The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-07
WAR ITEMS,
FROM The Courier Des Etats Unis.
aSIc sSa,n,,.


Inc arrival of the Arago was marked bv q, ~
cluent which serves to show that the vigilance .
! the Government agents is not an amntv rrord
Just when the passengers were preparing to dis
embark, a custnm-house officer noticed ono of o,,,
compatriots, whose pocket, suspiciously bloated
|. seemed to invite an exploration He accordio,I,
lequirei Ihe traveller to display its contents
winch was done without hesitation. At frstno,b
ing was discovered but invoices and business M
Pers; put at the very heart of the parcel the
"atch'ui eye OF the Official detected a letter the
superscrlpuon of which bore the telIiaIa word
BEAUREGARD!
with such proof it is super iAuous to talk of
explanations. The rash passenger is seized. and
dragged to private cabin The report Of tba
discovery expands with the rapidity peculiar n
thas Kind OF news. The officers press around the
prisoner and plunge wildly into coniectures as to
the Importance of the capture about 70 be msda
Meantime our ellow-cnuntryman manaces r.
snatch moment to ask fo- enlightenmentEwhat
has happened to h i'm? They thrust under his avos
the treacherous letter, and he begins at last to
uhoerstand' That fatal missive is addressed
Monsieur Bouderot,
Rae Beauregard, y. .,
Paris.
f''''SI tha
preceuent OF the monkey in the fable excuses
iuey nau mistaken the name of street for the
name OF man. 1t was, nevertheless, not until
a'Ier 'edious parleyings that they were convinced
that they had laid hands on an innocent denizen
ol Tue QUARTER st. Denis whose only treason con-
sisted IN having III lis pocket letter addressed 70
himself.
Prisoners.
A,
pert B0lton, armorers of the Frankford Arsenal
had hearing before Judge Grier charged wi h
spraying cannon primers to the Coniederates
Various letters have been secured of the same tanor
as those taken in New York on the Occasion of
Hitchcock's arrest ''''' Vi
r, roRrLAND, (Mc.) Sept. 5.-Messrs. Sargent and
lil'l' o. larmouth, who were arrested here by or
DER "t the Secretary of War Yesterday were taksn
by the United States officers in a carriarrn VET
ward TO day, with the intention of taking the cars
"' 'oac" but We're served with writ of habeas
corpus G and brought back to the city. They will
nave hearing tomorrow before the United States
Circuit Court, Judge Clifford
LOUISVILLE, Sept 5.-Captai Gerosch who YES
terday headed an expedition carrying off arms To
arrested. ''' 'o0-
nv Prisoners ut Fort Lafayette.
There are but two Pennsy Ivspia,,S at urasaot ran
uheu In Fort Lafayette, Pierce Butler and Ellis K
Hcnnane. OF the others, besides the privateers
m men, el@4 are from Virginia, nine from MARYLAND,
New inrl- 'hS '"hi bdil"IuldJ HVc from
Carolina, one from Arkansas, one from Al Ala South
one !r"m Missouri. The whole number a. ,""' una
confined there is fifty. a. present
TIayor EeIrct..
here are noiseless, but vigorous, efforts =, u,sn
lngton Tor the release OF Mayor Berrctt from Col
Martha BGrke's hospitality.
B. f. Gallagher, PaYmaster Of the Navy and
who has been for some months stationed at the navy
yard at Washington was arrested this morning by
order OF the Government, and is in custody in
the Philadelphia. He is from Richmond, Virginia,
aud it is believed that his offence is disoyaIty to
the Government.
Refused to Swear.
Eight OF the crew of the revenue cutter Forward,
lying of Fort Carroll, were summarily dismissed
on Tuesday last, for refusing to take the oath of
allegiance. They were receiving only Sis per
month, while the crews of other boats are paid $50
hence their refusal to subscribe to the oath. The
pay OF seamen is fixed by regulation at SIS to $50
per month.
Last Thursday, when the oath of allegiance was
administered to the cadets at the West Point Aca-
denny, William w. Dunlap, of Missouri, and John
e. Singleton, of Kentucky, refused to take the OATH
and left the institution.
The Hatteras prisoners have been transferred
from the Minnesota to Fort Wood on Bedloe's Is
land, and to Castle William, on Governors Island
IN the harbor of New York, the Brand ywine having
beea ordered to fit out for sea.
From The ". Y. Herald Sept 6,
The ConIiscatiOn Act.
COMPLETE LIST VESSELS SEIZED IN THE PORT OF
NEW YORK.
The following is complete list of vessels owned
or partly owned by residents Of the Confederate
States which have been seized by Surveyor An.
drews of this port in accordance with the Contisca
tion act of July l3, 1861: