, 1863-04-02

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ticed BY US last week as des'gned lot p'rate'
A portion Of this account affords positive con.
iirmation of the statements made some time since
bv thu Victoria Ohrouicl, the propramme lin
rL;.h a.,,L,,.S. ..",s q, os ~ ns,,;os t,;,rd
""G" uou"ueSS some or al' o' tue P"lUss ,ou"o
on the Chapman, and now in custody at AIcatraz,
were TO take part) being substantially the same
"a nuhl;sbed hv ,b., ;onrnsl For fifteen months
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the authorities at san Francisco nave oeen cog
infant Of the intentions Of these pirates and were
kept informed Of their proceedings up to the hour
vhan the + " LB0or,oa we;vbed anchor, To
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'neT vigilance a'one 10 '"e co",'neee " "'e FA'
chic indebted Tor It's present safety
We extract the following, which we are com.
uelled to condense. from The BulIetia of the 10th
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visiting the CnSPm9n th's morning We saw on
me noIe ~ or ~ Cots revoIverS, Que 'Srge
navy pistol, and lVoI ~ new oow'e knlves. Inc
pistols were al loaded ana capped. On TINS eaole
were several account BOOKS Win Iocks On ana
locEeo' ano peckage conslsunso OF tne fragments
Of me papers torn up oy the parties Wnen ar
rested In the hold
Athougn many letters Gnd papers were un'
dcu6tsdly destroyed, enough have been iound 70
place beyond any douot tne pIraucai errana sne
was ABOUT 70 go on. among otner tnings iound
was copy OF the oath Of secresy 70 oe taken oy
an hands when she would oe ready 70 commit
her ptFactes. A MIR. Magtado was yesterday ar
rested on shore for shipping these arms and mu-
nitions Of war under the pretenee OF machinery,
he making out invoices Of the same,
The parties found slowed away in the hold
were all armed with heavy revolvers, loaded and
capped, and each man had very large-sized
bowie-knile on bis person. The names Of the
parties arrested, as given to Chief Burke, are as
follows: Ridgeley Greathouse, ostensible owner;
A. Rubery, an Englishman. who claims TO be .
passenger; - Li5bie, frst officer Of the schoo-
ner; Aubrey Harpending, ThoS Reole, Joseph
w. Smith alias Snyder, natives Of Kentucky;
Alfred Arlnond, Of 0ttawa, CIV; II. O. Boyd,
0f Delaware; r II. Duval, Of Florida; and the
following parties, nativities unknown: W. d.
Moore, ]. w. McFadden, VIM. w. MarOn, John
=. Kent, Albion Y, Grow, d. W. Brown, Jno.
Fletcher. Jas Smith, Geo, Smith, Geo W. Davis,
n. Marshall, and i've saicra cook, steward, etc.
Capt Law wasnot on board at the time Of seizure,
but about an hour afterwards he came On board,
and, finding. the vessel seized, tried 70 fice the
thing out; threatening to bring suits for damages
against al parties concerned for detention OF YES
sell etc. The men found IN the hold were all Of
good muscular build, and evidently from the IN.
terror Of the State. From admissions made at
the separate examinations Of the parties at Alca.
traz i was fully asceftAined that the intention of
those on board was first 70 60 70 some place Of
Fende1so1s down tbs coaAt tlko OlI' board more
armament and men, and then to seize the steam!
ship Oregon, and, transferring themselves TO heT,
take two Or more Of the Pacific Nail Steamship
Co.'S steamers with treasure 90 board, and de;
stroy them, when the entesprise was 70 be wound
up By going 70 Victoria hnd dividing the tpclla
"A further examinaton has resulted 10 the find
irg o. additional evidence et the purpose o. ne
parties on board q engage T. piracy. On exam
ining the cArpet-bags mentioned yesterday, the
searcheFs found 10 almost every instance suit
Of nniiorm consisting OF 2 blue flannel cloth coat
vestand pants IN four Or i've instances, instead
Of the pants being made q flannel cloth, they
were lound og blue cottonade ~ r.s ''sto .l =.
Y "a large rnmoer Of letters and other written
papers were found, 10 which the proposed purpose
of the expedition was either CLEARLY set forth Of
meutionee IN such way as to convey the in
precision that the intentions Of the party were
inimical 70 the Government Of the United States.
Among these papers was the oath above alluded
70, which bound thom BY every possible means
and opportunity . Aet ior the Southern Conied.
eFacy, and also, u case any one Of the number
should prove rserea0t that the others indivld1.
ally should never rest until he had persisted BY
violenes q their hands Another paper lound,
alao IN The aamo handvfitiag, was intended 70
have been printed and circulated among ths s..
cossionisl1. that they might By lsucerted action
possess themselves Of the forts 4hrs aghout the
State The plln 70 !" fire the Southern heart "
was fol he traitors 70 form an association Of the
true men IN iayof Of the Southern Ccniedssacy
in every little village and town Throughout the
when ihe number Was deemed sufficient TO effect
their object, they were, at 9 day appointed, %
quietly collect at eacramtnto, and, while their
conledelalel cut the telegraph wires N many
places between Sacramento and San Franeiseo.
.bs great BODY were 2 sal.e .le steamer snd q rsl