Mason to P. S.—Since writing the above, I have received a letter from a Mr. Thomas Kingsly Jones, a British subject, from Rankin county, Mississippi, who, according to his own statement, has been most harshly dealt with, assaulted, and one eye injured, and imprisoned as a malefactor at Jackson, in a bitterly cold prison, for resisting the conscription. Mr. Jones holds a certificate of British nationality, and he has already rendered military service here, and has been honorably discharged, whose soldier’s discharge is on file at my office. G. M, July 29, 1863
Mr. Mason to Earl Russell.—(Received July 30.)
My Lord: As promised in my letter of the 21st of July instant, I have now the honor to communicate herewith to your lordship a copy of the despatch of the 6th of June ultimo, from the secretary of the Confederate States to me, with copies of the documents accompanying it. They relate to the matter of the dismissal of Mr. Moore, late British consul at Richmond.
I have, &c.,
P. S.—Since writing the above, I have received a letter from a Mr. Thomas Kingsly Jones, a British subject, from Rankin county, Mississippi, who, according to his own statement, has been most harshly dealt with, assaulted, and one eye injured, and imprisoned as a malefactor at Jackson, in a bitterly cold prison, for resisting the conscription. Mr. Jones holds a certificate of British nationality, and he has already rendered military service here, and has been honorably discharged, whose soldier’s discharge is on file at my office.
G. M.