New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-17
A REBEL NEST-EGG FOUND.
Capture of a J.D. Agent, and flO,O0O
CONFEDERATE FOREIGN flNANClERlHG.

driven to procure funds for waging their unuoy war
are as various and desperate can well be conceived.
All that unscrupuous talent do all that LEE prom
ises protests and appeals accomplish; all that the
thorough exercise Of des2otic power over then deuded
subjects can compass are unhesistnRy resOted to by
the Rebel leaders to bolster up bad cause, aud secure
It's ultimate triumph. For their followers they paint
the glorious future Of the Empire Of the Southern
Cross, and when promises fail, resort TO threats of at
taindcr and punishment iOr treason. For foreign na
lions they hold ont he tempting bait Of cheap cotton
and direct trade in they will break our blockade,
and send crafty agents TO poison public mind against
~ aud offer seeming sound securities for the negotiation
OF the bonds. The British capitalist, at once the
shrewdcst and most ceduous Of nanciers, 10 assaed
| by every alluring argument that in turn may Seem
most likely to extract his shining guineas; and he
weaker eide being found, be is drawn by the same
shining threads as have often led him into disastrous
investments in Peru, China, South America Mexico,
and Mississippi TO tho unfathonmbe abyss Of srecula-
ton in Confederate bonds. We have all! remembering
that the burnt child shuns the fire, thought that the
| common sense and experience Of John Bull would
protect him from loss in this new AID most desperate
venture bnt seems TO have been otherwise. One Of
Jen Dayis's financial agents has been 10 England, ne
go;hcda loln and returned to this country, all within
month. The particulars Of this remarkable financial
/ mission aud ~ result are az follows:
| The Rebel Government becoming sadly short OF
means and unable 10 add even feather 10 the tre-
! rondous load il had imposed on the banks, bankers,
| and voters within it, jurisdiction, and having paved
the vay by the mission and Vaccinations Of the three
rambling Commissioners, sent ono Thomas y. Serr,
wealthy cottonbroker or factor Of New-Oreans, TO
/ England by the steamer Persia on the l,th of July,
ether 10 negotiate loan, OF receive the proceeds OF
one already arranged by otherit matters not which
/ The agent with discretion which he would have
done we'll to pursue until his safe return to the C. s. A.,
/ reg siorcd his name on the steamer books as Mr..
! seriI Philadelphia happily for him, giving
no clue To bis place Of domice or the nature Of his
mssion. On board the vessel were sundry eongenal
tpi - from Nsv-0hesns Cbarleston, Texas, Mobile,
and other Southern ports and places and sprinklng
Of ENGLISH lncr han,sand bankers American, Mexican,
/ Spanish, and Belgian politicians aud diplomats.
On the voyage ont, he conGded tie purport Of his
! mission 10 the more useful sfe and available Of his
fellow pasaengers and 10 doubt laid pipe" and paved
the way for the little transactions he proposed TO make
over the water Wonderful to relate, by somc means
or other lie accomplished his purposes, and that 20
sreedy that after the exchange of documents, hypoihe-
cation OF securities and Arrangement of other Preni-
nares he drew 10000 in Bank Of England notes,
and waA ready 10 return by the Persia on her home
| ward voyage. Before leaving, he and the Rowing
Commission made all their arrangements for the trans
mission Of funds by safe opportunities, at stated
intervals. ~ far everything had gone on swimmingly,
aud shrowd, smooth plausible, able Mr.. Seuil bad
finished his mission ia the most successful manner II
| would have been well for him and for bis friend,
j. D., il be lad not, in the intoxca.ion Of success
land perhaps Of post prandial indulgence, allowed his
wits to 20 wool gathering Bat as the gods meant him
TO he destroyed, they adopted the usual course
Poor Mr. Serrl with his pocket full OF sterling
rency, lacked the ordinary discretion of hali-wued
boy; or although he was going to an enemy port, in
company with many whom be could have hardly re-
garied as other than enemies, be made no secret OF his
m-sion aud is results. Worse than this he goiled
hmae and the C. s. A. in atcr-nner defamation, in
midnight seances a, the whisttabe, in midday walks
on the Qusterdeck, and morning lounges in ;he smok-
ing-room. With foolish yainglory he boasted OF the
superior financial credit Of the G. s. A. over the United
States Government in English monetary circles, Of his
own easy negotiation OF the loan, OF his possession OF
the 900 nsalment, of the receipt OF silver SER
vice from admring British bankers, which was to fol-
low him in the next steamer and, in general, Of the
caifnh corda already existing between ther Majes-
ties Of France and England aud the incohate slave em-
pire which be worthily represented These silly va
poriugs we're atteltiyely listened to by loyal American
fellow .passcrgers aud bis several boasts and state
menis carefully noted down for future use against him.
! At length the steamer enters port, swings in the
stream fires of her guns and is boarded by the Gus
tom-lIouse officers. The ndiscreet financial agent,
perhaps remembering nothing of bisndiscreton, wits
biz turn for the examination Of bis baggage and got il
at last with Ii vengeance. There s a whispered com.
muucaon by the loyal passengers to officers james
| D.. Archer Alexander Isascs and Thomas j. Brown
IN eye-searchng through tue crowd, and presently
lLs fOg j. ID. and his mOneyl-tbe removal Of the
body aud baggage Of Dir. 1homas Serr TO apriyate
apartment where, despite struts, and protests and
threats strict resrch Of person and property made
The oictIs were smply rewarded for their trouble
for in his trunks gerc foaud, peyda, several bundles Of
Interesting ,oters addressed TO SerIill, aud in belt
abou his body roll Of cloan, now, genuine Bank Of
Enesld notes. Of the value Of neagy $s0O 600. II is
Necessary 10 SAY that the whole concefn-nan, bag
gage. trcasuse-uoye ard all-woIe seized in the
name of tho uni.od Saes taken t0 sir. Surveyor
Andrews, and Hbeled aaj indicted by Mr.. District
Attorney Smith. All THE WIS done and tue anucky
foreign IinsuciCrng tourist was saiely secured TO
uyat tial and punishment. SerlilI claims TO be
Phi,alelpian by birth, and that his family il now in
thai city; the fcrncl If true, only making his treason
more ojols and the latter eyincing more prudence
and foresight thun lie has shown since bis departure
from Liverpool on the homewnrd voyage.
United States Commissioner Henry committed seril
10 the Tomts, 10 await examination, which was set
down for Monday morning. CLarhson G. Potter Is his
counsel.