New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-11
THE CA7ILGE arson.
SINGULAR pEyELOPMEYrs.


it may be remembered that in April last the sesa,
boat Catiline Of New-York wac purchaeed by Cha,
A. StsfeOn, jr., from the agents, NJ. NJ Freeman g.
Co., No. Sc South street. for the sum Of sl8ON a,5
that subsequently the Government chartered the steam
boat from it's new owner, Mr.. s,etson. for sl0 600
month, fora hree months to be usei in the United States
service subject 10 orders from Fortress Monroe Can.
tain Isaac o. Phillips hired to her, paving all
expenses at thc rate of e. 800 month"; Ths ber,ai.
appears TO have been arranged 70 thai NJ NJ Freemaa
Co. still remsired the agents OF the boat; also thai
they advanced the money With which TO effect the p
chase and that the insurance upoa the boat was 90.
cured to Freeman g. Co. The boat was insured for
$25 0Oo and there was proviso in the chatter that II
By any accident the CstiNne should be Oss the pro-
prietors were to be paid the sam Of $4,000 By the
Government
On the ID dav of JEly Gen. BenJ +. Butler wsr, oe
board the Catiline fror, Fortress Monroe to Eewpos
News and returned 10 the Fortress between and 3
O'Clock the same evening. After the Gsnersl had
landed at the Fort the Catine pushed of, and whez
she was about two hundred yards from the shore ire
burst forth from the bottom Of the smake-SIack-
From an investigation now In progress in tbis city,
at the instance Of Fire MARSHAL Baker some very m-
potant detaila have been developed ia relation "a tho
des.ruction Of the vessel.
Jsmes Larkin, q young man who refers fos his
verasity the Hon. William H. Seward Secretary Of
State, Tburlow Weed esq., tire Hon. Pleston King.
U. 5. Senator from Eew-York, aRd a host of other
gentlemen Of like social standing was on board the
steamboat Catilme at the time Of tho III Sortudasa
occurrence in the capacity of coh6de.ta CLERK forahs
agents, N. NJ. Freeman e. Co.
This Mr.. Lsrkn, in conversation recently With
another young gentleman named Lalcr con6deuhs,
friend and acquaintance stated that he had run ssms
urpenne around the bottom of the smoke stack Ofshs
Cstiine just after the boat had pushed of from ths
fort at the time she was burned These facts coaGn2
to the knowledge Of Fire Marsbal Baker, he weas
before Justice Quackenbusb and applied for a warrant
FOR the arrest of Lalor and Saturday lie was takea
before Justice Quackenbush at the Jefferson Martss
Police Court when the facts set forth eicited{
Yesterday the case came up again for exsminatks
in the same Court, when Councilman Van Tyne tts-
titled that Capt Phillips, LsTkin and LaOr, wbefis
bis saloon in Dey street, fsw days since got into
dispute, in the course Of which Capt Philips wa
informed by one of bis associates that he hsd hin ia
tight place, and could have him sent TO Aabuu.
The examination also deveopes statement 70 the
effect that the captain had cold number OF articles
from on board the Caine previous to the night whsa
she was burned. Capt. Phillips says that when tbs
fire broke out. be went and woke up LaTkni but
Larkin states that nobody woke him up" that he
got up himself aud ran toward the suoSe-Staek,
where the fire was but finding it too hot, retreated
the stern Of the vessel
II does appear, however, that Marshal Bster ha
woke up" somebody in time 10 discover tie origin II
ne FIRE.
The examination will be. continued in the sahs
Court next Monday.