Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-05
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DEAT-UUil GENERALS Qua nGTT 70 Ec2
PORT TEEH- 9oanER STATE JsE Ii r AfY
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"Int:t& ;es s:and, disidei re fad"
Before proceeding to some general remarks
ask lca"e 20 make q brief abatement per-
sonal 20 Inc writer. Fly do 60 Y;u 4p-
pear ii the sequel.
In the SllaIue- If 1900 vas most uEax-
pecledly csllsd ~ and urged b. Mr.. Eccha-
nan TO pro, I'D TO z distant country on the
Pacific ior the purpose o. Introducing soIne
changes aad reforms III The consular a1o hos
pital expenditures at the Sandwich Islands,
For yeAIs tue expenditures at the Sandwich
JsiiDds Tor the support Of sick sld Prostitute
sesrn.n as'! exceeded the expenditures CT AZ
other ports VI the tcoTld, and were on the i'll
crease. Msny efforts had bssn msde to dis
cern tAe csuses s1d apply tas remedy. Tae
Inflated United States snip "Levant" had
been sart On 8 special mpsnon, and Comno-
dore Hunt 'sas instructed &c "la7sStigate and
report 20 tie Government" He raa1e the
Investigation" at 81 eEpsnse OF not leas :han
i!ftT THOUSAND dollars, aud DIade his report.
Som Aftsr leaving the Island, the ship and all
OH board ~ere lost, leaving nc Trace Of her
fate.
confidently expected and hoped 70 o. IT,
called As soon a. ijr. Lincoln assumed the
duties Of his o;Ilce, and made MY srrarge-
;a=nta accordingly. In the meantime, had
made complete changes in the whole System,
By which sn ax,saa1 saving to the Go7eIn~
nent Of upwards Of thirty Thousand dollSrs
wss effected.
Contrary 10 M expectation VICE not super
cadedi but, az soon AZ l SAY the position :ir-
giniS hsd taken, asked 70 be re-csned. Il
could not resign.) This request wac not
s:sntsd lno, until sent in my report snd re-
tITaF, showing saving OF Upwards Of thirty
Thousand doil.rs. Then WAS promptly sn
yer,eded by traitor from Tlrginia-or.e
Alfred Caldwell. OF Whseling-s At represent
ta.ivs Of the parry N power.
proceeded to Washington 70 settle ny 40
count. involving over one huhdIvd thousand
dollars, (tte Government being largely in my
debit Hnowing full well if did not obtsin
o setuemea:, should be, US other Southern
men lad been, branded as defaullsr.
On arriving In Washington, in February
LAST, the Secretary Of State, while e gioIiously
drunk" aud feeling "heppy," eolu7itarfly
gaze rue pass" to cone to R;chmone--en-
dorssd By that Young Napoleon McCiel-
Ian. But IL few days after, wien attempt
ing to avail myself Of the pass givsE NE o.
tho Secretary Of State, that ty7ant-Ssauton
-(SeczetAry OF NsrD ignored Il, and poisi-
lively refused TO let ne p.ss he:- i:nts, OF
| the gro;::i tia! th. puddle neeress forbid
It." Applications were repasted ivS tirnsa,
aud eAch time refused OF the same grounds
! vainiy attempted co excite Some spirit il the
ooso:.: Of the Secretary Of SAts, by. intima-
| ting to hin that bus uolEatary pass, having
bee, ignored by Stanton, that he mad thereby
hssa treated With oiarcSpect; sif, hoTssres, 10
| no purpose. found liked purpose not 70 let
| Eae come TO Richmond, snd being heartily tired
and sickeued at what had sesn in Washing
toil-kept under Surveillance, aud logged oy
Spy" for i've months-I asked 70. pass
| 70 so TO Norfolk. This wa g1anted and tie
! next day revoked
at lEst asked 70 CONE 20 Essex, Sc itey
| claimed thSt County as being il their i;nss7.-
Eiter some delay ana .-euy enquiries, that
! request 7SsS granted, sGu early tie next ds7
| 1 p7oceeded down 60 Maryland, crossed the
Potomac, snd finally rescued Essex Two
| isys after l was arrested AID taken under
| Es OF soldiers on one Of .heir suckosts, u1-
der the assumption that bal lett Washing
ton without permission. Fortunately, my
"pass " saved me visit to Fort Warren
need not detail my next movement in get
ting to Richmond. SUI here to devc:e the
; r.lnnan, OF my days IL the cause OF tbs
South. Tier destiny shat! he mine.
| lha~e been thus minute for the reason tkat
have been informed that an intimatioE has heer
maie tia: my stay in Washington vas from
choice. stamp it rs q Islander, originating
either in wickedness OF lgnorarcs. none
the latter. Fortunately have preserved the
whole correspondence with Seward, Stanton.
Wordsworth, Dix snd Wool, and Nm able to
put 70 shame I'll such ISLANDERS. I can.
| think; show record that will compare IA
vorably with some men wot Of men high
in the confidence Of tue South, who never
risked anything, who slways lag until public
opinion points out the rosd to placs, who
are .serer in the feast, but never IN the tight"
About sone of them shall hereafter have
something to say. These remarks have been
extended beyond the limits intended. In my
next will follow up the heading Of this ar
| ticls. observes"