Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-10-04
From the New York Herald of the 2I,h.1
smportnnt Arrests IN Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. %, 1861.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept %, 1861.
The iu"". Important arrests that have been
,.,.i' u,tn. lie .!.rlirm came to light in
ihiS ct" ~ av. M'r.t ul !i:,$. previously in
c::""r':'::. N Fort I..ra, ,rtte had been deyoting
their il l!rcncc /" t'ca'un; bu: the parties here
arrested .'crc contributing arms and munitions
If war daily, hribng officers of the United
States Arny to further their designs; and had
nrgatr;zet 4 system Of treason 81 >klful and
complete, ,.al only after the ntnlost vigilance,
and when the detectives had tested all means
to entrap arl decay them, the fall proof came
to light.
The naaes oi these rnen are James NJ Uaig,
F. Wyatt and William GilcllrSt EIaig is
Baltimore lSrarljtr, whose business is the max
i';- o! ,niiilary trimmings, epaulettcs, sword
haG,ll,.S &c. He had obtained heavy con-
traci from The L. S. Government to more cf.
GcctTal!f roncesi his plans and was armed
with numerous letters from Federal function
aries that he intended to produce in e,ncrgcn.
cites. Iris man conducted con;7ahan'l trade
from Baltimore until Cen Dix and the Provost
Marsha showed him u;, lie was first OBJ
seIvcr! in this wise "A package containing
several thnIsand friction Tubes and cannon
primers had bccn left at Adams Express office
in this city, addressed To q well known firm in
Baltimore Being threatened with arrest, the
latter firm confessed that they w"rc the agents
Of James ii. llaig, and it was further educeG
that the same vas shipped under 4 fictitious
ramc by William Gilchrist.
Detective crilmin Franklin, sagacious
aai fertile Philadelphia officer. now determined
to set!uce 'Iais Ii this city; for which! purpose
he resOrted tn certain ingenious means no.
now ripe for publication Coayincc, that
heavy orders awaited hIm here, aud tha; Phil.
adephia was less under espionage than BaIt-
mora, Hang Calnc on. 4 celebrated Lincoln
detective nos" took part III the matter and the
rHcans by which they lnv.igic,i Ill ti," parties
constitute the riches! item ia ihr history %:
rriininal surveillance Tn" lSraclt4 was 80
played upon that (lr !S not YET aware OF the
enemies who rmn.si him. and when the nattcr
vas ripe til: whole party were taken up, their
goodS ard papers seized, and they arc n"" in
Fort Lafayette, having gone forward on sun
day night.
William GIlchIist is 4 ra2Jr and cutlery in.
porter, whoar establishment is situated 1T Fifth
and Commerce streets. lie has never taken
the cath Of allegiance, being an EnsliSlman.
Ills game ~aS to pretend himself L Federal
agent tIll lac worst came, when hc waS 20 claim
the privilege Of British subject. In his cs
tahliShmcnt were found surgical Instruments,
caps. pistols, bowic knives, &c. packed and
directed 10 go southwark The property
amounted 10 $l0 1000 in valnc.
+. Wyatt is a Virginian, formerly in partner
ship with C. g. Campbell. 20j North Water
street. He has always been 4 rabid traitor,
and his wife has been six times to Richmond
and back within as many weeks. taking each
lime as many trun;s, heavily filled with arms,
and goods contrabtnh. SHc passed our lines
by brbing an iii:cr Gi tEr army, who obtained
passes fnr the purpose. Said officer has been
arrested, and will problbly be shot. At Wy
ats house an extensive correspondence with
parties at the South Was found, aad his COM
plicity with the rebels was proved by his pa.
,.ar- c9cn in the absence Of any other c!idencr.
Among other articles seized, there was Il pair
nf cpanctteS marked with the name Of Capt
Richardson, an officer in The rebel army
There vas also Photographic group Of worthless,
Of which Wyatt was the centre. y gentleman
wiin is familiar with the lkcmcsscs, says that
they represent Capt. Richardson, Capt. John
\. Cnllin, Icu G.. D. FiaIcy, OF Macon, tia.,
and B,clgcl;, Mayor al Savannah. all decided
rebels
The hay contract in which Iias was enga::
~ %aS to have hcrn worked /" good a'iva!r-
.iarr. rs" vessels one ln.dr with bales al
.,ay. and the other wilh bales containing war
munitions we're To have been despatched up
the Potomac, and, at Acquia Creek, at giSen
signal tn" bogus hay would have been ru:l
under the rebel batteries. All this was proved
by seized letters, and also the fact that the
iaie captures ul Federal Slooi'S and small Graf,
i,y the rebels off the Potomac and Rappahan-
mock, were the wor: nf design, and not Of &C
client, the SANG containing coutraiIand mat
tors. New York, PHILADELPHIA and Baltimore
merchants are thus implicated, and ;he proofs
arn 30 plain and startling 10 be set aside.
These three men were lcagucd together, and
among their several correspondence, were late
letters from the rebel contractors, acknowlcds.
ing the receipt vi pistols and Side.arns.
After being arrested, they we're shifted from
station house tn prison, being one night taken
out Of town to stave off judicial decisions,
wrts Of habeaS corpus, &c. Finally, on Sun
day, MarShals Jenkins and Steele drove them
ID the New York boat-Wyatt defiant, Gil
christ cowed and sullen, and the lsraclilc trcm'
bling like 4 leaf
4 part Of The correspondence duplicating them
was obtained from the wife OF Lieutenant III
the Federal army, who had been rather deli.
cltcy implicated with y. II. Windcr. now in
Fort Lafayette. She has been arrested in New
ark y. j., where she resides.
The Government decoy, who assisted Frank
lin in these Iabors, is said to be i daring Cali.
lornian, full Of nerve and fertile in cXrcdI-
cnts, who has been twice in Charleston and
thrice in Richmond, since the battle ofBull Run.
His manner Of rnaliing the arrest cannot now be
disclosed although it rivals in interest and dan
gcr the exploits of the best Bow street officers.
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