Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-06-19
WAR NEWS.

WAN NE"Ss
FATS and RHnJrs from Washington Letter
from The President on Arbitrary Arrests
OPERATIONS Of Rebel Pu0te on our Coast
-Sscerai Vessels Captured betreea Port
Royal aud Nee York.
WssHiNaToS, l4tb.
The President under date Of the 18th. has
replied TO the letter Erastus Corning aud
others. who were officers Of the public meet
ing held at Albany on the 10th OF May, re-
qnesting his earnest consideration OF the
resolutions passed on that occasion.
The resolutions, be says, promise to sup
prt him in every constitutional and lawful
measure to suppress the rebellion. lie has
not knowingly employed, nJr shall he know
ingly employ any other
DiffTing from the meeting. that certain
military arrests AMI the proceedings follow
ing them, for which he is ultimately respon.
siblo. arc unconstitutional. he argues the
question to show that the provisions OF the
institution ''haya no application to the case
a. hand, because the arrests conpiancl of
were not made for treason, that is, for the
ereason defined in the instrument, and upon
the conviction of which the punishment is
death, nor yet were they made to hold per-
sons to answer for any capital. or other in
famous crimes. nor were the proceedings fol.
lowing, in any consitutirna ar l'gal sense,
criminal prosecutions" The arrests, he
shows. were made IN different grounds, and
the proc,elings following the arrests the
would be lad to correct GA reasonable suits
. factory eyideac..
WASHINGTON, 18th
The foil ,winy despatch has been received
from Newcastle, Del.
A tender TO prisateer Florida has made
six captures of merchant vessels, of which
she burned fur aal bJnd.d two. The cap.
tir,s were III Id between tie ia AMI Il h
insts.
The f,llowing arc the nlme, of vessels
capturei
.B.rk Whistlin; Wind. of New York,
loaded with ral Tor KY West.
Brig Mary y vira, of B ,ston. loai,I with
government stores and bJuud for NV Or
leans. III. vessel vas burned in lat 81, Ion
70.
Bark T.c3ny, o Phila lclphia. She was
captured on tn, l2th. and was bCuni home
in ballast from Port Royal.
The TicJny was turacd in to privateer in
place OF the tcader whose nome was Ciar-
ence Of Baltimore, ami was also q prize Of
Florida.
Sch NJ A. Shinder of Great E,g II rbor,
NV York. bound from Port Royal to Phil,-
dclphia in ballast. 81. was burned
The crew of the Mary AlvIrI reported an
other vessel, name unknown, was also bJnd-
ed and released.
The Tacony, VI. 4. Sinder. and Kate
S-ewart, were capturc! in lat 81 Is, l1n, -
%. only 40 miles from Cape Coarles. The
KITE Stewart WAS released in consequence of
having SO many ladies' AMI passengers on
bard. The prisoners of the other vessels
were transferred 10 tn, Kate Stewart with
the exception Of the crew Of the WhistIing
Wind. who werc SCAT t, St. Thomls in
D snish v.sssl a few days before the capture
OF the X .e Stewart.
The conmsnder Of tue pirate is Charles
w. Red, .. Jackson. Miss. who represented
himself as Lieut.. c5mnlniing the vessel
WASHINGTON, lith.
Cp)n roe sivlas intelligence Of tn, pratt
cIi traaslc ions On the coast, the Navy De-
parin.nt promptly despatched vessels in
pursuit OF the pirate. Four vessels left
y. Y. on Sturdy night, sailed from
Hsnp:on RJai,. aAI 5 were - follow on
Sunday.
NEW York, 18th
The correspondent Of tae Times give, the
number Of casualties in tue following Maine
rests. at Port Hudson
Is; Me. battery, killel AMI wounded,
18th Ne. | killed and - WOUNDED. includ
Ing l.. Severance, wounded IN the Lee.
u.RRlsBrRG, 18th.
Gov. Curtin has issued general order
stain; that colorci troops viii be mustered
into the service OF the L. 5. By authority OF
the War Department, AMI forbilding c9lored
men from letying the State to join oreaniz.
tions in other States.
CoNcoaD, y. H.. l4tA.
Gems. Butler. Hamilton and Fremont,
Hon. Mont- omery Blair and james L. Bra
dy, Gen. Gilman NJ .rston aud Hon. Henry
Wilson, have positively engaged u be pres.
en-, at the great Union dem )nstratiln in this
city on the l7th Of June. L. will be the
largest gathering ever held in this State.
New YoRS, 18th.
The Posts special says Murfre-sboro de-
spatch dated Jackson. Miss. 5th, says y
regiments Wen; foin Memphis to reinforce
Grant, drawn IRON Corinth and other
places.