Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-09
Arrest of .'UnIon gIe,'' ia Richmond.


From the Richmond Examiner.
On Saturday night Capt Goodwin, by orde
/ OF the government, proceeded with a party q
/ select men t0 the farm Of John Minor Bolts, an,
/ took him and all OF his papers and private cor
/ respoudenca in custody Leaving an officer il
charge Of the PaptTs and household Of Bolts
( Captain Goodwin brought him prisoner to thi
! city, and lodged him IN McDaniePs negro iail
! situated IN Blnnkinships alley, some tiftv yard
north Of Franklin street
/ Captain Goodwin then went TO the farms O
/ Valentine HrckIer aud Franklin Stesrrs. ana
/ took both Of these well-known Z ion men. auC
gu Of their papers and letters, aud brought then
/ TO this city.
Bolts aud Heckler's letters and papers have
not yet been examined Stsan's letters have
| undergone only 8 cursory and parts examiua-
tlou. aud, so Tar, nothing or interest hss been
found among th5m, except several letters from
his friend Bolts begging for money.
We are under the impression that, rs vet the
government IS 10 possession of no positive ia
formation that would convict Bolts Of treason.
But he known 10 be the recoguize I'd leader Of all
the disatfeccsj, ell tue low Germans Of the red
republicans, Carl ScbUrz school and of the vile
remnant of the Union party.
Against Stear1s' and Aeckier's royalty the
government bas been i0r a month in the posses
sion Of the most c0uclusiVe evidence; and il
feels confident Of its ability to prove that both
OF these men have been loud ia their denuncia-
tioDs OF what they have been pleased to term
the ." rebellion" aud have over and again. er-
pressed their entire property to resto.s tao do
minon ia the South OF Eh5 pnitaa states gov
ernment.
The man Wardwon, another party arrested
has, since the beginning Of tie war. been known
10 every citizen as blatant and defiant Union
man.
Miller, who has also been lodged in jail, is tn
chief, or high priest OF doe secret Black or Red
German Repuohcan societies Of Richmond. seme
of whose members, it can be proved, have. since
the reverse of our army az Furt Doneison.
bOasted that they had thousands af arms and
abundance Of ANN lnit.Ca concealed in this city
and that ,la la1n sere enrolled who xouid u,e
.aeai on the inst approach Of tire Yankee army
An Irishmau named John J. Higgius, has
also been arrested and put iu t.,a same prison
Higgins is a connexjoG u Col Corcoran, of the
Yankee array, Two OF Higgins sunts married
I'VE OF CDrcorans Uncles. A letter from Coreo-
ran - Higgins, advising the latter % send his
wife and family North, end containing assaran-
ces that he (COrcoTsnl would have them safely
conveyed vnd9r nag Of truce, has recently been
intercepted by Cm government Whether our
gCFerDUent has any evidence Of Higgins in
Eentlon 70 follow Corcorags counsel las not
5anspired.
Itis saia LBat stearns, the whisky nan, on ap-
PG0&ching the prison, surveyed is with a most
cOntsmptuOgs expression, and remarked, aft
yoU are gong to imprlson all the Union men you
will have 70 pro ids a much lager Jail than
this" Mr Strarus viii, we think, be not little
in his calculations. If the govarsment
use us power wisely and firmly tbs great Union
party, on which Seams, and others Eko him,
nave rEssd such great expectations, wil} in a
day. dWiudle into rid!culGusy small proportions
BY neglect, idle, Ignorant and vicious persons
have hren allowed with impunity 20 boast their
Ieasuns Ia our stieets
Tie rpmor that tba s.0ve mentioned parties
bad been arrested, ~ss On every tongue yestsr-
day moniug, bat aU one could. with certainty.
say whence On report originated pr whether il
Was au rhentic. And not until a b,ie AoJ.r ia the
evening was Is known % 1a & iacE bat the rgr
les were COZ 4Ua1 ia n, Dauiei's iait Vrrv
;ooB alisr the information became generally dI{ /
i.sed, crowd cOlleced iu he vicinity. aud fhe /
matter freely discussed. Not man was there
Jut expressed himself in uumeasured terms III
appreciation ol ti'e course ot the government. /
Iue only apprehension that seemed to be felt
Fas, tins. Tie government would not be thorough .
JId summary enough in ijs treatment Of mai 4
~
hat the sight of half dozen Yankee sv.pDa- I
hi4eTs dangling from as mauy lamp posts
would have most wholesome and saiuisrv ef.
ect
While standing in the crowd, near tbe iail. our
ttention was attracted to a great quantity Of
urning paper flying out ct one end of tbe
himneys. It was immediately suggested rat
ne prisoners, not having been properly searched
geTe destroying private and perhaps trsasona-
We documents wlnch they had about item
We have reason to believe that MANY otbsr
RESTS will be effected within the next twenty
lur hours We forsgo to mention names. less
70 might throw some impsdimens m the way Of
be suthOrities.
Now that tho government appears really in
arnest il tbe suppression OF treason, it becomes
very citizen who knows man OF set of lnHsa
limSoal TO our country and cause 10 point them
A.