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 AiIavans e5nespoadens v ths chaGesioa coap. ief fhus describes the manner ef ME. Thsaxhers arrest. anes relating how he had become obaox- ioaS to tbe authorities by Inc tone sf his pspas the Faro fadastrial. and by bis kfndnes tD the prisoners of the Lcpex expedition:
 The pollce, therefore, were ordered to watch strictly all hsx maeemeass Ills lettefs we're stop. ped end exanined al the posto6ice. bal these be- ing escly letters sf business, and thanks ffomthe relatives ami lrisads Of the prisoners he had sne cogeJ, nothing 10 erininate hnn eousa De eiaHIfed from their contents. The pNiice were then in- formed that his pFlvate cuEresNcndeaes casus to blm by the steamers. Consequently, when the Georgia arrived from New Orleaas two police Of. hcers, eenteeiy dressed in eisiEsH's apparel fcl- lowed him on board and percsived him receive and pocket a letter handed hun by the clerk ef the boat The oaiceFs followed him to the shore. and on his landing arrested him and took him to the bureau of tbe Chief of Police, where he was searched, but nothing was found OR bun but the letter already alluded i1, which was merely one on purely private business. He was, however. detained nsaeT sa,peilsnee. sleeping al the poltce bureau and taking his meals al the different hO- telS always accompanied by police officer.
 This state ef affairs lasted two or three days. when all at once letter was pEodaced. which was sad t5 have been sealed, and diTectea to MF. ThrasheT, on the desk in bis office, snd although there was 10 post mark on il or any thing to iEdI- cate where t came from fl was alleged that t had been brought by the Georgia l. was then hand ed to Mr. ThraslleF to open, which he dd iE pFes- enee Of the officers. and to his utter aStenishment discovered that # was written in cyPkefs he at protested his total ignorance ot its contents. and from whence Il could possibly have efnsnafed. But his denial was of no aSaii, and be was ituae- diateiy placed in solitary confinement n the prison, where be remained until Saturday, the 25th alt, when he was removed to the PHRta Fers. and there placed n dungeon, which, our corfespcn- dent has been informed by those who know the place well, is an excavation in the rock on level with the sea, always wet below and damp above, aad having only small ronnd hole to admit the light. In this loathsome den the only furniture is board with two elects on the ends, which serves as a bed at night, and in the day seat to keep the feet from the wet and slime of the bottom - No one was allowed to visit him. and MY Owen states that he appled for permission. but received a reply from the Captain General, that he should be admitted soon any one.
 On the day prior to the departure of the Isabel, our correspondent saw the mother Of Mr. Thrasber in tears al the office of Mir. ex consul Owen, en- deavoring to get some information respecting her son. She wished to learn from NIT. Owen If she could see Inc Captain General. He answered no, but suggested that the judge would give her ii- berty to see him. This proceeding of MT. Owen seems, says our correspondent, strange, when II r well known that he could have taken her in a mo- ment to the Captain General, to whom she merely wished to state her desire to speak word of com fort to her son, and see whether he had any pro visions supplied him, etc.
 4 report was current at the sailing of the Isa- bel, that Mir. 8Thrasher had been tried and con denined to the mines, but although it was beiev- cd that such was the case. no authoritative con frmatioa of the rumors had been made known.