Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-24

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| Yertlsers.
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| NfiiciaR Reports from Colonel j y0hn u.
| MOsby.
Col Mosby continues to transmit to the
| State Department yOIuminous details to sustain
| his charges Of corruption against othor u. S.
officials 10 China and elsewhere. Ono of his
rcc,nt communications is ia reply to charges
madc sgaiust him by Mr.. Stu1cr. tho U. S.
consul at Singapore, COPY Of which was sent
to him by tho Department Of Ststo. The
charges mado by MIR. Studar involved alleged
irregularities In tho method Of dischareing sea-
men 6y the consulate at lIopgkong, and in the
curse OF bis letter he reflected on tho Confed-
| erstc record Of COL Nlosby. and intimatcd that
10 was hostile TO Union soldiers, OF whom Mr..
Stl!der Claims to have been Cno. After sub
DlttIlg statement OF facts disprGviag the
charges affecting his official character, and 10,
Vitl5g Tho dcpal tmGnt TO invt lgato Ill his Of
lcia acts sluce tsking charge OF tho consulate,
no proceeds 10 c.mmcna in refreshing ssylo
cn Elr. Studot's allegations coEc c,rniDg his per
sonal c>Ddrcs eud lteiicgs, es tho following Eii
shov:
Mir. S:uGtr Informs tho department tGas he
served 10 the Uni0p arm9. and no imsploes NE
20 DO Ills cnemy On that! &C }uni; 10 other words,
that whin have long ago hcco r. copc;lcd With
such R6diNr3 90 Grant, Sherman abd Har ,ck,
an unable 10 forgive The warrior et Siags,
HoIc. Now tho fact ia. / never knew he had
heen soldier uut!l read his letter. an in-
icrmcd he is Swiss, and have no doubt that
Tl;h the chaTactaIist C aptitude tftii rsae 10
ven. 10 tho highest bidder, aud fought, il he
did fin6 lila n,-o1l r.
prove ndcF aud ray. 1t is Ccriectly evident
that my failure 10 answer his letter is adopted
as nero pRotezt for writing lctter to the de-
rartment, conveying what he considers the fol.
lowing grave charges against me:
First. That | profess to be pcCud of nv
military rec,rd, and that related some Of nv
guerilla exhibits with graat Rusto.' This is
true.
"Scc)nd.-'rhst l. felt ashamed Of being
claSsed with U. S. oousu!s in the East. This is
also true, with the qualificatcn that [ mover en-
braced by any means all the u. s. consuls in
the East, but Only such men as Bailey, Lolipg,
oicklef, Terry and Sluder. [ hsvo said
that tnoso men had 40 degraded the
consular Seraie, that folt humiliated ut being
placed on the samo official level with them.
th'rk most America in tho Estt agree with
me- For suoh mon as Judge Deary. General
Stahtl and Mr.. Maugum. | feel tho highest
respect, fer thsy are an honor to our country.
"Third.-That hnvo stated to othor persons
that no (Studer) and other oCnsuls did not
servo CT Tho right sido during the war Every
ono Hhu kG0ss lne will pronouIco this ohsrye
20 b. lEIamouaIy false without my conltedetiug
ii. Rave always maintained that the merits
ci a soldier Gro not dependent on tho political
tncrlLs of Tho cause 10 which he fights, as bad
man may light 10 good cause aud good man
in bad c.uso. The sides which mcu tako, in
great civil revolution suoh as outs. arc gontr
ally determined by circumstances over which
Ihcy have 70 control; their only guido must be
hen OWE c>psolenoo. Nobody ever has or ever
Will b. ab!c TO Gx any oihtr standard of whas is
lI2nt and Whnt Is wrong 10 such cGaes. | have
no doubt thstlf Gcnfral Grant had boon cili
z@cs o, Virginia. ard General Lee of Illinois,
they Wouli etiil have fought oa opposite sidss.
It ls absurd 10 talk about amp mora! taut at,
taohlng t. mcn up tithor side in tho gsr.
especially when NC sra both sides rot r.Ecnted
in the o,bInct OF The President. 1t ia saii that
Tie Judgment OF foreign nations ls tho iudc-
mcnt Ct Eosicrity. thirk have been treated
with is much consideration abroad az if had
fought Ter Tho uoou, and | know | WAS al
| proud o tho hcnors paid to General Grant az
any man that ever followed him to battle If,
however. The department dosires TO know whe
thcr my d2portmcUt and conversation have
been GilcnsiTG to thOsn to whom | was opposcd
| III Tho COT Il 0. OF arms | wonld refer it to Gen.
| GIGrt and Gtn Siahri, tho officers CT the
hmerc u na9Y Vhom | have met in the East.
| md tc Mr. II. Forbcs, tho h, ad Of tho Ame
iica0 house Of ltussel'&Co., eitizon ofNcwY York
| and hcIiovo. f., rsonay known to tho Seore-
tery Ct State. | bavo said that | believed MIR.
! Sludcr aValled himself Ct moro pretcxt for
wli!ipg hia litter. have every reason to be,
| love that the mGu who inspired it is tho Row.
Chester ilnnombc, renegade missionary, now
! secretary oil legation at Pekio, whose chief ON
ploymtnt since have been 10 The East has
been in writing around to different cousulatcs
10 procure such letters to be written against
me. MIR. Suder has also somc personal reasons,
which no docs cot choose to own, for enmty
against me. Last summer Vessel, the Philip
| trzpatlck,' OF Philadelphia, came here from
Singapore. Whero sho had been blackmailed by
Siudcr. AZ tho request OF the master | for
whtdod his complaint to tho President. A ship,
tho Southern Cross, Of Boston, is Dow 10 mort.
having como here from Singapore. The msstcr,
| Captain Gibbs, has shown mo his consular bill,
and he Was robbed 10 tho E8me way. Among
Orenials this is called 'squeeze.' Thore is 50
ailoBalc, OF 81, 500 for clerk to tho consulate
ct Singapore ELI reliably cformed the.
Studer bas Portuguese clerk phom be paws
only $500. sod that he pockets the balance. II
Mir. Siudcr had been candid be would have
said that ny offeuse consists 10 having exposed
him and gang of thio7es with whom he con
sorted" ln conclusion Colonel Mosby saws
IF tho distance which DOW separates mo frou
| Mr. SudcR is not sufficient, / would surpes
| his removal degree nearer the equator. H,
would find cougenial associations 10 Boruoo
and at the same time relief from the anxiet,
With which the proximity Of a consul who wa;
oLc, Confederate soldier seems COW to oppres
him. deairc that copy of this disps,ch ms,
be furnished to Dir. Studer, in order that b.
may be enabled to see himself as others BEL
, him. l have the honor to be. sir. your ODE
d!ant servant, JOHN 8. MosBY,
United States Consul"
Another rtc,nt dispatch. explained below
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