Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-12-30
The War Ne vs.
TRAEFIcK1NG WITH THE Rrn1

TRAFFICKING WITH THE REBELS
DIR. Segar, who claims to have been a min
lister plenipotentiary at San Salvador. Mr..
Perez, his secretary, and a merchant by the
name OF Carter, were sent to fort Lafayette on
Sunday morning. The doctor uttered his
protests, and was indignant in consequence of
the restraint on his liberty of locomotion; but
when he ascertained that the marshal and the
detectives under his direction had discovered
fresh evidence of the reasonable attempts of
himself and colleagues to give aid and COM
fort to the rebels he lowered his crest c0nsid-
erably. 1t appears that the eagle eyed detec-
tyes found fifty barrels of lard on board the
British barque Circassia, bound for Havana;
inside of each barrel of lard was found bar
rel filled with navy revolvers- Intercepted
correspondence shows the contraband desti-
nation Of these goods eeyond question, and
the bill OF ladng fixes the completely Of the
doctor and his associates. These men were
arrested, few days ago, together with Sc
gars wife, who had several revolyers con-
cealed on her person, on board the steamer
George Cromwell, bound for New Orleans.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
Deserters as well as cuntrabandS are Join
ing the Union forces in West Florida. As
both enlistS them all-white and black
Clamors in the rebel ranks call for Lee as
dictator.
John Morgan is advertising for men to or
ganlze another guerrilla force, and expects
ere long to be in the saddle. The southern
papers are eloquent on his wrongs, and cry
nothing but revenge.
new rebel iron-clad ram emerged from
the Cooper river, Charleston, a few DAYS ago.
She made stately appearance, had good
proportions, with sloping lines, and was de-
cidedly the most formidable looking craft
the enemy have yet exhibited in these ac-
cursed waters.
Inc 9th Vermont passed through New York
on tuesday en- route for Burlington They
have mostly re-enlisted for the war.
1he army OF the Potomac is to be reorgan-
lzed. The first step has been taken in the
removal of Gen. Ingalls,, chief qaarternaster.
1t is rumored that Gen. Hooker has been or
dered to Washington.
Several negroes enlisted, and en- route for
Massachusetts, have been stopped in Wash
ington and enlisted there. No explanation
given.
The Bermuda Gazette says the steamers
Don and HanSa have recently been captared
by the blockading squadron off Charleston,
ann the Beauregard and Ceres were run ON
shore and both destroyed near Wilmington
The Beauregard had a very valuable cargo
on board
Of eight hundred horses sent from New
York to Gen. Butler, few days since, seven
hundred were condemned as worthless
Officers for cOlored regiments are very
mucn wanted. Gen. CaSey's board at Wash
ington is hard at work examining candidates,
but is unable to supply the demand. Sixty
captains and lieutenants are wanted immedi-
ately. Que hundred aud fifty would be re-
ceivcd in the next ten weeks, could they be
obtained.
The steamer Tubal Cain, when off Bermu-
da, was taken for a federal cruiser by the
rebel steamer Flora. The latter in her eff
forts to escape, ran ashore, and damaged her
hull SO badly that she has been obliged to go
to Halifax to repair.
The president and secretary of war have
returned from IA visit to Point Lookout. 1t is
understood that they satisfied themselves that
not less than thousand of the prisoners, or
one tenth of the whole number, are ready to
enter the service Of the United States.
The United States steamer Huron has cap
tured an old iron steamboat, with three hun
dred bales of cotton, valued at 100000, while
attempting to run the blockade below Charles
ton.