TREATMENT OF SUSPECTED AND DISLOYAL PER SONS NORTH AND SOUTH. Apr. June July Aug. SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS. 27, 1861.-President Lincoln authorizes Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott, U. S. 8, 1861.-Arrest of Richard Thomas Zarvona, a Virginia officer, for piracy 12, 1861.-The House of Representatives asks the Attorney-General to lay before it a copy of his opinion on the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and copies of executive orders authorizing its suspension by military commanders. 13, 1861.-The Secretary of State transmits to the House copies of said executive orders. The Attorney-General transmits to the House a copy of his opinion. 21, 1861.-Congressman Ely, of New York, captured on the Bull Run battlefield by the Confederates. 23, 1861.-Hon. Arnold Harris, of Kentucky, arrested at Fairfax CourtHouse, Va., and sent to Richmond. 8, 1861.-An act of the Confederate Congress defining alien enemies approved by the President. 12, 1861.-Arrest of Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, the American minister to France. He is sent to Fort Lafayette. 14, 1861.-President Davis issues a proclamation warning alien enemies to leave the Confederate States. 19, 1861.-Arrest of M. Louis de Bebian, a French citizen. Arrest of William Henry Hurlbert at Atlanta, Ga., and confine- 25, 1861.-Arrest of Hon. James G. Berret, mayor of Washington. Sept. 12-14, 1861.-Arrest of the brothers Charles H. and William H. Winder. Oct. 12-14, 1861.-Arrest of W. W. Glenn, F. Key Howard, Thomas W. Hall and S. S. Mills, Baltimore newspaper editors. 13, 1861.-Arrest of Hon. Henry May, a member of Congress from Maryland. 24, 1861.-Brig. Gen. Robert Anderson, U. S. Army, makes important political arrests in Kentucky. Other arrests follow by Brig. Gen. William Nelson, U. S. Army. 6, 1861.-Lord Lyons, the British minister, writes the Secretary of State protesting against the alleged cruel treatment of British seamen captured on blockade-runners. 1 R R-SERIES II, VOL II (1) Oct. Nov. Feb. Mar. Apr. May 11, 1861.-The Secretary of State, Hon. William H. Seward, replies to Lord Lyons, transmitting a letter of explanation from the Secretary of the Navy. Arrest of J. R. and F. D. Flanders, editors at Malone, N. Y., for diaoyal utterances. 14, 1861.-The President authorizes the suspension of the writ of habeas 26, 1861.-The General-in-Chief directs the transfer of the political pris- 15, 1861.-Brig. Gen. E. V. Sumner, U. S. Army, arrests William M. Gwin, 14, 1862.-President Lincoln issues Executive Order, No. 1, transferring the power to make extraordinary arrests from the State to the War Department. 27, 1862.-Secretary Stanton appoints Maj. Gen. John A. Dix, U. S. Army, and Hon. Edwards Pierrepont a special commission to examine state prisoners. President Davis suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Norfolk and vicinity. 13, 1862.-President Davis suspends the writ of habeas corpus in New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana at the request of Governor Moore and others. 8, 1862.-President Davis suspends all civil jurisdiction and the writ of habeas corpus in the Department of East Tennessee. 9, 1862.-A court of inquiry ordered in the case of Hon. John Minor Botts, of Virginia, arrested as a suspect by the Confederate authorities. 3, 1862.-President Davis suspends the writ of habeas corpus in portions of Western Virginia. Miscellaneous Union Correspondence, etc., Relating to Political Arrests During the First Year of the War. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, May 16, 1861. G. HEINEKEN, Esq., SIR: I have received your letter* of yesterday's date asking me to give you in writing my reasons for considering an acceptance on your part of Governor Letcher's proposal to purchase the steam-ships Yorktown and Jamestown, recently seized by his orders and now in his possession, an act of treason. With this request I readily comply. An insurrection has broken out in several of the States of this Union including Virginia designed to overthrow the Government of the United States. The executive authorities of the State are parties in that insurrection and so are public enemies. Their action in seizing or buying vessels to be employed in executing that design is not merely without authority of law but is treason. It is treason for any person to give aid and comfort to public enemies. To sell vessels to them which it is their purpose to use as ships of war is to give them aid and comfort. To receive money from them in payment for vessels which they *Not found. have seized for those purposes would be to attempt to convert the unlawful seizure into a sale and would subject the party so offending to the pains and penalties of treason, and the Government would not hesitate to bring the offender to punishment. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. OFFICE OF THE SUPT. OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE, Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: On the arrival of the family of Mr. Faulkner and of Dr. Gnstavus Holland, of Texas, I immediately telegraphed you and requested to be informed whether it was the desire of the Government to detain either of them (supposing at the moment that Mr. Faulkner was himself in company). Not receiving a reply I deemed it proper to act on the rumors rife and made an examination of the papers of Dr. Holland on the morning of Wednesday. Nothing, however, was found on him that was calculated to sustain the unfavorable report of his being a bearer of dispatches from Messrs. Mann, Yancey and company to the Confederate States of America. But I found on him copies of four letters (evidently made in the counting room of the writer) of the dates of March 23 and 27 and April 27 and 27, addressed to "Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America," on the subject of loaning money by capitalists in Europe to the Confederate States of America, and refusing to do so until a full recognition of the repudiated debt of Mississippi should be made. I am having copies of these letters made and will forward them to you to-morrow. Meanwhile a little incident has occurred that induced me to bring the doctor before me this evening when he informed me that an entire change has taken place in his views of the policy the South should pursue in the few days he has been here, and desired me to inform you that he is anxious to exert himself in restoring his Southern friends to reason; that he can convince them that they need expect no help from Europe; that he induced Mr. Gregory to make the motion in Parliament for the recognition of the Southern Confederacy under wrong informa tion, &c. He expresses himself willing to call on you in Washington, where he can inform you further both in relation to things in Europe and at the South if you desire it. He was about to leave the city for Texas in a day or so, but will now await your pleasure. It would prob ably be best to notify me of your wishes in the matter, when I could communicate them to him. If you desire to address him direct you can do so by sending to Saint Nicholas Hotel. Very truly, yours, &c., JOHN A. KENNEDY, OFFICE OF THE SUPT. OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE, New York, May 18, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. SIR: As I advised you in my note of yesterday I herewith inclose copies of four several letters of the dates respectively of March 23 and 27 and April 27 and 27 from Edward Haslenwood, of 7 Lothbury, East Chelsea, London, to Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Con |