The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-14


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"a Gibson In the NetherisnN 70 believe u IN ear
power 70 complete, rather 70 rect'y shose sss0-
ments By some additional particulars which are uuaues
topable in vies Of the source from whseee tesg s1a-
nate IL V kno~n that Mr. Gibson sss Declared gsiV
OF high treason By tribunal In nensnos inent
Jambee prince Sumatrs, after his case he'd bsea
thrice sea oy court Of Justice which Declared
on which 10 found an indictment.
During bis provisional Incarceration land few DAYS
previous to time aIed for the EARRING OF his sen
tepce into execution he succeeded Ia escaping from the
prison Of Watermelon, DISCUS In the uodren Of .
Dutch officer; ship lying 70 the roads Of BATAVIA
native country and among his compstots OF South Caro-
Lima. he merican press 6llcd with the Of
his atvepturrs and even meedsgs were held to hear
from hls mouth account of bis voyages the
Indian Archipelago and from all parts Of the Union
there arose general demand for e,ress Of his
vrongsu 10 The month Of June last the washington
press published some Of tho particulars of cetrespoud
between the federal government and that OF
Netherlands and this amour panied
meeting that had tasen place at Pendeton In South
Carolina which, after listening with raet attention to
discourse delivered by Mr. Gibson voted unanimously
series Of 10 oniinps strongly sustaining his reoama
tion for dansges through the general government and
expressing the time tue energetic sIndg
nation that dishonor should have boen the
Ameri an Dag in the person Of South Caroiinian !"
Four weeks had barely elapsed from the tne Of that
meeting ~hen Captain Gibson arrived at the Hague as
ecs agent 81 his vernmen and bearing
from the Caoret at Washington to thu United states
Charge d'AflaiIes-Mr Bimort-who Immediately do
man ed Of this govern nent hundred thousand dol
ars, (25o Goo aorns 10 paid to Mr. Gbsou and fur
thcrmJrc the tu,ion OF certain aud
arolcs, which Lad be- Voluntarily given By the Ame'
rican plain ~ Batavia to sbsh his IDENTITY
MIR Be'mon. laid additional strcs upon his demand, in
view o. tho fact that the judiciary ndepen eut in
Netherlands tndit, IA the government dismiss
0urt eu6U
the proceedings in the il evident that the High
Conrtst Be- aya had been strongly influenced the
tive OF the Netherlands lndi and rthermore that Mr..
Gibson had cons ntiy denied and continues to deny,
that he The author OF the document which the
letter written in 'he high Malay, and in Arabic char
acters which vr Gibson did kuog at the time OF tho
date Of the letter did he order II to be written
This COVE bnent, through Mr.. Van Hall he Minister
Of Foreign airsopposcd the demand for Indemnity,
but expressed will, gress to restore the papers aud
personal property Of Mr. Gi ,son He 'eived in
quence through the channel OF tho American Lezaoo
pac age OF papers but instead OF his private docu
the package contained oil the original pieces cnu.
nected with bis care In uding the famous treasonsble
letter upon which ho cbage g.inst him founded.
alec reports narse secret and confidential which had
been addressed by different fan .H1narie in the East In
dies 10 the chief authorities at Batavia and by the
latter 10 The bone government. II appears that
the Minister Of the Colonies ldr Pahud) had
(r. Van BALD the complete dosscr of tho affair, Ia
der that he might fully inform him se Of the matter
TO combat the pretensoos of the American Minister
and that Mr. Van Hail had sent off By some unacsount
able gross oversight all those documents without opeu
ing the package which contained them Upon the veri-
hcaon OF this foolish mistake haste made to
p'ssess OF the important papers sent TO Mr. Bem MT
This gentleman stated that he had transmitted them
Mr Gibson his part tn they longer
in his pcssesson he having regarded their receipt
evidence Of the kind cere OF the Dutch Minister Of
Foreign Affairs to render him to that
justice which the ramm@ls of official position pre- vent
ed bm from promptly according and conscq uently no
(Gibson) had sent them home to his government,
being ipoonrovertibe evidence Of the justice OF his
claim aud Of the system Of espionage to which he had
been subjected in the East
Mr. b. mont bas mited the refusal of our cabnet
to grant the indemnity, 70 the knowledge Of his govern
ment asking for further instructions and insisting upon
being authorized TO demand his passports II
should persist in its refusal After forwarding
these dispatches the American Charge left for France
and decided that during his absence Mr Gibson
should remain ut Brussels. some other city abroad
We conpe ourselves 10 this simple statement of facts
reason hlch induced not TO reveal what We Ia
done until urged to do BY the appearance Of erroneous
ana in complete versions OF the matter
From LEcho Universal the Hague, AuS. %, 1854
TRANSLATION
We learn from tho Washington journals that the
Chamber OF Representatives has requested the Pres
dent. not Incompatible with public interests to CON-
mnnate 10 Congress the correspondence between the
sectetary Of State and the American Minister al the
Hague, in regard to the affair of Captain Walter NJ
Gioeon Resolution offered bv Hon. j. Orr, OF So nth
Carolina, in House OF Representative Aug. LIST, 1S54)
from another source learn that Mr.. Van Haul our
mister OF Foreign Affairs, has made formal demand for
tho restitution of the documents which through
aoroir mistake delivered to Mr. Belmont This
occurrence has caused no little emotion in certain
quarters