th August last, entitled An act to confiscate property used for insurrec- tionary purposes, the last section of which concerns persons held to labor and service, and I have instructed him to enforce its provisions as far as practicable. In all I have done in this matter I have had the best interest of the Goverhment in view, and 1 shall be much gratified if it meets your approbation. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major. (Jeneral. [Incloanre.] PROCLAMATION. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, November 13, 1861. To TILE PEOPLE OF ACCOMAC AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, VA.: The military forces of the United States are about to enter your counties as a part of the Union. They will go among you as friend Page 140 140 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. and with the earnest hope that they may not by your own acts be forced to become your enemies. They will invade no rights of person or property. On the contrary your laws, your institutions, your usages will be scrupulously respected. There need be no fear that the quietude of any fireside will be disturbed unless the disturbance is caused by yourselves. Special directions have been given not to interfere with the condition of any persons held to domestic service; and in order that there may be no ground for mistake or pretext or misrepresenta- tion commanders of regiments and corps have been instructed not to permit any such persons to come within their lines. The command of the expedition is intrusted to Brig. Gen. Henry II. Lockwood,* of Dela- ware, a State identical in some of the distinctive features of its social organization with your own. Portions of his force come from counties in Maryland bordering on one of yours. From him and from them you may be assured of the sympathy of near neighbors as well as friends if you do not repel it by hostile resistance or attack. Their mission is to assert the authority of the United States; to reopen your intercourse with the loyal States and especially with Maryland which has just proclaimed her devotion to the Union by the most triumphant vote~herpoliticalannals;torestoreto commerce its accustomed guides by re-establishing the lights on your coast; to afford you a free export for the products of your labor and a free ingress for the neces- saries and comforts of life which you require in exchange; and in a word to put an end to the embarrassments and restrictions brought upon you by a causeless and unjustifiable rebellion. If the calamities of intestine war which are desolating other districts of Yirginia and have already crimsoned her fields with fraternal blood fall also upon you it will not be the fault ot the Government. It asks only that its authority may be recognized. It sends among you a force too strong to be successfully opposed; a force which cannot be resisted in any other spirit than that of wantonness and malignity. If there are any among you who rejecting all overtures of friendship thus pro. yoke retaliation and draw down upon themselves consequences which the Government is most anxious to avert, to their account must be laid the blood which may be shed and the desolation which may be brought upon peaceful homes. On all who are thus reckless of the obligations of humanity and duty, and on all who are found in arms the severest punishment warranted by the laws of war will be visited. To those who remain in the quiet pursuit of their domestic occupa- tions the public authorities assure all they can give peace, freedom from annoyance, protection from foreign and internal enemies, a guar- antee of all constitutional and legal rights and the blessings of a just and parental Government. JOHN A. DIX, Major. General, Commanding. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, iYovember 18, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, E sq., Superintendent of Police, New York. SIR: From extracts [from letters] which were found in possession of the Maurys recently arrested for conveying information to the insur- rectionary States it appears that the following persons in New York For the reports relating to LockwooJs expedition to the Eastern Shore, see Series 1, Vol. V, pp. 424 to 437 Page 141 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 141 have been engaged in receiving and forwarding correspondence between parties in the insurrectionary States and their sympathizers in Europe as well as in the loyal States: John Monroe & (Jo., Charles Le Cesne, C. A. Robert, Maury Brothers, Mr. Converse. Will you please cause a quiet but thorongh watch to be kept over the movements of these par- ties, and after the arrival of the next foreign mail place them under surveillance and seize all correspondence and other papers and send them with your report to this Department l I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, Kovember 18, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police, New York. SIR: Herewith I transmit an extract from an intercepted letter writ- ten by William L. Yarlcey,* an agent in England of the persons in insurrection against the authority of the Government of the United States, addressed to his son who appears to be a captain iu the forces of the insurgents at Mobile, Ala. From this extract you will learn the names of the parties in New York through whom the son is requested to send a reply. I deem it important that a watch should be kept over John Monroe & Co., and have to request that you will cause it to be done and report to me by telegraph whether in your judgment it is advisable to arrest them or any of them. 1 am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 18, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police, New York. SIR: Herewith I inclose an abstract from an intercepted lettert written by Charles Le Cesne, doing business at 24 William street, New York, and who appears to be engaged in affording aid and comfort to the insurgents by receiving and forwarding correspondence and by outfitting vessels and shipping merchandise to them. The Mr. Shafter referred to in this extract is probably James S., doing business at 73 Franklin street. Will you please keep a quiet but close watch upon the movements of those persons, and at the proper time after the arrival of the next foreign mail arrest and convey them to Fort Lafayette, secure all letters and other papers found in their possession and send them to me. I have notified the Navy Department of the probable sailing of the vessel referred to, but you had better keep a lookout for her and inform this Department of her name and the date of her departure. Jam, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. * For the Yancey letter see p. 1279, case of James Brown. Not found Page 142 142 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. BOSTON, November 18, 1861. SECRETARY OF ST~~TE: All order has come to put certain political prisoners in Fort Independ- ence. That fort is not in condition to receive them. Fort Warren has some prisoners and is in proper condition. Is not Independence a mis- take for Warren ~ BENJ. F. BUTLER. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, November 18, 1861. Brig. Gen. II. II. LOCKWOOD, Commanding Expedition to Eastern Shore. GENERAL: Lieutenant Dix arrived this morning with your dispatch* communicating the gratifying intelligence that the rebel organizations in your neighborhood had dissolved. * * * Please bear iu mind the ulterior object of the expeditionto bring these counties by their own voluntary action back into the Unionand with this view see their leading men as you advance. * * * Dispose of the state prisoners of whom you write to me as you think proper. I am, general, respectfully, yours, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, November 19, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I have the honor to report that * * * Lieutenant-Colonel McPherson is about to leave for the West where he is ordered to report to General Halleck, and his absence will leave the post [Independence] without an officer. * * * I have communicated to Colonel Dimick, commanding at Fort Warren, your letter of the 13th instant relating to the transfer of the political prisoners to Fort Independence and am engaged with him in making the necessary arrangements. The absence of Colonel McPherson from this post will require the detail by the proper department of some officer to take command there and perhaps of an addition to the garrison. If Colonel Dimick remains at Fort Warren I take the liberty to suggest that his lieutenant (Buell) who has had the immediate charge of the prisoners and knows them all by sight would I should judge be a very suitable officer for the post if the trust can be confided to a lieutenant. There are now about 115 political prisoners in Fort Warren, and this number can I think be conveniently accommodated in Fort Independ- ence. To-morrow I am to visit and examine it with Colonel Dimick and after that will make the transfer as soon as it can be made ready for the purpose and Colonel Dimick receives his orders. In the meantime and until it is done when I will report at once to you I think all political prisoners might as well be sent to Fort Warren as before, and I have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, JOHN S. KEYES, U. S. Marshal. * Not found Page 143 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 143 DItPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 20, 1861. Rev. A. L. IIITZELBERGER, Boston College, Harrison Avenue, Boston. SIR: * * * This Department having adopted a rule which pre- cludes all visits to political prisoners even from ministers of the gos- l)el of any denomination has hitherto strictly observed it. If, however, the l)risoners themselves shall in the event of sickness or any other reasonable cause require the services of their spiritual advisers the rule would be relaxed in favor of any one of undonbted loyalty. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. IIEADQUATJERS, Baltimore, November 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. II. II. LocKwooD, Commanding Expedition to Eastern Shore. GENERAL: * * * Officers who have been in the pay of the Con. federates should be arrested and held as prisoners until the order of the Government is annonnced. Rank and file if they have laid down their arms need not be disturbed. In regard to correspondence I see no objection to the free circulation of letters to all portions of the two counties in which the authority of the Government is re-established. You are right in your opinion that no act of a rebel convention or legislature can be recognized. In all these respects the two counties must when they come back be in the statu quo before the rebellion. Until some principles of reorganization can be agreed upon either as a part of Maryland or of Western Virginia their corporate powers as counties will be sufficient to meet all their exigencies. I speak without having examined the statutes of Virginia, but on all these points I will write you hereafter. * * * I am, very respectfully, yours, JOIIN A. DIX, Major- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 21, 1861. JOHN S. KEYES, Esq., U. S. Marshal, Boston. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant in reference to the transfer of prisoners from Fort Warren to Fort Independence. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. OFFICE U. S. ATTORNEY, Baltimore, November 21, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: In view of the recent arrest of Messrs. Mason and Slidell and of the discussions to which it may lead it may be of service to your Department to be informed of a case which justifies a very grave sus- picion that a British official has lent his aid to an American vessel to violate the blockade off the coast of South Carolina. The schooner Adelaide, of Charleston, S. C., late in the month of August sailed fro Page 144 144 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. her home port and reached Nassau, New Providence, early in Septem- ber. From thence she cleared for Saint John, New Brunswick, as an English vessel under an English register with English, Confederate and Palmetto flags on board. On September 6 she was captnred off Stono inlet by boats from the U. S. war steamer Flag, Capt. L. C. Sartori, and sent to Baltimore for condemnation, where she and her cargo have recently been forfeited for breaking the blockade. It was alleged at the port of the claimants that the Adelaide had been sold in Nassau because she was unseaworthy, and that one Joseph Roberts was the purchaser; and that he changed her name and took out a British register. The sale, change of name and register were all the part of a contrivance, and it is difficult to resist the conviction that the registrar, Mr. F. Whitley, was cognizant of the schooners destina- tion and prostituted his official position in aid of the enterprise. If it be desirable to establish the complicity of the officers of the English Government with measures in aid of the violation of the block- ade it is not nulikely that the district attorneys of Philadelphia and New York may be in possession of information similar to this, and our consul at Nassau in this very case might discover facts corroborating my views of the conduct of the registrar. I am, sir, yours, very respectfully, WM. MEADE ADDISON, U. S. Attorney. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, November 21, 1861. Brig. Gen. II. II. LOCKWOOD, Commanding Expedition to Eastern Shore. GENERAL: Ascertain if possible the parties who committed the depredations referred to in your letter and order and send them back as directed in irons. If you have any thieves with you get rid of them as soon as possible. I wish the troops to be sent back here as soon as they can be spared. * * * Captain Knight thought two companies would be sufficient to hold the two counties. I would be glad to have your views on the subject. My impression was that it would be advisa- ble to have 500 men in each county. The force in Accomac might winter in Drummondtown and the force in Northampton at Eastyille, with a detachment of a few men from each to take care of the light at Cape Charles and Pungoteague. Early arrangements should be made to cover these troops for the winter, and as so on as you see what may be needed please advise me. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, Cairo, November 21, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER U. S. FORCES, Cape Girardean, Mo. SIR: I am directed by the commanding general to inform you that General Jeff. Thompson took from the Platte Valley on Tuesday and has now confined in New Madrid two men named William McMillan and James Merkle. These men are citizens of Illinois and were employed in Memphis before the commencement of this war, and ha Page 145 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 145 been there ever since. They are mechanics and were employed there as such. Not being able to procnre passes they escaped to Paducab, Ky., took a boat for this place and immediately on their arrival here took passage on the Platte Valley for Saint Louis en route for Quincy, Ill., their home. They never were employed as spies and never acted as such. They had no interview with the commanding general here and did not vol- nnteer any information, and did not come here for that purpose. They can in no just sense be considered spies; they were simply Northern men who had availed themselves of an opportunity to escape to their homes and families. If Thompson will release them and give them safe escort to our lines you will release such number of his men as he may think just and give them safe escort beyond our lines. In communicating with Thompson you will send him a copy of this letter. By order of General Grant, commanding: WM. S. HILLYEIR, Captain and Aide.de- Camp. HDQRS. FIRST Mm. DIST., MISSOURI STATE GUARD, Camp Near New Madrid, Nov~mber , 1861. Brig. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Cairo, Ill.: Yours of the 21st, through Col. J. B. Plummer, commandant of Cape Girardean, is at hand. The prisoners William McMillan and James Merkie were immediately forwarded to General Polk at Columbus, and I will send your letter in reference to them directly to him. I will state in reference to these men that when I examined the steam-boat Platte Valley I found drawings purporting to be plans of the fortifications of Columbus and upon inquiry found McMillan and Merkle had either made the drawings or furnished the information and from some parties on the boat I learned they had been very boastful of their success and the value of the information they had acquired. I understand they have been sent to Memphis, bnt I will immediately lay your statement before General Polk, and although he may object to their leaving the Confederacy at this time (as they also worked at Columbus), yet I believe your statement will be sufficient to have them released from confinement. Yours, most respectfully, M. JEFF. THOMPSON, Brigadier- General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS PENINSULAR BRIGADE, Drummondtown, Va., November 22, 1861. Major-General Dix, Commanding Department of Pennsylvania. GENERAL: I beg leave to inform you that the major portion of this command is now in camp at this place. * * * I have secured the persons of two captains and one lieutenant of the Confederate Army, and am using active efforts to find Smith, Winder, Finney and other leading spirits of the late rebel forces on this peninsula. I take it for granted that these will be sent to Fort Mdllenry, but as they claim 10 R RSERIES II, VOL I Page 146 146 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. the benefit of your proclamation I have thought best to consult you before doing so. Please advise me in this regard at your earliest con- venience. I am happy to inform you that the discipline of the troops now here under the rigid system of police established by me is now good. None of those disorders which marked their first entrance into Virginia and which both annoyed and surprised me have occurred. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, HENI~Y H. LOCKWOOD, Brigadier- General, Commanding. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 23, 1861. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Lafayette, N. Y. Sin: Will you have the kindness to furnish this Department at your earliest convenience with a list of the prisoners now in your custody at Forts Lafayette and llamiltou, Xew York Harbor, stating their places of residence and the date of their reception by you ~ I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. (Same to Col. Justin Dimick, Fort Warren, Boston; Maj. Gen. John A. Dix, Fort Mdllenry, Baltimore; Maj. Gen. John E. Wool, Fortress Monroe, Va.; Brig. Gen. Andrew Porter, provost-marshal, Washington; Col. G. Loomis, Fort Columbus, N. Y.; Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks, Seneca Creek, Md.) DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 23, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police, New York. Sin: Herewith I return the letters* addressed to John Monroe & Co. which were received from you this date. You will please deliver them to Messrs. Monroe & Co. and tell them that the State J)epartment has intercepted letters which place their loyalty under suspicion, and which afford conclusive evidence that they have been engaged in transmitting letters between the insurgents and their agents in Europe, and that you have been instructed to require them not to hold any c~rrespond- ence themselves with persons residing in any of the insurrectionary States nor be engaged in forwarding any ;o and that if any letters are received by them from or intended for parties in those States they will promptly deliver them to you to be sent to this Department. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, Boston, November 23, 1861. F. W. SEWARD, Esq Assistant Secretary of State, Washington, D. 0. SIR: * * * I wrote you on the 19th instant with regard to the political prisoners at Fort Warren and am still waiting for Colonel Not fouud Page 147 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 147 Dimick to receive his orders about Fort Independence before transfer- ring them. They are getting on very well, and if the city authorities here would lose some of their sympathy for them would be all right. I wish none but the U. S. officers had access to them. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN S. KEYES, U. S. Marshal. 413 BROOME STREET, NEW YoRK, November 24, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. MY DEAR SIR: I wish to turn attention to a matter not included within the scope of your instructions to me: The number of prisoners in Fort Warren is large, the force is small and composed of inexperi- enced troops who are frequently changed. There is work going on which calls for a force of laborers and a constant passing in and out of civilians of the lowest class. On Saturdays the whole laboring force goes home; there can be and is no examination of their persons as they pass in and out. Out of this can come correspondence or the escape of an individual prisoner which would not be of much account, but a bold and desperate dash might take the fort much more cheaply than the Government took Port Royal. The political prisoners have money and intoxicating liquors enough to subdue the virtue of a sentinel or two, and I see no impossibility in their taking Colonel Dimick prisoner. The suggestion of a possible resort to the tex talionis will put them all to thinking. The political and military prisoners are allowed to mix and confer at pleasure, which should not be, and altogether the business is conducted too loosely. It would be an imjrovement to transfer all the state prisoners to Fort Independence, and keep them under the charge of a corps of sappers and miners or other well-trained force, and with an officer in command who will feel that this is a business of life and death. I would not Like to have it known to the military gentlemen that I have made these suggestions as I know nothing of war, & c. If the attention of the proper department is turned to the subject so as to se~ure investigation and attention it will suffice. Yours, respectfully, S. C. HAWLEY. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, No cember 25, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. SIR: I have the honor to invite your attention to the inclosed copy of a communication of the 22d instant addressed to this Department by Lord Lyons relative to the case of Charles T. (or L.) Temple, a Brit. ish subject arrested at Frederick on the charge of being a deserter from the U. S. service, and to request that you will cause the matter to be investigated and the result communicated to this Departmeut. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. [Inclosure.] WA5HIN~TON, November 22, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. SIR: I received on the 20th of last month a letter signed Charles T. Temple stating that the writer was a British subject; that he had bee Page 148 148 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. arrested at Frederick on the 16th of that month by the soldiers of the First Regiment of the Potomac Home Brigade, under command of Lient. Col. George It. Dennis, and that he was detained on the charge of being a deserter from the U. S. service. On receiving this letter I directed Her Majestys consul at Baltimore to inquire into the matter. The consul accordingly addressed on the 22d of last month a letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Dennis of which I have the honor to inclose a copy.* No answer having been returned to it I am under the necessity of requesting your assistance in investigating the case. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant, LYONS. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 25, 1861. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Headquarters U. S. Army, & c. GENERAL: Representations have been made to this Department that persons in local authority in the city of Boston obtain access to Fort Warren to the detriment of the public interests and to the annoyance of the U. S. officers in charge. I will therefore thank you to transmit an order to Col. Justin Dimick, the officer in command of the fort, to the effect that no persons except U. S. military officers and U. S. dis- trict attorneys, U. S. marshals and deputies, and the U. S. dispatch agent at Boston shall hereafter be permitted to visit any of the pris- oners confined at the forts in Boston Harbor without a written permis: sion from this Department. I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 25, 1861. Col. JUSTIN DIMICK, Fort Warren, Boston. SIR: You will please permit Jonathan Amory, esq., to visit any of the prisoners confined under your charge at any time he may deem it advisable to do sZ. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 25, 1861. Messrs. JOHN MONROE & Co., New York. GENTLEMEN: I have received your lettert of the 23d instant. You have doubtless already been informed by John A. Kennedy, esq. (in accordance with instructions given to him), of the circumstances which placed your firm under suspicion, and I doubt not, since you have unknown to yourselves been made the medium of transmitting treason- able correspondence between the insurgents and their agents in Europe, you will cheerfully avail yourselves of the caution thus given against the practice of forwarding letters which by the proclamation of the President have been prohibited from the U. S. mails. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. * Omitted. Not found Page 149 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 149 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 25, 1861. GEORGE BULL, Esq., U. S. Gommissioner, Detroit, MicA. SIR: It is stated that an examination was had before you of one A. Da Costa, now confined at Fort Warren. Will you please send at your earliest convenience to Seth C. Hawley, esq., New York, a copy of all the testimony taken in the case referred to with such other infor- mation as you may have relative to Da Costa. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. 413 BROOME STREET, November 25, 1861. F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary of State. SIR: J. K. Milluer, * A. E. Smith,* of Yirginia, and Charles Kopperl,* of Mississippi, are clients of Hon. William H. Ludlow who has pressed me diligently to report in their cases. But for this I could properly pass them as I shall all of the prisoners deemed to be disloyal now unless there is something special in their cases. * * * The fourth client of Mr. Ludlow is Mr. William E. Kearney, of Clark County, Ky. He is thirty-eight years old; has a wife and seven chil- dren a farmer and trader; has property. He claims to have voted with the Union party. I should say that this man might with safety be set at liberty but for the fact that he is complicated with some pecuniary con- ditions contingent upon his release. This seems to be the fact; and if so there is danger of evil report to arise from it. I am, very respectfully, yours, S. C. HAWLEY. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, Md., November 25, 1861. Brigadier-General Locxwoon. GENERAL: I have received your three dispatches of the 22d instant, dated at Drummondtown, and am much gratified with the judicious and efficient manner in which you are carrying out my instructions and with the readiness with which the people of Accomac are disposed to accede to the friendly overtures made to them iii my proclamation. All that has been promised should be fully executed, and the most liberal interpretation should be given to its declarations. * * * There are two or three matters on which you ask my directions: First. As to the officers of the volunteer force who have been arrested. They were not found in arms as I understand. In that case I think they may justly claim the immunities pledged by my proclamation, but in order to become entitled to them they must recognize the authority of the United States. This test we have a right to prescribe, and I know no other than the oath of allegiance required by section 1 of the act of Congress of August 6, 1861, chapter 64, of the first session of the Thirty-seventh Congress. * * * Should they decline to take this oath they cannot be considered as belonging to the classes of persons to whom the benefits of the proclamation are promised. In that case you will if they were not fonnd in arms release them on their parole of honor to abstain from all acts of hostility to the United For these cases see~ rost Page 150 150 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. States, & c. I inclose a form for tlie purpose, marked B. If they decline giving their parole in the form prescribed you will send them to Fort Mdllenry. Second. As to civil officers. it is desirable that the administration of the civil and municipal concerns of the two counties should go on if possible without any interruption whatever. If any of the civil officers now in the execution of their trusts have taken an oath of allegiance to the Confederate Government they should be required to take the oath inclosed, marked A.* It is especially desirable that the courts should hold their sessions as usual so that justice may be administered without adding to the laws delay. Third. If the people return to their allegiance to the United States they should make such temporary provision for their own government not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States as they may think best. For the time being it seems to me that it would be well for them to act with Western Virginia, and hold elections by proc. lamation of the governor as you suggest. Before taking any action on the subject myself I should like to know the views of their discreet men and see what is done in the meetings about to be held. I think it very important on their own account that they should be represented in the next Congress, and I have very little doubt that a member duly elected will be received if they act in concurrence with Western Vir- ginia. As preliminary to this it seems to me very desirable if not necessary that they should send a member to the legislature of West- ern Virginia. I intended to have stated in connection with what 11 have said in regard to the officers you have secured that I suppose them to belong to a volunteer force raised in the two counties, although you call theni officers of the Confederate Army. My information was different, but if I am mistaken in this particular you will hold them till I can obtain the direction of the Government as to the disposition to be made of them. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, ]ifajor- General. [Inclosure.] B. I, , do give my parole of honor that I will do no act in hostility to the Government of the United States; that II will not go beyond the limits of the county of without permission of the commanding officer of the U. S. forces in said county; that 1 will report myself in person to the said commanding officer once in seven days; that I will surrender myself to him whenever required to do so, and that in the meantime I will hold no correspondence or conversation with any person on political subjects, and have no communication direct or indirect with the States in insurrection against the United States or with any person within the said insurrectionary States. CONFIDENTIAL.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 26, 1861. Maj. Gen. GEORc~E B. MCCLELLAN. Mv DEAR CTENERAL: I transmit to you a letter t which I have received from the Hon. Seth C. Hawley, of INew York, who was deputed Omitted. Letter of the 24th Page 151 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 151 by me to go to Fort Warren and examine the condition of the prisoners there. I beg to ask your attention to his suggestions, especially those which relate to the insecurity of the fort. You will perceive that this communication is one that for obvious reasons should be confidential. Very truly, yours, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 26, 1861. JOHN S. KEYES, Esq., U. S. Marshal, Boston, Mass. SIR: Herewith I inclose several orders* for the release of prisoners from Fort Warren which I will thank you to execute. Representations have been made to this Department that a certain person who obtained a permit to visit the political prisoners confined in the several forts has abused this privilege by seeking to be employed as an attorney to intercede for their release from confinement. You will therefore please inform all the prisoners confined at Fort Warren that this Department will not recognize any person as an attorney in such cases, and that if the fact comes to the knowledge of the Depart- ment that any prisoner has agreed to pay any attorney a sum of money or to give to him anything of value as a consideration for interceding for the release of such prisoner that fact will be held as an additional reason for continuing the confinement of such person. You will also please say to the prisoners that it is the wish of the Government that they should communicate whatever they may have to say directly to this Department. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 26, 1861. Col. JUSTIN DIMICK, Fort Warren, Boston. SIR: The permit to visit political prisoners which was granted some time since to William H. Ludlow, esq., has been revoked. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. (Same to Col. Martin Burke, Fort Lafayette, N. Y., and Col. G. Loomis, Fort Columbus, N. Y.) HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, November 26, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I have the honor to inclose a list of prisoners at Fort McHenry on the 19th instant. No additions have beeii made until to-day. A man by the name of Coe has been sent there, but I am not prepared at this moment to report his case. It would be a great convenience if all these prisoners including Thomas (Zarvona) could be sent away. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. See Seward to Diiniek, November 26, case of Kearney, et al., post Page 152 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. [Inclosure.] IA8t of Political Prisoners at Fort MoiFlienry, Md., November 19, 1861. Date of Charge. Name. Residence. arrest. Richard Thomas Zarvona July 8,1861 Piracy and treason. William W. Glenn Baltimore, Md Sept. 15, 1861 Editor of Exchange newspaper, Baltimore. George Julius Hagerstown, Md Oct. 16,1861 federate to the Con Robert W. Rasin Baltimore, Md Oct. 26,1861 Do. H. C. Holland Dorchester County, Md. Nov. 4,1861 Visiting Virginia (per letter from H. C. Hickson on file at Fort MeHenry). Thomas Mortimer Baltimore, Md Nov. 8, 1861 Disloyalty (perletterfrom Major. General Dix, Baltimore, Nov. 8, 1861). James Martin do ... .do Do. William F. Engle Nov. 13, 1861 Lieutenant in the rebel army. Jonah Potterfield do Raising a rebel flag on his house and applying to the rebels for arms to defend it, & c. Edward C. Covtrell Princess Anne, Somer- Nov. 16, 1861 Correspondence with rebels. set County, Md. Glenn, Julius, Holland, Mortimer, Martin arid Cottrell refuse to take the oath of allegiance. JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. HDQRS. CITY GUARD, OFFICE OF THE PROVOST-MARSHAL, Washington, D. 0., November 26, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: Agreeable to your request of the 23d instant I have the honor to herewith submit to you a list of state prisoners now in my custody, to wit: Name. Residence. Received. James A. Donnelly Georgetown, ID. C Aug. , 1861 Frank Rennehan Washington, D. C -: AUg.23, 1861 Mrs. H. ON. G)~eenhow do 1)0. William J. Walker do Do. Rudolph Watkins Georgetown, ID. C Sept. 23, 1861 George S. Watkins ....do Do. George F. Harbin Washington, D. C Do. William F. Getty do Oct. 1, 1861 Thomas A. Jones Popes Creek, Md Oct. 4,1861 Samuel G. Acton Anne Arundel County, Md Do. E. B. Grayson Washington, ID. C Oct. 7,1861 Summerileld Ball Fairfax County, Va Oct. 9, 1861 Benjamin Jackson Cross Seneca, Md. (?) Oct. 11, 1861 William F. Moore Fairfax County, Va Oct. 13,1861 James W. Offutt Georgetown, D. C Oct. 14,1861 John W. Burson Washington, D. C Do. Alfred Nettleton Middle Haddam, Conn Do. Hu hAdams Vicinityof Vienna, Va Oct. 19,1861 G. ~T. Gunnell do Do. A. B. WilBams do Do. William Oswald Dundas Bladensburg turnpike Nov. 1,1861 Withers Smith Fairfax County, Va Nov. 2,1861 Samuel F. Anderson do Do. Philip H. Linton Washington, ID. C Nov. 6,1861 John Brown New Orleans, La Nov. 7,1861 Isaac Ballenger Saint Joseph, Mo Do. Rutson Maury Liverpool, England Nov. 8,1861 0. Allen Scanland Powells Mills, Fairfax County, Va Nov. 11, 1861 John McDaniel do Do. Miss Stewart, alias Ellie M. Pool Wheeling, Va Do. George Dent, sr Popes Creek, Md Nov. 14,1861 George Dent,jr do Do. Riley Nash Fairfax County, Va Nov. 18,1861 I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. PORTER, Brigadier- General and Provost-Marshal. 15 Page 153 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 153 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 27, 1861. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. Dix, Baltimore, Md. GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your coirnnunication of the 26th instant inclosing a list of prisoners confined at Fort Mdllenry and suggesting that it would be a great convenience if they could be sent away. In reply II have to request that you will send them all to Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 27, 1861. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. COLONEL: The Secretary of State has been informed* that Mr. Wil- liam II. Ludlow has represented to some of the prisoners confined in Fort Lafayette that he possesses or can use some influence with the Government in their behalf, and has made it a ground for obtaining from them money in hand or engagements for money or other valuable considerations. Discountenancing and repudiating all such practices the Secretary of State desires that all the state prisoners may understand that they are expected to revoke all such engagements now existing and avoid any hereafter, as they can only lend new complications and embarrass- ments in the cases of prisoners in whose behalf the Government might be disposed to act with liberality. All prisoners can communicate directly by letter to either the Secre. tary of State through Colonel Burke himself or any unpaid and disin- terested agent whom they may find for that purpose. I am, sir, very respectfully, yoar obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. (Same to Col. Justin Dimick, Fort Warren, Boston.) U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, November 27, 1861. F. W. SEWARD Assistant Secretary of State of the United States. SIR: * * * Colonel Dimick had received no orders relating to Fort Independence and I am therefore still waiting for him before trans- ferring the prisoners to that fort. I am still quite desirous that it should be done as in every way preferable to the present location. I have no additional facts to report in the matter of II. C. Wainwright.t I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN S. KEYES, U. S. Marshal. * See Hawley to Seward, November 25, p. 149. See case of the Messrs. Maury, p. 1041 et 8eq Page 154 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. List of prisoners of state at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, November 27, 1861. When re- Date of ar- Name. ceivedat rest as given Residence. Fort Warren. by the prisoners. George A. Appleton Nov. 1, 1861 H. H. Alvey . .. .do R.H. Bigger do J.R.Barher do B.Burton do M.W.Barr do George W. Brown do M.Berry do George W. Barnard do Edw. Baum do J.C. Brain do J. M. Brewer do Charles Barkley do James Brown Nov. 20, 1861 H. B. Cenas Nov. 1, 1861 H. B. Claihorne do Thomas J.Claggett do John H. Cusick do JohuWDavis do A.Dawson do Robert Drane do C.J.Durant do R. T. Durrett do IR. NI. Denison do J.A. Douglass do A. Da Costa do George Eustis i Nov. 24, 1861 C. J.Faulkner Nov. 1,1861 F. D. Flanders do J. R. Flanders do P. H. French Nov. 8,1861 IR. S. Freeman Nov. 1,1861 H. G. Fuller Nov.28, 1861 Charles Green Nov. 9, 1861 M.J. Grady Nov. 1,1861 William H. Gatchell do J. H. Gordon do H. S. Grissons .do Charles Howard do F. 1K. Howard do William G. Harrison do Thomas W. Hall do J.L.Jones do R.W.Jeffery do GeorgeP.Kane do Chares Kopperl do Andrew Kessler do E.G.Kilhourn do AndrewLow Nov. 9,1861 D. C. Lowber Nov. 1,1881 S.H.Lyon do A.A. Lynch do J. E. Lindsay do J. K. Milluer do E. C. Myatt do W.R. Miller do B. Mills do J. W. Maxwell do C. S. Morehead do Isaac G. Mask . .. do M. F. Maury Nov. 20, 1861 Charles Macgill . Nov. 1, 1861 William F. MeKewen do J. M. Mason Nov. 24, 1861 J. F. McFarland do J. E. Murphy Nov. 1,1861 J. F. Newton do S. F. Newton do N. G. North do Edw. ONeil do C.H. Pitts do G. P. Pressy do W. M. Page do P. FRasin do H. Renwick do ESRuggles do AESmith do T.P,Scott do Sept. 7, 1861 Baltimore, Md. June 19,1861 Hagerstown, Md. Oct. 16, 1861 Baltimore, Md. Aug. 17, 1861 Lake Providence, La. Sept. 11. 1861 Brooklyn, N. Y. Sept. 18, 1861 Louisville, Ky. Sept. 11, 1861 Baltimore, Md. Oct. 8, 1861 On the high seas. Sept. 8,1861 New Berne, N. C. Sept. 9, 1861 Currituck County, N. C. Aug. 18, 1861 Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 17, 1861 Cumberland, Md. Aug. 21, 1861 Charleston, S. C. Nov. 14, 1861 New Orleans, La. Sept. 16, 1861 Petersviile, Md. Aug. 11, 1861 Charles County, Md. July 1, 1861 Baltimore, Md. Aug. 5, 1861 Loudoun County, Va. ....do Dranesville, Va. Sept. 17, 1861 Leonardtown, Md. Sept. 18, 1861 Louisville, KY. Sept. 11, 1861 Peakesville, Md. Sept. 9, 1861 Edenton, N. C. Oct. 7, 1861 New Orleans, La. Nov. 8, 1861 Do. Aug. 12, 1861 Berkeley County, Va. Oct. 22, 1861 Malone, N. V. ....do Do. Nov. 6,1861 Kentucky. Aug. 29, 1861 Macon, Ga. Nov. 17, 1861 Lexington, Ky. Nov. 5, 1861 Savannah, Ga. Sept. 7, 1861 Baltimore, Md. July 1,1861 Do. Sept. 17, 1861 Cumberland, Md. Aug. 16,1861 New Hanover County, N. C. July 1, 1861 Baltimore, Md. Sept. 11, 1861 Do. Do. Sept. 12, 1861 Do. Sept. 18, 1861 Saint Michaels, Md. Oct. 1, 1861 Norfolk, Va. June 27, 1861 Baltimore, Md. Aug. 17, 1861 Carroll County, Miss. Sept. 16, 1861 Jefferson, Md. Sept. 19, 1861 Pierceland, Md. Nov. 3,1861 Savannah, Ga. Aug. 21, 1861 New Orleaus, La. July 11, 1861 Baltimore, Md. Sept. 11, 1861 Baltimore County, Md. Oct. 14, 1861 Greenshorough, N. C. Sept. 10, 1861 Danville, Va. Sept. 4, 1861 Charleston, S. C. Sept. 18, 1861 Elkton, Md. Sept. 17, 1861 Freedom, Md. Sept. 10, 1861 Elkton, Md. Sept. 18, 1861 Jefferson County, Ky. Oct. 17, 1861 Baltimore, Md. Nov. 7, 1861 New Orleans, La. Oct. 1, 1861 Bagerstown, Md. Oct. 15, 1861 Baltimore, Md. Nov. 8, 1861 Frederick County, Va. .do Petersburg, Va. July 11, 1861 Portsmouth, Va. ~ X~. Hanover County, N. C. Oct. 16, 1861 Charleston, Va. Sept. 9, 1861 Currituck County, N. C. Sept. 11, 1861 Baltimore, Md Sept. 20, 1861 Saint Louis, Mo. Oct. 14, 1861 Millwood, Va. Sept. 16,1861 Kennedyville, Md. Oct. 16, 1861 Ba]timore, Md. July 20, 1861 Fredericksburg, Va. Aug. 2, 1861 Former navy agent at San Francisco, Cal. Sept. 11, 1861 Baltimore, Md. 15 Page 155 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 155 Ls8t of prisoners of 8tate at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, November 27, 1861Contd. When re Date of ar- Name. ceived at rest as given Residence. Fort Warren. by the prisoners. W. E. Salmon Nov. 1, 1861 Sept. 16, 1861 New Market, Md. G. Shackelford do Sept. 10, 1861 Beaufort, N. C. E. Sihern do Sept. 9, 1861 Curritnck County, N. C. J. G. Shaver do Oct. 14, 1861 Belleville, Canada West. Thomas Shields do Sept. 7, 1861 Baltimore, Md. D. Summers do do Do. L. Sangston do Sept. 12, 1861 Do. William St. George do Aug. 16, 1861 Wilmington, N. C. John D. Sudendorf do Oct. 8, 1861 At large. John Slidell Nov. 24, 1861 Nov. 8, 1861 Louisiana. J. H. F. Tattnall Nov. 27, 1861 Oct. 7, 1861 Savannah, Ga. Robert Tansill Nov. 1, 1861 Aug. 23, 1861 Brentsville, Va. J. H. Thomas do Sept. 11, 1861 Baltimore, Md. H. G. Thurher do Sept. 21, 1861 Oldham County, Ky. G. 0. Van Amringe do Sept. 9,1861 Wilmington, N. C. S. F. Wilson do Aug.23, 1861 Smithfield, Md. William H. Ward do Aug. 11, 1861 Norfolk, Va. A. D. Wharton do Sept. 8, 1861 Nashville, Tean W. H. Winder do Sept. 10, 1861 Philadelphia, Pa. F. Wyatt do Sept. 10, 1861 Do. W. E. Wright do Sept. 21, 1861 Lebanon, Ky. H. NI. Warfield do Sept. 12, 1861 Baltimore, Md. S. T. Wallis do Sept. 13, 1861 Do. J. DIMICK, Colonel First Artillery and Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel, Comdg. Post. List of prisoners of state at Fort Lafayette, November 27, 1861. Name. Date of con- finement. Residence. John F. Parr Oct. 31, 1861 R..H. Stanton Nov. 5,1861 George Forrester do W.T.Casto do James H. Hall do isaac Nelson do William Hunt do Benjamin F. Thomas do Rutson Maury Nov. 11, 1861 Francisco Menendez do Charles Butler do W. J. Browning do George McNabb do Don d McKay do Hunter Semple do William Reed do Frederick Louis do Peter Fernandez do David Evans do Joseph B. Marion Nov. 12, 1861 Rohert Walsh do John Kenny do Henry Costford do John Elmert do Thomas Murphy do Peter Welsh do William M. Gwin Nov. 18, 1861 Calhoun Benham do J.L.Brent do Appleton Oaksmith Nov. 19,1861 David C. Hall Nov. 22, 1861 P.C.W.Hipp do Guy S. Hopkins Nov. 23, 1861 W.IH. Soydam do W. P. Converse do John B. Fisher Nov. 2~, 1861 Nashville, Tean. Maysville, Ky. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Liverpool, England. Key West, No home; born in Denmark. Hohoken, N.J. Do. Tampa, Fla. Cuba. New Bedford. Newark, N. J. Havana. Bangor, North Wales. Antwerp. Shetland Islands, North Scotland, Liverpool. Sutton, England. London. Bristol, England. Ireland. San Francisco, CaL Do. Los Angeles, Cal. Patchogue, Long Island. Virginia. Saint Marys, Ohio. Lapier, Mich. East ew York, Long Island. Brooklyn, N. V. Philadelphia, Pa Page 156 156 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. List of prisoners of 8tate at Fort Lafayette, November 27, 1861Continued. Date of con- Residence. Name. finement. Henry W. King Nov. 25, 1861 New York. Henry Smith do Wexford, Ireland. Joseph Brady do London, England. A. C. Harris do New York. Frederic Hendricks do Do. Jacob Williams do Philadelphia, Pa, Peter Smith do Syracnse, N. Y. ThomasPorter do Jersey City, N.J. Franklin Smith do Rochester, N. Y. Charles Anderson do New York. John Donnelly do Do. Albert Zenas do Spain. Daniel McLane do New York. Edward Meyers do Do. E. W. Cecil Nov. 26, 1861 Baltimore. B. L.Hayden do Saint Marys County, Md. W.M.Abell do Do. B. H. Jones do Do. MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel Third Artillery, Commanding. P. 5.This includes the prisoners arriving after 26th instant at about 4 p.m. M. B. To TILE POLITICAL PRISONERS IN FORT LAFAYETTE: I am instructed by the Secretary of State to inform you that the Department of State of the United States will not recognize any one as an attorney for political prisoners, and will look with distrust upon all applications for release through such channels, and that such applica- tions will be regarded as additional reasons for declining to release the prisoners, and further that if such prisoners wish to make any com- munication to Government they are at liberty and requested to make it directly to the State Department. SETH C. HAWLEY. WILLARDS HOTEL, Washington, D. C., November 2~, 1861. W. H. SEWARD. DEAR SIR: I am both pained and mortified to hear this morning of information given to you that I had acted as counsel in cases released from Fort Lafayette. Permit me to assure you on the honor of a gen- tleman that in no one of the three cases, viz, Colonel Berret, H. A. Reeves or J. MeMaster, had I ever acted as such or received in any way directly or indirectly therefor any compensation. I mention those three cases specifically as being the only ones which I have any reason to believe were released through any application of mine on their behalf. I apply the same distinct and emphatic statement to any other released cases. And not only so but I have refused to receive from the parties named a refunding of money paid out of my own pocket, traveling expenses, & c., on their behalf. I should sincerely regret any loss or diminution of your good opinion, and I take this opportunity to tender to you my grateful acknowledg- ments for any and all kindness and consideration which you hav Page 157 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 157 shown me. I shall next week take my place in the Army. I know that I shall like it and am determined to follow it. My heart has always been in this contest, and whatever influence I may possess politically at home or in our State at large has been uniformly exercised to sustain ~he Government without any reservation. After familiarity with mili- tary duties I will ask you to aid me to a permanent position in the regular Army. With renewed assurance of my friendship to you, I am, yours, truly, WM. II. LUDLOW. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION, Baltimore, Md., N~vember 28, 1861. Brig. Gen. II. II. LocKwooD, Commanding Eastern AS~hore. GENERAL: Your dspatches of the 26th instant* by Captain Knight are received. It is natural that our Union friends in Accomac County should feel nervous and desire to get rid of their late oppressors. While we look calmly and dispassionately to important and more remote results we must do all we can consistently with our public pledges to the people of Accomac and Northampton to give courage to those who desire to place the affairs of the counties on their former footing. In the language of the proclamation the Government asks that its authority may be recognized. In pursuance of this purpose we have a right to require as you have done that those who are in the execution of public trusts should take the oath of allegiance. If they refuse they decline to recognize the authority of the Government, and can claim none of the benefits or immunities promised by the procla- mation. On the contrary by seeking to defeat the very object for which the expedition was sent into these counties they array them. selves against the Government and cannot expect to be treated as friends. If the county clerk as is alleged has openly exerted his influence to dissuade the magistrates from taking the oath of allegiance he should be arrested for an overt act of ifostility to the Government. The rules by which you should be governed may be stated briefly as follows: 1. No arrests should be made for acts done before the proclamation was published. 2. No man should be disturbed who acquiesces in the authority of the Government no matter how cold or reluctant or sullen his sub- mission. 3. Any person who exerts his influence to dissuade individuals from attending the meetings of the people called to declare their allegiance to the United States cannot for the reasons assigned be considered as entitled to the benefits and immunities promised by the proclamation. On the contrary he is to be regarded as aii enemy to be dealt with at your discretion. 4. Any person who at any such meeting resists a proposition to declare the allegiance of the two counties to the United States can only be regarded as an adherent of the rebel Government and coming within the category of No. 3. 5. The twenty persons who have been named to you as deserving arrest shofild be watched, and at the very first indication of hostility to the Government they should be taken into custody. But if they have submitted in good faith they are entitled to the protection pledged by the proclamation. It must, however, be a real and not a pretended submission. it must be exemplified by an abstinence in fact from all KNot found Page 158 158 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. attempts to dissuade others from an open and public declaration of their allegiance to the United States. And if you have good reasons to believe that any one of them is exerting a secret influence against the Government you may with perfect propriety send for him and require him to take the oath. Now let me say one word to our Union friends. I understand their feelings perfectly. I have gone through the same process here which you are passing through in Accomac County. I have succeeded with the aid of a very judicious police in re-establishing order and bringing back the State to its true allegiance; but I have beeu constrained to differ frequently from our Union friends. They ask too much. They looked more to forcible measures than to a quiet, firm and steady adherence to fixed principles. Our Union friends in Accomac must not be unreasonable. They must act boldly and decisively, and they will beat their adversaries without difficulty. With all we have done and are doing to support them; with the certainty that they will be sustained under all circumstances, they will have no excuse if they do not come out fearlessly no matter what the course of secret traitors may be. As men of sense they cannot fail to see that treachery cannot long be kept secret, and that their game is a sure one. I trust there- fore they will come out promptly and strongly and set the authors of the past mischief at defiance. If these mischief-makers continue their operations you will soon detect and bring them to punishment. I send $2,000 in specie per Captain Tyler. The Kent will wait till Monday if necessary for the Seventeenth Massachusetts. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, ]Jiliajor- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 29, 18G1. Right Hon. Lord LYONS, ~c. M~ LORD: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your com- munication of the 7th instant in which after referring to your note of the 10th 6th] ultimo, relative to the manner in which the master and crew of the British schooner Revere appeared to have been treated subsequently to the capture of their vessel by the U. S. ship Cam- bridge, you request this Government to take into its serious considera- tion certain statements concerning another case of the same kind, to wit, that of the Louisa Agnes, in which two of the crew of that vessel also were placed in irons after her capture by the Cambridge, and the master did not meet with that considerate treatment which might have been reasonably expected. In reply I now have the honor to inclose to you the copy of a commu- nication of the 23d instant from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject, to whom these cases were referred. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your lordship the assurance of my high consideration. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. [Inclosure.] NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 23, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: In reply to your letter of the 12th instant with inclosure from Lord Lyons in relation to the treatment of the master and part of th Page 159 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 159 crew of the British schooner Louisa Agnes I have the honor to inform you that immediately upon its receipt Flag-Officer Goldsborough was directed to investigate the circumstances of the alleged ill-treatment of the crews of Louisa Agnes and also of the British schooner Revere by the officers of the U. S. S. Cambridge, and I inclose herewith the reply of Commodore Goldsborough together with copies of the papers there- with inclosed being reports of the officers of that vessel and of the l)rize masters who carried the schooner into port. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, GIDEON WELLES. [Sub-inciosure.] U. S. FLAG-SHIP MINNESOTA, Hampton Roads, November 19, 1861. flon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. SIR: In reply to your communication of the 15th instant in relation to the treatment of the crews of the British schooners Revere and Louisa Agnes I have the honor to transmit to you herewith papers numbered from 1 to 4 inclusive just received from Commander William A. Parker, of the Cambridge. Respectfully, your obedient servant, L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH, Flag. Officer. [luclosure to sub-inciosure, No. 1.] U. S. STEAMER CAMBRIDGE, Newport News, Va., November 18, 1861. Flag Officer L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH, Comdg. N. Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Hampton Roads. SIR: In reply to your letter of the 17th instant I have to state that two of the crews only of the captured vessels (which were suspected of an attempt to break the blockade) were sent home in their respective vessels by order of Flag Officer Striugham. The irons were placed on board for the protection of the prize masters and to be used by them when deemed necessary. I forward herewith the statements of Messrs. Maies and Wells, the prize masters of the Revere and Louisa Agnes, as also a statement signed by the officers of the Cambridge who were on board at the time in question relative to the treatment of the crews while retained by me. I am very certain that no unnecessary harshness or unkindness was used toward either the masters or crews of the captured vessels while on board the Cambridge. They were permitted to move about the decks in perfect liberty through the day. At night a sentry was placed over them for safety; they were not otherwise confined but had all the privileges of passengers; were regularly served with full rations and had as good accommodations as the ship could afford. I under- stood that when they left this vessel the captains and their men expressed themselves highly pleased with their treatment. I can assure you, sir, the parties in question were not subjected to any unnecessary restraint; neither were they regarded in the light of prisoners of war; on the contrary they had full communication with the whole crew of this vessel. I am astonished at their complaints of ill-treatment and emphatically deny their assertions. I frequently enjoined on Lieutenant Gwin (first lieutenant and executive officer) that I wished the captured crews to have every indulgence their cas Page 160 160 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. would admit and that they should be made as comfortable as possible. As no complaints were made by them while here I cannot but construe it as an afterthought on their part. Respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM A. PARKER, Commander. [Thclosure to sub-inclosure, No. 2.] U. S. STEAMER CAMBRIDGE, November 17, 1861. Commander WILLIAM A. PARKER. Sin: Having received orders to give a written statement of the treat- ment of the two men comprising part of the crew of the schooner Louisa Agnes (taken as a prize by this vessel), placed under my charge on the 9th of September, 1861, according to orders received from my executive and boarding officer I proceeded to place them in single irons, the board- ing officer having this order executed before leaving me in charge. I kept them in irons three hours and liberated them until 8p. in.; then put them in irons for the night, and on the 10th took them out of irons at 7 a. in.; at 8 p. m. put them in irons again for the last time, and liber- ated them the following morning, it being left optional with me to keep them in irons in the daytime but explicitly ordered to confine them during the night. They were in single irons twenty-five hours out of the fifty-six hours of passage to New York and their treatment while under my care was as good as circumstances would permit. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. MAlES, Masters Mate. After a careful examination of the foregoing statement I am willing to testif~# by oath to its correctness. WILLIAM H. MAlES. [luclosure to sub-inclosure, No. 3.] U. S. STEAMER CAMBRIDGE, November 17, 1861. Commander WILLIAM A. PARKER, U. S. Steamer Cambridge. Sin: Having received orders to make out a written statement of the treatment of the two prisoners on board prize schooner Revere, placed in my charge on the 10th of September, I have the honor to make the following report: On taking charge of the vessel I proceeded according to orders received from the executive officer to place the two men in irons, the object as stated being to prevent their rising and retaking the vessel. For the first two or three days the men were confined in single irons in the daytime and double at night; after that as they were quiet and orderly I allowed them their liberty during the greater part of the day but confined them at night. They were treated as well under my orders as the circumstances would admit. I remain, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, HENRY W. WELLS, Masters ]Iliate. After carefully reviewing the foregoing statement I certify that I am willing to take oath that it is correct. HENRY W. WELLS Page 161 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 161 [Inclosure to sub-inclosure No. 4.j U. S. STEAMER CAMrnIIDGE, Neuport News, Va., November 18, 1861. We the undersigned officers of the U. S. steamer Cambridge were attached to her at the time of the capture of the Louisa Agnes and Revere, British schooners. We would hereby testify that the captains of the above ve~ssels and their men had good accommodationsall that the ship could afford were regularly served with rations, and upon their departure from this steamer spoke in high terms of approbation of their treatment. At all times on hoard they appeared perfectly satis- fied and made no complaints. The above-mentioned parties had free intercourse with the crew of the Cambridge both on and below decks, and in all respects were passengers. The absence of Lient. William Gwins name to this paper is accounted for by his being detached from this vessel and ordered to the brig Perry November 12. R. D. ELDRIDGE, Acting Master, U. S. Navy. F. W. STRON~, Acting Master, U. S. Navy. SAMUEL VERY, JR., Acting Master, U. S. Navy. H. A. RICHARDSON, Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Navy. JOS. C. CANNJNQ Acting Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy. FRANK A. BREMON First Assistant Engineer, U. S. Navy. CHARLES C. PENNINGTON, Second Assistant Engineer, U. S. Navy. JOHN J. STELGER, Third Assistant Engineer, U. S. Navy. JAMES POWERS, Third Assistant Engineer, U. S. Navy. DEPARTMENT o~ STATE, Washington, November 30, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police, New York. SIR: I inclose several letters* belonging to parties in New York which have been examined and appear to contain nothing objectionable. I will thank you to visit the persons to whom they are addressed, viz, Messrs. Charles Le Cesne and Ct~sar August Robert, and tell them that the Government has conclusive evidence that they have suffered them- selves to be made a medium for the transmission of correspondence between the insurrectionary States and Europe some of which is trea- sonable in character, and require them to engage npon honor that here- after they will desist from the practice, and if any letter of the character mentioned come into their possession they will voluntarily deliver them to you for examination. If they do this you may for the present discon- tinue the surveillance over their correspondence. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Not ]nelose(l. 1 1 IR RSERIES II, VOL I Page 162 162 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, Nocember Jo, idGi. J. P. TuoTT, Esq., Chief Clerk, Post- Office Department. Sin: J have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter* of the 27th instant inquiring what authority should be given to Mr. 1)unn iii respect to correspondence passing through the mails at Rouses [Point], N. Ni., addressed to persons supposed to be agents of the insurgents. In reply I have to suggest that in my judgment it would be advisable to authorize him for the present to detain and open such letters and to send those of a treasonable character to this Department. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. WASHINGTON, November 30, idGi. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, & c. Sin: I have carefully perused the papers communicated to you by the Secretary of the Navy, of which you did me the honor to send me copies with your note of yesterdays date. These papers establish the following facts: That two seamen of the British schooner Revere which was captured on a charge of breaking the blockades were for two or three days confined in single irons in the daytime and double irons at night; that after that they were left at liberty during the greater part of the day but confined at night; that two seamen of the British schooner Louisa Agnes which was also captured on a charge of breaking the blockade were kept in single irons during twenty-five out of fifty-six hours, and that in both cases this harsh treatment was inflicted in pursuance of express orders from the executive officer of the U. S. ship Cambridge. It is stated that in the case of the seamen of the Revere this severe measure was resorted to in order to prevent their rising and retaking the vessel. No information, however, is given from which an opinion can be formed as to the reasonableness of the precaution. No evidence is adduced of there having been ground for suspecling the men of a design to retake the vessels or for apprehending that they had the means of executing such a design. The Secretary of the Navy does not say with respect to either case whether he approves or disapproves the proceedings of the officers of the Cambridge. He does not express any intention of taking measures to secure considerate treatment in future to British seamen in similar circurn stances. The papers which you have been so good as to send me do not afford any information concerning the complaint made by the master of the Louisa Agnes of the treatment he experienced on board the U. S. steamer Susquehanna. You will I am sure consider that I am doing no more than my duty in asking for further explanations concerning these grave matters. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant, LYONS. Not found Page 163 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 163 OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT OF METROPOLITAN POLiCE, New York, November 30, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Sin: On the arrival of the Aspinwall steamer with Colonel Buch- anans regiment the detectives on board were informed that Lientenant Scott had talked in a disloyal manner on the passage; that he was a son of Rev. Doctor Scott, of California, formerly of Virginia. This infor- ination was obtained for me by my detectives from his fellow-passen- gers. His name being given to them as Robert N. Scott they very naturally snpposed he might be Robert G. Scott, late U. S. consul at Rio Janeiro, whom they had orders to arrest on his way home by the way of Europe. Lie was accordingly brought to my office. I discovered their mistake at once, but to avoid doing anything that would bear the appearance of rebuking them for their extra vigilance I directed him to be held until his baggage could be examined and sent one of them, Officer Roach, back to the steamer for the baggage, direct- lug it to be brought to headquarters for examination. In the course of two hours the officer reported to me that when he went to the steamer Colonel Buchanan interposed and prevented him from obtaining pos- session of it, on which I directed Colonel Buchanan to be brought to the office in person. I was not in when he arrived, and having to wait the colonel seemed to have lost his temper somewhat with his time. I found him in the office of Mr. President Bowen in company with Mr. Bowen and Mr. Commissioner Acton. He complained at having been brought there and explained as the reason for stopping the baggage that the officer who was sent for it was not in uniform; that he did not exhibit a written order; that he did not show to him any evidence that he was an officer. My reply to which was that officers on detective duty were not required to wear uniforms that it was as unusual to give a private policeman an order in writing as it was to give written orders to private soldiers; that if the detective had been required to show his authority he would have produced it on demand. After reaching my office and before I had an interview with him he had written an order to the purser of the ship to deliver up the baggage to my officer which he handed to me. A. few unpleasant words were used that it is not necessary to repeat and he was allowed to go. In the conversation he was very indignant that I should suspect Adjutant Scott, one of his staff in whom he said he had the utmost con- fidence. He was much excited at the time and spoke as people do under such circumstances. He spoke warmly in favor of Adjutant Scott. This is in reply to a telegram I have just received from the War Department signed B. F. Davis [Lieutenant U. S. Army] whom I dont know. Very truly, yours, JOHN A. KENNEDY, Superintendent. CAMP WRIGHT, Oak Grove, San Diego County, Lower Cal., November 30, 1861. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First In~fantry Cal~Jornia Volunteers, Los Angeles, Cal. COLONEL: I take advantage of the departure of Sefior Sepulva, liamon Carillos brother-in-law, to inform you of the arrest of the Sho- walter party, Showalter with them. It consists of sixteen men, cac Page 164 164 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. armed with rifles and a pair of revolvers. They gave us a hard chase but we finally captured them. They parleyed but finally concluded not to resist, although against the advice of Showalter. The names of the party are: T. A. Wilson, Tennessee; W. Woods, Missouri; Charles Pendroth, Kentucky; William Sands, Tennessee; T. J~. Roberts, South Carolina; R. H. Wood, Mississippi; T. W. Woods, Virginia; J. W. Sampson, Kentucky; S. A. Rogers, Tennessee; J. Law- rence, Arkansas; Levi Rogers, Alabama; Henry Crowell, Pennsyl- vania; William Turner, Georgia; Dan Showalter, Pennsylvania; A. King, Tennessee. Retook two of the party on the 27th near the post, viz, E. B. Summers and F. V. Chum. They were the advance party, eighteen in all. I am now examining them, and will send you by express that will leave here to-night some time full particulars. They now regret that they did not resist; if they had they would have given us a hard fight. There is no doubt that every one of them is a seces- sionist and are on their way to lend aid and comfort to the enemy. I would like to know as soon as possible what to do with them. They have pack-mules and are well fitted out and a desperate set of men. I am under great obligations to Francisco Ocampo for my success. It is reported that some eighty men are getting ready and on the road. I will keep a good watch for them. Very respectfully, EDWIN A. RIGG, Major First Infantry, Commanding Camp Wright. P. S.They were captured at daylight on the morning of the 29th at John Winters ranch near San Josh Valley. EDWIN A. RIGG. [For correspondence between Major-General Halleck and the Presi- dent relating to the writ of habeas corpus and the Presidents order authorizing ilalleck to suspend the writ at his discretion within the Department of the Missouri, see Vol. I, this series, pp. 230 and 231.] COMMONWEALTII OF MASSACHUSETTS, EXEOUT[YI~ DEPARTIVEENT, Boston, December 2, 1861. Hon. MONIGOlVIERY BLAIR, Postmaster- General, Washington, D. C. SIR: His Excellency Governor Andrew directs me to inclose to you a copy of a letter which was sent to him by Hon. George Morey, one of our most experienced and influential citizens, who was one of the Pres- idential electors and whose views and opinions therein expressed he believes are worthy of the serious attention of the government. The letter as you will see by its date was sent to the governor during his absence in Washington or it would have been forwarded earlier. His excellency hopes that you will take an early occasion to present the substance of Mr. Moreys views to the President with the assurance from him that Mr. IVioreys anxiety is shared by many of our most prominent and discreet citizens. Yours, very truly, THOMAS DREW, Assistant Military 8~eci-etary Page 165 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 165 [liiclosiive. BosTox, No?~ember 21, IWI. His Excellency JOHN A. ANDREW. DEAR SIR: The number of ordinary prisoners at Fort Warren, in our harbor, is about 700, and the number of state prisoners is something more than 100 as I am informed. Amongst the state prisoners are several persons of great ability and energy. There are some possessed of large means. There is a banker from Savannah whose name I do not recollect who is said to be very rich. Our banker, George B. Blake, assures me that this Savannah banker is worth several millions. It is supposed he has made this year one to two millions by speculations in cotton. In a short time the arch traitors Slidell and Mason with their secretaries are to be added to the congregation at the fort. Slidell is very wealthy, and Eustis, his secretary of legation, married the daughter of Corcoran, the rich banker at Washington who is worth three or four millions, and is without doubt a secessionist. I am very sure of Corcorans proclivities from what he said to me last May in Washington. Now when it is considered how much talent, energy, deviltry and wealth are congregated in this one fort it seems to me there is infinite danger that a successful escape may be made, especially when the men placed there to guard these rascals are only 300 or 400 raw troops. I think the arch traitors, say thirty or forty of the whole number of the state prisoners, ought to be placed in the vacant cells of the State prison (especially as the Confederate Govern- ment has now put many of our officers in separate cells at Charleston and Richmond), or if not in the State prison let them be kept separate at Fort Independence or elsewhere. I hope you will confer with the President and powers at Washington before you leave and see that measures shall be taken of the most effective character by which these rascals shall be secured against all possibility of escape. Why should not one or more ships of war be stationed near Fort Warren? Suppose some strong iron-clad steamer should come along and co-operate with those prisoners? * * * * * * * GEORGE MOREY. HEADQUARTERS DIVISION, Baltimore, Md., December 2, JRGI. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Commanding Fort Lafayette. COLONEL: Maj. D. P. iDe Witt, of the Second Regiment Maryland Volunteers, will deliver to you political prisoners in his custody, viz: Richard Thomas Zarvona, arrested July 8, 1861; George Julius, citizen of Hagerstown, Md., arrested October 10, 1861; Robert W. Rasin, citizen of Baltimore, Md., arrested October 26, 1861; iR. C. Holland, citizen of Dorchester, Md., arrested November 4, 1861; Thomas Morti- mer, citizen of Baltimore, Md., arrested November 8, 1861; James Martin, citizen of Baltimore, Md., arrested November 8, 1861; Jonah Potterfield, citizen of Harpers Ferry, arrested November 13, 1861; Edward C. Cottrell, citizen of Princess Anne, Md., arrested November 16, 1861; Charles H. P. Coe, citizen of Baltimore, Md., arrested Novem- ber 26, 1861. By command of Major-General Dix: D. T. VAN BUREN, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 166 166 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washin f/ton, December 3, 1S61. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. l)ix Baltimore. GENERAL: Herewith I have the honor to inclose for your information a copy of a letter received at this Department from P. T. Barnum, esq., in reference to correspondence between ex-Senator Mallory, now at Richmond, Va., and his daughter, Mrs. Bishop, who resides at Bridge- port, Conn., which it is supposed passes through Baltimore. Will you please adopt such measures for the suppression of this correspondence as in your judgment are necessary and proper~ I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. [inclosure.] LINDENCROFT, Bridgeport, Conn., ATovember 29, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON. DEAR SIR: The daughter of ex-Senator Mallory resides here with her husband, who is brother to our late ex-member of Congress, William D. Bishop (secesh). Of course Mr. Mallory (Secretary of the Navy in secesh) resides in Richmond. The daughter, Mrs. Bishop, is in con- stant correspondence with her parents and their letters are mailed to her in Baltimore. Of conrse the letters are brought from Richmond to Baltimore by some private hand. Such a letter arrived here last night and they continually arrive at intervals of two or three days. Your obedient servant, P. T. BARNTTM. