Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-02-12
THE CASE OF GEN. STONE.


General Stone was arrested in Washington,
Sunday, by order of the secretary of war He
had not returned to Poolesville after his APP
pearance before the investigating committee,
and one account of the arrest says ''it is owing
to revelations made by himself and others be
fore the committee, that he has been deprived
of his command, and committed to prison.
These revelations, it is said, show that he is
guilty of "treasonabe completely with the reb-
els" We take the following from a Wash
ington letter, printed yesterday in the New
York Times =
'The arrest eXcites great commotion in pub
lie circles here; and certain military function
aries are also greatly perturbed about it. Itis
rumored that still other arrests will be made
Immediately. Secretary Stanton has the spirit,
the courage, and the determination to strangle
treason, or completely with treason, wherever
and in whomSoeYer it is discovered 1t is not
able that Stones strongest friends here are Sc
ceSslonists and semi.secesSionists OF both sexes.
and his strongest enemies, or rather those who
make the most serious charges against him,
are the officers and men under his command.
The searching investigation that has been
made into his case was owing, in great meas
ure, 10 the influence brought to bear from II
source whence it would seem none could come
his own NEIL Political influence or person
al rivalry have had nothing whatever to do
with the case.
Gen Stones antecedents are good, bad and
dubious. He is a native of Massachusetts,
graduate and afterwards professor of Ethics
in West Point, served in the ordnance corps
was lieutenant in command of battery at
the siege of Vera Cruz, was breveted for gal
liant conduct at Moline del Rey, and served
on the entire line of operations from Vera
Cruz to the city of Mexico, under the eye of
Gen. Scott, who has always expressed the
highest confidence in his loyalty and military
skill. In 1856 lie resigned from the army and
went into civil life. He became interested in
certain land speculatious (known as the Stone.
lsham Purchase, kind OF tilibuSterIng enter
prlse,) in the states of northern Mexico, So
nors and chihuahua, but charges of fraud if
not OF tillbustering, were made against him by
the Mexican offc ais, and, while engaged with
strong party in surveying his pretended pur-
chase, lie was driven from Mexico by the au.
thorites. He tried to raise a sufficient force
to hold the land against the Mexcans; but
failing, he came here in the early part of the
buchanan regime, to try and get the govern
ment to send troops to the Mexican frontier,
or otherwise make demonstration in his
favor. 1t is believed here that he had made,
o. was going to make, good deal of money
fromathi Mexican speculation, but not much
was known about his operations.
:; ~ was "nli n staying mere anu sun engaged
~ lls, DIS ven as o'iIer Joos' that lhe reoellloh
proAe OUT On inc HrSt OF iast year. upon the
Recommendation Oh zen. ocott, ne was ap-
P2'G'eu 10 organize tne mlIlua OF Inc District
Oh Coiumoia anu whlie washington was yet
trehoiihg IN lear OF the advent OF the rebels,
ms action seemed both loyal and efficient. In
may lie was appointed colonel Oh tile fourteenth
infantry, ana shortly after was made brga-
der general and placed IN command of
column on the Upper Potomac 1t was while
IN TINS POSITION and IN ms command, that the
horrible tragedy OF Balls Bluff was enacted
IL mas Deen attempted by some to place the