, 1861-08-20
4 Rebel, NEST-EGG FOUND.
CAPTURE OF / J. D.. AGENT AaD E40,0o
Confederate Foreign Finances.

The shifts to which the Southern rebels are |
driven to procure fonds for waging their un-
well be conceived All that EHscrupalous
talent can do; all that lies, promises, pro
tests, and appeals can accomplish; all that
the thorough exercise Of despotic power OVER
hesitatirg1y resortea to by the rebel leaders
to bolster up 3 bad cauae, and secure its ulti-
mate t1ius1ph. For their followers they paint /
TIE glorious future of the empire ct the South |
crn Cross, and, when promises fail, resort to |
threats Of attainder and punlRhmens for tres
tempting bsit Of cheap cotton aud direct |
trade in Gaze they will break our blockade, |
and eend crafty agents to poison the public |
mind agaipst Us and offer seeming sound ST. |
euri;ies for the negotiation Of the bonds:
JEFF. Dayie's financial agent hes been TO Eng
land, negotiated loan, and returned to this
county, all Within month. The particulars
Of this remarkable financial mission and i'll
result are Re follo~As
The rebel government becoming sadly ahort
of meaae, and unable to add even q feather to
the trt mendoRs load 1t hAd imposed sn the
banks. bankers. and voters within it, jus1a-
diction, and having paved the wav BY the mis-
sion aud Vaccinations Of the three rambling
Commissioners, sent one Thomas q. Serrlll.
wealthy cotton broker or factor Of New Or
leans, to ENGLAND by the steamer Pe1zia on
the 17fh af July. either to negofiAte loan, Or
receive the proceeds Of one already arranged
bT otherE--iE matters not which. Tbs agent,
with discretion which he would have done
well to pursue until bis safe retua n to the c.
s. A., registered his name on the steamer
hooks as sAtr. SeE1iu, Philadelphia '-thus,
hsppilT for him, giving no clue to his place OF
domicil or the nature Of his mission On
from New Orleans, Charleston, Texas, Mobile,
| and other Southern ports and places, and
| spriDklipg Of English merchants and bankers,
! American, Mexican, Spanish, and Belgian poll
! ticianE and diplomats.
| On the voyage out, be confined the p1rpnrs
t Of his mission to the more useful, safe and
| ayailshle Of his feIloW-passengets, and no
doubt "laid pipe" and paved the way for the
little transactions he proposed to make over
the water. Wonderful 70 relate, by some
means or other he accomplished bis purposes,
and that 50 speedily, that after the exchange
arrangement Of other prelfr1inariea, he drew
G40,0O0 in Bank OF England notes, and Was
reacy to return BY the Persia On her home
ward voyage. Before leaving, he and the Roy"
for the transmission Of more funds, By safe
opportunities, at stated intervals. 80 far eve
| ffthing bad gone On swiu1mlngfF, and shraWd,
smooth, plausible, able Mr.. Serrin had finished
his mission in the most successful msrner.
Poor MI serrill, with his poke: full Of
ton OF halE-Witted boy; foz, although he
YVES going to all eneny's port, il company
with many whom he could hsve hardly re-
I garded as other than enemies, he made no Sc.
cret Of his mission and ttH results. Worse
| than this, he a1orided himself and the G. 8. 4.
| il after-din1er defamation, In midnight se
, t ances at the whist table, in midday walks or
| the Quarterback, and morning lounges in the
,, ! fmckjug room. With foolish valnglory he
boasted OF the superior financial credit Of the
> G. s. 4. over the United States GoVernmen
!, t in English monetary circles, Of his own easl
negotiation OF the loan, OF his possession 9
: The e40,0OO installment, Of the re ;eipt Of {
? silver service from adn1iring British bankers
: which was to follow him in the next steamer
? and, tn general, Of the entents coTdidte alread
and England and the fnchoate slave empir
), 4 which lie worthily represented. These sill
= vaporiDgs were attentiVe1T listened to BY loJ
;, | al American fellow passengers, and his severs
- boasts and statements carefully noted dow
4 for future use sgainat him.
!, the steam, fires off her guns and is boarded
L | the Custom-Houee officers. The indiscree
= dnancial agent, perhz{s remembering nothin
Of biz indiscreaop, Waats his tu1n for the "a
Wiz ave. ye1seaace. e @ f6sFs is : whispered con
mrnicatIon BY the loyal passengers to officer
g James B. Archer, Alexander Isascs and Thon
y a. j. Brown, an eyeseaEching through th
I'd PFea9s o tae , 5o5 - and bssRae
u Of Nj, Thomas 8. serrM to private spar
e ment, where, despite struts, md protests N
y y threats, strict search of person and pFopsrt
Ii is 1nade. The officers Weto amply reWards
for the1r trouble, for In bis trunks were foun.
u,1yIx, ,eeyeral bundles Of interesting 1ettel
addressed to serriil, md, In belt about b
er body & roll Of clean. 1eM, genuine Ra1k M =
E England aotes, OF the Vaaut of nearly $4,000
X i i necessary to say that the whole concer
man, baggage, teesa1etEuye md a1l-we'
T. seized In tie nxme Of the Uutted States, take
r. to Mr.. Surveyor Andrews, and nbe1ed and i
er dieted by Me- DfstIictAttmuey Smith. 4
a. this was done, and the un1uey tinaucierir
II, toutist was safely secured to Awxit trial ~
punishment. 9eIIiQ claims to be Phi1Adt
phian By birth, and that his family arc now
II That city tho former, if true, orly mak3I
his treason more odloua, aad the latter esin
~. ing more prudence and foresight than be h
u shown since his departure from Liverpool
", lie homeWard voyage.
Us United States Commissioner Henry col
if nitted se1m to the Tennis to await e1szni
a. ation, which Wus set down for Monday uof
ing. Clatkson G. Potter is his counsel
Meantime, communication Will be had ri
a. the Department at Warrington, and it Is Il
~ unlikely that Serri1l msy be ordered at once
IF Fcrt Lafayette, which viii put stop to II
"a ther civil action a. to his person, though
~ ~ to the eonaSea1fon Of the properly tou'
in his possession.