The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-03

Arrest Of Heary Dsjauhe, james A
Edie, who absconded from Charleston some
two weeks ago with over SIS, 900 Of his EN-
pI"yer's money, was yesterday morning ar.
rested at the bouse OF one Mdne Denierrit, on
10Th etresf. in thfs city. The circumstances of
his arrival in this city. aud his arrest, as we.
have lea ned them. are there: Ga the 10Th
of May be reached this city and etc rped at
the Pawhatan UGel. where he reeis: or; d hfe
pnu,~ as John II Mkel, Macon Ga. He re-
nlained a. tie Powhatan from the l9th to the
9th, when be took the cars for Stanton. in
company with girl of doubtful reputation,
whose acquaintance he bad formed during he
sojourn here. Although he had for him
self q passport through onr lines, and
British protec!ion papers in his pocket.
the vigilance Of General Jones's piekets prs,
vented him from passing our lines In that
quarter. On the Both be returned to Rich
mond and Stepped at the same house where
he had registered under the assumed name of
NHkel, end recorded his name as Jas. A. Eiie,
the suspicion Of the worthy proprietor and
his eentlemaniy clerks, who failed to recog
nize him as the same party who had. only ten
days before, registered Is Mikel. From the
time OF his return from the Valley until his
arTes. he was profuse in tho expenditure Of
money, and ssi il duIgad his appetite and HE
passions to ca fuisest extent, regardless of
cost. At the "Congre.s Hail." q restaurant on
Franklin stres', he suceeededin establishing q
credit, and in the brief space of two days rus
up bill of one hundred doliars at Madame
Demerrlss his money was freely lavished
whilst his favorite coustezan seems to
have exercised great influence over him-eo
much so that he deposited with her his highly
priced and very valuable protection papers,
On Monday he made arrangements for his de-
paJlurs, and chartered u hack to convey him
to Tappahannock, Essex county from whith
point he expected TO make his way to tue
North, and from thence, perhaps, to Canada,
Iom whence he originally hailed. His fair ir'
amorata insisted upon sccompan, ing him and
sharing his fortunes. ss Mrs Edie or other
wise, only TO be with him. To this he OBJ
jected; but the persevering Miss Gi.pin per-
ssied in expressing her determination to 90
with rim, and, by way of compelling an &C.
quiescsnce, held Oh. to the prosecii. u papers
with which che Tad been entrusted To re-
cover he's he tarried beyond his appointed
hour of depar' r'ure, and to him the delay was
fat.l. The proprietor of Congress Hall, =
Concluding that he mad bett Secure hi 500,
inquired f., Mr.. Eli, stating a the time that
he mad q bill gs.r-t him OF 800 Tue ciert
tola him that M E. had uot yet left, but had
made arrangements to depart at 3 clock III
til, c,ornip gan nour, OF course, tso early tor
r-siaueant proprietor TO see to the collection
of a etnsil bill. An ordsr was given upon
MIR. Ea;e for the amount, which was &C
l. custody, and the Restaurant bill thus
made entirely sscure. nut tbs yroprie or
or Congress II H. did not stop here Whilss
eating 'is break ast Yesterday morning he
picked up o1e OF the Ii p p2pers in w.icn ap-
peared the adrsr,is4 ment of afr Taylor, OF
Cnarleston, ifsring 81 900 for Eiie's arrest,
and Que fourth Of tne money rec vered.-
Down weut the breakfast, aud off went
tins proprietor. partly in a. ST Of his SlCa
and partly in snarca Of L lie. who ,aust
either bs in Richmond or sn route TO TIP
pahannock. 157J :l,Ik at the PowhataD ,ea-
diiy resp nde to the question as to Mr.. f. $
deparluf5 He had no, ieft-was not in the
honse-bUs was supposed to be with Miss
lpiu, toardsrar Madam DEM rite, a.d
ire c"s,oiian of biz profecti d papers An
eff er Was ct once Engaged, and the place of
rssuge Of the unfortunate Edis immetia' ely
sought out. The lady OF The house indig-
napuIy denied the presence OF any gent sman,
hu, q search OF tns premises proved her de-
NAL to be unf0Unded. In rooao in the upper
story Of the hons he Was foHEd lying upon
the fioor wrapp d MP in a shsef, with q pill
low under his head. From this seoiuded
haunt he yvas dragged forth and made 20 con-
font his accusere, which he did s.ithout al
mitsing or denying his guilt lie was taken
bsfore his Honor, tho Mayor, yeeterdsy n,orn-
irg, who committed him on the presumptive
evidence of his guilt, and TO await the reQai
sision OF the South Carolina authorities. In
the hands of the clerk of tle powhatan s., 600
OF Southern B 4nk funds were found, and it is
presumed thet hs had converted the entire
amUunt emo. zzled by him into money less OBJ
lea,ionaUls at The North than, Confederate cur
rency
The amount stolen by Ellie was SIS 6lO,
which be collected the day previous to his dis
appearance. He wrote a note 10 his employer
informing him that he had the money, and
dated his note Oh board the steamer Brittania,
which left Chan l5ston that evening He sta ed
that his purpose was to visit Europe, and this
may have been his design in attempting to
pass the Confederate lines Mr.. Tay lor, from
whom the money was taken, at once adver.
teed him, and offered a+reward of s. 600 and
one. e.four:h Of the money recovered TOR LIS ar
rest, and it was this advertisement, copied in
nearly all the newspapers of the South, " hioh
led to his detection. TEe description given OF
him in the advertisement i, go accurate that
not the slightest d,ubt is entertained Of his
identity.
Chnyl.1 n EeS.i.ty