Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-05
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

WAshIN6TON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Captain Gibson-Ths "Ilirt.'-In an arti-
Gle on Wednesday last, in relation to this
matter, We stated that We were desired by Mr..
Gibson. among other things, to say that the
letter 'imputed to him as having been sd-
dressed to the Governor General of the Dutch
East Indies, Is false and CARRIED statement
Of a memorial addressed to the Governor"
and also that the Secretary of State was guilty
Of "bad faith and hostility towards him du-
ring the prosecution Of this case since its com.
ment." We have since then taken occasion
to refrssh our memory concerning the facts in.
volved In his case and its history. As~these
two points are, according to his own showing
all that now remains Of his case, We propose
briefly to contrast these grave charges with
admissions made by him, or of which he was
cogniIant, Of directly contradictory charac-
ter, which, to say the least of it, require ex-
PLANTATION.
On the 9Th Of March, 1854, (see Ex. doc, H.
r., No. Is, p. 24) Mr.. Belmont writes Mr..
Marcy from the Hague, enclosing letter from
Mr.. Van Hall, the Dutch Minister of Foreign
Affairs, to Mr.. B., dated February Is, "accom.
panied by copies and TRANSACTIONS of the diff.
ferent documents communicated to me at the
same time" One Of these documents was the
letter which Gibson was accused of having
written to the Native Sultan of Djambi, and
on which the proceedings against him were
based, promising, among other things, if pos
sible, to ''exterminate the Dutch"-dated
February 4, 1852; and the other was the let
ter dated February IS, 1852, being the one
addressed to the Governor General of the In
dies, missing from the files of the State De.
partment and Of which the President trans.
mitted copy to Congress, furnished by the
Dutch Minister here, in which Gibson admits
that he wrote letter to q native Prince of
''inaamatory contents" DO, begs for clemency,
makes ono Defence" and asks for "spesdy
trial" lie now pronounces the first letter q
forgery" and the second one, which substan-
tally admits its genuineness, he charges to be
"Jalss and garbIed statement" &c. The
despatch Of Mr.. Belmont enclosing these let
tiers, and also enclosing the letter of Mr. Van
Hall, the Dutch Minister, to him, in which his
attention is called to this latter letter of Glib
son, is numbered 16.
On the Sd Of June, 1854, (sse page SO of
document referred to- Mr.. Marcy writes to Mr..
Belmont that Capt Gibson has "been pe:-
mitted to peruse your No. 16, and the docu-
ments which accompanied it )" that he has
d" reviewed the subject of his claim in letter
dated the 18th ult, which you will receive
herewith" and that, "conceiving that he may
be serviceable to you in the prosecution of this
claim, he has determined to proceed as expe.
ditiously as possible to the Hague - and that
he Is charged with " this communication" DC
Mr.. Gibson must of course be supposed to have
arrived at the Hague about the 10th of June,
probably before.
on the 4th Of July thereafter, (see page IO3
Of document referred to- Mr.. Belmont, in a
letter to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs,
acknowledges the receipt of his letter Of the
18th OF June, in which he states at length tbs
objections to Gibson's claim and encloses an.
other copy (see page 1922 of the missing letter.
in which, says the Dutch Minister, ''in an hum
BILE manner he Gibson completely confesses
his fault" In the reply, dated the 4th of
July, to this letter of the Dutch Minister Van
Hall, (sse pages Ill and liz Of document,) Mr..
Belmont refers to and quotes from the missing
penitential letter Of Gibson, and does not init.
mate doubt of its authenticity and perfect
genuineness. Indeed, he admits it, for he says,
page ll2,) abiding to this letter, "he had
addressed similar and more lengthy commu.
nication to the Governor General, under date
Of the 18th Of February" giving a "history
of his whole life," DO.
Mr.. Gibson went to the Hague to be |" SER
vicesble' to Mr.. Belmont, and hc claims to
have assisted in the preparation of Mr.. Bel
mont's letter Of the 4th of July to Mr.. Van
Hall, and Of course knew its contents. Asit
confesses the genuineness Of the missing letter,
it would seem to be too late for Mr.. Gibson.
now that that letter has become the hinge
upon which the whole matter is made to turn,
to charge that it is a Z" false and garbled state.
ment Of smenorial" to the Governor General.
As to the charge that the Secretary Of State
has been guilty Of " bad faith and hostility
towards him during the prosecution CT this
Ease, since its commencement" it is contra.
iicted and completely disposed of by the fol
lowing passage in his letter to tho Secretary
Of State Of the I'd ultimo, and published in the
New York Herald of the Goth ult.
After disavowing any suspicion On his part
that the Secretary Of State, in espousing and
pressing his claim on the Dutch Government
had been at all Influenced by the representa-
tons of his enemies in relation to his private
and personal character, he adds:
I" have deemed it proper to make the fore.
going illusions to clear myself from the impu-
tation Of having listened to insinuations attrib
uting the delay which has occurred in the
acnon OF the Government on my case, since
It's final peremptory demand upon tho Dutch
Government was rejected, to hesitation on the
part OF the Government in reference to consid-