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 3, 1861. Right Hon. Lord LYONS, & c. M~ LORD: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yonr lordships note of the 30th of November last in which you review the explanations of the Secretary of the Navy which I had submitted to you concerning the cases of two seamen of the British schooner Revere and two other seamen of the British schooner Louisa Agnes, which two schooners were captured, though at different times, in attempts to break the blockade of the ports held by the insurgents. I have read your objections to those explanations with great care and as I trust with candor, inspired by a sincere desire to concede to the complain- ants whom you represent any redress to which they might be found entitled, and to preserve the best possible understanding with the Gov- ernment of Great Britain. The Secretarys explanations do in fact show as you have assumed that the two seamen of the schooner Revere were confined for two or three days in single irons in the daytime and in double irons during the night, and that after the period thus passed they were left at liberty during the greater part of the day but confined at night. I cannot admit, however, that you are perfectly just in calling this confinement hard treatment. You notice the explanation that confinement of the seamen with irons to the extent practiced was resorted to in order to prevent their rising and retaking the vessel; but you object that no information is given from which an opinion can be formed as to the reasonableness of the precaution, and that no evidence is adduced of there having been ground for suspecting the men of a design to retake the vessel or for apprehending that they had the means of executin Page 167 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 167 such a design. Whether the restraints practiced upon the two seamen in question were hard treatment and a severe measure as you have characterized them, or whether it was proper treatment of course depends altogether as you seem to admit upon the circumstance whether those restraints exceeded the rigor which reasonable prudence required for the security of the capturing vessel and her prize on their way to port for adjudication. You seemed to have assumed that any confinement of the seamen especially in irons in such a case must by law be presumed to be unnec- essary and therefore unreasonable aiid severe, and that consequently it devolves upon the officer who makes the capture to exculpate him- self from the general charge of hardness or severity by showing that the rigor practiced was necessary in the act complained of. I submit on the contrary that in these as in all other cases it rests with the com- plainant to show in his statement the facts and circumstances which constitute the grievance before the accused party can be called upon to deny or at least justify the conduct alleged against him. I proceed to examine the case of the two seamen of the Revere in the light of this rule. On the 6th of October your lordship addressed me a note in which you stated that you therewith handed to me a copy of a dispatch as well as a copy of a letter and an attested copy of an affidavit. You added that you desired to recommend to my favorable consideration the request to which those papers referred that the mate of the British schooner Revere, who appeared to be detained at Fortress Monroe, might appear at Boston as a witness for the defense of the vessel before the prize court at that city. You a~lded that you desired also to direct my attention to the unusual manner in which the master and crew of the Revere appeared to have been treated, and especially to the fact of two of the crew having been kept (as it would seem very unjustly) in irons. You closed with requesting me to return the attested copy of the affidavit to you. Your request that the captain might be allowed to appear at the prize court was promptly granted. The attested copy of an affidavit was returned to you as requested without a copy of it having beeii taken in the Department, as it was not then supposed that you thought it would be useful beyond the purpose of showing that you had grounds for calling my attention to the subject of the confinement of the seamen. It is necessary to state that the dispatch was silent upon the subject of the confinement of the seamen. A copy of your note together with a copy of the dispatch annexed to it was on the 7th day of October, the very day of their receipt, by me submitted to the Secretary of the Navy with a request in general terms for the information necessary to enable me to reply to the note. On the 11th of November I had the honor to receive from your lord- ship a second note bearing date on the 7th of that month in which you recited that on the 10th of October (meaning the 6th) you had directed my attention to the unusual manner in which the master and crew of the British schooner Revere appeared to have been treated after the capture of their vessel by the U. S. ship Cambridge, and especially to the fact that two of the crew had been kept in irons. You then pro- ceeded to lay before me another and kindred complaint about the rigor practiced as you assumed upon two seamen of another and different vessel. But you gave me no information whatever concerning the two seamen of the Revere. A copy of this last paper was transmitted by me to the Secretary of the I~avy on the 12th d~y of November. Th Page 168 168 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Secretary of the Navy having called Flag Officer Goldsboroughs atten- tion to the two complaints as thus submitted to me in very general terms, that officer reported to the Secretary of the Navy by sending him the papers, copies of which were transmitted to you and which you have fonnd so unsatisfactory. These papers show that the irons which had been nsed had been placed on board for the protection of the prize- master and to be used by him when deemed necessary. I am informed that irons are always provided and kept on board blockading vessels as a necessary precaution. So customary is this that a naval officer who being charged with the maintaining of a blockade should lose his own vessel or even a prize for want of this precaution wonidjustly incur punishment at the hands of his government. The papers show that Lieutenant Gwin, the executive officer of the Cambridge, certainly had injunctions from the commander that the crews were to have every indulgence their case would admit of and that they should be made as comfortable as possible. Upon the capture of the Revere he put the prize-master on board of her with the irons with instructions to use them if he should deem it necessary. The prize-master going with prob- ably only two or three loyal seamen spared from the Cambridge, it appears did deem it necessary at first to put the two captured seamen in irons until their dispositions should be ascertained. When it is con- sidered that these seamen were strangers to him, captured, disappointed in the objects of their voyage and conveyed against their wishes and will to a distant and to them foreign port by an authority in the exer- cise of a belligerent power, I think that it might have been reasonably apprehended by the prize-master that if left from the first entirely free they might attempt the life if the prize-master or at least the deliver- ance of the prize. Using the same form of illustration as before I think that the prize-master who having irons put into his hands for his own safety and the security of the prize vessel should nevertheless have lost the prize by its being recaptured by captives whom lie had not confined would justly be dismissed from the naval service. Whether the prize-master might not with safety have released the two seamen from their confinement in irons at an earlier day or hour remains uncer- tain. It should seem right if he has exercised his best discretion in which his discretion was necessarily the rule of his conduct, unless indeed it shall be affirmatively shown that lie willfully or negligently abused his power over the unwilling and reluctant seamen. That he did not so abuse his power seems to me to be clearly proved by the fact that all of the officers of the Cambridge testified that the seamen made no complaints on leaving the Cambridge, and on the contrary spoke in good terms of their treatment, and that the commander of the Cain- bridge declares that he is astonished at the complaint of ill treatment, and with the best sources of information open to him denies those asser- tions altogether. It remains to say that the Government having no sufficient ground cannot agree that the two seamen in question in the present case were hardly treated or made to suffer unnecessary hardship. For this reason I cannot admit what your lordship seems to claim that the Secretary of the Navy ought to have expressed his disapproval of the proceedings of the officers of the Cambridge, or that he ought in view of the whole case to have expressed an intention to take means to secure considerate treatment in future to British seamen in similar circumstances. At the same time this Government means and intends to conduct its operations upon the highest principles of humanity known in maritime proceedings, and especially with a view to th Page 169 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 169 exercise of justice and moderation so far as these proceedings affect Great Britain and other friendly powers, and therefore a copy of these papers will be addressed to the hag officers of the blockading squadron, accompanied by an instruction from the Secretary of the Navy to use irons only when and so long as necessary, and in all cases to practice the utmost kindness consistent with the safety of captives and prizes toward seamen captured in attempting to break the blockade. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your lordship the assurance of my high consideration. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 3, 1861. Right Hop. Lord LYONS, & c. Mv LORD: I refer again to your lordships note of the 30th of Novem- ber for the purpose of saying that the case of the two seamen of the British schooner Louisa Agnes which was captured on a charge of attempting to run the blockade seems to stand so nearly on the same footing with that of the two seamen captured on board of the British schooner Revere which I have discussed in a previons note of this date, that I pray your lordship to accept my reply in the latter case as expressing the opinion of the Government upon the former case also. I have the honor to be, with high consideration, your lordships obe- dient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. MAUCH CHUNK, December 3, iRGi. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. DEAR SIR: Pardon me for calling your attention to a treasonable sheet published in this place by the name of the Carbon Democrat and edited by one George Bull, the last issue of which I transmit you by mail. You will see by the tone of the paper that it is a dangerous sheet, and we would like to have it suppressed if it could be done. The last grand jury here found a true bill against it, but as our jndge is a Democrat it is uncertain that anything will be done with it. In one of the farmer issues it came down in the strongest terms against the last Congress, calling it a bloody Congress, & c. If signatures for suppres- sion would be of any use we could get a majority of names of the most respectable people in this place. Please give it your attention and let us know if anything can be done. From your unacquainted friend, WILLIAM L. ItICHARi)S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 1, 1861. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. SIR: I have the honor to invite your attention to the fact that your communication to me of the 23d ultimo relative to the cases of the schooners Revere and Louisa Agnes contained no explanation in regard to the alleged maltreatment of the captain of the last-named vessel on board of the U. S. steamer Susquehanna. As it is desirable to furnish the British Government with as full information as possible on the subject I will consequently thank you to enable me to do so. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD Page 170 170 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTNLNT OF STATE, Washiuglom, December i, iRbi. Right eon. Lord LYONs, & e. MY LORD: I have the honor to acquaint you that I have invited the attention of the Secretary of the Navy to the fact adverted to by you in your note of the 30th instant [nitimo] that his communication to me of the 23d nitimo contained no explanations in regard to the alleged maltreatment of the captain of the schooner Louisa Agnes. No time will be lost in sending to you a copy of Mr. Welles answer on that subject. I have the honor to be, with high consideration, your lordships obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 4, 1861. ALEXANDER II. STOWELL, Esq., Detroit, Mich. SIR: You are hereby appointed a special agent of this Department for the period of two months from the date hereof at a compensation of $50 per month. Your duties will be to act in conjunction with W. II. Barse in arresting disloyal persons, particularly those from the jusur- rectionary States, and in detecting and suppressing treasonable corre- spondence between the insurgents and their sympathizers in the loyal States. the Canadas and Europe. You will be particularly on the watch for such persons who may pass into or from Canada on their way to or from Europe. in the exercise of your duties you are expected to be cautions not to arrest or detain any persons against whom no well- founded suspicion is entertained, but on the contrary when there is such suspicion you will promptly arrest such person, secure his papers and give immediate notice by telegraph to this Department. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 5, 1861. DAvID L. PHILLIPS, Esq., U. S. Marshal for the District of Illinois, Springfield. SIR: It is represented to this Department that there is strong ground for the belief that treasonable organizations are in existence in the southern part of the State of Illinois. You will please send a proper person to that quarter to examine into the truth of the matter, and in case any well-founded evidence should be discovered against any per- son or persops you will give notice to this Department by post. In cases which will not admit of delay, however, you will first arrest the person, secure his papers and give immediate notice by telegraph to this Department. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM IL SEWARD. HEADQuARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, Louisville, Ky., December 5, 1861. General L. THOMAS, Adjutwnt-(Jeneral, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. SIR: The disposition of prisoners accused of giving aid to the enemy is a subject attended with much labor and inconvenience.* The plan * See Attorney-General Bates letter to the Secretary of War, p. 182 Page 171 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS 171 which I have adopted is at once to release the minor cases and refer the more serious ones to the district judge or a U. S. commissioner. The latter course is of no avail without the services of an attorney to attend the cases. The district attorney does not live here and can- not do it. I would suggest the appointment or employment of an assistant attorney and request that the subject may be recommended to the proper Department. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, D. C. BUELL, Brigadier- General, Commanding. OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL, Saint iLonis, Mo., December 6, 1861. lion. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I beg leave to lay before your Department the record* of a case of Joseph M. P. Nolan, a British subject confined in the military prison of this city on suggestion of F. W. Seward, Assistant Secretary. In addition to the facts presented by the record I desire to say that Mr. Wilkins, the British consul at this point, after having satisfied himself of Nolans unquestioned disloyalty refused to interfere officially in the matter. Upon Nolans examination he refused to give any explanation of his letter; refused to state that he would not take up arms against the Government; refused to promise that he would remain neutral dur- ing the present rebellion. Through Mr. Wilkins friendly intercession with General Curtis and myself and with an idea that if discharged his imprisonment might have the effect of inducing him to restrain his words and acts in the future I ordered his release, accompanying the order with a letter to the prisoner as suggested by General Curtis. His reply is contained in the letter of Lieutenant Butterworth addressed to myself, which is part of the record. I immediately withdrew the order for his discharge and he remained a prisoner. The only motive I can possibly conceive for his conduct is the desire to become celebrated. My motive in presenting the matter at this time to the Department is that lunderstand thatMr.Wilkins,theBritish consul, will present the matter to Lord Lyons. He informs me that he will clearly present to his lordship the disloyalty of the prisoner and his own refusal to interfere in the matter for that reason. Mr. W. is himself a warm friend of the Government and all his sympathies are with it in the efforts to put down rebellion. I am sure he will not interpose his official position to protect a subject of Great Britain who departs from the strict neutrality ordered by the Queen. I am, sir, very respectfully, GEG. E. LEIGHTON, Captain and Provost-Marshal. HDQRS. CITY GUARD, PROVOST-MARSHALS OFFICE, Washington, 1). C., December 6, 1861. Brig. Gemi. A. PORTER, Provost-Marshal. DEAR SIR: In accordance with a request of the Secretary of State just made of you to report the facts and circumstances in the case of Not fomiud Page 172 172 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Benjamin J. Cross, a prisoner confined in the Old Capitol Building, I have the honor to report as follows: I find on file in my office a letter addressed to yourself of which the following is a copy and which seems to be the initiation of the case: HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF OBSERVATION, Poolesrille, Md October 10 1801. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, Provost-Marshal, Army of the Potomac, Washington, D. C. GENERAL: I forward to you as a prisoner Mr. [B.] Jackson Cross who was this morning arrested by the Thirty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers at Seneca. Mr. Cross is brother-in-law of Doctor Causten, a member of the Presidents Mounted Guard lately in the service of the United States from the District of Columbia, who was taken prisoner in his own house near Seneca in May last by Virginia troops said to have been led there by this Mr. Cross. Lient. Col. Samuel [W.] Owen, of the Kentucky [Pennsylvania] Cavalry (Colonel Averell), was captain of the company and can give testimony or informatioi~ in the case. Mr. Causten, notary public on F street near Fifteenth, can also give information. Young Mr. Causten yet remains a prisoner in the hands of the rebels by the act as it is alleged of this Mr. Cross. Very respectfully, I am, general, your most obedient servant, GRAS. P. STONE, Brigadier-General, Commanding. [h~dorsernent on back of the letter.1 WASHINGTON, D. C., October 11, 1801. I believe the facts herein stated to be true. S. W. OWEN, Lieutenant- Colonel Kentacky [Penn8ylvania] Cavalry. On the 7th of November I detailed one of my operatives to further investigate the matter. He learned from two nieces of young Causten at the residence of their grandfather on F street, near Fifteenth, that their uncle, the Doctor Causten above mentioned, was a brother-in-law of Cross; that they had understood that on the day before their uncles arrest he went to the house of Cross at his (Cross) invitation, where he was captured by Virginia troops said to haye been guided there by Cross. They further stated that they had been informed that their uncle was then a prisoner at Raleigh, N. C.; that Lieutenant-Colonel Owen knew more of the matter, & c. On the 8th of November the same operative visited the camp of the Kentucky [Pennsylvania] cavalry on the Virginia side of the Potomac for the purpose of examining Lieutenant-Colonel Owen on the subject. Colonel Owen stated that Causten, the man who it was alleged had been betrayed to the rebels by Cross, was a member of the Presidents Mounted Guard of which he (Owen) was captain and which was in the service of the United States; that some time in May last Causten went to the house of Cross in Seneca, Md., to see his wife who was on a Visit there, she being a sister of Mrs. Cross~ that while he was there an officer of the Virginia army by the name of White came with a detachment of rebel soldiers and took him prisoner, carrying him to Virginia where h~ has been ever since; that he (Owen) went with the District volunteers to the Vicinity of Seneca, near Edwards Ferry, a short time after the capture of Causten and remained there four or five weeks; that while there he had the house of Cross watched all the time and Cross never came to it; that on inquiry he learned that on the day of Caustens capture Cross was seen to go over the river at Edwards Ferry into Virginia; that a short time afterward White with his squad of men crossed over from Virginia at the ferry, proceeded straight to Cross house, captured Causten and returned with him into Virginia; that it was the belief of all the persons in the Vicinity who were cogn Page 173 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 173 zan~ of the affair that Cross betrayed Causten into the hands of the enemy; that Cross never came back from Virginia until about the time of his arrest; that General Stone had kept a watch on the place and had set several traps to catch White and Cross, but did not succeed while he (Owen) was in the vicinity. Front a letter of James II. Causten, of this city, on file in my office dated December 5, 1861, 1 learned further that his son, Manuel C. Causten the above-mentioned captive of the rebels, is now a prisoner in Raleigh, N. C.; that a few days after his capture the same or some other rebel party forcibly took from the stable at the same place his horse and equipments and still retain the same; that since the capture of his son he has on the recommendation of the Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, been appointed a first lieutenant in the new Nineteenth Regiment of the U. S. Army, his commission as such as the father understands now awaiting his release from the rebels. I further learn from refugee Union parties from the vicinity of I)ranesville, Va., opposite Edwards Ferry, that Jack Cross has always had the distinguished credit in that neighborhood of having betrayed his own brother-in-law (Causten) from his Maryland home into the hands of the rebels, and that Jack has always been a great crony of the Virginia rebels, freely and fully enjoying their hospitality until their pressing invitations to carry one of their muskets and if neces- sary stop the balls of the Federal muskets so annoyed him and con- tlicted with his idea of personal safety that he again sought the quie- tude and felicity of his Federal-protected fireside, with what result the foregoing report discloses. I also understand from parties from the vicinity of Seneca, Md., that at the time of the capture of Causten an ill feeling existed against him on the part of Cross (growing out of family affairs) which it was thought led to the treacherous and disloyal conduct of the latter. Unless Benjamin Jackson Cross (as I understand his name to be) can satisfactorily explain the foregoing charges against himwhere he was on the day of Caustens capture, & c.J submit that there is but one true course for the Government to pursue and that is to hold Cross if not as a hostage for the return of Causten and his property (and it is not likely that the rebels would entertain such a proposition) at least until Causten returns or the war is at an end. While it is very hard for Cross to be thus separated from his wife and children it is no less a hardship for Causten separated from his young wife to be pining in a Southern prison while the Government is in need of his services in camp and in the field. Respectfully, your obedient servant, E. J. ALLEN. OLD CAPITOL PRIsoN. (Received July 1, 1862.) Mv DEAR Mns. Monurs: Will you be kind enough to present the statement which I have made below of Mr. Cross case to the Confed- eiate Governmentl Poor fellow, he has been here a long time and he wishes that you would interest yourself for him. He is a young man and a right good fellow. Please answer my last. Yours. tr MANSE. B. .J - Cross, of Montgomery County, Md., was arrested 9th of October, 18(4. charged with haying his brother-in-law, M. C. Causten of Wash Page 174 174 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. ington City, a Federal soldier, arrested in June, 1861, by the Confed- erate soldiers and imprisoned at Raleigh, N. C. The Federal Government state that they hold Mr. Cross as a hostage for his brother-in-law and will release him on condition that M. C. Causten is exehaiziged for any Confederate soldier. Mr. Cross desires to call the attention of the Con- federate Government to the matter, as by the release of Mr. Causten they will secure a Confederate soldier and also effect his own release. IIDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERALS OFFICE, Washington, D. (I., Decender 7, 1861. Col. J. DIMICK, Port Warren, Boston, Miass. SIR: The General-in-Chief has received several communicationS in reference to the safety of the prisoners at Fort Warren. Although he has full confidence in your vigilance he thiiiks it not amiss to caution you against any attempt either from the land or ~ea which might be made to overpower your garrison and set free men of such political and personal wealth as many of the prisoners under your charge are pos- sessed of. In this view a copy of instructions from the Secretary was sent you November 26 restricting intercourse with the prisoners, and you were asked by telegraph the 4th instant what additional force you would require for the safety of the post. I am, sir, & c., L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, New York, December 7, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: On the 1st of November I had the honor to address you a let- ter marked confidential calling your attention to the importunities of certain lawyers to obtain the release of political prisoners confined in Fort Lafayette, and alluded especially to the case of J. K. Millner,t who had offered as much as $2,000 to any one instrumental in procur- ing his discharge. On my recent visit to Washington I mentioned the circumstance to the Assistant Secretary, and that a lawyer named Lud- low had taken a peculiar and suspicious interest in Milluers case. The Assistant Secretary replied that Mr. Ludlow had most positively assured him he was actuated solely by friendly and disinterested motives, and that he had never received or claimed of Milluer one cent for his services. I now beg to inclose you an order from J. K. Milluer on Lieutenant Wood in charge at the fort to pay Ludlow the sum of $150, together with Lieutenant Woods letter to me on the sub- ject. With these documents in your possession you will perhaps be able to judge for yourself after this what Mr. Ludlows pretensions to disinterestedness and truthfulness are worth. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, ROBT. MURRAY, 1. 5. ijiarsiwi. ~Not found. For case of Miliner, see pod. Also sec hawley to Seward, November 2$~, ~. 149; Seward to Colonels Dimick, Burke awl Loomis, November 26 and 27, PP. 151, 153, respectively Page 175 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 175 [Inelosurej FORT LAFAYETTE, New York Harbor, December 5, 1861. R. MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal. DEAR SIR: Inclosed please find the order from J. K. Miliner 111)011 which I paid W. II. Ludlow, esq., $150. I send it as reqi~iested by you. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant CHARLES 0. WOOD First Lieatenan t, Ninth Infantry, Commanding Post. LSub-inclosure.] FORT LAFAYETTE, October 24. .1861. Lieutenant Wooi: You will please pay to bearer $150 and charge to account.* Yours, respectfully, J. K. MlLLNER. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF METROPOLiTAN POLiCE, New York, December 8, 1861. E. D. WEBSTER, Esq. DEAR SIR: Yours of 6th instant inclosing two letters addressed to Monsieur Charles Le Cesne, New York; one to Monsieur C. A. Robert, New York, and four to M. A. Herera & Co., Havana, Cuba, is received. To-morrow I shall return the Herera letters to the post-office and restore the others to the parties to whom addressed. Monsieur Le Cesne is no doubt as clean as any man can be whose business connections have heretofore been very deep in cotton, but since the detention of his let- ters he has suddenly concluded to return to France, and has accord- ingly gone, lamily, coach, horses, driver and all. However, his business remains here. I regard the movement as strange. Very truly, yours, JOHN A. KENNEDY, Superintendent. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 10, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police, New York. SIR: I have received your lettert of the 5th instant relative to the exaction of passes from persons goingto Californiavia Aspinwall. Your suggestions upon the subject of the adoption of a uniform rule are duly appreciated. Iwill thank you to call upon the agent of the steamers and alter consulting with him to make such arrangements as in your opin- ion -will best promote the public interests in the present exigency respecting the passenger whose real intention is to go to California. Should you, however, find it impossible to do so without the require- ment of a passport in every case you will after reporting to this Department resume the enforcement of the regulation first adopted. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. For Milluer to Seward, 1)ece,mber 1 deuymg the payment ot money- to Ludlow, see case of Miliner, post. Not found Page 176 176 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 10, 1561. J. A. KENNEDY, New York: It is deemed probable that Beverly Tucker, late consul to Liverpool, will soon try to embark for Europe in disguise or with a fraudulent passport. Look after and stop him. He is a large man, upwards of fifty, florid complexion, plausible and boisterous manners. WILLL~M H. SEWARD. (Same to Jonathan Amory, Boston, and F. L. 0. Adams, Portland.) DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 11, 1861. Capt. GEORGE F. LEIGHTON, Provost-Marshal, Saint Louis, Mo. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 6th instant and its inclosures. In reply I have to request that you will hold the prisoner Joseph M. P. Nolan in custody until further orders from this Department. I notice your observations respecting Her Britannic Majestys consul at that point, Mr. Wilkins, and have to state that the Government of the United States appreciates the impartiality manifested by him. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWAIID, Assistant Secretary. 1)EPARTMENT OF STATE, IVashinytou, December la, 1861. W. H. BARSE, Esq., Detroit, Mich. SIR: The fund out of which you have heretofore been paid having been nearly exhausted Ii have to inform you that the Department will be compelled to dispense with your services and those of the two agents employed by you after the 15th instant. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, i)ecember 12, 1861. Hon. S. P. CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury. SIR: In a letter to you of the 5th instant I mentioned in connection with a recommendation of two persons in Accomac and Northampton Counties, Va., for the offices of collector and surveyor that all my information from these counties was very satisfactory. I have to-day received a letter from General Lockwood in which he says that he summoned all the magistrates of Accomac County before him; that they all took the oath of allegiance as well as the sheriff and his dep- uties and clerks. He adds: After this there was quite a rush of smaller officers to do likewise. He was to go in a day or two after to Northampton and pursue the same course. He has luade but a single arrest for disloyalty. I consider the restoration of these counties to the Union complete, and if our troops were to be entirely withdrawn I am satisfied that there would be no movement against the Governmeut. Of the 3,20 Page 177 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 177 men sent from here I have brought back 3,100. There are about 100 left in the two counties. As soon as convenient I trust you will appoint a collector and surveyor. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 13, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police, New York. Sin: Your letter* of the 11th instant has been received. In reply I have to inform you that your remark on the subject of passports for passengers to California having been taken into consideration it has been determined to restore the original order upon the subject. In view, however, of the complaints which have been made upon the subject it is presumed that the order will be executed with the same discrimination which is expected in regard to passports for persons bound to Europe, and that while all cabin passengers will be required to provide them- selves with passports passengers in other parts of the vessel may be exempted from the requirement except in particular cases. Conspir. ators against the Government should reasonably be suspected of embark. ing as passengers elsewhere than in the cabin. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, December 14, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Sin: In reply to your letter of the 10th instant received this morning I have the honor to inclose the two letters t which led to the detection of Isaac G. Mask. In the letter of the 17th of September sigued I. G. NI. he gives information in regard to the naval expedition sent out from New York and asks that it may be communicated to General Beauregard or some one of the influential members of the Confederate Government without an hours delay. In the letter of the 18th he gives the same information and says: It is of the utmost importance that all knowledge of the expedition and its destination should be kept from the rebel Government. This letter professing to be loyal is sigued with his name in full and contains his address. Both are written in pencil. Letters in the same handwriting signed I. G. NI. had beeu repeatedly intercepted. They were all written in pencil but until he had the folly to write a loyal letter no clue had been found to the author. I remember several of these letters but as they contained no important information they were not preserved. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. WASnINGTON, December 16, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, & c. Sin: I have this afternoon had the honor to receive two notes from you dated thirteen days ago and a third dated twelve days ago. They Not Thund. t Omitted. 12 ii RSERIES II~ VOL I Page 178 178 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. relate to the representation which I felt it to be my duty to address to you with regard to the treatment to which seamen belonging to the British schooners Revere and Louisa Agnes were subjected by officers of the U. S. Navy. It is not my purpose on the present occasion to make any observations on their contents. I hasten, however, to inform you that they have only reached me to-day lest I should be deemed guilty of discourtesy in not having acknowledged the receipt of them nntil so long after their dates. I have the honor to be with high consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant, LYONS. 413 BROOME STREET, N. Y., i)ucember 16, 1861. F. W. SEWARD, Assistant & cretary of ~State. DEAR SIR: On the 28th of November I received from you the papers (which I had asked for) in the case of A. Da Costa, a prisoner in Fort Warren. I have held his case waiting for the evidence taken before George G. Bull, U. S. commissioner, Detroit. The testimony was directed to me as C. Hawley, and was advertised and hence the delay. I make this report and send the evidence* taken on his arrest, and also the papers remitted to me by you. It appears that he was arrested without any valid grounds. His statement to me accords exactly with the report from Detroit. If he had or has treasonable designs they are unknown. But he to me declined to take the oath required, from which it is fairly to be inferred that he is not loyal in his opinions or designs and therefore I cannot recommend his release. Yet I think if set at liberty and should go to Havana or Vera Cruz he would do no harm. He is an intelligent, good-looking, good-tempered man, and would perhaps count in some exchange of prisoners. With these papers in your files you have all the proof in the case likely to be had. If the British lion should bite as well as roar the prisoners in Fort Warren might be in danger from British shell. Yours, respectfully, S. C. hAWLEY, Chief Clerk. CIRCULAR.] HEADQITARTER~4 ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Washington, December 16, 1861. The major-general commanding directs that hereafter all deserters, prisoners, spies, contrabands and all other persons whatever com- ing or brought within our lines from Virginia shall be taken immedi- ately to the quarters of the commander of the division within whose lines they may come or be brought without previous examination by any one, except so far as may be necessary for the officer commanding the advance guard to elicit information regarding his particular post; that the division commander examine all such persons himself or dele- gate such duty to a proper officer of his staff; and allow no other per- sons to hold any communication with them; that he then immediately send them with a sufficient guard to the provost-marshal in this city for further examination and safe-keeping, and that stringent orders be given to all guards having such persons in charge not to hold any Omitted Page 179 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 179 communication with them whatever, and further that the information elicited from such persons shall be immediately communicated to the major-general commanding or to the chief of staff and to no other person whatever. The major-general commanding further directs that a sufficient gaard be placed around every telegraph station pertaining to this army, and that such guards be instructed not to allow any person except the regular telegraph corps, general officers and such staff officers as may be authorized by their chief to enter or loiter around said stations within hearing of the sound of the telegraph instruments. By command of Major.General McClellan: S. WILLIAMS. Assistant Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, IVashington, December 19, 18G1. lion. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, Postmaster- General. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that Mr. William L. Yancey, an agent of the insurgents at London, England, has directed his friends and correspondents who post their letters in the loyal States to address him under cover to Arthur Dare, 15 Half Moon street, London. I deem it advisable therefore that the postmasters at New York, Boston and Portland be instructed to detain all letters to that address and to forward them either to the Post-Office or to this Department. It is presumed that this course will be approved by you. If so will you have the kindness to notify this Department ~ I am, & c., F. W. SEWARD, Assistant AS~eeretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December :20, 1861. B. L. PHILLiPS, U. ~. Marshal, Cairo, Ill.: Convey Christopher Ledwidge, Francis Lowe and S. H. Burnett to Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERALS OFFICE, Col. J. DIMICK, Washington, December 20, 1861. First Artillery, Commanding Fort Warren, Boston, Mass. COLONEL: The following is the decision of the Secretary of State in relation to certain privileges to be allowed prisoners confined in Fort Warren: There is no objection to the prisoners at Fort Warren reading any nenspapers which tliey may themselves obtain. Their receiving them through a third party, however, cannot be sanctioned as this might lead to serious abuses. I am, colonel, & c, L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General Page 180 180 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 21, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of New York. SIR: In reply to your several letters I have to state that such of the prisoners to whom they refer as were captured in vessels charged with breaking the blockade as may not be required as witnesses may be dis- charged. Those captured iu vessels of the insurgents should be held as prisoners of war and transferred as such to the custody of Colonel Burke or Colonel Loomis. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM ~. SEWARD. WAR DEPARTMENT, December 21, 1861. Hon. W. II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: In answer to your communication of the 25th ultimo* inviting my attention to the case of Charles T. Temple, a British subject arrested at Frederick on the charge of being a deserter from the U. S. service, I have the honor to inform you that the matter was referred to General Banks, a copy of whose report in the case I now transmit for the information of Lord Lyons together with the inclosurest therein referred to and an unopened letter addressed to Temple. These papers contain all the information in the possession of this Department. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, SIMON CAMERON; Secretary of War. [Inclosure.] FREDERICK, Mn., December 11, 1861. Brigadier-General THOMAS, Adjutant-General, U. S. Army. SIR: I have the honor to return to you by your direction the inclosed papers relating to Charles T. Temple, a supposed prisoner at Frederick and to accompany the same with a full statement of facts connected with Temples detention here. It appears that he was arrested as a spy some two months since by the commander of the home guard and that a few days after he escaped from custody since which time hc has not been heard from except by a threatened appeal to the British minister on account of his arrest. I inclose also an nnopened letter addressed to Mr. Charles T. Temple by the British consul, I suppose from the superscription, at Baltimore. I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, N. P. BANKS, Major- General, Commanding Dirsston. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washsngton, December 23, 1861. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police, New York: Mr. John E. Ward, late U. S. minister to China, is expected to arrive with his family on the Arago. He is to be left free to land and otherwise. WILLIAM II. SEWARD. See p. 147. t Inclosures omitted Page 181 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 181 U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, Nea York, December 27, 1861. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Commandant Forts Hamilton and Lafayette. DEAR COLONEL: Having to send in a return to the State Depart- ment of the political arrests and discharges made by me since entering upon the duties of this office I should feel greatly obliged if you would send rue a faithful copy from your register of all persons received from or released by me who have passed through your custody since the 22d of April last, as I may have omitted some names in my account. Please let me have this list at your earliest convenience, and with many apologies for thus troubling, I am, dear colonel, very faithfully, yours, ROBT. MURRAY, U. ~. Marshal. PHILADELPHIA, December 28, 1861. His Excellency the PRESIDENT. SIR: Permit me to invite your attention to the inclosed note from Capt. John J. Garvin, formerly of this port, but now a prisoner at Salisbury, N. C. If anything can be done for him and his companions I trust it will not be neglected. I have another letter of similar import from a constituent, James Shockley, who was an engineer on board the Union. Commending their care to your consideration, I remain, very truly, yours, WM. D. KELLEY, [Representatire in Congress.] [Inclosure.] RALEIGH, N. C., December 6, 1861. Hon. W. D. KELLEY, Washington, D. C. DEAR SIR: There are now here some seventy-six prisoners, including myself; most all belonging to Philadelphia who were with me in the U. S. transport steamer Union and wrecked on this coast on the morn- ing of the 3d of November. We are as a matter of course desirous to get home again, and we beg you will use your influence to get us released by an exchange for the same number of Hatteras prisoners, or if that cannot be done to use your influence toward a regular exchange if consistent with Gov- ernment policy. We were compelled to leave the wreck soon after she struck to save our lives, as she commenced breaking up immediately, and saved nothing but the clothes we had on at the time, and will soon be destitute. We suffer considerable these cold nights for the want of covering, and have not been supplied here. Unless something is done by our Government we shall have a large number of sick if not some deaths before the winter is over unless soon released. The destitute condition of the men exposes them to sickness now around them. There are also some forty others including officers belonging to dif- ferent regiments here who are likewise desirous of getting released as early as possible and fully as destitute, some having been here several months. We feel it peculiarly hard afterbarely escaping with our lives from that severe gale of November 2 and then the shipwreck on the morning of th Page 182 182 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. 3d to be held here as prisoners of war for an indefinite time short of clothes and covering this cold weather, and without funds or means of procuring the necessary articles for our comfort. Yours, respectfully, ~. GARYIN. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 28, 1861. Col. JUSTIN DIMICK, Fort Warren, Boston. COLONEL: It is thought advisable by the military authorities here that two female prisoners confined in this city should be transferred to Fort Warren for safe-keeping. Will you if possible make the neces- sary arrangements and inform this Department when you are ready to receive them ~ I am, colonel, very respeetfufly, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, A ssistant Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 28, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal, New York. SIR: Your letter of the 19th instant has been received. You are instructed to release from custody the three prisoners, viz, John Q. A. Butler, Henry Sutter and Arthur McAbey, crew of the prize ship Lida. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assjstan t Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 28, 1861. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Miarshal, New York. SIR: Your letter of the 19th instant relative to the crew of the Eng- lish bark Empress is received. Release from custody the following- named prisoners: Michael OBrien, William Sanger, William Jones, James Hopkinsou, Arthur Wardle, William (Juthbert, George Watt, the crew of the vessel above referred to. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, - Assistant Secretary. ATTORNEY-GENERALS OFFICE, December 30, 1861. lion. SECRETARY OF WAR. SIR: A few days ago you did me the honor to refer for my consider- ation and advice a letter of General Buell* addressed to Adjutant- General Thomas and by him transmitted to you. I do not wonder that General Buell is put to difficulty about the disposition of prisoners accused of giving aid to the enemy. I share in that difficulty, and mainly because in these disordered times it is hard to draw the exact line of separation between the different kinds of arrests as distinguished by their different purposes and objects that is judicial arrest whose only object is to secure the presence of See Biiell to Thomas, December 3, p. 170 Page 183 SUSPECTEJ) AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 183 the accused so that he may be tried for an alleged crime before a civil court, and political arrestwhich is usually executed by the military armwhose object is to secure the prisoner and hold him subject to the somewhat broad and as yet undefined discretion of the President as political chief of the nation. As to arrests merely political or military they are as I understand the law beyond the reach of the judicial officers and subject only to the political power of the President, who may at his discretion dispose of the prisoners by orders addressed to his subordinate officers either civil or military. Without such order I have no authority to give any direction touching the disposition of political or military prisoners. A judicial arrest is quite another thing, and fortunately the proceed- ings upon it are plain matters of statute law, presumed to be well known to every district judge, commissioner, attorney and marshal. It is not the business of the district judge (or commissioner) to accuse, arrest or keep a prisoner, but to hear and determine the causes prop- erly brought before him; to commit the prisoner for indictment and trial or to discharge him with or without bail as in view of the testi- mony may be proper. It is the duty of the district attorney to prosecute all delinquents for crimes and offenses against the United States; but that does not mean that he is to be an original accuser nor that it is his duty to arrest and keep the offender; nor indeed that he must be present as prosecutor in every preliminary inquiry before an examining magis- trate. That would be unreasonable as a legal duty and impossible in practice. It is the duty of the marshal to execute all criminal process for the arrest of offenders against the United States within his district, and in some urgent cases to arrest without process, and lie is the lawful keeper of all such prisoners. From all this, sir, you may readily infer my opinion to be that the judicial officers of the United States in Kentuckywith whom alone I have direct official connectionhave no powers or duties in regard to the prisoners merely political or military in the hands of General Buell. But if the general have ill his custody prisoners who are intended to be tried in the civil courts for alleged crimes he may easily get rid of them by turning them over to the marshal of the district together with all testimony and means to prove their guilt. The mar- shal I think is bound to receive them and of course will know how to proceed against them before a proper examining magistrate to have them committed to jail or bailed to answer the charge. The marshal has power to appoint deputiesas many as the occasion may require. I do not yet see the necessity to appoint aii assistant attorney as the general suggests. If one should be appointed for every vicinity in which arrests may be made I fear the number would soon become inconveniently large and the expense needlessly extravagant. I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servant, EDWD. BATES, Attorney- ~en era I. (Copy to General B~iell January 27, 1862.) WASHINGTON, December 30, 18G1. Hon. SECRETARY OF STATE. DEAR Sin: Qim the morning of the 19th instant I arrested on board the steamer Mary Washington in Baltimore one William T. Wilson. O Page 184 184 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. searching his person I found concealed in an overcoat pocket one iarge druggists jar containing thirty ounces of quinine, one package of let- ters addressed to parties in Europe and a number of photographs. I also found in Wilsons hat very ingeniously concealed twenty ounces of quinine. From reliable information received since the arrest I am sat- isfied that Wilson is no other person than the notorious Billy Wilson, of Saint Marys County, Md., and the individual for whom the Govern- inent recently offered a large reward. Wilson had on huin when arrested British papers and a British passport showing that he had traveled throughout Europe as an Englishman. Wilson is now confined at Fort Mdllenry awaiting the orders of the State Department. J con- sider him a very unsafe man to be at large. Yours, very respectfully, L. ~. BAKER, U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, New York, December 31, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: In obedience to your order of the 28th instant I have released the crew of the bark Empress and of prize ship Lida unconditionally. Caspar Klock and William [Brown] I liberated on the conditions stipu- lated in your special letter ordering their discharge. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, ROBERT MURRAY, U. AS. Marshal. ANNAPOLIS, December 31, 1861. General IIU~ER, Commanding Department, Norfolk. DEAR SIR: My servant Robert ilalloway, a negro, was taken pris- oner at Bull Run. He is now cook for the Federal prisoners at Rich- mond and is known to most of the officers of your service who were formerly in our Army. As he has been with me for many years I of course am anxious to get him again, and Commodore Goldsborough has kindly offered to interest himself in the matter. Will you be kind enough to communicate with your Government on the subject and inform me through the commodore how I may if possible get him ~ General McClellan tells me that he released in Western Virginia a large number of officers servants. Very truly, yours, A. E. BURNSIDE, Brigadier- General, U. S. Army. FFound with the above.] ON STEAMER S. R. SPAULDING, Ofr~ Roanoke Island, February 17, 1862. Hon. J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War. SlR: General A. E. Burnside having released to us our servants, slaves included, we respectfully request that his servant, Ro. lialloway, captured at Manassas in July last and now held a prisoner in Richmond, be restored to him. This release of our servants by General Burnsid Page 185 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 185 being unconditional we consider it due to ourselves as well as just to him that we should make the above earnest request. Trusting that this request will meet the approval of the Department, we are, most respectfully, your obedient servants, H. M. SHAW, Colonel Eighth North Carolina Troops. F. P. AKD}I~RSON, Lieutenant- Colonel Fifty-ninth Regiment Virginia Volunteers. J. F. JORDAN, Colonel Thirty Jlrst Regiment North Carolina Troops. W. J. GREEN Lieutenant- Colonel Second North Carolina hattaiion. U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, Springfield, ill., January 2, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. Sin: In obedience to your order of the 20th ultimo communicated by telegraph I conveyed to Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, Christopher Ledwidge and S. iR. Burnett, and formally delivered them into the custody of Lieut. Col. M. Burke, commanding, on the 29th ultimo. * * * The expenses of transportation for the prisoners, guards and myself are submitted herewith also.* I am, most respectfully, your obedient servant, P. L. PHILLIPS, U. S. Marshal. HEADQUARTERS HOOKERS DIVISION, Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, Md., January 6, 1862. Brig. C-en. S. WILLIAMS, Adjutant- General, Army of the Potomac. GENERAL: Two prisoners were sent in to me to.day from Allens Fresh. They are J. Barrett Cohen and M. Francis McKee. The cir- cumstances of these arrests will be found in the report of First Lieut. B. Q. A. Gresham, Third Indiana Cavalry, dated the 5th instant, and herewith inclosed. t On examination of them separately I find many discrepancies, but as I have no direct means of establishing their iden- tity I have deemed it advisable to have them forwarded to Washington. My first impression was that they were from Virginia, as a small party crossed the river on Wednesday night last near Allens Fresh. Myopin- ion was that they were of them. They could give me no satisfactory reason for their Visit to this district, but both agreed that they left Balti- more by a schooner a week ago last Friday, though neither of them remembered her name nor did they tell me what she was freighted with. They tell me that they landed at Drum Point, near the Patuxent. I regard them with suspicion. By referring to the letters forwarded to you in one of the trunks to-day I think the name of the former fre- quently appears. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOSEPH HOOKER, Brigadier- General, Commanding Division. Not found. t Omitted Page 186 186 1~RISONERS OP WAR, ETC. L()IISVlLLE, KY., flalLllary 6, 1862. CoL ChARLES WHITTLESEY, Commanding Twentieth Ohio Volunteers. SIR: I am directed by the general commanding to instruct you that in future you will make no more arrests of civilians except such as may be engaged in violent proceedings against the Government. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, OLIVER D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT o~ STATE, Washington, January 8, 1862. U. S. MARSHAL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, U. S. PASSPORT AO-ENT, COLLECTOR AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES AT PORTLAND, ME. The authorities of the United States will permit the British steamer and the officers or agents of the British Government to have all proper facilities for landing and transporting to Canada or elsewhere troops, stores and munitions of war of every kind without exception or reser- vation. WILLIAM II. SEWARD. Secretary of State. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 10, 1862. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. SIR: The Secretary of the Interior has referred to this Department a letter addressed to him by the U. S. marshal at Key West asking what disposition shall be made of prisoners brought thither by naval officers and committed to his custody. He represents that there are no proper accommodations there for them and suggests that they be taken to New York by the steamer Connecticut or Rhode Island. I will con- sequently suggest an order to this effect, and that on their arrival at New York the prisoners be delivered to the marshal of the United States there for confinement in Fort Lafayette. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. LOUISVILLE, Ky., January 10, 1862. Lient. Col. J. M. HENDERSON, Thirty-third Indiana Volnuteers, Crab Orchard, Ky. SIR: In reply to your letter of 30th ultimo addressed to General Carter I am directed to instruct you that iii future too much attention must not be paid to mere expressions of disloyalty, but persons whose acts and intemperate language disturb the peace will be arrested. It must be done only upon good evidence and with discrimination and must be immediately reported to headquarters. * * * Very respectfully, & c., 0. D. GREENE, Assistant Adjutant- General Page 187 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 187 NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washinytou, January ii, 1562. lion. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, & cretwry of State. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant in reference to the prisoners that have been turned over to the U. S. marshal at Key West by naval officers. In giving instructions for the conveyance of the prisoners to New York the Department also proposes to send to the flag officer a circular letter, a copy of which I inclose, in order that such of them as come within its provisions may be released if you acquiesce in the proposition. I am, very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, GIDEON WELLES. [Inclosnre.1 NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 15, 1862. Flag Officer WILLIAM W. MOKEAN, Commanding Gulf Blockading Squadron. SIR: You may release such persons from the rebel States as shall be captured within the limits of your command provided they are civilians not in the rebel service and are not known to have engaged in any act against the authority of the United States and are not needed for wit- nesses. Before their release they will be required to sign a written parole not to engage in any hostile act against the United States during the present rebellion. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, GIDEGIN WELLES. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 13, 1862. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Nary. SIn: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th instant. In reply I have to inform you that the proposition relative to the release of prisoners (civilians) contained in the circular addressed to the flag officer of the blockading squadron in that quarter is approved. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 13, 1862. S. W. MOPJON, Esq. SIn: You are hereby appointed a special agent of this Department for the period of thirty days from the date hereof at a compensation of $75. Your duties will be to detect and suppress treasonable corre- spondence which may pass throngh Alexandria, Va., between persons in insurrection against the authority of the Government of the United States and their sympathizers and agents in that and other cities of the loyal States. You will report to L. 0. Baker, esq., 217 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D. C., in connection with whom you are expected to operate. I am, & c., WILLIAM H. SEWARD Page 188 188 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 14, 1862. Lord LYONS, & c.: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 11th instant* and its inclosure relative to the case of Mr. William T. Wilson, who was arrested at Baltimore on the 19th ultimo and who is at pres- ent held in custody at Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. In reply, I have the honor to state that inquiries have been made of the officer who made the arrest from which it appears that the statement of Mr. Wil- son does not relieve him from suspicion of being the Wilson for whom he was in fact arrested. I have, however, transmitted all the papers on file in this Department together with the statements submitted by you to Maj. Gen. John A. Dix at Baltimore, with a request to cause a careful examination to be made and return them together with his report thereon to me. I avail myself of this occasion to renew to your lordship the assur- ance of my very high consideration, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 11, 1862. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. Dix, Baltimore. GENERAL: Herewith I have the honor to inclose copies of a note* from Lord Lyons, Her Britannic Majestys minister, together with two inclosures submitted by him to this Department relative to the case of William T. Wilson who was recently arrested in Baltimore and who is now held in custody at Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. Will you please examine these statements and take such other testimony in regard to the facts in this case as may be obtained and report to this Departmeut as soon as you conveniently can ~ I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant & cretary. HDQRS. CITY GUARD, OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL, Washington, D. 0., January 15, 1862. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, Provost-Marshal, Washington, D. 0. GENERAL: In accordance with the request t of the Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, directed to you requesting you to report on the case of Capt. B. F. Gwynn, I have the honor to report that on January 7, 1862, Captain C-wynn, residing in Prince George County, Md., was committed to your custody by order of Brigadier-General Casey under the following circumstances, to wit: From information received by General Casey he on the 6th of January, 1862, caused to be detached for the purpose of arresting Captain Gwynn a force of 200 men belonging to the Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry, headed by the colonel, lieutenant-colonel and other officers of that regi- ment and of General Caseys staff. After a nights march of thirty-two miles the arrest was accordingly effected at 5 oclock th~ next morning at his residence. He was charged with holding correspondence with and giving information to the enemy and suspected of being a spy. An immediate search of his residence resulted in the discovery of the boxes Not found. t Omitted Page 189 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 189 containing clothing obviously intended for transfer to the enemy and for their use, also five letters addressed to persons within the enemys lines containing correspondence of a treasonable character. It is alleged by Captain Gwynn that the boxes in question were left with his wife in his absence, and that she on perceiving the directions tore them off intending to return the boxes to the lady from whom they were received. The colonel who arrested him states that the written directions on labels upon the boxes had evidently been recently removed as I found labels corresponding with the directions upon the boxes concealed in a small box on the mantelpiece. The addresses on the labels are Mrs. MoL:mia Cary, Hospital, Culpeper Court.House, Ya., and Lient. Charles S. Contee, First Maryland Artillery Company, stationed at Aquia Creek, Va. Since the receipt of the papers on which the preceding statements are based documents inclosed to the Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, have been forwarded to this office from the State Department. They consist of statements by Mrs. Mary Harford and Mrs. Eleanor Gwynn, wife of Captain Gwynn, indorsed by Dr. G. H. Bayne, of the Maryland senate, and Hon. Charles B. Calvert, of the U. S. House of Representatives. Mrs. Harford states that the boxes in question were left with her by a young and inexperienced girl (name not given) to be sent to Piscataway; that Mrs. Harford took them to Captain Gwynns residence to be sent, and Captain Gwynn being absent left them with his wife; that a large portion of the articles in question were old clothes and other articles of little value not intended for army purposes; that some of them were articles sent by a widow to her sick son, who left before the outbreak and was not permitted to return, he having taken no part whatever in the rebellion. She alleges most positively that Captain and Mrs. Gwynn knew nothing whatever of the contents or destination of the boxes in question; that Mrs. Gwynn did not even see the boxes until after she (Mrs. Harford) left, and that Captain Gwynn was not at home. She further states that whatever responsi- bility there is in the case belongs to her rather than to Mrs. Gwynn; that two of her brothers died in the service of this Government, & c. Mrs. Gwynns statement is to the same effect so far as her and her husband are concerned. She also states that on perceiving to whom the boxes were directed she tore off the labels intending to return the boxes to the lady from whom they were received; that Captain Gwynn never had any direct or indirect connection with the Southern Army; that his numerous friends and neighbors can give unequivocal evidence in his favor. Dr. George H. Bayne, senator from Prince George County in the Maryland legislature, feels warranted in fully indorsing Mrs. Gwyuns statement from a long and intimate acquaintance with Captain and Mrs. Gwynn.~~ Hon. Charles B. Calvert, U. S. House of Representatives, considers Mrs. Gwynns statement indorsed by his friend Doctor Bayne entitled to be received as unquestionably true. The circumstances previously known at this office concerning Captain Gwyiin are as follows: It appears that last spring he was concerned in an attempt to get up and drill a company or companies of militia in the county in which he resides. It being deemed by the military authorities that the organiza- tion was covertly intended as an aid to the rebellion it was broken up. Apprehensive of being arrested for his share in those proceedings Captain Gwynn fled to the rebel portion of Virginia where he remained some months. The testimony is very conflicting as to what he di Page 190 190 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. there; some persons allege positively that he was in the rebel army while others again are eqnally positive that he was not. Moreover I have no evidence showing whether his flight took place after or before the Presidents proclamation of non-intercourse with the rebel States. After his return home he came to this office voluntarily on the 25th of November and expressed his wish to take the oath of allegiance to this Government. Having no authority to comply with his request 1 recoii~- mended him to call for that purpose on Thomas C. iDonn, justice of the peace of this city, by whom the oath was administered to him. The oath and signature are now on file in this office. The evidence iu this case proves the following facts, to wit: That having been engaged in a military company of very question- able loyalty either as regards its composition or its objects he lied to a rebel State, apprehensive that if lie remained he would be liable to arrest for his connection with said company; that after his return he voluntarily came to this city and took the oath of allegiance; that two boxes containing articles and correspondence unquestionably designed to be conveyed to rebels for the purpose of giving them aid, comfort and information were found in his residence nuder very suspicious circumstances. I therefore respectfully recommend that as the testimony in this case is very contradictory and Captain Gwynn has been but a short time in custody he be retained until the military authorities stationed in that vicinity are able to institute further investigations. Herewith I inclose to you the statements* of Mrs. Eleanor Gwynn and Mrs. Mary Harford, with Doctor Baynes and Hon. Charles B. Calvert~s indorsements,* which the Secretary of State reqnests should be traus- mnitted to him with your report on the subject. All of which is respectfully submitted. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. J. ALLEN. CITY OF WASHINGTON, January 16, 1862. 1, Ellie M. Poole, a resident of the city of Wheeling, State of Virginia, by profession a teacher, now imprisoned in the city of Washington and charged with treasonable conduct against the Government of the United States, do hereby give my parole of honor and solemnly pledge my word and faith that on condition of my release from imprisonment I will hereafter keep myself from all connection with the existing rebellion against said Government; that I will not engage directly or indirectly by communicating information or otherwise in the service of the Confederate States so-called or either of them against the United States, and that I will not in any way engage or assist in any resist. ance to the authority or forces of the United States. I do hereby request of said Government of the United States that I may be sent by said Government to Fortress Monroe and be permitted to pass thence to the city of Norfolk, Va. Witness my liand on the day above written. ELLiE M. POOLE. Subscribed in my presence at Washington, D. C., January 16, 1862. THOMAS M. KEY, (Jolonel and Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Army. Omitted Page 191 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 191 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, Ja.aua ry 12, 1862. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN Headquarters U. S. A rrny. Mv DEAR GENERAL: From representations which have at different times been made to me I am induced to inquire whether ill your judg- ment Co]. Justin Dimick is entirely such an officer as ought to be the keeper of state prisoners and the commandant of so important a post as that of Fort Warren. Very truly, yours, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 17, 1862. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Esq., Superintendent of Police, Yew York. SIR: This Department has received information to the effect that the house of Trenhoim Bros. & Co., No.42 Pine street, New York, is a branch of the house of Fraser, Trenhoim & Co., of Liverpool, and John Fraser & Co., of Charleston, S. C. It is important and desirable to ascertain the truth of these statements because the two last-named houses have from the commencement of the insurrection been engaged in attempts to run the blockade, and some of the vessels owned by them have suc- ceeded in that attempt. I will consequently thank you to inquire, first, if the Messrs. Trenhoim in New York are British subjects, and secondly, if their house is a branch of the others referred to. It is not deemed advisable to take any other steps until this Department shall have received information on these points. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM II. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 17, 1862. Brig. ten. ANDREW PORTER, Provost-Marshal, Washington. GENERAL: You will please send Miss Ellie M. Poole, a prisoner in your custody in this city, under the protection and custody of a proper guard by way of Baltimore to Fortress Monroe and thence under flag of truce beyond the lines of the U. S. forces, there to be discharged. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, January 17, 1862. SECRETARY OF STATE. SIR: In pursuance of your suggestion of the 19th ultimo the post- masters of New York, Boston and Portland have been instructed to withhold from the outgoing mails and to forward to your Department all letters posted or otherwise received at their office addressed to Arthur Dare ,15 Half Moon street, London. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, THOS. P. ThOTT Page 192 192 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, January 18, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I have the honor to inclose a letter from Mr. MePhail, the deputy provost-marshal of this city, and one from Mr. Franklin, the chief of the detective police in Philadelphia, in regard to William T. Wilson.* The identity of this person with the Wilson engaged in Saint Marys County in carrying on illicit trade with Virginia is in some doubt, though I am strongly inclined to believe they are different per- sons. By Mr. McPhails letter you will perceive that William T. Wilson had a quantity of quinine concealed on his person destined unquestionably to Virginia. He was arrested on one of the Patuxent boats on which he had taken passage for Saint Marys County. A letter of which I inclose a copy I was also found on him. It was open when it came into the hands of the police as well as the larger envel- ope in which it was contained and which was believed to have had within it other letters. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. [Tnclosnre.] OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL, Baltimore, January 15, 1862. Major-General DIX. DEAR SIR: About the 1st of November Mr. Reynolds of our force received information from Mr. John Fowler that a certain William [T.] Wilson, an Englishman, was carrying a Confederate mail and goods with Captain Aiston, of Saint Marys County, to Virginia by way of Blay Creek to Ragged Point. They occupied a log cabin with a Mr. Bradbnrn on Blay Creek. On the niorning of the 19th of December as I was examining the passengers of the steamer Weems one of my officers brought two men to me who had been avoiding ns. I ordered them to be taken to the side of the boat and searched. Upon Wilson was found a bottle con- taining about four ounces of morphine and an English passport that disclosed his name as W. T. Wilson. Upon Mr. Krengle, the other party, nothing was found of a contraband character. They were con- veyed to our office and there underwent another search when there was found in the hat of Wilson done up in a bladder filling about one-third of the hat crown a quart of quinine. These were the only articles secreted about him. He had a large navy revolver and holster, the holster much worn as if used on horseback, which agrees with the report of Fowler who stated that he always carried the mail on horse- back from Alstons and always at night. I also inclose you a copy of the letter I found upon the person of Wilson; it was inclosed in a rough envelope which from its size indicated more inclosures. 