The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-08-27
Catching Sneaks.


The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 18th, gives
the following ludicrous account of the new sport
Of sneak-catching that has sprung up Of late In
this country:
The sailing packet Zered, up for Liverpool
and fully freighted with humanity, was detained
from leaving her dock, At Lombard street wharf
yeeterday,by the police, information having been
received at head quarters shat numerous persons
mostly of foreign birth, were about to leave in
her to escape the spprehended draft. Late on
Monday night and early Tuesday morning, num-
bers of old in6rm and decrepit persons might
be seen vending their way to the vessel and
casual observer would have supposed that all
the halt and m.imed cripples in our City hos-
pitals we're about to be transported to the Flying
Islands, where crutches are superAuous. 1t was
pitable sight to witness men whose boards had
been as black as q Congo contrabsnd's the day
before, suddenly turned grey, not with grief b,t
by the application OF magic dye; men with
stalwart forms resembled trembling Uncle
Toms on the stage, and men who were so
clear sighted o. to see their way out Of acrspe
we're blind az bats. But they soon saw 'stars"
on the coats of policeman, and found their mean
subterfuges of no avail
When the police, Chief Ruggles and Provost
Marshal Kern, vsite the vessel about nine
o'clock in the morning jlst as she was about to
leave this distracted country" they found
passengers slowed away 10 every conceivable
place of coDcealment. Some--like renowned
Henry Brown, who was sent up on the under
ground road from Dixie 10 u box labeled ''glsss
this side up with care" and rode by mistake
most Of the way upon his head--were neatly
packed in boxes, others were hid under piles OF
sails, and some we're 40 sick they couidn't leave
their berths. After great care and considers bio
searching, on the part Of the officials the cow
ardly fellows we're all ferreted out and the vessel
allowed to depart, minus over one hundred,
British Subjects" as most of them claim, TO be-
The major part of those arrested were Irish
and it WAS interesting to see the indignation Of
the Irish in the crowd assembled, which repre-
sented all colors, classes creeds, at the craven
conduct of thOae who claimed affinity with them
The women, especially were very demonstrativs;
and one poor German, who claimed to be ap
lrishman in order we suppose, to propitiate the
worthy damsels, was in danger OF being soused
in the dock. A large number we're discharged
after the vessel had sailed, and the rest were
finally taken TO the station house, amid the jeers
cheers and Kisses of the m ,tley throug that sur
rounded them; after they had been placed in
durancee, the crowd remained TO canvass the
merits ofthe case. Some enthusiastic and ire
pressbe stevedores, failing to get whsck at
the detained travellers, proposed to vent their
spleen upon the negroes, many Of whom we're
present, and whom the excited Celts contended
were the source of all the trouble brought upon
the country; but the presence Of y large body
OF policemen commanded order, aud slowly
dispersed elated at the success Of the suthor-
tiles in caging so many able-bodied men.
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The ship Western Empire, from New
Orleans, arrived at New York Wednesday
afternoon. She has on freight 1900 hogs
heads sugar, 292 bales cotton, and lO5 bales
Of moss.
The 3lst Massachusetts Regiment now
at New Orleans, having been visited by the
paymaster, sent home by the last steamer
S42 900 to their friends in Western Mas
sachusetts.