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London, England, 1864-08-05 00:00:00

Enlistment of British Subjects in the

United States.

Farther correspondence respecting the enlist-
ment of British subjects in the United States army
has been printed :

LORD LYONS TO EARL RUSSELL.—(Received July 21.)
Washington, July 8, 1864.

My Lord,—l enclose copies of the correspondence re-
specting Thomas Tulley and the six other Irishmen en-
listed on tbeir arrival at Portland, in the steamship Nova
Scotian, which has taken place since I had the honour to
address to your lordship my despatch of the 20th ult.
I have the satisfaction of being able to say that six of
the men appear to be far the present in safety. The report
made to Mr Consul Murray that Michael Moran had been
killed has happily proved to be erroneous. I fear, however,
that there can bZI-little reason to doubt that the seventh
man, Thomas Burke, was in fact killed in action, while
serving in the United States army. I have requested the
United States authorities to communicate to me all the in-
formation which they can obtain respecting his fate.
I regret to say that three of the men represent that they
were subjected to hardships and indignities of a most un-
warrantable kind on their way from the army of the Poto-
mao to Portland. I have requested that an investigation
may be made, and that if the allegations of the men prove
to be well founded, no time may be lost in calling to ac-
count those who are responsible for their ill-treatment.
I have also pointed out that I have received nothing more
than a formal acknowledgment of my note of the 10th ult.,
repeating my demand for the discharge of the men, and I
have reminded Mr Seward that I am waiting for the an-
swers of the United States Government to that demand.
I have moreover addressed to Mr Seward further in-
quiries respecting James Traynor, the Irish passenger by
the Nova Scotian, who was enlisted at Boston. I have the
honour to enclose a copy of my note, and a copy of a note
from Mr Seward acknowledging the receipt of it.—l have,
&c., (Signed) LYONS,

Inclosure 1.
MR. SEWARD TO LORD LYONS.

Department of State. Washington, June 18, 1864.

My Lord, —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your note of the 10th inst., relative to the cases of Thomas
Pulley and six other Irish passengers, of the steamer Nova
Scotian, alleged to have been improperly enlisted at Port-
land, and in reply to inform your lordship that I have in-
closed a copy thereof to the Secretary of War, who has the
subject under investigation,—l have, &C.,
(Signed) WILMA/4 11. SEWARD.

Inclosure 2.
CONSUL MURRAY TO LORD LYONS.

Portland, June 23, 1864.

My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your lordship's despatch dated the 11th inst., authorising
me to employ a lawyer on behalf of Thomas Tulley and the
other Irishmen who were enlisted into the 20th Maine Re-
giment, if I deemed it advisable to do so.

Thomas Tulley presented himself at this office yesterday
on his arrival from Philadelphia. He did not appear in
uniform, as he stated that he had been deprived of it by two
men who induced him to go and lodge with them at Boston,
and who the next morning endeavoured to entice him to
re-enlist and accept the bounty money over again. This he
refused to do, and came on in the clothes lent him by the
master of the house, who he believes was in the plot.
I went with Talley to the provost marshal, who has sent
him to Camp Berry, in this immediate neighbourhood, so
as to be near at hand when required. Tulley knew nothing
about his companions.
Michael Bryne returned from the hospital at Augusta a
few days ago, and told me that he had obtained a ten days'
furlough. He seemed to have recovered from the wound in
the head, but told me he was suffering from other bodily
ailments. _ . _

Tulley also acquainted me that ha was suffering from a
heart disease, and that the sight of his right eye was quite
defectives—l have, Ece.,

H. J. MURRAY.

(Signed)
Inclosuro 3.
CONSUL MURRAY TO LORD LYONS.
Portland, June 30, 1864.

Sir—l went over to Camp Berry yesterday afternoon is
see Thomas Tulley, who had not called on me since his first
arrival, and he told me that Moran, who I understood had
been killed, Hogan and Higgins, had arrived at the camp
on the previous day, Tuesday. He brought them out to
me, and I had some conversation with them. Moran told
me that he had been separated from his regiment during
action, and was thus reported killed. Both Higgins and
Moran seemed in perfect health, but Hogan appeared deli-
cate. They all complained of their treatment during part
of their journey to Portland, having been placed in irons
and lodged in prison. I have requested them to make a
written statement of their cases, which I will forward to
your lordship. The provost-marshal hero says he knows
nothing about it, and concludes they must have done some-
thing wrong to have received this treatment.
Cassidy has not arrived from Boston, and Bryne I have
not seen here since his arrival from Cape Fry at Augusta,
on a 10 days' furlough, as repbrted to your lordship in my
despatch of the 23d inst.—l have,
H. J. MURRAY.

Inclosure 4.
CONSUL MURRAY TO LORD LYONS.
Portland, July 1, 1864.

My Lord,—l have the honour to transmit herewith an
original letter which I received yesterday from T. Tulley,
at Camp Berry, relating on their behalf, the treatment
alleged to have been received by the three Irishmen,
Michael Moran, James Higgins, and Martin Hogan, on
their journey from the army to Portland, where they were
ordered to come in pursuance of a special order, No 194,
dated at the War Department, Washington, June 2.
This alleged treatment appears so strange and uncalled
for that I can only presume there must have been some
misunderstanding of their cases upon the part of the mili•
tary authorities who forwarded the men on, or that some
unacknowledeed conduct on their part led to it,
The provost-marshal told me to-day that the men arrived
from Washington in care of a sergeant, who gave them
into his charge, but not as prisoners. The sergeant has
returned, and nothing had come to his (Captain Doughfy.e)
knowledge of their alleged ill treatment or of their miscon-
duct to induce it.
The sergeant's name is believed to be Crook, and ho
belongs to the Veteran Reserve Corps.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) H. J. MURRAY.
Inclosure 5.
THOMAS TULLEY TO CONSUL MURRAY.
Camp Berry, Portland, June 30, 1864.
Sir,--I beg most respectfully to inform you that Michael
Moran (reported killed, but still alive), James Higgins,
and Martin Hogan arrived at this camp from the army on
the evening of the 28th instant, and I think it right for me
to make known to you the treatment they received on their
journey. On the receipt of the order from the Secretary-
at-War they were, on the 9th inst., sent from their regiment
to the provost marshal's headquarters, who read and kept
the order, and then ordered the men to be placed in the Bull
Ring, an open space in the fields, surrounded by armed
men, wherein are placed prisoners of all grades. On the
next day there was a number of armed men going to Wash-
ington, and the above-named sent a note to the provost
marshal explaining their position, and requesting to be for-
warded with them; but the captain of the guard made answer
that they were not going to puff General Partrick with
notes. They were consequently transferred from one Bull
Ring to another from the 9th to the 23d inst., when they
were well nigh starved, as they had at one time to march
three successive days without a mouthful of food, and con-
sequently were reduced to eating clover and green apples
to support nature. They remonstrated with the authori-
ties, stating that they were not prisoners, but the
invariable answer was, that they could not be assisted
otherwise, as in fact there were in the Bull Ring men dying
of hunger, and brought-to in hospital afterwards. On an
inspection by the doctor, one of your clients being well
nigh dead of hunger, was seen by him, and after making
inquiries respecting him and the others, he was informed
they were not prisoners but foreigners proceeding to Port-
land under British protection. The doctor then departed,
with apparent disgust, and gave no assistance ; and from
the fecliug of tto wen) and their conversation of such un-