, 1861-09-26
The Goses nmenr Po1toe-&rress or
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PH1LApELPHfA, Monday, Sep, q.
me most important arrests that haze beer
msqt during The rebellion ca4ne to li.a%t in
In's city to-cay. The NAMES Of these men are
1smes Il. Haig, F. Wyatt :nd William G{i.
Sst, Hslg is baltimore 1sraelit8, waeee
outinefe Is the making OF military trimmings
erarJettes, sword handles, Dc. He obtaffIsd
nay contract rom the United States govern
mtht TO more eHectual1y conceal his plans,
zEo Has arntd with numerous Letters ffom
sedefsl functionaries that he intended to 7,>o.
uuee n emergencies. This sn.ncanducsefc con.
nt1 Aud The Provost Marshal showed hi mum.
q, de was hrEt observed In thi6 wise. 4 pscka..e.
echta1hfnE several Thousand frfcfion 111bes ana
ca2noB Primers had been left st Adams, Er.
prese elfce IN this city, addressed toi weN.
EnoEn firm in Baltimore, Being fhr-a.arpd
With arrest, the latter firm contested that thew
Efre the agents Of James II. Haix, and VA
iE1theT ednced that the same was ehipoed nm
De: fictitious name by William Gilchrist.
BeteetiVe benjamin franklin, sagacfous.
aEu 1ed1e P1iladelphia otiieer, now determin.
"a 20 seanee Hlg to this city !; for which pur-
Peee ne 1esotted to certain Ingenious means,
4ot now ripe for publication. 4 celebrated
Lincoln detective EoE took part in the matter.
and the meap8 by which they in7eig1ed all the
PARTIES conEtliQte the riehex1 item in the his.
tory Ct etlmAtA Surveillance. The Braslito
Wss 70 played upon that he Is not yet aware
: OF the enemies wto ruined him, aaa when tho
matter was ripe the whole party vera taken,
up, tEetr goods and papers se;ze6, and they
are now il Fort Lafayette, having. gone for.
"arascn Sunday night.
VIZ: G'lcb1l,t is rnzor AID cutlery impoz-
ser, Whcse establishment; ie Situated at Filth:
ana Commerce streeta. He has never. taken
1he ost1 OF aEEg1alce, balg m EpgIlshn,an.
Lis eaiae Was TO pretend himself Federal
agent, unt'i the worst came, when he was 10
c:adn, the privileges Ct British subject In
4n4n 4 =.
nelts, caps, pistols, bowie-kEiyes, &C., packed
and directed &C go scuthward. Tie bropartv.
-tnonnts to SIC, ,008 in value.
att is Vlrginian, formerly in part-
nkttlir with c. B. Campbell, eos North Wate-
street Rc has always been q rabid tra,tfr:
and his wife has been liz times 10 Richmond
and b=ck within as many weeks, taking each
time trunks heavily filed with weaDo1s and
Eucas toLtEaba4G. She passed our lines nv
etlblng Ell officer Of the army, who obtained
p@sses tlr the purpose. Said officer has bean
arrsste5, ard will probably be shot. At Wy
PARTIES in the South was found, and Ijs c,m1
Tl1city with the rebels was proved bv his ~
Ie:f, eycn In the absence OF any other eYi-
delct,
The hay contract In which Haig ,7as en-
gegeo Eas to have been worked 10 good ad-
S&1.a2e- lHo vessels, ole loaded With bales
cf l4J and the other with bales conSs;ninn
Wsr E1unitlonf, were to have been dispatched
up fhe. Potomac, AID at Aqua Cresk, st q
gwen signal, the begus hay would- have been
luz under the rebel batteries. All thia WA
proved by Seized letters, and also the fact that
tie 1afe captnrts of Federal eloops and small
craft By The 1ebelB 1T the 2otomac aad Rapa-
iannock rivets, were the work of design and
lot Ct eecldent, tae same containing consra-
bs!-6 1n=tte1s- New York, Philade|thla and
Baltimore 1nt r:Atnis aze thus implicated. and
tie roofs ate too plain aud startling to ). set
atide. These three men were le5guea to.
getaer, eEd among their several corfespond-
sbce wesc late Letters from 1ea' 'si contractors.
:'elEoTleeging the recsipt Of plstcls and side
arms.
a part Of the correspondence implicat,np
ltsu vs. obts;ntd from the wife Of lieu.
tenaDt IN IN the Federal army, who had BEEN
1-'lir GelilatIy implicated with Nh. Win:
eer, Few il Ftrt lafayette. She has been ar
rested in Newark, n. J where she resides,
The Government d-eoy who assiated de
tectlye Franklin in these labors is said to be
daring Californian, full Of nerve and fertilo in
tzktditEts, who has beei. twice In Charleston
etc thice il Richmond since tie battle Of
Bull kun. His manner Of making the arrest
canLot now be disclosed, although it rivals ia
interest and danger the exploits OF the best
BLW street officers.