The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-26

the strength of alleged letter from one Of
'n' prisoners, got up howl short time
since about the reported III treatment Of the
prisoners Among other things il boldly asserted
that the occurrences OF the outside world studousy
kept from them and tina. this end the refinement of
barbarity was resortcd Of keeping them the daily
newspapers. This of course, gave our rebel neigh
bors too fine opportunity to be neglected improving
the occasion by scnmentazng comparisons between
"Base' and its French prototype that destroyed at
the commencement of the first revolution, Of ringing the
charges on worse than Austrian dcsposm, and
sporting lhor historic lore by lachrymose nlln
sions to general warrants res de cach and other in
strumenls Of bycgone tyranny. Fellows who, under
Charles Stuart Of England Louis Capet OF France the
present Francis Joseph, of Austria, would have been
treated with "a long shrift and short cord equally
short acquaintance with tho headsmans axe, were be-
walled greater than any OF the victims Of these
tyrcnts, because th>y simply kept out of harms
way and deprived Of their newspapers. 1t happens
however that the stories of the deprivation of conm
porary history pure tabroatons got excite
athy among the "seccshers ard TO confirm the waverng
in their adherence to the rebecause The prisoners have
never at any tmc been prohibited from getting what
newspapers they desired, and indig
rant than they at the sehoods that had been told about
the matter
They comfortably lodged consistent with
keeping. They fed by the government its own
expense, and with the best material that the market
afford, and any one all OF them at liberty
10 order any hxiry in tho shape of food they have
mind TO from the most fash, nabe hotel in New York
at their OWN expense. In n word, IL has not been
forgotten that traitors though they may prove be
when placed on their trial, they most of them,
pied the position of gentlemen, and their treatment in
compatible with their retention on the right side Of the
granite walls Of Fort Lafayette.
We shall now proceed to speak particularly of the
State prisoners, and the circumstances which led to and
attended their arrest and Imprisonment Fort Lafayette
They are eighteen in number
The principal among them are
Charles ward QresdcnD,) po,,,,o..
2 Wiiiam ttcheii, '%,',i"e
3. Charles Kinks, 7 Iulce
4 John Davis. Nn'He'he'S'
8. - Alvey.
Q. - Lyon.
l. - Saith.
&. bert Muir
o Thoma :. Serrill.
TO- Chafi"s korpcraff:
H. Pierce Bntlcr.
H. Louis De I}cban.
49, SamTcl Akin.
H. Colonel Charles II. Tyler
10 j. G. Bcrret.
We begin with
THE BALTIMORE POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
They arrested before daylight the 1st of July
under the following circumstances time previous
it discovered what had been suspected from the time
the Massachusetts, troops attacked by the mob,
their passage through Baltimore, the 10th Of
April, route for Washington, tho police of
that city were dis.oyal Their conduct thai
occasion, in virtually siding with the mob, evinccd
as much and shortly after General Banks who
placed in command, made clean sweep, and recognized
the police force. The Commissioners, however, would
recognise the police, and committed certain overt
acts which Justified General Parks in ordering them
be arrested and confined in Fort McIienry With them
were arrested Marshal Kane and Meesrs Alvey, Lyon,
smith Merryman, Tghmann, Byrnc, Martin ard others.
On the morning of the arfes; General Banks Justified the
course had pursued ly the following procamation:-
PROCLAMATION or GENERAL BANKS.
HEAD !uARTErs. EpAtTMEST or ANNAroIIs, I
FORT hclENRY, july l. 1861.
IN pursuance Of orders issued FRI m the H. a,quartcrs
OF the army Washington, 70. the preservation Of pub
lie peace N this Geaftnen nave arr sted AMI 10 now
air IN the custody of te unie States, the late
he til. Beard If oiice, Mcssis Charles Howard viii
lia!a Ca,c h Nacs links and JLn W. Davis. The in
c MS g the at ca al fdot Ii stifcat N for this
ord The hcldi prto rdc the charge OF tic Board,
When abandoned by tic ofiiccs, resemble in some re
sccis aIed iscra. After pblic glon aud
protest aga st The se san of the fonc,iors ,hey
| tinted th ssicis daily. Upon forced ana unwar-
rantb constr cti II of my prociaaon OF the 18th ut,
they declared that tie police INV suspended and the
po.ce officers and men put or duty for the present,
intending TO leave the city without any police pro
|
officers aud necessarily selected by the Provost
Massha for its protection and hold -. subject e,.
| police force, large body Of armcl men, for
prose not known to the government, ano inconsistent
with its pace and security To antcfate any intentions
orders on their part, have pa Cd temporarily per
! ton Of the force Under my command within the city.
! disc ann, the part of the government repre-
sent all desire int non and purpose rcrc any
manner whatever with The ofdnai municipal Affairs OF
the city Of baltimore. whclevs a loyal citizen can le
nam d who will execute It's police laws with npai taty
/ al
viii be withdrawn from the central parts Ct the hunici
patty at once. No soldiers will b. permitted in the city
except under regulations satisfactory 10 the Marshal and
if any admitted violate tic municipal law they shall
be puDisLe by ihG civil law md b. the civil trb nal.
| NATHANIIP. BANKS, Major General Cong
The prisoners remained at Fort McIIenry nearly a
month, when it deemed advisable to remove them to
Fort Lafayette create security, they arrived by
the LIST Of August On the 9th instant the petit
ton Of the Commissioners Judge Garrison of Brooklyn
issued writ of habcas corpus requiring Lieutenant
Colonel Burke the commandant of Fort lafayette, to
produce the prisoners before the Kings County Court,
upon which the Colonel tccgraphed to Washington for
instructions from General scott which arrived, forbid
ding him to produce the prs On the 9th tho writ
was returned into the court stating that Colonel Burke
deeply regretted that pending the existing troubles he
could not comply with the re1uiston Of the honorable
Judge upon which Judge Garrison postponed the
the following Monday allow Lieutenant Colonel Burke
time to reconsider the NATTER SO as to enable the
Sheriff to amend the return. The Colonel complying
attachment issued for his arrest Sheriff Camp
bl allowed to execute the writ, however, upon
which, under threat of al attachment against himself for
contempt OF court ho went through Of iniulfing
OF General Duryea what ogco of militia at his dis
posl to aid him cxocuting the writ and the General
informing him TIA; he quite sttutc OF artillery,
while the force of infantry quite inadequate for 80
ecrinls n task Judge Garrison decided that the sheriff