Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-10-17

anrray..on Of the ntfrncc.--wrute To hlr.
s, ward 9u the 5th nl uGcelnb.r. requesting
tn know the names of his scrusHra, on what
charge he was a0uiiua, and permission To gG
Ii Washington to meet 1t, whatever It might
be Mr.. Seward replied by "tlering h!n his
rr'"asr If he would take the Gath Of slle-
glanrr. hir. II Under declined on the ground
il;ar his doing so you'd lead to the inference
tilal ne had been guilty Of some CRIME or or
fmnc2 unspeclicd, and that he had been par
donr,i IN promise Of bctter behavior for tho
future Mr.. Seward, on subsequent oGca-
nan, ranewed the offer: hut MIR. W inder's OBJ
jechon being radical, applied 10 I'LL testn or
cuuditiona " inch might b. :n1pE'tatt to admit
Hint be had lone anything inconsistent with
lii: character OF q trn1 American and loyal
citizpn. aud lie derliuei the second time
Thus the matter rested ior five months until
tfe 22d February, 1SG2, when Mr.. W iudrr
wrote 20 Mr.. Cameron, settiE; forth that ne
had been five months in prison Hith9ut pro-
cess or Term OF ls1i thar if any charge OF
crime were TO lie brought sgn;Ilit him, he w&s
ready 10 meet it, and that il there wcre none,
no demanded his unconditional release, Nj.
TIFind,.r wrote to hin, aehsii un the 18th OF
7 Esiaren, a1l.i rnccrvei the fo!loTing answer: =
LocliIEr, March 81, 1852.
S:r-Yon surprise HE by aariug in your
letter Ct the 18th inst, received to-day, tnat
it WAS by my order you were taken from
Philadelphia to Fort Lafayette and placed in
confinement, &c. knew nothing ofyou ar
rest until | saw the fact stated in tho newE-
papers, and being st tue time closel y engaged
in thu discharge OF my official duties, neglect
ell TO inquire into the case, presuming, how
ever, that it was done by order Of the State
Department. which had charge Ol such eases
rs PRESUMED yours to be.
Very respectfully,
.'SImuH CAMERoH. y
". d. WlEDER, Esq.
To this document Mr. Winder replied as
follows:-
FORT WARREN, March 30.
"!r: have To thank luu f,r your prompt
reply Lr my request FIR information as to the
calse which induced YOU to issue an order
for my transfer to Fort Lafayette. Your
letter confirms me i'll my snpposition that
your name had hrrn nin,l without your
knowledge, or inadvertently signed to paper
without hccding iES contents. II was Obtain
cd somehow through the district attorney.-
/! give sou a copy Of the dNcnment by author
ty Of which Colonel Burke took charge Of
ME, and placed NE in Fart Lafayette.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. l3.
Dear Sir: Permit Ine to introduce to you
my deputy, Mr.. Starkcy, who carries with
him Mr.. Windar, to br delivered to your GUS
tojy per order of tho Secretary of War.
Very respectfully,
Your "brli't servant.
WM. AlIILwAgD.
United Stntcs Marshal.
TO Lieut.. Col. M.RTIN BuGrT, commanding
al Fora Hamilton.
am, sir, yonrS, very respectfully.
W. II. WIHpER.
TO Ilon SIsloN CAMERON, Lochi:l. near liar
risbura.
On the afternoon Gf the same day, Mr.
WindCr wrote second letter to Mr.. Cameron,
enclosing him 4 copy ~f the t.lrgrapiia des-
putch purporting TO be signed by himself and
addressed tn Mr. Cotfcy, the District Attorney
OF philadelphia ordering his arrest and trans
ference 10 Fort Lafayette. Mr.. Cameron
promptly replied in the following terz.s:
"LocHIEL, April 2, 1862.
"Sir: have enclosed your letter ofthe 3lst
received to-day, to the Secretary of State, and
dissYDwed II knowledge Of your arrest, with a
re4uhst for your relsasr, ifyou have been held
by my direction,
Every respectfully,
"SIaloN CAMERON.
ITO MIR. ". II. WINnEs.
Mr.. Seward refused to order the release
unless upon the previous terms of taking the
oath of allegiance aud transferred the case to
General Dix and Judge Plerpunt; The COM
missoncrs appointed by the War Department
for the examination ol political prisoners
From these gentlemen, Mr.. Windcr learned
for the first time, that his otisnse was hi:
correspondence with various parties and his
writings for the newspapers, and by then
he was promised To be set st liberty on parole
and on taking tho oath Of allegiance Mr.
Winder denied that his correspondence ol
writings were REASONABLE, disloyll or illegal
demanded if they were thought so by the Gov
erinnent, to be brought to trial in due form
aud course If law. that hc might have III op.
p1rtunltY Of defending himself and declined
TO take tho oaLl. as 4 necessary praiuina' =,
to bis demand for justice. lis correspon
dence with the commissioners is dated in tht
beginning Of May last, since which time, NOR,
than three muntis have elapsed. lie is stil
in Fort Warren close prisoner.
MIR. Wirder's case il but one Of hundreds
but The state Of public security and politica
morality which it disaioses might we'll max,
Americans reflect on tile unhappy position o
their once gruat and free Republic. They ma,
ct he aware Of it themselves, but the North
ern people have already lost their own libcr
ties in the futile attempt to destroy those G
their Southern brethren-and " worse than all
perhaps, to people who love the almighty
dollar so much. they have not lost theil
Liberties gratis, but hare already incurred
debts to the extent Of q thousand millions o
dollars bT In. process and will incur as much
more in another twelve months, unless they
rsr,nnnce tha ijeu Of suhjugation ami come Il
terms with peopl:. whom they mover cnr
Subdue.
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From Wa.rontor and Vicinity
A private letter from gentleman wei
posted in affairs ii ,iiis quarter, gives US th
following:
No news whatever Of Il. ,,nen;. can
however, deny the .,tatemrn maize by thu
enemy that they captured ! parallel over
1900 sick and wounded in l.. 'ir recent rait
upon Warrtntun. There We but from 50(
to 600 patients in the Hospitals at the time
None of the medical olficerS were interfereC
with, nor WAS any hospital property inter
fered with. Some OF tho sni Tiers wanted tt