Evening star., 1862-03-06

and as Reinforcsd-F Fdulkner not a Union ATGm'
HIS Letter Of Denial.
ARREST OF UNION MEN IN RICHMOND.
from the Richmond Examiner, March31
On Saturday night, Capt. Goodwin, by order
of the Government, proceeded with a party OF
select men to the farm of John Minor Bolts, and
took him and all OF mis- papers and private cor
respondence in custody. Leaving an officer in
| charge of the papers and house Of Bolts Cant
Goodwin brought him prisoner TO this city and
lodged him in McDaIilel's negro Jail In Blankin-
ships alley, some fifty yards north of Franklin
street.
Capt Goodwin then went to the farms Of Val.
| entine Heckler and Franklin Stearns and took
both Of these well-known Union men, and all of
their papers ana letters, and brought them 10 th
| city.
Bots and Heckler's letters and papers have not
yet been examined. Stearns' letters have under
gone only cursoTy and partii IL examination and
SO fer, nothing of Interest has been found amon9
them, except several letters from bis friend Bolts
! begging for money.
| We are under the impression that, as vet. the
Ooyerament is In possession Of TO positive in
FORMATION thai would convict DOtts Of treason
But he Is known TO be the recognized leader of
all the dissfected, all the low Germans of the
Red Republican, Carl Schurz school, and of the
vile remnant Of the Union party
Against Stearns' and Heckler's LOYALTY the
Government has been for a month In the pos,ss-
sion Of the most conclusive evidence; and il feels
confident OF its ability to prove that both of these
men have been loud in their denunciations of
what they have been pleased to term the GRE
Delnon," 7" ana have, over and again, expressed
their Willingness to sacrifice their entire property
TO restore the dominion In the South Of the United
States Government.
The man Wardwell, 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 I'm iail is the
chlef or high priest Of the secret Black or Red
herman Republican Societies If Richmond some
| OF whose members, it can be proved, have since
the reverse of our army at Fort DoneIson boase,i
| that they had Thousands Of arms and abundance
OF ammunition concealed In the city, ard that the
| men were enrolled who would use them ON the
hTst appearance of the Yankee army
An lrishman, named John M. Higgins has
also been arrested and put in the same prison
| higgins is d connection of Col. Corcoran of the
| Yankee army. Two of Higgins aunts married
| two Of CoTcorans uncles. A letter from CorCoran
TO Higgins, advising the latter to send his wife
| ana family North, and containing assurances that
| ne (CorcOIan) would have them safely con yeved
under flag OF truce, has recently been pted
| oY our Government. Whether our Government
| has any evidence of Higgins intention to follow
| CorcoTan's counsel, has not transpired
IL is said that Stearns, the whisky man. on an.
| preaching the prison, surveyed II with a mos,
contemptuous expression, and remarked, eff YOU
are going to imprison all the Union men YOU will
| have to provide a much larger Jail than IN in J,
| Mr. Stsarns will, we think, be not a little mis-
taken In his calculations II the Government,
use us power Wisely and firmly, this great Union
| party, on which Stearns, and others like him.
have based such great expectations, will In I
| day, dwndle into rid iculously small prono,tions
| BY neglect, idle, Ignorant aud vicious persons
| treason In our streets
We have reason to believe that napy other 2,
| rests will be effected within the next twenty fou,
hours. We forego to mention Names lest we
| might throw some impeachment in the way of the
authorities.
Now that the government appears really in earn.
est the suppression Of treason IL becomes every
| citizen who knows a man or set of men inimIcaI
| 10 our country ana cause TO point them out
| MORE UNION MEN ARRESTED.
IL will be recolected that on Thursday la.,
John Gold and Elias Pauldng were arraione3
for having made use Of reasonable language. nd
that II appeared on investigation that Gold had
proclaimed himself a Union man. and announced
| that the Stars ard Stripes would soon wave from
| the top Of our capital, and that Elias Paulding
| amended Colds announcement with an emphatic
| "Thats so" We stated In our last paper that
| the Mayor had turned both parties owe, IN the
/ Confederate authorities. In this we were mia
| taken. The Mayor had merely committed them
Tor further examination, and they were accord
| ingly brought into court on Saturday and again
| committed till this morning.
coUNTERFEITINs TREASURY NOTES.
Numerous arrest have been made OF persons for
counterfeiting rebel treasury notes.
AFFAIRS AT WINCHESTER.
Gen. Jackson Preparing for an Attack The Stoyss
ard Prortstons RsmOusd-Gsn. Jackson Rein
| forced
A correspondent of the Richmond DIspatcb
| writing from Camp Mason, near Winchester. avs
/ the troops In that direction are improving In
health, and but little sickness exists A portion
have received marching orders, but to what poln
| Is not known. {" Ii seems to be pretty well known
that the enemy are threatening Winchester from
komney and Williamsport. FStone Wall, Jack
son OF course will be prepared to meet them -
Ths same correspondent, writing on the 2sth
| says:
"The enemy have succeeded in crossing the
Potomac and taking possession Of Charlestown
in Jefferson county The cars that left here mi,
morning for that place returned short time after
not deeming II prudent to advance near the town
The Yankees are reported to be In large force.
and will no doubt advance towards Winchester
In day or two"
The Richmond Examiner Of the Sd inst SAYS.
"a report was brough ht down by passengers on
the cars yesterday, that seventeen Yankee regi-
ments were at Leesburg; that Gen ac kson has
oeen compelled TO fall back upon Winchester.
ana that Gen. Johnston was moving reinforcs
ment 10 him at that place. Nothing conHrmatory
OF This Rpot had been received at the War De-
paftmenti but as II comes by gentleman who Is
well known In the city, and was circulated yes
tefday very generally among some Of our public
men, we mention h as not an improbable story %
Charles j. Faulkner has written letter to the
Richmond Dispatch denying that he Is Union
man, or that he had made any such speech at M ar
tinsburg or elsewhere as attributed 10 him