The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-15
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Saturday tiorning, March is, 1885.
BRITISH RECRUITING IN AMERICA
EXPOSITION OF THr MEANS USED.

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letter of two columns from 'late officer in tn,
British Recruiting service in America" The wri
ter says
After fruitless voyage from the United State,
to England returned to this country year ago
where to my utmost surprise advertise
ment in the German newspapers of this city -
wanted 10000 men to enlist in the Foreign lie
gion. After some inquiries was directed to the
bHtish Consulate in Barclay street for further in
formation On arriving and planning the object
OF my visit, Mr.. Barclay informed me that
would best obtain my wish by travelling to Hall
fax and presenting my demand to Sir Gaspard LIE
MSrchant then told Mr.. Barclay my unsuccess
full voyage to England on this very subject, and
he politely enough rendered me his services by
forwarding any letter l wished TO direct to the Col
onial Government At Halifax. i did write letter
addressed to Sir Gaspard lie Marchant, which
gave to Mr. Barclay, but never received an an
swer.
Some weeks later returned to the Consulate
and found another gentleman to whom address
ed my request, and was begged to wait until the
arrival of the gentleman who had the affairs OF
the recruiting business in his hands This was
| Mr.. Stanley, Secretary of the Consulate. He in
formed me that he had the direction of the enlist
| ment business in his hands, and that no commits
sions were given to anybody; that the rank of 3
| commission depended entirely on the number of
| men brought TO Halitax-one hundred men for a
| eaptancy, and so progressing that he had money
| in his hands to pay 30 for every man shipped to
| pay list at the rate of Sl8 week. / soon found
| agents who procured me men, who were put down
| to my account, and for whom my agents were paid
| % per head, IN the presence of Mr. Stanley, in
| Chambers street. few days after, tLia gentle
| man requested me to take command of a number
| OF men who were to be shipped for Halifax in the
| Tiesel, Nova Scotia vessel OF about 100 tons
which wsa lying in the East River, on the Brook
| lyn side
| / consented, and The same evening with i'll.
| structions In my pockets and in company with Mr.
Stanley, lott the Prescott House ir carriage for
| brooklyn. Before leaving New York Stanley
wished 10 take Russian by the name of White
| with lin, who lived in a German boarding house
| Ill William street, ana who was recommended 10
| him by the President of The German Aid Society
assuring that he was stouI.Ouilt man who
could be OF considerable service tc me in case of
difficulty Oh board. After some trouble We sue
ceeded i'll finding the Russian and soon after found
| ourselves III Brooklyn. Great was our dsappoint
ment when the captain of the Tiesel assured us
that, notwithstanding his assurances he could not
be ready for sea before Monday right, and that all
| the recruits were i'll a boarding house.
| Mr.. Stanley, though somewhat enraged, soon be.
came satisfied with the arrange ment, paid the
| Captain $500 and S25 to the lsndlady, and re-
| quested me to see how many candidates for gun.
| powder were there. 1t would be a difficult task
to describe my surprise, produced by the ludicrous
| appearance of these fellows, and no sooner were
| my feet safely lodged in a room, which my guide
called bar.room, than at least twenty voices in
| three different tongues and as many patos were
screaming after brandy, lager beer. cigars and to-
bacco. l tried to pacify these hungry wolv gave
strict orders for them TO be kept in DOORS and left
in company with Stanley again for the Prescott
House
Monday came and carpet bag in hand and pair
of pistols in my pocket was ready TO start, when
Mr. Cromroy, Lieutenant in the pay OF Stanley.
brought US the information that the United States
Marshal, with posse of men, arresting
recruits, and that he saw Joachimson conversing
with the Russian Hazardous as it may seem, i
took q carriage and drove over to Brooklyn, and
here saw enough. l saw the United States Mar
shall surrounded by his men and many spectators
| 1 escaped fortunately, and gave new instructions
10 my agents to be more prudent in their engage
| ments Soon after / sent an agent of mine with
a number of men by railroad to Boston, where
the house of Clark & Jones had orders from Hall
fax TO ship these for the place just named 1t
seemed that my agent, by the name of Philip Kauf
mann, for the sake of gain, deceived these men,
and on arriving in Boston his recruits revoted
and had him arrested. Soon after Mr. Stanley en-.
gagged the bark Buffalo, commanded by Captain
Stuart, for the purpose of taking recruits to Nova
Scotia After having succeeded in filling this YES
sci with of all sizes, qualities and disqualities
l, in company with a certain Mr. Hussack and Mr.
Rudelius. left New York and reached the Buffalo,
which had previously sailed near BlackwelPs Is
| land
Arrived on board, counted the men and hand.
| ed the said HusSack certificate stating the num-
| Der of men on board for Mr.. Stanley Shall con.
fess how utterly disgusted was. not only with the
| accommodations for me and my sub-Lieutenants,
| but even for the meni Two bundles of straw
| spread Tor seventyone persons, who were con-
| stantly Kept below TO avoid suspicion and as If
| providence were against ne, not the slightest
! breeze to carry US out of danger. Mr. District
Attorney McKeon and Mr.. Joachimson were con-
| slahlly before my eyes, and every steamer coming
| or gong gave me nervous excitement In the
| DAY time the sun scorched me; at night with the
| deck tor my couch and my carpet-bag for nv nil
| low, had to fight myriads of musketoes. That
my moral miseries might be complete, Captain
Stuart had not even & pound of butter frasb or
| old, or pound of meat on board.
| After eight days torture reached Tarpaulin
Cove, where perfect calm obliged us to let the an
| chor co. and not having sufficient fresh water
Capt Stuart and Mr. Rudeiius, whom begged 10
| buy some provisions, went ashore Scarcelv had
they left the vessel when not far from us discoy
ed United States revenue cutter, and soon TO nv
utmost dismay one of the men signalized by signs
of his hand to the officers OF the cutter 1t was re-
| cognized; boat was lowered, and an officer of
| the cutter boarded our vessel After short con-
| versatOn with my men, the officer turned TO me-
| asking if was British officer Not deeming it
proper to answer this question: he asked after the
| captain and was told that that individual was
| ashore he then returned to the cutter Mr.
| Stuart returned with water and some provisions
| but no sooner was he on board than the Lieuten-
ant returned with the instructions OF his comman-
/ der, Captain Clarke, which placed under his
| custody.
was taken to Boston, and imprisoned there until
he could get ball. Mr.. Stanley in the mean time re-
fusing to answer-his telegraphic dispatches for
aid After he was acquitted, he applied to Mr.
Stanley for employment but that gentleman told
him that he was too "unlucky' in his affairs to be-
entrusted agan Stanley also said that the recruit
ing had stopped, and he had no more money to
pay out He, however, then had three officers in
| he,
| Washington.
| VISIT TO NoRFoLK.-It Is stated in the Norfolk
| Herald that the Secretary of the Navy and the
| naval committees of the two Houses of Congress
| viii make visit to that city during the present
week, to examine the United States steamer Mer-
rinac and also to investigate the condition of the
| public works at the Navy Yard
NEW ROUTE AaENT-The Postmaster Gener-
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