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Before leaving your ship, we think it proper that we should state that since we have been on board of her, we have uniformly been treated with great courtesy and attention. Very respectfully, your obedient servants, John Slidell, J. E. Mcfarland, J. M. Mason, George Eustis. Captain Wilkes, Commanding United States Steamer San Jacinto. The following congratulatory letter was sent to Captain Charles Wilkes, of the San Jacinto, by the Secretary of the Navy: Navy Department, Nov. 30, 1861. Capt. Charles Wilkes, Commanding U. S. S. San Jacinto, Boston: dear sir: I congratulate you on your safe arrival, and especially do I congratulate you on the great public service you have rendered in the capture of the rebel commissioners, Messrs. Mason and Slidell, who have been conspicuous in the conspiracy to dissolve the Union, and it is well known that, when seized by you, they were on a mission hostile to the Government and the country. Your conduct in seizing these public e
Doc. 207. Col. Leadbetter's proclamation to the citizens of East Tennessee. Headquarters, Greenville, E. T., November 30, 1861. To the Citizens of East Tennessee: So long as the question of Union or Disunion was debatable, so long you did well to debate it and vote on it. You had a. clear right to vote for the Union, but when secession was established by the voice of the people you did ill to distract the country by angry words and insurrectionary tumult. In doing this you commit the highest crime known to the laws. Out of the Southern Confederacy no people possess such elements of prosperity and happiness as those of East Tennessee. The Southern market which you have hitherto enjoyed only in competition with a host of eager Northern rivals, will now be shared with a few States of the Confederacy, equally fortunate, politically and geographically. Every product of your agriculture and workshops will now find a prompt sale at high prices, and, so long as cotton grows o
Doc. 222. capture of rebels in California. Major Riggs' official report. camp Wright, Oak Grove, San Diego County, lower California, Nov. 30, 1861. Colonel: I take advantage of the departure of SeƱor Sepulva Ramon, Carillo's brother-in-law, to inform you of the arrest of the Showalter party, Showalter with them. It consists of sixteen men, each armed with rifles and a pair of revolvers. They gave us a hard chase, but we finally captured them. They parleyed, but finally concluded not to resist, although against the advice of Showalter. The names of the party are T. A. Wilson, Tennessee; W. Woods, Missouri; Charles Pendroth, Kentucky; Wm. Sands, Tennessee; T. L. Roberts, South Carolina; R. H. Wood, Mississippi; T. W. Woods, Virginia; J. W. Sampson, Kentucky; S. A. Rogers, Tennessee; J. Lawrence, Arkansas; Levi Rogers, Alabama; Henry Crowell, Pennsylvania; Wm. Turner, Georgia; Dan. Showalter, Pennsylvania; A. King, Tennessee. Retook two of the party on the 27th, ne