Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-08

IRON the Richmond Examiner, March 81
On Saturday night, Capt. Goodwin, by or.
der OF the government proceeded, with party
of select men, to the farm OF John Minor
Bolts, and took him and all OF his papers and
private correspondence into custody. Leaving
an officer in charge OF the papers and house
OF Bolts. Capt. Goodwin brought him prisoner
to this city, anu lodged him in MCDanlvi's me-
gro jail, situated in Blanklnship'S alley, some
fifty yards north OF Franklin street Captain
Goodwin then went to the iarms of Valentine
Heckler and Franklin Siearns, and took both
OF these well-knowu Union men, and all their
papers and letters, and brought them to this
city. Bolts and Heckler's letters and papers
have not yet been examined. Stearns' letters
have undergone only Cursory and partial
examination, and, so tar, nothing OF interest
has been found among lhem except several
letters irudl his friend Bolts, begging ior mon
ey. We are under the impression tnal as yet,
the government is i'll possession OF no positive
information that would convict Bolts OF trea.
son. But he is known to be the recognized
leader OF all the dlsatfected, all the low Ger.
mans OF the Red Republican, Carl Schurz
school, and of the vile remnant OF tho Union
party.
Against Stearns and Heckler's loyalty the
government has been for a month in the pos.
session Of the most conclusive evidence and
both OF these men have been loud in their de.
nunciationS Of what they have been pleased 10
term the rebellion" and have, over and over
again expressed their Willingness to slcritice
their entire property to restore the dominion
i'll the United STATES government. The man
Wardweli, another party arrested, has, since
the beginning OF the war, been known to every
citizen as blatant and defiant Union man.
Miller, who has also been lodged in Jail, is
the Chief or high priest of the secret black or
red German republican societies OF Richmond,
some OF whose members it can be proved,
have, since the reverse of our arms at tort
Duneson, boosted that they had thousands of
arms and abundance of ammunition concealed
in the city, and that the men were enrolled
who would use them on the first appearance
of the Yankee army.
An Irishulan named John NJ Higgins has
also been arrested and put in the same prison.
Higgins is a connection of Col. Corcoran. of
the Yankee army. Two OF Higgins aunts
married two Of t0rcoran's uncles. a letter
from Corcoran to Higgins, advising the latter
to send his wife and family north, and contain
ing assurance that he (Corcoraul would have
them safely conveyed under flag of truce, has
recently been intercepted by our government
Whether our government has any evidence of
Higgins intention to follow Corcoran's coun
sci, has not TRANSFERRED.
1t is said thai. Stearns, the whiskey man, on
approaching the prison, surveyed it with
most contemptuous expression, aud remarked
1T you are going to imprson all the Union
men you will have to provide much larger
Jail than this" Mr.. Slearns will, we think, be
not little mistaken in his calculations
1t will be recoected that, ON Thursday last
John Gold and Elias Paulding were arragned
for having made use of reasonable language,
and that it appeared on investigation thai
Gold had proclaimed himself Union man,
and announced that the stars and stripes would
soon wave from the top oi our capitol, and
that Elias Paulding amended Colds announce.
ment with an emphatic That's So" We
stated in our last paper that the may or had
turned both parties over to the confederate
authorities. In this we were mistaken The
mayor had merely committed them Tor further
examination, and they were accordingly
brought into court on Saturday, aud again
committed till this morning.