Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-25
From the New York Tribune.
Arrest of Col. &. x. JemnIson and I.ieut
IEOyt of Kansas.

ST. LOUIS, April 20. 1862.
Another beautiful result OF placing pro.
slavery officers to domineer over well-known
anti slavery soldiers is shown in the arrest of
Col. Z. r. JennisCn of the "a Kansas cavalry
land acting brigadier genera) by order of
Gen. Sturgls. Col Jennison was arrested in
Leaven worth City On Thursday last Lieut.
Hoytot the same regiment was arrested the
same day. Both were placed in close con-
finement in the fort, in charge OF Captain
Prince, one OF their worst enemies These
arrests excited great commotion in Leaven.
worth, and all classes Of citizens were depply
excited. few CITIZENS, determined that the
parties should have Justice, authorized Jenni-
son 10 draw on the banking firm of Clark
Gfu6er & Co for 81 900 20 pay his legal and
personal expenses That night, a; 9 O'clock
Col. JenniSOn was hurried across the river to
Weelon and taken TO St Joseph, where, in
company with an officer in charge, he took
the cars for st. Louis. No opportunity was
given him 10 see his family, and his friends
a,lege that he was NOT even permitted to Sc
cure change Of linen. Yesterday morning
Col JennIson arrived IN this city. and was
placed in the military prison by the provost
marshal general, according to or lers.
There was considerable excitement among
the pro-slavery clique in this city, on hearing
OF Jennl>on's ARRIVAL and the Republican
this morning, without pretending to know
any OF the causes OF his arrest, or the cir.
cuinstaGces which led TO it, iusliies the rigor.
Gus treatment by sweeping declaration That
CoI Jenhlsoh anteceden!S justify the course
OF the authorities No charges have as vet
been furnished to Col. Jennisun, and he is en-
. trely ignorant OF the specifications designed 10
be urged against HIM Ii is not improbable
however, that the pretext upon which he has
been arrested is using diSrespectful language
toward his superior officers in public
speech. Col. JenniSon lately resigned the
Command OF his regiment, and publicly declar-
ed that lie could no longer cOnscentiously
serve under the command of those appOinted
at The heaG Of military operations in kansas.
His exact language has hot been reported, but
1t is averred that there was no attempt to
charge dlsloyalty upon his superior officers,
but merely a general statement that their
views OF the proper policy to be pursued in
carrying on the war differed 50 widely from
his, that he declined to serve under them. The
same reasons were given by Lieut. HoyI, as
the ca Sc Of his resignation
The arrest OF Colonel Jennson aud Lieut.
lloyt is not the only step taken in Kansas to
degrade the anti slavery officers who have
enlisted in the service OF the government, in
the belief that secessiunisis should be hurt in
order to suppress rebellion. gentleman
from Kansas informs your correspondent that
the command OF Col. Montgomery las been
taken from him, and the colonel dismissed
from the service. The same course has been
purSu d coward Colonel Weer, another anti
slavery man. John Brown, Jr., has rendered
his resignation as captain OF tie company to
which Lieut. Hoyt belongs
In short, every prominent officer connected
with the Kansas troops, who has identified
himself with the opposition to slavery, has
been showed aside and Inundated, by Gems
ID nver aud Sturgis. Ii is not surprising the
officers feel unwilling to serve any longer.
The Kansas regiments will be demoralized by
these acts beyond power of redemption. In
Co. JennisOn's regiment there are between
twenty and thirty men who, with Jennison
himself, have lain in open fields and concealed
in woods for days and weeks. to avoid the
sIavehoumds sent after them by Denver while
he was governor of Kansas. Can it be expect
ed these men will respect Gen. Denver simply
because he wears again the livery of Uncle
Sam? They despiSed him them, and they
will not love him now. The free state men of
Kansas are more disheartened by these events
than anything that has ever crossed their his
tory.