Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-27
4 Federal TmfSsary Tn the South-Hc
Secures the arrest OF a Son of George
sanders.

4 Federal Fmi~sary Tn the Souih-Hc
Secures the arrest OF n Son Of George
sanders.
! III Nav. 1861. Arnold Harris visited Buffalo.
+ L Vas the day ofthe departure OF the 2Sth ReEi-
ment far the set Of var. and recogn zing a nun
Der Of bis friends in the ranks be enlisted and
/ marched by their side Soon after his arrival AZ
the Army Of the Potomac he was transferred 10
/ the naval service and placed in command Of the
Island Belle, of the Potomac fotilla. few
months later he lost his vessel and applied for
another command ttt
The department proposed % send him 20 Rich
nnond to Illustrate, a. possible. the DEojects of
I George " Sanders. who bad just then secured
to be built in England. He accepted the perilous
mission and soon made bis way % the Confeder-
ate capital. Without any disguise of name or
person he succeeded IN acquiring the confidence
OF the Rebel authorities, and established himself
on intimate terms with several Of the most
important officials His situation, however. WIS
dangerous in the extreme and he was arrested
land confined in Castle Thunder for seventeen
ldays He was recognized by TWO Marvlanders
the former commander of the Island Belle Upon
his trial he acknow edged decentralization claim
ing 10 have done the Confederacy more service
while hOlcing command in the Federal navy
than he could have done by openly joining it,
cause n An eareryiav His audacity triumphed,
and he not only obtained an acquitfal hut con-
tiuued to enjov the confidence OF the Rebel na-
thorities: or. rather Of al but Benjamin. who
was suspicious OF him throughout.
Soon after his discharge from Castle Thunder
he became a participant OF the enterprises of
Sanders. who had recently returned from Europe.
A. soon Sanders had perfected his arrange
ments with jeff Co. he WAS to return 10 Eng
land with nd n tbea
carving ont of his schemes. His son. Reid
Sanders. and Harris we're 10 accompany him
The aim OF the latter was to secure Sanders
z mail He succeeded in having 1t arranged that
, George. with his friends, should proceed by way
OF Matamoras to Halifax while Reid Sanders and
he with the documents and dispatches to be ia
ken, were to run the blockade at Charleston. and
I get to Halifax Ly way of Nassau. In accordance
with this plan Sanders Junior and Harris pro-
e ceeded 10 Charleston and purchased yacht
, which they loaded with turpentine and started
2 gaiiv out. in January last, TO slip through the
c blockading feet. and make for Nassau. Great
e interest was taken in the enterprise, and before
leaving the voyasers were entertained at dinner
: with Beauregard and the leading celebrities Of
D the cltv
, Meantime, Harris had succeeded in commune
eating with one Of the vessels Of the outside feet
. and putting It's commander upon the watch. The
= Yacht as she ran out of the harh0r, was specify
: ldefected, and subjected 10 a caunonade. which
u frightened Sanders ont of his wits and made him
y eager to surrender. The mail bag. heavily
freighted with iron. thrown overheard; but
Harris had previously distracted from it port
nanteau containing the important dispatches
and documents, substituting in is stead his own
which happened. rs a remarkable coincidence, o
course, TO be its exact counterpart.
The capture of Reid Sanders will be remem
bered. Harris is al present in Buffalo on a vsi
= to his friends. He ranks Lieutenant in tn
navy
.s-A correspondent of the Springfield Re
: publican writes
: They say that Howell Cobb, who is a rg,
It blue Presbyterian, of the sfrctest sort. met GU
II men in one Of the exchanges of prisoners lately
It under flag of truce Some of our officers tool
the opportunity. is usual, to have littl
friendly conversation with Mr. Cob0 and in th
course of his remarks he is said to have mad
- this statement:
= Only two things i,sand in the way of an ami
! cable settlement of this whole difficulty" an
), then, as they listened eagerly for terms of &C
. commodaton-"onl two things, the landing o