1 was unable to find who opened it but supposed it to be Wilson who destroyed a part of its contents. Besides the letters we have two photographs of two females and a small lace collar and cuffs. Fowler of whom we obtained the information is now engaged in teaming about Washington and Alexandria. Mr. Reynolds of our force thinks he would be able to find him and thus remove our doubts. Respectfully, yours, & c., J. L. MCPIIAIL, Deputy Provost-Marshal. Franklins letter omitted. I Not found Page 193 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 193 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Waskinyton, Jwanary 20, 1862. Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Commanding Armies of the United States: You or any officer you may designate will in your discretion suspend the writ of habeas corpus so far as may relate to Major Chase, lately of the Engineer Corps of the Army of the United States, now alleged to be guilty of treasonable practices against this Government. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: WILLiAM II. SEWARD. NAVY I)EPARTMENT, Jannary 20, 18(12. Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Lafayette, N. Y. SIR: It is contemplated to release and send South all civilians or seamen from the rebellious States who were captured on board vessels seized for violating the blockade or who when captured were not in arms or had not been engaged in any hostile act against the United States. The Department does not know the names of all those who are now confined in Fort Lafayette by its order and will therefore be much obliged to you for a list of them, with the name of the vessel on board which Or the place where they were captured, if you can give me that information. I am, res~)ectfully, your obedieiit servant, GII)EON WELLES. BRIDGEPORT, CON N., January 21, 1862. flon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, P. U. SIR: I am in some doubt as to which Department to communicate the following facts, but have concluded to inform that under your charge of the same. A few days since two persons, one named Reemer the other Theodore W. Downs, arrived in this city from Memphis, having received a pass to come North from the rebel authorities. Ree- mer has a family here and Downs a number of friends. An article was published in one of the Chicago papers (which I cannot recollect) a few days since stating that they had been closely watched, inasmuch as it was reported and believed that they were coming North for the purpose of visiting some of the manufactories of arms, taking drawings of machinery, & c., for the benefit of the rebels. Reemer is a machinist by trade and quite expert. Adjutant Rust, of Colonel Bufords Illinois regiment, rode some distance behind them in the ears and informed some friends of his in this city that he believed from their conversation they were rank secessionists and upon no honorable errand. They design remaining here for some days. There is every reason to believe that a lodge of Knights of the Golden Circle exists in this city, although their meetings are held secretly and without any degree of regularity. They at one time met on stated evenings, but on the eve of July 21, 1861, our citizens smarting under the result of Bull Run and thinking they had met for the purpose of 13 R RSERIES II, VOL I Page 194 194 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. glorifying over the result disturbed them in their deliberations, and procuring a locomotive lantern so placed it that all who came from the hail were recognized and names put down. Since then they have been more secret in their operations, but there is good reason to believe that they have not discontinued their meetings. Mr. William M. Couneliy, room No. 6, police headquarters, New York City, is a shrewd and expe- rienced detective and operated with me last December in investigating some supposed frauds upon the revenue, and suspected operations of some parties here in movements and designs of running the Southern blockade. He has an original certificate of meinbership in the order of Knights of the Golden Circle, and informed me that if any lodge of the kind did exist in this city be could find it out and obtain admission. It would be a desirable thing to have these matters investigated, inas- much as this city is the focus and center of the secession sympathizers in this portion of Connecticut. I had some correspondence with the honorable Secretary of the Treasury in relation to those parties who were suspected of running the blockade, and will refer you to him as to whether any statements from me are reliable. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, FRED. H. THOMPSON, Deputy (Jollecto~. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 22, ldb2. Hon. HANNIBAL HAMLIN, Washington. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note * of this date, accompanied by one addressed to you by G. S. C. Dow, esq., in which that gentleman expresses a wish to correspond with a client at New Orleans and asks if it is possible or proper for him to do so. In reply I have the honor to acquaint you that the interruption of corre- spondence with that quarter has been occasioned by a military exigency. To the general regulation upon the subject there has been occasional exceptions. lit is impracticable for me to determine beforehand whether the correspondence in which Mr. Dow wishes to engage ought to be one of them. If, however, he will send open to this Department any letter which he may wish to address to his client the expediency of forward- Pig the same to its destination will be taken into due consideration. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 22, 1862. Lieut. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Lafayette, N Y. COLONEL: I will thank you to inform Mr. William T. Wilson, a pris- oner confined at Fort Lafayette, that in consequence of the doubts as to his identity you have been instructed to discharge him from custody. You will also please inform him that in view of his having secreted about his person at the time of his arrest an unusual quantity of quinine, an(I of other suspicions circumstances which have come to the knowledge of the Government, a watch will be kept over his future movements. You will please discharge him. I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant $eeretary. Not found Page 195 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 195 HDQRS. CiTY GUARD, PROVOsT-MARSHALs OFFICE, Washington, D. 0., January , 1~62. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, Provost-Marshal, Washington, D. 0. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that on January 13,1862, Rev. Bennett Smedes, of Raleigh, N. C., was received at this office and corn- initted to the Old Capitol Prison, having been transferred to your cus- tody by Captain Dahlgren, commanding the U. S. navy-yard, with the information that he was arrested by the Potomac flotilla in an attempt to cross the Potomac River into Virginia. On being examined at this office he made the following statement, to wit: That he is twenty-four years of age; that he was born in Schenectady, N. Y., and that when three years of age he accompanied his parents to Raleigh, N. C., where they now reside; that his father is a clergyman in that place; that he (Smedes) at the age of sixteen went to Saint James College, near Hagerstown, Md., where, excepting vacations spent with his parents, he remained four years; that he then for three years attended a theological seminary in the city of New York, on leaving which in June, 1860, he commenced to officiate with the Rev. Dr. Cleveland Coxe, an Episcopal clergyman at Baltimore, with whom he remained nutil December 13, 1861; that for ~omne time he has been desirous of joining his parents in Raleigh, N. C., and had with this view made application to the honorable Secretary of State for a passport, which he did not succeed in procuring; that he then determined to make the attempt without such passport and take his chances of elud- ing the blockading flotilla and military authorities of the United States; that he accordingly proceeded through Maryland to the river Potomac, and with three other persons attempted to cross it in a boat from Cedar Point, when he, with two of those persons, was arrested by a boats crew from the cutter Howell Cobb; at 12.30 a. m. January 11 was taken to the cutter, searched by Captain Frank, transferred to the Island Belle, thence to Dolonel Grahams headquarters at Indian Head, thence successively to the Wyandank, Harriet Lane and Yankee, on board of which latter he was taken to the navy-yard, whence he was sent by Ciptain Dahlgren to this office. The prisoner refused upon the above examination to give any infor- mnation relative to the person or persons by whose aid and abetment he was crossing the Potomac at the point and time named, or where he stayed while in Maryland preparing to leave for Virginia. No papers or correspondence were found on him when searched, excepting a letter of recommendation from Doctor Coxe. A letter from that gentleman relat- ing to this case has been received at this office of which the following is a copy, viz: WASHINGTON, I). C., Jan ttary 13, 1862. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, U. S. Army. DEAR SIR: The Rev. Bennett Smedes, a prisoner under your charge, was until about a month since assisting me as a deacon in Grace Church, Baltimore. He then left me as lie said to see whether he could reach his parents in North Carolina. They had been recently afflicted by the death of his elder brother, and as he supposed were in nee4 of his services and the comfort of his presence. His father is the Rev. Doctor Smedes, of Raleigh, but his parents as well as himself are native New Yorkers; to the best of my belief his mother is a daughter of the late Rev. Doctor Lyell, rector of Christ Church, New York. Having seen him since his arrest in the presence of an officer he assured me that he went with nothing but his raiment, a few sermons and a certificate of his good character (which I gave him), and that he designed nothing and did nothing more or less than was necessary to the sole object of seeing and con- soling his parents. I believe his word absolutely, and can certify from long and intimate acquaintance with him that he is a young man of integrity and of great personal worth. When I accepted his services as my assistant eighteen months ag Page 196 196 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. or more I found his academical character not only unsullied but remarkable for all that adorns youth in the eyes of the good and wise. I pray that these facts may have weight, aild that his imprisonment (should his speedy release be denied) may be as little as possible rigorous. It is my earnest nope ~liat his discharge maybe deemed compatible with the demands of the public good. I remain, & c., A. CLEVELAND COXE, Rector of Grace Church, Baltimore. It may be proper to remark that although Doctor Coxe preaches to a Baltimore congregation of which a large portion are known to entertain treasonable sentiments he is nevertheless considered a decided Union man. It has since been ascertained by inquiry at the Department of the Secretary of State that that portion of the prisoners statement is correct in which he mentions his unsuccessful application for a passport to go South. The evidence in this case establishes the following facts: That the Rev. Bennett Smedes having made application at the State I)epart- inent for a pass and having failed to obtain one, the honorable Secre- tary of State not considering his case one in which the same should be issued, fri ~ding himself thns unable to attain his object in a legitimate manner did clandestinely, contrary to law and with knowledge that he was acting unlawfully, attempt to circumvent the authority of the United States by entering one of the States in rebellion; that inas- much as the act of crossing the Potomac in this manner is in contra- vention of the proclamation of the President and highly detrimental to the efficiency of our military operations it is necessary that strong measures should be taken to disconrage such attempts by the punish- ment of all concerned in them no matter what may be their character, standing or purpose. I therefore respectfully recommend that Rev. Bennett Smedes be confined until the conclusion of the war or until such time as by the advance of our armies he may be enabled to visit his relatives without violating the Presidents proclamation. All of which is duly submitted. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. J. ALLEN. [Indorserucut. Let hint be detained for the present. 1)EPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 23, 1862. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor. SIR: Your letter of the 21st instant has been received, and in com- pliance with your request I inclose herewith 100 copies of the prescribed oath of allegiance. You will observe that the words and further, that I will well and faithfully perform allthe duties which may be required of me by law, is applicable to those only who hold office under the Government and may be omitted when administered to private citizens. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. Mr. SEXVA1M~, Assistant & cretary Page 197 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 197 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA., ADJT. GEN.S OFFicE, Wheeling, Va., January 2J, 1862. Brigadier-General liO8ECRANS, (Jomm ending Department of Western Virginia. SIR: I call your attention to the inclosed newspaper paragraphs in relation to certain ioyai citizens of Virginia threatened with an igno- minious death by the traitors assembled in Richmond: George W. Aubrey (printed Aufrey), A. W. McI)onald and Henry A. Ault, all of Hardy County. These men were in a State military company and by orders were when taken acting under the U. S. military officers stationed at Fort Pendleton, near the southwest corner of Maryland, and were to all intents and purposes of war a military company in the U. S. service, and for its members this government demands the pro- tection of the United States. John Alford has never been in arms and is charged with being a candidate for the legislature here. I have been unable to procure information respecting Messrs. Bone and Berg- dale, but it is probable they were members of the Hardy County company aforesaid. In the name and on the behalf of the restored government of Virginia and by the direction of the executive thereof I earnestly appeal to you to take such action in the premises as will relieve these men from the perils which environ them at Richmond; or if ~he suggestion of the traitor Benjamin is adopted and our loyal friends die for devotion to our flag a signal example of retributive vengeance will be executed that will deter the cowardly traitors assembled there from the perpetration of like cruelties there afterward. The prisoners as fur as known are respectable, worthy men. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, HENRY 1. SAMUELS, Adjutant- General of Virginia. [Thdorsernent.] HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN VIRGINIA, Wheeling, Va., Janu((ry 24, 1862. Respectfully referred to the Secretary of War. The withii~ letter states facts which show that the persons alluded to cannot be hung or otherwise punished without violating the principles of humanity which have hitherto been acted on and tending to frightful reprisals. W. S. ROSECRANS, Brigadier- General, U. S. Army. [Inclosure.] ARREST OF UNION PATRIOTS. The following was sent to the Virginia senate on Thursday by Governor Letcher: WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A., Richmond, Va., January 10, 1861. JoaN RANDOLPH TUCKER, Esq., Attorney- General. SIR: I respectfully inform you that the following-named persons now confined in jail here have been examined by the Hon. James Lyons, as commissioner for this Department, and he reports them as being in his opinion traitors that ought to 1)0 hung. This being a matter that concerns the civil authorities I deem it my duty to give you their names, as follows, viz: First, George W. Aufrey; second, Henry A. Ault; third, Benjamin Bone; fourth, John Bergdale; fifth, Aaron W. McDonald; sixth. John Alford. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of War Page 198 198 1~IUSONERS OF WAR, ETC. HEADQUARTERS, ~ January 24, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: Nineteen persons were arrested last week at a place of rendez- vous from which they were to go to the insurgent States. Several have been released on taking the oath of allegiance, the evidence not being perfectly clear in regard to them. There are twelve who should be sent away as there is no room for them at Fort Mdllenry. One ot these men, Thomas C. Fitzpatrick, is claimed to be a British subject, and I am told was discharged from Fort Warren or Fort Lafayette on the application of Lord Lyons. I do not know what was the charge against him. We have satisfactory evidence that he has been engaged in recruiting for the insurgent army and that he was the leader of the party arrested. They were under an oath not to divulge the purposes of their organization. I am, very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 25, 1862. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. DIX, Baltimore, Aid. GENERAL: Referring to your letter of the 24th instant the receipt of which has heretofore been acknowledged I have the honor to authorize yon to convey the twelve prisoners (names not given) referred to by you to Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. Will you please transmit to this Department a list of their names together with a report of the proof upon which they are held 0? 1 have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary of State. HDQRS. CITY GUARD, PROVOST-MARSHALS OFFIcE, Washington, D. 0., January 27, 1862. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, Provost-Marshal. DEAR SIR: In the case of Nathaniel N. Clabaugh, of Morgan County, Va., a prisoner confined in the Old Capitol Building, 1 have the honor to report in obedience to the reqnest of the honorable Secretary of State as follows: Said Ciabaugh was received at this office from General Banks divis- ion, Upper Potomac, on the 18th instant, accompanied by the following charges: First. That said Clabaugh was one of a party of fonr instrumental in conveying information from Maryland to Winchester of a treasonable nature. Second. That he harbored rebel officers and soldiers. Third. That he oppressed the Union party of that section of Virginia in which he lived. Fourth. Refused to take the oath, declaring he was a Virginian aud Virginia had declared her independence. Fifth. That he aided and abetted in connection with Vau Arsdale and Fleece, of Morgan County (reported at Frederick), to sustain the rebel Government and was very violent in opposition to the Federal Government. These several charges stated before me. JOHN G. HOVEY, Lieut., Thirteenth Regt. Massachusetts J~ols., Provost-Marshal, Williarnsport. Witnesses: Lieutenant Grafflen, First Virginia Brigade; Capt. J. Kearns, First Virginia Brigade; others can be obtained Page 199 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 199 About the 21st instant Mr. Clabaugh sent to this office from the Old Capitol Building substantially the following statement which he said he was willing to verify on oath: That he was never in Winchester in his life but once, about the 20th of October last, and did not then know a resident of the place; that he went at the request of several men in his neighborhood who had helpless families dependent upon them; that he traveled the entire way to and from Winchester alone; that his business was, first, to see General Carson, and then Colonel Johnson, of the home militia; that he was introduced to General Carson by an old acquaintancefrom his neighborhood, iDoctorCanfield, nowhe believed a captain; that after being introduced to the general he informed him of his business, stating the helpless condition of his neighbors, and asking him if under the circumstances he could not exempt them from military duty as if they were forcibly taken from their homes (and they would not go otherwise) their families must necessarily suffer; that the general replied very kindly saying he was sorry for them but he had had twenty applications of the kind; that all men were equal and that he could not grant his (Clabaughs) request; that he (Clabaugh) was not as he should judge over half an hour with General Carson; has never seen or written to him directly or indirectly before or since nor corn- lnunicate(l with him through any other person; in short knew nothing more of him than he had stated; that the first call for militia was merely a notification about the 1st of July, there being no force attempted to his knowledge; that this first call was generally regarded as being unlawful or not authorized by the governor, and so far as their particular vicinity was concerned was as he thonght wholly disregarded; that no further call was made until about the 1st of October, when it was currently reported that such as refused to go would be forcibly taken; that at this last date a large majority of their eligible militia had left the State or congregated in the woods of Sideling Height, where they were comparatively safe from arrest, but that some men, probably a dozen, within three or four miles round had families and could not without serious los~s and suffering leave either to go to Maryland or to join the rebel army; that at his (Clabaughs) earnest solicitation at that time the impressing officer who had discre- tion in the matter agreed not to disturb the militia in that neighbor- hood until after they had done their seeding, which agreement was being kept at the time of his (Clabaughs) arrest, November 1, no further call having been made up to that time; that after his ineffectual mission to General Carson he went to Colonel Johnson, of their militia, and informed him what he had done, asking him if he had not consider- able influence and whether he had not the power to grant his request; that the colonel answered that he had to a certain extent; that he (Clabaugh) then informed him as he had Carson of the unprotected and helpless condition of his neighbors, and requested him as far as lay in his power to favor them; that he (the colonel) most blandly, cheerfully and apparently sincerely informed him that he might say to his neighbors that they should not be further molested if he could possibly avoid it; that this was about two weeks before his (Clabaughs) arrest, and that no further notice to or arrest of any party had taken place up to the time of his arrest; that he had not seen Fleece but twice since the Virginia election of last spring; that he (Fleece) was the sheriff of the county, and necessarily passed his (Clabaughs) house sometimes and never did so without stopping, business or no business, as was the case on the two occasions above alluded to; that he merely called, probably remaining an hour each time, just about long enough to get his dinner and his horse fed; that he (Clabaugh Page 200 200 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. had never beell in his company or passed a line with him directly or indirectly siuce the occasions above mentioned taking place last spring; that Van Arsdale has not been a iiear neighbor of his, and ashe (Clabangh) never had aiiy business with him of any kind he had not even seen him for ten months or more to his knowledge until they met in Williamsport, and that he had never passed a word with him about the war either since or before it commenced; that all of his family arc uncompromising Union folks, & c. The above charges and statement is all the evidence that I have been able to collect in this case. The prisoner is quite an old man of frank and earnest manners, and I have no doubt but that his statement is correct. He suggests that his property is all without our military lines, and that it would be unnecessarily jeopardizing it to require him to take the oath of allegiance to the United States at the present time. I understand that he is willing to give his parole of honor not to interfere in this contest. In conclusion I am inclined to think that Nathaniel N. Clabaugh, of Morgan County, Va., may safely be released from custody on taking the usual oath of allegiance, stipulating that he will not go beyond our military lines during the present contest between the Federal Govern- ment and the rebel States. All of which is respectfully submitted by your obedient servant~ E. J. ALLEN. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 29, 1862. ROBERT MURRAY, E sq., U. S. Marshal, New York. SIR: * * * Will you please proceed to the different forts wherein persons captured while attempting to run the blockade are confined and release all who are not citizens of the United States and whose testi- mony is not required in the administration of justice. Please return this inclosure with your report thereon. I aum, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, _______ Assistant Secretary. FORT LAFAYETTE, N. Y., Jan~~ary 31, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. DEAR SIR: I desire an investigation of my case, and it is for the purpose of giving you an insight into the circumstances attending my arrest that I now address you. I left Hickman, Ky., November 19 to go to Cairo, Ill., to pay taxes on land that I own on Birds Point, Mo. On my way thither I met with Colonel Wallace at Charleston, Mo., and went with him to Birds Point. Arriving there I ascertained that my agent was at Cairo. I then asked the colonel for a pass to Cairo which he granted. After paying my taxes to Mr. Falls I was arrested and held for five weeks at the above-named place when I was sent here, arriving at my present quarters on the 29th of December. I know of no charges against me nor have I heard of any reasons for my arrest. For proof as to my loyalty I refer you to Capt. D. L. Duffy, of the flag- ship Renton. I remain, yours, respectfully, C. LEI)WIDGE. N. B.If it is required I am perfectly willing to take the oath of allegiance Page 201 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 201 HDQRS. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Ja aary 31, 1862. Brig. (Thu. JOSEPH HOOKER, Commanding Division. GENERAL: Your communication with accompanying papers concern- ing the arrest of James T. Blackiston, of Leonardtown, Md., was received at these headquarters some time since. Pressure of public business has caused the delay of this reply. The report of Major Chapman, the officer making the arrest, expressly states that no proof exists that the prisoner had either committed, aided or abetted any treasonable act against the United States nor do the papers show the slightest ground for suspect- ing that he entertained any such design. The commanding general directs me to say that the unnecessary arrest of any citizen is much to be regretted, and that that of Mr. Blackiston seems to have been with- ont sufficient cause and is therefore not approved. Mr. Blackiston has been discharged. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, A. V. COLBURK, Assistant Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 1, 1862. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. Dix, Baltimore. GENERAL: For your information I have the honor to inclose here- with an extract* from an intercepted letter which seems to indicate that Mr. N. D. Falls, president of the Bay State Line, Baltimore, is or has been engaged in transmitting correspondence to the insurrection- ary States. Will you have the kindness to cause an examination as to the facts to be made and reported to this l)epartment~ I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant & cretary. IIDQRS. CITY GUARD OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL, Washington, February 1, 1862. J. L. MOPHAIL, Deputy Provost-Marshal, Baltimore, ]Iilid.: Young Wise, soii of General Henry A. Wise, was seen here to-day dressed in uniform. Suspected to have left on 5 p. m. train disguised as an invalid, wearing black pants over uniform pants. He is about twenty-four years old, five feet ten inches high, slim build, very dark- brown hair and eyes large. Youthful appearance. May have mustache and goatee but iw whiskers. Look close for him. A. PORTER, Briqadier- General and Provost-Marshal. WASHINGTON, February 3, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD. DEAR SIR: I understand from a reliable source that Senator Bright, of Indiana, will be expelled Tuesday next. I am thoroughly convincpd from facts coming to my knowledge that he intends going South as soon as opportunity presents itself Should he not be put under sur- veillance at least if not arrested ~ Yours, most respectfully, L. C. BAKER. Not iiclosed Page 202 202 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. FORT WARREN, Boston Harbor, Febrnary 3, 1862. Lieut. Col. W. HoFFMAN, Commissary- General of Prisoners, & tn dusky City, Ohio. SIR: * * * There are now here about fifty-eight prisoners of state. The Government has furnished these with bedding and common furii iture. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. DIMICK, Colonel First Artillery, Commandinq P~f. OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, $andusky City, Ohio, February 3, 1862. Col. LUTHER DAY, Judge-Advocate of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio. COLONEL: I have in my possession petitions for the release of cer- tain prisoners of war now at Camp Chase, and in order that their cases may be properly laid before the Department of State I request of you the favor to inform me of the facts and circnm~tances as far as they are known to yon connected with the arrest of the following-named persons, viz: G. A. Davis, Matthew Bright, George T. Henderson, J. Allen Harwood, W. H. Wise, Lewis S. Farrell, A. W. Jones, J. W. Wigal, W. H. Peterson, J. B. Smith, G. S. Grove, John W. Coffman, John Barneto and Thomas W. Tiliman. If there is anything known to yon why the cases of any of the above named should not be favorably considered I will be obiiged to you if yon will mention it. Will you also have the kindness to inform me if the prisoners at Camp Chase have a sufficient supply of bedding which they can bring with them when they are transferred to the depot near this city? Is it public or private property? The depot is supplied with bed sacks. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, W. HOFFMAN, Lieut. Col. Eighth Infantry, Commissary- General of Prisoners. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 4, 1862. Brig. Gen. M. C. MEIGS, Quartermaster- General. - GENERAL: I inclose a confidential letter addressed to me from Lon- don by Mr. Joseph L. Chester, and will thank you for any information which you can communicate touching the Mr. Wethered to whom it refers. Please return the inclosure with your answer. I am, general, your very obedient servant, WILLIAM Ii. SEWARD. [Inclosure. 1 LONDON, January 18, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, 4cc., Washington. SIR: I feel it my duty to call your attention to the fact that a person who has been for sonic time in this country representing himself, and I believe correctly so, to be the agent of Union mcii in Baltimore who hold a Government contract (concerning wool ci- woolen goods) openly avows himself a secessionist, associates constantly with that class here Page 203 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 203 and habitually uses such ability and influence as he may ~OS5~S5 111 behalf of the Southern rebellion and in opposition to the Government of which you are at the head. The person to whom I allude is Mr. John Wethered, of the house of Wethered Bros., of Baltimore. I should be glad if there were any doubt about the facts, for Mr. Wethered and myself have hitherto been upon the most friendly terms. He was here last winter, and before returning home then it was plainly to be seen that his sympathies lay in that direction. After a short absence he returned again to this city in the character above stated, and there is not the slightest doubt that his conduct ever since has been as I have already represented. By reason of our former friendly rela- tions I should desire that if possible my name should not be revealed as the author of this connunnication, but if necessary I feel that my duty to the true cause is paramount to all private friendship. If you deem the fact of any importance it can be readily substantiated from other sources here. It certainly galls your loyal friends here to know that a man who is doubtless filling his pockets with Government money is at the same time pursuing a treasonable course to that Government, and it seems also proper that you should be advised of the fact in order that you may ascertain whether the direct parties to the contract men- tioned are also guilty of the same bad faith or whether they have been misled in the character of the agent they have sent here. It is proper that addressing you as a stranger I should furnish you with some reference concerning myself. When I left Washington three years ago to spend some time in Europe in literary pursuits I was on intimate terms with (among others) Mrs. Henry H. Schoolcraft and Lieutenant Gilliss, of the Observatory, either of whom I think would be willing to vouch for my social position and my loyalty. I might refer more directly to Hon. ~E. Joy Morris, U. S. minister at Constantinople, and may also add that I am not unknown to Hon. Simon Cameron through his friend Henry C. ilickok, esq. I beg to add that I hope I am rendering my country and its Government some service here both privately and through the press, and that I should be most happy if you could in any way make my abilities and disposition more directly available. I should be ready at a mom~nts warning to go anywhere and do anything in obedience to your instructions. That the true cause needs all the help it can muster here is too true, for the loyal Americans in England are few while the Southern refugees are numerous, unscrupu- lous and untiring in their efforts to influence the public sentiment, nor are they without evideut success. I should also add that I may refer generally to our legation in this city. I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, JOSEPH L. CHESTER. [Indorsement.] QUARTERMASTER-GENERALS OFFICE, February 5, 1862. Respectfully returned to the Secretary of State. I know nothing of Wethered Bros. or of Mr. Wethered here referred to. I have written to the quartermaster at I~liiladelphia to inquire whether he has connections with the house named and will communi- cate any information he may be able to obtain. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, M. C. MEIGS, Quartermaster- General Page 204 204 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washt nqton, February 4, 1862. Brig. Gen. ANDREW PORTER, & c. GENERAL: fl erewith I inclose for your information a letter* from an agent of the Government of the United States containing a list of (lisloyal persons at Alexandria and in its vicinity who are in the habit of applying for papers to cross the river back and forth. It is recoin- mended that passes hereafter be withheld from any of the parties therein mentioned unless they shall furnish satisfactory evidence of loyalty. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. WASHINGTON, February 4, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, & c. SIR: I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a letter which I have received from Mr. Thomas Craggs who states himself to be a British subject, and who is it appears confined in the Old Capitol Prison in this city. I shall be very much obliged if you will give me any information which it may seem proper that I should receive con- cerning his case. I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant, LYONS. [Inclosure.] OLD CAPITOL PRISON, January 28, 1862. Right Hon. Lord LYONS. Mv LORD: I have the honor to state to your lordship that I am held in this prison, having been arrested on the 12& h instant at my home near Pohick, Fairfax County, Va.; that I am a British subject, native of County l)urham in England, and that I have resided in America eight years without ever taking any steps whatever toward becoming a naturalized citizen of this country. I have to assure your lordship that I have in no manner had any connection with the disturbances of this country, and am satisfied that no charge can be brought against me with the least show of justice on this score. I have therefore to ask your lordships kind interference on my behalf to the end that I may be set at liberty. THOMAS CRAGGS. TREASURY I)EPARTMENT, FOURTH AITDITORS OFFICE, February 4, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: I have the honor respectfully to inclose a copy of an official letter addressed to myself by James J. Waddell, late a lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, who was dismissed from the service on the 18th ultimo. I also inclose a copy of his resignation forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy. I desire respectfully to add that this correspondence is transmitted from a sense of duty and with no reference to the request made in his commnnication of the 1st instant. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, HOBART BERRIAN. Not inclosed Page 205 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 205 [Thelosure No. 1.] ANNAPOLIS, MD., February 1, 1862. HOBART BERRIAN, Esq., Fourth Auditor, Treasury. SIR: Your communication of this days date is before me and in reply to it I have to say that if the Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, will permit me to go South to collect the money my account can be settled in compliance with the order dated April 26, 1861. Other- ~vise I (lesire my account settled after the usual custom. I am, sir, very respectfully, & c., JAMES J. WADJiELL. [Inelosure No. 2.] U. S. SHIP JOHN ADAMS, Saint helena, November 20, 1861. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. SIR: The people of the State of North Carolina having withdrawn their allegiance to the Government and the State from the Confederacy of the United Statesowing to these circumstances and for reasons to be hereinafter mentionedI return to His Excellency the President of the United States the commission which appointed me a lieutenant in the Navy with other public documents, asking acceptance thereof. in thus separating myself from associations which I have cherished for twenty years I wish it to be understood that no doctrine of the right of secession nor wish for disunion of the States impel me, but simply because my home is the home of my people in the South and I cannot bear arms against it or them. I am, sir, respectfully, JAMES J. WAI)DELL. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, February 4, 1862. Col. E. I). TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General, Washington, D. C. SIR: I have received and confined at Fort Lafayette twenty-eight prisoners from Marshal Murray. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant Colonel, Third Artillery. P. S.There are now 118 prisoners at the fort. The largest number ever there at one time was about ~ M. B. [Indorsement.] ADJUTANT-GENERALS OFFICE, Febrnary 7, 1862. Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War with the suggestiou that a part of the prisonersmostly politicalnow confined in Fort Lafayette be recommellded to the Department of State to be traiis- ferred to Fort Warren ~n account of the want of means to make so many men decently comfortable iu Fort Lafayette at this season. L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General Page 206 206 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. QUARTERMASTER-GENERALS OFFiCE, Washington City, February 5, 1862. SECRETARY OF STATE: Upon inquiry of the officers in charge of clothing contracts at New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore I learn that they have now no con- tracts with the house of Wethered Bros., of Baltimore, but that Col. Charles Thomas, formerly in charge of the clothing depot at Philadel- phia, made a contract with Charles E. Wethered for 32,500 yards of six-quarter dark blue kersey at $1.69 per yard, which contract was completed on November 21, 1861. This probably is the person and the contract referred to in the confidential letter from London referred to me by the State Department and returned yesterday. I presume Mr. Wethered had visited Europe to purchase wool at a time when its increased price in this country bore heavily upon contractors for army cloths. I know nothing of the person himself. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, M. C. MEIGS, Quartermaster- General. HDQRS. CiTY GUARD, PROVOST-MARSHALS OFFICE, Washington, D. C., February 5, 1862. Brig. Ge~i. A. PORTER, Provost- llifarshal. GENERAL: In the case of Isaac Ballenger, a prisoner confined in the Old Capitol Building, I have the honor to report as follows: On the 27th of September last the following letter was received at this office: CAMDEN, September ~2, 1861. JAMES LESLIE, Esq. DEAR SIR: A man by the name of Isaac Ballenger, a native of Burlington County, N. J., but for the last five or six years a citizen of Saint Joseph in Missouri, is now in this place. He left Saint Joseph, Mo., last Wednesday according to his own account and arrived here Satnrday evening. He is now visiting his relatives in New Jersey. He is a violent secessionist, and I understand admits that he was arrested before he left Saint Joseph by the Union men. His mother, a very estimable woman, lives in Virginia between Alexandria and Mount Vernon. She is the wife of David Walton, a Union man, formerly of New Jersey. He has a brother, John Ballenger, who lives close to Walton, in Virginia, who is also a Union man. I understand he (Isaac) is about to visit Washington on his road to Virginia. He will no doubt apply for a pass to visit his relatives in Virginia and will most likely pass himself off as a Jerseyman. If he gets over into Virginia he will carry information to the rebels and do us mischieL You had better watch out for him and put the authorities on their guard against him. His relations in Virginia are all from this St teloyal and very clever people. Very respectfully, yours, & c., THOMAS H. DUDLEY. On the 7th of November last the following letter was received at this office: DIvIsIoN HEADQUARTERS, Fort Lyon, November 6, 1861. Brigadier-General MONTGOMERY, Alexandria. GENERAL: By the direction of General Heintzelman I send you a man by the name of Isaac Ballenger who was arrested and brought to these headquarters. He has strong Southern proclivities, and came to Alexandria under a pass belonging to another party, not being able to obtaiu one for himself. He wishes to go to New Jersey. The general requests you to take charge of him to-night and forward him with a guard to the provost-marshal in Washington. Respectfully, ISAAC MOSES, Assistant Adjntan t-General Page 207 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 207 On the same 7th of November on examination at this office Ballenger made substantially the following statement: That he was originally from New Jersey; that he had for four years past resided in Saint Joseph, Mo.; that he left there about the middle of September last to visit his friends in New Jersey, Moorestown, Burlington County, and his mother, Mrs. David Walton, living about two miles from Accotink toward Mount Vernon, Va.; that he went from Missouri directly to New Jersey; that he left New Jersey about sixteen days ago and went to see Isaac llosea residing near Laurel, Del.; that Hosea accompanied him from Missouri; that he (B.) arrived in Washington on the 22d or 23d of October and went to a boarding house, No. 368 or 386 Eighth street, back of the Patent Office, having been solicited by the man keep- ing the house on his arrival at the depot; that he stayed in Washington three days trying to obtain a pass to cross into Virginia; that not suc- ceeding he borrowed one belonging to George ilaines, speculator in wood, who was at the time boarding at one Augustines on Van street, east of Four-and-a-half street; that Augustine obtained the pass for him, he (A.) being an old acquaintance of his (B.s) and formerly a merchant at Accotink, Va.; that while at Washington he visited the Twenty-third Pennsylvania Regiment to see Richard Lippincott, attached to one of the companies, but that he could not find him; that he was at no other encampment while stopping in Washington; that on the 26th of October he left Washington by boat, using Mr. Haines pass, and went to Alexandria; that at Alexandria he met his brother John, living adjoining his stepfathers, and with him rode to his mothers near Accotink; that Mr. Augustine accompanied him to Alex- andria to take his wife there; she was going to visit some friends and look after their household goods which had been left at their place near Accotink, they having been driven off by the rebel pickets; that he (Ballenger) obtained a pass from General Montgomerys office to go to Accotink, there being a man there by the name of Joseph Styles who knew him and wrote the pass; that on Wednesday he visited Accotink to see his sister, being accompanied by a guard; that he was no farther than Accotink, two miles from his stepfathers, during his stay there except on one occasion when he rode with his mother and sister up to his brother Charles, about five miles from Alexandria toward Mount Vernon; that on Sunday afternoon he left his mothers for his brother Charles on his way back to New Jersey where he proposed stopping a short time prior to his return to Missouri; that he stopped at his brothers until Monday night when he was arrested by the lieutenant of Company B, of the Fifth Michigan Regiment. on the charge of using another mans pass; that he (Ballenger) was a clerk in the dry goods house of Powell, Levy & Lemon, Saint Joseph, during the time he was there; that Isaac llosea was clerk for Toole & Fairleigh, dry goods dealers in Saint Joseph and came east to visit his relatives; that he (Ballenger) has never been under arrest before except in Saint Joseph where he was arrested by some soldiers one evening because he would not allow them to enter the store of which he was clerk, and that in this instance he was discharged after a few minutes by the officer of the company; that he (Ballenger) has no relatives in the rebel army to his knowledge; that he was in Saint Joseph until the day before he left for New Jersey; that one reason for his leaving was the dullness of busi- ness there, it being his intention when he left to return again to his situation. We have here it seems a violent secessionist who no doubt left his situation in Missouri because his insults to Federal soldiers had mad Page 208 208 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. it too warm for him. Coming here and being refused a pass into Vir- ginia on account of his sentiments and antecedents having been made known before him, he in defiance of the constituted military authorities here crossed the river into Virginia on a fraudulent pass and was hov- ering on the outside of one of the most vnlnerable portions of our entire lines at the time of his arrest. I see but one prudent course to pursue in this case, and that is to keep him in close confinement until the end of the war for the Union when there will no longer be any danger in violent secessionists going at large on fraudulent passes. All of which is respectfully submnitled by your obedient servant, E. J. ALLEN. IIDQRS. CITY GUARD, PROYO8T-MARSHALS OFFICE, IVashingtom, 1). C., February 5, 1862. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, Pro cost -3furshail. GENERAL: In the case of William Oswald Dundas, a l)1isoner con- fined in the Old Capitol Building, I have the honor to report as follows: Said Dundas was sent to this office on the 1st of November last by Brig. Gen. L. P. Graham, stationed between this city and Bladensburg, Md., with a statement that he had been in the habit of leaving his home in the neighborhood on horseback early in the evening and returning sometimes late at night; that when challenged he would represent himself as officer of the road, and would use tantalizing and insult- ing language, asking the sentinels why they did not arrest him, & c.; that the inmates of the house where lie lived had been suspected of being secessionists, and that on previous occasions signals had been made from said house; that at the time of his arrest iDundas attempted to force his horse past the sentry challenging him, but did not succeed in so doing; that on being delivered by the arresting sentinel to the officer of the guard Dundas represented himself as a gentleman of means and one who had a right to go where he chose; that in answer to the inquiry why he was always away from his home at night in the present unquiet state of the country, knowing that the roads were lined with picket and grand guard, he said that he went to visit the neighbors; that as his time was his own he could use it as he chose; that in answer to the question whether he ~as in favor of our Government he said he was not; that he would never be with a Government that oppressed his country; that finally in answer to the question whether he was a secessionist he admitted that he was. On examination at this office on the 1st of November Dundas stated that he was twenty years of age, and resided about four miles from Washington on the old Bladensburg turnpike; that he was a farmer and lived on a farm owned by his mother; that on the night of the 31st of October he was returning from Mrs. Woods, who resided two miles from where he did, and when arriving at the forks of the road he was challenged by a soldier who was on guard; that he answered he was a resident of the road, and not officer of the road,~~ as had been reported; that this was the first time that he had ever been stopped by the guard at that place; that when he was brought before the major (De Zeng) he told him the sanme in regard to himself as he stated on this occasion; that he admitted to those arresting hhu that he was a secessionist as he admitted on the present occasion, but had never taken any part with the secessionists against the Federal Government; that lie had friends in the South but had no relatives in the Southern Army Page 209 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 209 that he had not written or received any communications to or from any of his friends now living in the South or verbally sent any cominunica- tion to any of them; that he would not take the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government of the United States; that he would take the oath of allegiance to support the Confederate States Government so- called were he called upon to do so, and would be proud to be called a rebel under the present existing circumstances. In a note to the Secretary of War dated January 29 Dundas says that he told the authorities of the provost-marshals office that he would not take the oath of allegiance, and does not see why a maii should be taken from his family at night and be made to take an oath which he had taken beforethat is to support the Constitution of the United States, and that he is willing to take the oath the second time. He also says that if he had told the officers he was a Democrat he would have been taken for as good as a rebel, and consequently he told them he was a rebel to wind up his statement of the case. Not content with this lame and prevaricating management of his own case he takes up the vindication of a fellow-prisoner and kindred spirit named Isaac Ballenger whom he has met with in prison, and of whose case he can know nothing except what he has ascertained in secret conclave and rebel communion in the Old Capitol. This Ballenger as will be seen by a report accompanying this is a violent secessionist who undertook to cross our lines into the rebel States in a surreptitious manner and was only arrested by the vigilance of our soldiers on the outposts. Here we have the case of a sprig of would-be nobility suspected of disloyal practices but claiming to be a gentleman of means (to use his own language) with a right to go where he pleased night or day without being questioned by common soldiers on duty. When chal- lenged by the sentinels of the U. S. Army picketed around the national capital day and night, through sunshine and storm, the faithful guard- ians of their countrys honor and integrity, he has invariably thrown himself upon his dignity, insulted them to their faces and defied them to arrest him. After his arrest under the most suspicious circumstances, relying upon the power and influence of his patrimonial wealth acquired from the patronage of the Federal Government, he has refused to take the oath of allegiance after having by his own acts compromised his posi- tion; has acknowledged fealty to the Confederate Government and has gloried in being called a rebel. All this has been done after plenty of time for reflection after the excitement naturally attending his arrest. In his prevaricating note to the Secretary of War after nearly three months confinement he but superciliously insults the intelligence of that Department while calling into question the common sense and honesty of this office. He says that he does not see why a man should be taken from his fanmily at night and be made to take an oath which he had taken beforethat is to support the Constitution of the United States; that he is willing to take the same oath again, & c. It was under very different circumstances than being taken from his family at night that he expressed his unwillingness to take the oath of allegiance at this office. He here said nothing about having previously taken the oath even to support the Constitution of the United States and a proposition to have taken the same oath again with the mental reservations that he would be likely to make would hardly have been satisfactory. He also says that if he had told time officers at the provost-marshals office] that he was a Democrat he would have been taken for as good 14 R RSERIE5 II, VOL I Page 210 210 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. as a rebel and he consequently told them he was a rebel to wind np his statement of the case and I suppose get rid of the plebeian public servants who were humbly endeavoring to ascertain his true relation to the Government. Of course it is not necessary for me to say to you or the honorable Secretary of War that we are not in the habit at this office of con- founding Democrats and rebels and that a mans civil politics or reli- gion has nothing to do with his examination or disposition at these headquarters; and any fall-grown man that would resort to such a miserable subterfuge and falsehood to effect his release does not deserve to succeed in his attempt. The undertaking of Dundas after essaying to clear himself by this miserable prevarication to set himself up as a court-martial and coolly recommend the simultaneous release of one of the most dangerous characters confined in the Old Capitol Building is too ridiculous to be laughable these serious times. Of course it is unnecessary for me to suggest that the safety of the country demands as a military necessity that this pert sprig of aris- tocracyso full of secession venom that he would gladly forswear his foster Government, swear allegiance to the Confederate States and glory in being called a rebelshould be kept in close confinement until the end of the war for the Union. Of course any oath that he would now take would be merely for the purpose of getting out of confinement and would be but adding perjury to treason. All of which is respectfully submitted by your obedient servant, E. J. ALLEN. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washtngton, February 6, 1862. JOSEPH L. CHESTER, Esq., London, England. SIR: I have to acknowledge and thank you for the information con- tained in your confidential letter of the 18th ultimo. Having referred it to the Quartermaster-General of the United States that officer has learned upon inquiring of the officers in charge of the clothing con- tracts at New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore that they have now no contracts with the house of Wethered Bros., of B altimo~e, but that Colonel Thomas, formerly in charge of the clothing depot at Philadel- phia, made a contract with Charles E. Wethered br 32,000 yards of six-quarter dark blue kersey at $1.69 per yard, which was completed on November 21,1861. This it is thought by the Quartermaster-General is probably the person and the contract referred to by you, and he pre- sumes that Mr. Wethered had visited Europe to purchase wool at a time when its increased price in this country bore heavily upon contractors for army cloths. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLiAM H. SEWAHD. FORT HAMILTON, ATew York Harbor, February 6, 1862. Col. E. D. TowNsEND, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Bidqrs. of the Army, Washington, D. C. SIR: I have received and sent to Fort Lafayette thirty-eight prison- ers from Marshal Murray. They were ~rmnerly confined I understan Page 211 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 211 in Philadelphia. There are JIOW confined in the fort 153 prisoners, and it is pretty well filled. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, FOURTH AUDITORS OFFICE, February 7, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary ~f State. SIR: On the 4th instant I had the honor to inclose certain official letters in the case of James J. Waddell, late a lieutenant in the U. S. Navy. I beg herewith respectfully to submit a copy of Mr. Waddells reasons for abandoning the service. The original has been handed me by an officer who served with him in the same vessel and who will bear testimony to his disloyalty. I have the honor, sir, to be, very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, FIOBART BERRIAN. [Inclosure.] JANUARY 13, 1862. To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I resigned to avoid bearing arms against my fathers home, my fathers sons and my relations, all of whom are scattered through the seceded States, and to whom I am bound by the ties of blood and affec- tion stronger than life itself. I prefer to give up my commission in the Navy rather than incur the displeasure and risk the affection of those dear ones. I surrender twenty years service and an ample support rather than offer bodily hurt to them. I therefore cannot take the oath offered me. Could I subscribe to it why should I have resigned ~ I am and have been a citizen of the State of Maryland since the year 1848 when I married in Nnnapolis, and have at the present time a wife, a child and a little property there. I have no property of any kind in the seceded States. 1 am not hostile to the Constitution and laws of the United States. I am not its enemy. I venerate the flag, and would to God the strife it is now engaged in was with a foreign and not a domestic foe that I might hazard limb and life and shed freely my blood in its defense. I am pained to feel that a suspicion rests upon me and that it is necessary I should be compelled to declare my intention to remain a quiet, unobtrusive person in the city of Annapolis during this civil war. If the Government officials will [noti consider me above suspicion but h6ld me a prisoner, a man of felonious intent, I am surely at their disposition. I need no watchman, I need no guard. If I am to be consigned to the walls of a prison I will be the bearer of the order to its keeper and will deliver my body to his care until such a time as it may please the Government to order my release. I simply desire to be permitted to occupy the position of a citizen of the United States just as thousands of men are to-day. I have finished. JAMES J. WADDELL. STATE OF OHIO, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, - y 7, 1862. Col. ~. HOFFMAN, Columbus, Ohio Februar Commissary- General ~f Prisoners, Sandusky, Ohio. SIR: Yours of February 3 to Col. Luther l~ay, judge-advocate, inquiring as to a list of prisoners at Camp Chase prison was opened b Page 212 212 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Governor Tod in absence of Colonel Day. Governor Tod sent me to the prison to see as to cause of commitment of these men, & c. I found that all the persons, viz, G. A. Davis, Matthew Bright, George T. Henderson, J. Allen ilarwood, W. H. Wise, Lewis S. Farrell, A. W. Jones, J. W. Wigal, W. H. Peterson, J. B. Smith, G. S. Grove, John W. Coffman, John Barneto and Thomas W. Tillman had been already dis- charged or sent away. The bedding, & c., at camp is public property but is all needed there. There is none that can be sent with the prison- ers worth anything. Jonathan Whisler, sent there from Blues Gap, Va., as a military prisoner is willing to be discharged on his parole, give security and remain in Ohio and not bear arms. He was a Vir- ginia militiaman and pressed into the service. Is a rheumatic man, and I am satisfied is a non-combatant and ought to be released. Yours, respectfully, B. F. HOFFMAN, For Governor Tod. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, February 8, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: In reply to your letter of the 1st instant I have the honor to report that N. D. Falls is not the president of the Bay line of steamers. The presidents name is Moor N. Falls. There is an inaccuracy there- fore in the intercepted letter. The person alluded to is no doubt the same. I do not believe from the examination I have made that he has been concerned in the transmission of correspondence except as the provost-marshal is. Open letters with the Confederate postage inclosed are sometimes forwarded to him and handed by him to the provost messenger on the steamer to be delivered to Major-General Wool for examination before they are transmitted to Virginia. I am, very respectftilly, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. ALEXANDRIA, February 9, 1862. Hon. W. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State: To-day the Rev. J. H. Stewart was arrested in the pulpit of Saint Pauls Church in Alexandria for omitting the prayer for the President of the United States by your detectiye here, Mr .Morton. The omission of that prayer occurred in the same church in my presence weeks since. I reported the fact to the headquarters of the ~Army of the] Potomac for the information of the Government, but did not deem it an act that authorized or called for my interference. Had it been a matter of duty I would cheerfully have taken such measures as the circumstances called for and will execute any instructions as may be given in the case, but as it now stands I conceive my rightful authority has been inter- fered with and the quiet and police order of the city disturbed. May I ask to be put in possession of the Governments views in such cases. My own views and object in the performance of duty here has been to win rather than force back the affections and adherence of Southern people to the Constitution amid its blessings. This I have and still believe the true policy to reinstate the Constitution in all its integrity. W. H. MONTGOMERY, Brigadier. General Page 213 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 213 ALEXANDRIA., February 9, iSY52. Hon. F. NY. SEWARD, Assi8ta at Secretary of State: Attended church over which Reverend Mr. Stewart is pastor. He omitted to read prayer for the President of the United States, also for Congress. I requested him to read them twice. He declined. Ordered him nuder arrest as a state prisoner, lie is a Northern sQcessionist. S. NY. MORTON. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, February 10, 18G2. His Excellency AIR~USTU5 W. BRADFORD, Governor of Maryland. SIR: Hon. H. B. Carmichael has for many months been one of the prime movers of disaffection and disloyalty on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He was the author of a treasonable memorial to the legis- lature, published and circulated under his own signature while holding a place on the bench. His charges to the grand juries in his district have been inflammatory and insulting to the Federal Government. He has caused military officers to be indicted and has charged grand juries that it was their duty to find bills against all persoums who had given information on which arrests had been made by order of the Govern- ment. Under his instructions Brigadier-General Lockwoodwhose conduct has been marked by the most prudent and discreet forbearance in the execution of my orders which have been by many regarded as too lenientwas subjected to the indignity of an indictment. This man is a dishonor to the bench. He is a dishonor to the loyal State of Maryland. I have forborne to take any measures in regard to him by the advice of gentlemen on the Eastern Shore; but I believe the feel- ing is now nearly unanimous that his disloyal and vindictive conduct has been endured too long. It was proposed months ago to arrest him and send him to Fort Lafayette. Though he deserves it I prefer to have him sent into the Confederate States to be turned over to the insurgents with whom he sympathizes and whose cause he is doing all in his power to promote. He is unworthy of the protection of a Gov- ernment which he is laboring to subvert and he ought not to enjoy its privileges. I think he should go where he will find congenial associa- tions. In this matter I should be glad to know Your Excellencys views. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. Extract* from proceedings of the British Imperial Parliament, Monday, February 10, 1862, in relation to the arrest of British sul~jects in America. The Earl of Carnarvon said he was anxious to ask a question of some importance of the noble earl [Russell], the secretary of foreign affairs. The House would remember that on Friday last he made some remarks on the case of an Englishman in America who had been taken into cus- tody and sent to prison under the warrant of Mr. Seward. Since Fri * See Executive Document, third session Thirty-seventh Congress, 18621863, Vol. I Page 214 214 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. day lie had received further information iu reference to similar cases, but they were if possible worse than the one he then mentioned. He understood that at this moment there were no less thaii three BritiTh subjects who had been for four or five months confined in Lafayette prison, and they liad been detained there without any charge of any sort or kind having been made against them. There had been no inquiry made into their cases. Au inquiry had been asked for, but it had been refused unless they first consented to take the oath of alle- giance to the Government of the United States. Now if that were so it was clear that those persons had been ille- gally arrested, illegally imprisoned and illegally detained, and there ought not to be a moment lost before clearly understanding the present position of affairs. [Hear.] Jn these American prisons there were confined persons of every rank and means and intelligence, and many who had been brought up in affiaencethere were representatives of the liberal professions, of the bar, the press and the judicature, and many of the best classes of American society. They had been arrested and dragged from prison to prison and they had undergone very great hardships. So far as it concerned the American citizens their lord- ships House had nothing to do except in this way that their position would throw some light upon the manner in which British subjects were treated in prison. The state of this prison was very bad. In it were confined twenty-three political prisoners, and two-thirds of them were placed in irons. From this prison the light and air were excluded, the ventilation was imperfect and the atmosphere was oppressive and intolerable. The prisoners were deprived of the decencies of life, and the water supplied to them was foul and for some purposes it was salt. He had received these facts from an authority which he could not doubt, and he believed in their correctness. The names of the British subjects were Charles Green* formerly a British merchant resident at Savannah. He went from Liverpool, and his connection with this country had been maintained to the pres- ent time, for he had now a son residing at Liverpool. The next person was Andrew Low,* also a British merchant residing at Savannah, and he had children now at school at Brighton. The other person was an Irish laboring man who went out to America in October, 1860, in search of a relative resident near Harpers Ferry, and the troops of the Federal Government having found him there he ~vas taken into custody and the oath of allegiance having been tendered to him and refused he was dragged to a prison in New York and had since been confined there. Now if these persons had broken the laws of the United States they ought to be brought to trial and if they were found guilty then let them be sentenced according as the law directed; but if they had not broken any law then they ought not to be kept in prison for an indefi- nite period and on secret charges. He understood that an inquiry would be directed into the cases of these persons, but Mr. Seward made it a preliminary condition that they should take the oath of alle- giance to the Government of the United States. Now the very fact that these persons would not do that served to show that they were British subjects. He wished to know how far the noble earl had beemi informed of these things and what steps or measures he had taken to obtain redress. See Lyons to Seward, November 16, 1861, with its inclosure, and Seward to Lyons in answer Jannary 6, 1862, case of Andrew Low, Mrs. John Low, and Charles Green, p. 1031 et seq Page 215 SITSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 215 Th~rl Russell said I conclude that the noble earl has hardly read the papers which have been laid upon the table of the House by command of Her Majesty for the noble earl would there have found a correspondence between Lord Lyons and Mr. Seward and also between Her Majestys Government and Lord Lyons on this subject. The noble earl in his statement seems hardly to have taken into account the very critical circum- stances in which the Government of the United States has been placed. In the spring of last year nine of the States in the scheme of confederation declared war against the Government of the United States. In such circumstances as these it is iisnal for all governments to imprison upon suspicion persons who they consider are taking part in the war against them. In a case which happened not many years ago, viz, 1848, when there was a con- spiracy for the purpose of overturning the authority of Her Majesty the secretary of state applied to the other House of Parliament for authority to arrest persons on suspicion, viz, for the suspension of the habeas corpus act, and in the papers pre- sented to Parliament at that date there are two cases in which the lord-lieutenant of Ireland had ordered the arrest of two American persons; a complaint was there- upon made by the American Government, and my noble friend (Lord Palmerston), at that time at the head of the foreign office, replied that with regard to those persons the lord-lieutenant had due information upon which he relied that those persons were engaged in practices tending to subvert the authority of the crown and were aiding practices which were being pursued in that part of the kingdom. Those persons were never brought to trial, but on that authority they were arrested. After this civil war broke out in America complaints were made by certain British subjects that they had been arrested upon suspicion. I immediately directed Lord Lyons to complain of that act as an act enforced by the sole authority of the Pres- ident of the United States and especially in regard to one of those persons there seemed very light grounds of suspicion and I said he ought not to be detained. I am not here to vindicate the acts of the American Government for one or foi any of those cases. Whether they bad good grounds for suspicion or whether they had light grounds for suspicion it is not for me here to say. If I thought there were lightgrounds for suspicion it was my business to represent that to the Government of the United States, but it is not my business to undertake their defense in this House. The Amer- ican minister replied that the President had by the Constitution the right in time of war or rebellion to arrest persons upon snspicion and to confine them in prison dur- ing his will and pleasure. This question has been much debated in America and judges of high authority have declared that the writ of habeas corpus could not be suspended except by an act of Congress. But certain lawyers have written on both sides of the question; and I have recently received a pamphlet in which it is laid down that the meaning of the law of the United States is that the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended on the sole authority of the President of the United States. The question itself was brought before Congress and a resolution was proposed that there should he no arbitrary arrests except with the sanction of Congress. But it was contended that it was part of the prerogative of the President and a large majority decided that the question should not be discussed and thereby left the President to act for himself. So much for the power given by the Constitution of the United States. With regard to the particular acts which the Secretary of State under the sanc- tion of the President has authorized as to the arrest of British subjects as well as American subjects, I am not here to defend those arrests, but I certainly do con- tend that it is an authority which must belong to some person in the Government if they believe that persons are engaged in treasonable conspiracies in the taking part as spies or in furnishing arms against the Government. I believe that in regard to many of the cases of arbitrary authority that power was abused. I believe that net only with regard to persons arrested but in the courses pursued there was unneces- sary suspicion, but I do not find that in any case there has been any refusal to allow British consuls at places where convenient to hear the cases of those persons or when a statement was made by the British minister that Lord Lyons was slow in represent- ing the case to Mr. Seward. Lord Lyons represented to me that these cases took up a great part of his time and he was anxious to investigate every one of them. Nor can I say that Mr. Seward has refused at any time to listen to those coni- plaints. He has always stated that he had information upon which lie could depend that these persons were engaged in treasonable practices against the Government of the United States. That being the question, the noble earl states npoa his own authority that the arrests are illegal and that the persons are kept in prison illegally. But that is more than I can venture to say. I can hardly venture to say that the President of the United States has not the power, supposing persons are engaged in treasonable conspiracies against the authority of the Government, to keep them i Page 216 216 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. prison without bringing them to trial; and it would require a strong denial of the authority of the law officers of the United States before I could presume to say that the President of the United States had not that power. With regard to the particular cases which the noble earl has referred to I am unable to say whether or not some of those persons may not have been engaged in these conspiracies. We all know that during the time in which the United States have been divided there has been mnch sympathy shown in this country on one side and on the other; senie have shown a strong sympathy for the North and some for the South. [Hear, hear.] With regard to some of those cases I have stated I thought the circumstances were such that it was quite evident that they had not been engaged in any conspiracy. There was one gentleman who happened to be a partner in a firm, and the other pa.rtners had great connections with the South. It was true that the firm had strong Southern sympathies, but the gentleman himself was a firm sup- porter of the Government of the Union. It was the mere circumstance of letters being sent to his partner which induced his arrest. I thought that a most arbitrary and unjust proceeding. [Hear.] Mr. Seward said he thought the circumstances were enough to induce suspicion: but as soon as it was ascertained that there was no ground for suspicion that gentleman was released. An innocent, person being arrested and confined for several days in prison was undoubtedly a great grievance, and one for which he was entitled to compensation; but beyond the right to complain and beyond the constant remonstrances of Lord Lyons, the British minister, in every such case I do not hold that the circumstances warrant further interference. I believe the gentleman to whom I allude had stated that he expected his own friends would procure his release. The noble lord men- tioned three cases. I was not aware of the cases the noble lord would mention. But with regard to Mr. Green this is the statement he made on the 5th of Septem- ber: I desire no action to be taken by my friends in England in consequence of my arrest. Lord Lyons has represented my case, and it will receive investigation in due tinie. Meanwhile I am in the hands of the officers of this fort. There have been other cases of arrest and imprisonment under circumstances involving considerable hardship. There have been many cases of arbitrary impris- onment without trial; and these cases of arbitrary imprisonment have taken place under a Government which is engaged in a civil war, perhaps one of the most seri- ous and formidable in which any country was ever engaged. Right or wrong, it is not for us to decide; but we must admit that all the means that have been used by civilized nations in warfare against each other are open to the Americans in this case. With respect to the particular cases I believe that to whatever cause it may be owingwhether owing to the novelty of the case in North America or to the inexperience of persons who are not conversant with the carrying out of afihirs, or whether it is this that arbitrary power can never be safely intrusted to any one without being abusedto whatever cause it is owing I believe there will ever be many cases of abuse of such power. [Hear, hear.] But in every case where a British subject is arrested and a reasonable case is made out for him I shall be ready to instruct Lord Lyons to bring the case under the consideration of the Government of the United States. Lord Lyons has never been wanting in his duty. [Hear, hear.] He has I think shown himself a vigilant British minister in that respect; and I trust your lordships will not think that these cases have been neglected by the Government of this country. [Hear.