New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-15

town. Which was soon reached The men were ufo"
up in line in front of the Courthouse, and after ret'
OF ten minutes were marched TO the Arsenal an octag
onahaped bulldog of brick, two stories high WIN
little wing tached. After brief interview between
the Colonel and the authorities Of the place the doors
were voluntarily opened, when az rich sight IN the
way Of arms" say my ibformanss, presented itsel'
Al the direction Of the Colonel the stan and Line-orh
GERS took charge Of the building and In less than TWO
hours every article 81 the sghe-t value was removed
herefrom and piled ny outside In the small Duiluls
or wing found Elk cannon Of Revolutionary mem
ory in excellent ORDER The gun-carlagesand hmbers
had all been newly painted Beside these pieces there
were old kes and several hundred cannon balls OF va
! rions Sizes, &, 9, and l2-pouDders In the Gel
lar of the main building were "a hundred or more
remnants Of the arms used during the kevoin' Oh anu
In the War Of 1919. These consisted Of muskebarreis
stocks, locks, screws &c. but they had nearly gone
TO decay with rust; however, the men say tney re-
moved everything. On the first floor was small BRAS
cannon the property Of gentleman OF Enton; IL was
captured at Trpoli during the war there many years
ago, and was presented TO him ny a relative VINO
Was In the service On the second floor were stacked
upward of 200 fint.lock muskets, while on shelves
were Urge quantities Of grape, canister, shrspnel ana
other shot in OF manufacture. Az least oJ,ooo
rounds OF cartridge fonnd IN boxes used Tor such
PURPOSE and were safely removed by the men under
direction Of Capt Sullivan LicutenantS Connolly and
| lIammill.
| Under orders from Col. Smith, Capt. Stones COM
pany was marc he'd 70 the Union Hotel where line was
| formed and Chaplain Iardenbr0ok directed TO take
|
which it was reported were concealed there In one
OF the upper rooms the Chaplain discovered magnih-
American flag, OF silk and assisted by III men,
he hJlsed il out of window fronting on The man
street aud there occurred it. This em9lem was Only
saluted by Capt. Stone who ordered his men 10 give
| nine cheers for the flag, which they did with Will
am told that Eason ID strong Secessi0n town, ana
all the people in the district have Il ong Southern pro-
clyities NV rebel acquaintance, TO whom have al
ready alluded, Informed me that this is the mrs, Time
| for many months that the American lag has ioated
| over EastOn.
Everything, say my informants, in the shape OF
arms having been secured, train was formed severai
carts having been drafted into the service under the
direction of Captains Stone and Sullivan assisted by
| Iienienants Strang, Mead, Stoutenberg, Dehhet',
Carter, simpson, and Sharp, ana march lsAen iol E
| boas The men dragged the cannon and several oil
the carts the entire distance without halt OF longer
than three minutes at time. Happily all went Weii,
though my rebel acquaintance who has Just toid me
in confidential way that he was mar al 'Le wni.e
! says III the people had got two hours wind oil 1t,
! there would have been hot work." Darkness having
Get in b. fore The train react ed the boatsa reslg
sre was taken for the night, and the soldiers tired
and weary, wrapped themselves IN their bar kets ahd
courted I,1sep in slmot every magir allie position
| At O'Clock on Monday morning the ehledition
again started and made short sall TO St. Mchaels,
which il detcribod 70 me as being beautiful village
! Here SAYS one Of my inlormaLts, " "A bold colder
Low" of Tie 18TH We were received with open arms
by III, eople who invited into their houses, and
gave us refreshing draughts of milt. The young la
dies Of the village, the Prettie't girls IN tie state
| cane out loaded with bouquets OF sweet scented
| flowers and presented them to thoboyr:' Others de-
scribe the reception Gt this place which IS strong
| Union town, being very enthusiastic. =,
| 4 Fad accident occurred on board OF the sophia,
! which threw gloom the men. Cesar Meieer
! Of Company ID, while talking with oomrsd- named
Top.s wss Instantly kilcd by The accidental discharge
OF hi, mutket tho muIle Of which he Was iehning
Nm. hand and head. TIE ball CIT OIL one OF his hngers
! and tassing obiquely through ~, mouth, neck and
| head tore away the main areriea, from which the
life blood Of me poor soldier glsled IN torrents and
sinking upon tie deck his .Iit soon lied to Him who
gave H. several ether mu-ket- were similarly dis
Charged by oarele., handling but happily cse was
| huu though the e-cAIes were narrow enough. The
s1pe1i;i return III home about III od]cA, aud were
heartily chcercd by the sailors the var vessels IN
| the bay aud by the 9th Regiment soldiers at Camp
Butler Being in boat at the Tine In the nad', had
Gno view Of the returning exIc' tion, and VII nesed
| with pleasure tho enthusiastic reeepuCn seNofhi OF
a.. soldier. de.ire 10 return thaDks to Capt WI.
