measures to protect the people of Missouri against such wanton and cruel outrages.

There appears to be a marked difference observed by the Federal authorities between prisoners captured in Missouri and in the other Confederate States. This ought not to be permitted by this Government. Missouri being a part of the Confederacy, her citizens have a right to expect and ought to receive the same protection as citizens of the other States of the Confederacy. Having for the last few months had no organized army in Missouri, there was no alternative but for the citizens of the State as such to resist as best they could the marches and inroads of the Federal armies through the State. This they had a clear right to do, and if wounded or captured while making such resistance or while endeavoring to maintain the flag of the Confederacy, it is surely not only the duty but will be the pleasure of our Government to extend to them all the sympathy and protection in its power. I respectfully ask you (if you have not already) to take the necessary steps to give protection to our citizens and arrest if possible the inhuman and disgraceful system of warfare now inaugurated in that State. Your early answer is most respectfully requested.

With great respect,

[First indorsement.]

JOHN B. CLARK.

Send copies of letters to General Lee in reference to Mumford and Owen and of letter to Hon. T. A. Harris announcing the fact of a demand on the United States Government. Inform Mr. Clark that General Lee has written to General McClellan on the subject and that the letter has been sent under flag of truce.

[Second indorsement.]

G. W. R.

Mr. Cowen for the copies above called for. General Clark also asks the favor of a copy of his own letter within, being all for publication. He will call on you for them at your leisure.

[Inclosure.]

LYNCHBURG, VA., June 23, 1862.

Hon. JOHN B. CLARK, Richmond, Va.

MY DEAR SIR: I have written again to-day to the Secretary of War touching the propriety of the institution of some retaliatory measures in reference to the treatment of prisoners captured by the enemy in the State of Missouri. I am credibly informed that a marked distinction is made between prisoners captured in Missouri and other Confederate States. This should not be permitted. I inclosed to the Secretary of War an extract from a Hannibal (Missouri) paper (the Herald), in which it is stated that Col. John L. Owen, late of my division, Missouri State Guard, was captured near his home, and although demanding to be treated as a prisoner of war was summarily placed upon a stump and shot without the pretense or form of trial. Can this thing be permitted whilst Madison Miller and other prisoners of that ilk are treated with such consideration by the Confederate States?

I hope you will consider this matter of as grave importance as myself, and that you will think proper to unite with me in the effort to mitigate the sufferings of Missourians in the hands of the enemy by inducing this Government to institute some retaliatory measures, which I believe is the only practical way to effect the object. If you coincide in opinion with me, call in person on the Secretary of War and Presi

dent and urge the matter so that I may be able to take news of favor. able intervention by this Government to our friends there. I am only waiting for this before starting West.

You will find all my correspondence at the War Department which I did at the suggestion of the President, who in a conversation seemed disposed to act promptly and favorably in behalf of our unfortunate constituents. As soon as you can leave I advise you to come up here. You will have good living, fresh air and a far preferable place to Richmond during the vacation. Come to the Washington House.

I hope that General Price has succeeded in his wishes. I am expecting him and staff through here every day. Remember me to all of them respectfully, and especially to your son, Col. John B. Clark, jr. He promised to write me. If I can be of any assistance or service in any manner telegraph me and I will come down at once. Let me hear from you at your earliest convenience.

Yours, truly,

THOS. A. HARRIS.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,

July 10, 1862.

Surg. J. S. D. CULLEN, C. S. Army. SIR: The general commanding desires that you will proceed to the different hospitals in vicinity of the James and Pamunkey Rivers in which are located the wounded Federal prisoners and arrange for their transfer on parole to the Federal authorities, subject to after exchange. You may apply to Naval Department for transportation down the James River. Send in ambulances and provisions for use of the prisoners to be transported to the river. The chief commissary will issue provisions needed upon your requisitions.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

R. H, CHILTON, Assistant Adjutant-General.

SALISBURY, N. C., July 10, 1862.

Hon. G. W. RANDOLPH, Secretary of War.

SIR: We, the undersigned, chaplains of the U. S. Army, now held as prisoners of war at this place, understanding that a general order has been issued for the immediate and unconditional release of all chaplains, understanding that this is mutual with both Governments, and still finding ourselves held in custody week after week and believ ing at the same time that the order for our release is not withheld from any wish to retain us in prison, but an oversight caused by the great pressure of public affairs, simply take this way of calling your attention to our case, hoping it may be consistent for you to send us to our families and our homes.

Surgeons and chaplains sent from Salisbury to Petersburg on the 24th July, 1862.

Respectfully,

JNO. H. WINDER.

CEDAR PLAINS, HENRICO COUNTY, July 10, 1862.

Hon. G. W. RANDOLPH, Secretary of War.

SIR: Miles Ambler, residing quietly on his estate in this county, was, without the shadow of provocation and with characteristic brutality, seized as prisoner by U. S. soldiers, acting (so they said) under orders of General Couch, on the 12th of June, 1862, and has been forcibly detained in close confinement up to this date. The above circumstances are notorious and this outrage is respectfully brought to the notice of the honorable Secretary by the distressed wife and daughter of the above-named gentleman.

[Indorsement.]

HARRIET A. AMBLER.

Referred to General Lee. It will be well in the next communication with General McClellan] to remonstrate against the practice of seizing private individuals and carrying them off as prisoners.

It is carried on throughout the region within his lines and will lead to assassinations of his troops and retaliation on their side which will greatly enhance the misery of the war without forwarding its object. G. W. R.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Vicksburg, July 11, 1862.

