Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-12
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The Arresl ID Col. Yhn HYrcl,.

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Our readers may remember a notice,
some weeks since, Oftko arrest of Colonel
n Ven Wyck, Of Orange county, New York.
We find in The MiddletOwn Press letter
from that officer in which he thus refers
to the subject Ia-
shaAt RoPER's CHuRoH, May 49,
After We got settled down, ETeceived
letter to report 70 the head quarters OF
| Gen. Porter, Provost Marshal. Went, and
found charges preferred against me for
having taken the secession ambulance and
some bacon and corn meal for my regi-
Inent when It was in a famishing condi-
I ton. All the property ! had taken had
been left by the rebel army in its retreat,
and had taken It for the absolute wants
I and necessities. The ambulance was
broken on the retreat had It fixed. and
the first day carried some sick soldiers;
the second day, two sick Lieutenants Con-
oily and Still, who were unable to walk.
Still, there had previously been issued an
order, Of which was ignorant, that no
property, not eUea belonging to The rebel
army, should be taken. So Twas ordered
under grFesk and in close confinement
that IS confinement in my quarters, with
guard stationed over me. This, 1 sup
pose was necessary for military discipline,
although il seemed severe, when man
had intentionally done no wrong, only la 4
boring with too much zeal to procure sub /
sisteRce for jaded and hungry men, who 4
in a few hours might be lying cold in death
on the battlefield t
Whiting from near the Chickahominy
River May 10, Colonel Van Wyck further
says
wednesday morning visited General /
Mcclellan head quarters at Cumberland.
Saw several Of his staI-oficers. The mat
ter Of my arrest was brought to the atten-
ton Of the General, when he promptlv Or
dered that shOuld be released; that he H
was satisfied that l had taken none Of the
enemy s property except for the benefit of
my regiment and without Intending to
violate any army regulation. / am con
llnced that my arrest did not proceed from
Gen. MeClellan's headquarters.,'
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The RecOEnition Of Hayti and Liberia. |
William J. Watkins, Agent Of the Hay
ian Emigration Bureau, writes to the
Washington Republican the following c
shtg rem
MEssRs. EDIToRs' During my fourteen
7ears residence in the Northern States
md in the province of Canada, Ihave often
lesired to visit the metropolis. l have 7
lot, until now, attempted to do SO, because
was aware that in this locality, from
ime immemoriAl, my complexion has been
egarded as unconstitutional and the tex
ure ofmy hair contrary 20 the Statutes in
uoh cases made and provided. And re-
ard Il as afortunate coincidence. that, On v
he occasion Of my frstxisit, come as an L..
gent of the Hsytian Emigration Bureau Fl
nd lectured on the shbject 36f Haytian
on the night Of the day when Z
be Government Of the United States well s.
9med the two republics, Hayti and Lii q
erla, into the family Of nations Thank 81
edl9the spell Is brokeh, and slavery is tC
"a tlS haIleiUiaihist t5i q 4fSa N N
My object, sir, in writing this note, is to 81
al attention to a statement made yester- !,
ay in the HOHse, by Hon. Wm. Kelly, of =
ennsylyania, in his able speech advocst- y
ne the passage of the Recognition bill he II
aid that there are over seventy thoussnd a
Of the republic Of Hayt. While u
stening to him, l thought it mere lapSus Il
inguasj but as it appears in your publish
d debate upon the bill, 1 deem it my duty to D
tate that the present population Of HRyi a
! at leastep0, OO0 They are people who
7ill in every respect compare fayorably .
nth The constituents of the gentlemen Of n
he opposition, who so cOnte1nptnonsly
neered at them, bechUce Of the physical d
with which their Creator p
as seen3 flo to endow them. The 'blaek a
minister" whom they viii send to Wash
lgtoh, viii eyihee noidesire to force him D
elf into the company Of the gentleman '
som 0hiOBI as Haytiah gentleman are e.
cry punctilious in the selection Of theif
ssooiates -g -..- .