New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-09

but servd that It wa. recssed and that he wopa ship
70 Memphis II not Nh Grant that sreputtd TO have
raid Col Hovey the $4,000, bnt man whom 90 not
This .aoment is, to tie best Of recesrtion correct
ROBERT V. KENDALL
At present Pilot or stssusr hey West
Nichols Burns Is at present Second EpsinteE on the
1stAn. ,, ,,,,-,ro,
Cooper, the carpenter 10 81. Louis. on Goat street
Adophus Coneius row Second Engtneer Oh Neoi"
Cspt. y. J. Is: Weaver steamer LAKE. City.
Jehn Savoy, First Engineer on the LineHi
STATEMENT OF D. C.. BAssELTISK. log,
HELENA Ark, Dec. =, TO-.
A.. Or ,..,r,t,1, nr.;r.s- was emroyed ~ esss'au,
engineer steamer lstan during stptexi by Tic lnied
SoysmseT ls1 no g'n. n %s' we're pai " TIE United
S.fes. Istion. ere draw from the u D. y Weave
paItuen for ~ on boad very zen Nichei Burns John
~ tSp,su, n, ,s a,SmyseH were the ensnteis soon
ser shipped On board s az psrr Of he Eleventh ~'cOn
steamer snd me ,d Illinois uantry uncer zoo maud o.
Col ~ hcVey Nn,cf es pan'son IN Misss ~ opposite
'o Point Cob iIoyey ard inc ~ ~ a.,
iot ,rere on the llfen we nnuec IN 'uc NY ~
uoi eel e r Col. HoyCy dcmauieo OF tae oyeTsoc..
NcG an the uegrocs the plantation. McGee not
70 have al bat 70 ntgr,os' lhe oStises W % T
picked cut Is, ard they we'e aker on board (sp.
od as n not h'g g. wS to si 70 % nd
mt tScy would PAID by the i9L LeiI woA,
QusreIzstes cpatuen i aud distributed among
he negroes One Of the negroes ESCAPED from tho boat and
ANA 4
ser Mrs the uegrces tept "e-Ter tod me he was
o ID AZ tho csroc back their master, aud ssid ,het
he sad Col Il. novey oTdeied MIN TO dose IL WA ABOUT
o e,s after obtaining he that We want down the
yer with them detachmcpt Of shout 30 men, IN com,
maud OF CtY IN o. tDe jSd .h's eslnvu wa, on pVsa
OF tho We sneed in The night and the NEGROES ioed
were ct, on board guard ylaeed around, pre-
vent tbcI escaping Capt Weaver told ther that they must
60 back t. 'he i'm. mattel nsy wee ,fh, on
BY tie overseer, Brown and the mate of The boat while
Eed tie lantern for them.
gEteen nesoe. returned 70 the over'eer Brown two
having ecsged have heard II reported that Me0ee the
owner = the ucTo-s IS colonel IL the Ee4c sTgy. me
cotton aAen On bofdW was claimed 10 have been bought by
Cap eav.r, who said that he pad tue mon-y A. and
he'd got bill from Brown The Capt Wtsve
parties except soldiers AID uefroe he cotton wos brough
Up the iiyel and Capt Weaver tod lac that ne aiA1e %
sale Of tlst cton do no. bow % ths, incudsd
whole lot Ate lut.iGg the regr0es Sshoe We return
without any, except three " four lns dect htnd
Another eXpoeon wss soon after the returning Of ne 20
eroe, ss o. oot 70 obtain 800 bales Of cotton il
Mississippi hatk Of point the river known ~ The D-ta
Troops transportation seu from Col h. hovey
beyond, ard proceeded Into tie country. .
Tho stan inF the leyee a. the Delta tnd
board the cIyboa, 20 Helena DO 40, lint 'he latsn
bouti up cotton that time. Col Hovey and other
oiictrs aud ,cIne citizens came tie I.aa to Helena
Ton merchant from mi pha Tbls .;aleuen,. 10 no
bet Of INV RECOLLECTION correct D. &. HAssELTfNE.
Ncloiss Burns Cb.f E HceT n, Preseut on the iatsu
Nichols Williams, MAZE, IiAink j. Ia 81. Louis.
- Cooper, the CARPENTER, think T. in st. Louis
b. }. B. Weaver t5e Ieptsii. nov on the Lake tiIy.
John Savey the assistant kIgineer, on the steamer
Line la.
L. V Kendall, Pilot on Key West.
PS.At the time Of returning tho negroes ~htn one
escaped The oce IN command Of The soldiers said 20 q Q
that tie reeto coud 70. get outside Of the cts
ana that tie would 8ie him in the noirF Tor they
DISTRACTED "a let 10 one a. or words 70 that elect Ihis
is 20 the best Of MY Ieco!!et tioLs correct
(sigaea) u. {. HASSLLIlHE.
would state after reflection that was not correct st.
regard 10 the time o stopping eOsfa tue latsn va
on the 10th ith tbst bostd, ~eut Gown Oh
seasT Polar Star and the Inssn Old Tovr wh-rc
board; his The va, reforming ffom hcvoef
ran with negroes and that VI NY statement N
feraid obtq.ing The negroes obtained from fepors
had from others o. tue mo kesfd and the whoe
transaction the day that bosTd MI Cornelius
discharged from tie place Of second Engineer, and John
savoy was shipped 10 his place