The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-29

were assembled A the Nicaragua colonization
office In the 81. Charles Hotel wont down
TO the United States Marshals ofoe, In College place
when those persons arrested who give bail for the
appearance at trial would be released and tbsse who
could not, would not, would be locked up the Ell
bridge street jail.
The following persons had been arrested "A. @. Law.
renee, Joseph W. Fabens, Henry Bolton, Joe Brown,
| VIM. Miller, Andrew Finnegan
The first three persons arrested upon charge OF
breaking the neutrality laws or some such thing the
latter three ss Witnesses TO convict the former three
The following are the afdavts upon which the arrests
| were made
sCyrnEns DIsrncr Or New YonE5Robsrt Fuller Of Nc
439 Grand street. in said CITY, being duly sworn thai
sph sex s
nep to enter hmss to 60 beyond the limits and avsdcs
sned Or % TIE he service Of wsm walker in
swonn sSSRSy 20 w Nicaragua K sTwE
| January q, 1857. u 8. Commissioner.
| s2 Christopher street.
Southern District of New York-Joe Brown And Robert
Murphy Jacob fssr antonio o joe s. BsnS
David thompson john Hume Thomas CALLAHAN Patrick Cal
s emselyes 70 go to Greytown beyond the jurisdiction Of
Of one wam waSeT IN foreign country w
Nicaragua sworn seiR.f WE e Commissioner
Col Fabens is the First Director of Colonization the
repuDnC OF nicaragua he WAS appointed DON fRtr1
clio Rv.s In 1856 he wa. arrested yesterday morning.
at the Mansion House. in Chambers street by Marshal
Thompson, whit q. breakfast He was formerly United
States Consul at Grey town. He Is well acquainted with
the climate, productions and resources OF NcarsguG
Our readers will remember report of very interest
Ing lecture which he lately delivered that subject.
Alex. G Lawrence. Colonization agent in New York,
arrested board the steamer Tennessee Deputy
The Colonization office in New York, Andrew Fnnegan,
a night watchman in the Harlem Railroad office, and
Wm Miller, aboreI, were likewise arrested on board
Col Fabens intended to 60 out board the Tennessee
TO Greytown and proceed from there TO the mines OF
interested he prevented from sailing on board OF
this sh amer will be Of considerable disadvantage and
disappointment to him. AZ officer OF the NicAraguan
government he did not consider himself subject to being
arrested for attempting to return to his government any
moro than an officer OF she French English government
would returning to bis country. For this he
would not accept Of any ball. but was determined to let
other parties offered to 60 bis bail, but ne positively
fused to accept any.
excitement prevailed at tho United States Mar
sbas office 10 regard TO his and other arrests.
Judge Morton was retained for the prisoners He mme
dstey went TO the District Attorneys office to see John
hcKeop in relation to the arrests, the bail for tho prison.
ers, their trial. &c &c. All the parties arrested had al
resdy been lodged in jail except Mesrs Fabeus and Law
rerce. Tho Dsric, Attorney decided that Of the
prisoners should be admitted to bail of less than oOo
The four men already lodged In prison were poor, and
without friends and Of course could get bail. On
Judge Mortons return TO the United states uarshas OF
nce Colonel Fabens still refused accept bail though he
wa. amused at the amount Of ssooo and thought he
had rather deprecated in value since his first arrest
when his bail was $4,000 Captain Farnum was ar
resed but subsequently discharged.
documents upon the snidavis OF two witnesses named
Joseph Brown and Robert Fuller who state that they
we're employed by q named Miller, ate Q superin
tsnden, the Panama and who about
ten Gays iroe in the steamer George Law Robert Full
Panama Rsiirosd Joseph Brown was last employed Is
superintendent on the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad
G. Lawrence gave ball In the sum OF 80 0C0 before
| United States Commissioner George W Norton. Ex-
Councilman Horao Wild went his bail. Mr. Lawrence
sepg admitted 10 bal. CS%mssionsr Morton dcm.aded
NJ. Wild ,hen asked Commssoner Morton oul TO drink,
80 ss to made the expenses even money, 3d. The Com
missioner declined saying that he temperance man.
bot that his would accept This caused general
laugh asid son being called did accept when the whole
| company Adjourned TO Delmoncos and imbibed
Colonel Fabens was taken In carriage to the Edridgi
Some officers about the United States Marshas office
heard to ray they bad the central Of the nous
tfrs they wosd soon put an end 70 thom Theprsoner
Francis viii present and act as eoursoi for tho
prisoners.
