The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-08

One of the Sailors of the Steamship
g Baltic" FOrcibIy Taken from On
Board - The UDICed States Consular
Agent Surrenders him To % Prussian
MaD-Of- -War-Tho Captain DslaVers up
HIs Sailor Uo0er Protest, EIc.
On BOARD STEAMSHIP "BALTIC,n August 5.-As
our present TRIP is drawing TO a close, leel
bound 10 communicate II TACT 10 you winch has
taken place ON board OF our ship 1t occurred
at noon on the 10th OF July, at the very
moment when The steamer was leaving the DOCK
at bremeThaven 10 go to sea. The annexed
COPY OF our Consu'5 certificate will inform you
sun clently OF what has trans pired. | think
am not wrong in stating that our flag has been
msulted ana that consul behaved like a
good German burgher, but not as an American.
1t Is true that commercial vessel Is pOwerless
III lace OF four men-ol-War. 1t was only at the
very moment OF sailing that we received the
OrGer to surrender one OF our sailors, named
Charles Berger, although the man had been Oh
board eight days, OF the ship would be stopped.
Ihe captain, A. y. Jones, who .e-souled Amerl-
can, hndlN determined that tue " hole proceeding
should take place under protest at least, seeing
that, right or wrong, we had 10 submit TO meu-
Ol-War. so had 10 pay oil the man III presence
OF cur Consul, i'll my Office, and under the
Amerlcan tag; and irOm there this man, Charles
Berger, who wished to remain, was taken from
on board from uLder the charge OF our consular
agent. And our Charge d'Allaires was made the
tool Of Prussian naval officer, who dlo not de-
serve the tile OF commander, or he would not
have planted himself close 10 our slde-whees,
which nearly filled the dock gates when we
were hauled out, anu, paradlng his rattling
sabre, walk off with the Consul and this man.
| cannot say whether Charles Berger was
CitlZen OF not, whether he has taken out his first
papers or not; was too much excited about the
Whole proceed ngs, so | neglected TO ascertain
that TACT But he was or our artices; he was
shipped in New York, and was by no means
quite green.
The "trip before l wanted to leave man on
shore in Gees emunde, but the same Consul
protested against Ii, unless paid three monJhs'
wages ana board besides. Now, sr, l know
that all this will be reported 10 Washington,
and | give you notice OF If 10 make OF il
according TO your own convenience. With the
dignity of an American citizen, | feel that
esteem for us haS suffered abroad; but ii a
centralized Government is the natu al result OF
our lost liberties during the late war; our nag,
which has been dipped in iathOms OF blood,
should at least command respect wherever 1t
an equality with the niger, but beneath him.
F. WIgCHEL,
Purser of the steamship Baltic.
The following Is the ceruhca.e Of the Consular
Agent
CONSULAR AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, GEEsIEMUNDE, Juiy 1S II, the under
slgLed, olsu ar Agent OF the United states for
unGe and the dependencies thereof do
hereby celtlt, that according 10 an Order of the
COMMANDER OF lhe PruSslan man OF war NyBsDhe,
ylDg IN ,he river here, the PruSsian cit ,hareS
ger IS bound TO become navy soldier on board
the said man-oiwar. For thus reason he saId
CIaIle Berger cannot return i'll the steamship
EdtiiC to New York.
Gwen uLder my hand and the seal of the consular
agency the day and year above written
EDWARD ULRICHs,
United Sta,es Consular Agent.