Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-07
Prussia in Is53-The Arms Question.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., oct, I, $50.
Filter EreniHg HGr-Sir: In an article on th ,
expectation OF arms from this country to France,
IN your yesterdays issue, it was asserted that
" Prussia certainly no longer ago than 1855 did
not look upon the furnishing OF arms as a viola
tioD Of neutrality. During the Crimean war an
extensive business was done in manufacturin, /,
Al ms Tor the Russians, in all the States OF the
IollNeTein under the control of Prussia and
Freely exported from those States into Russia
although Prussia was a neutral Lower in that
contest"
We German adopted citizens, though number
ing more than twice a. many as the population
OF the six England States to .c ther remain silent
when We observe that the nor thern United
States aisenals and armOries, for the support of
which we are taxed as well as the native citi-
zens, are now being depleted of their guns
Springfield and Enfield rifles, and OF their am
muniton OF war of all sorts, quick as the
French steamers can carry them of to France.
We know that they are TO be used against our
German brethren, that they will be the means
Of enabling France to prolong the war and tha.
this country becomes morally responsible TO:
The destruction oI thousands of more lives and
all the horrible results that may ensue from a
continued war. Though ali that NAV cause oar
hearts TO bleed, yet we submit quietly. We can,
however, not permit that the American press
shall excuse the following of this country in the
course OF "pertdiOUs Albion" with such erro-
neous statements as The above certainly il. As
TrcCt, call your attention TO an extract from
an editorial OF the New York Tribune, OF the ID n
inst. Your friendlinCss towards the lust German
cause lets me hope that YOU will copy it:
IL having been then announced that r -anee
was about TO receive 40 900 Chassepots from
English manufacturers, Count Bismarck sent n
dispatch 10 the English government, saving thai
while England professed TO be neutral IA the
war, she was virtually tranStor med into a French
arsenal and store-houSe. and dcmaDdiny tha.
the export of weapons and ammunition from
England should be prohibited. The PrusSi in
Minister fort ted his demand by referring to
the action OF the PrusSian government during
the Crimean war, when England and France
were engaged with Russia. No less than three
authoritative orders we're then issued from Ber-
lin Oh the subject. The first formally prohibited
the transport Of weapons, in order TO prevent
arms being sentirom BelgiJ n TO kussia through
PTussian territory. The second order prohibited
ne transport OF munitions OF war OF every
KIND, espe' ally OF proiectiles, percussion cans
and gun II nts; as also lead, sulphur and saltpe-
ter The third order repeated the terms OF the
second, and added to III Irohibitorv list
weapons and eHnpowder.' Count Bismarck
holds that the English government ought at
adopted towards England in 1854"
Most respectfully, Louis SCTADE.
IHE MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA OYsrE,
WAR-A special dispatch TO tie Baltimore
Ainericdn ftOm Crisfeld states that Attorney
General Jones arrived there on W, JnesIav
morning, and prevente the Maryland =. ter
men from making an atti mpt to forciblyl scue
the cilzens Oh maryland recently arrested in
the waters OF that State by an armed force from
Virginia, and imprisoned ty the Virginia au-
thoIlies at DruRmondtown. He then went to
mat point and endea vOred to effect a ,lease OF
The prisoners, which was refused, and they
were held over until the March term of the
court. Tbs action of the Virginia magistrates
y an increased severity, their frst decision be-
ing 10 bring the Cases before court on the first
Monday of November. al 900 bail is demanded
ior each of the captains, and in default of this
they are confined in the DrummondtOwn iaiI
the hlthy and Miserable condition OF which was
described in a recent letter to the American
The magistrates Internationally to re lease the
ia II wfaVls xnfta
nation in the lower counties of the Eastern
Shore on account OF these seizures, and the
journals severely comment on the failure of
Maryland to protect the rights of her citizens.
NV.
BILL GURNEY, THE CoUNTERpRITRR AT
WORK IN JAiL.-Wm. Quincy, notice o
on charge OF passing counterfeit money ha-
already appeared in the Herald, and who wa.
LOGGED III Iudlow-street Jail in default of so Olp
bail, was detected yesterday in the act OF sell
ing counterfeit money within the very walls OF
the jan by Col. Whiteley's officers. John ).
colgate, another prisoner, who was convict "a
al The last term of the United States Court Of
the crime OF sending obscene prints through re
mails, and who was serving out his sentence for
tsat CRIME, was also detected acting in cOnju Ic-
uOh Win Gurney. They had disposed of SO ne
hlnety dollars IN ten and twenty dollar count IT
iells on the Shoe and Leather Bank of this c.y
ana The PougLkeepsie National Bank OF ID at h
tss COUNTY. Ire facts were brought to the at
Ithuon OF the United States District Attorney,
WHO WIZ al once present them to the grand jury
TOT acton. IL Ii considered one of the most
audaciouS acts ever committed within the walls
vi lhe JAN and is especially reprehensible on the
part OF colgate, whose sentence was mitgated
irC m conhHe ment in the Albany Penitentiary
70 Ludlow-street Jail, upon representat;ons
Bace 10 the court OF his previous good con-
GCct-N. j. Herald, 5ih.