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 11, 1862. Maj. (lien. JOHN A. Dix, Baltimore, Md. GENERAL: Your letter of the 8th instant relative to Mr. N. D. Falls has been duly received and I thank you for the information which it contains. I am, general, your obedient servant WILLIAM II. SEWARD. OFFICE OF COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, AS~audusky, Ohio, February 11, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, ~Seeretary of state. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge tile receipt of your letter of the 28th ultimo and I beg leave to say in rel)1y that in answer to m Page 217 SUSPECTED ANI) DISLOYAL PERSONS. 217 inquiries as to the facts and circumstances connected with the arrest of certain prisoners confined at Camp Chase to whoiti hi reP~rred in my let- ter to the Adjutant-General of the 13th ultiino 1 have beeii informed by direction of Governor Tod of Ohio that all of them had been already discharged at his receipt of my letter. I am not informed by what anthority the discharge was made, though I judge it was not made by order of the Governor as his private secretary went ont to Camp Chase to inquire for the men. The following are their names, viz: G. A. Davis, Matthew Bright, George T. Henderson, J. Allen Harwood, W. H. Wise, Lewis S. Farrell, A. W. Jones, J. W. Wigal, W. II. Peterson, J. B. Smith, G. S. Grove, John W. Cofhnan, John Barneto and Thomas W. Tillman. From those it was my intention to select the most favora- ble cases. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. HOFFMAN, Lient. Col., U. S. Army, Commissary- General of Prisoners. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 12, 1862. His Excellency DAVID TOP, Governor of Ohio. GOVERNOR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 28th ultimo introducing General George W. Morgan and requesting the Department to consult freely with him relative to pris- oners confined at Camp Chase, Ohio, and also to have your duties in the premises defined and pointed out. In reply I have the honor to state that the Department sometimes desires to take the advice of gen- tlemen of known character and standing in regard to the cases of prisoners confined at different military posts in the country so that the Secretary of State may act intelligently and for the best interests of all concerned. Governor Dennison was kind enough to perform these duties for a time at Camp Chase, and when his term of office as gov- ernor expired the Secretary sent to you not as a duty but as an act of kindness to him and for the Government of the United States, and if he should have occasion to make similar requests in the future he will endeavor to explain the nature of the service required in each case in the communication to you upon the subject. I have the honor to be, governcr, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. W. SEWAHI), Assistant Secretary. ALEXANDRIA, VA., February 12, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: In compliance with your request I respectfully submit to you the following report of the arrest of a secessionist on Sunday last in this city whose arrest and subsequent release by order of General Montgomery occasioned considerable excitement. The Rev. J. li. Stewart, an Episcopal clergyman officiating at Saint Pauls Church, has long been notoriously known in this city as an open and avowed secessionist, denying the authority of the Government of the United States and recognizing that of the (so-called) Confederate States and of Bishop iVileade who has seceded. He has habitually refused to read the prayer for the President of the United States as establishe Page 218 218 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. by the authority of the church and only omitted to pray for Jeff. Davis and his Government (as he avowed to his congregation one week 1)efore) because they (the church) were so peculiarly circumstanced. His cou gregation is made up almost wholly of rebel citizens of Alexandria, well known for their habitual mockery of the Stars and Stripes and their insolent bearing toward Union citizens and U. S. soldiers. Learning the truth of these statements beyond a question I attended Saint Pauls Church on Sunday morning and when Stewart omitted to read the prayer for the President of the United States as required by the church service I arose and respectfully requested him to do so. He paying no attention to my request I again requested him to read the prayer with the same result. Immediately Captain Farnsworth, of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, who was present and to me an entire stranger, arose and demanded that he should read the prayer. Still refusing Captain Farnsworth ordered his sergeant to arrest and take him to the quarters of Colonel Farnsworth, of the same regiment, which order was immediately executed. Fearing a collision between the con- gregation and the military present I immediately directed Captain Farnsworth to hold him only as a state prisoner subject to your order. After arriving at the headquarters of Colonel Farnsworth, Stewart sent for Brigadier-General Montgomery, military governor of the city, who soon called in. At the request of General Montgomery Stewart was delivered to his custody and was not long after by him discharged from arrest I am informed unconditionally. This arrest I believe was approved and applauded by the Union citi- zens of Alexandria and by the military officers here with scarcely an exception. In this connection I deem it proper for me to attempt to give you some correct idea of the condition of things in this city and to call the attention of the Government to the abuses (as they seem to me) which are practiced almost constantly. There are a large number of secession sympathizers resident here who openly and defiantly boast of being secessionists and avow their disposition to aid the rebels all in their power and to do us all the harm they can. Many of them, especially the females, are in the practice of insulting the soldiers of the United States, denouncing our flag and the authority which upholds it. Yet these people are freely granted passes to go to and fro to Washington and wherever else they desire by the military authorities. The divisions of Generals lleintzelman, Sumner and Franklin are within from two to four miles of Alexandria, and many of the men of those divisions are obliged to visit here constantly to procure their letters, supplies, express matter, & c. Two regiments of troops are quartered in Alexandria, yet in all parts of the city may be found the vilest of whisky dens and rum holes and other vile places of corrupt debauch to demoralize the soldiers, carrying on their trades not only without opposition but with (many of them) absolute protection. In consequence the streets leading from the city toward the camps of those divisions are almost constantly fil.led with staggering, drunken soldiers, poisoned and rendered unfit to serve their country in this trying hour; their money filched from them, the Army disgraced and weakened, and all under the eye and protection of military officers of the General Gov- ernment. Under this state of things I have no doubt that Alexandria is made a rendezvous by rebels and a depot whence information and corre- spoudence is obtained and constantly kept up. Rebels who are in activ Page 219 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 219 correspondence and close league with the enemy have beeii arrested and passes from high military functionaries found upon them. In conclusiou Ii beg to suggest the great importance to the cause of the Union that more stringent measures should be adopted and a wiser policy pursued in the military administration of the afihirs at this point. I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, S. W. MOIITON. Special Government Agent. NEW YORK, February 12, 1862. F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary of State. SIR: * * * * * * * P. S.Allow me to observe that there are over 150 prisoners now iii Fort Lafayette, a number too large l)y fifty. Some steL)s ought to be taken to reduce the iiumber. Yours, & c., S. C. hAWLEY. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Wasbinton, February 13, 1862. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. COLONEL: Will you please transmit to this Department a list of all the persons received and held in comifinement at Fort Lafayette and Fort Hamilton other thau prisoners of war since the 4th of March, 1861, with a statement showing when and on whose order they were severally received, when and on whose order any of them were trans- ferred to any place of detention or discharged, and especially designating such as now remain in custody at Fort Lafayette and Fort Hamilton aforesaid ~ I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. (Same mutatis mutandis to Col. Justin Dimick, Fort Warren, Boston; Maj. Gen. John A .Dix, Fort Mellenry, Baltimore, Md.; Maj. Gen. John E. Wool, Fortress Monroe, Va.; Col. U. Loomis, Fort Columbus, N. Y.; Brig. Gen. Andrew Porter, Old Capitol Prison, Washington; Col. V. Bausenwein, Camp Chase, Ohio; provost-marshal, Cairo, Ill.; Capt. George B. Leighton, provost-marshal, Saint Louis, Mo.) DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 13, 1862. Right Hon. Lord LYONS, & c. Mv LORD: Referring to my note of the 4th of December last relative to the alleged maltreatment of the captain of the schooner Louisa Agnes I now have the honor to inclose to you the copy of a communi- cation of yesterday addressed to this Department by the Secretary of the Navy on that subject. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your lordship the assurance of my high consideratiomi. WILLIAM H. SEWARD Page 220 220 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. [Inclosure. 1 NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 12, 1862. lion. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: In compliance with your request of the 4th of December last the Department wrote for statements from the officers of the U. S. steamer Susquehanna respecting the treatment of the captaiu of the English schooner Louisa Agnes, seized for a violation of the blockade. The statements have just been received, and are herewith submitted with a letter from Flag Officer Dn Pout dated the 28th ultimo. Will you please return them when you shall have no further nse for them ~ I have the honor to be, GIDEON WELLES. [Sub-inclosure No. 1.1 FLAG-SHIP WABASH, Port Royal harbor, S. C., January 28, 1862. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy, Washington. SIR: On the return to this port of the Susquehanna from blockading duty I called the attention of Captain Larduer to the subject of the treatment of the master and crew of the English schooner Louisa Agnes. I have the honor to inclose communications from Captain Lardner, Lieutenant (Commanding) Bankhead and Lieutenant Weaver. Respectfully, your obedient servant, S. F. I)U PONT, Flag Officer, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. [Sobinclosure No.2. 1 U. S. STEAMER SUSQUEHANNA, Port koyal, January 24, 1862. Flag Officer S. F. Du PONT, Comdg. South Atlantic Block. Squadron, Port Royal, S. C. SIR: I have the honor to acknowled~e the receipt of a copy of a dis- patch from the Navy Department of December 11 referring to the treatment of the master and crew of the English schooner Louisa Agnes together with extract from Lord Lyons letter to the Secretary of State and an extract from the affidavit of the master, to which my attentiomi is called. Captain Chauncey who commanded this ship at the time was detached soon afterward. From the senior lieutenant, Bankhe ad, now in com- mand of the Pembina, I inclose a statement of the treatment and con- dition of the men; also one from Lieutenant Weaver, of this ship. Very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, J. L. LARDNER, Captain. [Sub-inclosure No. 3.] U. S. STEAMER SUSQUEHANNA, Port Royal, S. C., January 24, 1862. Capt. JAMES L. LARDNER, Commanding U. S. Steamer Susquehanna, Port Royal, S. C. SIR: In reply to your request of this day I have to state that the master of the schooner Louisa Agnes was received on board this ship on the 10th day of September, 1861. lie (Robert Nicholson, master o Page 221 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 221 the schooner Louisa Agnes) was furnished with bedding and a ham- mock and took his meals in one of the messes of the crew of this ship where he was treated as a member of said mess. The said Kicholsot: would not have been received in any officers mess as his personal con- dition was filthy and ragged in the extreme. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, A. W. WEAVER, Lieutenant, U. S. Navy. [Sub-inclosure No. 4.] U. S. GUN-BOAT PEMBINA, Port Royal, January 25, 1862. Capt. JAMEs L. LARDNER, Commanding U. S. Steamer Susquehanna. Sm: In answer to your request to furnish you with the particulars as to the treatment of the captain and two of the crew of the Louisa Agnes while on board of the Susquehanna, of which ship I was first lieutenant, I have to state that the said captain and men after having been transferred from the Cambridge were both messed and berthed. lie, the said captain, was recognized by several of the crew as having served on board a U. S. vessel of war in the capacity of seaman at some previous time. His personal appearance and want of cleanliness was such that I did not feel justified in berthing him in the steerage where I had been in the habit of putting men of his class while on board of the Susque- hanna. A ration was issued for himself and the two men, and a place assigned on the forward orlop deck (under a sentrys charge) for their effects. He was treated as well as the crew of the ship and quite as well as I judged from his manners and appearance he had any reason to expect. While the said captain and two men were on board of the Susque- hanna none of them were pnt in irons or in any manner deprived of their persomial liberty, but were treated with all the consideration whicli men in their situation were entitled to. Respectfully, your obedient servant, J. P. BANKHEAD, Lieutenant, Commanding. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, February 13, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIn: There are now about 170 prisoners at Fort Lafayette. I have to request that immediate orders may be given that no more be sent to that post. I have to request if the good of the service will permit that some designated portion of the above prisoners be sent to Fort Colum- bus or Fort Warren. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, M. BURKE, Lieutenant. Colonel, Commanding. Executive Order, No. 1, Relating to Political Prisoners. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 14, 1862. The breaking out of a formidable insurrection based on a conflict of political ideas being an event without precedent in the United State Page 222 222 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. was necessarily attended by great confusion and perplexity of the public mind. Disloyalty before unsuspected suddenly became bold, and treason astonished the world by bringing at once into the field military forces superior in number to the standing Army of the United States. Every department of the Government was paralyzed by treason. Defection appeared in the senate, in the Ho use of Representatives, in the Cabinet,in the Federal courts; ministers and consuls returned from foreign countries to enter the insurrectionary councils or land or naval forces; commanding and other officers of the Army and in the Navy betrayed our councils or deserted their posts for commands in the insurgent forces. Treason was flagrant in the revenue and in the post- office service as well as in the Territorial governments and in the Indian reserves. Not only governors, judges, legislators and ministerial officers in the States but even whole States rushed one after another with appareiit unanimity into rebellion. The capital was besieged and its connection with all the States cut off. Even in the portions of the country which were most loyal political combinations and secret societies were formed furthering the work of disunion, while from motives of disloyalty or enpidity or from excited passions or perverted sympathies individuals were found furnishing men, money and materials of war and supplies to the insurgents mili- tary and naval forces. Armies, ships, fortifications, navy-yards, arsenals, military posts and garrisons one after another were betrayed or aban- cloned to the insurgents. Congress had not anticipated and so had not provided for the emergency. The municipal authorities were powerless and inactive. The judicial machinery seemed as if it had been designed not to sustain the Government but to embarrass and betray it. Foreign intervention openly invited and industriously instigated by the abettors of the insurrection became imminent and has only been prevented by the practice of strict and impartial justice with the most perfect moderation in our intercourse with nations. The public mind was alarmed and apprehensive though fortunately not distracted or disheartened. It seemed to be doubtful whether the Federal Government which one year before had been thought a model worthy of universal acceptance had indeed the ability to defend and maintain itself. Some reverses which perhaps were unavoidable, suffered by newly levied and inefficient forces, discouraged the loyal and gave new hopes to the insurgents. Voluntary enlistments seemed about to cease and desertions commenced. Parties speculated upon the question whether conscription had not become necessary to fill up the armies of the United States. In this emergency the President felt it his duty to employ with energy the extraordinary powers which the Constitution confides to him in cases of insurrection. He called into the field such military and naval forces unauthorized by the existing laws as seemed necessary. He directed measures to prevent the use of the post-office for treason- able correspondence. He subjected passengers to and from foreign countries to new passport regulations and he instituted a blockade, suspended the writ of habeas corpus in various places and caused persons who were represented to hini as being or about to engage in disloyal and treasonable practices to be arrested by special civil as well as military agencies and detained iii military custody when necessary to prevent them and deter others from such l)ractices. Examination Page 223 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 223 of such cases were instituted and some of the persons so arrested have been discharged from time to time nuder circumstances or upon condi- tions compatible as was thought with the public safety. Meantime a favorable change of public opinion has occurred. The line between loyalty and disloyalty is plainly defined. The whole structure of the Government is firm and stable. Apprehension of public danger and facilities for treasonable practices have diminished with the passions which prompted heedless persons to adopt them. The insurrection is believed to have culminated and to be declining. The President in view of these facts and anxious to favor a return to the normal course of the administration as far as regard for the public welfare will allow lirects ;hat all political prisoners or state prisoners now held in military custody be released on their subscribing to a parole engaging them to render no aid or comfort to the enemies in hostility to the United States. The Secretary of War will, however, in his discretion except from the effect of this order any persons detained as spies in the service of the insurgents or others whose release at the present moment may be deemed incompatible with the public safety. To all persons who shall be so released and who shall keep their parole the President grants an amnesty for any past offenses of treason or disloyalty which they may have committed. Extraordinary arrests will hereafter be made under the direction of the military authorities alone. By order of the President: EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. NEWPORT BARRACKS, Ky., Pebruary 14, 1862. Capt. J. B. FRY, A8sistant Adjutant- General and Ohief of Staft~ SIR: I have the honor to report that to-day five more prisoners were sent here by Colonel Warner, Eighteenth Kentucky Volunteers, and are now confined here for safe-keeping, viz: Benjamin Hayden, charged with aiding and abetting Jenkins and the Adamses in their efforts to raise a company of men to burn the bridges on the Kentucky Central Railroad; also harboring and organ- izing recruits for the rebel army, concealing arms and supplying them therewith, & c. John Hayden, son of the said Benjamin, charged with same offenses as the father. Nelson Yarber, charged with being the secretary and treasurer of the organization of the Knights of the Golden Circle; also with procuring arms, powder, & c., and distrib- uting them to persons pledged to resist the action of the State and aid the present rebellion; and also with encouraging persons to enlist in companies for the accomplishment of these purposes and to intimidate by every possible means the loyal men of his neighborhood. Richard Hull, charged with being a very desperate character, who has been carrying a U. S. musket for some ~ and proclaimed l)nblicly a purpose to use it for the destruction of Union men; also that he has been making himself a terror to all loyal men of his neigh- borhood. Alexander Webster, charoed with having once started to join the rebel army, but was captured and brought back and subse- qi~ently released after which he committed a rape on the wife of a sol- dier, and fled to Owen County for protection. I also report that David Kinman, sent here a few days since and reported by me as confined here, it now appears from a letter fro Page 224 224 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Colonel Warner addressed to me was sent here by mistake, he being a deserter from Captain Johnsons company. He has accordingly been released and retnrned to Colonel Warner in charge of one of his officers sent here for him. I am, sir, very respectfully, J. P. SANDERSON, Lieutenant- Colonel Fifteenth Infantry, Commanding. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 15, 1862. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SIR: Permit me to introduce Mr. L. C. Baker, who has been employed by the State Department in the detective service and who so far as known has discharged his duties in a manner highly acceptable. In consequence of Executive Order, No.1, dated February 14, this Depart- ment has no further need of his services. He is commended to your favorable consideration as a capable and efficient officer. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, lVash ington, February 15, 1862. lou. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a letter* from H. Dunn, a special agent of the Government employed at Rouses Point, in which he reports the seizure and detention of bonds of the insurrectionary States to the nominal value of ~7,OOO together with other property in transitu for supposed disloyal purposes. Under the order (No. 1) of the War Department dated February 14 the disposition of matters of this nature is transferred to the War Department and the functions of Mr. Dunn as special agent of the State Department are terminated. He has been instructed to deliver this letter in person, and I have the pleasure in this connection of commending him to the War Depart- ment as an efficient, competent and laborious officer, whose discharge of his duties so far as known has been eminently satisfactory to this Department. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILL1AM H. SEWARD. HEADQUARTERS, Fort Columbus, February 15, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a list of all the persons received and held in confinement at this post other than prisoners of war since March 4, 1861, agreeably to your request of the 13th instant received this morning. There are neither political prisoners nor prison- ers of war now at this post. The last detachnient (sixteen left behind sick) were sent to Fort Warren January 28 ultinio. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. LOOMIS, Colonel Fi/Th Ifantry, Commanding. ~Not jilciosed Page 225 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. [Inclosure.] Li8t of political prisoners received at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor. When Transferred. Names. When dis- Remarks. received, charged. When. Where. 1861 1861 1861. Thomas Shields Sept. 13 Oct. 30 Fort Warren, Mass .... Citizen of Balti. more, Md. William MeKewen do Oct 5 Do. Benjamin F. MeCawley do do Do. George Thompson do Oct 30 Fort Warren, Mass Do. John Wilkins do Oct 5 Do. A. Williamson do Oct 10 Fort Warren, Mass Do. Patrick Crohan do Sept 24 Do. James Camphell do Oct 5 Do. David H. Lucehesi do Fort Warren, Mass Do. Alexander Conner do Oct 5 Do. Frederick Tollenhack do do Do. Patrick Couwny do do Do. George A. Appleton I.. .do Oct 30 Fort Warren, Mass Do. David Summers do do do Do. MichaelJ. Grady do do do Do. John L. Ilouldin do do do Do. George Summers do Oct 5 Do. Samnel Davidson do do Do. George Gosswell do do Do. Dennis Kelly do Sept 24 Do. Philip Cassidy do Oct 5 Do. Ex.Police Marshal Kane Oct 11 Oct 10 Fort Warren, Mass i)o. 11. H. Bigger Oct 27 do do Do. W. F. MeKewen do do do Do. Rohert Renwick do do do Do. Rohert Rae do do do Do. Charles D. Frencli do do do Do. Thomas B. Giles do do do Citizen of Dela. ware. Joseph Bacon do do do Do. S.B.Frost do do do Do. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, Fort Monroe, February 16, 1862. (Received 19th.) Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, SeCretary of State. SIR: In reply to your Communication of the 13th instant in relation to persons received and held in Confinement at Fortress Monroe other than prisoners of war since the 4th of March, 1861, I have tile honor to report that there are no records at these headquarters whereby such information can be obtained previous to my assuming command on the 17th of August, 1861. On the 14th of September, 1861, I received from Major-General Dix by direction of the Secretary of War the following-named prisoners arrested in Baltimore: S. T. Wallis, George W. Brown, Henry M. Warfield, William G. Harrison, Charles H. Pitts, Leonard G. Quinlan, T. Parkin Scott, Robert M. Denison, Lawrence Sangston, Henry May, Ross Winaus, F. Key Howard, John Hanson Thomas, Andrew A. Lynch and Thomas W. Hall, jr.* On the 23d of September, 1861, Mr. Ross Winans was released by the direction of the Secretary of War on his renewing the parole which he had given on a previous arrest. On the 24th of September the remain- der of these prisoners were forwarded by direction of Lieutenant- General Scott to Fort Lafayette. 225 * See Vol. I, this series, p. 667, et seq., for the arrest of the members of the Mary- land legislature. 15 R RSERIES II~ VOL I Page 226 226 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. In addition to the above-named prisoners Charles K. Gallagher, of North Carolina, taken on board the brig H. C. Brooks August 29, 1861, off Hatteras by Commodore Stringhams forces was retained as a prisoner at Fort Monroe from August 30 until January 25, 1862, when he was released and permitted to proceed to Norfolk on his parole. The above list comprises all the prisoners indicated in your coinmu- nication. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN E. WOOL, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, February 17, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: In accordance with the request contained in your letter of the 13th instant I have the honor to inclose a list of prisoners other than prisoners of war received at Fort McHenry since the 4th of March last. A large number of these prisoners were discharged subsequently to their transfer from Fort Mdllenry to other places of detention, and I have not deemed it necessary to designate them as I suppose the evi- dence of all such discharges is in the State Department. Mr. Malcolm Ives is regarded as a prisoner of war and is not included in the list. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. [Inclosure.] Report of political prisoner8 taken, relea8ed and remaining since March 4, 1861, at Port McHenry, Md. Date of con. Name. Ilnement. John Merryman May 25, 1861 Richard F. Moran June 25, 1861 Geo. P. Kane June 27, 1861 Timothy Corhett. I June 19, 1861 Fredk Ellenhrook June 29, 1861 Nathaniel Stephens do H H. Alvey I do William H. Gatchell Juix 1, 1861 John W. Davis do Charles Howard do Charles D. Hinks Alouzo Welch do James T.Caulk do Samuel Ogle Tug hman1Jrd3 3 1861 Dr. lEdward Johnson Thl~ 8, 1861 Thomas C. Fitzpatrick do James Clayton.. do John L.Hebb... do Residence. Baltimore County. Baltimore, Md.... Pikesyille, Md.... Baltimore, Md. . - Pikesyille, ad.... Baltimore, ~Id.... ....do ....do ....do ....do ....do do ....do ....do Great Mills, Saint Marys County, Md. Richard Thomas Zar- ... .do vona. Eugene Higgins do Baltimore, Sid.... G. W. Alexandcr......I July 12, 1861 John H. Cusick do Woodville, Md. James E. Murphy do Baltimore, Sid.... SamuelH.Lyon do do Chas. M. Hagelin July 21,1861 . . . .do Harry Welinore July 30,1861 ... .do Clinton James Aug. 3,1861 . .. .do Alexander W. Ward... Aug. 5, 1861 First officer of steamer George Weems. F. C. Deaver do Fred. H. Russell Aug. 6, 1861 How disposed of. Transferred to civil authority. Released on oathof allegiance July 16, 1861. Sent to Fort Lafayette Sept. 11, 1861. Released on parole of honor July 9, 1861. Released on oath of allegiance July 11, 1861. Released on parole of honor June 29, 1861. Sent to Fort Lafayette July 29, 1861. I)o. Do. Do. Released on parole of honor July 6, 1861. Released July 9, 1861. Do. Released on parole of honor July 6, 1861. Sent to Fort Lafayette July 29, 1861. Do. Released on oath of allegiance July 16, 1861. Released on parole of honor July 11, 1861. Sent to Fort Lafayette Dec. 2, 1861. Released on parole of honor July 26, 1861. Escaped Sept. 7, 1861. Sent to Fort Lafayette July 29, 1861. Do. Do. Do. Released on parole Aug. 6, 1861. Released on oathof allegiance Aug. 6, 1861. Released on oath of allegiance Aug. 6, 1861. Released on oath of allegiance Aug. 14,1861. Released Aug. 17, 1861 Page 227 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. Political prisoners taken, released and remaining since March 4, 1861, 4c.Continued. 227 Name. Date of con linement. - Residence. How disposed of. Jonah Orrison James G. Davidson... - Robert Drane Aug. 13, 1861 Arthur Dawson do Mahion Myers James W. Daniel John W. Selby John Charles Norris... Albert Brummel John H. Gwynn Ben.j. Eg~lestone Dennis Kelly Frank Key Howard.... T.Parkin Scott William G. Harrison.. Andrew A. Lynch Charles H. Pitta L. G. Quinlan. Henry Ma y Thomas W.H al l,jr. H. M. Warfield J. Hanson Thomas S. TWallis Lawrence Sangston.... Ross Winans George W. Brown Robert M. Denison William W. Glenn J. J. Heckart J. W. Maxwell J. U. Dennis P. F. Rasin G. W. Landing Henry E. Johnson William F. McKewen -. H. H. Bigger Robert H enwick J. C. Stovin George Julius Isaac G. Mask Charles D. French Samuel J. Sharpe Frederick T. Sharpe Thomas J. MeKaig Dr. Charles Macgill Thomas B. Giles Joseph Bacon John S. Bacon S. B. Frost RobertRae Robert W. Rasin John Leavy William 0 Keefe Michael Fitzgerald John Cremen Martin Bruggy William J. Ellis Thomas Dailey James Harker Robert Ware John G. Grove H. C. Holland S. J. M. P. Broadwater. Aug. 20, 1861 Aug. 21, 1861 Sept. 13, 1861 Sept. 15, 1861 Sept. 17, 1861 Sept. 25, 1861 Oct. 16, 1861 ....do ....do ....do ....do ....do Oct. 5, 1861 ....do Oct. 18, 1861 Oct. 1, 1861 Oct. 23, 1861 ....do ....do ....do Oct. 17, 1861 Oct. 26,1861 Sept. 6, 1861 Sept. 6, 1861 Sept. 6, 1861 Sept. 10, 1861 Nov. 4, 1861 ....do ....do Emanuel C. Wade Nov. 6,1861 Thomas Parlett Thomas Mortimer James Martin Samuel V. Leech William F. Engle Jonah Potterfield Edward C. Cottrell.... Nov. 5, 1861 Nov. 8, 1861 ....do Nov. 13, 1861 ....do ....do Nov. 14. 1861 Loudoun County, Va. Do. Fairfax County, Do. Va. Loudoun County, Do. Va. ....do Baltimore, Md.... ....do ....do ....do Washington, D. C. Baltimore, Md.... Port Deposit, Md. Elkton, Md Somerset County, Md. Kent County, Md. Do. WorcesterCounty, Do. Md. Baltimore, ~ Released Oct. 9, 1861, on paroleof honor. .do Sent to Fort Columbus, N. V., Oct. 25, 1861. ....do Do. ....do I Do. Cumberland Md I Released Nov. 14, 1861. Hagerstown, Md. :1 Sent to Fort Lafayette Dec. 2, 1861. Baltimore, Md .... Sent to Fort Lafayette Oct. 18, 1861. .do Sent to Fort Columbus, N. V., Oct. 25, 1861. .do Released Oct. 6, 1861. ....do Do. Cumberlaud, Md.. Released Oct. 22, 1861. Ragerstown, Md.. Transferred to Fort Lafayette Oct. 6, 1861. Delaware Sent to Fort Columbus, N. V., Oct. 25, 1861. ....do Do. .do Released on oath of allegiance Oct. 29, 1861. .do Sent to Fort Columbus, N. V., Oct. 25, 1861. Baltimore, Md.... Do. .do Sent to Fort Lafayette Dec. 2, 1861. ... do Released on oaih of allegiance Sept. 7, 1861. ... .do Released Sept. 7, 1861. .do Released on oath of allegiance Sept. 7, 1861. .do Released Sept. 7, 1861. ... .do Released on oath of allegiance Sept. 7, 1861. ... .do Released on oath of allegiance Sept. 17, 1861. ... .do Released Sept. 17, 1861. .do Released on oath of allegiance Sept. 17, 1861. ....do Do. Released on oath of allegiance Nov. 26, 1861. Sent to Fort Lafayette Dec. 2,1861. Sent to General Dix on his parole of honor Nov. 16, 1861. Dorchester, Md... Snow Hill, Wor. cester County, Md. Baltimore County, Md. Baltimore, Md.... ....do Sandy Spring, Va. Harpers Ferry Va Princess Anne, Somerset Coun. ty, Md. Released on parole Nov. 8,1861. Released on oath of alleglance Nov. 14, 1861. Sent to Fort Lafayette Dec. 2,1861. Do. Released on oath of allegiance Nov. 14, 1861. Released on oath of allegiance Nov. 29, 1861. Sent to Fort Lafayette Dec. 2, 1861. Do. Sent to Fort Lafayette Sept. 11, 1861. Do. Do. Released on oath of allegiance Aug. 16, 1861. Do. Released on oath of allegiance Sept.13, 1861. Released Aug. 30, 1861. Sent to FortLafayette Sept. 11, 1861. Do. Sent to Fort Monroe, Va., Sept. 14, 1861. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Sent to Fort Monroe, Va., Sept. 14, 1861. tEditorofExehange.) ReleasedDec. 2, 1861. Sent to Annapolis Sept. 18, 1861. Do. Do Page 228 228 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Political prisoncrs taken, released and remaining since March 4, 1861, 4-c.Continued. Name. Date of con- Residence. how disposed of. Charles R. Coleman Nov 16 1861 Baltimore, Md.... Released on oath of allegiance Nov. 19, 1861. Charles H. P. Coe Nov. 26: 1861 Sent to Fort Lafayette Dec. 2, 1861. Isaac B. Gihson Nov. 28, 1861 - Released on oath of allegiance Jan. 2, 1862. A. W. Habersham Dec. 3, 1861 Annapolis, Md.... In confinement at the post. John W. Davis Dec. 4,1861 Baltimore, Md.... Released on oath of allegiance Jan. 2, 1862. Richard Hardesty.. do Released Dec. 20, 1861. Benj. T. Gunter Dec. 12, 1861 North am pton In confinement at the post. County, Va. Charles Hanner, or Dec. 21, 1861 I Released Krenole 1 on oath of allegiance. Williau~ T. Wilson do Sent to Fort Lafayette Jan. 2, 1862. Lawrence T. Johnson Dec. 23, 1861 Nor t B am pt on Released on oath of allegiance Jan. 29, 1862. County, Va. Dr. S. Brown Dec. 30, 1861 In confinement at the post. J. P. Swain Jan. 20, 1862 Baltimore, Md Sent to Fort Lafayette Jan. 31, 1862. E. H. McCuhbin do do Do. Win. Gross do do Do. J. L. Coleman do do Do. I. fl. Weaver do do Do. T. C. Fitzpatrick do do Do. J. R. Russell do do Do. H. Steering do do Do. P. OBrien do do Do. J. Smith do do Do. A. Thompson do do Do. W. Perry do do Do. Rohert Hull Jan. 11, 1862 . .. .do Do. W. W. MORRIS, Colonel Second Artillery, Commanding Post. FORT MUHENRY, MD., February 16, 1862. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, February 17, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, P. C. SIR: Inclosed you will receive papers containing information ordered by you in your letter of the 13th instant. 1 had but little else to guide me except my OWli judgment in designating those prisoners who were not prisoners of war. The lists may therefore want more or less cor- rection at the Department of State. There are now (assumed by me) at Fort Lafayette 112 prisoners of war and 51 prisoners other than prisoners of war; total, 163. It will be seen that there were no pris- oners at Fort Lafayette until the 22d of July, 1861. There have been no prisoIlers of war or state kept at Fort Hamilton. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. [Inclosure No. 1.] List of prisoners other than prisoners of war discharged front Fort Lafayette, Neic York Harbor, between Jitly 22, 1861, and February 17, 186.2. Confined. Discharged. Name. When. By whom. When. By whom. Purcell M. Quillen July 22, 1861 General Scott Aug.. 7, 1861 General Scott. Aug. Dr. Edward John son 1, 1861 General Dix Sept. 17, 1861 Secretary of State. T. C. Fitzpatrick. do do Aug. 19, 1861 General Scott. CharlesM. Haueliu:..:..I.:..do do Oct. 24,1861 Secretaryof State Page 229 Co ~: ~K~: 00 000 ~ 0. ...... 0. e~t~o~ -~ ~ ~ -~ ~ ~ ~ 00 ~ ~ ~ -~ ~ 04 ~ V -~ ~z. ~Y2~I2. , . Co. 002. ~ c~. ~ 0 ~ ~. 0. 0~ 0. c~ CoO ~ ~o oc CR0~Zoc ~OO 0000 O~ O~ 00000 o~ c~ 00O~O~O~. O~C~00 0 ~ 0 O~ coo~ o~o~o~ c~. co~ ~00O~O~O~ 00 ~j2 H z a) 0 z a) 0 0 0 0 0 rJ2 o 0 0 Co ~ oooooo~ ~ ~~?P ~ 0 0 0 Page 230 230 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. [Inclosure No. 2.1 List of jprisoners other than prisoners of war transferred from Fort Lafayette to Fort Columbus aud Fort Warren. Confined. Transferred. Name. When. By whom. When. Where. Edward SeymouriRuggles July 22, 1861 RHAlvey Aug .1,1861* John H. Cusick. . . do*. JohuW. Davis do * William H. Gatchell do * Charles Howard. - I do * SamuelH.Lyon K...do* James E. Humphrey or K.. .do* Murphy. Austin E. Smith Aug. 2,1861 John Williams Aug. 11, 1861 Charles Kopperl I Aug. 18, 1861 Jerome R. Barber Aug. 24, 1861 D. C. Lowher Aug. 25,1861 Samuel H. Eakius Ang. 26, 1861 Capt. Robert Tausill. . ... Aug. 28, 1861 Lieut. T. S. Wilson do.. Midshipman H. B. Clal. . .. .do borne. Hilary B. Cenas do Richard S. Freeman Aug. 31, 1861 J. A. do Lagnel Aug. 30, 1861 General Scott Oct. 10, 1861 General Dix do do do do do do do do do do do do. do do. do Secretary of State do do do Secretary of War do Secretary of State do do. I do Secretary of the Navy. K .. .do do do. I do do do Secretary of State do Secretary of War do Lient. W. H. Ward Aug.31, 1861 Secretary of the Navy do Robert Elliot Midshipman A. D. Wharton. C. J. Faulkner John K. Milluer George P. Kane Sept. 7, 1861 Secretary of War do Sept. 8, 1861 Secretary of the Navy do Sept. 9, 1861 Secretary of War do Sept. 12, 1861 Secretary of State do Sept. 11, 1861 General Scott Oct. 11, 1861 Bethel Burton do do Oct. 30, 1861 William H. Winder Sept. 14, 1861 Secretary of War do Benjamin F. Longley Sept. 15, 1861 Secretary of State do F. Wyatt Sept. 23, 1861 do do William Gilelirist do do do Cyrus F. Sargent Sept. 24, 1861 General Scott do WK E. Salmon do Major.General Dix do J.H.Gordon do do do C. J.Durant do do do Andrew Kessler do do do WRMiller do do do Thomas J. Claggett do do do Bernard Mills do do. ...do J. Lawrence Jones do do do J. M. Brewer do do do JohnJ.Heckart do do do James W. Maxwell do do do George W. Landing do do do Philip F. Ilasin do do do E.G. Kilhourn do do do James Maddox do do i do C. S. Morehead Sept. 25, 1861 do .do 11. T. Durrett do do do M.W.Barr do do do....... George W. Brown Sept. 26, 1861 General Scott do S. TeackleWallis do do do HenryM.Warfield ....do do do Charles H. iPitts do do T. Parkin Scott do do do I Lawrence San,,ston do do .. .do J.HausonThoinas do do ...do William G. Harrison do do ...do LeonardG.Quinlau do do do RohertM.Denisou do do do F. Key Howard do do do AndrewALynch K...do do do Thomas W.Hall,jr do do do Henry K. Stevens Oct. 2,1861 Secretary of the Navy do Denjarnin P. Loyall do do do Wailer K. Butt do do do Dr. Chas. Macgill Oct. 5, 1861 Major.General Banks.,.. . .do *About Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Fort Columbus, New York Harbor. Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. Do. Do. Do. Do. Fort Columbus, New York Harbor. Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. l)o. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do Page 231 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 231 List of prisoners other than prisoners of war transferred, 4c.Continued. Confined. Transferred. Name. When. By whom. When. Where. W. E. Wright Oct. 5,1861 Secretary of State.... Oct. 30, 1861 Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. WEKearney do do do Do. J. T. McFeal do do do Do. J.W.Griffith do do do Do. Anderson McDowell do do do Do. William Grubbs do do do Do. J. W. Robards do do do Do. F.M.Crow do do do Do. JIG. Thurber do do do Do. S H.Wooldridge.:::::L:.do do do Do. G.P.Pressy do.. do do Do. L.S.Holsclaw do...::::K::..:do do Do. JosephBack do do do Do. Alfred Da Costa Oct. 11, 1861 I do do Do. Capt. Michael Berry Oct. 10,1861 do do Do. A. R. Carter Oct. 12, 1861 General Dix do Do. C.H. Tyler Oct. 14, 1861 General Scott do Do. Isaac G. Mask Oct. 18, 1861 General Dix do Do. Lieut. H. H. Dalton K.. .do SecretaryoftheNavy do Do. William M. Page, sur- I... .do do do Do. geon. do do Do. James F. Lindsay, assist- do aul surgeon. Jobsi G. Sbaver Oct. 21, 1861 Secretary of State do Do. William Peirce j Oct. 22, 1861 do do Do. Francis D. Flanders Oct 23 1861 do do Do. Richard Jeifries .2 Oct. 24, 1861 Secretary of the Navy do Do. Joseph IR. Flanders I Oct. 23, 861 Secretary of State do Do. Lient. H. L. Shields Oct. 25, 1861 do .do Do. Matthew F. Maury Nov. 10, 1861 do Nov. 17, 1861 Do. Appleton Oaksmith Nov. 19,1861 do Dec. 19, 1861 Do. MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel Corn manding. FORT WARREN, Boston Harbor, February 18, 1862. Hon. WILLIA1U II. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 13th instant, and in compliance With your instructions I herewith inclose a list of prisoners confined in this fort on the 17th of February; also a list of those released prior to the 17th instant. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. DIMIUK, Colonel First Artillery and Breret Colonel, C~ommanding Post Page 232 232 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. [Inclosure.] List of prisoners of state held in custody at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Mass., Feb- ruary 17, 1862. Name Residence. R. H. Bigger When arrested. Baltimore, Md Oct. 16, 1861 George Win. Brown do JR. Barber ::::JLeProvidence,La.. Ml. W. Barr Louisville, Ky M. Berry James Brown New Orleans, La B. Burton Brooklyn, N. 17 Thomas J. Claggett Petersville, Md B. M. Denison Pikesville, Md A. Pa Costa New Orleans, La C. J. Durant Leonardtown, Mid Parker H. French Kentucky F. P. Flanders Malone, N.Y J.R.Flauders do B. S. Freeman Macon, Ga W. H. Gatchell Baltimore Md J. H. Gordon Cumberland, Md Charles Green Savannah, Ga. Charles Howard Baltimore, Md William G. Harrison do Thomas W. Hall, jr do J.L. Jones do George P. Kane do F. G. Kilbourn Pierceland, Md J. K. Millncr Danville, Va. B. Mills Freedom, Md Charles Macgill Hagerstown, Mid William F. McKewen... Baltimore, Md P. F. Basin Kennedyville, Md.... A. B. Smith San Francisco, Cal.... T. P. Scott Baltimore, Md Thomas Shields do J.H.Thomas do William H. Winder Philadelphia, Pa F. Wyatt do S. T. Wallis Baltimore, Md H. M. Warfield do F. K. Howard do Samnel H. Lyon (10 William T. Glassell Alabama A. M. De Bree Norfolk, Va John P. Sndendorf Sept. 13, 1861 Aug. 17, 1861 Sept. 19, 1861 Oct. 8, 1861 Nov. 14,1861 Sept. 12, 1861 Sept. 16, 1861 Sept. 13, 1861 Oct. 7, 1861 Sept. 17, 1861 Nov. 6,1861 Oct. 22, 1861 ....do Aug. 9, 1861 July 1,1861 Sept. 17, 1861 Nov. 9, 1861 July 1,1861 Sept. 12, 1861 ....do June 27,1861 Sept. 19, 1861 Sept. 10, 1861 Sept. 17,1861 Oct. 1,1861 Oct. 11, 1861 Sept. 16, 1861 Aug. 2,1861 Sept.. 13, 1861 Sept. 7,1861 Sept. 13, 1861 Sept. 10, 1861 Sept. 20, 1861 Nov. 13, 1861 July 13, 1861 1)ec. 4,1861 Pee. 4, 1861 Oct. 8,1861 Remarks. Traasferred from Fort Lafayette Nov. 1, 1861. Po. Po. Do. Do. Do. Po. Do. Po. Po. Po. Po. Po. Po. Do. Po. Po. Po. Po. Po. Po. Po. Do. Po. Do. Do. Do. I)o. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Trausfcrred from Fort Lafayette. Has not common sense; it is rec- ommended that he he discharged. PERSONS TAKEN FROM MERCHANT VESSELS FOR VIOLATING THE BLOCKADE. Edward Baum Currituck, N. C Sept. 9,1861 Taken at Hatteras, N. C., by order Secretary of the Navy. J. A. Douglass Edenton, N. C do Do. B. S. Grissons NewHanoverCo.,N.C Aug. 16,1861 Do. E. C. Myatt Charleston, S. C Sept. 4, 1861 Do. J. F. Newton New HanoverCo.,N.C Aug.16, 1861 Do. S. F. Newton do ....do Do. Ed. ONeil Currituck, N. C Sept. 9, 1861 Do. G. A. Shackleford Beanfort, IN. C Sept. 10, 1861 Do. B. Sibern Currituck, N. C Sept. 9, 1861 Do. Geor~e Van Ainringe .... Wilmington, N. C Oct. 9, 1861 Do. William St. George do do Do. Charles Keene . New York Nov. 14,1861 Seaman on hoard frigate Boanoke; declared he would no longer serve nuder the flag of the United States. Recommend that he be tried by Navy conrt.martial or be ex- changed. Joad English Ship Island Arrested at Ship Island, Miss. (a suspected spy). He appears to be a common fisherman Page 233 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 233 Li8t of pri8oners of 8tate confined at Fort Warren and released prior to February 17, 1862. When Name. Residence. arrested. i Remarks. George A. Appleton H. H. Alvey Jehu L. Bouldin James Bacon J. Back George W. Barnard J.C.Brain J. M. Brewer Charles Barkicy Baltimore, Md Hagerstown, Md Laurel, Del Marion County, Ky ... New Berne, N. C Nashville, Tean Cumberland, Md Charleston, S. C H. S. Bunker F. NI. Crow Floydsburg, Ky A. IR. Carter Baltimore, Md John W. Davis do R. T. Dnrrett Louisville, Ky George Eustis New Orleans, La Samuel H. Eakins ... Robert Elliot . C. J. Faulkner Virginia M. J. Grady Baltimore, Md J. W. Griffith Oldham, Ky William Grubbs Madison County, Ky.. Thomas B. Giles Laurel, Del PeterReilly William Gilchrist J. J. Heckart Charles Kopperi Andrew Kessler William E. Kearney Andrew Low Philadelphia, Pa Carroll County, Miss.. Jefferson, Md Clarke County, Ky.... Savannah, Ga Sept. 7, 1861 June 18, 1861 Sept. 23, 1861 Sept. 8, 1861 Aug. 18, 1861 Sept. 17, 1861 Aug. 2, 1861 Sept. 24, 1861 Oct. 10, 1861 July 1, 1861 Sept. 19, 1861 Nov. 8, 1861 Aug. 12, 1861 Sept. 7, 1861 Sept. 24, 1861 .do ~ 21, 1861 Sept.20, 1861 Sept. 24, 1861 Aug. 16, 1861 Sept. 16, 1861 Sept. 24, 1861 Nov. 3, 1861 D. C. Lowber New Orleans, La Aug. 23, 1861 B. F. Longley. ... . .... . .do A. A. Lynch Baltimore, Md W. H. Miller J. W. Maxwell C. S. Morehead Isaac G. Mask M. F. Maury J. T. MeFeal Elkton, Md do Kentucky Baltimore, Md New Orleans, La Harrodsburg, Ky Sept. 11, 1861 July 13, 1861 Sept. 18, 1861 Sept. 10, 1861 Sept. 19, 1861 Oct. 17, 1861 Nov. 7,1861 Sept. 23, 1861 A. McDowell Floydshur~, Ky Sept. 24, 1861 J. M. Masou* Virginia Nov. 8, 1861 * See p. 1076 et seq., for case of Mason and Slidell. Released Jan. 16, 1862, to report to General Dix. Released Jan. 6,1862. Released Nov. 26, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 3, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 28, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 30, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Feb. 10, 1862; took oath not to enter States in insurrection. Released Dec. 22, 1861; paroled for thirty days. Turned over to Marshal Murray, of New York, Jan. 20, 1862. Released Nov. 11, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 28, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Do. Released Dec. 23, 1861, thirty days parole. Released Dec. 9, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Jan. 1, 1862, by order Secre- tary of State. Released Nov. 6, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 7, 1861; took oath of alle~iance. Released Dec. 9, 1861; thirty days parole. Released Dec. 4, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 28,1861; took oath of allegiance. Do. Released Nov. 4, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 6, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 26, 1861; took oath not to enter any States in insurrection. Released Nov. 26, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Feb. 4, 1862; to be ex- changed br Hugh Watson. Released Dec. 20, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 28, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Feb., 1862; on parole for sixty days, to report to General Dix daily. Released Jan. 10, 1862; took oath to leave United States within fifteen days. Released Nov. 27, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Releaced Jan. 4,1862; took oath of allegiance. Released on parole for thirty days, to report to General Dix. Do. Released on parole Jan. 6,1862, until further orders. Released Jan. 10, 1862; took oath of allegiance. Released Feb. 15, 1862; took oath not to eater any States in insurrection. Released Nov. 28, 1861; took oath of allegiance. I)o. lieleased Jan. 1,1862 Page 234 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Prisoners of state confined at Fort Warren and released, ~c.Continued. When Name. Residence. arrested. Remarks. J. E. Macfarland C. H.Pitts George P. Pressey Robert Renwick Robert Rae J. W. Robards William F. Salmon C. F. Sargent John G. Shaver H. L. Shields D. Summers John Slidella H. G. Thurber Georg,~ Thompson A. Williamson John Williams, jr W. F. Wright S. H. Wooldridge H. G. Fuller George W. Landing P. H. Lucehesi J. H. Maddox William Peirce C. D. French 5. 13. Frost Joseph Shaney L. G. Quinlan John Shaney Petersburg, Va Baltimore, Md Saint Louis, Mo Baltimore, Md do Harrodsburg, Ky New Market, Md Maine Belleville, C an a d a West. Bennington, Vt Baltimore, Md Louisiana Oldham, Ky Baltimore, Md do.. Norfolk, Va Lebanon, Ky Harrodsburg, Ky Lexington, Ky W6rcester County, Md. Baltimore, Md New Orleans, La Baltimore, Md Laurel, Del Baltimore, Md do do Nov. 8, 1861 Sept. 13, 1861 Sept. 20, 1861 Oct. 6, 1861 Sept. 7, 1861 Sept. 13, 1861 Sept. 16, 1861 Oct. 14, 1861 Oct. 17, 1861 Sept. 17, 1861 Nov. 8,1861 Sept. 23, 1861 Sept. 1, 1861 Nov. 20, 1861 Aug. 9, 1861 Sept. 21, 1861 Sept. 23, 1801 Nov. 17, 1861 Sept. 18, 1861 Oct. 20, 1861 Oct. 16,1861 Oct. 21, 1861 Nov. 12, 1861 Sept. 13, 1861 Nov. 12, 1861 Daniel Gardner do do Nicholas Dunn Waterford, Ireland do A. Oaksmith New York Nov. 19, 1861 E. S. Ruggles Fredericksburg, Va... July 20,1861 Released Jan. 1, 1862. Released Dec. 18, 1861, on parole. Released Feb. 10, 1862; took oath of allegiance. Released on parole for thirty days. Released Nov. 23, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 26, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Dcc. 27, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 9, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Jan. 6, 1862; took oath not to enter any States in insurrection. Released Nov. 6, 1861; 1.00k oath of allegiance. Released Dec. 12, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Jan. 1, 1862. Released Nov. 28, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 26, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 25, 1861; took oath not to enter any States in insurrection. Released Nov. 23, 1861; took oath of allegiance and $10,000 bond. Released Jan. 11, 1862; took oath~ of allegiance. Released Nov. 28, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Dec. 17, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 26, 1861; took oath of alleAiance. Released Nov. 26, 1861; took oath of allegiance and $10,000 bond. Released Nov. 11, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 26, 1861; took oath of alle~iance. Released Dec. 12, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Nov. 26, 1861; took oath of allegiance. Released Dec. 12, 1861; took oath ol alle~iance. Released Jan. 29, 1862; took oath of allegiance. Released Dec. 27, 1861. Released Jan. 20, 1862; to be ex- changed for Edward Taylor. J. DIMICK, Colonel First Artillery and Brevet Colonel, Commanding Post. IIDQRS. CITY GUARD, PROVOST-MARSHALS OFFICE, Washington, D. C., February 18, 1862. Brig Gen. A. PORTER, Provost-Marshal. GENERAL: I have had the honor to have laid before me by yourself a corre~pondence in Which Lord Lyons requests of the honorable Sec- retary of State to be informed in regard to the case of Thomas Craggs, a prisoner confined in the Old Capitol Building who claims to be a Brit *See p. 1076 et seq., for case of Mason and Slidell. 23 Page 235 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 235 ish subject, and in which the matter is referred to yourself for a report as to his citizenship, & c. I have the honor to report iii this case that Craggs claims to be a British subject, and in fact there is no doubt but that he has lived nearly eight years securely and prosperously under the protection of the United States Government without ever troubling himself to assume allegiance thereto. Of course this is all right, as the Government claims to be a free asylum for the emigration of all lands arid to have enough native citizens ever ready to defend its flag and its proteges from assault at home or abroad. But just before the arrest of Craggs several Federal pickets had been foully murdered in the imuinediate vicinity of his home near Accotink, Fairfax County, Va. Although the act was generally attributed to a guerrilla band of independent Texas rangers who frequented the neigh- borhood and it seems claimed the glory of the ignominious achieve- ment, still the citizens were considered too indifferent to say the least to the perpetration of such acts among them, and several of them includ- ing Craggs were arrested by order of Brigadier-General lleintzehnan, who regarded it as a military necessity that such citizens should be removed from daily intercourse with the rebel pickets. Craggs own brother-in-law, Matthew Plaskett, also a British subject as he claims, who frequently stayed at Craggs house, is by his own statement a scape. grace of the most disreputable kind, having voluntarily taken up arms against the benign Government which had welcomed him to its hos- pitable shores and given him a home beneath its liberal flag. However, Brig. Gen. S. Williams, assistant adjutant-general, being satisfied on an examination of the case that Craggs himself was not a particularly dangerous man, and feeling disposed to ameliorate his sit- uation as much as possible compatible with the public safety ordered that a parole of honor be tendered to him with a view to his release, specifying among other things that he should not leave the District of Columbia without permission of the provost-marshal. Craggs refused to execute this parole for the reason as he said that this condition would not allow him to return to his home. As our gallant military officers would probably not require a man to be kept from his home and his family without good cause I see no alter- native but for the Government to accommodate our English cousin with the best quarters and fare in the range of its republican simplicity until the lines of the Federal Army are sufficiently advanced to allow him to return to his Anglo-Virginian home and household without the possibility of detriment to the cause of the Union. All of which is respectfully submitted by your obedient servant, E. J. ALLEN. IIDQRS. CITY GUARD, PROVOST-MARSHALS OFFICE, Washington, D. (7., February 18, 1862. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, Provost-Marshal. GENERAL: I have had the honor of having laid before me by you a note from the honorable Secretary of State requesting a report in the case of J. Barrett Cohen, a prisoner confined in the Old Capitol Building. I beg leave to state that J. Barrett Cohen, together with M. Francis McKee, Moses P. Donaldson and Francis X. Lacross were arrested by the mili- tary authorities and committed to the Old Capitol Prison by order of General McClellan, to whom I have already made a r& port* in their cases Not found Page 236 236 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. after a thorough examination thereof, recommending that as an impor- tant military necessity they be held in close confinement until the end of the war for the Union. Jf this fact were intimated to the honorable Secretary of State I have no doubt but that it would be entirely satis- factory to him without our troubling him with a prolix duplicate report for his own consideration. Respectfully, your obedient servant, E. ~ ALLEN. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 19, 1862. S. W. MORTON, Esq., Alexandria, Va. SIR: I have to inform you that this Department has no further need of an agent at Alexandria, Va. You will therefore please send your account for services to the date hereof addressed to George E. Baker, esq., agent of this Department. I am, & c., WILLIAM II. SEWARD. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 19, 1862. HOLLIS WHITE, Esq., Suspension Bridge, N. Y. SIR: I have to inform you that this Department has no further need of au agent at Suspension Bridge. You will therefore please send your account for services to the date hereof addressed to George E. Baker, esq., agent of this Department. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. HDQRS. CITY GUARD, OFFICE OF THE PROVOST-MARSHAL, Washington, D. 0., February 19, 1862. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, Provost-Marshal. GENERAL: In accordance with the request of the Hon. William H. Seward,Secretary of State * * * 1 have the honor to submit to you the following report. The request of the honorable Secretary of State inquires only in relation to prisoners confined in the Old Capitol Prison. In prepar- ing the following report I have, however, given a list of all prisoners arrested by your command or sent to you for safe-keeping. The pris- oners arrested by command of General Mansfield I have no record of except the few found iu custody at the time you assumed the duties of provost-marshal. Those are embodied in this report. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. J. ALLEN. [Tndorsement.] FEBRUARY 20, 1862. The following report is respectfully forwarded to Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State. A. PORTER, Brig. Gen., Provost-Marshal- General, Army of the Potomac Page 237 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 231 [Inclosure.] List of persons received at the Old Capitol Prison other than prisoners of war since the 1st of March, 1861. [Names with the asterisk (*) remaining in Old Capitol.] Date of Date of Name. arrest. Name. arrest. John S. Emerson June 21, 1861 Thomas Hitchcock July 3, 1861 James Connor* Aug. , 1861 James A. Donnelly* Aug.22, 1861 James A. Goldsmith Do. Joseph T. Ellicott Do. Sergeant McDermott, guard, Old Do. Capitol. Rose ON. Greenhow* Aug. 23, 1861 W. J. Walker Do. Frank Rennehan Do. Mrs. P. Phillipsandtwo daughters Do. Miss Levy Do. Mrs. l3ettie H. Hassler Do. James G. Berret Aug. 24, 1861 Madam Tochman Sept. 1, 1861 Samuel P. Wilson Sept. 10, 1861 George A. Sheahau Do. B. W. Marriott Do. Alfred Nettleton* Sept. 11, 1861 John W. Burson* Do. James A. Nelson Sept. 18, 1861 George F. Harbin Sept. 21, 1861 Charles A. Worthington Do. liudoiph Watkins~ Sept. 24, 1861 George S. Watkinsk Do. William Frank Getty* Oct. 1, 1861 Samuel G. Acton* Oct. 4, 1861 Thomas A.Jones~ Do. F. B. Gravson* Oct. 7,1861 George Minor Do. Summerfield Ball* Oct. 9, 1861 B. Jackson Croas* Oct. 11, 1861 W. F. Moore* Oct. 13, 1861 James W. Offntt Oct. 15, 1861 Mrs. M. E. Onderdonk Do. Hugh Adams* Oct. 19, 1861 George W. Gunnell* Do. A. B. Williams* Do. Joseph McCann Oct. 23, 1861 R. B. Posey Oct. 27, 1861 Mrs. Pusey Do. Miss Posey Do. Julian Lee, alias John Blackwood.. Oct. 31. 1861 Alfred Beach Do. William Oswald Dundas Nov. 1, 1861 Withers Smith* Nov. 2, 1861 Samuel F. Anderson* Do. Isaac Ballenger* Nov. 6, 1861 Philip 11. Linton Do. John Brown (at hospital)* Nov. 7, 1861 Dr. James Hunter Do. Rutson Maury Nov. 9, 1861 W. K. N. Breckinridge Do. Mrs. Eliza [John] Low . Nov. 10, 1861 John ~IcDaniel* Nov. 11, 1861 Miss Flue M. Poole Do. Riley Nash Nov. 18, 1861 John T.Day* Nov. 27, 1861 P~. H. Gunnell* Do. John T. Do Bell* Do. C.W.Coleman Do. William B. Day* Do. John B. Farr* Do. 0. Allen Scanland* Nov. 29, 1861 William Faton* Dec. 3, 1861 Hosea H. H. Williams~ Dec. 4, 1861 George [G.] Coleman* Dec. 6, 1861 Richard Coleman* Do. Thomas E. P0010* Do. James H. Pooie* Do. BernardB. Poole* Do. William Fields Dec. 9, 1861 Charles Digges Dec. 12,1861 James T. Monroe. Henry A. Stewart*. Tench Schley* Charles Follen* Jeremiah Moore* Richard Walzl F. M. Ellis* Michael Thompsou* Lewis L. McArthur* Dr. Aaron Van Camp* James B. Loker (out on larole till 11th March). * Capt. William Cox (schooner Lu. cretia). A. J. Holtaman Jacoh M. Bollman James W. Farr* Samuel Hunter William H. Simmons Aihert MeCune Mrs. Catharine Virginia Baxley*.. Henry J. Carroll James W. McCurdy* A. J. Michael* William J. Fleece George H. Johnson* George D. McGlincey* Jesse B. Wharton* Lemuel Van Arsdale* Richard Nevitt James McGraw Richard R. Lee William L. Lee* D.C. Lee* John Harrover* George R. H. Hughes Patrick MeCafferty Ben. Jackson, alias Jndson Pinney. Capt. W. L. Fisher (schooner Blooming Youth) John L Lanster (colored) Thomas B. lfewitt* Clarence Mills* J.IgnatiusFord* Richard Hurst*. Rohert N. Read James A. Johnson Alexander Watt Richard McMullen William Isaucs James C. Phillips Moses P. Donaldson* Francis X. Lacross* James W. Savage* John Regan Benjamin F. Gwyuu J ndah Barrett Cohen* M. Francis McKee* William T. Smithson, alias Charles R. Cahles. Thomas P. Fowler* William Butcher (colored) George W. Hntchins* Henry C. Brown* Rev. Bennett Smedes John F. Iiea* George M. Gormnley* G.L.Dulaney John W. Crawford* Henry Simpson* Richard H. Bayliss* Bnshrod W. Bayliss* Thomas Craggs* Matthew Plas k ette Dec. 14, 1861 Dec. 15, 1861 Do. Dec. 19, 1861 Do. Dec. 20, 1861 Do. Dec. 21, 1861 Do. Do. Do. Dec. 21, 1861 Do. Do. Dec. 24, 1861 Dec. 25, 1861 Dec. 29, 1861 Dec. 10, 1861 Do. Dec. 11, 1861 Do. Jan. 1, 1862 De. Do. Do. Do. Do. Jan. 2, 1862 Do. Jan. 3, 1862 Do. Do. T)o. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Jan. 4, 1862 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Jan. 6, 1862 Do. Jan. 7, 1862 Do. Do. Jan. 8, 1862 Do. Do. Jan. 10,1862 Jan. 13,1862 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Jan. 14, 1862 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do Page 238 238 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. List of prisoners received at Old Capitol Prison, ~5~c.Contiuued. Date of Date of Name. arrest Name arrest. I A. C. Landstreet* Jan. 15, 1862 Francis A. Dickens* Jan. 14, 1862 John Haislip* Do. William P. Griffith . Feb. 4, 1862 MI. J. Farrington Do. Arthur Gunnell* Do. William Ward Do Elisha C. Ostrander* Do. Forrest Olden Do. John Mi. Shorb, alias James Shaw.. Do. James llaishp* Do. B. H. Jenkins* Feb. 5,1862 William lliek* Do. Calvert Beach* Do. Thomas H. Haislip* Do. Vance L. Trnmble* Do. John Digney~ Jan. 17, 1862 Mansfield Tracy Walworth* Feb. 7,1862 N N. Clabaugh Jan. 18, 1862 Miss AdaM. Hewitt, alias Mrs. Dr. Do.~ 0. F. Potter* Jan. 20, 1862 Morris, alias Mrs. Mason.* John F. C. Offutt* Do. John Moriarty Do. Jolsn A. Marshall* Jan. 21, 1862 Abraham Hornheck* Do. P. C. Arundell Jan. 23, 1862 Mahion H. Janney* Feb. 8,1862 Jackson Benman* Jan. 24, 1862 Malcolm Ives Feb. 0, 1862 Albert G. Gunnell Do. M. J.Woodward* Feb. 10, 1862 N. Buraham Do. Samuel T. Crim* Do. Walter Swan (colored) Do. James Coekrill Feb. 11, 1862 George Swan (colored) Do. Francis L Harrison Do. John Pemiy (colored) Do. Thomas J. Magruder* Do. Dr. Francis C. Neale Jan. 28, 1862 Tom Haycock* Feb. 13, 1862 Alexander L. McKenzie* Jan. 29, 1862 Warren Curtisk Do. James Potter* Jan. 30, 1862 John Young* Feb. 17, 1862 James Clark Do. Lewis Young* Do. John Finn (colored) Do. Dennis Farrell*. Do. Oliver N. Bryan* Jan. 31, 1862 William Joy* Do. Josiah E. Bailey* Feb. 1, 1862 William Ogden* Feb. 19, 1862 George Talbot* Feb. 3,1862 H. D. Shepard,jr* Jan. 1, 1862 W. I. Hasin* Do. A. Shepard* Do. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 21, 1862. Brig. Gen. ANDREW PORTER, Provost-Marshal. GENERAL: You will please release from confinement on Saturday, the 22d instant, the following.named prisoners upon their engaging upon honor that they will render no aid or comfort to the enemies in hostility to the Government of the United States: James Connor, James A. Donnelly, E. B. Grayson, Hugh Adams, George W. Gunnell, A. B. Williams, Withers Smith, Samuel F. Anderson, Isaac Ballenger, John McDaniel, Lewis L. McArthur, James B. Loker, Richard R. Lee, William L. Lee, D. C. Lee, Thomas B. Hewitt, Clarence Mills, J. Igna- tins Ford, Richard Hurst, James W. Savage, John Regan, Thomas P. Fowler, John E. Rca, 0. F. Potter, Jackson Benman, John Penny (colored), Elisha C. Ostrander, Calvert Beach, Vance L. Trumble, Abraham Hornbeck, John Young, Lewis Young, Dennis Farrell, M. J. Farrington, William Ward, Forrest Olden and William Joy. By order of the Secretary of War: L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 21, 1862. Brig. Gen. ANDREW PORTER, Provost-Marshal. GENERAL: You will please release from confinement on Saturday, the 22d instant, the following-named prisoners upon their engaging upon honor that they will render no aid or comfort to the enemies in hostility to the Government of the United States and that they will not leave the District of Columbia without permission from the provost- marshal-general: Suminerfield Ball, Jeremiah Moore, John Harrover, Henry Simpson, Richard H. Bayliss, Thomas Craggs, Matthew Plaskett Page 239 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 239 John Haislip, James Haislip, William Hick, Alexander L. McKenzie, Thomas H. Haislip, Buslirod W. Bayliss, Malibu II. Janney. By order of the Secretary of War: L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 21, 1862. Col. JUSTIN DIMICK, Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. COLONEL: You may release on the 22d day of February instant the following prisoners confined in Fort Warren upon their engaging upon honor that they will render no aid or comfort to the enemies in hostility to the Government of the United States: J. It. Barber, B. Burton, It. S. Freeman, J. A. Douglass, J. F. Newton, G. A. Sliackleford, F. D. Flanders, Jos6 English, M. W. Barr, A. Da Costa, William H. Winder, It. S. Grissons, S. F. Newton, E. Sibern, J. It. Flanders, Charles Keene, James Brown, Parker H. French, Edward Baum, E. C. Myatt, Ed. ONeill, George Van Amringe, William St. George, William H. Gatchell, J. Hanson Thomas, P. F. Itasin, William G. Harrison, Robert M. Den- ison, William F. McKewen. By order of the Secretary of War: L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 21, 1862. Lient. Cob. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. COLONEL: You may release ou the 22d day of February instant the following prisoners confined in Fort Lafayette upon their engaging upon their honor that they will render no aid or comfort to the enemies in hostility to the Government of the United States: W. T. Casto, Guy S. Hopkins, David C. Wattles, George W. Jones, N. S. Iteneau, J. M. Ogden, Thomas OLeary, It. W. Buckles, Thomas A. Brookbanks, Itutson Maury, E. H. Jones, George Julius, J. Garnett Guthrey, Christo- pher Ledwidge, J. M. Perkins, Thomas Mathews, C. H. Marriott, Thomas Quigley, David C. Hall, Isaiah Butler, John Hagins, of Kentucky; S. It. Burnett, Patrick Brady, William M. Smith, Richard Lewis, A. N. Baker, Robert W. Rasin, Edward C. Cottrell, E. H. MeCubbiri, J. L. Coleman, J. It. Russell, P. OBrien, A. Thompson, It. C. Holland, J. P. Swain, William Gross, I. H. Weaver, H. P. Stunz, J. Smith, Williama Perry. By order of the Secretary of War: L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. GENERAL ORDERS, ~ HDQRS. An~~ OF TIlE POTOMAC, No. 60. Washington. February 21, 1862. * * * * * * * 8. All deserters fromn the enemy and other persons coming within our lines will be at once taken to the provost-marshal of the nearest division, who will examine them in the presence of the division commander or an officer of his staff designated for the purpose and communicate th Page 240 240 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. result and the information obtained to the provost-marshal-general. In important cases the deserter or other person will be sent to the provost-marshal-general with the report. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General McClellan: S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant- General. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, February 22, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. ThO1~iAs, Adjutant-General of the Army, Washington, D. C. SIR: Inclosed please find the parole of thirty-six prisoners at Fort Lafayette released in obedience to your telegraphic dispatch of the 21st instant. George Julius was paroled for thirty days on the 6th of Feb- ruary. Messrs. Guthrey and Marriott had been released already, and D. C. Wattles declined to sign the parole and was consequently retained in custody. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. [Inclosure.] FORT LAFAYETTE, New York Harbor, February 22, 1862. We the undersigned do solemnly promise upon our word of honor that we will render no aid or comfort to the enemies in hostility to the Government of the United States: W. T. Casto, Guy S. Hopkins, George W. Jones, N. S. Renean, Thomas OLeary, H. W. Buckles, Thomas A. Brookbanks, David C. hall, John Hagins, William M. Smith, A. N. Baker, C. Ledwidge, Thomas Mathews, Isaiah Bntler, Thomas Quigley, Patrick Brady, Richard Lewis, H. C. Holland, J. P. Swain, William (his x mark) Gross, Herman P. Stunz, Rntson Maury,jr., E. H. Jones, James NI. Perkins, H. W. Hasin, E. C. Cottrell, E. H. McCubbin, John L. Coleman, James H. Russell, Patrick OBrien, Jacob Smith, William Perry, Amos Thompson, Isaac H. Weaver, S. R. Bnrnett, J. M. Ogden. Witness present: HARRY C. EGBERT, First Lieutenant, Tuelfth Infantry. U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLiNOIs, Springfield, February 23, 1862. Hon. F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: I inclose herewith a report made by A. J. Davis, esq., and handed me on the 20th instant, of his doings in Southern Illinois. I have given it careful and thoughtful examination and fully concur i Page 241 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 241 the conclusions reached by him touching the parties named as con- nected with those in arms against the Government. If the late order* from the War Department does not preclude the arrest of persons I would suggest that James D. Pully, A. P. Corder and Dr. John M. Clemerson, of Marion, Williamsou County, be arrested at once. There cau be no peace in that county while these men remain at large. I also think that it would be well to seize C. C. Carpenter at McLeansborough, Hamilton County, and Dr. D. Green at Mount Vernon, Jefferson County. The others although dangerous and noisy men may on account of our late brilliant victories on the Cumberland and Ten- nessee Rivers keep quiet. The persons whose arrest I recommend will not. I have by your kindness in furnishing me the necessary assistance been able at last to completely hold in check the treasonable elements in Southern Illinois, and now hope that no more aid and ~ may be extended to traitors in that quarter. It is feared, however, that the order of the Secretary of War already referred to releasing all political prisoners and confining arrests to the military authorities exclusively will again embolden the bad men of Illinois to renewed acts of disloyalty. Already boasts are freely indulged that the order is a confession of the illegality of the arrests made and a guarantee against such in future and a perfect immunity against any interruption by the marshal. It is well understood that I know almost every disloyal man in my dis- trict and such persons have beemi compelled to be quiet hitherto. As to what they may do hereafter I cannot say. If the Department intends that I shall as heretofore exercise an espionage over all plots of treason please inform me. If the order from the War Department tranafers this duty to other hands I shall be greatly relieved; but it will take a great deal of time for any one man to become as thoroughly conversant with all the elements of disloyalty in Southern Illinois as I am. I have spent almost the entire past year in possessing myself of all sources of information likely to reach the schemes of our Illinois traitors and I think that the disloyal in our State feel that they are completely at my mercy unless they are secured by an order from the Government at Washington. Hence the disposition to exult over the late order referred to. Will you please advise me as to may movements in the future and if my services are any longer needed in the direction mentioned ~ I have discharged Mr. Frank, the detective employed in conformity to the order of your letter t to me dated December 5, 1861, and ordered him to submuit his account to you for adjustmemmt. Please refer to Mr. Bradleys letter to me from Chicago, left with you December 5, for the terms on which Mr. Frank was employed. I have paid him $150. I have also paid Mr. Davis $115. He was out of money, and I assumed that as he was here and nuder my charge you would approve the advance. Please inform me if Mr. Davis may remain in Illinois and how long. I can employ him to advantage but desire to use the best economy. The services of Mr. Frank and Mr. Davis have been of incalculable importance and I have no doubt they have been instru- mental in preserving the public peace of Southermi Illinois, as it is now well understood that nothing but the restraining fear of the muarshals office has kept from deeds of violence a great many men in the Ohio and Wabas~h River counties of Illinois. ~ Order of February 14, 1862, P. 221. 