The national Republican., 1862-06-26

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Having known the ssAa Rad a number Of
ybas.. ssu unhesttatieg,y ahArn that hs h.s
d Liberty litks C6nssifuion' of ths United
| INK. said Read had been unwillingy in "ss.
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smpoy mont ssssfai months Ssiors tSS ststs oi
Virginia wAe ouseft ths soeailsd ssosAsd1htss.
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not with number ufyDans mon, Has the local
item ssserts,) \ b0st that previously nsvigated
ss Gh:s.pSrs: AZ and . 0hio Canal plying a all
ssrlanS, and cfshioi Soss Hs'wss ssptais. Hs
made ssvsyM Attempts linnpmsrsble testimony
oan be sdduoed 10 prove ft) To get His boat
rom Norfolk after Virginia seoedod, but Of no
Avail; indeed. the authorities Of the rebellion
we're about to hang him for so doing; and he
Settihs home, ii}d 'xiiavo dabH rshsained lnlthe
1ominions Of the yillsnious traitors.
The said Read did mot swear allegiance To the
but remained ttus % the fsg Of his coantrI
amid all threHtsning prosecutions Ike .ths
noble and patriotic Virginia, !ststssmsp, ,.gisr,
bont, Garlic, Segar. &c., no threats could lh
SaSs him sS :ysrye Ss ,S% ~ ssno' ne
Whom Norfolk .as evacuated, and ths rsds:
raj trOops took thorough possSssioI, the said
Read brought out bis boat from d piaoS of se-
clusiOn--where he he'd u bid from the usdr0sd.
Pf every description on tbs arrival Of ths Rsd-
erals-and ran her ,nAo Norfolk ssd PLACED her
under military subordipstion for pretecuon.
he inmediatsly Afterwards TAnsm!ttsd a,c9in;
boat, "a man wsi1 known ~ Ms Union pro-
Cliviiiss. and to whioh ali the military men Of
nots VIII" have control of this DISTRICT oan oerJ
nfyJ imparting to him the Joyful udipw, ,of his
safety, aud likswtss Of the bOat. iasgl' '1rai
The said Captain Moore instantnneously pro.
cured \ pass, and went thithsr (NorfUlk) to
| mako arrangements to bring his boat forward
which he accomplished 10 brief period. as the
following documentary evidences win show
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II "CysroM HOUSE,
| s,.-, q Headquarters Military Governor, j. 9,
Norfolk, June 8, 1861.
Guards will pass steamer Flying Cloud, TO.
gether with a crow Of three men, to proceed
cargo of nins boxes II. tob loco, 3xo thousand
| ssRsrs, and three barrels spirits Of tnrpentine.
By command Brig. Gen. e. L. visIe.
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Oath taken. ~ o. '' J.ylIA L.r-g
p, 81 0 II, RrssELL, q. and A. D. G.
| ....... Guard Ship seminole,
Examnatioi, found cotfect. ia
''STnoAAB y. Steel,
s,.aIu4YfrI srgr. Acting MAster.n
Having demOnstratsd INCIDENTALLY the unwa
vering loyalty Of the person 10 controversy an
initio up 70 the present stage Of the war, II only
| remains now to state what charge he was ar
rested on. The charge, it-was said, was aiding
the rebellion. bu, no one came forward to prove
| Il; oonaD D4usntly the said Read was ,honOrablJ
released, after having suffered undessrvadIy
an Incarceration Of sixteen hours in \ statiOI
| house In Georgetown, and not NJ the Old Cap
tol prison, a. The locs item alleges; .a "a
.HsF'' For Elias ID. Read.
*rhs said Read, Captain John Moore, and a.Gcr
III m urtiAoAr vpapo n three mem