Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-10-23
THE FlLLIBgSTER MOVEMENT.
New and Important Developments.
A SteaHeT-IOad of Arms ana Munitions
Leaving New York.
FrOn ths NeE % TlneI, oet. Is.

We now learn, from source entitled 20 credit
that when she left this city. few weeks since tt
steamship Philadelphia, actually had on board abou
one thousand stand Of arms, viz; Geo flint muskct,
and 400 MIME rifles and percussion muskets t0gcth
er with 600 rounds Of ball cartridges and 20 00(
percussion caps. We believe that persons are now
in this city who sold these arms to the parties inter
ested, and that their testimony as web as that OF
the carmen who took thearHs on hoard the steamer,
| can be had ii desired. The Philadelphia also car
ried from eight to ten boats designed to carry the
filiibusters up the Colorado branch ef the San Juan
river Att9r she reached New Orleans Ell the other
cargo was discharged, and the arms munitions and
boats remained ON board. Yet two searches were
made by the s. Marshal his deputies and the Col
lector at New Orleans. without discovering any
thing which they regarded as suspiciousI Four
days after the last search one of the parties who
sold part of the arms that were board Of the ship
and who went out her in charge Of them left the
steamer to return to New York When he left these
same arms were on board the steamer and IN plain
view.
The Collector and Marshal it is known. have re-
ported that she had cargo on board, after having
refused her clearance in ballast from New Orleans
to AspinWall The Philadelphia it must be borne
in mind, is one of the mail steamers which is de
signed to carry the mails between New Orleans and
Aspinwall under Mr.. Yanderbilt's conditional CON
tract and during the very period she was prepar-
ing for the mail, she had board these arms and
Walkers men were cOngregated at New Orleans
is Mr.. Scott, brother ot D. y. Scott, Mr. Wander
bits agent at Punta Arenas, Nicaragua. 1t seems
while the steamer was lying at Key West for few
hours, where she touched on her passage he men
toned the fact Of the arms being on board and OF
the destination of the ship, which was to convey
Walker and his men from New Orleans 10 Nicara-
qua. After her arrival at New Orleans, he again
communicated the facts TO parties FROM whom the
coal was purchased for her voyage; they in return
communicated them to various other parties in New
Orleans, until they became patent that the Col
lectOr and Marshal felt bound to Interfere and Tor
forms sake at least to institute an investigation.
The hlihQsters were aprested and Immediately af,
ePWards permitted to escape. The vessel was eX-
amined, and it was announced that no arms were
found. clearance refused to her. however,
although when there intention that she
should sail before the goth inst As tits report
ed by the Government officials that no suspicion at
taches to her-of she Will sail with the mails,
arms munitions, boats and libusters unlesSanO
steamer shall he ingeniOusly substituted for her.
But another steamer, we are told belonging to the
same parties, left this port yesterday for New Or
leans, without passengers cargo or freight Of any
kline. Ii is by 10 means impossible that this move
ment may have some connection with this mystcri
Gus expedition.
The history of the arms thus shipped by the Phil
adephia Is not without interest. They were. in
part. those delivered to Capt Davis L. = ". after
the eapituation at BIvas by Walker. and found their
way TO the navy yard at Brooklyn Others OF them
had formerly been sold to Walker, but had not been
paid for; they were left in New Orleans, and We're
the same that were lent either to the authorities
the Vigilance Committee during the election riots
about a year ago, They were subsequently deliver
ed up TO the United States authorities and 10 the
Brooklyn navy yard.
While they thus in the possession of the
commanding officer at Brooklyn. they were demand
ed by person who was an officer Of Walker in Mica
ragua. under the authority OF the owners thereof
ptfip .p.l4fie IN ne
should hear from the Government at Washington. to
which he wrote. The nature Of the reply is rot
known, but it is known that one was received. and
that the arms were thereupOn immediately delivered
up
We shall probably hear more Of this natter on
the departure of the Philadelphia from New Orleans
Gen Walker is still there, and no attempt has been
made to arrest him.