The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-07-24

cumsances connected with these deteltons which the
information had carefully concealed from you that his
exceeney detailed officer to investigate these cases
with partcularity in order that the extent OF the
grievance might be fully opened to him.
That officer has Just now returned from visit TO the
armores rendezvous of the companies, of whose
ton you complain in your last letter. and now have the
honor to submit the result of his investigation
nected with his execution of the governors order for
the release OF the seven prisoners mentioned by you
l. Michael Martin. There is no such man at the rem
devious of the Ripley Rifles The only man they have
of that srname is Thomas Martin who attached himself
voluntarily to their muster ROLL and whom they believe
to be an Englshman and who boards at Mrs. Martins,
on Howard street. The company have barracks, but
rely simply upon the parole of honor of their men to
answer when called for None Of the men have ever
been under ang restraint but given their board
ng-houses.
2 Michael McCann is not and never has been on the
muster roll of the Ripley Rifles These statements
have in the form of certificate signed by the captain
of that company.
g. James German has been in the armory of the Car
roll Guards, and was discharged yesterday l know
nothing of the correctness of his wfes representations
of ill-treatment.
A. John Sullivan vas taken in the sC4rroI Guards >
from the workhouse calaboose He permitted to
leave his place of confinement his own request to
enlist, and upon bis change of mind, evidenced by
his complaint you has been retransferred the urs
dction of the recorder by the captain
g. John Mullan discharged yesterday. In re-
aton to the charge of violence him and German,
the captain III his certificate says, they without
foundation.h
G. james Mcclure left the rendezvous of the Race
Guards yesterday, complaining Of sickness,
T. Thomas Quinn discharged to-day under the
order conveyed by the officer detailed by the governor
for that purpose.
respectively suggest to YOU that large majority OF
those whose complaints made not the victims Of
violence or duress Some persons have attempted to
raise companies by offering to the aboring classes in
ducements to enlist The British subjects have in many
instances ayaed themselves of the opportunity to secure
the bounty money liberal supply Of clothes and whole
some food for few days weeks, and when they mag
inc the time for departure approaching, dispatch their
wives to the consulate to detail their suterings.
His eXceency is induced to believe that YOU have
been deceived by the racita Of the ancied wrongs of
these people. He will i'll future, i'll the past, without
evasion or delay, promptly apply remedy Whenever
of real grievance is brought to his notice. But
if British subjects volunteer whether i'll expectation
either of bread of bullets they cannot and
will not expect the governors aid to exricatc them from
situation in which teil voluntary act has placed them.
have the honor to be with the highest consideration
aud respect yeur cbedien. servant,
THOS g. MANNING, Ad-deCamp
Mr.. AURE TO GOV. MOORE.
BRITISH CONSULATE, New Orleans, July g. 1861.
To his excclency, Thomas o. Moore, governor and
commander in cEief of the State Of Louisiana.
the honor to make to your exceIlency the 5th inst
in which | expressed satisfaction at the promptitude
with which your eXcelency had granted redress those
individual instances of impressed British subjects to
which had called your attention, have to add that
early in Nav after those ourages had commenced
uAdressed dispatch to her majesty secretary of State
for foreign affairs the subject In that dispatch
took occasion express due appreciation Of the DrOmp
ude Of your action and further stated that the gov
ernor at once discamed these Illegal acts, and said that
they met with his unqualified condemnation His excel
ency Immediately issued order for the discharge of
those British illegally musterednt the service
Your excellency will therefore perceive that both to
yourself and to her majesty government, did not fail
to make due acknowledgment of the pursued by
your excelency. Permit add that feel assured
that Mr.. Russell will be glad to correct the erroneous
impression expressed by him regarding the 'evasion
the part of the authorities arising doubt from seeing
continuance OF complaints which, he adds in his letter,
''the mayor had promised should not occur again"
have to acknowledge the receipt Of Col. Man
nng's letter of the 9th inst which received Yesterday
in reply to mine of the previous day in which called
your exceencys attention several additional cases of
pressmens OF British subjects which were reported at
the consulate the 4th inst. Prior to my making
remarks regarding the individual alluded permit
to observe in reference the last graph of Col
Mannngs letter that in the discharge of the duty de-
volved upon bvmy government in protecting British
subjects from forcibe service in military companies,
have exercised the greatest and patience in sitting
the evidence OF each case, before solicited the inter
position OF your excelleucy neither lent willing ear
to vague complaints, nor did ] extend my official pro-
lection to those who had been entrapped into barrooms
where in of ncbriety they had either signed
or consented to sign, the enlistment ROLL far less did
countcnanCe any degree the complaints OF those who
had volunteered and then rcpented Of the act But
have tet it to be my imperative duty to invoke the
authority of your exceency behalf of those UIfortu
nate men who were kidnapped in the Streets and at
their boarding houses byrunnerS employed by unauthor
ised individuals engaged in the formation of embryo
companies many Of these men having wives and fam-
lies dependent them for subsistence and support
Your cxcclency informs that i'll order ascertain
the correctness OF the circumstances attending those
brought your notice you had detailed officer
to investigate those cases. and you submit the
result of his inquiries. find that Notwithstanding the
mistakes attendant miSspe names and the difficulties
arising from changes OF the rendezvous of companies
one of which has no less than three in different cotton
press yards five of the reported by
are correctly accounted for The other two N. Martin
and Michael McCanE are stated never to have been
the muster roll of the Ripley Guards This is no doubt
true for they arrested as stated in my letter.
the suppostion that they deSerters and after
days confinement released. One of them Michael Nc
Cam came to my office yesterday with his boarding
house keeper Mr. Radden % Girod street to express
his thanks for his discharge and narrated very mnutey
the whole circumstances of his arrest his boarding
house by of the soldiers of the Ripep Rifles assist
by pOIlCC 0Ilc2f duncan, FROM thence he taken
the watch-house where he detaGedau hour then
taken by belonging to the Ripley Rifles to the
of PoyraS ard Front Levee streets, and about
o'clock removed the Louisiana cotton press yard
No g. where he was detained two days, it being then
admitted that he deserter, and refused to Join
the company With the exception of his Imprisonment
and refusing take any food except bread and water
he was in other respects treated without any harsbness
have been obliged to trespass upon your exeeeneys
time in giving the minute of these cases otherwise it
might be Inferred that had been imposed upon by
imaginary
In reference to the case No of John Muan or
Mulhaig, yOur excelency informs that he was dis
charged on the 9th inst but his friends reported at my
office yesterday that he is still confined the Shippers
peess yard Front Leveo street, between Rothgnace
and Henderson streets, of the rendezvous Of the
Carroll Guards In order ascertain if possible the
exact facts of this and the herein after detailed
instructed my secretary to 90 to the rendezvous this
morning accompanied by of the police, courteousy
placed at my disposition by Capt McCleIand
The lieutenant duty refused to allow them to enter
the yard and my secretary then gave tue name of the
two men, but he, the lieutenant declined giving any in
formation regarding them After waiting an hour
he returned without success
now beg respectfully to call the attention Of your
exceency to another case which has been reported
me yesterday that of James Shoress British subject,
who, Sunday, the 30h of June last was seized BY