The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-18
Tho In npressaeAt Of Briiish sabIects In
New Orleans.

CARD FROM The BRITISH CONSUL.
The following card appears In the New Or
leans RcGyune Of July 6;
NEw 0hLKAHs, July o, 1861.
To The Editor Of ths Daily P,cdyuRs:
GEnTLKMsS; My attention has been called
TO an article In yesterday mornings hcdyune,
commenting upon Mr.. RussELLs tenth letter,
written from this city on the 25th Of Nay, In
which my name Is made use OF for the pur pose
Of impsaching Mr.. RUssKLL's s vsracity. have
net seem his letter, but that 10 Of little conss'
qusnos, as l am not called upon either 10 coin
eide In his opinions, or defend bis Vows.
| take il for granted, however, that the OK
tract from the Now York paper, relative TO the
impressmsnt Of British subjects Ia correct and
a, the statement made by Mr.. RUSSELL In
wolves . question of fact Ia which am in
tsrssted, think 1t duo myssf not to preserve
a silence which might be miSconstrusd.
Mr.. RussxLL's statement you have apps
rsntly without any irquiry, characterized, not
with your usual courtesy, a. Outrageous false-
hood Of his own coinage &c., &c. Lot us soc
with what justice you have used these severe
Il Is not the fact, that one or two isolated
cases Of British subjects who enlisted in the
army, asd ''hAving thought bsttsr OF II, then
invoked my protection, made the blsis Of Mr..
RUssKLL's statsmspt, or, a. you call II mon
strous invention" Bat Il Is the fact that sinos
the 28th Of April 10 this present day, with
very slight Intsrmission many British subjects,
soma Of whom were only few weeks In the
country, were seized and forcibly carried of
nom the lsyss, steamboat landings, boarding
houses, &c TO the different places OF rsndsz-
yous Of military companies. When the men
reaistsd they were frequently sssaultsdi knock
cd down, and being ovsrpowered, carried on In
furniture wagons TO the headquarters OF these
embryo companies, whse the most violent
threats were usea 10 compel thsm ITO sign the
papsTs.h
When these outrages commenced, address
cd, in the end Of April and beginning Of Nay,
comm uuieaiions to Ills Exoallsncy, Governor
MOORE, who at once granted all the redress In
his power, by ordering the discharge Of thoss
men whose NAMES could furnish as having
been illegally impressed. His Excsllency At
the same Iims expressed "his unqualified con-
dsn nation" Of such ouirages and stated that
b, would ndsAvor TO put an and to them, a
far as he had any control OF authority ovsi
III, par les implicated. bshsyS tht In 90,
case q company Wss ordered 10 be disbandsd
| In consequence Of the very fragrant con duct o
recruiting rquAds who had kidnapped men Il
midday at the end OF the shell road.
At the time Of Mr.. RUsnLL's arrival II
this city, about thlrty.hys or forty OF thos'
'Illsgal mustsrs'' had been discharged, AM
my Off . was still daily bssiegsd by women
imploripg me 70 get their husbAn ds released
| within the last few days there have bean ove
| 20 applic atoms OF q similar kind, and som
Of the men. according TO the svidsnos, hAy
been severely malireatsd- One woman a.
lagos that her husband Gas ssiz,d while on b
way 70 procure medical hsiP for her 0hud, sh'