16 R RSERIES II, ~OL H I See p. 170 Page 242 242 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Please to communicate with me at an early day, and as fully as convenient advise me as to the future. I am, most respectfully, your obedient servaut, D. L. PHILLIPS, U. S. ill arshal. [Inclosure.] Report of A. J. Daris to U. S. Marshal D. L. Phillips, concerning certain disloyal persons in Southern Illinois. Mr. J. P. Ilaynes [of Ashley, Washington Countyl, formerly a mer- chant, isaviolently noisy, fault-finding secessionist and does all he can to discourage enlisting for the U. S. Army, and is a member of the K. G. C. He is a North Carolinian; has considerable influence and takes great care (pains) to find fault with the administration. Ic told me when I first saw him that if I wanted to go South he would show me the way. Robert and William Palniore [of Mount Vernon, Jefferson County] have the mail contract from McLeansborough to Ashley. Any person wishing to go South can get all help from them. They give all the names of men on the route and where to (~ross the river. I got the route from Robert, and he gave me the full particulars and said he had sent numerous persons, among whom were two Englishmen of great wealth and bearers of dispatches for the South; altogether twenty-seven persons. I got the route with the understanding that I was going South with another man named King. We started and went far enough to find the route as represented by Palmore. I then arrested King and gave him in charge of the military at Shawneetown. Palmore has a son in the Southern army; he says he gets and sends letters to him. I saw one letter written from Knoxville, Tenn. The arrangement is for any one to see William Palmore at Ashley, give him the signs and grips of the order of K. G. C.; he will bring them to the old maim at Mount Vernon and give the necessary instructions for the rest of the route. The old man is about forty years old and William twenty- two or twenty-three; both very noisy secesh. They are from Tennessee. There is a Mr. William Dodds [of Mount Vernon], clerk of the county court and the most violemit of all the party at Mount Vernon. lie is always talking against the administration and he has said repeatedly in my hearing he wished Jeff. l)avis had Illinois and if he had not a family he would go and join the army South. He is forever cursing the heads of this Government. He says lie dont try to hide his feelings as there is no Black Republican that dare arrest him. He says the K. G. C. elected him knowing his principles. He is a very influential and dangerous man. He is the main man who initiated me into the order of the K. G. C. whose whole intention is treason. Dr. Duff Green is a very intelligent and most influential man in Mount Vernon; native of Kentucky and relative of J. C. Breckinridge and boasts of his correspondence with him. He showed me a letter on Sunday, the 16th, that he said came from Mr. Breckinridge. He is always commenting on the policy of what he calls the Black Repub- lican Government and lie always objects to all its measures and he convinces all his listeners that the Governmemit is wrong. He has more influence than any other man in Mount Vernon. The people refer all their disputes to him and believe him implicitly as their oracle. He always concludes his remarks that he is opposed to Lincoln and hi Page 243 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 243 Cabinet and their policy; that his sympathies are with the South and as soon as he can get his property into money he is going South. As long as he lives under this Government he is too honorable a man to do anything against this Government, bnt as soon as he gets away he will come out boldly and help the South with all his powers, physically and financially. He does all he can to prevent recruiting. All these charges can be proved by Mr. Barret, postmaster, and C. D. Ham, esq. His influence is very dangerous. There are numerous other things con- nected with him all tending the same way. I was very careful to get well acquainted with him and to know him well before saying anything against him on account of his standing. He is surrounded by a class of men principally from the South and strongly prejudiced against the Government and generally not well educated or iutellig~ent. He would have to be heard to fully understand him or understaiid the idea I try to convey. Mr. Thompson Anglen [of Mount Vernon], a native of Tennessee, keeps a hotel; is a strong friend of the South but very cautious. He corresponds with a Mr. John Saterfield, former editor of the Mount Vernon Star, who is now in the rebel army. He has charge of the property of Colonel Bagwell, who is also in the Southern army at Bowling Green. I saw a letter from Colonel Bagwell giving a descrip- tion of the fight at Green River under Colonel Terry, Texas rangers, where Colonel Terry was killed; also several letters from John Sater- field, whose paper was discontinued because of its secession proclivi- ties. Mr. Anglen is also a merchant and magistrate and a man of considerable influence. James M. Pace [of Mount Vernon], merchant and the principal of the express from Mount Vernon. He is a great politician and reported to be the proprietor of the underground mail route to the South. I was told so by members of the K. G. C. who have a good right to know, and I believe it is so, but of my own knowledge I cannot say. He is violent in his talk against the Government and has a good deal of influ- ence with the people. A native of North Carolina I think, and very wealthy. Williams [of Spring Garden] is a dangerous man to the Gov- ernment; a native of Tennessee; a merchant and keeps a hotel; is the leader of that country and of the K. G. C.; violently opposed to the administration. I saw him on the 17th instant and heard him say in speaking of the battle at Forts Henry and IDonelson and the killed that he wished it had been Lincoln and his cursed abolition administration; that the North could not whip the South for the South had better men and were fighting for their homes and the Gd dd abolitionists were fighting for the negro. He has a brother a surgeon in the rebel army, and says he hears from him whenever he wants to. He controls the people in tha t place and is a dangerous man every way. Mr. Doyle, of Spring Garden, has been traveling to the South and back three times since the battle of Bull Run. He brought letters with him for several persons in and around Spring Garden. He is carrying the underground mail regularly I think. Mr. Henry Williams, twomiles from Spring Garden, brother of Williams at Spring Garden, a leading member of the K. G. C. and a lead- ing politician, a large land owner and has in charge a large lot of land of his brother who lives in Tennessee. He has just got home from a town in the South. He says they cannot be whipped. Lie is violently opposed to this Government. Says he can go South when he pleases and no thanks to the Federal authorities. Says he is opposed to th Page 244 244 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. war and he will oppose it in every way he can. lie and his brother commenced to get up a company for the rebel army but hPled. A dan- gerous man to the interests of the Government. Mr. C. C. Carpenter and Mr. Mcllvain [of McLeansborough, Hamil- ton County] are the agents of the route for passengers for Jeff. Davis empire, the regular agents given to me by Mr. Palmore of Mount Ver- non. I saw them and they gave me the necessary directions for the rest of the route. Carpenter is secretary of the K. 0-. C.; he showed me the minutes of all their meetings in that place. Is a lawyer and has great influence in that place, which he is using to the utmost against the Government. Mcllvain is also a lawyer and the most influential in that connty and is doing all he can to obstruct the Government. They are both violent, noisy and dangerous. Doctor Clemerson [of Marion, Williamson County, Ill.], prosecuting attorney and M. D., a native of Georgia. The most wicked, malicious secessionist I ever met. He says if the postmaster at Marion and Mr. George Owens of Bainbridge and two others were killed that the K. 0-. C. would have Williamson County all their own way and lie hopes to kill Owens and Lang (the postmaster) and he will be satisfied. He says it is no harm to kill a Black Republican; says if U. S. Marshal Phillips ever comes there he will be killed. He is a desperately vicious character and has a great influence with the people by whom he is surrounded. They are nearly all from the Southern States, are very illiterate, and ~ influence is very considerable over them. He does all he can in opposition to the Government. He also keeps a grocery and gambling house and that helps him to control the fre- quenters of his place. He has a sister in the South whom he says he corresponds with at pleasure. He makes no secret of his sentiments, and the friends of the Government are so afraid of him they dare not say a word or they are shot at with impunity by him and his colleagues in secession. He is associated with one notorious J ames D. Pully, who was arrested once but released. He is so mean and desperate that I cannot command language to describe him. He hurrahs for Jeff. Davis publicly and dares any omme to say a word for the Union. He and Clernerson have m~mde the postmaster leave the place on account of being a Union man. They have shot at him and stoned his house and threatened to kill him ammyhow. He has relatives at the South and a brother in the rebel army. He has been at the South several times since the war commenced and there is nothing that deters him from his mischief. He is the right kind of man to influence such people. One cannot imagine such a set of God-forsaken creatures. They are a true type of the ignorant class of Southern people. Associated with Clemerson and Pully is one Capt. A. P. Corder, a native of Tennessee; a lawyer; has a son a captain in the rebel army, and also a great many relatives in the army of the South. He showed me several letters from his son and said he had sent him money and a pair of boots and when they were gone he should have more. He said he should send him all lie wanted and if that was trea- son Lincoln could make the most of it that he liked his son and if he himself was young enough he would be with him. His whole soul was with the South and his only regret was that he was not able to be with them. There are not on earth three more malicious, devil- ish enemies of this Government thami Cleinerson, Pully and Corder, and their arrest at this time would do a world of good. All of this is respectfully submitted. ALBE1{T J. DAVIS Page 245 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 245 HEADQUARTERS PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Brig. Gen. A, PORTER, Washington, D. 0., February 23, 1862. Provost-Miarshal- General, Army of the Potomac. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that in compliance with the order of the Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, to you directed under date of February 21, 1862, I released from confinement in the Old Capitol Prison on Saturday, the 22d of February instant, the hei cinafter- named prisoners on their severally subscribing to a parole of which the following is a copy, to wit: , 1862. DIsTRIcT OF COLUMBIA, County of ~ashington: I, , of , hereby give my parole of honor that I will render no aid or comfort to the enemies in hostility to the Government of the United States. James A. Donnelly, E. B. Grayson, Itichard Hurst, James W. Savage, Thomas P. Fowler, John E. iRca, 0. F. Potter, Jackson Benman, Lewis [L.] MeArthur, Abraham Hornbeck, Thomas B. hewitt Cl J. Ignatius Ford, Hugh Adams, George W. Gunnell, areuce Mills A. B. Williams, Withers Smith, Samuel F. Anderson, Isaac Ballenger, Elisha C. Ostran- der, Calvert Beach, Vance L. Trumble, William IL. Lee, D. C. Lee, I)ennis Farrell, William Joy, John Young, Lewis Young, Forrest Olden. That James Connor and John McDaniel, two of the prisoners named in the order above referred to, refused to subscribe to said parole and are accordingly still retained in custody in the Old Capitol Prison. I have also the honor to report that iii compliance with the order of the Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, to you directed under date of February 21, 1862, I released from confinement in the Old Capitol Prison on Saturday, the 22d of February instant, the hereinafter-named prisoners on their severally subscribing to a parole of which the follow- ing is a copy, to wit: 1862. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, County of Washington: I, , of , hereby give my parole of honor that I will render no aid or comfort to the enemies in hostility to the Government of the United States, and that I will not leave the District of Columbia without permission from the pro- yost-marshal. Jeremiah Moore, John Harrover, John Haislip, William Hick, Mahlon H. Janney, Henry Simpson, Richard H. Bayliss, Thomas Craggs, Alexander IL. McKenzie, Thomas H. flaislip. That the following prisoners named in the order above referred to reftised to subscribe to said last-mentioned parole and are accordingly still retained ill custody in the Old Capitol Prison, to wit: Sunmmer- field Ball, Bnshrod W. Bayliss, Matthew Plaskett, James Haislip. I have also the honor to report that in compliance with the order of the Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, to you directed under date of February 21, 1862, I released from confinement in the Old Capitol Prison on Saturday, the 22d of February instant, George NY. Ilutchius upon his taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States. That Henry C. Brown, the other prisoner named in said last- mentioned order, refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Gove2n- ment of the United States and is accordingly still retained in custody in the Old Capitol Prison. All of which is respectfully submitted by your obedient servant, B. J. ALLEN Page 246 246 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 25, 1862. Major-General Dix, Baltimore, ]Iid.: All newspaper editors and publishers have been forbidden to publish any intelligence received by telegraph or otherwise respecting military operations l)y the U. S. forces. Please see this night that this order is observed. If violated by any paper issued to-morrow seize the whole edition and give notice to this l)epartment that arrests may be ordered. Order this to be delivered to-night. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. (Same to chief of police, New York, and all other cities of importance.) HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, February 25, 1862. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SIR: The inclosed papers* indicate the intention of the Government to allow certain persons released from arrest to return to the South. One or two discharged from custody at Fort Warren under your late order have applied to me for the requisite papers. This is a new class of cases and I ask your direction in regard to them. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. COMMONWEALTH OF VITh7ANIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Wheeling, Va., February 25, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. SIR: Samuel Clark, of Harrison County, Va., was engaged in assist- ing the quartermaster of General Morris in getting forage an(l as a guide in Randolph County, and on the 31st day of July, 1861, was taken prisoner by the Confederates at Big Springs and taken to Hunters- yule, thence to Richmond and afterward as is reported to New Orleans. I doubt, however, his removal to the latter city. Mr. Clark was not regularly enrolled in any company. He is a heavy-built man, dark complexion, arching eyebrows, black whiskers and a true and valuable man. I inclose you resolutions passed by the General Assembly of Virginia in regard to the persons therein named. I hope in the exchange of prisoners these men will be remembered. They are worthy non-com- batants and ought to be reclaimed if possible. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. lI. PEIRPOINT. [Inclosure.] Whereas Matthew P. Wyatt and Charles Levans, old, venerable and respected citizens of Kanawlia County holding responsible positions therein, were on the 24th of October last while in the discharge of the legitimate civil duties imposed upon theum by the offices and appoint- mnents they held under commissions and by the appointment of the governor of this Commonwealth violently and cruelly seized by a * No inclosures found Page 247 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 247 band of armed men claiming and professing to be acting under the authority of the so-called Confederate States of America and carried into the limits or jurisdiction of the said Confederate States so called, and (as this legislature has been informed) compelled to undergo hardships and perform duties entirely unsuited to their age and former habits of life; and Whereas many ineffectual appeals have becit made in various ways for their release: Therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the Secretary of War be and is hereby requested to select from among the prisoners now held by the Government of the United States or that may here- after be taken for that purpose two or more of like standing and coiidi- tion and holdiiig like or similar relations to the Government of the so-called Confederate States as hostages for the release of the persons above named, and to make an unconditional demand for the immediate release of those persons accompanied with the assurance that whatever inflictions, punishments or penalties have been or may be imposed upon the persons thus demanded will be inflicted upon the persons so held; or to take such other measures as may be necessary and effectual for the purpose of securing the object desired. Resolved, That the governor of this Commonwealth be respectfully requested forthwith to transmit to the Secretary of War a copy of this resolution. I, Gibson L. Cranmer, clerk of the house of delegates, do certify the above to be a correct copy of the joint resolution which was passed by the General Assembly on the 29th day of January, A. D. 1862. GIBSON L. CRANMER, Clerk of the House of Delegates of Virginia. ATTORNEY-GENERALS OFFICE, February 26, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SIR: Calling at your Department this morning I was disappointed in finding that you were out as I desired to consult your good judg- ment and get a word of advice in regard to the inclosed telegram* from the marshal of the western district of Virginia. I am not aware that I have anything to do with the matter of transferring military prison- ers to judicial custody for trial, but I can readily foresee that cases of this sort may frequently happen and may lead to some embarrassmeut in the absence of any fixed rule for the treatment of those who are at once prisoners of war and subjects of judicial prosecution. Will you do me the favor to bestow some thought upon the subject so that I may have the benefit of your views when next we meet ~ I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servant, EIJWAIID BATES, Attorney- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, February 26, 1862. DAVID L. PHILLIPS, Esq., U. S. Marshal, Southern District of Illinois, Springfield. SIR: Your letter and its inclosure of the 23d instant has been duly received. In reply I have to inform you that the several questions to ~Not found Page 248 248 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. which it relates shall be brought before the War Department immedi- ately. I am, sir, your obedient servant, F. MT. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. GENERAL ORDERS, IIDQRS. ARMY OF THE IPOTOMAC, No. 72. Washington, February 26, 1862. * * * * * * All deserters from the enemy, prisoners and other persons coming within our lines will be taken at once to the provost-marshal of the nearest division who will examine them in presence of the division commander or an officer of his staff designated for the purpose. This examination will only refer to such information as may affect the division and those near it, especially those remote from general head- quarters. As soon as this examination is completedand it must be made as ra~)idly as possiblethe person will be sent under proper guard to the provost-marshal-general with a statement of his replies to the questions asked. Upon receiving him the provost-marsh al-general will at once send him with his statement to the chief of staff of the Army of the Potomac who will cause the necessary examination to be made. The provost-marshal-general will have the custody of all such persons. Division commanders will at once communicate to other division com- manders all information thus obtained which affects them. * * * * * * * By command of Major-General McClellan: S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant- General. GENERAL ORDERS, ~ IIDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, No. 13 a. 5 Nashville, Teun., February 26, 1862. * * * * * Peaceable citizens are not to be molested in their persons or property. Any wrongs to either are to be promptly corrected and the offenders brought to punishment. To this end all persons are desired to make com- plaint to the immediate commander of officers or soldiers so offending, and if justice be not done promptly then to the next commander, and so on until the wrong is redressed. If the necessities of the public service should require the use of private property for public purposes fair coin- pensation is to be allowed. No such appropriation of private property is to be made except by the authority of the highest commander pres- ent, and any other officer or soldier who shall presume to exercise such privilege shall be brought to trial. Soldiers are forbidden to enter the residences or grounds of citizens on any plea without authority. No arrests are to be made without the authority of the commaimding general except in case of actual offense against the authority of the Government, and in all such cases the fact and circumstances will immediately be reported in writing to headquarters through time inter- mediate commanders. The general reminds his officers that the most frequent depredations are those which are committed by worthless characters who straggl Page 249 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 249 from the ranks on the pica of being unable to march, and where the inability really exists it will be found in most iustances that the soldier has overloaded himself with useless and unauthorized articles. The orders already published on this subject must be enforced. * * * * * * By command of General Buell: JAMES B. FRY, Assistant Adjutant- General and Chief of Staff. Executive Order, No. 2, Relating to Political Prisoners. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 27, 1862. IT IS ORDERED: First. That a special commission of two persons ,one of military rank and the other in civil life, be appointed to examine the cases of the state prisoners remaining in the military custody of the United States and to determine whether in view of the public safety and the existing rebellion they should be discharged or remain iu military custody or be remitted to the civil tribunals for trial. Second. That Maj. Gen. Johu A. Dix, commanding iii Baltimore, and the Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, of New York, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the purposes above mentioned, and they are authorized to examine, hear and determine the cases aforesaid cx p((rtc and in a summary manner at such times and places as iu their discretion they may appoint and make full report to the War Department. By order of the President: EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, February 27, 1862. DAVID L. PHILLIPS, Esq., U. S. ]llarshal, Southern District of Illinois, Springfield. SIR: You will please arrest James D. Pully, A. P. Corder and Doctor Clemerson, of Marion, Williamson County, Ill.; C. C. Carpenter, of McLeansborough, Hamilton County, and Dr. D. Green, of Mount Ver- non, Jefferson County, and convey them to Fort Lafayette, New York harbor. You will search the persons and premises of each, and send all treasonable letters or papers found in their possession with your report thereon to this Department. By order of the Secretary of War: L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL, Saint Louis, Mo., ]Vfarch 3, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith a report of all persons received and held in confinement at Saint Louis and Alton other than prisoners of war since the 4th of March, 1861, showing when and on whose order they were arrested, when and on whose order any of them were discharged and especially designating such as now remain in custody Page 250 250 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. In connection with this report I desire to say that they have all been confined in the Saint Lonis Military Prison, the prison at Alton being exclusively devoted to prisoners of war. All the arrests were made at Saint Louis except where otherwise designated. No arrests were made previous to the declaration of martial law August 4,1861. The recapit- ulation exhibits a list of those persons now in confinement exclusive of prisoners of war. I beg leave to apologize for the delay in transmitting this record, but the confusion in which the records of the office were kept during the first two months after martial law was declared has rendered it as to cases occurring within that period unavoidable. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GEG. E. LEIGHTON, Provost-Marshal, District of Saint Louis. [Inclosure.] List of prisoners other than prisoners of war confined in the military prisons at Saint Louis and Alton, March 3, 1862. Date of Date of dis. Name. Charge. arrest. charge. Jeremiah Ahearn Giving information to enemy Lambert P. Ayres Aiding and abetting enemy R. M. Armstrong do John A. Browulee do J. Bennett do John C. Brown do Henry C. Belles do Henry Barron Disloyalty W. W. Byrne Aiding and abetting the enemy Harding Benjamin do Jose phW.B urton do M.M.Burton do w. B. Beasley do Robert Clark Spy J. C. Clark Aiding and abetting enemy John Crofton Spy John C. Conran Aiding and abetting eneusy Sidney Chamberlain do Samuel B. Churchill do James Cummins do Hugh Collins do HO. Cross do James F. Crawford do J. M. Crowder do John Carroll Taking measurement of Fort No. 7 Robert B. Clark Leaving Saint Louis without pass Frank J. Chase Treasonable language H. T. Caix-ert Disloyal sentiments William Clark ~lo Frederick Dohr do J. M. Donnelly Helping rebel recruits, & c Edward G. Day Using treasonable language Thomas A. Dryden General disloyalty william Dill Corresponding with rebels James 0. Edwards Aiding rebellion H. K. Eaton Concealing Government arms Charles Elliott Attempting smuggling to Memphis XV. M. Fasten Incendiary language Samuel Engler Attempting to prevent execution of mili. tary order. Isaac Fields Aiding and abetting the enemy Dr. Felix Ferriere General disloyalty J. M. Ferguson Design to join rebel army L. E. Forsyth General disloyalty C. D. Fabre Treasonable remarks, & c D. H. Grace General disloyalty John XV. Gunn Aiding and abetting the enemy Dr. W. 5. Golding Treasonable language Samuel Gihillan Spy Henry N. Hart Aiding and abetting the enemy Zebulon Hollingsworth reasonable language Michael Hausey do D. 0. Hughes J Spy Sept. 18, 1861 Nov. 1, 1861 Nov. 9, 1861 Aug.14, 1861 Sept. 28,1861 Oct. 26, 1861 Oct. 28, 1861 Oct. 29, 1861 Nov. 6, 1861 Nov. 9, 1861 Nov. 11, 1861 Nov. 9, 1861 Nov. 16, 1861 Aug. 26, 1861 Sept. 9. 1861 Sept. 8. 1861 Sept. 19, 1861 Sept. 25, 1861 Oct. 19, 1861 Oct. 22, 1861 Nov. 9, 1861 ....do Nov. 16, 1861 Dec. 27, 1861 Oct. 31, 1861 Jan. 28, 1862 Feb. 3,1862 Feb. 9, 1862 Sept. 9, 1861 Sept. 5,1861 Sept. 25, 1861 Oct. 3,1861 Jan. 1, 1862 Sept. 5, 1861 Oct. 18, 1861 Oct. 26, 1861 Dee. 17, 1861 Jan. 23, 1862 Sept. 10, 1861 Sept. 11, 1861 Sept. 12, 1861 Sept. 14, 1861 Oct. 2, 1861 Sept. 1, 1861 Nov. 9,1861 Jan. 4, 1862 Jan. 6,1862 Sept. 10, 1861 Sept. 20, 1861 ... do Sept. 25,1861 Sept. 20, 1861 Dec. 11, 1861 Nov. 12, 1861 Aug. 21, 1861 Sept. 29, 1861 Nov. 18, 1861 Nov. 7, 1861 Oct. 31, 1861 Nov. 16, 1861 Nov. 11, 1861 I)o. Do. Dec. 4, 1861 Sept. 10, 1861 Sept. 11, 1861 Sept. 16, 1861 Sept. 10, 1861 Sept. 27,1861 Nov. 4, 1861 Nov. 16,1861 Dec. 11, 1861 Do. Do. Dec. 4, 1861 Dec. 28, 1861 Nov. 27, 1861 Feb. 3, 1862 Feb. 12, 1862 Feb. 28, 1862 Sept. 27, 1861 Sept. 16, 1861 Sept. 27, 1861 Oct. 4, 1861 Jan. 2, 1862 Sept. 12, 1861 Oct. 22, 1861 Nov. 12, 1861 Dcc. 19, 1861 Jan. 25,1862 Sept. 16, 1861 Sept. 15, 1861 Sept. 18, 1861 Sept. 15, 1861 Oct. 3, 1861 Sept. 5, 1861 Nov. 12, 1861 Jan. 21, 1862 Jan. 8,1862 Sept. 16, 1861 Sept. 21, 1861 Do. Nov. 6,186 Page 251 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 251 Prisoners other than prisoners of war confined in the military prisofl8, 4-cContinued. Date of Date of dis- Name. Charge. arrest. charge. Charles 11. Harrison Aiding and abetting the enemy Oct. 4,1861 Oct. 10, 1861 John Haiiies do Nov. 6, 1861 Nov. 19, 1861 Joseph ilardee do do Nov. 18, 1861 J. S. Harrington do . Nov. [6, 1861 Jan. 2,1862 C. Gregory Hyde Design to go to New Orleans Nov. 18, 1861 Dec. 22,1861 1)aniel Hudson Spy Nov. 21, 1861 Dec. 27, 1861 Dominick Hubert Ti easonable lan~uage Jan. 15, 1862 Jan. 23, 1862 William Healey do Jan. 18, 1862 Jan. 24, 1862 Wellington Hoffman General disloyalty Feb. 8, 1862 Feb. 14, 1862 Robert Jarrott Treasonable language Aug. 23, 1861 Aug. 24, 1861 P. H. Johnson do Aug. 15, 1861 Aug. 16, 1861 William Jackson Aiding and abetting the enemy Oct; 4, 1861 Oct. 9, 1861 EugeneJaceard Generaldisloyalty Oct. 29, 1861 Oct. 31, 1861 Joseph Jackson Aiding and abetting enemy Nov. 9, 1861 Nov. 12,1861 William C. Jameson Conveying correspondence to rebel States- Jan. 1,1862 Still held. William Jordan Spy Jan. 11, 1862 Jan. 25,1862 James Keelan Carrying dispatches to rebel army Aug. 19, 1861 Aug. 25,1861 Thomas Kearney Treasonable language Sept. 1,1861 Sept. 11, 1861 James Kennedy Enlisting troops for rebel army Sept. 2, 1861 Sept. 16,1861 John S. Kelly Treasonable lan~uage Oct. 12, 1861 Oct. 14, 1861 George Kingsland Concealing munitions of war Dee. 10, 1861 Dee. 10, 1861 Leroy Kingsland do Do. C. Mi. Neet, alias Leet Giving information to enemy Oct. 13, 1861 Oct. 24, 1861 Joseph Lancaster Incendiary Nov. 9, 1861 Nov. 13, 1861 J. W. McDonald Generaldisloyalty Aug. 19, 1861 Sept. 5. 1861 Maxwell McDowell Enlisting recruits for rebel army Sept. 2, 1861 No date. Peter Markey do Sept. 8, 1861 Sept. 9, 1861 J. C.Moody (druggist) Treasonable language do Sept. 16, 1861 Abraham Morton Aiding enemy Oct. 2, 1861 Oct. 3, 1861 Matthew MeHogan do do Do. Auguste Muager General disloyalty Oct. 14, 1861 Oct. 21,1861 John Morrill Aiding and abetting the enemy .. Nov. 9, 1861 Nov. 12,1861 John K. Miles do do Do. Julius C. Minor do do Do. John Motherhead Burning bridge Nov. 4, 1861 Dee. 6, 1861 Willis Motherhead do . .. do Do. Lawrence Mooney Spy Nov. 15, 1861 Do. John Morrow Aiding and abetting enemy Nov. 16, 1861 Dee. 4, 1861 Edward McBride Spy do Nov. 29, 1861 E. M. Mabie Carrying correspondence South Nov. 20, 1861 Still held. B. Mango I Treasonable language Dee. 25, 1861 Dee. 26, 1861 iMoritz Neiduer Publishin,,, treasonable articles Aug. 14,1861 Aug. 15, 1861 William H. Nelson Spy Sept. 3,1861 Sept. 16, 1861 Julius Neisman General disloyalty Sept. 13, 1861 Sept. 21, 1861 Minor Neal Aiding and abettin~ enemy Oct. 1, 1861 Oct. 4, 1861 James M. P. Nolan Writing treasonable letters Oct. 18, 1861 Still held. Michael Nolan Leaving for New Orleans without pass.... Oct. 22, 1861 Oct. 28, 1861 A. K. Nisbet Treasonable language Jan. 28, 1862 Still held. Gustavus Ortell do Oct. 2,1861 Oct. 4, 1861 David OShea do Jan. 10,1862 Feb. 7, 1862 William Thomas Pittard General disloyalty Aug. 22, 1861 Aug. 21, 1861 Horace Petrie ... Sketching fortifications for treasonable Oct. 24, 1861 Oct. 29, 1861 purposes. Risdon H. Price Conveying recruits to rebel army Nov. 1,1861 Nov. 2,1861 William Perkins Aiding and abetting enemy Nov. 9, 1861 Nov. 11, 1861 John Phelan Treasonable language Dec. 2,1861 Dec. 12,1861 Conrad Peiper Aiding enemy Dec. 15, 1861 Dec. 18, 1861 A. F. Pack General disloyalty Oct. 29, 1861 Dee. 27,1861 Thomas Pendergrast Treasonable language Jan. 10, 1862 Feb. 7, 1862 Charles Prentice do Feb. 8, 1862 Feb. 28, 1862 Jackson Quigg Spy Sept. 27, 1861 Sept. 30, 1861 William Quinn Treasonable language Dee. 7, 1861 Dec. 8, 1861 Thomas Roach Recruiting for rebel army Sept. 1,1861 Oct. 1,1861 William Rose do do Sept. 5, 1861 William B. Redfield Carrying dispatches to enemy Sept. 6,1861 Sept. 7, 1861 Joseph Rickey Charged with disloyalty Nov. 10, 1861 i)ec. 7, 1861 T. Reynolds Having Government arms in his posses. Dee. 3,1861 Dec. 11, 1861 smon. John Rodenberger Treasonable language do Do. William H. Roberts I do Jan. 7, 1862 Still held. William Hay Assaulting U. S. soldier Feb. 8, 1862 Feb. 13, 1862 J. Sehevereli Spy Sept. 1, 1861 Sept. 16, 1861 A. Seeton do (10 1)o. Sol. Skeen 1 do Sept. 1, 1861 Sept. 25, 1861 John Shea Aiding and abetting enemy Sept. 9, 1861 Sept. 18, 1861 John Sexton, jr............. . General disloyalty Sept. 11, 1861 Do. Michael Sullivan............. Treasonable Thnguage Sept. 19,1861 Sept. 21,1861 D. H. Silver Generaldisloyalty Oct. 1, 1861 Oct. 1,1861 Nov. 1(1, 1861 Dee. 37, 1861 Martin Shea do Oct. 1, 1861 Oct. 2, 186 Page 252 252 PRISONER~I OF WAR, ETC. Prisoners other than prisoner8 of war confined in the military prisons, ~c.Continued. Date of Date of dis- Name. Charge. arrest. charge. Sylvester Simpson Treasonable langnage Oct. 6, 1861 Oct. 8, 1861 John Spencer Designing to burn Laclede bridge Nov. 9, 1861 Nov. 12, 1861 Preston Sweeney Aiding and abetting the enemy do Dec. 16, 1861 IR. Shepherd Spy Dec. 9, 1861 Do. Theodore Smith Destroying bridges on Pacific Railroad Dec. 14, 1801 Dec. 18, 1861 J. H. Schencle Passing lines of army without permission Jan. 10, 1862 Jan. 20, 1862 o. D. Stewart Treasonable language Jan. 28, 1862 Jan. 29, 1862 James MI. Stine do Feb. 1, 1862 Feb. 14, 1862 Stephen Stott Bridge burning Feb. 7, 1862 Feb. 9, 1862 Michael Smith Assaulting U. S. soldier Feb. 8, 1862 Feb. 14, 1862 J. S. Triplett Treasonable language Aug. 21, 1861 Sept. 11, 1861 I)r. J. F. Tallant Spy Sept. 14,1861 Sept. 18, 1861 John Todebush Generaldisloyalty Oct. 18,1861 Dec. 4,1861 obu Tirrer Aiding and abetting the enemy Nov. 12, 1861 Feb. 7, 1862 iHenryVincent...: ::... I Spy Jan. 4, 1862 Feb. 1, 1862 Philip White Furnishing arms to enemy Sept. 9, 1861 Sept. 16, 1861 William Woods Spy Sept. 16,1861 Do. George Wilson Aiding and abetting the enemy Sept. 25, 1861 Sept 27, 1861 Levi J. Wardlaw Spy Oct. 18, 1861 Oct 10, 1861 Uriel Wright Oct. 19, 1861 Oct. 28, 1861 Moses F. White Burning bridge Nov. 4, 1861 Nov. 12, 1861 William F Whittinglioff Spy Nov. 21, 1861 Nov. 29, 1861 D. M. C. Wells Aiding and abetting enemy Nov. 27, 1861 Dec. 1,1861 Thomas Walsh Generaldisloyalty Feb. 8,1862 Feb. 14,1862 John S. Zeigler Treasonable language Sept. 12, 1861 Sept. 11, 1861 W. J. Stratfon Expressing treasonable sentiments Feb. 20, 1862 Still held. W. F. Wells Bearer of dispatches to General Price Dec. 17, 1861 Do. Ambrose MeFaul Treasonable language Feb. 28, 1862 Do. George J. Jones Publishing treas6nable articles from Fag Feb. 20, 1862 Do. lish journals. Dr. Robert Barclay General disloyalty Feb. 18, 1862 Do. J. B. Burnett do (IC) Do. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Washington, March 8, 1862. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, Provost.Marshal- General. GENERAL: * * * Concerning Joseph Widmeyer, arrested in Morgan County, Va., by order of General Banks on February 17, 1862, the commanding general directs that he be held in custody until the lines of our forces are so far advanced as to render it impossible for him to do harm iii any Way. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant- General. IIEA.DQIJARTERS, Baltimore, March 4, 1862. Hon. GEORGE II. PENDLETON, Member of Congress. Sin: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yonr letter of the 3d instant, with one from Mrs. Broadstreet, & c. I am very sorry to inform you that her case is not within the rules 1 have adopted. She desires to go and return, whereas passes are given to women and children whose husbands, parents or nieans arc in the South and who intend to remain there. A more extended indulgence wollid lead to con- tinual crossing and recrossing our military lines and would be entirely incompatible with the public interests. While on the subject allow me to Inehition that Mrs. Semmes, the wife of tile commander of the privateer Sumter, is in Cincinnati with her children. Her position is a very unpleasant one in many respects and she is anxious to go South. Should she hot be allowed to go Page 253 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 253 Indeed shouki she not be sent whether she wishes to go or not? Should we retain within our limits the families of those who are ill arms against the Government? Should they not be sent into the insur- gent States to share the privations, the social disquietude and the des- olation they have brought and are bringing upon themselves? I believe their presence there in the midst of all this social derangement would be a much more effectnal cure for secessionism than a residence among us where no such disturbance exists. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A DIX, Major- General. FORT HAMILTON, N. Y., March 5, 1862. Hon. W. H. SEWARD: A writ was sent here from New York this morning for the person of Arthur Brown, * a state I)risoner confined in Fort Lafayette. I refnsed to let him go without your order. The person who served the writ stated that the said Arthur Brown was a witness in a law suit bnt his testimony was not material, and he would not probably be wanted. In case he should be shall I allow him to go? MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, March 6, 1862. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor: Send me a description of the character of the writ and the names of the attorneys and judge by whom issued. F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. WASHING-TON, March 6, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, & c. SIR: Her Majestys Government have considered with attention the correspondence which I had the honor to hold with you in the months of October, November and December last concerning the treatment experienced by the crews of two British schooners, Revere and Louisa Agnes, which had been captured on the charge of breach of blockade. Her Majestys Government cannot but regard the putting of seamen belonging to these vessels in irons under the circumstances in which and for the period for which this was avowedly done as wholly unjustifi- able. I am, however, instructed to express to you the satisfaction with which Her Majestys Government have seen that upon the matters being bronght by me to yonr notice you informed me that an instruc- tion would be addressed by the Secretary of the Navy to the flag officers of the blockading squadrons to use irons duly when and so long as necessary, and in all cases to pursue the utmost kindness consistent with the safety of captures and prizes toward seamen captured in attempting to break the blockade. See case of Artliur Brown, p. 1345 Page 254 254 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. I am desired to add that Her Majestys Government trust that this instruction will be so carried into effect as to prevent the recurrence of a~iy cases similar to those of the Louisa Agnes and the Revere. I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, LYONS. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 6, 1862. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal New York. SIR: Herewith I send you a copy of a letter * from Otis Gibson, esq., relative to Samuel L. Gouverneur, esq., late U. S. consul at Foo Choo, China, who is expected to return to the United States soon. You will please be on the lookout for him, and if he should land at New York you will arrest and convey him to Fort Lafayette and report to this Department. By order of the Secretary of War: L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. (Same to Charles Ogden, Toronto, Canada; J. R. Giddings, esq., Montreal, Canada; John S. Keyes, esq., U. S. marshal, Boston.) FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, ]Jfarch 6, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: In answer to your telegram just now received I have to state that the writ was a very informal one, commanding me to appear before Justice J. S. Bosworth, of the U. S. superior court, at 11 a. m. on the 5th of March. The writ was brought down between 10.30 and 11 oclock of that day and had no attorneys names mentioned. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. P. S.This is the recollection of the officer of the day, Lieutenant Noble, Eighth Infantry, who saw the writ. M.B. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, March 6, 1862. Hon. WILLiAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: In connection with my letter of this date I have to say that a person sent me in word that he was from the marshals office, & c. I received him and found out that it was a falsehood. I turned him over to the officer of the day, Lieutenant Noble. \Tery respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. * Not found Page 255 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 255 ROUSES POINT, March 6, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. DEAR SIR: I inclose a letter from C. ~ but in truth from John C. Brune, a rebel member of the Maryland legislature, and since he has been in Montreal has shown himself as unscrupulous in his secession- ism as any there. If it be a fact as he represents that the order for his arrest has been recalled I am confident misrepresentations have been made to the Department, for knowing as much as I do of him I am certain his entire sympathies are with the rebels. Most respectfully, your obedient servant, H. DUNN. P. S.I think Mr. Underwood has some evidence of his disloyalty. [Inclosure.] No. ~ MONTREAL, March 2, 1862. DEAR WILLIAM: Since my last of 20th ultirno we have a complete interruption of travel and mails iii consequence of heavy and continued falls of snow, but I previously received yours of 17th (No. 13) and now those of 22d and 24th (15 and 16), consequently No. 14 of 20th to which you refer has failed to reach me. First, in reference to the sugar, I have nothing more to say than to repeat my startling crythe longer they are held the worse it will be for all concerned, and if others can sell 800 and 900 barrels per day why cannot we dispose of ours ~ I tell you once more that in my opinion fair refining will soon fall to 6 cents. Next, as regards my retnrn home, unless I can have some assurance that not only the order for my arrest is withdrawn but that I can go back without any parole and my future as free and open as I feel my past political career to have been innocent, and my poor wardrobe said to be held* at Rouses Point restored to me, I am not disposed to sneak 1)ack sbmewhat in the position of a felon against whom, at any conven- ient time, an old or new offense may be trumped up by those holding and reveling in power and utterly unscrupulous in its exercise. At the same time you may readily imagine how happy I would be to see and be with you allto take my share of the little labor (unfortunately) you have to perform. As to my advice or counsel, that I have given and will continue so to do from here, aimd so soon trust to learn that the sad and painful topic open between us has been obliterated at however great a sacrifice. Not having anything to say on the subject to any of the family who I sincerely trust may all understand my position ii must leave the mat- ter to be arranged as best they mnay, taking only my share of pecuniary responsibility and meeting it as soon and fully as I can. Meanwhile let me hope that you may be able to obtain some new commission busi- ness, especially from our friends J. C. B. & Co., but I would again beg to impress upon you that the refinery is our best and surest dependence and that if we can retain that agency we should only be too thankful till brighter and better days dawn. Our commissions from that source should meet my expenses, which will be smaller hereafter as I shall have settled by my next draft for ~250 probably all my bills except a small one to the tailor and doctor. Apropos I amu glad to say I think my boils have nearly run out. They have been very painftll and annoying. In regard to my remaining household effects, silver, glass, books and plate, sell them as well as you can and whenever it may be necessary. * See Dunn to Seward, October 17, Vol. I, this Series, p. 602, for allusion to Brunes detained trunk Page 256 256 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. I dont suppose I shall ever keep house again if I ever do return to my dear native city. Remember me to all kind friends and give much love to every mem- ber of the family. Tell E. B. II. that I have his of 19th, most wel- come, and will answer it in a few days. Ever yours, dear William, ~. M. No. 10.] MARCH 3, [1862]. No mail went out yesterday, and on re-perusing the inclosed I find I have omitted to give my best thanks to George for his kind interference in my behalf. Let theni withdraw the order if they please, and maybe he could obtain an order for the release of my trunk and then I could be guided and governed by events as well as my feelings. Yours, ever, C. M. All (of course) confidential. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March G, 1862. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal, New York: Be on the lookout for Peter Herman, who is expected by every steamer, bearer of treasonable dispatches from Europe. He is about forty-seven or forty-eight years old and has a passport, No. 959, dated May 4,1857, signed Lewis Cass, Secretary of State, and visaed by Samuel Ricker, late U. S. consul at Frankfort-on-the-Main. Arrest and send him to Fort Lafayette; secure his papers and send them to the State Department. By order of the Secretary of War: L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. (Same to John S. Keyes, U. S. marshal, Boston; C. P. Bradley, esq., chief of police, Chicago; A. C. Sands, esq., U. S. marshal, Cincinnati; Hiram Dunn, esq., Rouses Point, N. Y.; chief of police, Detroit, Mich.; Delos T. Bligh, esq., Louisville, Ky.) DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, March 7, 1862. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. COLONEL: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant and to inform you that your proceedings in the matter of the writ of habeas corpus are entirely approved. I am, & c., F. W. SEWARD, Assistant Secretary. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, March 7, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. SIR: There has been a falsehood perpetrated on me with regard to a prisoner at Fort Lafayette yesterday, and I have requested Marshal Murray to have the matter investigated. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding Page 257 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 257 WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 8, 1862. Lieut. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Fort Lafayette, N. Y. COLONEL: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your two letters of the 6th instant addressed to the Secretary of State and to inform you that your proceedings in the matter of the writ of habeas corpus are entirely approved. lain, & c., EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 8, 1862. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. Dix, Baltimore. GENERAL: You may release John A. Hibbs, John Wild, John Lemon, Thomas W. Hollis, George Seeley, John G. Goodin and John Ferris, prisoners confined in Fort Delaware npon their giving their written parole of honor that they will render no aid or comfort to the enemies in hostility to the Government of the United States. By order of the Secretary of War: L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, March 8, 1862. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. Dix, Baltimore, Aid. GENERAL: I have been directed by the Secretary of War to report to yourself and Mr. Pierrepont for dnty as clerk of the commission cre- ated by Executive Order, iNo. 2, of the War Department in relation to political prisoners. Will you have the kindness to inform me when and where the commission will meet to organize and in what manner I can serve you ~ It seems to me that it is desirable to dispose of all these cases as soon as possible. There are now a large number of prisoners confined in the Old Capitol Prison in this city and their cases are familiar to Mr. E. J. Allen, a detective in the employ of the l)rovost-marshal, who I am informed intends to leave the city in a short time. I would suggest therefore that those cases here had better be disposed of first. I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, E. D. WEBSTER. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, March 9, 1862. E. D. WEBSTER, Esq., Department of State, Washington. DEAR SIR: Major-General Dix has received your letter of yesterday and mnstrncted me to say that he will communicate at once with Jm Ige Pierrepont, his associate, and inform you what arrangements the com- missioners will make. The general would be glad to receive from the State Department as early as practicable a list of the prisoners at Forts Lafayette and Warren. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. BOLLES, Captain and Aide-dc-Camp. 17 R RSERIE5 II~ VOL I Page 258 258 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, March 10, 1862. Right Hon. Lord LYONS, & c. Mv LORD: I have had the honor to receive your note of the 6th instant in which after reverting to the correspondence which has passed between us concerning the treatment experienced by the crews of the British schooners Revere and Louisa Agnes you state that Her Majestys Government cannot but regard the putting ~f seamen belong- ing to those vessels in irons under the circumstances in which and for the period for which this was avowedly done as wholly unjustifiable. In reply I have the honor to observe that it is believed that except in the cases of the Revere and Louisa Agnes and one other case which has just been brought to my notice no complaints whatever have reached this Government during the existing rebellion of harsh treat- ment of persons on board of vessels captured by our naval forces. And when in the first two of those cases a complaint was preferred by you the Secretary of the Navy, though perfectly convinced in his own mind of their humanity, lost no time in enjoining upon the flag officers of our blockading squadrons kindness in all cases toward captured prisoners and that irons be used only when and as long as may be necessary for the safety of the captors and the prizes. If, however, our naval officers are in any case justly chargeable with rigorous treatment of persons taken by them from on board prize vessels such persons have their judicial remedies in our courts of law. I have the honor to be, with high consideration, your lordships obedient servant. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 10, 1862. His Excellency F. H. PEIRPOINT Governor of Virginia, Wheeling, Va. SIR: The Secretary of War directs me to acknowledge your letter of the 25th ultimo with the accompanying resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, and to inform you that it will receive careful attention. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. H. WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 10, 1862. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. Dix, Baltimore: The Secretary of War directs me to inquire how many political prison- ers and spies you can receive and take care of at Fort McHenry. P. H. WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 10, 1862. Col. JUSTIN DIMICK, Fort Warren, Mass. COLONEL: The Secretary of War directs me to inform ybu that if Rev. A. L. Hitzelberger be a loyal and proper person he may be admitted to Fort Warren to visit the prisoners if in your judgment it can be done without detriment to the public service. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. H. WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War Page 259 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 259 BALTIMORE, MD., March 10, 1862. P. H. WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War: There is not room at Fort Mdllenry for any more political prisoners. There are oniy two rooms of moderate size and both are occupied. JOHN A. DIX, Major- Ueneral. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, March 11, 1862. P. H. WATSON, Esq., Assistant Secretary of War. SIR: The whole number of political prisoners ever confined within the walls of Fort McHenry is seventeen. This was only for a few days, when a room now occupied by the garrison was used for their custody. Twelve prisoners can be conveniently accommodated, but six of these must use officers quarters. Whenever the number of political prisoners has risen to twelve or fourteen I have always asked for their removal. It is still more necessary now, as we have been compelled to take one of the rooms usually occupied for the close custody of particular pris- oners fo ordnance stores. At present there are eight political prisoners in custody, all that can now be conveniently accommodated, and this number may be increased any day by arrests here as there is no place within the city for the confinement of political prisoners. I inclose an extract from a letter written by me* on the 5th of Sep. tember last to Major-General McClellan on this subject. Since then our facilities for the custody of prisoners have been diminished by the necessities of the garrison. I am, very respectfully, yours, JOHN A. DIX, M~~jor- General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. 0., March 11, 1862. Judge EDWARDS PlERREPONT, New York. SIR: The Secretary of War directs me to inquire how soon the coin. mission consisting of General Dix and yourself, appointed under the Presidents Executive Order, No. 2, in relation to state prisoners will be ready to hear and determine cases and at what place it is proposed to sit first~ This inquiry is made to enable this Department to satisfy the numerous applicants for information on these points. For a while they were quieted by receiving a copy of the circular inclosed, but that no longer satisfies them. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. H. WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War HEADQUARTERS PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL, ARMY OP THE POTOMAC, Washington D. (3., March 11, 1862. Brig. Gen. A. PORTER, Provost-Marshal- General. DEAR SIR: In the case of John F. C. Offutt, a prisoner confined in the Old Capitol Building, whose application to the honorable Secretary * Omitted here. See Vol. I, this Series, p. 592 Page 260 260 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. of War to be released from custody on his parole of , & c., has been referred to yonrself for a report I have the honor to report as follows: Said Offutt was sent to this office from General Banks division on the 20th of January last, he having crossed the river from Virginia iiear Harpers Ferry and having gone into Virginia by the way of the Eastern Shore about the middle of October last, being then from Balti- more. My operatives irifor~~ me that Offutt was one of the notorious Marshal Kanes policemen in Baltimore, who from their leader down took such an active part against the Government in that city at the commencement of our national tronbies, said Kane being now confined in Fort Warren as one of the most dangerous traitors in the country. Offutt stated to one of my operatives in Virginia that he had had a hand in the murderous assault on the Federal troops in Baltimore on the 19th of April last, and he exhibited portions of Federal military equipments as corroborative evidence of his participation in that ignominious affair. He also stated that he had come into Virginia for the purpose of aiding the rebels all he could against the Federal Government. My operative thinks there is no doubt but that Offutt has come from Virginia as a spy for the rebel Government, and that from his extensive acquaintance on this side of the lines and his avowed hostility to the Government and sympathy with the rebels he is a spy of the most dan- gerous stamp. While on examination at this office Offutt also recog- nized one of my operatives who had seen him in Virginia and who hap- pened to be present here at the time. Being misled as to the character of this operative here he (Offntt) stated to him privately that the state- ment he (Offntt) had made at the office in regard to military affairs in the South was not true. The fact of his having seen this operative at these headquarters from which he might also infer the character of an associate operative now in Virginia renders it even more unsafe for him to be set at liberty, as in case of his return to Virginia he would not only carry all the military information he could get to the enemy but might seriously interfere there with the secret service of this office and endanger the lives of my operatives on duty there. In consideration of this double dangerousness of this man therefore I have to recom- mend that as a most imperative military necessity he be kept in secure confinement until the close of the war for the Union. All of which is respectfully submitted by your obedient servant, E. J. ALLEN. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 11, 18G2. JOSEPH DARR, Jr., Provost-Marshal, Wheeling, Va. Sin: I am directed by the Secretary of War to acknowledge the receipt of your report* of the 7th instant in relation to the cases of Samuel Shippard, James H. Nay and I)r. J. Devies. I am also directed by him to request you to report to me the names of all political prison- ers at present in confinement at that post, together with the proofs upon which they are held. I am, sir, & c., E. D. WEBSTETh HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, March 12, 1862. P. H. WATSON, Assistant A~ecretary of War. Sin: I wrote yesterday to Judge Pierrepont suggesting to him to come here immediately with a view to a meeting at an early day at Not found Page 261 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 261 Washington to consider the cases of the political prisoners in that city. The subject has not received an earlier consideration for waut of papers not yet furnished, which it was nnderstood were to be prepared at the State Department. The moment I hear from Judge Pierrepont I will advise you. I am, very respectfully, yours, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 12, 18G2. A. C. SANDS, Esq., U. S. Marshal, Cincinnati. SIR: Herewith I transmit a copy of a letter* relative to the wife of Captain Semmes, of the pirate Sumter. If that lady is residing in Cincinnati you will place her correspondence under a strict but secret surveillance, and at the proper time after arrival of the next European mail you will make a thorough examination of her premises and bag- gage, secure all letters and papers found in her possession and trans- mit them with your report thereon to this Department. By order of the Secretary of War: L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. Alphabetical listt of prisoners ordered released since February 10, 1862. Date of Name. Where confined release. Adams, Hugh Old Capitol Prison Feb. 21, 1862 Anderson, Samuel F do Do. Barber, J. H Fort Warren Do. Burton,B do Do. Barr, M. W do Do. Brown, James do Do. Baum, Edward do Do. Buckles, Robert w Fort Lafayette Do. Brookbanks. Thomas A do Do. Butler, Isaiah do Do. Burnett, 5. H do Do. Brady, Patrick do Do. Baker,A.N do Do. Ballenger, Isaac Old Capitol Prison Do. Beuman, Jackson do Do. Beach, Calvert do Do. Ball, Summertleld do Do. Bayliss, Richard II.... ...do Do. Bayliss, Busbrod W do Do. BrowuHenry C ~ Do. Clagget.t, Thomas J Fort Warren Feb. 10, 1862 Coo, Charles H. P. (exchange) Fort Lafayette Feb. 14, 1862 Caste, W. T do Feb. 21, 1862 Cottrell, Edward C do Do. Coleman,J. L (10 Do. Connor, James Old Capitol Prison Do. Craggs, Thomas (10 Do. Douglass, J. A Fort Warren Do. Da Cosla, Alfred do Do. Deuison, Robert M do Do. Donnelly, James A Old Capitol Prison Do. Digney, John do Mar. 1, 1862 English, Josd Fort Warren Feb. 21, 1862 Freeman, R.S I ...do Do. Flanders, F. D do Do. Flanders, J. H do Do. French, Parker II do Do. See Dix to Pendleton, MarcIa 4, p. 252. t Found among the records of prisoners in Department of State. It is unsigned and bears no date, but was probably made soon after March 3, 1862 Page 262 262 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Alphabetical list of Jrtsoners ordered released since iebs-uary 10, l86~Continued. Date of Name. Where confined, release Ford, J. Ignatius Old Capitol Prison Fowler, Thomas P do Farrell. Dennis do Farringlon. Xl. J do Gleason. William H do Green, Charles Fort Warren Gutlirey, J. Garnett Fort Lafayette Grissons, Ii. S Gatchell, William H Grosse, William Grayson E. B Gunnell, George XV Holland, Ii. C Harrison, William G Hopkins, Guy S Hall, David C Hagins, John. or Higgins, of Kentucky Holland, K. C Hewitt, Thomas B Hurst, Richard Horubeck, Abraham Harrover, John Haislip, John Haislip, James Hick, William Haislip, Thomas H Hutchins, George W Jones, J. Lawrence Jones, George W Jones, B. Xl Julius, George Joy, William Janney, Mahion H Keene, Charles Loker, James B Ledwidge, Christopher Lewis, Richard Lee, Richard R Lee, William L Lee,D.C - Martin, N Marriott, C. H Fort Warren do do Old Capitol Prison do Fort Lafayette Fort Warren Fort Lafayette do do do Old Capitol Prison do do do do do do do do Fort Warren Fort Lafayette do do Old Capitol Prison do Fort Warren Old Capitol Prison Fort Lafayette do Old Capitol Prison do do do Fort Lafayette Myatt, E. C Fort Warren Maury, Rutaun Fort Lafayette Mathews, Thomas do McDaniel, John Old Capitol Prison MeArthur, Lewis L do McKenzie, Alexander L do Mills, Clarence do Moore, Jeremiah do MeKewen, William F Fort Warren MeCubbin, E. H Fort Lafayette Newton, S. F Fort Warren ONeil, Ed do Ogden, J. M Fort Lafayette OLeary, Thomas do OBrien, P do Ostrander, Elisha C Old Capitol Prison Olden, Forrest do Peak, Mr do Parr, John F Fort Lafayette Perkins, J.M do Perry, William do Potter, 0. F Old Capitol Prison Pinn, John (colored) do Plaskett, Matthew do Trumhle, VanceL do Quigley, Thomas Fort Lafayette Rogers, C.C do RasiuP. F Fort Warren Rasin, Robert W Fort Lafayette.. Reneau,1N7.S do Russell, J. R do Regan, John Old Capitol Prison Rea, John E do Rigal, John Fort Lafayette BuggIes, Edward S Fort Warren Feh. 21,1862 Do. Do Do. Feb. 12, 1862 Feb. 17,1862 Feb. 17 and 21, 1862. Feb. 21, 1862 Do. Do. Do. Do. Feb. 14, 1862 Feb. 21, 1862 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Feb. 14, 1862 Feb. 21, 1862 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Feb. 10 and 21, 1862. Feb. 21, 1862 Do. Do. Do. Do. Feb. 12, 1862 Feb. 18 and 21, 1862. Feb. 21, 1862 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do~ Do. 1)o. Do. Do. Do. Do. Feb. 12, 1862 Feb. 11,1862 Feb. 21, 1862 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Feb. 13,1862 Feb. 21,1862 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Mar. 3,1862 Do Page 263 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 263 Alphabetical list of prisoners ordered released Since February 10, 1862Continued. Name. Where confined. I Date of release. Smedes, Bennett Old Capitol Prison Feb 18, 1862 Shackleford, U. A Fort Warren Feb. 21, 1362 Sibern, E do Do. St. George, William do Do. Smith, William Fort Lafayette Do. Swain, J. P do I)o. Stnnz, H. P do Do. Smith, J do iDo. Smith, Withers Old Capitol Prison Do. Savage, James W do Do. Simpson, Henry do Do. Thomas, J. Hanson Fort Warren Do. Thompson, A Fort Lafayette Do. Van Amringe, George Fort Warren Do. Winder, William H do Do. Wattles, David C Fort Lafayette Do. Weaver, L H do Do. Williams, A. B do - Do. Ward, William Old Capitol Prison Do. Yonng, John do Do. Yonng, Lewis ...do Do. GENERAL Dixs HEADQUARTERS, March 15, 18G2. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: I propose to be in Washington on Monday to meet Judge Pierre- pont and take up the cases of political prisoners there. JOHN A. DIX, Brigadier- General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 15, 1862. WILLIAM P. WOOD, Snperintendent of Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D. C. SIR: The Secretary of War directs that upon their respectively tak. ing the oath of allegiance to the United States you will release from custody the following prisoners now held in the Old Capitol Prison, viz: J. B. Angel, P. Hanety, L. Van Arsdale, James Riley, B. W. Wine, John M. Brooke, James Haislip, A. Gunnell, A. G. Gunnell, J. Rock- ford, James Poole, Noah Hunt, M. Rourke, F. X. Lacross, and J. L. Smith. By order of the Secretary of War: P. H. WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War. OFFICE OF COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Sanduslcy, March 15, 1862. General M. C. MEIGS, Quartermaster. General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. GENERAL: I have the honor to incloseherewitll two letters* addressed to me by two state prisoners at Columbus who desire to be released ~n their taking the oath of allegiance. I know nothing of the charges against them except what they state, but I believe tllere are among the prisollers a number who have been taken up without any very specific charges against them, and we elicumber ourselves with the care of men who are of very little account. They were captured in the early part Not found Page 264 264 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. of the war by scouting parties who were not very particular so that they brought ill a prisoner. Heretofore it has been well to keep them to exchange for better men, but now that they are no longer required for that purpose I would suggest that all against whom there are not grave charges be released on their taking the oath of allegiance. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. HOFFMAN, Lieut. Cot. Eighth Infantry, Commissary- General of Prisoners. [First indorsementj iRespeetfully referred to the Secretary of War. It appears to the Quartermaster-General that on taking the oath of allegiance these prisoners could be properly released. M. C. MEIGS, Major- General. [Second indorsement.] MARCH 28, 1862. Approved. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Disposition made of citizen prisoners5 at Camp Chase and Wheeling. Name. Residence. Condition of discharge. Arnold, James Gilmer County, Va Released on oath and bond. Allen, William H., sr Kanawba County, Va Released on oath. Allen, William ,jr K do Do. Adams, J. D. - Hampshire County, Va no. Adams, Jacoli oo no. Amick, Henry Wirt County, Va no. Anderson, John do Do. Ayers, Jeff (10 Do. Bright, Matthew Harrison County, Va Released on oath and bond. Boggs, Wesley Webster County, Va Do. Barnett, N. D Braxton County, Va Do. liariiett. J. D I do Do. Baumgarduer, Jacob Guyandotte, Va Do. Bowman, A. C Barhour County, Va Do. Burner. L Pocahontas County, Va Do. Byud Be~ij Wetzel County, Va Do Bennett Hezekiah Pendleton County, Va Do. Butcher HarseyB Roane County, Va Do. Cotiman J W Harrison County Va . Do. Cooper Dr F W TItoane County, Va Released on oath and to live in Ohio. Cool Jesse Webster County, Va Released on oath. Cool Xrchmbabi do Do. Collins Len is Ppshnr County, Va Do. Carte George Clay County, Va Do. Cocar Tunis Webster County, Na Released on oath and bond Caveudish, John Fayette County, Va Do. Criwtord W 5 Hampshire County, Va Do. Cain Michael do Released on oath. (ofiman George Taylor Couiity, Va Do. Conway, G. S I Harrison County, Va Do. Channel, Samuel Virginia Released on oath and bond. Coteral, B. H Roane County, Va Released on oath. Collins, A. L Wirt County, Va Do. Conrad, Marion do Do. Cone, Gamaliel do Do. Cummins, John 5 Roane Coniity, Va Do. Coon, C. C Virginia Do. Davis, George A Harrison Couiity, Va Released on oath and bond. Dillon, R. H - . Kanawba County. Va Released on oath. Dulin. Frauds Wirt County, Va Do. Dent, Cornelius do Do. Dunn, John Hampshire County, Va Released on oath and to live in Ohio. ~ The date of arrest anti discharge of these prisoners is not stated in the return. The return was made March 13, 1862 Page 265 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 265 Disposition made of citizen prisoners at Camp Chase and WheelingContinued. Name. Residence. Condition of discharge. Davis, Samuel Hampshire County, Va Dnft:y, Peter Fayette County, ~a Deaver, David Virginia Evert, P. R Cabell Couuty, Va Enlow, John iRaudoiph County, Va Eaton, Jouali B Hampshire County, Va Evans, Peter Harrison County, Va Enoch, David, jr Wirt County, Va Eshelmau, Abraham Cabeil County, Va Fraiuptou, David do Farley, J. W Kauawha Couuty, Va Flanagau, Jacob Tucker County, Va Fall, Reuben Wirt County, Va Flint, William Charleston County, Va Grove, George S Upshur County, Va Gwin, John Cabell County, Va George, Henry Roane County, Va Rite, J. W Cabell County, Va Harwood, John A.::::: :::::: Wood County, Va Ransford, Charles S Randolph County, Va Heater, Hanson Gilmer County, Va Heater, Harvey do Hoover, Frederic Braxton County, Va Honchin, Ellis Pocaliontas County, Va Hall, A. E Harrison County, Va Hickman, William Wirt County, Va Hall, Samuel Roano County, \Ta Jones, Samuel Braxton County, Va Jones, A. W Virginia Jacoby, Miles do Keith, J. J Lewis Count~~, Va Kions, J. C Gauley Mount, Va Kesler, Alex Wirt County, .... Lowther, Harrison Lewis County, Va Lockwood, John Wood Counly, Va Louck, G. W Randolph County, Va Limbers, Isaac Braxton County, Va Lowther, Camillus Wood County, Va Lemmon, Jacob Ritchie County, Va Lemmon, Fredk do Long, S. D Hampshire County, Va Lynch, William Lewis County, Va Long, Henry Virginia Manie, A. J Fayette County, Va Martin, II. T Lewis County, Va Morris, W. 11 Nicholas County, Va MeCutcheon, Jones Fayette County, Va Malcomb, J. M Braxton County, Va Morrow, Thomas Wirt County, Va MeCartacy, G. D Clarksbur~ Va Moss,James A Braxton County, Va McCrea, Robert Webster County, Va McNamar, John Gilmer County, Va Meeks, William Lewis County, Va Monroe, Sylvester Virgiiiia Myers,J do Miller, H. H do McVicker, Steenrod do Mcintyre, Richard do Meeks, F. A do Miller, Thomas W do Moss, G. W Braxton County, Va Malcoho, F. M do Martin, David Gauley Mount, Va Mchols, G. W Fayette County, Va Norton Timothy Hampshire County, Va Nutter, Thomas Marion County, Va Nelson, W. H Tucker County, Va Neal, Jonathan Gauley Bridge, Va Neal, Anderson do Parsons, Abraham Tucker County, Va Parsons, C. C Kanawba County, Va Parrish,James Cabell County, Va Parsons, Cornelius Tucker County, Va Parsons, Joseph do Parsons, William L Roano County, Va Russell, St. Mark Cabell County, Va Ricketta, Elijah do Rogers, William A Fayette County, Va Reynolds, Archibald Cabell County, Va Rowsey, Kilburn Fayette County, Va Roach, Charles Roane County, Va Released on oath. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. - Do. Do. Do. Do. Released on oath and bond. Do. Released on oath. Do. Released on oath and bond. Released on oath. Released on oath and bond. Released on oath. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Released on oath and bond. Released on oath. Released on oath, governors pardon. Released on oath. Do. Do. Released on oath and bond. Released on oath. Released on oath and bond. Released on oath. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Released on oath and bond. Released on oath and to live in Ohio. Released on oath and bond. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Released on oath. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Released on oath and to live in Indiana. Released on oath. Released on oath and to live in Ohio. Released on oath and bond. Do. Released on oath. Released on oath and bond. Released on oath. Do. Do. Released on oath and bond. Do. Released on oath and bond. Released on oath. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Released (in oath and bond. Released on oath. Do; Do Page 266 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Di8position made of citizen prisoners at Camp Chase and WheelingContinued. Name. Residence. Condition of discharge. Rogers, Lem Ruckman, M. D Rudolph, Hezekiab Robinson, J. H Rhea, J. L Ryan, G. M Rose, Solomon Rafferty, Patrick Roach, John Rinehart, Elijah Ruby John Smith, Chris. H Stalnaker, Absolom Schackelford, Cobb Smith, E. A Stewart, James Snyder, Lewis Smoot, N. C Stackhouse, M Siebert, Adam Siebert, William Stockslager, Daniel Strickland, Joseph Sheppard, Martin Staats, William Somerville, David Stewart, william P Stewart, John NV Sharp, Bryerly ShegPard,Th ~L J Starcher, Philip Starcher, A. J Tanner, Joshua Tanner, Elijah Tanner, John A Tiiman, Thomas W Torney, Michael Tanner, William Van Bibber, D. C Van Bibber. J. C Vance, George W VandevenderCain Varner, Jacob Ware, John T Wilson, Wash. M Warner, E. C Windsor, Anderson Walton, E. H Wise, W. H Ward, McKinsey Wyatt. Addison Wagoner, Michael Voust, F. H Fayette County, Va Randolph County, Va Hampshire County, Va Wirt County, Va Braxton County, Va Virginia do Calhoun County, Va Roano County, Va Hampshire County, Va Putnam County, Va Harrison County, Va Randolph County, Va Nicholas County, Va Cahell County, Va do Lewis County Va Hampshire County, Va Roane County, Va Va do Virginia Wirt County, Va Roane ConAty, Va Wirt County, Va Roane County, Va do Wirt County, Va Virginia Gilmer County, Va Virginia do Clay County, Va do Calhoun County, Va Near Buckhannon, Va Putnam County, Va Roane County, Va Nicholas County, Va do do Braxton County, Va Jackson County, Va Randolph County, Va Clay County, Va Braxton County, Va Fayette County, Va Cabell County, Va Harrison County, Va Barhour County, Va Lewis County,Va Virginia Marion County, Va Released on oath and bond. Do. Released on oath. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Released on oath and bond. Do. Do. Released on oath. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Released on oath and to live in Ohio. Released on oath. Released on oath and bond. Do. Do. Released on oath and to live in Ohio. Do. Do. Released on oath. Do. Do. Released on oath and bond. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Released on oath. Released on oath and bond. Do. Do. Released on oath. Do. Do. Do. Do. The following prisoners under indictment for treason have beer turned over to the U. S. marshal for the western district of Yirginia~ Milton J. Ferguson, Robert S. Holderby, A. C. Kennedy, Jolir New comb, James M. Gray, James H. Nay, William Bennett, W. C. Rodgers William Hamilton, David H. Gilmer, George Bastable, Nathan Liggett. John R. Hodges, John D. Mayo, Jeff. Bowen, Sr., James E. Bowen, Mott. Jewell, William Curry, Benjalnin France, Lewis Ekuss, Joseph Harbour, Greenwood Childers, Lewis Childers, George W. Savage, Samuel Smith, John L. Bowen, Perry Peyton, Thomas Scales, M. W. Hughes, P. H. Thomasson, Daniel Dusky, Kellis Argobright, Jesse J. Ingraham, Hurston Spurlock, James E. Smith, Stephen Strather, sr. JOSEPH DARR, Major First Virginia Cavalry, Provost-Marshal. 