Hon. G. W. RANDOLPH, Secretary of War, Richmond:
I respectfully communicate the following facts and ask for instruc-
tions thereon: Calvin Dickey, who claims to be a British subject and
to be traveling as the agent of a commercial house in Saint John's, was
arrested on the 8th of July some three miles above this city with a car-
pet sack, going up the river in the direction of the enemy's fleet now
lying above this point. He has in his possession a printed passport
purporting to be signed by British consul in New York, dated December
23, 1861, requesting that he (D[ickey]), accompanied by his wife, be
allowed to pass without let or hindrance, &c. Mr. D.'s wife is not with
him, but is as he states in Canada. He avows his business to be to find
out how much cotton we have burned, how much on hand and the
quantity planted this season, with a view of directing the commercial
movements of the house he claims to represent. I am informed that
neither his physiological developments nor his tone and manner of con-
versation indicate that he is an Englishman, but on the contrary that
he is a New York Yankee. He comes from Cairo to Memphis, thence
to Grenada, Miss.; then to Jackson, Miss.; thence to Montgomery,
Ala., and returned via Yorktown. It is hardly probable that commer
cial business alone would induce such a trip through a country engaged
in war, and especially to Vicksburg, besieged as it was by the enemy;
but it frequently happens that innocent men are surrounded by sus-
picious circumstances. While it is neither the desire nor intention of
the military authorities of the Confederate States to interrupt in any
way the relations of amity existing between our Government and Eng-
land or any other foreign power, I am of the opinion that the British
consul in New York does not possess the power nor should such be rec-
ognized to give passports to enable parties to pass ad libitum to and
from our lines from those of the enemy, but that authority so to do
must be obtained by application on the part of the consul to the Depart-
ment at Richmond, the foreign Government holding itself in the mean-

time responsible for the good conduct of its subject. Thinking that cases similar to Mr. Dickey's may have been presented to the Department at Richmond and some rule adopted for their determination, I must ask for specific instructions in reference to Mr. Dickey. Feeling that in this the hour of our trial every measure of precaution against spies should be resorted to, I have directed Col. Fred. Tate, provostmarshal-general, to send Mr. Dickey to Jackson, where he now is under guard awaiting your decision.

I have the honor to be, respectfully, yours, &c.,
EARL VAN DORN,

[Indorsement.]

Major-General.

Foreign consuls have no power to give passes through our lines. This can only be done by the Department or the commanding general of the army through whose lines the party wishes to go. While policy and international comity require us to grant such privileges to foreigners as are not inconsistent with our own welfare, yet they should be arrested if liable to suspicion and held in confinement until their cases can be investigated. This, however, should not be delayed unreasonably.

G. W. R.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF HENRICO,
Richmond, July 11, 1862.

Hon. G. W. RANDOLPH, Secretary of War.
SIR: According to your instructions I wrote to General Kirby Smith
asking to be informed what disposition was made of the prisoners sent
from Alabama and whom it was said the Federal general refused to
receive. I have the honor to inclose the answer.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNÓ. H. WINDER, Brigadier-General, Commanding.

[Inclosure.]

BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Chattanooga, July 3, 1862.

Maj. H. L. CLAY, Assistant Adjutant-General.

MAJOR: In compliance with the instructions of the major-general commanding I have the honor to reply that 2,005 prisoners of war have been received at Chattanooga from Georgia and Alabama. Fourteen hundred and forty-five were received by General Mitchel, 560 having been refused by that officer. These were sent to Atlanta at the time of the bombardment of Chattanooga.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

D. LEADBETTER,
Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF EAST TENNESSEE,

Lieut. Col. JAMES R. HOWARD,

Knoxville, July 11, 1862.

Commanding Cavalry, Charleston, Tenn.

COLONEL: Your communication relating to the refusal of certain citizens to take Confederate notes in payment of debts and their arrest because of it has been received. While the commanding general

believes that such a refusal is a grave political offense, and declares that persons so offending are liable to be arrested, he has issued no order directing what course officers should pursue in such cases. The question is full of difficulty and the policy to be pursued is undecided. You will therefore make no further arrests until it is determined at headquarters. The prisoners charged with having sold cotton yarns to be disposed of to the enemy having given bond for their good behavior, &c., and avowed their determination to receive Confederate notes in payment of debts due them, have been released. Similar cases will in future be reported to headquarters before arrests are made. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

H. L. CLAY, Assistant Adjutant-General.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Richmond, July 12, 1862.

Hon. G. W. RANDOLPH, Secretary of War.

SIR: I am directed by the President to inform you that he has received a telegram from Mrs. Nicholls in relation to Lieut. Col. Francis T. Nicholls, Eighth Louisiana Regiment, who was left wounded at Winchester, and as is supposed fell into the hands of the enemy some weeks since. A dispatch from a Northern paper, dated Manassas, June 30, states that a Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholls had been arrested in the Federal camp disguised as a peddler and that he was to be treated as a spy. It is possible that this may be the officer above referred to and that he was attempting to escape in disguise from the enemy's lines. The President is desirous that inquiry should be made by the first flag of truce to ascertain if possible the facts regarding the case in question. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. C. IVES, Colonel and Aide-de-Camp.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
July 12, 1862.

Surg. L. GUILD,

Medical Director, Department of Northern Virginia. SIR: General Lee desires me to inform you that having received a letter to-day from General McClellan expressing his willingness to receive the wounded prisoners he has referred the letter to Doctor Cullen and directed him to make all necessary arrangements for the transfer, and he desires that you will give Doctor Cullen all the assistance you can in this matter.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

[R. H. CHILTON.] Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF EAST TENNESSEE,
Knoxville, July 12, 1862.

Brig. Gen. D. LEADBETTER, Commanding First Brigade.
GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs me to say that on
the 6th instant a letter was addressed you to "forward without delay
through this office descriptive lists of the Federal prisoners received
by General Mitchel." As they have not been received at department