, 1864-07-06
THE ARREST OF GEN. DIX.
The General and Others Charged with
kidnapping and tncltlnr to BLOT.

[From the N. 7. Post, July :.
The arrest OF Gen Dix and several other
officers yesterday, was made upon warrants
issued BY City Judge Russell. Several per
sons had appeared before the City Judge in
ansTcr to snbpnnas allowed By him, at the
instance Of District Attorney Hall, and had
testified to facts relating to the seizure Of
the HoFld and journal q Commerce newspa-
pers. We give below the substance Of the
documents on which the warrants OF arrest
were founded.
The letter Of Governor Seymour to the
District Attorney. condemning the Grand
jury for its return In the case Of those news
papers, and saying that !" the subject should
be brought before some proper magistrate.n
is said to hare induced the District Attorney
to procure the aff1dayits to be made before
Russell The District Attorney first made an
affidavit in the form Of complaint, dated
18th june, In which be declared that be had
been informed and believed that ~Hon. A
llnco1n'' directed "John 4. Dig. to do sey-
era1 acss against the World and Journal Of
Cotnme'ce and the editors OF those Journals,
enumerated in the complaint of the District
Attorney; q and charging that the said Dix
nfeloniously ordered one Wilson Barstow"
Captain Barstow) to arrest the editors Of the
newspapers named, and 'mischieyously or
dered one William Hays'' {Actinr Assistant
Provost Marshal General Hays} to procure
the closing up Of the newspaper Offices; that
the arrest OF Mr.. Hallock WAS procured,
and that gentleman Kept for the space Of
about three hours; that 1.-THE said Hags'' In.
stFucted Maj. Bowers, who caused ssone Cun.
q" {Capt. Cundy and some commissioned Of
Ulcers and priyates, whom the District Attor.
ney names, to " 80 armed and equipped" to
take possession Of the Journal Of Commerce.
office; and that the said Hays ca1sed simllar
acts to be done to the Wus9d, through lieut.
Gabriel Tuthiu and several other soldiers,
The District Attorney then charges that John
4. Dix and Wilson BarstoW arc guilty of kid
mapping, and the others with John 4. Dix of
tEctting to a riot and torclbly OBTAINING prop
t.; and the District Attorney prays that &C.
tion lie taken to sustain the dignity Of the
State
Judge Russell then issued subpnnas di.
rected to Messrs. Vim. a. Hal1ock. of the
Journal II Commerce, David G. Cro1y, Of the
Horld, Wm. ". Jacobus, John S. Belts.
auctioneer, Daniel Z. KirWau and Washing
ton Hills, Jr., clerk, in the TPorzd Office, who
before the Judge and made their
several afhd8yits; the District ATTORNEY
examining the witnesses.
TIE WARRANTS OF ARREST,
Sheriff Kelly served warrants of arrest on
General Dix, Capt. BarstoW, Major Bowers,
Capt. Cundy and Lieut. Tuthfll. The war
1ants were returnable on Thursday, but Gen.
Dlx had other engagements, and the return
was postponed to yesterday noon; when the
officers appeared with United States District
E. D. Smith, before the City Judge.
md 1t was agreed thnt the case should be ad-
lourned to Wednesday next, at 10 o'clock in
The morning. It is supposed an examination
Tiu then be had. The officers gave their per
sonal recognfzances to be present