| ,o, Cant Thomas Rotserts, John fleetwood aud
others In charge Of the boats for eouresies extehdej
them The batter made large quantity of coffee and
| distributed IL among he soldiers.
understand a. at there was considerable dsaiiection
among the Of the 18th Regiment, Ia consequence
Of a general dresa parade being ordered on Monday
ate noon soon alter the return OF the expedition.
am credibly informed that Captain Sullivan perempt
orly refused to parade his afer working they
! had The day previous and that Companies ID, Lieut..
S,rang and f. Captain Stone, fell out Of tn. line, the
men being psrfscily exhausted. From all that can
among the troops here, and told that in his inter-
| course not only with his own officers and men, but
with the officers Of other regiments be ID extremely
discourteous and ungentlemnnly. It's a long lane
that Las no turn and hear reiocings every side
that the spration Of the three months enlistment is
90 near at hand
The report that Ex-Governor Pratt Of Maryland has
been arrested il without foundation. him almost
| day about the city. Col Smith requested his pree-
enee at the garrison, when he went down, accom-
panied by two Of the Supreme Court Judges, aud was
queried in the mos, impnden, manner His replies
were unequivocal and lie declared himsef loyal man
M long Mary land remained In the Union. Several
persons have been appTeheDded hef eabou and loci ed
up IN JAIL but there 10 no evidence upon which they
can be held. A few days ago l Jaw Ia Tx, TRIBUNE
rome items composed OF matter taken from the letters
Of two three officers here TO their friends in New
York and Brooklyn, which are in part grossly exag-
! gerited aud in part untrue. There were no " 100
muskets seized;' In Gov. Pratt was not held as
prisoner OF war; otherwise; Z" three schooners Of
corn had not been brought into Annapolis ~ prlzes;
aud six prisoners OF bad not been brought IN by
sconting parties from Virl inia, &c. A soldier here
who went on an expedition time ago wrote TO his
sister that bullet from rebel muskeI lodged in his
| coat-tail which item was published in The DAILY
N.rs The tact was only one bullet struck the boat,
and that lodged in the pot-bouse, whence 1t was cut
BY one Of tho 9Th Regiment Artillery, who
! the 18th.
While at the Junction few days ago learned that
Col Pratt Of the 10Th Regiment, Ulster County boys
arrested a Sece ,sionst at little place called laurel
IL was reported that the had arms in bis house,
| but none were found. The prisoners wife, a fine
looking woman followed her husband to the camp and
| asked permission to remain with him, which she
told she could do If che put up with prison food, &C.
Not choosing TO accept che Withdrew and left her hus
! band 10 his fate
There il much talk about the city in regard to the
| election and have no doubt that the Union vote
will be very large. Baltimore, il il said, will be all
right preparations having been made by the citizens
themselves, without regard to the Federal troops To
suppress any disturbance that may arise IL is pos