The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-20
IMPORTANT FROM NEW ORLEANS.
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riags, from which concads they from New York.
The following is the for their punishment

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riags, from which conclude they are from New York.
The following is the oraer for their punishment
SPECIAL oRpyR--so. ITO.
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT THE GULF, \
NKw ORLEANS, July 10, 1852. I
John H. Larue, being by his confession vagrant
person without visible OF support and one who
gets his living by playing cards. Is committed to the
Psn onnd n hs nnso aaa his w
fderts nag upon her person. in order to ncte riot
which act has already resulted breach OF the peace
and danger to life OF soldier Of the United States Is
mt to Ship Island till further orders She to be kept
separate and apart from the other women confined there
r. s. DAVIS, Capt. and A. A. AG.
OTHER ARRESTS
This case was hardly disposed Of whom We had one OF
character similar in the bitterness Of the accused In
searching for evidence against named f. N. Fisk
who confined Fort Lafayette last year and released
on his parole since when he has violated his parole In
che fragrant manner, having been working for tho
Confederate States and army very earnestly, letter
found without any signature This letter full Of the
most rampant treason and q tissue of the most
unreasonable lies from beginning TO end The
DETER concluded by saying that the writer
had been with lady who nsulted in his presence by
federal officer and that he slapped the officers face and
kicked him. and thsn offered to meet him. but the officer
made some "rigmarole" and declined That for
this he hs write "taken before Butlcr tried and
being Fort Jackson Suspicion Of hav-
Wright, and he was brought before General Butler.
GENERAL BUTLER AND WRIGHT, THE sRcEssoNIsT.
The General asked him, showing the letter,
"Did you write thats"
eyes," said Wright
"wers you before met"
I "No"
"wers you ever before any other United States ocsr
"No.p
The General then asked him If that story about Shaping
and kicking federal officer was not prsmeditatcd,
iicous lie.
"wel," said Wright, at isn't true"
The General then had full rscantaon Of written,
and asked him 10 sign it,
81 will never sign it," SAID Wright.
Gen. Butler then wrote order for Wright to be
moved to the parish prison and to be hung the next
morning.
Wright declared the approved style OF the late
samented Kirby that he would die before he would sign
the paper and he left the no pointed pistol
. and said:-
Maor General Butler, you may put every ball Of that
pistol through my brain, but will never sign that
paper"
During the interview the General asked him II he was
always ready to lilo when suited his circumstances.
'Ohl OF course" he replied "to get out Of trouble
would, the same as any other man would do'
Capt Davis, Acting Assistant Adutant General, who
present, suggested to him that 1t would be we'll
GO speak only for himself.
REcANrs.
Two hours after while General Butler dinner.
Captain Gros keeper OF the parish prison. up to the
house and said that Wright ready to recan Lieut.
Weitzel A. D. c.. took the paper down the prison and
the prisoner sgucd it, The secret of all his assumed
courage was that he is British subject and imagined
that he was fully protected against takng General
Butler as he would have been AGAINST the smallpox II he
had been successfully vaccinated When this fancy
dispeled ne concluded that would be make
effort to avor his terrible lie in the
parish prison, but has saved his neck.
ARREST II. HeSNING FOR KILLING UNION MEN,
Aman named Vim. II. Henning arrested on Thursday
under rather singular circumstances. An old German
woman stated to General Butler that the day the feet
arrived at tho city she the evec, and
crowd pursuing two who had cried s'Hurrah for Lin
coin he's the the Union" That foremost in
he crowd was Mr. Henning, who shouting shoot the
God damned Lincon.tes.n That in a few minutes the
crowd stopped coming up sho the two men y-
ing on the groundshot Of them dead and the other
wounded That Hsnnng cursed the said he would
9ut his heel their necks and proceeded TO do So when
the crowd prevented him, saying "The man is dead !;
that's cnough.n She did see Henning fire.
did she him have any weapon. sho stated that
she had been very sick since, and that the dead
was constantly before her eyes and had nado her
wretched that she had determined TO relieve her mind
by reporting 1t to the United States authorities Mr..
Mornings appearance and his reputation decidedly
in his favor but the evidence OF the very
strong and decided that General Butler felt obliged
commit the prisoner to tho parish prison for trial
q charge OF murder. Mr.. Honning is grocer Camp
street. and he didn't know that any such
renee had traaspired. He win be allowed every oppor-
tunity to prove his innocence and sincerely hope no
will DO able to do so.
JUDGE BEVERLEY
On representation OF Mr. Dosn, agent Of the Northern
Bank of Kentucky Judge c. T. Beverley brought
fore General Butler Thursday charged with having in
his possession Confederate States Marshal, bills OF
exchange TO the amount Of nearly hundred thousand
dollars belonging to the above bank lie refused give
Shem up TO admit that he had them. think he
was actuatsd more by an unwillingness to bstray his
trust than BY any desire to defy the United States 60
vernmcnt He was held in custody night, and the
next morning handed the papers TO third party to BIO
Investigated and was thereupon released He is evil
IDENTIFY very honest kind-hearted man. and held out AZ
long he could against secession and his position as
Confederate States Marshall secured the release Of
hundred and sixty Union prisoners. The trouble with
MIN Is that no is not good business man, and his
counts got all mixed up, SO that he did not know any
thing about them.
A CURIOUS COMMERCE..
peculiar case was before Gen. Butler yesterday.
abort time permit given tho firm OF Alva-
rsz, Fernandez Co. to take schooner down to Yer
million Bay and get cargo OF cotton to bring up to New
Orleans and sell. AFTER she loaded navy cruiser
became suspicious that she TO DO run 10 Havana
Two officers boarded her. and, searching her. found
manifest In Spanish in which It stated that sho
" be cleared for Manzas Cuba and also learned that she
had been represented Confederate vessel Capt II.
w. Morris, Of the Pensacola senior officer commanding
reported the case to Gen. Butler, and no had
Messrs. Alvarez Fernandez aud tho pilot Of
tho schooner brought before him. They stated
that the manifest was bogus, and its object
and their object In representing tho vessel to be
Confederate schooner deceive the people at Yer
million Bay as, II they knew that the cotton was to BIO
brought to New Orleans they would have burned IT, and
very likely have killed the The General investi-