VISIT TO THE PRISONERS IN ELDRIDGE
STREET JAlL-CURIOUS DEVELOPMENTS.
During the evening Of reporters visited the
prisoners In Edrdse street prison. He found Col Fabens
and Henry Bolton pleasantly situated In ROOM be.
fore cheerful nre, apparently feeling quite noriabe
aud at home with papers, &C, for amusement and diver
tion Col Fsbens during conversaton he'd toat
he had scarcely been in the Nicaragus Colonization Office
Tor week ne neu never SPOKEN win or seen, DC
yesterday, Joe Brown and MI Fuller the Witnesses
Who have made afndaviu to the eleot that he (Co
Fabons) hired aud paid them to 90 TO Nicaragua and on
s a. soldiers Tor Gen. walker He had only never
made this pgreemtnt with them, but even saw
them TO hk knowledge I'LL the day after they made their
adavi,s sgsnsl him. Afier the case is tried 70 day the
Colonel viii probsy take legal sieps against the aHhor
tics who have arrested him, n citizen and officer OF q
foreign State about to return 10 H. having committed
crime broken any ofihe laws OF the land In wh,h he
Henry Bolton, CLERK in the Nicaragua Colonization
Agency, did not know upon what or Whole AFFIDAVIT or
thsr general charge made by particular person, Of
bis breaking the neutrality Laws He had simply per
n sp inc sn o. Mo S -. "a.
an agreeable good ps,ured looking laoorng man, OF
about thirty or fouy years Of age. plainly dressed having
or,er around bis neck ON being asted ~hai he hsa 10
say Tor himself, be proceeded ~ foIow,-
| met friend this morning the avenue, who
asked me n l was gtirg down 10 see the steamer
Tennessee en ! told MIN ! thought ! would.
fe., Of the people DID. Wei on board me, this bis feI p
low Brown, who never saw before. he said TO me
Ave you goips on the boat 70 Scsragu,p, / took him
board the George Law, who sold tickets and got the
money, and then the ticket. would nos carry suy ono
have you got ticket" 10 make him none the wiser
,Ald have 20, ticket, for eight Brown then and
MARSHAL called me one SIDE and said: "You my pr
soncr for you have broken the neutrality laws" fsad
didn Know nov had, lot nad not done anythinG
but come on board the vessel. f that was breaking
the neutrality laws I supposed was guilty never
saw this Brown before today he said nothing
10 except about the tickets, and said nothing
TO him but answer his questions, thinking no was
a runner. bad not before, nor have now, the
least IDEA Of going 70 Nicaragua fvoice-N Ia fine
oorntfy) Well, would II twas twice u nne
would not 40 was on the seorrs LAW, which run
from here 10 Aspinwsn three months; 90 guess know
somcthrg about the climate os the country. have
notion q going down there, for don't want 70 die just
set have got gooo situation at present where
$50 month. am employ cd on the Hudson River Rail
road, and only have 10 hold Tag st day and light at
right when the trains pass NY employers dout know
where am suppose the man VIII relieves me nj my
post will Ettond tou 10 sEht; n s there fear
there will be smash up thiuk they will LET me ou
10 norrov: they can't Keep here hang for 70
ing on board vessel where hundreds were aoug
lhirk that Mr.. Brown . smart fellow 10 PICK ms
ont for nhbuster nsver MIN before 70 day bu
will know him when rse next time, you may de-
pend upon H. Brown who picked us cut
Tor the Marshal Fuller fruuk he could not do
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