26 Page 267 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 267 List of citizen prisoners in custody March 15, 1862, in the Department of Western Virginia. Name. Alderton, William Apperson, William Amick, Eli Arbough, Harry Butler, Oliver Boney, Reuben Burdett, JohnJ Ball, Henry Burner, George Bradford, James Bradford, James P Baker, William R Burnett, Dennis Beaton, Jones Beau, Samuel Buttallion, Hansborough.. Becket, John Childers, Francis Coberly, Buslirod Cain, Thomas Cordaw, William Cunnjn gham, John Cooper, Daniel Devies, Doctor Daft, George E, (c. c.) Dering, George M ... Davison, D D Daugherty, Joseph Everet, E. T Fleshman, C. S Farris, Jacobs Falconer. William Gibson, George Green, James Heater, Thomas B Holmes, N. G Helmick, J. N High, Frederic S Henson, John Hammer, George W Harden, JohuJ Rampton, Reuben Hensley, William Hickey, David H Holmes, S. G. C Hope, S. R Hopkins, A. S Jones, Wesley Kelly. Frank (c. c.) Kaddle, John (c. c.) Keith, Robert M Kirkpatrick, R. W Lewis, John E Lewy, Green Leace, George W Leace, John W Lillard, D. C Lillard, Jeremiah Lusby, John B Melot, Rezin Marks, John Michael, John E Michael, Jonathan Musgrave, Moses McClung, George A. U McDonald, Anthony Myers, Daniel M MeColister, Peter McColister, Moses Markham, Bart Markham, Steven Norton, Moses Nolan, P. E Nassaeur, Lewis Nelson, J. W Odell, William H Residence. Morgan County, Va Randolph County, Va Nicholas County, Va Putnam County, Va Clay County, Va Hampshire County, Va .... Greenbrier County, Va Cabell County, Va Pocahoutas County, V..... Jackson County, Va Preston County, Va Residence unknown do do do do do Roane County, Va Pendleton County, Va Calhoun County, Va Barbour County, Va Marion County, Va Lisle County, Va Wirt County, Va Randolph County, Va Hampshire County, Va.... Wood County, Va Wirt County, Va Cabell County, Va Kanawba County, Va Pendletou County, Va.. Upshur County, Va Wirt County, Va Braxton County, Va Gilmer County, Va Kanawba County, Va Calhoun County, Va Hampshire County, Va. Cabell County, Va Pendleton County, Va Barbour County, Va Wayne County, Va do Harrison County, Va Sumner County, Tenn Boone County, Va Marion County, Va Roane County, Va Marshall County, Va Gilmer County, Va Wetzel County, Va Kanawha County, Va Fayette County, Va County, Va.... Unknown do do Marion County, Va Gilmer County, Va Marion County, Va do do Nicholas County, Va Pendleton County, Va Tucker County, ~a Putnam County, Va do Wayne County, Va do Kanawha County, Va Jefferson County,Va Giles County, Teun Cabell County, Va Nicholas County, Va Parsons, Josiah Jackson County, Va Pierce, Benjamin H Raleigh Ceunty, Va Props, Noah W Nicholas County, Va Charge. Rebel aider. Rebel mail carrier. Bushwhacker. Do. Thief and a bad man. Forcing Union men into rebel army. Sending Union men into rebel custody. Violent secessionist. Charges unknown. Aiding the rebellion. Secessionist. Supposed rebel aider. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Violent secessionist. Rebel mail carrier. Secessionist. Do. Aiding the rebels. Rebel aider in robbing boats. Secessionist. Rebel mail carrier. Secessionist. Do. Do. Sympathizing with the South. Giving aid to the enemy. Comforting rebels. Secessionist. Do. Bushwhacker. Aider of rebellion. Supposed secessionist. Giving information to the enemy. Secessionist. Rebel scout; violating parole. Giving information to rebels. Secessionist and rebel aider. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Secessionist. Secessionist and bushwhacker. Do. Do. Do. Aiding rebels. Secessionist. Do. Do. Unknown. Do. Do. Secessionist. Destroying Union mens property. Rank secessionist. Do. Do. Bushwhacker. Rebel aider and horse.tbief. Rebel mail carrier and horse.thief. Aiding rebels in arresting Union men. Aiding rebels. Secessionist. Do. Secessionist. Do. Do. Found in armed rebellion. In arms against Government of the United States. Secessionist. Do. Bushwhacker Page 268 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. List of citizen prisoners in custody March 15, 1862, 4c.CoutinueJ. Name. Residence. Charge. Phillips, Samuel H Paul, Thomas Paul, James Riley, John W Rooke, E Ross, Francis Rogers, CharlesL Rowsey, K Stalnaker, John Stewart, Owen Sharps, Jesse H Stevenson, Leslie Shrivers, H. J Sevey, Herman Swindler, Wilson Sites, William Smith, Benjamin F Swain. C. M Scisson, Luther stewart, J. J Soutber, John Mi Shannon, George Smith, Allen Stevens. J. 1 Simmonds, William Stevens, Lewis W Stevens, Firman Short, Thomas Saloir, Doctor Shirely, Henry Sheppard, J Spencer, J. D Stollings, Granville Temple, Charles Toothinan, Ashhury Thompson, George W Taylor, Alfred Thompson, Coplin Taylor, Obed W Thompson, Caloway Valentine, George Wilson, Joseph Watkins, Charles W Weese, Elms White, W. T Wharton, W. H Wright, Thomas A Yost, John Young, Hume Tucker County, Va Rehel mail carrier; horse.thief. Putnam County, Va.::.. Bushwhacker. do Poisoning Union men. Calhoun County, Va Secessionist and rebel aider. Kanawha County, Va Do. Calhoun County, Va Do. Braxton County, Va Do. Fayette County, Va Do. Roane County, Va Secessionist. Hampshire County, Va.... Violent secessionist. Upshur County, Va Aiding rebels. Wayne County, Va Bushwhacking. Hampshire County, ~ Do. Fayette County, Va Rank bushwhacker. Hampshire County, V..... Giving aid and comfort to rehels. Pendleton County, Va In Captain Lautys militia company; unor. ganized. Hampshire County, Va Hostage for Mr. Brahh. Putnam County, Va Hors3.stealing; scouting. Boone County, Va Do. Cabell County, Va Secessionist. Wood County, Va Do. Putnam County, Va Do. Nicholas County, Va Aiding rebels. Fayette County, Va Secessionist. Cahell County, Va Do. Marion County, Va Do. do Do. Wayne County, Va Bushwhacking. Unknown Morgan County, Va WasBia gton C ounty Va... Unknown Charleston, Va Spottsylvania County, Va Marion County, Va Clay County, Va Randolph County, Va Pendleton County, Va Randolph County, Va Wayne County, Va Ritchie County, Va Calhoun County, Va Randolpis County, Va do Nicholas County, Va Putnam County, Va Hampshire County, Va.... McCracken, Ky Comforting rebels. Do. Unknown. Secessionist. Rebel spy. Recruiting for rebel militia. Bushwhacker. Rehel aider and horse.thief. Rebel aider and intimidating Union citizens. Supposed rebel informer. Secessionist. Do. To he released for Joseph Durkin, of Hamp. shire County. Aiding rebels. Do. Secessionist. Do. Reid for evidence. Secessionist. [JOSEPh PARR, JR., Major First Virginia Cavalry, Provost-Marshal.] [Isudorsement.] IRespeCtftllly referred to E. P. , esq., Department of State. E. P. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, March 15, 1862. Brig. Gen. II. II. LocKwooD, Commanding Eastern Shore. GENERAL: I had yesterday a letter from the Secretary of War directing me to inqnire into the circumstances attending the arrest of Mr. Bayard by Colonel Wallace, and expressing the belief that there was no just ground for such a measure. I have communicated with the colonel and instructed him to release Mr. Bayard on his parole of honor to report to me when required. The colonel advises me that he 26 Page 269 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 269 has undertaken to disarm a company of militia. This should not have been done without my order. I have never in this State ventured on so rigorous a measure without the approbation of the governor. In my letter to you of the 9th of October I said: If you can get any legitimate authority, executive or military, in Delaware to direct the disbaudmeut or disarming of companies in that State it should be done. In that case I think the arms had better be deposited at Fort Delaware. I supposed you would understand that without such authority the measure should not be attempted unless upon specitic directions from me. If any of the members of Mr. Bayards company make demon- strations iu favor of the Confederates they should be arrested and the facts reported to me. Ou the 27th ultimo I wrote you as follows: If any person within the limits of your command shouts for Jeff. Davis or Beaure- gard as charged in Mr. Fishers letter, or displays any secession emblem arrest him at once and keep him in custody subject to my order. You will please report to me the circumstances in each case. I will not permit where I have the power any demonstration in favor of a political or military organization which is making war on the United States. I wish this course to be pursued in regard to every man thus offend- ing against the Government and people of the United States no matter what his private or official position may be. But in a State which has given no evidence of a want of loyalty no step should be taken to break up any military organization but on full consideration and after con- sultation with the State authorities. Individual members of such organizations may for open acts of disloyalty be summarily dealt with as above directed. I am, very respectfully, yours, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., March 17, 1862. Brigadier-General WADSWORTH, ilfilitary Governor of the District of Columbia. GENERAL: The attention of this Department has just been called to a gross violation of its orders by publishing information of military movements in the Sunday Chronicle, a newspaper published in this city, yesterday. You will immediately take military possession of the printing office in which publication is made, arrest the printers and publishers of the paper, take possession of all the papers that can be found and destroy them and hold the parties in custody that they may be dealt with according to the Rules and Articles of War. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. FORT WARREN, Boston Harbor, March 17, 1862. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Wtshington, D. C. SIR: In reply to yours of the l5th* I have the honor to report that the following-named persons have taken their parole and left agree- ably to your order of the 21st ultimo: J. H. Barber, II. S. Freeman, F. D. Flanders, J. H. Flanders, Jos6 English, James Brown, Robert Not found Page 270 270 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Denison, W. F. MeKewen, M. W. Barr, A. Da Costa, Parker H. French, George Van Amriuge, J. Hanson Thomas, P. F. Basin and G. A. Shackleford. The following persons have refused to take their parole, viz: Will- iam G. Harrison, W. H. Winder, William H. Gatchell, Henry M. War- field and Charles Keene. Keene was received from Flag Officer Golds- borough, he having enlisted to get South. Failing to do this refused duty and stated that he would i~ot fight under our flag. Since he has been here he has been kept in close confinement; refuses to give his parole of hoiior not to aid or comfort the enemies in hostility to the Govern- ment. I consider him partially insane, and would respectfully recom- mend that he be unconditionally released and obliged to labor for his support. Evidently this would be the least desirable thing that could befall him. Edward Baum, William St. George, B. S. Grissons, J. F. Newton, S. F. Newton, E. Sibern, E. C. Myatt, J. A. Douglass and Edward ONeil, sailors taken from merchant vessels for running the blockade. They are willing to take their parole if they can get South. I have kept them until I could hear from General iDix relative to their getting to their families South. They are poor men and rather remain as prisoners than be released without any means of support or hope of getting to their families. I have to report that I have released J. D. Sudendorf in order that he may be placed in the asylum in Boston. He has been crazy ever since he has been here, but of late quite troublesome. Bethel Burton, ordered to be released on 21st ultimo, had already been released by the Secretarys order of the 19th ultimo. I am, sir, with highest respect, your obedient servant, J. DIMICK, Colonel First Artillery and Brevet Colonel, Commanding Post. HEADQUARTERS MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, Wheeling, March 17, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. GENERAL: I have directed Major Darr, provost-marshal-general of this depaytment, to proceed to Washington taking with him to the War Department, first, a list of citizen prisoners* by orders from these headquarters; second, list of prisoners of war at Camp Chase, Colum- bus, Ohio; third, copies of the evidence against prisoners on which. they were committed or are held; fourth, list of prisoners released on parole November 3,1861; fifth, list of oaths administered since last return; sixth, report of the disposition of prisoners* heretofore released; seventh, list of prisoners sent to Washington to be exchanged for the Guyandotte prisoners, Ninth Virginia; eighth, a lettert from Governor Peirpoint stating that many loyal citizens of the State have been dragged off to Bichmond, and suggesting the arrest of hostages. The nature of the testimony and many details were such that the provost-marshal-generals explanations could alone make the matter fully understood. There are many prisoners of state held because they are dangerous to the peace and provokers of secession, sedition or treason. These are held without the least record of evidence of active crime. The evidence against the state prisoners ought to be returned See ante. t ~ot found Page 271 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 271 to this office because it is only here we can tell when it will be advis- able to liberate many of them. Major IDarr has therefore beeu instructed to request that the written evidence records be returned to this office. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. S. IROSECRAKS, Brigadier- fulenerai, U. S. Army, Commanding. List of prisoners confined in the Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D. C., March 17, 1802. Name Date of arrest. R. ON. Greenhow Aug. 23, 1861 Summerfield Ball Oct. 9, 1861 B. J. Cross Oct. 10,1861 George S. watkins Sept.23, 1861 Rudolph watkins do Thomas A. Jones Oct. 4, 1861 W. F. Getty Oct. 1, 1861 Alfred iNettleton Sept. 11, 1861 John W. Burson do P. w. Carper Nov. 27, 1861 Dr. william B. Day do Dr. John T. Day do R. H. Gonnell do John B. Parr do C. W. Coleman do Thomas E. Poole Dec. 6, 1861 James H. Poole do Bernard B. Poole do John T.De Bell Nov. 27,1861 George Coleman Dec. 6, 1861 William Eaton Dec. 2, 1861 Hosca H. H. Williams Dec. 4, 1861 James w. MeCurdy Dec. 25, 1861 A. J. Michael About Dec. 31, 1861. Abont Oct. 28, 1861. About Nov. 27,1861. Nov. 27, 1861 ....do Jan. 5,1862 Jan. 10, 1862 Dec. 6,1861 Nov. 11, 1861 ....do Oct. 11,1861 Nov. 11, 1861 W.J. Fleece H. D. Shepard, jr A. Shepard George H. Johnson Moses P. Donaldson J. Barrett Cohen Henry C. Brown Richard Coleman George Dent, sr George Dent, jr W.F. Moore 0. Allen Scanland John McDaniel do John Welch Dec. 3, 1861 F. M. Ellis Dec. 20, 1861 Dr. Aaron Fan Camp James Farr Mrs. C. F. Baxley George M. Gormley A. C. Landstreet John W. Crawford Bnshrod W. Bayliss Matthew Plasket G. D. McGlincey Jesse B. Wharton W.L.Fisher Henry A. Stewart charles Pollen Dec. 21, 1861 Dec. 20,1861 Dec. 29,1861 Jan. 10, 1862 Jan. 15, 1862 Jan. 13, 1862 ....do ....do Nov. 27, 1861 Dec. 22, 1861 Dec. 13, 1861 Dec. 12, 1861 Dec. 19, 1861 John P. C. Offutt Jan. 20, 1862 John A. Marshall Jan. 21, 1862 James Potter Jan. 30,1862 Nature of offense. Forwarding information to the rebels; dangerous, skillful spy. Communicating with the rebels. Giving aid and information to the rebels. Furnishing information to the rebels. Do. Do. Having communication with the rebels. Corresponding with the rebels. Do. Assassination of U. S. pickets. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. communicating with the rebels. I)o. Communicating information to the rebels. Assassination of U. S. pickets. Do. Pound within our lines with citizens dress over a rebel uniform. Claims to be a deserter from the rebels, although wearing a uniform like New York volunteers. Carrying men across the Potomac in a boat. Furnishing provisions and aiding rebellion. Opposition to Federal Government. Taking up arms against the Government. Do. Taking up arms and aiding rebels. Engaged in transporting cargo of goods to Firginia. Engaged in conveying persons and goods to the rebels. Comin~ into our lines under suspicions circumstances. Assassination of U. S. pickets. Furnishing information to the rebels. Do. Conveying information to rebel pickets. Active in notifying Union men that they were drafted into the rebel militia. Do. Deserted previously from Third U. S. Infantry. Employed in secret service of General McClellan and coin. municatin~ intormation tothe rebels. Communicating with the rebels. Assassination of U. 5. pickets. Carrying information to Richmond. Attempting to enter the rebel States. Evidence not yet received. Alleged to be connected with time murder of U. S. troops near Pohick Run, Fa. Do. Do. Taking up arms and aiding rebels. Do. Forwarding communications to the rebels. Employed by J. P. Benjamin, rebel Secretary of War. Furnishing information to the rebels and oppressing Union men. Communicating with the rebels and forwarding goods to Firginia. carrying information to rebels. Spy and shooting Union pickets Page 272 272 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. List of prisoners coi~flned in the Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D. C., ~c. Continued. Name. Dateofarrest. Nature of offense. Oliver N. Bryan Jan. 11, 1862 I Prisoner of state. Josiah F. Bailey Feb. 1, 1862 Spy; rebel officer found in Washington in citizens clothes. B. W. Basin Prisoner of state. Francis A. Dickens Spy. B. H. Jenkins Recommitted. M. T. Walworth Spy; connected with Mrs. Morris and Wan. T. Smithson. Mrs. Augusta H. Morris ... Spy; actively connected with Walwortb, Smithson and others. Sent to Washington by General Johnston. Thomas J. Magruder Feb. 11, 1862 Spy (discharged). Thomas Haycock Feb. 13, 1862 Spy. Warren Curtis do Spy; prowling about Union camps. William P. Bryan Feb. 21, 1862 Spy and unquestionably employed by rebel Government. E. Pliny Bryan do Spy; belonged to rebel signal corps. William 0 den Feb. 19, 1862 No evidence. Mrs. A. L. ~1cCarty Feb. 21, 1862 Spy, as shown by the papers found upon her. Charles W. Adams Feb. 22, 1862 Spy; a bad and desperate man. J. J. Jarboe Feb. 23, 1862 Treason. Joseph Widmeyer Feb. 21, 1862 Spy; could not be discharged with safety. Robert Drane Prisoner of state. John H. Cusick Do. James EMurphy Do. Jonah Orrison Do. Artbur Dawson Do. H. 0. Claughton [No data.] James Green Do. W. W. Harper Do. W. B. Price Do. W. M. Brown Do. E. S. Hough Do. John W. Burke Do. John A. Field Do. W. Avery Do. J. B. McGraw Do. W. H. Marbury Do. Stephen A. Green Do. W. H. McKnight Do. A. J. Fleming Do. W. Arthur Taylor. Do. J. B. Dangerficad Do. John L. Smith Do. W. Cogan Do. James A. English Do. Henry Peel Do. EdgarJ. Snowden.. Do. H. C. Field Do. Mrs. William H. Norris Spy; arrested in Baltimore. Jackson Benman Spy; lisa been arrested threetimes. Charles F. El~in Spy; might be discharged on taking oath. Christopher Bocbford [No data.] T. J. McVeigh Spy; was chaplain of Second Yirginis Volunteers. Noble B. Means Correspondence with rebels. Alfred Lee Firing into cars containing Union men. John Ball [No data.] Joshua Young I Carrylug supplies to rebel camps. Tench Sebley . Dec. 12, 1861 Carrying on contraband trade with the rebels. James Connor About Aug. Spy; no evidence. 1,1861 SPRINGFIELD, ILL., ilEareh 18, 18(52. Major-General HALLECK: I have under your orders had arrested William Richardson, W. P. Brooks, Nathan T. Brooks, W. G. Nabb and A. C. Gish for aiding one of the Fort iDonelson prisoners to escape. They all confess having aided. What shall be done With them ~ iD. L. PHILLIPS, U. S. Marshal. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 18, 18G2. W. P. WooD, Esq., Superintendent of Old Capitol Military Prison. SIR: You are hereby directed to release from custody Rev. Townsend J. McVeigh, a prisoner confined in the Old Capitol Military Prison, o Page 273 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 273 his giving his parole of honor that he will withiii ninety days from the date hereof return and surrender himself to you unless lie shall within ninety days procure the release of Rev. David J. Lee from the condi- tions of a parole given by him at Winchester, Va., in the month of August last and forward the same to the Secretary of War; and that meanwhile he (the said MeVeigh) will do no act hostile to the Govern- ment of the United States nor give any information calculated to aid the insurgents. J. A. DIX, E. PIERREPONT, Comrn~sstoners. Judge SAMUEL BuECKINRIDGE. CYNTHIANA, Ky., March 18, 1862. RESPECTED Sin: Since the defeat of the rebel troops in Kentucky many of the men who took up arms against us are returning without having renounced their allegiance to the Confederate Government. We are fully persuaded that these men are coming here for the purpose of either recrniting for the rebel army or for the more dangerous purpose of organizing secret military companies to wage a guerrilla war in this part of Kentucky, or by violence and assassination to make the country so uncomfortable that the loyal men cannot stay here in peace. If General ilalleck will authorize the military here to arrest these men and hold them as prisoners of war until the war is over or authorize a company to be raised of loyal meu here to keep these men in subjection we can do it. We will raise the company and keep it up at our own expense. Something must be done and that immediately or the loyal men will have to surrender to violence and treason. Treason will have to be put down with a strong hand in Kentucky and treated as Geneval Halleck has treated it in Missouri before we can have peace. In this part of the State disloyalty is in the ascendant, and in order to place it at a discount the rabble must see that the Government has the will and the force to deal with it promptly and successfully. They treat with ridicule the administration of the oath of allegiance. Respectfully, W. 0. SMITH. R. T. LINDSAY. JAMES J. TEBBS. W. W. TRIMBLE. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 19, 1862. ID. L. PIULLIPS, U. S. ]Ilarshal, Springfield, Ill. Sin: By directiou of the Secretary of War I have to acknowledge the receipt of your communication asking that the officers in charge of the prisoners taken at Fort Donelson be instructed to furnish the names of all citizens of Illinois found among them in order that they may be tried for treason. In reply you are informed that such matters belong to the civil authorities, and that no fees can be paid or sanctioned by this Department for services rendered by marshals or district attorneys in the prosecution of citizens for treason. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. II. WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War. 18 R RSERIES Ii, VOL I Page 274 274 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTME1~T OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Saint Louis, March 19, 1862. D. L. PHILLIPS, Springfteld: Convey the parties arrested for aiding the escape of prisoners of war to Alton Military Prison anti have them placed in close confinement. H. W. HALLECK, Major- General. FORT HAMILTON, Xew York Harbor, March 19, 1862. General L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. Siu: Inclosed you will receive paper to which I have to request the approbation of the honorable the Secretary of War. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding. [Inclosure.] U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF Nuw YORK, New York, March 19, 1862. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, ~Jommandant Port Lafayette. DEAR COLONEL: In youe note of the 15th illstaut* you tell me that a person made use of my name to introduce himself into the fort and serve on you a writ of habeas corpus which you disregarded. Allow me to assure you that I have never authorized any one to use my name to approach you, and should the like be again attempted I wonld sug- gest that you seize the person so introducing himself and hold him in custody until I come down to ideutify him. I am, dear colonel, very faithfully yours, ROBERT MURRAY, U. S. Marshal. P. S.Any individual wishing to see the commanding officer will give his iiame and business to the officer of the day or the sergeant of the guard during the temporary absence of the officer of the day, and will show his papers if necessary. Should the officer of the day have any doubt on the subject he will indicate to the person above referred to that if he has any purpose of interfering improperly with the state or war prisoners in Fort Lafayette he cannot be received, and that if he makes use of Marshal Murray~s name improperly he will be inunediately sent to Fort Lafayette. [NOTE.This postscript appears to have been the copy of an order issued by Colonel Burke, forwarded for the information of the War Department. It is printed as found.] OFFICE OF COMMISSION RELATING TO STATE PRISONERS, Washington, March 19, 1862. W. P. WooD, Esq., Superintendent of the Old Capitol Prison. SIR: You will please discharge John A. Field, W. W. Harper, Wesley Avery, James E. McGraw, Stephen A. Green and James Green, pris- Not found, but see Burke to Seward, March 7, ante Page 275 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 275 oners at the Old Capitol Military Prison in this city, upon their engag- ing upon their honor that they will render no aid or comfort to the enemies in hostility to the Government of the United States. Respectfully, yours, JOHN A. DIX, EDWARDS PIERREPONT, (iommisstoners. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE Mississippi, i~aint Louis, March 22, 1862. Col. NV. NV. LOWE, Fort Henry, [Penn.: All citizens who come in to avoid imprisonment by the enemy should be allowed to go to Illinois or elsewhere. Prisoners of war should be retained till they are exchanged or can be sent to prison depots. II. NV. HALLECK, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, March 21, 1862. T. F. BAYARD, Wilmington, Del. SIR: I have been absent from this city on business connected with the military service; your letter would otherwise have been sooner answered. My direction to General Lockwood in October last was to disarm companies alleged to be disloyal if he could get any legitimate authority in Delaware, executive or military, to justify his action. The measures adopted by Colonel Wallace were approved by the major- general residing at or near Wilmington and were therefore so far as reported to me sustained. I expect General Lockwood here shortly and will then inquire into the whole proceeding. The parties who gave bonds for the arms cannot certainly be held for the penalty as they have been dispossessed by military force. I am, very respectfully, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. OFFICE OF THE DETROIT TRIBUNE, Detroit, March 28, 1862. [Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD.] M~ DEAR FRIEND: Circumstances have transpired which render it certain to my mind that there exists here and probably through every Northern State an organized treasonable association which is. in sym- pathy and constant communication with similar associations in the rebel States and with the rebels. Since the publication of the Guy Hopkins~* letter, which you may or may not have observed in the Tribune, a certain class of men uniformly known as Democratic sym- pathizers with the rebels have exhibited a spirit which goes far to prove in the minds of candid men the truth of that letter. Canada seems to be the base of their operations and communication with Europe and the South through sympathizing friends along the borders of this frontier, extending from this city to Lake Huron at least if no farther. * Sec case of Hopkins et al, p. 1244 et seq Page 276 276 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. I have just been informed of a trunk left here by an emissary and apparently a traveling agent of the secret cabals from Connecticut and who is now in the Sonthern States. The man with whom this trnnk is left at my suggestion examined its contents, and he informs me that there are letters in it of an important character confirmatory of the supposed existence of the treasonable order and criminating some individuals as parties thereto. I am p1 oinised an examination of the contents of the trunk, when if the report of it is confirmed, of which I have now little doubt, 1 will communicate with you again or have the trunk and contents seized and sent to you or their import. There are other facts and circumstances of a similar character which together have induced me to write you to suggest the propriety of having detectives employed here more than at present. I understand that there is but one person here only partially employed in that service. That person (1 mean Mr. Goldman) is all rightgood as far as he is authorized to act; but I am well satisfied that some one here should be authorized to employ other aid to him. The person so author- ized should act simply as agent for the Government in directing the work to be done and to protect the Government against exorl)itant charges and unnecessary expense. One or two and at times three or four persons might be necessary but not more than one probably would be needed in service all the time. I do not think our U. S. marshal is the proper person. He is seldom here, and I am sorry to add he leaves his office with two 1)emocrats whom I would not dare confer with on this subject, Mr. Goldman, a deputy, being the only reliable Union man around in the absence of the marshal, and the marshal is too timid and inefficient for such duty. I write all this confidentially but it is reliable. With such a detect- ive organization as I suggest I think that in a few weeks the whole thing can be ferreted out. Without it while individuals may do much it will take some months if it can be thus made successful. It is the most extensive treasonable organization that ever menaced any Govern- ment. I shall do all Ii can to root it out but should like to [seel some active Government effort to do it thoroughly. Very truly, your friend, II. B. BARNES. HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITION TO CARTHAGE, Camp Dietzler, March 30, 1862. Col. CHARLES DOUBLEDAY, Acting Brigadier- General, Commanding Post, Port Scott. COLONEL: I have in custody at this place twenty prisoners that I have apprehended since my arrival here. They are charged with the murder of Union men, driving them from their homes, stealing and destroying their property, & c. They have been members of independent guerrilla bands and some of them have been a terror to the peaceable citizens of this vicinitymoderate secessionists as well as Union men. If you will pardon me for the suggestion I would recommend that a commis- sion be called to meet at this place for their trial. I do so because the great bulk of the testimony that could be produced to substantiate the charges could not be obtained if they should be tried at Fort Scott or any other distant point. Referring the subject to your superior deliberation, I remain, Very respectfully, colonel, your obedient servant POWELL CLAYTON, Lieutenant-Colonel, Co~~~~anding Expeditiou to ~arthagc Page 277 List of prisonersa examined by the CommiSsion relating to political prisoners and how disposed of. Date of Where arrested. On what charge. Name. arrest. Norris, Mrs. Mary Mar. 8, 1862 Baltimore, Md Correspondence with (lisloyal persons afl(l with Colonel Zarvona in cipher. Cross, Benjamin J (let. 10, 1861 Seneca, Md Procuring the arrest of Doctor Cansten by the insurgents Jones, Thomas A Oct. 4, 1861 2opes Creek, Md Conumnunicnting with the enemy taking persons acnoss the river to bill the rehel army. Dent, George, sr Nov. 16, 1861 Virginia do Dent, George, Jr do do do Watkins, Rudolph Sept. 21, 1861 Georgetown, D. C Furnishing infoi-matiou to the insnrgents Watkins, George S do do do GettyWihliam F Oct. 1,1861 Washington, D.C Charged with being a spy Price, William B Feh. 26, 1862 Alexandria, Va Furnishing aid to the insurgents by contributions to support the I families of those absent serving in the rebel army. Brown, W.M do do do Hough,E.S do oo do Burke, John XV do do do Field, JohnA do do do Avery, Wesley do do do McGraw,J.E do do do Marhury, XV. H do do do Green, Stephen A do do do McKnight,W.H do do do Fleming,A.J do do do Taylor, Win. Arthur do do do Dan gertield, J. B do do do Smith JohuL do do do Cogan,W do do do En~hish, James A do do - - - - do Pee~i, Henry do do do Snowden, Edgar J (10 do do Field,H.C do do do Green, James do do do Harper, W. W do do do Claughton, heroine 0 do do do Jarhoc, J. J Feb. 20, 1862 Old Fields, Md Charged with being an enemy to the united States Government and sending recruits to the insurgents. Ball, Suminerfield Oct. 9, 1861 Near Camp Advance,Ya Charged with attempting to escape to the insurgents after having taken oath of allegiance. Welch, John Not given. Not given Said to boa deserter Day, William B Nov. 27, 1861 Dranesville, Va Murdering and robbing Federal soldiers at Lowes Island, Va Dickens, Francis A Feb. 1, 1862 Fairfax County, Va - -- - - Giving information to the insurgents Potter, James Jan. 27, 1862 Virginia No charges on record Bailey, Josiah E Feb. 1,1862 i Washington, D.C Being a spy and holding a commission in the insurgent army When dis - Condition of discharge. (-hanged. Mar. 18, 1862 Parole of honor. Mar. 21, 1862 Oath of allegiance. ....do Mar. 21, 1862 do Mar. 20. 1862 Mar. 20, 1862 Mar. 20, 1862 Mar. 19, 1862 do Mar. 18, 1862 Mar. 19, 1862 Mar. 20, 1862 ....do Mar. 20, 1862 ....do Mar. 20, 1862 Mar. 19, 1862 ....do Mar. 20, 1862 Mar. 21, 1862 Mar. 24, 1862 ....do lIe. Do. Do. Do. Parole of honor. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Ct Ct H z 1172 0 Ct 0 1172 Do. Do. Do. Do. Oath of allegiance. No date but marked on back, March 28, 1862 Page 278 List of prisoners examined by the commission relating to political pri8oners and how disposed ofContinued. Name. arrest. When dis - Condition of discharge. Date of Where arrested. On what charge. charged. Farr, James W Dec. 23, 1861 Dranesvihle, Va Murdering and rohhing Federal soldiers at Lowes Island, Va Mar. 24, 1862 Oath of allegiance. Farr, John II Nov. 27, 1861 do do do Do. Day,JohnT do do do Gunnehi, R. H do do (10 Mar. 25, 1862 Do. Coleman, C. W ..do do do Landstreet, A. C Jan. 19, 1862 Virginia No charge on record; had been prisoner before and released on roil. Mar. 24, 1862 Military parohe. itary parole. Drane, Robert C apt ur e d Point of Rocks, Md do Do. An~ 5 1861 Orrison, Jonah ~io do do Do. Dawson, Arthur do do do Do. C12 Murphy, James F Cap t n r ed Schooner Georgiana do Do. July 13. z Coleman, George [G.].... Dec. 1, 1861 Dranesyille, Va Secessionist and giving aid and fnrnishing information to insur- . - - .do Parole of honor. gents. Poole, Thos. F do do do do Do. Poole, James H do do do do Do. Poole, Bernard B do do do do Do. 0 Coleman, John do do do do Do. Coleman, Richard Dec. 6, 1861 do Procuring recruits for insurgent army do Do. Do Bell, John T Nov.27, 1861 do Murdering Federal soldiers and persecuting Union men Mar. 25, 1862 Oath of allegiance. ~ Curtis, Warren Feb. 13, 1862 Halls Hill, Va Attempting to pass through the Federal lines and go to the insur- . ~..do Do. gents. Nettleton, Alfred Sept. 11, 1861 Washington, D. C Corresponding with the insurgents do Parole of honor. Schley, Teach Dec. 12, 1861 Millstone Landing Being a spy do Do. Burson, JohaW Sept. 11, 1861 Mar. 26, 1862 Do. Fohlen, Charles Dec. 18, 1861 Fairfax Count, Va Being a spy and seizing property of Union men for confiscation... do Oath of allegiance. ~ Gorroley, George M Jan. 10, 1862 Cedar Creek, Md For attempting to go South in violation of Presidents proclamation do Parole of honor. Jenkins, B. H Feb. 5, 1862 Alexandria, Va.. ....... Being aspy and with having recently been a sutler in rebel army Benman, Jackson Not given. Not given ..... I With attempting to cross Federal lines; supposed to be insane Mar. 26, 1862 No conditions. Conner, James Aug. 1, 1861 Near Alexandria. V..... With attempting to (ross Potomac without a pass do Parole of honor. Scanland, 0. Allen Nov. 11, 1861 Fairfax County, Va Withviolatingoathofahlegianceandcommunicatingwithinsurgents do Do. Ellis, F. M Dec. 20, 1861 Washington, D. C....... Traitor and spy Mar, 28, 1862 Oath of allegiance and engagement not to leave New York, & c Bayliss, Bushrod W~ Jan 11 186~ Fairfax Counts, Va With furnishing informationwhieh led to murder of Federal ~iekets. Mar. 27, 1862 Parole of honor. Plaskett, Matthew do ...... do do Fleece, William J i Oct. ~8, 1861 Not given Furnishing material aid to the insurgents Mar. 27, 1862 Do. Wharton, J. B Dec. 22, 1861 Near Dam No. 5, ~ Being a spy; taken with arms in his hands Moore, William F Oct. 13, 1861 Fairfax County, Va Giving aid and comfort to the insurgents Mar. 27, 1862 Do. Donaldson, Moses P Jan. 5, 1862 Not given Attempting to convey goods through Federal lines to rebel army do Oath of allegiance. Means, Noble B Mar. 9, 1862 Point of Rocks, Md Corresponding with the insurgents do Do. Marshall, J. A Jan. 21, 1862 Not given Conveying information to insurgents do Parole of honor. Offult John F. C Jan. 20, 1862 j do Being a spy do Oath of allegiance Page 279 List of prisoners examined by the commission relating to political prisoners and bow disposed ofContinued. Name. Date of arrest. Fisher, William L Dec. 13, 1861 Jan. 5,1862 Jan. 28, 1862 10cc. 31, 1862 Feb. 20, 1862 Mar. 19, 1862 Dec. 12, 1861 Nov. 27, 1861 Feh. 3,1862 Cohen, J. Barrett Bryan, 0. Norris Michael, A. J Bryan, William P Bryan, F. Pliny Grymes, Thomas J. J Stewart, Henry A Carper, Philip W iRasin, P. W Greenhow, Mrs. Rose 0Neai Morris. Mrs. A. H MeVeigh, T. J Where arreste(l. Schooner Blooming Yonth,off Alexandria. Aliens Fresh. Md Pomoukey, Md Not given do do do Millstone Landing, Va.. lOranesyille, Va Xeiit Connty, Md On what (~lIarge. Conveying information to insurgents Sending merchandise and corre~pondence to insurgents Being an active secessionist Atfording aid and comfort to the insurgents Being a spy Spy and officer in the Confederate Signal Corps (living aid and comfort tothe insurgents Being a spy and conveying goods to insnrgents Mnrder of Union soldiers Holding commission of major in Confederate Army When dis charged. Condition of discharge. Mar. 27, 1862 Mar. 28, 1862 ....do Oath of allegiance. Parole of honor. Do. Do. Do. ~j2 0 H e z cia 0 ~ cia C ci Page 280 280 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. FORT HAMILTON, New York Harbor, April 1, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General of the Army, Washington, D. C. SIR: I send you inclosed an application made by the chaplain of this post for as I take it a general permit to visit the prisoners at Fort Lafayette and preach to them. I do not approve of this. I think, how- ever, that it would be very well if I were permitted to send him over to the fort in cases of extreme sickness where the patient expressed a desire to that effect. Yery respectfnlly, your obedient servaiit, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant- Colonel, Ihird Artillery. [Indorsementj The suggestions of Colonel Burke are approved and he is authorized to exercise his discretion on the subject. EDWIN M. STANTON. [Inelosure.] FORT HAMILTON, N. Y., April 1, 1862. Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, Port Hamilton. COLONEL: Since the period of my appointment to the post chaplaincy at Fort Hamilton I have as a Christian clergyman indebted alike to Jew and Gentile,.- bond and free, greatly desired to have conceded to me the privilege of visiting the political prisoners now consigned to your care at Fort Lafayette or hereafter to be committed to that fort or to any of the strongholds of the harbor of New York within the sphere of our commanding officers inspection. Will you, colonel, with your wonted kindness and scrupulously vigilant regard for the public good (provided that you are from my position and character satisfied of my loyalty and gratitude to a Government of the beneficence of which I afford even in my own humble person so impressive an exam- ple) forward and indorse my application to the proper Department for permission to me as aforesaid to visit as a Christian clergyman and Government chaplain the political prisoners referred to ~ I have the honor to remain, colonel, with great respect, your obliged and faithfnl servant, JOHN B URKE, Chaplain, U. S. Army. MOUNTA1N DEPARTMENT, April 1, [1862]. Capt. ALBERT TRACY, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. SIR: I have the honor to submit to the commanding general First. A list of citizen prisoners in custody at Wheelitig. Second. A list of prisoners of war* in custody at Wheeling now ordered to Camp Chase, Ohio. Third. A list of prisoners of war* in custody at Camp Chase, Ohio. Fourth. A list of citizen prisoners in custody at Camp Chase, Ohio. Fifth. A list of hostagest released on parole. All prisoners taken in arms against the Government of the United States are held as prisoners of war subject to exchange or other dispo Omitted. I Not found Page 281 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 281 sition by order of the commanding general. The release of citizen prisoners has been heretofore granted on their furnishing a petition from their loyal Union neighbors indorsed by the members of legisla- ture and senate from their district on taking the oath of allegiance, and finally by giving bond in a certain sum as some security for their fntnre loyalty. By order of Brigadier-General Rosecrans I lately reported these matters to the honorable Secretary of War at Washington. I was informed by General Thomas, Adjutant- General, that no further propo- sition to exchange prisoners with the rebels would be made at present, as the Confederate authorities had so often broken faith with ns. The practice of the rebels in arresting and imprisoning citizens loyal to the United States and non-combatants in Eastern Virginia has been much condemned, and a proposition made to the Secretary of War for his sanction to arrest and hold as hostages for these persons such resi- dents here as are known to entertain no sentiments of loyalty to the United States and to be connected by family ties or other close rela- tionship with the leaders and abettors of the rebellion, anticipating by this proceeding to mitigate if not snppress the evil complained of. * * * * Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOSEPH DAItR, JR., Major First [West] Virginia Cctvalry and Provost-Marshal. OFFICE OF COMMISSION iRELATINO- TO STATE PRISONERS, Washington, April 1, 1362. W. P. WooD, Esq., Superintendent, {c. Sin: You may release Mr. J. B. Dangerfield and Mr. William II. McKnight upon their giving their written parole of honor that they will render no aid or comfort to enemies in hostility to the Government of the United States. JOHN A. DIX, EDWARDS PIEIThEPONT, Commissioners. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2, 1862. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, County of W{shington: I, John B. Dangerfield, of Alexandria, Va., hereby give my parole of honor that I will render no aid or comfort to the enemies in hostility to the Government of the United States. JOHN B. DANGERFIELD. IIDQRS. MIDDLE DEPARTMENT, Baltimore, April 3, 1862. Hon. GILLET F. WATSON, Senator of Virginia. SIR: I have received yours of the 30th ultimo. I have been very much pained to observe that the Union feeling which was manifested n Accomack in November last has not been fully sustained. I attribute it to the want of courage and firmness in a few leading men. I think the course of Judge Pitts has doiie more to demoralize Accomack and ENot found Page 282 282 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Northampton than all other causes combined. His last act I regard as disloyal and criminal and my strong inclination was to arrest him. He has engaged in correspondence with a rebel Government at war with his own and labors to show that he has always been faithful to the former. He has lost irretrievably the respect of the friends of both. I say this in sorrow. It was in his power by a manly support of the Government to have carried the Easterii Shore of Virginia with him, and he has not only sacrificed his own influence but compromised the loyalty of both counties and possibly opened a fountain of dissen- sion and disaster. I wish you would show him this letter for I have no concealments, and let him understand as he will from this that your letter contains no allusions to him. 1 write to you spontaneously what I should have said to him two weeks ago when 1 read his printed address to the rebel legislature of Virginia if I had not been engrossed by important business in Washington. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. New York, April 7, 1862. Lient. Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, Commandant Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor. COLONEL: The commissioners appointed by the President to investi- gate the cases of state prisoners in your charge will hold their first session in this city to-morrow (Tuesday, the 8th instant) at 11 oclock precisely, and require the presence of the under-named ten iudividuals* whom you will please deliver into the custody of Messrs. l)e Voc and Sampson, my special deputies, who will show the original requisition. I am, colonel, your most obedient servaiit, ROBT. MURRAY, U. S. ]Jfarshal. NEW YORK, April 8, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: We have this day examined the cases of several l)risoners who have been long in prison and who are detained without just cause. Shall we order the release of such or ao you want their cases with our view to be first referred to the War Department, as the prisoners are now iu court ~ Please reply. JOHN A. l)IX. ED WARDS PIERREPONT. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 8, 1862. Maj. Gen. JOHN A. DIX, New York: Release them and send their names here. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Omitted Page 283 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 283 WAR DEPARTMENT ADJUTANT-GENERALS OFFICE, Washington, April 8, 1862. Hon. T. 0. HowE, U. S. Senate, Washington. SIR: In reply to your inquiry of the 4th instant I have respectfully to inform you that John C. Greigg not being in the military service could not be exchanged in regular course for a prisoner taken in arms against the United States. The subject of exchanges has engaged the earnest attention of the War Department, but there does not at present seem to be a corresponding willingness on the part of the rebels to make exchanges. I am, sir, & c., L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washi~~gto~~, April 9, 1862. JOHN A. KASSON, First Assistant Postmaster- General. SIR: The Secretary of War directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday inclosing for his consideration and such sugges- tions as he might think proper a copy of an order which the Postmas- ter-General proposes to make restoring mail facilities to newspapers which have heretofore been excluded therefrom as a measure of public safety. In reply the Secretary of War respectfully requests the Post- master-General to postpone the order believing it would be premature, pernicious in its tendency and prejudicial to the public safety if made at this time. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, P. H. WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERALS OFFICE, Washington, April 9, 1862. Maj. Gen. J. C. FR~MONT, U. S. Army, Commanding ]llonntain Department, Wheeling, Va. SIR: The Secretary of War directs me to inclose to you Major- General Hallecks General Order, No. 9~* publishing the proceedings of a military commission for the trial of offenses which cannot properly be brought before a court-martial. The Secretary approves this form of procedure in like cases, especially in regard to guerrillas of which there are several instances in the order. I am, sir, & c., 12. THOMAS, Adjutant- General. GENERAL DIXS HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, April 12, 1862. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: I returned to-day to look after things here. I have arranged with Judge Pierrepont to go back on Monday morning and complete the examination of state prisoners at New York. I was at Fort Lafayette yesterday. There are over 100 prisoners, mostly prisoners of war and See Vol. I, this series, p. 464, for Ilallecks General Order, No. 9 Page 284 284 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. privateersinen. They are comfortable but rather crowded. I think all the state prisoners at Forts Lafayette and Warren can be examined in ten days. JOHN A. DIX, Major- General. HEADQUARTERS MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, Wheeling, Tea., April 13, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General U. S. Army, llTashington. D. (1. SIR: I received to-day your note of the 9th inclosing Major-General Haflecks General Order, No. 9, sent to me by direction of the Secretary of War. This order does not furnish me with any information which I did not already have. The trial by military commission of offenses not ])roperly the subject of a court-martial was ordered by me and practiced under my administration in Missouri. The question which I submitted to the decision of the Secretary of War referred rather to the mode of punishment and to the expediency of a public declaration concerning it than to the form of trial. The subject is comprehended in the two following points: First. What course shall be pursued toward officers and men of the rebel army who formerly citizens of Virginia are now returning into this department, claiming for themselves immunity in person amid prop- erty upon the ground chiefly that they have thought it now expedient to abandon the Confederacy and consequently desire to resume their old allegiancel The people of the Wheeling government are strongly ol)posed to the return of these persons among them, and in the opinion of GovernorPeirpoint their presence here would involve the most serious difficulties. Second. What course shall be pursued in relation to guerrillas bearing the conmmnission of Governor Letcher or other Confederate authority~ Much excitement has been created among the People here by a knowl- edge of the fact that numerous bands are being organized in this depart- muent under the sanction of the Confederate authorities. It is officially reported to mue that many commissions for this purpose have been sent into Western Virginia by Governor Letcher, and such commis- sions have been recently found upon the persons of guerrillas. Such bands are already umaking their appearance in different counties and are only waiting the coming of the leaves to go fully into their work. Whether as guerrillas or spies the sense of the country here is that these people should be summarily and severely punished. Concerimimig these points there is entire unanimnity of opinion between Governor Peirpoint and myself as well as with the public sentiment, but I judged theum sufficiently important to require reference to the War Department. I accordingly desired to know if I should act without special imistructions. It seems also expedient and would give general satisfaction that the course of proceeding to be adopted should b& made known for the information of all parties interested. I have to ask that you will procure me amm early reply from the Secre- tary of War, and mneantime I will so far as possible defer final action in any case. Respectfully, your obedient servant, ~ C. FR~MONT, Major- General, Commanding Page 285 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. Political prisoners at Port Warren, April 15, 186g. Name. Residence. Arrested. Received. Remarks. R. H. Bigger Baltimore Oct. 16, 1861 Nov. 1, 1861 Released on parole. Geo. Win. Brown* do Sept. 13, 1861 . .. .do Refused to comply with condi- tions. M. Berry Oct. 8, 1861 - -. do Parole. Edward Baum Currituck, N. C Sept. 9,1861 ... .do Do. J. A. Douglass Edenton, N. C do do Do. XV. H. GatchelPK. . Baltimore July 1, 1861 . . . .do Refused parole. J. H. Gordout Cumberland, Md Sept. 17, 1881 . . - .do Unconditionally released. R. S. Grissons New H a no v e r Aug. 16,1861 . .. .do Parole. CountyN.C. Charles Howard*.. Baltimore July 1, 1861 - -. .do I~ot examined. F. K. Howard . .do Sept. 13, 1861 - .. .do Do. Win. G. Harrisont do Sept. 12, 1861 - .. .do Refused parole. ThomasW. Hall jr.K - ..do do do Do. S. H. Lyon do July 13, 1861 ... do Do. J. K. Millner Danville, Va Sept. 10, 1861 - .. .do Special parole. Charles Mac~illI. -. Hagerstown, Md Oct. 1,1861 . . . .do Refused to take parole. J. F. Newton New H a n o v e r Aug. 16, 1861 ... .do Order left for release whenever County, N. C he would accept. 5. F. Newton do do do Do. Edward ONeill. ...I Currituck, N. C Sept. 9,1861 - . . .do Parole. A. E. Smith San Francisco Aug. 2, 1861 ....do Had been discharged. T. P. ScoltI Baltimore Sept. 11, 1861 - .. .do Not examined. E. Sibern Currituck, iN. C Sept. 9, 1801 ... .do Offered parole. Thos. Shields I Baltimore Sept. 7,1861 . .. .do Parole. Win. H Winder Philadelphia Sept. 10, 1861 . .. .do Refused parole. H. M. Warfieldi ...I Baltimore Sept.12,1861 ....do Do. S. T. Wallist . ...do Sept. 13, 1861 ... do Not examined. Charles Keene New York Nov. 14,1861 Dec. 2,1861 In close confinement; refused to take parole. A. MI. Do Bree Norfolk, Va Dec. 4, 1861 Dec. 6, 1861 Lieutenant in Navy; refused to take oath; remanded. Win. T. Glassell.... Alabama do do Do. Robert Hulle Baltimore do Feb. 19, 1862 Refused parole. Geo. P. Kane* . do June 27, 1861 Nov. 1, 1861 Not examined. See Vol. I, this series, p. 619 et seq., for case of Baltimore police commissioners. Members of the Maryland legislature. See Vol. I, this series, p. 667 et seq., for correspondence, etc., relating to these arrests. a From Fort Lafayette. GENERAL Dixs HEADQUARTERS, Baltimore, April 16, 1862. E. D. WEBSTER: It is impossible for me to say at this moment when I shall be able to go to New York to resume the examination of state prisoners. JOHN A. DIX, Major. General. NEW YORK, April 16, 1862. E. D. WEBSTER, Department of State: I have examined all the state prisoners in Fort Lafayette. General Dix is not here yet; he must answer you. I cannot [say] when he will come. EDWARDS PIERItEPONT. ATTORNEY-GENERALS OFFICE, April 17, 1862. WILLIAM MEADE ADDISON, Esq., U. S. District Attorney for Maryland. SIR: Yours of the 15th is received. * * * As to the time of trial of the cases to be tried I have at present 110 instructions to give. That 28 Page 286 286 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. is a matter which must generally rest in the discretion of the district attorney, for it is quite impossible for this office to make preliminary examinations in cases generally or to judge correctly of the circum- stances .which may make it prudent to advance or retard trials in the various localities. Leaving the conduct of prosecutions mainly to the good judgment of the district attorneys I expect to give instructions only when asked and when there seems to me to be particular reasons for taking that course. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, EDWARD BATES. HEADQUARTERS MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, Wheeling, Va., April 19, 1862. Hon. EDwIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Siu: In continuation of the subject of my letter of April 13 to the Adjutant-General I send you the inclosed* documents taken from gner- rillas in a fight at Nicolas Mill on the 31st of March. It is under these commissions that guerrillas are organizing. Combined expeditions from the troops of railroad anti Kanawha districts were directed upon them yesterday. A similar expedition is ordered fronzi the troops under Scheuck and Milroy. Respectfully, your obedient servant, J. C. FREMOiNT, Major- General, Commanding. NAVY 1)EPARTMENT, Washington, April 26, 1861. FOURTH AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY. SiR: The amount found to be dne resigned navy officers from the States which claim to have seceded will hereafter be l)aid them from the U. S. fnnds heretofore sent to or deposited in those States except in cases where the Department shall otherwise direct. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GIDEON WELLES. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 28, 1862. Major-General WOOL, Fortress Monroe: In answer to a telegram* from Harper & Brothers this Department informed them that their sheet was understood to have been seized at Fortress Monroe for publishing intelligence that would give aid and comfort to the enemy and against the Articles of War; and that if such was the character of the paper the publishers would be arrested and tried by a military commission. This Department will support you in whatever measures you may dcem essential to the public safety. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Not fouud Page 287 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 287 WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, ilfay 1, 1862. MaJ. Gen. JOHN A. DIX, Judge EDWARDS PIERREPONT, Special Commissioners, & c., New York: The Secretary of War directs when you make an order for the dis- charge of a prisoner that you accompany it with an order for delivering up to him his effects if he has any directed to the officer in whose custody they may be. By order of the Secretary of War: P. II. WATSON, Assistant Secretary of War. BALTIMORE, il/Lay 12, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Mv DEAR SIR: Some circumstances have come to my kiiowledge concerning Major Ludlows transactions with political I)risoners at Fort Lafayette and in such a way that I cannot possibly overlook them. It is necessary in order that I may do justice to myself an(l the public for me to know other facts which I can only obtain through you. I allude particularly to a letter addressed to you by him denying that he had ever received any money from political prisoners. Will you be so kind as to furnish me with a copy of that letter ~ You will also oblige me by informing me what was the nature of the anthority he received from you to visit the prisoners at Fort Lafayette. You will I know appreciate the delicate relation in which a knowledge of the circumstances referred to places me to Major Ludlow as he has a confidential position on my staff and that you will give me all the information I require to enable me to act advisedly in the matter. 1 am, dear sir, sincerely, yours, JOHN A. DIX. Resolution adopted by the U. S. Senate May 14, 1862. Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to the Senate if in his opinion not iucompatible with the public interests any information in his possession touching the arrest of persons in Kentucky since the 1st of September, 1861, and their imprisonment beyond the limits of that State. U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEXv YORK, New York, May 17, 1862. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. SIR: Within the past few weeks several prisoners captured by U. S. cruisers on board vessels attempting to break the blockade have been delivered into my custody and consigned by me to the care of Colonel Burke, commandant Fort Lafayette, which proceeding on my part you have been pleased in each instance to indorse with your approval. I learn that among these prisoners there are many foreigners who owe no allegiance to this country, have no interest in remaining here when at liberty, and have in many cases been deceived as to the true destination of the vessel on which they were captured. Their consuls having made frequent application at this office for their discharge, an Page 288 288 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. considering that they are only an expense to the Government and would in most instances immediately leave the country never to return I respectfully ask your authority to examine and release all prisoners of the class above described who are not subjects of the United States willing to give their parole of honor to hold no communication with the insurrectionary States and to commit no act hostile to the Government of the United States. Soliciting the favor of your early reply, I have the honor to remain, sir, yonr most obedient servant, RORT. MURRAY, U. AS. ilfarshal. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, May 20, 1862. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Port Hamilton, N Y. COLONEL: Under existing circumstances no objection is entertained to allowing the British consul at New York to visit any of his country- men at Fort Lafayette who may have been captured in vessels attempt- ing to break the blockade. I will consequently thank you to give directions to that effect. I am, your very obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May 21, 1862. To the SENATE: Ill answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant request- ing information in regard to arrests in the State of Kentucky I trans- mit a report from the Secretary of War to whom the resolution was referred. ABI~AHAM LINCOLN. [Inclosure.] WAR DEPARTMENT, Uashington, ]Jfay 21, 1862. The PRESIDENT: The Secretary of War to whom has been referred the Senates resolu- tion of the 14th instant requesting the President to communicate to the Senate if in his opinion not incompatible with the public interests any information in his possession touching the arrest of persons in Kentucky since the 1st of September, 1861, and their imprisonment beyond the limits of that State, has the honor to report that it is not deemed compatible with the public interests at this juncture to furnish the information desired. Respectfully submitted. EDWIN M. STANTON, ASecretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERALS OFFICE, Washington, May 21, 1862. Col. J. DIMICK, First U. S. Artillery, Comdg. Port Warren, Boston, Mass. SIR: The Secretary of War directs that you transfer thirty-six of the political prisoners under your charge, selecting them as far as pos- sible from the Maryland prisoners, to Fort Lafayette, N. Y. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, L. THOMAS, Adjutant- General Page 289 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 289 U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, New York, May 28, 1862. Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, Commandant Port Lafayette. COLONEL: I have the honor to refer to my letters of the 5th, 20th and 24th instant and now inclose a decision from the Navy Department regarding the disposition to be made of persons captured on vessels breaking the blockade and brought to this port as prizes. After reading the original order you will be kind enough to return it to bearer, as I annex a compared copy for your future guidance. I am, colonel, with much esteem, your obedient servant, IROBT. MURRAY, U. S. ]Llarshal. [Inclosure.] NAVY DEPARTMENT, May 26, 1862. ROBERT MURRAY, Esq., U. S. Marshal, New York. SIR: I have received your telegraphic dispatch asking what disposi- tion is to be made of the persons captured on vessels breaking the blockade. All foreign snbjects are to be released if not required as witnesses. Passengers or persons on board, citizens of the United States, who have no connection with the attempt to violate the blockade or to furnish supplies to the rebels are also to be released if not required as witnesses. The officers and crew citizens of the United States are to be held in custody. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, GIDEON WELLES. U. S. MARSHALS OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, New York Ma Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, ~i 29, 1862. Commandant, & e., Port Lafayette. COLONEL: I beg leave to inclose you copy of an order received from the Navy Department determining what is to be done with the prison- ers captured on vessels breaking the blockade. 1 shall send down Officer Sampson to-morrow (Friday) to examine and release all persons who claim to be subjects of another Government than that of the United States of America. I am, colonel, with sincere esteem, your obliged and faithful servant, ROBT. MURRAY, U. S. Marshal. HEADQUARTERS, Po~-t Monroe, September 7, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. MY DEAR SIR: General Dix has show~i me your letter* to him of the 4th instant. For its friendly tone and recommendation you have my warmest thanks. No event of my life has given me such intense SNot found. 19 R R.SERIES II, VOL I Page 290 290 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. annoyance as this (properly so termed by you) wretched affair of Miliner. When my attention was first called to it I was disposed to treat it lightly for I did not then know that I was charged with seem- ing corruption or breach of trust. I have emphatically denied both and you do me but simple justice in resting upon your early confidence. I have never before during my whole life been charged with or even sus- pected of either corruption or breach of trust, public or private. When yon are less pressed by responsible cares and when there is time with- out intrusion upon public duties to take up cases of individuals and wheu I am enabled to follow up the necessary investigation I desire to go over this whole matter with you. I think that you will then admit 1 have not acted wrongly. Until such time I beg that you will rest upon your old confidence and predilections. I am, very truly, yours, ~ ~. LUDLOW. Memoranda of Various Political ArrestsFrom Record Book, U. S. Depart- ment of State, Arrests for Disloyalty. This person [Ferdinand Alfons Okelemski] was arrested by order of John A. Kennedy, superintendent of police at New York, June21, 1861. He was charged with attemuptiiig to enter the rebel army. His letter dated April 4, 1861, addressed to the commander of Pensacola Navy-Yard, says: I have been civil engineer of the city of Montgomery, Ala. My heart was always beating strongly for Southern rights and Southern constitution, and now since the Southern Confederacy is established I most respectfully would solicit some sort of employment in the Southern military engineering department. An order was issued from the Department of State dated June 29, 1861, directing John A. Kennedy to release Okelemski. He was released July 1, 1861. Thomas C. Fitzpatrick was arrested in Baltimore in July, 1861, and transferred to Fort Lafayette August 1, 1861. He was charged with having been concerned in the seizure of the steamer Saint Nicholas, which was delivered into the hands of the insurgents. Itepresenta- tions having been made to the Secretary of State that Fitzpatrick was a British subject and was not implicated as a party to the seizure of the Saint Nicholas an order was made for his release on the request of the Secretary of State by Lieutenant-General Scott. Fitzpatrick was accordingly released from Fort Lafayette August 19, 1861. About the 15th of January, 1862, Thomas C. Fitzpatrick was again arrested by order of Major-General Dix and committed to Fort Mdllenry from whence he was transferred by order of the Secretary of State dated Jannary 25, 1862, to Fort Lafayette. This last arrest was made upon the charge that he with others were conspiring to go to the insurgent States, in regard to which General Dix informs the Secretary of State by letters dated January 24, 1862, that we have satisfactory evidence that he has been engaged in recruiting for the insurgent army and that he was the leader of the party arrested. The said Thomas C. Fitzpatrick remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when he was transferred to the charge of the War Department Page 291 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 291 This man [William Williamsl was arrested by the civil authorities at Prince Fredericktown, Md., for gross violation of the criminal law in July, 1861, and committed to jail. The grand jury which had its sit- ting in the following October having failed to find a bill of indictment against Williams he was released. This man [Hobert D. Chambersi was taken into custody by order of Major Spear, provost-marshal at Martinsburg, about July 6, 1861, and sent to Fort I)elaware. He was charged with being a member of a regiment in the rebel service. An order was issued from the Depart- ment of State dated October 23, 1861, directing General John A. 1)ix to release Chambers on his taking the oath of allegiance stipulating neither to enter nor correspond with the States in insurrection without permission from the Secretary of State, and that he will do no act hos- tile or injurious to the United States during the present insurrection. He accordingly released October 26 1861. was This man [Dr. Edward Johnson] was arrested by order of General Dix and committed to Fort Mellenry about July 8, 1861, and from thence transferred to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing on what charges he was arrested. An order was issued from the Depart- ment of State dated September 13, 1861, directing Lient. Col. Martin Burke to release Johnson on his giving his parole to do no act and to give no information hostile or injurious to the United States. He was released September 17, 1861. Charles Wilson was confined by order of the military authorities at Baltimore about July 8, 1861, at Fort MeHenry. lIe was one of the crew of the schooner Margaret when taken by Itichard Thomas, alias Colonel Zarvona. W~ilson was kept in custody as a witness against said Thomas, being unable to give security for his appearance at the trial of Thomas. Charles M. ilagelin, of Baltimore, was owner of a vessel called the Alverda. In June, 1861, he made a trip in hex to the Patuxent liver under aix agreement to get off a vessel ashore there. He took eight men as passengers without charging them any fare, as it appears. These men he afterward learned were on the way to Virginia, but he proceeded to land them as he had undertaken. He was afterward and before he returned to Baltimore taken into custody by Captain Craven, of the U. S. Navy, and sent to Baltimore and delivered to General Banks at Fort MeHenry. He was afterw4rd transferred to Fort Lafay- ette. The date of his capture does ixot appear in any papers in the Department of State, but Mayor Brown* says it was the 19th of July. There is no more particular statement of the cause of his arrest than is given above, but that being substantiated by his own admission seems all sufficient. General Dix, who assumed command at Fort MeHenry about the time of ilagelins confinement on the 21st of October, wrote to the Department describing Hagelin as a person of simple character and without influence and saying: I think he has been sufficiently punished and recommend his immediate release. Hagelin was there- upon released on the 24th day of October, 1861, on taking the oath of allegiance. ______________________ Sec Brown to the President, P. 115 Page 292 292 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. William Leland Boggs, of North Carolina, arrived in New York from Breinen on or about the 24th of July, 1861. On the passage he had stated that he was a bearer of dispatches for the Confederate States. And on the arrival of the steamer and reception on board of the intelli- gence of the rebel success in the battle of 21st of July, 1861, he was excessively violent in the expression of his gratification. He was arrested by the superintendent of police of New York, but on searching his baggage and papers nothing of importance being discovered he was discharged July 25, 1861. The Department of State has no information of the time, place, or cause of this persons [Samuel II. Lyon] arrest. He was received at Fort Lafayette July 31, 1861, having been transferred with other pris- oners from Fort Mdllenry, and has since been sent to Fort Warren. In a letter dated February 5, 1862, he states that about the 6th of January an order arrived at Fort Warren directing that six persons Drane, Dawson, Orrison, Cusick, Murphy and Shepherdbe sent to General Banks headquarters to be exchanged as prisoners of war; that there was no person named Shepherd among the prisoners, and the remaining five were sent that two of these persons, James Murphy and John II. Cusick, were taken at the same time and under precisely the same circumstances as himself. No record is found in the Depart- ment of any order for any one to report to General Banks for exchange. In the list of prisoners at Fort Warren Lyon is stated to be from Balti- more. The said Lyon remained in custody at Fort Warren February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Sent to Fort Monroe, Va., November 26, 1862. Exchanged for Captain Schley by order of the Secretary of War.) A. Dawson was captured in Augi~st, 1861, by a porticn of General Banks command. He was a member of a Virginia rebel cavalry com- pany and as a prisoner of war was probably exchanged. (Turned over to General Banks at Fredericksburg for exchange January 6, 1862.) Robert Drane was captured in August, 1861, by a portion of Gen- eral Banks division. He belonged to a Virginia rebel cavalry com- pany, and being a prisoner of war was probably exchanged. (Turned over to General Banks at Fredericksburg for exchange January 6,1862.) James Connor was arrested by order of General Mansfield in the month of August, 1861, and committed to the Thirteenth Street Prison and from thence transferred to the Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers on if le at the Department of State showing on what charge he was arrested. The said James Connor remained in custody at the Old Capitol February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Refused parole February 22, 1862. Released March 26, 1862.) Eben Lane, one of the prize crew placed by the privateer Jeff. Davis on board the schooner Enchantress which was afterward captured by U. S. steamer Albatross and brought by that steamer into the port of Philadelphia, was arrested and taken into custody by U. S. Marshal Millward, of Pennsylvania, August 2, 1861. He was brought into court for trial on the 80th day of October, 1861, and was acquitted Page 293 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 293 Thomas Quigley was taken into custody by U. S. Marshal Miliward at Philadelphia Augnst 2, 1861, and transferred to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State dated Jannary 31, 1862. He was one of the prize crew placed by the privateer Jeff. Davis on the schooner Enchantress, afterward captured by the U. S. steamer Albatross and brought into the port of Philadelphia. He was brought into court for trial on the 30th day of October, 1861, and convicted. Said Quigley remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in con- formity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. Richard Lewis was one of the crew of the privateer Petrel which was captured by the U. S. frigate Saint Lawrence and brought into Phila- delphia, Pa., by the U. S. steamer Flag, and was taken into custody by Marshal Miliward August 8, 1861, and afterward committed to Fort Lafayette. The said Richard Lewis remained in custody at Fort Lafay- ette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Released on parole February 22, 1862.) This person [Frank Albor] was taken into custody by U. S. Marshal Miliward, of Philadelphia, August 8, 1861. He was one of the crew of the rebel privateer Petrel captured by the U. S. frigate Saint Lawrence and brought into the port of Philadelphia by the U. S. steamer Flag. Said Frank Albor died in prison at Philadelphia, November 9, 1861. This man [Austin C. Williams] was taken into custody by U. S. Marshal Millward at Philadelphia August 8, 1861, and transferred to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State dated January 31, 1862. He was one of the crew of the rebel privateer Petrel captured by the U. S. frigate Saint Lawrence and brought to Philadelphia by U. S. steamer Flag. Said Williams remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. Hugh Monagrow was one of the crew of the privateer Petrel cap- tured by the U. S. frigate Saint Lawrence and brought into the port of Philadelphia by the steamer Flag on the 8th of August, 1861. Mona- grow in company with the balance of the crew was transferred to Fort Lafayette February 5, 1862, where he remained February 15, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. This man [Robert Barreti was taken into custody by U. S. Marshal Millward, of Philadelphia, August 8, 1861, and sent to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State dated January 31, 1862. He was one of the crew of the rebel privateer Petrel captured by the U. S. frigate Saint Lawrence and brought into the port of Philadelphia by U. S. steamer Flag. Said Barrett remained in custody at Fort Lafay- ette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the oider of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department Page 294 294 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. This man [Thomas A. Brookbanksl was taken into custody by IL S. Marshal Miliward at Philadelphia August 8, 1861, and sent to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State dated Jannary 31, 1862. He was one of the crew of the rebel privateer Petrel captured by the U. S. frigate Saint Lawrence and brought into the port of Philadelphia by the U. S. steamer Flag. Said Brookbanks remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. John W. Dearing was one of the crew of the privateer Petrel cap- tured by the U. S. frigate Saint Lawrence and brought into the port of Philadelphia August 8,1861. Dearing in company with the balance of the crew was taken to Fort Lafayette February 5, 1862, where he remained February 15, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. A. C. Delahay was one of the crew of the privateer Petrel captured by the U. S. frigate Saint Lawrence and bronght into the port of Phila- delphia by the U. S. steamer Flag on August 8, 1861. Delahay in company with the balance of the crew was transferred to Fort Lafay- ette February 5, 1862, where he remained February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. William Bryan was taken into custody by U. S. Marshal Miliward at Philadelphia August 8, 1861, and sent to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State dated January 31, 1862. He was one of the crew of the rebel privateer Petrel captured by the U. S. frigate Saint Law- rence and bronght to the port of Philadelphia by the U. S. steamer Flag. Said Bryan was still in cnstody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. James A. Donnelly was arrested August 22, 1861, and committed to the Thirteenth Street Prison by order of the Secretary of State. He was charged with disloyalty to the Government and having returned from Richmond within a week before his arrest where he had gone for the purpose of assisting the present rebellion. Donnelly was after- ward transferred to the Old Capitol Prison where he remained February 15, 1862, when in accordance with the order of the War Department of the preceding day lie was transferred to that Department. (Released February 22, 1862.) This person [Joseph T. Ellicott] was arrested by order of General Porter, provost-marshal of Washington, and committed to the Thir- teenth Street Prison August 23, 1861.. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing why or on what charges he was arrested. Urgent application having been made for his release the Secretary of State ordered his discharge on taking the oath of alle- giance and stipulating not to enter or correspond with the insurrec- tionary States. He was accordingly released October 10, 1861 Page 295 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 295 Mrs. F. E. ilassler was arrested by order of the Assistant Secretary of War and committed to the Thirteenth Street Prison August 23, 1861, and from thence transferred to Mrs. Greenhows. She was charged with holding a contraband correspondence with the insurrectionary States. Mrs. Hassler was released by order of the Secretary of War on oath of allegiance and parole October 30, 1861. On the 24th of August, 1861, A. Q. Keasbey, esq., U. S. district attorney for New Jersey, wrote to the I)epartment of State that he had caused the arrest of a man lately from Columbia, S. C., and about to return soon, on an affidavit of a soldier of Second Fire Zouaves of New York; that he offered him a pass to the Southern army and a captains commission if he would go and join it, and stated that he had already passed several and was going to send more. August 27 the said dis- trict attorney (Keasbey) wrote again stating the name of the person arrested to be Phineas F. Frazee, and sending a copy of the affidavit of the soldier on which the arrest was made, which stated that said Frazee came to deponent and endeavored to influence him to go South and join the Southern army; that he told the deponent that he had passed men both ways to and from the South, and that if deponent would go he would give him a pass he could go with, and that when he arrived there he would have a captains commission, and he said he had passed others South and intended to pass more. The said district attorney stated in his letter that Joseph Gabriel, the soldier who made said affidavit, had gone to Washington and there was no other testimony, and he intimated that no great reliance could be placed upon said affidavit of said Gabriel. The Acting Secretary of State therefore on the 31st day of August, 1861, wrote to the said district attorney advising the discharge of the said Frazee. This person [Samuel H. Eakins] was arrested in Philadelphia August 24, 1861, and by order of the Secretary of State committed to Fort Lafayette. He was charged with disloyalty, and having lately returned from Richmond was suspected of being a spy. While in Richmond he was employed by one Sloat who was in the rebel service. By order of the Secretary of State the said Samuel H. Eakins was released from custody November 6, 1861, on taking the oath of allegiance. Francis M. Fisk is a native of Rhode Island but a resident of New Orleans. He was arrested at the instance of Governor Sprague at Providence, R. I., charged with the intention of taking his son Frank South to join the rebel army, and committed to Fort Lafayette August 26, 1861, by order of the Secretary of State dated August 24, 1861. The charge against Mr. Fisk is supported by the affidavit of James E. Stevens that he boarded with Francis Fisk, son of Francis M. Fisk, in the family of Mrs. Mary Chamberlain~ that Francis M. Fisk came to the house of the said Mrs. Mary Chamberlain and told her I am going to take my son Frank South to put [him] in the army. An order was issued from the Department of State dated September 30, 1861, for the release of Fisk on his taking the oath of allegiance and giving his parole of honor to do no hostile act, & c. He was accordingly released October 2, 1861. The returns from Fort Lafayette set forth that Hilary B. Cenas, of the U. S. Navy, was committed to custody in that fort by order of the Secretary of the Navy on the 28th day of August, 1861; that he wa Page 296 296 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. transferred to Fort Warren by order of the Secretary of State on the 30th day of October, 1861. The returns from Fort Warren make no mention of this person nor is any further evidence concerning him to be found in the papers of the Department of State. (Released to be exchanged for Abbott December 19, 1861.) These persons [John W. and Ezra E. Cornell] were taken prisoners at Fort Hatteras* and committed to Fort Columbus and from thence transferred to Fort Warren. They were held as prisoners of war. Application having been made for their release and statements made of a satisfactory character that they were compelled to joiu the Confe& erate Army and that they were willing to give their parole to do no further hostile act against the United States Government, an order was issued from the Department of State directing Colonel Dimick, com- manding at Fort Warren, to release them on their engaging on oath not to leave the State of New York without permission of the Secretary of State and not to hold any treasonable correspondence or do any act hostile or injurious to the Governmen U of the United States. They were accordingly released from confinement November 2, 1861. This person [F. 1~ iloskins] was one of the prisoners taken atllatteras* by the expedition under General Butler and was confined in Fort Colum- bus. He claimed to be a chaplain in the service of the rebels. Byorderof the Secretary of State said F. V. iloskins was released October 21,1861, on taking an oath to do no act hostile or injurious to the Government of the United States nor enter nor correspond with any state in revolt against the authority of the United States during the present insurrec- tion without permission of the Secretary of State. Richard S. Freeman, of Macon, Ga., was arrested in New York by the superintendent of police on the 29th day of August, 1861. He was taken to Fort Lafayette and afterward transferred to Fort Warren. Freeman was charged with giving aid and assistance to the rebels by purchasing and transmitting to them necessary amid useful machinery and other articles, and making efforts to do so, and with being a spy. His papers show that he left Macon on the 9th of August, 1861, with means and instructions to purchase a shoe peg machine and with intro- duction to parties in Louisville, Ky., who it was hoped would be able to get the machine conveyed southward through the lines of the U. S. forces. This machine was so much desired at Macon that it was repre- sented as a public necessity. Freemans papers also show that he had taken some steps toward fulfilling this commission before his arrest, and was engaged therein up to the day of his arrest~ and also that lie was on the lookout for other purchases which he might judge to be useful and profitable if made and conveyed to Georgia. Freeman had a check and letter of credit from the Bank of Middle Georgia on Messrs. Biugham & Parsons, 18 Exchange Place, New York. The said Freeman remained in custody at Fort Warren February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was trans- ferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Released February 22, 1862.) These men [William Robinson and Riddock Brooks] were colored servants of rebel officers captured at Hatteras lnlet* and with said officers committed to Fort Warren as prisoners of war. Application *August 29, 1861 Page 297 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 297 was made November 6, 1861, for their release by Captain Clements, one of said officers, who stated that Robinson and Brooks were free negroes; had never been in Government employ but were mere servants for himself and other officers and were anxious to return to their fami- lies. An order was issued from the Department of State dated Novem- ber 29, 1861, directing Colonel Dimick to release these men on their taking the oath of allegiance. Colonel Dimick reports December 2, 1861, that said Robinson and Brooks have no objection to the oath except that having families in North Carolina if they take the oath they cannot return to them and therefore prefer not to be discharged. A subsequent order was issued from the Department of State dated Janu- ary 6, 1862, directing Colonel Diinick to release Robinson and Brooks on their parole of honor to do no act hostile to the United States dur- ing the present insurrection. They were accordingly released. From the report of William H. Woodward, esq., prize commissioner in Washington, to the Secretary of State it appears that Thomas H. Stewart was arrested in Chesapeake Bay near Dorchester County, Md., about the 29th of August, 1861, on board the sloop T. J. Evans which was seized by the U. S. schooner Dana. He was charged with being one of the crew of the sloop which was conveying contraband arms and goods to the rebels in Virginia. Stewart was taken to Washing- ton and placed in jail. An investigation of his case resulted in his being released by order of the Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States September 27, 1861. Frank E. Williams, of the Choctaw Agency west of Arkansas, was arrested by order of John S. Keyes, U. S. marshal at Boston, August 30, 1861, and committed to Fort Lafayette by order issued from the Department of State August 31, 1861. He was charged with being disloyal and suspected of being engaged in treasonable practices. His utterance of strong secession sentiments supported the charge and suspicion. He was released September 7, 1861, by order of the Secre- tary of State. Uriah B. ilarrold was arrested August 30, 1861, by John A. Ken - nedy, esq., superintendent of police at New York City, and confined at Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State. He was charged with disloyalty and with being an officer in the rebel army. The evi- dence upon which he was arrested consists of his own statements l)roved by numerous witnesses to have been reported by his family con- nections to the effect that he was an officer (captain) in the rebel army. An order was issued from the Department of State dated September 16, 1861, directing Lient. Col. Martin Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release ilarrold on his taking the oath of allegiance to the United States. He was released September 18, 1861. M. M. Hallinan, alias Stover, was arrested August 31, 1861 ,by superintendent of police of New York City, John A. Kennedy, on corn- plaint of F. A. Fabre. Hallinan, who is or was a Catholic priest, is charged by Fabre with having attempted to induce him to desert from the service of the United States (Fabre at the time being a private in Company I, Colonel Baxters Philadelphia Fire Zonaves) and join the rebel army, offering to procure for him a commission as major in th Page 298 298 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. same regiment in which he (Hallinan) was to serve as chaplain. He further represented that he had command of any amount of money and would give Fabre should he desert ~3, 000 for an outfit. No evi- dence* has been received at the Department of State showing that ilallinan was committed to prison. This person 11W. II. Ward], late a lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, was dismissed from the service on tendering his resignation in May, 1861, and on his arrival in New York August 31, 1861, was arrested by the order of the Secretary of the Navy and committed to Fort Lafayette. No order has been issued or action taken by the Department of State in regard to the case of Ward. This person [Daniel Deckarti was arrested by U. S. Marshal Lamon, of the District of Columbia, in September, 1861, and committed to the Thirteenth Street Prison in Washington. He was the publisher of the paper in Hagerstown, Md., called The Hagerstown Mail, and it ispre- suiued that he made it a disloyal sheet, though there are no charges on file in the Department of State against him. Having made application for his release and expressed a willingness to take the oath of allegiance an order was issued from the Department of State directing General Porter, provost-marshal of Washington, to release Deckart on his tak- ing the oath of allegiance and stipulating not to enter or correspond with any of the insurrectionary States. He was accordingly released October 9, 1861. This person [George A. Sheahan] was arrested by order of General Daniel E. Sickles in September, 1861, in Anne Arundel County, Md., at the house of one Marriott and taken to Washington, D. C., and deliv- ered into the custody of the commanding general at headquarters. He was charged with having in his possession letters addressed to persons in the enemys service in Virginia with the intention of transmitting them to that State. The report of his arrest and papers found upon Sheahan are said to be hled and in possession of the military authori- ties. There is no evidence showing that any action was taken by the Department of State in this case or what disposition the military author- ities made of the prisoner. Samuel Davidson was arrested on or about September 1, 1861, near North Point, Md., by order of General Dix. lie was in company with some twenty-three others on his way to a sloop which was to convey them to the lower part of Maryland with a view it was supposed of joining the rebel army. Davidson was transferred by order of Gen- eral Scott to Fort Columbns, where he arrived September 5, 1861. He was released by order of the Secretary of State October 5, 1861, on tak- ing the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States. George Gosswell was arrested about September 1, 1861, near North Point, Ad., by order of General Dix. He was in company with twenty- three others on his way to a sloop wimich was to convey themu to the lower part of Maryland with a view as was supposed of joining the rebel army. Gosswell was afterward transferred by order of General Scott to Fort Columbus, where lie arrived September 13, 1861. He was released October 5, 1861, by order of the Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance. ____ ___ 8ee p. 57 for letter of Archbishop Hughes relating to Hallina Page 299 SUSPECTED ANT) DISLOYAL PERSONS. 299 Benjamin F. MeCawley was arrested about September 1,1861, near North Point, Md., by order of General Dix and committed to Fort Mdllenry. He was on his way in company with twenty-three others to a sioop which was to convey them to the lower part of Maryland with a view as was supposed of joining the rebel army. MeCawley was after- ward by order of General Scott sent to Fort Columbus, wherQ he arrived September 13, 1861. He was released October 5, 1861 ,by order of the Secretary of State on taking the oatli of allegiance and stipulating not to visit or correspond with persons residing in the insur- rectionary States and to do no act hostile against the United States. William MeKewen was arrested about September 1, 1861, near iNorth Point, Md., by order of General Dix and committed to Fort Mdllenry. He was on his way in company with twenty-three others to a sloop which was to convey them to the lower part of Maryland with a view as was supposed of joining the rebel army. MeKewen was afterward by order of General Scott sent to Fort Columbus, where he arrived September 13, 1861. He was released October 5, 1861, by order of the Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance. Frederick Tollenback was arrested about September 1, 1861, near North Point, Md., by order of General Dix. He was in company with twenty-three others on his way to a sloop which was to convey them to the lower part of Maryland with a view as was supposed of joining the rebel army. Tollenback was afterward transferred by order of General Scott to Fort Cohimbus, where he arrived September 13,1861. He was released October 5, 1861, by order of the Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance. John Wilkins was arrested about September 1,1861, near North Point, Md., by order of General Dix and committed to Fort Mdllenry. He was on his way in company with twenty-three others to a sloop which was to convey them to the lower part of Maryland with the view it is supposed of joining the rebel army. Wilkins was afterward by order of General Scott sent to Fort Columbus, where he arrived September 13, 1861. He was released October 5, 1861, by order of the Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance. This man [George Thompson] was arrested in or near Baltimore about September 1, 1861, by order of General Dix and committed to Fort Mcllenry and from thence transferred successively to Fort Columbus and Fort Warren. He was charged with carrying on an illicit corre- spondence with the Confederate States or for having intended to go into their service. An order was issued from the Department of State dated November 23, 1861, directing Colonel Dimick, conunanding at Fort Warren, to release Thompson on his taking the oath of allegiance, stipulating neither to enter nor correspond with the States in insurrec- tion nor do any act hostile to the Government of the United States during the present insurrection. He was accordingly released Novem- ber 26, 1861. James La Guire, a British subject, was arrested at Boston about September 2, 1861, by order of B. W..Morton, assistant district attor- iaey. He was charged with disloyalty and attempting to proceed to the insurrectionary States with a Canadian uniform, & c., in his trunk. Upon an examination before a magistrate La Guire was found to be Page 300 300 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. British subject. An order was issued from the Department of State dated September 14, 1861, directing iRich. H. Dana, jr., U. S. attorney, to release La Guire on condition that the British consul undertake to see him back to Nova Scotia at Her Majestys expense. He was released on or about September 21, 1861. The first information concerning this man [James Chapin] received at the Department of State was contained in a telegram from John Burt, deputy U. S. marshal in New York, dated Saratoga, September 3, 1861, as follows: I have arrested James Chapin, a captain of the Vicksburg (Miss.) Home Guards. What shall I do with him0? He was committed to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State dated September 4, 1861. At the time of his arrest the papers and correspondence in the possession of himself and wife were seized. His letters from Yicksburg to his wife contained the following state- ments: July 11, 1861.We are making a mighty effort for our inde- pendence and believe we shall have it. Again: I am deeply enlisted in our snccess, having subscribed and given money pretty liberally for my means, and have bought Confederate bonds. An order was issued from the Department of State dated October lb, 1861, directing Lieutenant-Colonel Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release Chapin on his taking the oath of allegiance stipulating that he will do no act hostile or injurious to the United States nor hold correspondence with residents of the insurrectionary States nor leave the State of New York during the present insurrection without the permission of the Secretary of State. He was accordingly released October 17, 1861. This person [A. D. Wharton], late a midshipman or lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, was arrested and confined at Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of the Navy about September 8, 1861. No order has been issued or action taken by the Department of State in regard to the case of said Wharton. George W. Barnard, residing at New Berne, N. C., came to New York by way of the British provinces in the schooner Susan Jane, andwas returning in the same vessel when he was captured September 8, 1861, and taken to Fort Lafayette from whence he was afterward transferred to Fort Warren. The first information received at the Department of State in relation to this prisoner was through a letter from his brother, Licut. William C. Barnard, addressed to the Postmaster-General, dated October 31, 1861, transmitted by the Postmaster-General. The said Barnard was released from confinement on taking the oath of allegiance to the United States on the 30th day of November 18 order of the Secretary of State. 61, by The only information the Department of State has concerning this man [Edward Baum] is that he was arrested at Hatteras, N. C., Septem- ber 9, 1861, by order of the Secretary of the Navy, while attempting to run the blockade on a merchant vessel, and committed to Fort Warren November 1, 1861, by order of the Secretary of the Navy. Said Baum remained in custody at Fort Warren February 15, 1862, when in con- formity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Released May 7, 1862, by order of commissioners, General Dix and Edwards Pierre- pont. Page 301 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 301 This person [George A. Shackleford] was mate of the schooner Susan Jane which was captured September 9, 1861, while attempting to run the blockade at Hatteras Inlet. He was sent to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of the Navy and afterward transferred to Fort Warren. The said G. A. Shackleford remained in custody at Fort Warren Feb- ruary 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Depart- ment of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Released March 5, 1862, on honor not to render any aid or comfort to enemies in hostility to the United States Government.) John W. Andrews, of New Orleans, was arrested at Providence, R. L, on the 10th of September, 1861, by Albert Sanford, esq., U. S. marshal, under direction of the Secretary of State. He was charged with being an officer in the rebel service, and was taken to New York with a view to placing him in confinement. Before he was taken to the fort, how- ever, it was made to appear satisfactorily that he was not the person intended to be arrested but had been taken for another man oi~ the same name. He was therefore released on or about the 13th day of Septem- ber, 1861. This person [Bnshrod W. Marriott] was arrested by order of General Sickles in Maryland and committed to the Thirteenth Street Prison in Washington, September 10, 1861. The only information received at the Department of State relative to Marriott is contained in a letter from William Price, esq., of Baltimore, stating that Marriott was arrested for giving aid and comfort to the rebels, but the charge was unfounded and he therefore urged the release of the prisoner. The said Marriott was ordered to be released by the Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance to the United States Government. This man [Samuel P. A,yilson] was arrested by order of General Sickles and committed to the Central Guard House September 10, 1861, and transferred to the Thirteenth Street Prison, Washington, D. C., by order of General Porter. He was released October 8, 1861, upon taking the oath of allegiance by order of General Porter. David Summers, of Baltimore, was arrested with some twenty others at North Point, Md., about September 13, 1861, and by order of Lieutenant-General Scott committed to Fort Columbus and from thence transferred to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. Vie was charged with being about to proceed to the insurrectionary States for the purpose of joining the rebel forces. An order was issued from the l)epartment of State dated December 9, 1861, directing Colonel Dimick, commanding at Fort Warren, to release Summers on his taking the oath of alle- giance stipulating that he will neither enter nor correspond with the States in insurrection against the United States nor do any act hostile to the United States during the present insurrection. (Released December 12, 1861.) Dennis Kelly was arrested September 13, 1861, by order of Lieu- tenant-General Scott and taken to Fort Columbus. Kelley was cap- tured with some twenty others on suspicion of his being on his way to join the rebel army. Being a British subject he was released without taking an oath of allegiance by order of the Secretary of State Sep- tember 24, 1861 Page 302 302 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Patrick Crohan was arrested September 13, 1861, by order of Lieu- tenant-General Scott and taken to Fort Cohnnbus. lie was captured in company with some twenty others on suspicion of being on his way to join the rebel army. Being a British subject he was released by order of the Secretary of State September 24, 1861. Information having been received at the Department of State that John IR. Gwynn was in custody at Fort Mdllenry the Secretary wrote General Dix September 13, 1861, asking a report in said Gwynns case as to the expediency of releasing him. General Dix replies September 16, 1861, that said John R. Gwynn was released about a fortnight since. The first information received by the Department of State concern- ing this man [Leonard Sturtevant] was contained in a telegram from U. S. Marshal J. S. Keyes, of Massachusetts, and directed to the Sec- retary of State under date of Boston, September 14, 1861, as follows: Leonard Sturtevant, of New Orleans, rich, influential, energetic, thoroughly seces- sionist, is here about to return with his family. He brought on large sums; has been in Phila4elphia, New York and Maine since on business. The district attorney joins in asking what action shall be taken. He was arrested by Marshal Keyes and committed to Fort Lafayette September 19, 1861, by order of the Secretary of State. An order was issued from the Department of State dated September 25, 1861, direct- ing Col. Martin Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release Stur- tevant on his taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States and giving his parole not to return to Louisiana or any other State now in rebellion against the authority of the United States Government without leave of the Secretary of State. He was accord- ingly released September 27, 1861. This person [Moses Stannard] was arrested by U. S. Marshal [David II.] Carr at Madison, Conn., September 16,1861, by order of the Secretary of State and committed to Fort Lafayette. September 12, 1861, U. S. Marshal Carr,in a letter to the Secretary of State asking authority to arrest Stannard, stated that he (Stannard) is a man who can and is doing great mischief; that he raised a secession flag on his premises. Stan- nard is also charged with having stated to one Wilcox that he hoped to God the secessionists would capture Washington and burn all the public property and shoot the President and all his Cabinet, and that he would go and help them do it if he could effect it by so doing. Application having been made for his release an order was issued from the Department of State dated October 12, 1861, directing Lieutenant- Colonel Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release Stannard on his taking the oath of allegiance to the United States Government and stipulating not to enter into or correspond with any of the insurrec- tionary States. The said Moses Stannard was accordingly released October 14, 1861. George A. Hubbell was arrested September 20, 1861, by U. S. Mar- shal David H. Carr, of New Haven, Conn., by order of the Secretary of War and committed to Fort Lafayette. Hubbell was charged with being a noisy secessionist and doing great mischief by his treasonable talk. He was news agent on the Kaugatuck IRailroad and persisted in selling the New York Daily News contrary to orders. He was released September 26, 1861, on taking the oath of allegiance, by order ~f the Secretary of State Page 303 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 303 George P. Pressy of Saint Louis, Mo., was arrested in Marion County, Ky., on or aliont the 20th day of September, 11861, charged with aiding the rebellion agaiust the United States. He was probably takeu by the Kentucky Home Guard or by order of General Anderson, though there are no documents iu the State Department showing any of the particulars in relatiou to his arrest or commitment. He wassent to Fort. Lafayette and afterward to Fort Warren. On the 10th day of February, 1862, Pressey was released from confinemeut on taking the oath of allegiance with stipulations against future misconduct and to report to the Department of State. John Bateman was arrested at Portland by the U. S. marshal for Maine on or about the 21st of September, 1861, charged with convey- ing dispatches for the rebels arid with affording them aid and comfort. He was sent to Fort Lafayette. The papers found upon Bateman were represented by the marshal as of importance, but there is no evidence in the Department of State to show what their character was. On the 2d day of October, 1861, Bateman was released from confinement by order of the Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance with stipulations against future misconduct. H. K. Stevens~ late lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, was arrested at Portsmouth, N. H., September 24, 1861, by Captain Pearson, com- manding at Kittery Navy-Yard, and committed to Fort Lafayette. Stevens tendered his resignation as a lieutenant in the U. S. Navy March 25, 1861, and by order of the President his name was stricken from the rolls of the Navy September 30, 186 [. No order has been issued nor action taken by the Department of State in regard to the case of Stevens. William E. Wright, of Marion County, Ky., was airested by Col. H. W. Johnson, of the Kentucky Home Guard, on or about the 24th of September, 1861, charged with having taken up arms against the Gov- eminent of the United States or otherwise aiding in the rebellion against the same. After his arrest he was sent by General Anderson to Indianapolis and then by order of the Secretary of State to Fort Lafay- ette and was afterward transferred to Fort Warren. It appears by Wrights statements to some of his friends who petitioned for his dis- charge that he had been to Bowling Green, Ky., tosell horses, which were probably for the military service of the rebels, and that he had been in the State of Tennessee trying to make some money for his family, by what kind of traffic is not stated. (in the 11th day of Janu- ary, 1862, Wright was released from conanement on takuig the oath of allegiance with stipulations against future misconduct. The only information received at the Department of State relative to this person [J. L. ONeil] was contained in a telegram from a Gov- eminent agent dated Philadelphia, September 25, 1861, stating that ONeil was a Virginian and an intimate friend and companion of one Winder who had been arrested for disloyalty. He was ordered by the Secretary of State to be arrested, but there is no evidence on file in the Department of State showing that he was ever committed to prison. The first information received at the Department of State in regard to this person [David K. Mortoni was contained iii a letter from Andre Page 304 304 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Wallace to the Secretary of State dated Indianapolis, September 25, 1861, in which the arrest of Morton is mentioned ~as having taken place and asking what shall be done with him. Mr. Wallace refers to Mor- ton as being a secessionist and as having been in the rebel army. In reply to Mr. Wallace the Secretary of State September 30, 1861, directed him to consult Governor Morton, of Indiana, and if the latter approved to take the prisoner to Fort Lafayette. No further informa- tion having been received at the Department of State relative to Morton it is presumed that he was discharged. The first information relative to this man [C. J. M. Gwinn] received at the Department of State was contained in a letter from Hon. iReverdy Johnson dated September 27, 1861, saying that he is informed that said Gwinn was to be arrested on a charge of disloyalty; that he was perfectly loyal and onght not to be arrested. There are no papers on file in said Department showing that said Gwinn was ever arrested but there is on file an oath of allegiance pnrporting to be signed by C. J. M. Gwinn and dated September 27, 1861. David B. and John H. Crumbangh* were arrested by the home guard in Clark County, Ky., and taken to Camp Chase, Ohio, in October, 1861. They were charged with attempting to enter the insur- rectionary States contrary to the Presidents proclamation, David B. proposing to practice law in Arkansas and John H. intending to go to Mississippi where he had been engaged as an overseer of a plantation. A telegram dated November 7, 1861, from Governor Dennison, of Ohio, asks the release of the brothers Crumbaugh. The Secretary of State replies nuder date of November 8 that he is compelled to postpone the release of any prisoners of war from Kentucky at this juncture. Sub- sequently the Secretary of State requested Governor l)ennison to sound them as to their disposition to engage not to accept employment of any kind in the South or do any act hostile to the United States. Edward Payne was arrested near Lebanon Junction, Ky., by military authority about October 1, 1861, and sent to Fort Lafayette. At the time of his arrest he was armed with a revolver, rifle with sword bayo- net, cartridge-box, bayonet scabbard, and in every way equipped for service. He confessed that he was on his way South to join the Con- federate Army. He was released by order of the Secretary of State October 14, 1861, on taking the oath of allegiance and stipulating that he would not visit any of the insurgent States or hold correspondence with any persons residing in them. Benjamin P. Loyall, a lieutenant in the Navy and attached to the U. S. ship Constellation, was arrested on arrival of said ship at Ports. mouth, N. II., from the coast of Africa by order of the Secretary of the Navy for refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government. He was committed to Fort Lafayette October 2, 1861, and transferred to Fort Warren October 30. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing how his case was disposed of by the Secretary of the Navy. * In a letter of Secretary Seward tliis name appears as cunnebaugh Page 305 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 305 These men [Samnel J. Sharp and son] were arrested at Williamsport when crossing the lines of the U. S. Army from the South and sent to General Dix at Baltimore October 4, 1861. They were charged with having visited the insurrectionary States on commercial business in violation of the Presidents proclamation. They claimed to be British subjects and were released about October 7, 1861, by order of the Sec- retary of State. The first information received at the Department of State relative to this person [David 11. Mister] was contained in a letter from lion. J. W. Crisfield, October 4, 1861, with inclosures of petition and letter of citi- zens of Accomack County, Va., asking the release of Mister. The peti- tion states that Mister was arrested in Chesconnessex Creek, Va., on board of his vessel, the Indiana, and was charged with having been engaged in conveying powder, balls, & c., contraband articles, to the rebels in Virginia, and was taken to and confined at Fortress Monroe. A letter also inclosed with the petition by Hon. J. W. Crisfield from E. IR. Snead, of Onancock, Va., stated that Mister was confined at the Rip Raps. October 9, 1861, an order was issued from the Department of State directing Major-General Wool to release Mister on his taking the oath of allegiance and stipulating not to enter the insurrectionary States or do any act hostile to the United States Government. Major-General Wool replied by letter to the Secretary of State dated October 12,1861, that this person was not and had not been at Fort Monroe or the Rip Raps. No information has been received at the Department of State relative to the place of confinement of said Mister other than above mentioned. The only information received at the Department of State in regard to this person [J. A. Koenig] is contained in a letter to the Secretary of State dated October 4, 1861, from U. S. Deputy Marshal A. G. Stevens, of Buffalo, N. Y., in which Koenig is charged with purchasing arms for the misc of the rebels. An order was issued from the Depart- ment of State October 7, 1861, directing Deputy Marshal Stevens to arrest and convey Koenig to Fort Lafayette. There is no evidence on file in the Department of State showing that the arrest was made. Dr. Alexander C. Robinson, of Baltimore, was one of the highly respectable gentlemen of that city who gave consideration and power to the rebel cause by his open sympathy and support. During the period ot agmtation between the arrest of a portion of the Maryland legisla- ture and the election following a military order was issued as a measure of precaution for the arrest of Doctor Robinson, but he was advised of it and eluded arrest, fleeing as was alleged to Virginia. No papers in the Department of State show at what time the order for Doctor Rob- insons arrest was issued nor when if ever or on what conditions it was revoked. The correspondence in relation to him begins on the 4th and closes on the 2t3th of October, 1861. It is almost wholly between par. ties outside of the Department of State, and it does not appear that any order was made in this Department in relation to the case. There is on file an engagement on his word of honor to submit to the laws of the United States and of the State of Maryland and not in any way to assist those in arms against the authority of the United States, purporting to be signed by the said Robinson. 20 R RSERIES II, VOL L Page 306 306 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. The first information received at the Department of State concerning this man [John S. Travis] was contained in a letter front L. C. Baker, Government agent, and dated October 10, 1861, in which he says: On the 5th instant we arrested one John S. Travis, a resident of Great Mills Post- Office, and bronght him a prisoner to this city (Washington). Travis is charged with carrying the contraband mails to and from .the Great Mills Post-Office into Yirginia. This morning I received a telegram from General Dix at Fort Mdllenry stating that the provost-marshal of Baltimore wonld furnish me with an abnndance of proof against Travis. No order has been issued or action taken by the Department of State in regard to the case of Travis, he having been released after remain- ing in Washington a few days on his parole. Robert Renwick, of Baltimore, was arrested by order of General Dix October 6, 1861, and committed to Fort Columbns, New York Harbor, and from thence transferred to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. There are no l)apers on file at the Department of State showing on what charge he was arrested. November 11, 1861, from information received from a prisoner discharged from Fort Warren the stables on Renwicks premises were searched and concealed arms found. At the request of the Secretary of War, February 6, 1862, an order was issued from the Department of State dated February 6, 1862, directing Colonel Dimick, commanding at Fort Warren, to release IRenwick on a parole of thirty days. He was accordingly paroled. Miss Ellie M. Poole was arrested October 7, 1861, in Wheeling by order of the Secretary of State bnt escaped from custody. She was again arrested November 7 in Louisville, Ky., and after being sent to Washington was committed to the Greenhow Prison. There was abundant evidence showing that Miss Poole was a shrewd and danger- ous spy, having made several trips to Richmond since the breaking out of the rebellion. She was released by order of the Secretary of State January 16, 1862, on giving her parole of honor to keep herself from all connection with the existing troubles and not to communicate any information which would be of assistance to the so-called Confederate States or in any way to assist in any resistance to the authority or forces of the United States. Miss Poole after giving her parole was taken to Fortress Monroe and permitted to pass thence to the city of Norfolk, Va. Alfred Da Costa, late of New Orleans, La., was arrested by an agent of Government in Detroit, Mich., October 7, 1861, and conveyed to Fort Lafayette and subsequently transferred to Fort Warren. The charges against Da Costa were as follows, as contained k ~x telegram to the Secretary of State received from William H. Barse, a Government agent, viz: U. S. attorney and myself are perfectly satisfied from Da Costas manner, conver- sation and circumstances connected with his acconnt of himself that he is a rank secessionist and spy and was intending to sail from Qnehec. Seth C. Hawley, esq., of New York, having been requested to exam- ine and report the facts connected with the arrest of and charges against Da Costa, reported to the Secretary of State under date of December 16, 1861, from which the following extract is made: But he (Da Costa) to me declined to take the oath required, from which it is fairly to he inferred that he is not loyal in his opinions or (lesigns and therefore I cannot recommend his release Page 307 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 307 February 5, 1862, an order was issued from the Department of State for the release of the said A. Pa Costa on his taking the oath of alle- giance, & c., which he declined to do. The said Alfred Pa Costa remained in custody at Fort Warren February 15, 1862, when in accord- ance with the order of the War Department of the preceding day lie was transferred to the charge of that Department. (February 21, 1862, ordered released. February 2~, 1862, released.) William F. Capehart, John Murphy, Perry White, Isaac Swindle, Carthwright Thompson, James B. Hoggard, Stephen Bennett, Charles Williams and Thomas Kelley.Jnformation having been received at the Department of State that there were at Fort Lafayette certain sailors held as prisoners an order was issued from the 1)epartment of State dated October 8, 1861, directing U. S. Marshal Murray to cause to be discharged from custody all sailors not privateers on taking the oath of allegiance. The above-named Capehart, Murphy, White, Swindle, Thompson, iloggard, Bennett, Williams and Kelley were accordingly discharged from Fort Lafayette October 9, 1861. Information having been received at the Department of State that there were at Fort Lafayette certain sailors confined as prisoners, among them one George Parker, an order was issued by the Depart- ment of State dated October 8, 1861, directing U. S. Marshal Murray to cause to be discharged all sailors not privateers on taking the oath of allegiance. The said Parker being a foreigner was released from Fort Lafayette October 9, 1861, unconditionally. Information having been received at the Department of State that there were at Fort Lafayette certain sailors confined as prisoners, among them one John Johnson, an order was issued by the Depart- ment of State instructing U. S. Marshal Murray to cause all sailors not privateers to be released on taking the oath of allegiance. The said Johnson being a foreigner was released from Fort Lafayette Octo- ber 9, 1861, unconditionally. Information having been received at the Department of State that there were at Fort Lafayette certain sailors held as prisoners, among them one Edward lleinrichs, an order was issued from the Department October 8, 1861, directing U. S. Marshal Murray to cause all sailors not privateers to be discharged from custody on taking the oath of allegiance. The said lleinrichs being a foreigner was released from Fort Lafayette October 9, 1861, unconditionally. Information having been received at the State Department that there were at Fort Lafayette a number of sailors held as prisoners, among them one Erick Brundeen, an order was issued from the Department October 8, 1861, directing U. S. Marshal Murray to cause all sailors not privateers to be discharged on taking the oath of allegiance. The said Brundeen being a foreigner was released from Fort Lafayette October 9, 1861, unconditionally. Information having been received at the State Department that a number of sailors were held in Fort Lafayette as prisoners, among them one William Brown, an order was issued by the Department dated October 8, 1861, directing U. S. Marshal Murray to cause to be release Page 308 308 PRISO~{ERS OF WAR, ETC. all sailors not privateers on taking the oath of allegiance. The said Brown being a foreigner was released from Fort Lafayette October 9, 1861, unconditionally. W. B. Forwood [was] arrested by Superintendent Kennedy on his arrival in New York on the City of Washington October 9, 1861. Was discharged after an examination by the superintendent, nothing being found against him. This man [Benjamin J. Cross] was arrested on the 10th day of Octo- ber, 1861, at or near his residence at Seneca, Md., by the Thirty-fonrth Regiment New York Volunteers and forwarded by General Stone to the provost-marshal at Washington. Cross was charged with having betrayed Dr. Causten, a member of a military eomnpariy called the Presidents Mounted Guard in the service of the United States, to the rebels in May last, Causten being his brother-in-law and then at his house at Seneca. From a report of E. J. Allen* forwarded by General Porter, provost-marshal, it appears on the testimony of Licuten ant- Colonel Oweii of the Kentucky [Pennsylvania] cavalry, that on the day that Causten was captured in May, 1861, Cross went over the river into Virginia and soon after the Virginia troops caine over, proceeded directly to Cross house and took Causten captive and carried him to Virginia, and that Cross did not return to his residence till about the time he was arrested. Said report also shows on the authority of Union refugees from the vicinity of Dranesville, Va., opposite Edwards Ferry, that Cross has always had the credit in that neighborhood of having betrayed his brother-in-law (Causten) into the hands of the rebels and that he has always been a great crony of the Virginia rebels till they became very nrgent that he should go into military service when he returned to his home and was arrested. It is also alleged on the authority of parties from the vicinity of Seneca that at the time of the capture of Causten an ill-feeling existed against hini on the part of Cross growing out of family affairs which it was thought led to the treacherous and disloyal conduct of the latter. The said Cross was confined in the Old Capitol Prison at Washington where lie remained February 15, 18Q2, when he was transferred to the charge of the War Department pursuant to the order of that Department of the precediig day. J. W. Packard was arrested in Philadelphia October 10, 1861, by order of the Secretary of State and committed to Fort Lafayette. II e was charged with disloyalty to the United States Government. Having lately returned from Richmond, Va., he was recognized as having been in company with one Sloat who it was charged had changed his sewing- machine manufactory into a gnu shop and had been engaged in altering and repairing muskets and other arms for the use of the rebels. The said Packard was released by order of the Secretary of State October 21,1861, on taking the oath of allegiance and stipulating that lie would not visit any of the insurgent States or hold any correspondence with persons residing in them. This person [A. H. Carter] was arrested by the military authomities in Baltimore October 10, 1861, and committed to Fort Mdllenry amid * See p. 171 et seq. for Allens report Page 309 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 309 from thence transferred successively to Fort Lafayette and Fort War- ren. He was charged with carrying on an illicit correspondence with the rebel States and with having intended to go into their service. An order was issued from the Department of State November 25, 1861, directin g Colonel Dimick, commanding at Fort Warren, to release Carter on his taking the oath of allegiance to the United States Gov- ernment an(l engaging neither to enter or correspond with the insur- rectionary States. The said A. 11. Carter was accordingly released November 28, 1861. Mrs. Medora A. Onderdonk was arrested by order of the Secretary of the Treasnry at Chicago and transferred by order of the Secretary of State October 11, 1861, to the charge of General Porter, provost- marshal, Washington, D. C. She was charged with being a spy in the employ of the rebels. An order.was issued from the Department of State dated November 13, 1861, directing General Porter to release Mrs. Onderdonk on her taking the oath of allegiance stipulating that she will neither enter any of the States in insurrection nor hold any correspondence with any person residing therein. Also that she will do no act hostile or injurious to the United States. She was accord- ingly released November 14, 1861. The only information received at the Department of State in regard to this persoii [R. Williams] is contained in a letter from Major-General Wool to the Secretary of State dated at Fortress Monroe October 12, 1861, in which General Wool states that Williams was then a prisoner confined in that fort. There has been no evidence received at the Department of State showing what were the charges upon which the prisoner was arrested nor has any action ever been taken by the Sec- retary of State in the case. This person [John L. Troxell] was arrested by the military authori- ties in Washington October 12, 1861, and committed to the Thirteenth Street Prison. He was charged with attempting to procure passage to Aquia Creek,Ya., for twenty-five men, offering $5 a head. An order was issued from the Department of State dated October 30, 1861, directing General Porter to release Troxell on his taking the oath of allegiance stipulating that he will neither enter any of the States in insurrection nor hold correspondence with persons residing in those States nor do any act hostile to the United States. He was accordingly released October 31, 1861. James W. Offutt was arrested October 15, 1861, at Georgetown, D. C., by order of Captain Ammon, provost-marshal of IRockville, Md., in obedience to the order of Major-General Banks. The charges against Offntt were that he had been for some months in the Confederate Army; that he was concealed during the day at a Mrs. Claggetts in Itockville about the 20th of September, and at night was in the habit of visiting Georgetown carrying letters and papers with him, and that he had frequent meetings in the night with known and violent secessionists in ltockville, and that he was engaged in treasonable practices. Applica- tion having been made for the release of Offutt on the representation that his health was fast giving way mentally and physically, and that in the opinion of Doctor Stewart he would unless released become vi Page 310 310 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. lently jusane an order was issued from the Departmeiit of State Jan nary 9, 1862, directing Brigadier-General Porter, provost marshal of Washington, to release Offutt from the Old Capitol Prison upon his taking the oath of allegiance to the United States Government and stipulating not to visit or correspond with persons residing in the insurrectionary States and to do no act hostile to the United States. Charles A. Worthington was arrested by order of General Porter and committed to Thirteeiith Street Prison, Washington, D. C. He was charged with having been in the service of the Confederate States. An order was issued from the Department of State dated October 15,1861, directing General Porter to release Worthington on his taking the oath of allegiance stipulating that he will neither enter any of the States in insurrection against the authority of the United States nor hold any correspondence with persons residing in those States nor do any act hostile to the United States during the present insnrrection. He was accordingly released October 16, 1861. William F. McKewen, of Baltimore, Md., was arrested in Baltimore October 15, 1861, by order of the military authorities and confined in Fort Mdllenry; from thence he was conveyed to Fort Lafayette and subsequently transferred to Fort Warren. At the time of his arrest he was secretary to the board of police commissioners of Baltimore and universally knowu to be disloyal to the United States Government and in deep sympathy with the rebellion. The arrest was made as a measure of military precaution to guard against the furtherance of the interests of the rebels in Baltimore and the State of Maryland. The said William F. MeKewen remained in custody at Fort Warren February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the pre- ceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Released February 22, 1862.) Rev. N. G. North, of Virginia, captured at Harpers Ferry by Colonel Gearys command October 16, 1861, and by order of General Banks sent to Fort Mdllenry; from there sent to Bedloes Island and from there transferred to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. (Released Decem- ber 23, 1861, to be exchanged.) Isaac G. Mask, of Baltimore, was arrested by General Dix on the 16th of October, 1861, and sent to Fort Lafayette from whence he was after- ward transferred to Fort Warren. Mask was detected in treasonable correspondence with persons in Virginia, giving information of expedi- tions in course of preparation by the Government with the avowed treasonable intent that such information should be communicated to the military and other authorities of the rebels for the benefit of their cause. His guilt was clearly established and is not denied. On the 10th of January, 1862, Mask who is a man in humble position arid circumstances was released from custody on taking the oath of alle giance. Hamilton L. Shields, of Bennington, Vt., was arrested by order of the Secretary of State dated October 17, 1861, by U. S. Marshal Bald- win, of Vermont, and committed to Fort Lafayette and from thence transferred to Fort Warren. He was charged with being engaged in treasonable correspondence with persons in insurrection against th Page 311 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 311 Government of the United States. An order was issued from the Department of State dated November 2, 1861, directing Colonel Dimick, commanding at Fort Warren, to release Shields on his taking the oath of allegiance stipulating that he will neither enter nor correspond with the insurrectionary States. He was accordingly released November 6, 1861. James M. P. Nolan, ~ an unnaturalized Irishman residing at Saint Louis, was arrested in that city by order of the State Department on the 18th day of October, 1861. His offense was treasonable corre- spondence. After his arrest Nolan reftised to give any explanation of [hisi conduct or to give any assurance that he would not take up arms against the Government or that he would remain neutral during the rebellion. The British consul satisfied of his complicity with the rebel- lion refused to interpose officially in his behalf but interceded for his release on the grounds of his youth and in the hopethathe [would] refrain from any further criminal acts. General Curtis also advised his release on the same grounds. On the 4th of December, 1861, the provost-mar- shal of Saint Louis in a written communication addressed to him ten- dered Nolan his release coupled with an admonition as to his future behavior. Nolan refused to be set at liberty saying that he would not accept his discharge as a favor but demanded it as a right. On the 11th of December, 1861, the State Department instructed the provost- marshal of Saint Louis to retain the said Nolan in custody until further orders. The said Nolan remained in custody in the military prison at Saint Louis February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. The name of said Nolan is sometimes written Joseph N. P. Nolan. In the prison list it is James M. P. Nolan. George W. Gunnell was arrested by General Smith October 19, 1861, and committed to the Thirteenth Street Prison; transferred afterward to the Old Capitol. There are no charges on file in the Department of State showing why this man was arrested. He remained in custody in the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with an order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. Ordered released February 21, 1862. (Released on parole February 22, 1862.) This person [A. B. Williams] was arrested by order of General Smith and committed to Thirteenth Street Prison October 19, 1861; from thence transferred to Old Capitol Prison by order of General Porter. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing upon what charges he was arrested. The said A. B. Williams remained in custody at Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. Ordered released Feb- ruary 21, 1862. (Released on parole February 22, 1862.) Hugh Adams was arrested by order of General Smith and committed to the Thirteenth Street Prison, Washington, D. C., October 19, 1861, and from thence transferred to the Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers on file at the Department of State showing on what charge he See PP. 171, 176 for correspondence relating to Nolan Page 312 312 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. was arrested. Said Adams remained in custody at the Old Capitol February 15, 1802. when in conformity with the order of the War De- partment of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. William Peirce was arrested by order of the Secretary of State October 20, 1861, at Boston, Mass., and committed to Fort Lafayette; afterwards transferred to Fort Warren. Peirce was charged with having belonged to a rebel military organization in New Orleans and with being disloyal to the United States Government. He was released by order of the Secretary of State November 11, 1861, on taking the oath of allegiance and stipulating that he would not visit any of the insur- gent States or hold any correspondence with persons residing in them without the consent of the Secretary of State. This person [Patrick McCafferty] was picked up by the U. S. steamer Island Belle while in the act of crossing from the Maryland shore toward Mathias Point October 20, 1861, and was committed to the Old Capitol Prison January 3, 1862. He was discharged J nuary 17, 1862, by order of the Secretary of the Navy on his taking the usual oath of allegiance. Thomas B. Giles was arrested October 21, 1861, at Laurel, Del., by order of the Secretary of State and confined in Fort McHenry and from there transferred to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. Giles was charged with disloyalty and with three others taking and concealing a Government balloon, thereby thwarting the designs of the Government and its officers. An order was issued from the Department of State dated November 3, 1861, directing Colonel Dimick, commanding at Fort Warren, to release Giles on his taking the oath of allegiance. He was released November 4, 1861. This man [Joseph Bacon] was arrested October 21, 1861, at Lanr9l, Del., by the order of the Secretary of State and confined in Fort Mdllenry and from thence transferred to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. He was charged with disloyalty and with assisting three others in tak- ing and concealing a Government balloon, thereby thwarting the design of the Government and its officers. An order was issued from the l)epartment of State dated November 3, 1861, directing Colonel Din~ick, commanding at Fort Warren, to release Bacon on his taking the oath of allegiance, & c. He was released November 4, 1861. John S. Bacon, of Laurel, Del., was arrested by order of the Secretary of State on the 21st of October, 1861, by Major Andrews, of the Second IRegiment Delaware Volunteers, charged with conspiring to secrete a balloon belonging to the Government with treasonable purpose and was confined at Fort Mdllenry. On the 29th day of October, 1861, the said Bacon was released from confinement on taking the oath of allegiance by order of the Secretary of State. B. L. Hayden was arrested October 22, 1861, by a Government agent at his home in Saint Marys County, Md., and by order of the Secretary of State was taken to Fort Lafayette. Hayden was charged with dis- loyalty to the United States Government and strong sympathy with the rebel cause. He belonged to an organization known as the Lowe Page 313 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 313 Maryland Vigilance Committee whose object was to assist the insurgents and oppress the Union citizens. He was released on takino the oath of allegiance January 2, 1862, by order of the Secretary of State. F. A. Drew was arrested at New York by order of the Secretary of State dated October 22,1861, and committed to Fort Lafayette. lie was charged with having been in the service of the rebels as master of a vessel. An order was issued from the Department of State dated October 23, 1861, directing U. S. Marshal Murray, of New York, to cause Drew to be released on his taking the oath of allegiance. He was accordingly released October 23, 1861. Application having been made to the Secretary of State by citizeiis of Parkersburg,Va., for the release of this person [Wigal Yonng] who was rel)resented to have been arrested by General itosecrans and sent to Camp Chase in Ohio for confinement, the Secretary of State by letter dated October 25, 1861, requested General Rosecrans to furnish the proofs on which Young was arrested. General iRosecrans replied Octo- ber 31,1861, that an order had been issued October 26, 1861, by the pro- vost-marshal of Western Virginia directing the return of Young to be delivered to the U. S. marshal of Virginia, and released on such terms as Judge Jackson should prescribe. The only information received at the Department of State relative to this peison [John D. Sudendorf] is contained in a report of Major-Gen- eral Dix dated October 25, 1861, stating that he had sent Sudendorf with others to Fort Columbus that he was a citizen or supposed to be so but acting in the capacity of a spy in conveying information to the rebels. The said John D. Sudendoif remained in custody at Fort Warreii where he was conveyed November 1, 1861, on the 15th of February, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Turned over to civil authorities to be treated for insanity March 17, 1862.) Application having been made to the Secretary of State by citizens of Pamkersburg, Va., for the release of this person [Mr. Kizer] who was represented to have been arrested by order of General Itosecrans and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, for confinement, the Secretary of State by letter dated October 25, 1861, requested General IRosecrans to furnish the proofs on which Kizer was arrested. General IRosecrans replied October 31, 1861, that an order had been issued October 26, 1861, by the provost-marshal of Western Virginia directing that Kizer be delivered to the U. S. marshal of Virginia, to be released on such terms as Judge Jackson should prescribe. The only information received at the Department of State relative to this person [Brazillian Morley] is contained in a telegram from Robert Murray, esq., U. S. marshal of New York, dated Octobex- 28, 1861, to the Secretary of State stating that Commodore Paulding had arrested and placed in his custody the said Morley, late of the U. S. Navy, and that he (the U. S. marshal) had committed him to Foit Lafayette. The action of the U. S. marshal was approved by the Secretaxy of State. Information having been received from the U. S. consul at Liver- pool that this person [Jeremiah MeAulifi] was about to sail Thr the United States with mebel dispatches an order was issued by the Secr Page 314 314 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. tary of State October 28, 1861, directing John A. Kennedy, super- intendent of police in New York, to arrest McAuliff on his arrival and examine his papers. He was accordingly arrested November 10, 1861, but nothing found upon him. In answer to the request of Mr. Kennedy for instructions what to do with McAuliff the Secretary of State directed November 14, 1861, th& former to adopt such proceedings in the matter as in his judgment was proper, and if released to compel McAuliff to stipulate on oath not to enter or correspond with any of the States iu insurrection against the Government of the United States. This man [Withers Smith] was arrested in Fairfax County, Va., where he resides, on the 28th of October, 1861, and taken to the head- quarters of General Smith and soon after brought to Washington and confined in the Thirteenth Street Prison. He was charged with aiding the rebels. A report of E. J. Allen transmitted by the provost-mar- shal, General Porter, sets forth on the testimony of Isaac Tyson, Charles E. Johnson and William Walters that Smith was a member or agent of the rebel vigilance committee of Fairfax County and appointed to go around the county and learn who were Union men and who were secessionists and report their names to the committee; that on one occasion Smith said that every man who did not take up arms in favor of the Southern cause was a traitor to the South. On another occasion Johnson said to Smith that he should never take up arms against the Stars and Stripes, to which Smith answered that he had better not talk in that way as they had a vigilance committee into whose hands he would be given. Also that Smith went around serving notices on the members of the State militia in Fairfax County; that such a notice was served on a young man named Albert Peacock, and that Peacock left Virginia for Georgetown that same night; that the tenor of those notices was that the person upon whom one was served must be at the place of rendezvous to be drilled for the purpose of repelling the invasion of the State by Northern troops. Also that Smith has been from the beginning of the rebellion an active rebel, and that when the draft was made out for the militia of Virginia said Smith went round and served the notice on different persons, and that one of the witnesses had seen such notices with Withers Smiths name signed thereto. That on another occasion Smith told said Johnson that the Palmetto flag would be flying over the Capitol in two weeks from that time; and when said Johuson responded that if so it would be without his aid Smith replied that he would report him to the vigilance commit- tee the next day at Fairfax Court-House, and that if he did not take up arms against the Government he should leave the State of Virginia, for he was appointed by the vigilance committee to report the name of every Union man to them; and also that said Smith did report him to said vigilance committee and said committee thereupon had Johnson before them and threatened him and forbid him from going to the District of Columbia. Said Smith was transferred from the Thirteenth Street Prison to the Old Capitol Prison where he continued in custody February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. The papers on file in the Department of State concerning this man [Edward MeMurdy] do not show where or at what time he was arrested. He was charged with being a spy in the rebel service and committe Page 315 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 315 to the Old Capitol Prison. The papers are for the most part letters from distinguished men for his release, testifying to the loyalty, & e., of MeMurdy, his family and friends. Also a report dated Provost- Marshals Office, Washington, D. C., October 30, 1861, signed E. J. Allen, stating that McMurdy has been released by order of the Secre- tary of War. This person [Thomas White] was arrested as appears by a letter from his , R. W. White forwarded to procure his release on parole, on the steamer Platte Valley in November, 1861~ The said letter represents that he was confined in military prison at Saint Louis. There is no other or further information about the man in the Depart- ment of State, wherefore it is inferred that he was held by the military authorities either as a prisoner of war or for some military offense. Edward B. Cuthbert, of Beaufort, S. C., was taken prisoner at Port Royal or Ladies Island near Port Royal, in November, 1861, and sent to Fort Lafayette. The Department of State has not received any information from the military authorities in regard to this prisoner placing him in any different light from that occupied by others captured by them. A statement made on behalf of the prisoner by his wife shows that he escaped to Charleston after the bombardment of Port Royal and returned voluntarily on his own business as she alleges when he was taken. It does not appear whether or not he entered within the lines of the Government forces before he was captured. His wife says he was nuarmed, though it would seem from her statement that he made resistance as she says he was ~~yerpowered.~~ No allegation of criminality as a spy has been made against him nor is it known that he is in any other way culpable than as a rebel in common with all the residents of Beaufort and vicinity. The said Cuthbert remained in custody at Fort Lafayette Febrnary 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was trans- ferred to the charge of that Department. W. Oswald Dundas* was arrested November 1,1861, on complaint of Major De Zeng, of the First Long Island Volunteers, and confined in the Thirteenth Street Prison in Washington, D. C., and was transferred to the Old Capitol Prison November 7,1861. Dundas was in the habit of leaving his home near Bladensbnrg, Md., early in the evening on horseback and returning late at night. When arrested he claimed to be a gentleman of means who had a right to go where he chose; that lie was not in favor of the United States Government for it oppressed his countrymen and admitted that he was a secessionist. Dundas refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government but would cheerfully swear to support the so-called Confederate States Constitution and was proud to be called a rebel under the present existing circumstances. He remained confined in the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in accordance with an order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. H. D. Helm was arrested about November 1, 1861, by Deputy U. S. Marshal W. B. Smith at Newport, Ky., by order of General Mitchel. See p. 208 for E. J. Allens report on this case Page 316 316 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Helm is a brother of Charles Helm, former consul at Havana, now a rebel agent abroad and has also another brother in the rebel army. He was charged with having expressed the strongest secession sen- timents and of expressing the wish an(l hope in the most public manner that the Union troops on their way to the interior of Kentucky would never return alive. About November 25, 1861, he was taken to Louis- ville on a writ of habeas corpus sued out before Judge Ballard of that city and served by Marshal Sneed. The Department of State has no - evidence showing how this case was disposed of by the said authorities. Robert Maddox was arrested about the 1st of November, 1861, by Dep- uty U. S. Marshal W. B. Smith by order of General Mitchel. Maddox was charged with having uttered in the boldest and most public manner disloyal sentiments and expressing the hope that the Union troops then about moving into the interior of Kentucky would never return alive. About November 25, 1861, he was taken to Louisville on a writ of habeas corpus sued out before Jud~e Ballard, of that city, and served by Marshal Sneed. The Department of State has no evidence as to how this case was disposed of by the said authorities. This person [Peter Reilly] was captured on the schooner Colonel Long, which vessel was taken near Charleston, S. C., when attempting to run the blockade. He was taken to Fort Lafayette and thence to Fort Warren. Having made application to the Secretary of State to be released an order was issued from the Department of State dated November 2, 1861, directing Colonel Dimick, commanding at Fort War- ren, to discharge Reilly upon his engaging on oath not to visit or hold any intercourse with the insurrectionary States during the rebellion. lie was accordingly released November 6, 1861. This person [Samuel F. Anderson] was arrested by order of General Hancock and committed to the Thirteenth Street Prison November 2~ 1861, and from thence transferred to Old Capitol Prison by order of General Porter. There are no papers on file at the Department of State showing on what charge he was arrested. Said Anderson remained in custody at the Old Capitol Febrnary 15, 1862, when iii con- formity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. This person [Aug. II. Sollers] was arreste(l in Calvert County, Md., by the military authorities on the day of the State election November 6, 1861, and sent to General Dix in Baltimore. IHe was charged with having formed with others a plan to take the polls oii the day of elec- tion and prevent Union men from voting. Major-General Dix having examined the case and charges released Mr. Sollers on his taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States. M. J. Koldenback, of Maryland, was arrested November 6, 1861, at Nottingham, Prince Georges County, Md., on the (lay of election in that State by a lieutenant of the Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, and having been takemi to Washington was placed in the Thirteenth Street Prison and afterward transferred to the Old Capitol. Koldenback was charged with having used treasonable language and having hurrahed for Jeff. Davis and dd old Lincoln. Application having beemi made for Koldenbacks discharge an order was issued by the Secretary of State December 28, 1861, directing Brigadier.General Porter, provost Page 317 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 317 marshal of Washington, to release him upon his taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States. Koldenback was accordingly released. Mrs. Ellen Boyd Kennedy was arrested in Philadelphia November 7, 1861, by order of the Secretary of State on request of U. S. Marshal Miliward, who stated that she was on her way to join her husband, Captain Kennedy, an officer in the rebel army in Virginia. She was suspected of having in her possession letters and correspondence to be carrie(1 to the insurrectionary States and charged with intending to proceed to Virginia in violation of the rules and regulations prescribed by the military authorities of the United States. She remained under surveillance in Philadelphia till November 27, 1861, when she was released by order of the Secretary of State on stipulating under oath not to enter any of the States in insurrection against the authority of the United States without the consent of the Seeretary of State nor hold any treasonable correspondence with persons residing in those States. This person [W. K. N. Breckinridge~ was arrested November 9, 1861, and confined in the Thirteenth Street Prison by the order of Major- General McClellan. He was seen on the 8th of November with Gem eral McClellans staff by Dr. C. A. Henry, formerly deputy marshal of Nebraska Territory, who remembered him as an orderly sergeant of Company C, Second U. S. Dragoons. Breckinridge was at that time a bitter secessionist; claimed to be a cousin of Vice-President Breckin- ridge and stated that he had a commission from the State of Tennessee in the rebel army. He was released by order of General Porter Novein- ber 13, 1861. The first information received at the Department of State concerning this man [Christopher L. Keersted] was contained in a letter and inelos- ures from Marshal Robert Murray dated New York November 9, 1861, showing that he was arrested upon a charge of dissuading various persons from enlisting in the service of the United States. That after an examination of his ease he had released Keersted on his parole and respectfully requested the approval of the Secretary of State. The action of the marshal in the premises was approved. Thomas Mortimer was arrested by order of General Dix at Baltimore, November 9, 1861, and committed to Fort Mdllenry and from thence transferred to Fort Lafayette. lie was charged with disloyalty. Gen- eral Dix tendered him his release on the day following his arrest on his taking the oath of allegiance, which he declined. An order was issued from the Department of State dated January 18, 1862, directing Col. Martin Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release Mortinmer upon his engagement on oath to report himself within two days from the date of his release to General Dix at Baltimore, and that meantime he will not hold any treasonable correspondence nor be engaged in any nor hold any communication whatever with persons residing in the States in insurrection against the Government of the United States nor do any other act hostile or injurious to the United States. He was accordingly released January 22, 1862. The first information received by the Department of State concern- ing this man [Jacob Mendelsohn] was contained in a letter and mob Page 318 318 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. ures from Marshal Robert Murray dated New York November 9, 1861, showing that he was arrested upon a charge of dissuading various persons from enlisting in the service of the United States; that after an examination of his case he had released Mendelsohn on his parole and respectfully requested the approval of this Department. The action of the marshal in the premises was approved. The Department of State acquired its first knowledge of this mdi- vid nal [George Shannor] from the British minister who called to repre- sent that be ba~ beer applied to in his behalf as a British subject said to be confiied ~t Camp Chase The governor of Ohio was written to on the 11th of November, 1861, for information in regard to the case, and whether in his opinion the prisoner was a person of suffici& nt char- acter and influence to make his farther detention necessary. On the 5th of December, 1861, a reply was received from Governor Dennison dated December 2 which gave no information of the time, cause or other circumstances of the arrest but stated the governors opinion that the prisoner was not a person of sufficient character and influence to make his further detention necessary. Shannon was of irish birth and said he had not been naturalized. On the 6th of December, 1861, he was ordered to be released. The Department of State acquired its first knowledge of this indi- vidual [Michael Reilly] from the British minister who called to repre- sent that he had been applied to in his behalf as a British subject said to be confined at Camp Chase. The governor of Ohio was written to on the 11th of November, 1861, for information in regard to the case, and whether in his opinion the prisoner was a person of sufficient char- acter and influence to make his further detention necessary. On the 5th of December, 1861, a reply was received from Governor Dennison dated December 2, which gave no information of the time, cause or other circumstances of the arrest but stated the governors opinion that the prisoner was not a person of sufficient character and influence to make his further detention necessary. Reilly was of Irish birth and said he had not been naturalized. On the 6th of December, 1861, he was ordered to be released. John Henwick was arrested in Baltimore, Md., by L. C. Baker, a Government agent, November 11, 1861. Renwick at the time of his arrest was found on the premises of his father, Robert Renwick, then a prisoner at Fort Warren, where said Baker was searching for con- cealed arms which he found in the stable stalls of said premises. Said John Renwick was released on his parole Noveniber 11, 1861. This person [John McDaniel] was arrested by order of General Han- cock and committed to the Thirteenth Street Prison November 11, 1861, and from thence transferred to the Old Capitol Prison by order of Gen- eral Porter. There are no papers on file at the Department of State showing on what charge he was arrested. Said McDaniel remained in custody at the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released Feb- ruary 21, 1862. Refused parole February 22, 1862.) The first information received at the Department of State relative to this person [Robert L. Jordan] was contained in a letter from Lor Page 319 319 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. Lyons stating that Jordan was held in confinement at Clarksburg, Va., and claimed to be a British subject. November 11, 1861, the Secretary of State addressed a letter to General McClellan asking a report of the facts and circumstances connected with the arrest of Jordan and received in reply a letter from Colonel Anisansel, of the First [Westi ~Tirginia Cavalry, who stated that Jordan was placed in confinement on account of a misunderstanding between him and Colonel Runnion, the Government agent at that post, and that having inquired into the facts he had released him. (Released November 19, 1861.) J. W. Reynolds and A. Ostrander, qnartermaster and sutler of the Seventy.ninth New York Regiment, were arrested at New York by U. S. Marshal Murray by order of General Porter November 12, 1861. Information of the arrest having been received by the Secretary of State he by order dated November 13, 1861, dfrected Marshal Murray to place them in Fort Lafayette. They were charged with stealing fonrteen boxes of military clothing belonging to the United States. No farther action in regard to them was taken by the Department of State. This individnal [SamnelY. Leech], a minister of the Methodist Church, stationed at Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, Md., was arrested at that place on the 12th of November, 1861, by order of General Banks acting under instructions from the State Department, and was next day confined in Fort Mdllenry. Leech had been detected in clandestine correspondence with persons in Virginia. An intercepted letter from him dated August 25 has these passages: The administration agents are becoming so vigilant that I scarcely expect that this will be received. * * Father can hear from you now only through me owing to his oath. * * I fear to comment on political matters as my letter might be sent to Washington. I am true in the storm. The opinion you entertain of things is mine. I wish we could get to you a supply of coffee, sugar, & c., but we cannot even get to you ourselves. Major-General Dix by a dispatch dated November 14,1861, asking authority to release John Grove gave the first information in regard to this person received at the Department of State. In reply the Secre- tary of State requested General Dix to exercise his own judgment rela- tive to the release of Grove. There are no papers in the Department of State showing when, by whom or upon what charges Grove was arrested nor what disposition Major-General Dix made of him. A telegraphic dispatch from Major-General Dix November 14, 1861, asking authority to release George Julius from Fort Mcllenry was the first information received at the Department of State relative to this person. In reply the Secretary of State requested General Dix to exercise his own judgment in regard to the discharge of Julius. Hav- ing refused to take the oath of allegiance he was transferred December 3, 1861, to Fort Lafayette. On the recommendation of General Dix Julius was by order of the Secretary of State dated February ~ 1862, released on his parole of honor to return to the fort and deliver himself again into custody within thirty days. The said George Julius remained on parole February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Page 320 320 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. The Dep~irtment of State has no record, memoranda or information in relation to this person [Charles Keene]. His name is not in the list of political prisoners confined at Fort Warren and it is therefore inferred that he is held as a prisoner of war. [Fort Warren prison rec- ords show that Charles Keene was arrested November 14, 1861. His residence New York. He was released August 4, 1862, and sent to insane asylum.] This person [Maurice Mayer], a resident of New York City, was arrested by order of the Secretary of State November 19, 1861, and committed to Fort Lafayette. He was charged with (lisloyalty and trea- sonable correspondence with the enemies of the United States Govern- ment. Among the evidences of his guilty practices is an intercepted letter written by Mayer to his friends in Natchez in which he states that he is neutral before the friends of the Union but when in company with those whom he can trust he does what he can to strengthen the hands of the Confederates. He was released by order of the Secretary of State November 22, 1861, on taking the oath of allegiance to the United States Government and stipulating not to visit or correspond with per- sons residing in the insurrectionary States and do no act hostile to the United States. It appears from a letter addressed to the Secretary of State dated Fort Monroe November 19, 1861, from Major-General Wool that this person [C. K. Gallagher] was arrested by General Butler at Hatteras Inlet. General Wool says: I know nothing of him (Gallagher) except that he was sent to me as a prisoner representing him as a man of tal- ents and of great influence in North Carolina. Gallagher writes to the Secretary of State from Fort Monroe November 17, 1861, askingto be released on parole to go South and effect an exchange for himself and states that he refused to take the oath of allegiance, being actuated in so doing by motives of conscience and duty. No action was taken by the Secretary of State in this case further than to acknowledge the receipt of the letter of Major-General Wool with its inclosure from Gallagher. The first information concerning this man [Capt. Arthur Cavanaugh] received at the Department of State was a letter dated November 20, 1861, from Lient. Col. L. W. Tinelli saying Cavanaugh was arrested for enticing some of his men away from his camp and enlisting them in another regiment; that he repents and will return the men and asking that U. S. Marshal Murray be ordered to release him. An order by telegraph was issued from the Department of State dated November 25, 1861, directing Marshal Murray to release Cavanaugh. He was accordingly released. This person [Christopher Ledwidge, of Kentucky, was arrested about the 20th of November, 1861, by the military authorities at Cairo, Ill., and December 20, 1861, by order of the Secretary of State was con- veyed to Fort Lafayette. He was charged with disloyalty to the United States Government and with being a dangerous man to the peace and welfare of the Union-loving people of Kentucky. The said Christopher Ledwidge remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of th Page 321 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 321 preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21,1862. Released on parole February 22, 1862.) E. M. Mabie [was] arrested by Provost-Marshal Leighton November 20, 1861, for passing to and fro between the North and the South carrying correspondence, & c. Sentenced by the military commission to be confined during the war. In confinement at military prison Saint Lonis, March 3, 1862. James J. Waddell, of Maryland, a native of North Carolina, a lieu- tenant in the Navy of the United States, sent his resignation to the Secretary of the Navy* from on board the U. S. ship John Adams, Saint Helena, 20th November, 1861. It was not accepted as is under- stood but his name was stricken from the rolls. Waddell was not arrested, but for some reason probably because of an application dated February 1, 1862, for permission to go South his name and some papers in relation to him have been included in the files of the treason bureau. The first information received at the Department of State concern- ing this man [William H. Snydam] was contained in a letter from John A. Kennedy, superintendent of police, New York, under date of Novem- ber 20, 1861, saying: The officers of the First Regiment U. S. Lancers, encamped in Kings County, called on me to-day and represented that Mr. W. II. Snydam, a justice of the peace of the county, has been actively at work in endeavors to disorganize the command and that he has caused the desertion of a large number of their men. I have ordered his arrest and will hold him subject to your order by tele- graph. He was committed to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secre. tary of State dated November 21, 1861. The above charge was supported by the affidavits of two members of said regiment of lancers to the effect that Snydam had counseled the men of said regiment to mutiny. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 16, 1861, directing Colonel Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release Snydam. He was accordingly released December 16, 1861. E. H. Jones was arrested about the 20th day of November at his house in Saint Marys County, Md., by L. C. Baker, a Government agent, and by order of the Secretary of State dated November 25,1861, was conveyed to Fort Lafayette. The report of the officer who made the arrest states that E. H. Jones resides at what i~ known as the Old Factory, Saint Marys County. When the present difficulties broke out Jones went to Baltimore and was there during the riot of April 19. On his return home he brought not less than 800 stand of arms from Baltimore, which afterward went to Virginia. He has used his horses and wagons for hauling contraband goods from the Patuxent to the Potomac during the greater part of the summer and fall; has made his house the headquar- teis of secession spies passing to and from Virginia; has enlisted, equipped and forwarded a large nnmber of men for the Confederacy; has notified Union men to leave the county, and has on all occasions cursed and abused the Government. See pp. 204,205, 211, for correspondence concerning Waddell. 21 H HSERIES II~ VOL I Page 322 322 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. The said E. H. Jones remained in Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the pre- ceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Released on parole February 22, 1862.) This man ~H. G. Fuller] was arrested by U. S. Marshal Sands, of Ohio, and committed to Fort Warren by an order from the Department of State dated November 21, 1861. He was charged with being a secessionist and traitor and enlisting men for the rebel army. One Stephen Fuller having written a letter dated November 7, 1861, mailed at Lexington, Ky., directed to William U. Coyle, Detroit, the writer stating that he enlisted under Captain Fuller at Detroit, complains that Captain F[nller] cannot perform what he agreed, and therefore he wishes to get back to Detroit, and says: Mr. Fuller is a secession- ist; tried his best to get me to go over to the Breckinridge party. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 13, 1861, directing Colonel Dimick, commanding at Fort Warren, to release Fuller on his taking the oath of allegiance stipulating to do no hostile act to the Government of the United States. He was released December 16, 1861. Lient. William F. Engle appears by a letter of Col. John W. Geary addressed to General Dix on the 21st of November, 1861, to have been captured by that officer and by him sent to Fort Mdllenry shortly pre- vions to the date of said letter. Colonel Geary writes to General Dix in said letter that the prisoners family are represented as Union-loving people and says that they assured him that Engle was anxious to take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government and to reside in Pennsylvania. General Dix wrote to the Department that Engle was not taken in battle but returned to Maryland with the determina- tion not to go back to Virginia. An order of release upon Engles tak- ing the oath of allegiance was forwarded November 28, 1861, from the Department of State. (Released November 28, 1861.) David C. Hall was arrested by order of the Secretary of the Navy and committed to Fort Lafayette November 22, 1861. There are no papers on fife in the Department of State showing the canse of this arrest. The said David C. Hall remained in custody February 15,1862, at Fort Lafayette when in conformity with the order of the War Depart- ment of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Released on parole February 22, 1862.) William P. Converse was arrested in New York November 23, 1861, by order of the Secretary of State and committed to Fort Lafayette. The examination of intercepted letters found on the Maury Brothers, disclosed that Converse was corresponding with persons in the insur- rectionary States in violation of the Presidents proclamation, and that the writers of letters introduced their correspondence with the remark that Mr. Converse has informed me of an opportunity to send this to you by a party who is going to New Orleans. Letters were also found without signatures in full and traced to W. P. Converses place of bnsiness addressed to E. K. and W. P. Converse, jr., New Orleans, dated October 28, 1861, from which the following quotations are taken: What a thrashing they got the other day on the Upper Potomac; out of 2,400,600 lost. I hope you are all prepared for the fleet which is to take you all an Page 323 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 323 box you up. We have to keep quiet for the Hotel de L. is fixed up for the accommodation of such as I am. They talk of superseding McClellan; if they do you will have an easy or comparatively easy victory. It was thus proved that Converse was aiding knowingly and became a party to the illegal, expressly prohibited and contraband intercourse with persons in the insurrectionary States by informing others and availing him self of an opportunity to seild letters to New Orleans by a person or persons who were engaged in the business of smuggling cor- respondence through the Federal lines. An order was issued Novem- ber 30, 1861, from the Department of State directing Lieut. Col. Martin Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release Converse on his taking the oath of allegiance and stipulating to neither visit or hold correspondence with the insurrectionary States or do any hostile act against the Government of the United States during the insurrec- tion. The said William P. Converse was accordingly released December 2, 1861. S. 11. Burnett was arrested by the military authorities in Pulaski County, 111., November 26, 1861, aii d by order of the Secretary of State of December 20, 1861, conveyed to Fort Lafayette. The charges against him were treason and being a dangerous man. Said Burnett remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in con- formity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day lie was transferred to the charge of that Department. The first information received at the Department of State relative to this person [11. C. Holland] was contained in a letter from Major-General Dix asking that Holland and a number of other prisoners confined in Fort Mdllenry should be transferred to some other fort. November27, 1861, the Secretary of State directed the removal of Holland from Fort Mdllenry to Fort Lafayette, and he was received at the last-named fort December 3, 1861. February 14, 1862, an order was issued from the Department of State directing Lieutenant-Colonel Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release Holland on his taking the oath of alle- giance stipulating that he will do no act hostile to the United States during the present insurrection. Having refnsed to take the oath of allegiance the said R. C. Holland remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Released on parole February 22, 1862.) The first information received at the Department of State relative to this person [Jonah Potterfield] was a request of Major-General Dix asking that Potterfield and other prisoners confined in Fort McHenry should be transferred to some other fort. Au order was accordinglymade by the Secretary of State directing General Dix to transfer the prisoners to Fort Lafayette which order was dated November 27, 1861. Potter- field and the other prisoners were taken to Fort Lafayette December 3, 1861. Potterfield was a resident of Loudoun County, Va., and was arrested by the military authorities. No information has been received at the Department of State relative to the charges against him. The said Jonah Potterfield remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Released April 9, 1862. Page 324 324 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Robert N. Scott was arrested by John A. Kennedy* in New York about the 30th of November, 1861, 011 his arrival on the steamer from California. He was reported to have used disloyal language while on the vessel. There is no evidence of his having been committed to prison. Scott was adjutant on the staff of Colonel Buchanan. This person [J. D. Lillard] was arrested in Kentuckyby the military authorities in December, 1861, and confined in the military prison at Camp Chase, Ohio. He was charged with disloyalty and with partici- pating in an attempt to steal some guns, & c., belonging to Kentucky in September, 1861. Lillard remained in custody at Camp Chase till February 13, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. This man [Francis Troutman], a resident of Paris, Ky., was arrested in December, 1861, charged with disloyalty and with holding unlawfnl correspondence with persons in insurrection against the United States. A long letter from him to W. E. Simms, a former member of Congress now admitted to be in the military service of time rebels, was found in the possession of C. C. Rogers and was produced on the examination of Troutman after his arrest and was fully admitted by him yet he was discharged by the U. S. commissioner before whom he had been brought on taking the oath of allegiance to the United States. The U. S. marshal satisfied of Troutmans ~iilt wrote to the Department of State for advice whetber to take him into custody again, and referred to Sen- ator Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, for further particulars and an account of Troutmans character. Senator Davis on being applied to gave his views of the case, concluding by saying that Troutman being a man of no importance at all and of rather feeble character I would advise against his ~ It does not appear that any further proceedings were taken in the matter. (Released December, 1861.) This person [D. Chaffee] was arrested and held under surveillance in Boston early in December, 1861, by U. S. Marshal Keyes. He was a resident of Atlanta, Ga. After an examination of his case he was released December 6, 1861, on taking the oath of allegiance and stipu- lating not to correspond with or enter any of the States in insurrection against the United States Government. Lient. A. W. Habersham was arrested in Baltimore December 2,1861, by order of the Secretary of State and committed to Fort Melienry. He was arrested upon charge of having left time U. S. Navy and becoming an officer of the insurgent navy. An investigation of his case failed to sub- stantiate the charge that he had ever taken up arms against the United States Government and on the 9th of December, 1861, an orderwas issued from the Department of State directing his release on his taking the oath of allegiance. He declined to take oath of allegiance to United States Government stating that he was a Georgian and that his allegiance was due to his State. lIe also proposed to go South on parole and send back a captain of the U. S. Army in his place. February 8, 1862, the Secretary of State addressed a letter to Major-General Wool, com- manding at Fortress Monroe, requesting that officer to inquire through the proper channel whether Lieutenant Habersham would be accepted * See p. 163 for Kennedy to Seward, November 30, reporting arrest of Scott Page 325 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 325 in exchange for R. W. Shurtliff, a prisoner in the custody of the insur- gents at Richmond, Va. On the 15th day of February, 1862, no reply had been received at the Department of State to the last-mentioned letter. The said A. W. Habersham remained in custody at Fort Mc- Henry February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that l)epartinent. (Discharged April 8, 1862.) The Department of State has no information in relation to this per- son VWilliam T. Glassell] except that he is mentioned in the list of prisoners confined at Fort Warren as being from Alabama and having been arrested December 4 and committed to the fort December 5, 1861, by order .of the Secretary of the Navy. A letter addressed to him designated him as of the late East India Squadron. (Released July 31, 1862, to be exchanged.) This man [Thomas Newman] was arrested by John Burt, depnty U. S. marshal at Albany, December 6, 1861, and committed to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State. He was charged with enticing soldiers to desert from the service. An order was issued from the Department of State dated Jannary 16, 1862, directing Col. Martin Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release Newman on his taking the oath of allegiance stipnlating that he will do no act hostile to the United States dnring the present insurrection, & c. He was released January 19, 1862. Daniel Gardner is a citizen of Baltimore. The first information received at the Department of State relative to this man was contained in a letter and inclosures from J. L. McPhail, deputy provost-marshal at Baltimore, dated December 7, 1861. It appears that with others he was picked up in an open boat by the guard boat of the U. S. frigate Cuimberland of the blockading squadron near Newport News about November 12,1861, and sent to Fort Warren. At the time of his arrest he was coming toward the vessels of the squadron, claiming to have escaped from the rebels in Virginia. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 9, 1861, directing Colonel 1)imick to release Gardner on his taking the oath of allegiance stipulating that he will do no act hostile to the United States. He was accordingly released December 12, 1861. The first information the Department of State received concerning these men [John and Joseph Shaney] was contained in a letter and inclosures from J. L. McPhail, deputy provost-marshal, Baltimn ore, dated December 7, 1861. It appears that they were picked up in an open boat by the guard boat of the U. S. sloop of war Cumberland, of the blockading squadron, about November 12, 1861, and sent to Fort Warren. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 9, 1861, directing Colonel Dimick to release John and Joseph Shaney on their taking the oath of allegiance stipulating that they will do no act hostile to the United States. They were accordingly released December 12, 1861. George J. Mah6, of New Orleans, was captured on the 9th day of December, 1861, in Barataria Bay by the boats of the U. S. steamer South Carolina, Commander James Alden. Mahd represents that h Page 326 326 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. was on a fishing excursion with four friends accompanying him when they were captured by the South Carolinas boats and taken on board of the said steamer. That the commander released his four companions on their taking the oath of allegiance but detained him because he had been an officer in the military service of the rebels, and sent him northward in the U. S. steamer Rhode Island. He was taken to Fort Lafayette and placed in custody there ou the 21st of January, 1862. He acknowledged that he held the office of captain in the military service of the rebels and served in that capacity from the 2d day of July to the 11th day of October, 1861, at which last-mentioned date he resigned. He professed his willingness and desire to remain a peaceful citizeu of the United States and to take the oath of allegiance as such which he accordingly did on the 25th day of January, 1862, and was thereupon discharged from custody. The first information received at the Department of State concerning Lieutenant Myers, of the U. S. Navy, was contained in a letter from John A. Kennedy, superintendent of police, New York, dated Decem- ber 9, 1861, which was referred to the Secretary of the Navy who reported that the only information that the Navy Department possessed concerning Myers was that he was confined in Fort Warren for refusing to take the oath of allegiance. This person [Bento Paclieco] was charged with being a slaver. The only information relative to his arrest received at the Department of State is contained in a telegram from U. S. Marshal Murray, of New York, dated December 13, 1861, stating that the party was about to leave the country and asking whether he should arrest him and take him to Fort Lafayette. In reply the Secretary of State informed U. S. Marshal Murray that Pacheco and his companions should be arrested in due form after affidavits, & c., and then committed to Fort Lafayette. This person [J. A. Mach~do1 was charged with being a slaver. The only information received at the Department of State relative to his arrest is contained in a telegram from U. S. Marshal Murray, of New York, dated December 13, 1861, asking whether he shall arrest and convey the party to Fort Lafayette. In reply the Secretary of State informed U. S. Marshal Murray that Mach~do and his companions should be arrested by legal process after affidavits, & c., and then sent to Fort Lafayette. Tench Schlcy was arrested by order of General Hooker and coin- mitted to the Old Capitol Prison the Thth of December, 1861. Schley was charged with being a spy and having conveyed information to the enemy. The following extract from a report made by Major Allen to the provost-marshal of Washington and forwarded by the latter to the Secretary of State contains the best information on file in the Depait- ment of State relative to Mr. Schlcy, viz: Tencli Schley is a young man of considerable shrewdness and intelligence and that in my opinion if permitted to be at large even for a day could and probably would find some means of repeating the offense for which he is confined and per- haps be the means of conveying valuable information to the enemy. The said Tench Schley remained in custody at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department Page 327 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 327 John ilagins, of Magoffin County, Ky., was arrested ill Montgomery County in that State about the middle of December, 1861, charged with furnishing supplies of stock to the rebel army under General Williams. The Department of State was advised of the arrest by a dispatch dated Cincinnati, December 17, 1861, from E. S. Samuels, Government agent in Kentucky, and C. B. Pitts, deputy U. S. marshal of the same State, who say that he Hagins was taken while in transit with cattle for the rebels, and also that they have plenty of evidence to hang him. He was thereupon directed to be taken to Fort Lafayette, which was accordingly done on the 20th of December. The statements made by ilagins iu letters to the Department direct from himself and throngh his attorney Mr. Tenney are contradictory. He states that he was taken while driving home nine head of cattle raised by himself that he had been grazing at a place in Montgomery County some sixty miles from his residence. The statement made through Mr. Tenney is that he was apprehended while on his return from Cincinnati where he had been with some hogs. The said Hagins remained in cus- tody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was trans- ferred to the charge of that Department. (Released on parole Febraary 22, 1862.) The State Department has no papers showing with accuracy the cir- cumstances of this person~s [Benjamin A. Jones] arrest or by whom it was made. In a letter dated Williamstown, Ky., December 16, 1861, transmitted to sustain an application for his release it is represented that he by threats on the part of his father and others was induced to join the band of rebels arrested at or near Winchester in this State (Kentucky) and now in Camp Chase Prison. The same letter embodies a quotation from a letter received by the writer from Jones as follows: Circumstances which you well know anct over which I had but little control induced me to take the step I did. I am not only willing but anxious to take the oath and return home to my business, and when I take it I expect to keep it not only in the letter but the spirit. The letter referred to was sent to the Department of State by the Hon. John W. Meuzies from the House of Representatives on the 4th of February, 1862. On the 12th of February, 1862, the said Jones was ordered to be released on taking the oath of allegiance. (Released April 7, 1862.) W. F. Wells [was] arrested December 17, 1861, by Colonel Thayer, First Nebraska, near Sedalia. Bearer of dispatches from North Mis. souri to C eneral Price. Case referred to a military commission con- vened by Major-General Halleck. Prisoner sentenced to death. Sentence afterward remitted by Major.General Halleck to confinement during the war. The only knowledge the Department of State has of this person [Lient. A. A. Baker] is that he was reported to have been taken by the U. S. frigate Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico and sent to New York by the steamer Connecticut, charged with deserting from the U. S. Navy and joining the rebels; arriving at New York was delivered to the custody of the U. S. marshal December 17, 1861. Upon this report he was directed to be taken to Fort Lafayette and kept in custody there. He remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when he was transferred to the charge of the War Department Page 328 328 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. This person [J. Q. A. Butler] was master of the schooner Lida, which was captured by the U. S. steamer Saint Lawrence at Port Royal. U. S. Marshal Murray, of New York, in a letter to the Secretary of State dated December 19, 1861, states that the master and crew of the prize schooner Lida have been placed in his custody upon a charge of running the blockade and asking what he shall do with them. Decein- ber 28, 1861, an order was issued from the Department of State direct- ing U. S. Marshal Murray to release from custody J. Q. A. Butler and others of the crew of the Lida. The said Butler was accordingly released. This man [William Brown] was taken from the steamer Lewis while attempting to run the blockade by the U. S. gun-boat New London off Mobile. He was brought to New York by the U. S. steamer Connecti- cut and delivered into the custody of Robert Murray, U. S. marshal, about December 19, 1861. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 28, 1861, directing Robert Murray, U. S. marshal, New York, to release William Brown on his taking an oath that he will neither cuter any of the States in insurrection against the Government of the United States nor hold any correspondence with persons residing therein, without permission, & c., and stipulating that he will do no act hostile to the Government of the United States. He was accordingly released about December 31, 1861. Caspar or Gaspar Klock was taken off~ the steamer Lewis while attempting to run the blockade by the U. S. gun-boat New London. He was brought to New York by the U. S. steamer Connecticut and delivered into the custody of Marshal Robert Murray about December 19, 1861. An order was issued from the State Department dated I)ecember 28, 1861, directing Robert Murray, esq., to release Klock on his taking an oath that he will neither enter any of the States in insur- rection nor hold any correspondence with persons residing in those States without permission of the Secretary of State and stipulating to do no act hostile to the Government of the United States. He was released about December 31, 1861. U. S. Marshal Murray, of New York, by letter dated December 19, 1861, informed the Secretary of State that Arthur McAbey and others of the crew of the prize schooner Lida, which vessel was captured near Port Royal, had been placed in his custody, and asking what should be done with him. December 28, 1861, an order was issued from the Department of State directing U. S. Marshal Murray to release McAbey and others of the crew of the Lida. The said Arthur MeAbey was accordingly released. Mrs. Rachel Mayer was arrested by a Government agent at Rouses Point, N. Y., and by order of the Secretary of State dated Decem- ber 19, 1861, placed under surveillance in New York City. She was charged with being the bearer of treasonable or clandestine correspond- ence for the South. An order was issued from the Department of State dated January 3, 1862, directing John A. Kennedy, superintendent of police, New York, to release Mrs. Mayer on engaging that she will neither enter any of the States in insurrection against the authority of the United States Government nor hold any correspondence whatever with persons residing in those States without permission I~rom the se Page 329 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 329 retary of State, and further that she will do nothing hostile to the United States during the present insurrection. She was accordingly released January 4, 1862. This person [Jeremiah Moore] was arrested by General Smith and committed to the Old Capitol Prison December 19, 1861. No itiforma- tion has been received at the Department of State relative to Moore or why he was arrested. The said J. Moore as appears by the report of the provost-marshal of Washington dated February 17, 1862, was then in confinement in the Old Capitol. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Released on parole and not to leave the District of Columbia February 22, 1862.) The first information received at the Department of State relative to this person [Henry Sutler] was contained iii a letter from 111. S. Mar- shal Murray, of New York, dated December 19, 1861, addressed to the Secretary of State, stating that Henry Sutler with others of the crew of the prize schooner Lida which was captured near Port Royal had been delivered into his custody npon a charge 01 having run the blockade. December 28, 1861, an order was issued from the Department ot State directing U. S. Marshal Murray to release Henry Satler and others of the crew of the Lida. The said Henry Sutler was accordingly released. This person [William T. Wilson] was arrested by J. L. McPhail,* deputy provost-marshal at Baltimore, on board a steamer at or near Baltimore December 19, 1861, and sent to Fort Mcllenry and from thence transferred to Fort Lafayette by order of the Secretary of State dated January 2, 1862. He was charged with being engaged in trans- porting contraband letters and goods to and from Virginia. A quan- tity of quinine was found on his person at the time of his arrest. An order was issued from the Department of State dated January 2~, 1862, directing Col. Martin Bnrke to release Wilson. He was accordingly released. William Cuthbert was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and conveyed to New York. U. S. Marshal Murray, of INew York, informed the Secretary of State of the arrival of the crew of the Empress and that they were in his cus- tody December 19, 1861. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 28, 1861, directing Marshal Murray to release Cuthbert and his companions. James Hopkinson was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and conveyed to New York. U. S. Marshal Murray of New York informed the Secretary of State of the arrival of the crew of the Empress and that they were in his custody. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 28, 1861, direct ~ng the marshal to release said Hopkinson and his coni- panions. The crew of the bark Empress was accordingly released. See pp. 188, 192, 194 for correspondence relating to this arrest Page 330 330 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. William Jones was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and was conveyed to New York. U. S. Marshal Murray, of New York, having informed the Secretary of State of the arrival of the crew of the Empress and that they were in his custody an order was issued from the State Department dated December 28, 1861, directing the marshal to release Jones and his com- panions. The crew of the bark Empress were accordingly released. Michael OBrien was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and was conveyed to New York. U. S. Marshal Murray, of New York, having informed the Secretary of State of the arrival of the crew of the Empress and that they were in his custody an order was issued from the State Department dated December 28, 1861, directing the marshal to release OBrien and his companions. The crew of the bark Empress was accordingly released. William Sanger was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and was conveyed to New York. U. S. Marshal Murray, of New York, having informed the Secretary of State of the arrival of the crew of the Empress and that they were in his custody an order was issued by the State Department dated Decem- ber 28, 1861, dfrecting the marshal to release Sanger and his companions. The crew of the bark Empress were accordingly released. George Watt was one of the crew of the English bark Empress cap- tured by the U. S. sloop Yincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and conveyed to New York. U. S. Marshal Murray, of New York, informed the Secretary of State of the arrival of the crew of the Empress and that they were in his custody. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 28, 1861, directing the marshal to release Watt and his companions. He was accordingly released. This man [Arthur Wardle] was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Yincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and conveyed to New York. U. S. Marshal Murray, of New York, informed the Secretary of State of the arrival of the crew of the Empress and that they were in his custody. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 28, 1861, directing Marshal Murray to release Wardle and his companions. He was accordingly released. Richard Walzl was arrested by order of General Banks at Harpers Ferry and sent to the Old Capitol Prison December 20, 1861. He was confined on suspicion of being a spy or being engaged in contra- band trade, having entered the Federal lines at Harpers Ferry coming from the Southern States. Upon an investigation of his case at the provost-marshals office it was found and reported to this Departuient January 13, 1862, that Walzl was an Austrian, nineteen years old and not yet naturalized; that he went South to make collections for his brother and to see a sick friend being unaware that in so doing he violated the Presidents proclamation concerning non-intercourse with the rebel States; that he returned as soon as he could do so and gav Page 331 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 331 important information to the Government officers. An order was issue(l froifi the Department of State dated January 18, 1862, directing General Porter to release Walzl on his taking the oath of allegiance stipulating that he will neither enter the States iu insurrection nor hold correspondence with persons residing in those States without permission from the Secretary of State nor do any act hostile to the United States. James B. Loker was arrested by Major Chapman in Saint Marys County, Md., and was coimnitted to the Old Capitol Prison by order of General Porter December 21, 1861. The charges against Loker were that his sympathies and sentiments were decidedly with the rebels; that he owned a boat upon the Potomac River which was used with his knowledge and consent to take men and contraband goods to the rebel army; that Loker himself took a man over the river whom he knew was to join the rebels; that at the time of his arrest a large number of letters were found in his boat which were intended for the enemy, conveyil]g important information to them. Information having been received that the wife of Loker had died in Baltimore an order was issued from the Department of State February 6, 1862, directing the provost-marshal at Washington to release sai(I Loker on his parole for five days to attend the funeral of his wife. February 10, 1862, on the application of Major-General Dix, a further parole for thirty days was granted to said Loker on his taking the oath of allegiance to the United States. The said James B. Loker remained on his parole Feb- ruary 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Depart- ment of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Released Febru- ary 22, 1862.) This person [J. R. Hawley] was arrested by order of the Secretary of State December 25, 1861, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and conveyed to Fort Lafayette. He was charo~ed with disloyalty to the Ummited States Gov- eminent and exposing for sale at his place of business in Cincinnati envelopes and cards having printed upon them devices, mottoes, & c., used by the rebels and those in sympathy with them. January 1,1862, Hawley was released by order of time Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance and stipulating to discontinue his (lisloyal practices. Henry J. Carroll, of Saint Marys County, Md., was arrested by L. C. Baker, Government agent, December 30, 1861, and by order of tIme Sec- retary of State December 31 committed to the Old Capitol Prison, lie was charged with disloyalty and with having counseled and advised a large number of the residents of Saint Marys County to join the Con- federate Army and with contributing liberally of his means to equip and forward recruits to Virginia for the rebel army. A few days sub- sequently he was released on his parole by order of Brigadier-General Porter, provost-marshal of the city of Washington. The following-named persons, citizens of Gallatin County, Ky., were arrested by the military authorities in tlmat State and committed to Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. They were arrested about the hst of December, 1861, and remained in custody February 15, 1862, viz: Adolphus Sayre, charged with having served in the Southern army; James Sayre, brother of Adolphns, no charge given; Joseph Spencer, n Page 332 332 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. information; John Merrill, no information; Luther Green, charged with attempting to steal guns belonging to Kentucky; Lemuel Green threat- ened some of his neighbors; Thomas Murphy was found in company with some of the above mentioned; J. D. Lillard, charged with partici- pating in an attempt to steal guns belonging to the State of Kentucky. This individual [Herman Stump] was an ardent advocate of the rebel cause in Harford County, Md., and was attached to a volunteer military association recruiting and getting under discipline there with a view to entering the rebel service. Apprehending arrest he fled in August, 1861, to Canada where he remained three months or more before his name was brought to the notice of the I)epartment of State. His father and other friends then commenced importunities for some sort of safeguard for him to return home which continued till early in January, 1862, when the Secretary of War gave assurance to Stump that he would not be molested on his return home by any authority of the Government unless he should commit some offense thereafter which might make his arrest necessary. During the absence of Stump in Canada he divested himself of title to all the property he previously held to guard against the danger of confiscation. William iRespass was arrested about the 1st of January, 1862, at Florence, Ky., charged with being a violent secessionist and taken to Camp Chase. The only papers in the Department of State relating to his case is a letter from lion. J. W. Meuzies inclosing another from N. B. Stevens pleading for his release. They were referred by the Sec- retary of State to Governor Dennison, of Ohio, by a letter dated Janu- ary 15 [1862]. Governor Tod, successor to Dennison, replied under date of January 20, 1862, that on examination he found that liespass had already been discharged though by whose authority he does not state. William C. Jameson was arrested by Provost-Marshal Leighton January 1, 1862, and confined in the military prison in Saint Louis. He was charged with conveying contraband correspondence to the insurrectionary States. Said Jameson remained in custody at Saint Louis February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day ~he was] transferred to the charge of that Department. Lorenzo Graves was arrested about January 1, 1862, at Warsaw, Ky., by Deputy U. S. Marshal Aaron Gregg and taken to Camp Chase. He was charged with being a violent secessionist and in full sympathy with the present rebellion. There is no evidence before the Department of State throwing any further light on this case or showing when Graves was discharged if at all. Thomas B. Hewitt was captured by the U.S. vessel Harriet Lane, Captain Dahigren commanding, and committed to the Old Capitol Prison January 2, 1862. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing on what charges this man was arrested. He remained in confinement February 15, 1862, when in conformity with an order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Released February 22, 1862. Page 333 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 333 This person [G. B. H. Hughes] was arrested January 2, 1862, near Harpers Ferry, by order of General Banks and conveyed to the Old Capitol Prison. Hughes was a lawyer residing in Chicago, Ill., and was charged with disloyalty to the United States Government. In violation of the proclamation of the President dated August 1(5, 1861, he visited the insurrectionary district of Virginia on professional or commercial business and was arrested while attempting to pass the Federal military lines on his retain. January 7, 1862, he was released by order of the Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance and stipulating that he would neither visit nor hold any correspond- ence with the insurrectionary States during the continuance of the rebellion. Clarence Mills was captured by the U. S. steamer Harriet Lane Jan- uary 2, 1862, and committed to the Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers on file in the Department of State shov~ing why or on what charges this man was arrested. He remained in continenient February 1~, 1862, when in accordance with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Released on parole February 22, 1862.) John Harrover was arrested by General Heintzelman January 3,1862, and committed to the Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing why this man was arrested. He remained in the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in con- formity with an order from the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. Richard B. Lee was arrested by General Montgomery and committed to the Old Capitol Prison January 3, 1862. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing why this man was arrested or the charges against him. He remained in confinement February 15, 1862, when in confor.mity with an order of the War Department of the pre- ceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862.) J. Ignatius Ford was arrested by General Hooker January 4, 1862, and committed to the Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing what the charges were against this man. He remained at the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Released on parole February 22, 1862.) Richard Hurst was arrested January 4, 1862, by General Smith and committed to the Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing what the charges were against this man. He remained in the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with an order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Released on parole February 22, 1862.) These men [William L. and D. C. Lee] were arrested by order of General Montgomery January 5, 1862, and confined in the Old Capito Page 334 334 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Prison. There are no papers on file in the Department of State show- ing on what charge they were arrested. The said W. L. and D. C. Lee remained in the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in con- formity with an order from the War Department of the preceding day they were transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Released on parole February 22, 1862.) This man [Moses P. Donaldson] was arrested by order of General Hooker and committed to the Old Capitol Prison January 6, 1862. He was charged with being a spy in the rebel service. The evidence in this case is in the custody of the provost-marshal of Washington. Said Donaldson remained in custody at the Old Capitol February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the W~ r Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Departnient. (March 27, 1862, released.) This man [Francis X. Lacross] was arrested by General Hooker and committed to the Old Capitol Prison January 6, 1862. He was charged with being a spy in the employ of the rebels. The evidence against him is in the hands of the provost-jnarshal of Washington. Said Lacross remained in custody at the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. John Rogan (or Began) was arrested by order of General Heintzel- man and committed to Old Capitol Prison January 7, 1862. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing on what charges he was arrested. Said Rogan remained in custody at the Old Capitol February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. James W Savage was arrested by order of General Montgomery and committed to the Old Capitol Prison January 7, 1862. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing on what charge he was arrested. The said James W. Savage remained in custody at Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Depaatment of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. B. F. Gwynn, of Prince George County, Md., was arrested by order of General Casey January 7,1862, and committed to the Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D. C. He was charged with holding correspondence with and giving information to the enemy and suspected of being a spy. At the time of his arrest his residence was searched and two boxes con- taining clothing supposed to be intended for transfer to the enemy and five letters addressed to persons within the enemys lines were discov ered. Upon the investigation of his case it appears that in the spring of 1861 Gwynn was concerned in an attempt to get up and drill a com- pany or companies of militia in the county where he resided. It being deemed by the military authorities that the organization was covertly intended as an aid to the rebellion it was broken up. The above facts and charges are taken from a report in the case by E. J. Allen.* Said See p. 188 for Allens report on Gwynns case Page 335 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 335 Gwynn remained in custody at the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with an order of the War l)epartment of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Departmen.t. This man [J. Barrett Cohen] was arrested by order of the military authorities and committed to the Old Capitol Prison Jannary 8, 1862, by order of General George B. McClellan. He was charged with being a spy in the service of the rebels. Said Cohen remained in custody at the Old Capitol February 15, 1862, when he was transferred to the charge of the War Department. Francis McKee, or M. Francis McKee, was arrested by order of Gen. eral Hooker and committed to Old Capitol Prison January 8,1862. He was charged with being a spy in the rebel service. The evidence if any in this case is in the hands of the provost-marshal of Washington. Said McKee remained in custody at the Old Capitol February 15,1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the pre- ceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. Thomas P. Fowler was arrested January 10, 1862, by General Heint- zelman and committed to the Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing on what charge he was imprisoned. He remained in the Old Capitol Prison February 15,1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the pre- ceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Released on parole February 22, 1862.) This person [Rev. Bennett Smedes] was arrested by the Potomac Flotilla in an attempt to cross the Potomac River to Virginia in a small boat January 11, 1862, and committed to Old Capitol Prison by order of General Porter January 13, 1862. It appears from the report in the case made by E. J. Allen ,~ a Government agent, that said Smedes had made application to the Secretary of State for a passport to go to Raleigh, N. C., to see his parents, which being denied him he attempted to go without a passport hoping to elude the blockade flotilla, but was discovered and captured. An order was issued from the Department of State dated February 5, 1862, directing General Porter to release Smedes on his taking the oath of allegiance stipulating that he will neither enter the States in insurrection nor hold correspondence with persons residing therein nor do any act hostile to the United States. He was accordingly released February 7, 1862. The following-named persons were arrested by the military author- ities in the West some time previous to January 13, 1862, and com- mitted to prison at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. The only information relative to them on file in the Department of State is contained in a letter from [Lient. Col.] W. Hoffman, commissary-general of prisoners, the first dated New York, January 13, 1862, and addressed to Adjutant-General Thomas asking information relative to th& release of certain prisoners (names not given) confined at Camp Chase. The Secretary of State answered the above letter January 28 and asked said Hoffman to furnish a list of the names of above-mentioned prisoners and a report of the facts of their arrest and the evidence against them, to which Colonel * See p. 195 for Allens report on Smedes case Page 336 336 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Hoffman replies from Sandusky, Ohio, February 11, 1802, that he has been informed that all of them had been discharged but lie is not informed by whose authority, and gives the names of said prisoners, viz .W. H. Wise, 0-. A. Davis, George T. Henderson, A. W. Jones, W. H. Peterson, G. S. Grove, John Barneto, Matthew Bright, J. Allen Harwood, Lewis S. Farrell, J. W. Wigal, J. B. Smith, John W. Coffman, Thomas W. Tiliman. John E. Itea was confined in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington on the 13th of January, 1862, having been received as a prisoner from the Navy Department on that day. A report made by E. J. Allen through General Porter, provost-marshal, states as derived from Itea himself that he is a native of Baltimore where he resides with and is eu1~)loyed by his father; that he is thirty years of age; that his father hhs a clothing store in Baltimore and a large amount of outstanding debts in Southeastern Virginia principally in Westmoreland and Kihg George Counties which he was sent to collect; that he caine by railroad to Washington, from there to Charlotte Hall, Md., by stage; thence with a companion throngh the woods to the house of a person whose name he refused to give. He also refased to give any account of his movements after leaving Charlotte Hall till he embarked on the Potomac or the names of any persons who aided and abetted his attempt to cross the river or any information concerning this clandestine communication with the rebels; that he was arrested by a boats crew from the cutter Howell Cobb at 12.30 a. m. January 11, taken on board the cutter and there searched; that he had not the accounts with him which he was going to collect; that he only carried a memorandum of them and that was in a package in the boat with his shirts; that as the package and its contents were so badly wet he threw them away; that some of the bills were fishing accounts averaging $80 to $100 each; that the next day in company with Rev. Bennett Smedes and George M. Gorm- ley he was transferred to the Island Belle; thence to Colonel Grahams headqnarters; thence successively to U. S. vessels Wyandank, Harriet Lane and Yankee on board of which latter he was taken to the U. S. Navy-Yard whence he was sent by Captain Dahlgren to the provost- marshals office. No papers were found on him. It is otherwise showii that Smedes and Gormicy were in the same boat and taken at the same time. Smedes and two companions are also shown to have been talking secession shortly before they were taken. The said Itea remained in custody at the Old Capitol Prison Febrnary 15, 1862, when in con- formity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. George W. Hutchins was arrested January 13, 1862, by General Heintzelman and committed to the Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing what the charges were against this man. He remained in prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with an order from the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Released on taking oath of allegiance February 22, 1862.) The first information that was received at the Department of State relative to the arrest of this man [George T. Henderson] was communni- cated in a letter from Lieut. Col. W. Hoffman, commissary-general of prisoners, addressed to Adjutant-General Thomas and dated January 13, 1862, which letter was referred to the Secretary of State. It stated tha Page 337 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 337 there were several prisoners of war confined at Camp Chase whose friends in Virginia had presented petitioiis for their release on their taking the oath of allegialice. Some of them were civilians who had been arrested on some suspicious conduct of little consequence and others charged with having belonged to rebel organizations although not so when captured. The Secretary of State wrote January 28,1862, asking of Lieutenant-Colonel Hoffman particulars as to the charges against these prisoners and names. Hoffman replied by letter of Feb- ruary 11 that before he could make the requested inquiries Henderson and the other men had been released, though by whose authority he was not able to state. Thomas H. Haislip was arrested by General Heintzelman January 13, 1862, and committed to the Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers oii file in the Department of State showing the charges against this man. He remained in prison February 15, 1862, when in con- forinity with an order from the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Released on parole not to leave the District February 22, 1862.) George M. Gormley, of Norfolk, Va., was confined in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington on the 13th day of January, 1862, having been received as a prisoner from the Navy Department on that day. A report made by B. J. Allen through General Porter, provost-marshal of Wash- ington, states that Gormley was arrested while attempting to cross the Potomac River in a boat by a boats crew from the cutter Howell Cobb at 12.30 a. m. January 11, 1862. That the next day in company with Rev. Bennett Smedes and John E. Rea who were captured at the same time he was transferred to the Island Belle; thence to Colonel Grahams headquarters; thence successively to the U. S. vessels Wyandank, Har- riet Lane and Yankee on board of which latter he was taken to the U. 5. Navy-Yard, whence he was sent by Captain Dahlgren to the pro- vost-marshals office. Gormley and two companions are also shown to have been talking secession shortly before they were taken. The said Gormley remained in custody at the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the l)reeeding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Released March 26, 1862.) The first information that the Department of State had of the arrest of this man fG. A. Davis] was communicated in a letter from Lient. Col. W. Hoffman, commissary-general of prisoners, of January 13, 1862, addressed to Adjutant-General Thomas which letter was referred to the Secretary of State. It stated that there were several prisoners of war confined at Camp Chase whose friends in Virginia had presented petitions for their release on taking the oath of allegiance. Soihe of them were civilians who had been committed on some suspicious coim- duet of little importance and others charged with having belonged to rebel organizations, although not so when arrested. The Secretary of State wrote January 28, 1862, asking of Lieutenant-Colonel Hoffman the names and particulars of charges against them. Hoffman replied by letter of February 11, 1862, that before he could make the requested inquiries Davis and the other prisoners had been discharged, although by whose authority he was not able to state. This correspondence may be found in an envelope marked Camp Chase. 22 R RSERIES II, VOL I Page 338 338 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. Henry C. Brown was arrested by order of General Heintzelman and committed to the Old Capitol Prison January 13, 1862. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing on what charge he was arrested. Said Brown remained in custody at the Old Capitol February 15, 1862, wheu in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. This man [Henry Simpson] was arrested by order of General Heint- zelman and committed to Old Capitol Prison January 14, 1862. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing upon what charge he was arrested. Said Simpson remained in custody at Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department Thomas Craggs* was arrested January 14, 1862, by order of General lleintzelman and confined in the Old Capitol Prison. Several Union pickets had been foully murdered near Craggs residence at Fairfax Court-House; and although the act was supposed to have been com- mitted by a band of guerrilla Texas rangers still Craggs was believed to have been in daily communication with them. A release on parole of honor was tendered him specifying that he should not, leave the District of Columbia without permission. This he declined giving as a reason that it would prevent him from visiting his home. The said Craggs remained in custody at the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the day previous he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (February 21, 1862, ordered released. February 22, 1862, released on parole and not to leave the District of Columbia.) Richard H. Bayliss was arrested by order of General Heintzelman and committed to the Old Capitol Prison January 14, 1862. There is no evidence on file in the Department of State showing on what charges Bayliss was arrested. Said Richard H. Bayliss remained in custody at the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was trans- ferred to the charge of that Department. Bushrod W. Bayliss was arrested by order of General Heintzelman and committed to the Old Capitol Prison January 14, 1862. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing on what charge he was arrested. Said Bayliss remained in custody at the Old Capitol Febrnary 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. William Ward was arrested by order of General Heintzelman and committed to Old Capitol Prison January 15, 1862. There are no papers on file at the Department of State showing on what charges he was arrested. A letter from Ward shows that he was on parole not to leave the city and county of Baltimore January 20, 1862. Said Ward remained on parole February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the * See p. 204; also p. 234 for Allens report in case of Craggs Page 339 339 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. order of the WTar Department of the ~)rece(lmg day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862.) Matthew Plaskett was arrested by order of General lleintzelman aud committed to Old Capitol Prison January 15, 1862. There are no l)apers on file iii the l)epartment of State showing on what charges he was arrested. Said Plaskett remained in custody at the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. This person [Forrest Olden] was arrested by order of General Heintzelman and committed to the Old Capitol Prison January 15,1862. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing upon what charges he was arrested. The said Forrest Olden remained in custody at Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when iii conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Released on parole February 22, 1862.) William Hick was arrested January 15, 1862, by General Heintzel- man and committed to the Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing what the charges were against this maii. He remained in the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with an order from the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Depart- ment. (Released on parole not to leave the District of Columbia February 22, 1862.) John Haislip was arrested January 15, 1862, by order of General Heintzelman and committed to Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers on file in the Departmet of State showing the charges against this man. He remained in custody at the Old Capitol Prison Feb- ruary 15, 1862, when in conformity with an order of the War Depart- inent of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (February 22, 1862, released on parole not to leave the District.) James Haislip was arrested by order of General Heiutzelman and committed to Old Capitol Prison January 15, 1862. There are no papers on file at the Department of State showing on what charge he was arrested. Said Haislip remained in custody at the Old Capitol February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. February 22, 1862, refused to give parole not to leave the District.) Daniel Hibler was placed under military arrest in Kentucky about the 15th of January, 1862, for having in December, 1861, murdered a soldier who was on sentinel guard by shooting him through the head. Hibler was badly wounded at the same time by a fellow-soldier of the murdered man, but recovered. He was a violent secessionist and had in the early part of the summer purchased about eighty minie rifles to arm a Kentucky rebel company. his shooting the soldier was repr Page 340 340 PRISONERS OF WAR, ETC. sented to have been a deliberate murder. It was advised by Hon. Garrett Davis that Hibler be tried by military court-martial. No infor- mation has been received at the Department of State showing what disposition was made of his case by the military or civil authorities of Kentucky. This person [M. J. Farrington] was arrested by order of the military authorities and committed to Old Capitol Prison January 15, 1862. There are no papers on file in the Department of State showing on what charge he was arrested. Said Farrington remained in custody at the Old Capitol February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862.) This person [John Digney] was arrested January 17, 1862, by order of General Hooker and confined in the Old Capitol Prison. There are no papers in the Department of State showing where or upon what charges he was arrested. He remained in custody at the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (March 3, 1862, ordered released.) The first information received at the Department of State relative to this case [Charles H. P. Coe] was a letter from Coe addressed to the Secretary of State dated at Fort Lafayette January 19, 1862, making certain propositions for his release, among others that he might be allowed upon his parole of honor to proceed to Richmond, Va., for the purpose of effecting an exchange for himself, thus confessing his disloyalty and treason. January 25, 1862, Major-General Dix informed the Secretary of State that Coe was a man of little importance and recommended his exchange. An order was accordingly issued Febru- ary 14, 1862, from the Department of State directing Lieut. Col. Martin Burke, commanding at Fort Lafayette, to discharge Coe on his giving his parole of honor to return to that fort within thirty days unless within twenty days Mr. E. B. Boutwell, then held a prisoner by the insurgents at Richmond, Va., should be unconditionally released and sent within the lines of the 13. 5. Army. The said Charles H. P. Coe having given the required parole of honor was released February 19, 1862. This person [John F. C. Offutt] was arrested by order of General Banks and committed to Old Capitol Prison January 20, 1862. He was charged with being a spy in the employ of the rebels. Said J. F. C. Offutt remained in custody at Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. 0. F. Potter was arrested by the provost-marshal of liockville and sent by General Stone, commanding that division, to Washington and committed to the Old Capitol Prison January 20, 1862. Potter was charged with being a rebel spy and with intending to enter the insur- gent States on an unlawful errand. He remained in the Old Capitol Prison February 15, 1862, when in conformity with an order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department. (Ordered released February 21, 1862. Released on parole February 22, 1862. Page 341 SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PERSONS. 341 Daniel B. Tlarrington, a deserter from Tatnalls rebel fleet, was coin- mitted to Fort Lafayette January 21, 1862. II arrington represents in a letter dated January 28, 1862, to the Secretary of State that he was wrecked at sea and escaped in a small boat to Key West where he was impressed in the Confederate Navy; that he deserted the first opportu- nity and was taken on board the U. S. frigate Wabash where he took the oath of allegiance. He was released February 6, 1862, by order of the Secretary of State. Francis Coflohan was one of a party of six who deserted and escaped from the insurgents at Warrington Navy-Yard ,Fla., and went to Fort Pickens from whence they were taken in the U. S. steamer Rhode Island to Philadelphia and thence transferred January 21,1862, to Fort Lafayette. January 26, 1862, Collohan was released upon taking the oath of allegiance by order of the Secretary of State. Tlinothy Conovan was one of a party of six who deserted and escaped from the insurgents at Warrington Navy-Yard, Fla., and went to Fort Pickens from whence they were taken in the U. S. steamer Rhode Island to Phi