Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-05-04

a Federal Essissary ia the Souih-Re &c.
cures the Arrest OF n son OF George san
deFs.
In May, 1861, Arnold Harris visited BuTslo
1t was the day Of The departure of tho 25=h
regiment for The sect Of war, and rscornizrr e
number of his friends in tbe ranks, ne enlisted,
and marched by their side. Soon after Bin ar
rival st the army Of the Potomac he was traas-
tarred to the raval service and placed in con.
mand Of the Island Belle, of ths Potomac TO-
lila. A few months later he lost his vessel
and applied for another command.
The department proposed 70 send him to Rich
m0nd to ~frusrate, if possible, the projects of
George n. Sanders, who had Just then secured
contracts from the rebel government for g
navy to be built in England. He e@cc5Dssd tie
parilcus mission, and soon maIa his way to
the Confederate capital Without any dis
guise Of nema or person, be sccca81sd in
acquiring the confidence Of the rebsl SUI
thoTities, ard established himself on intimate
terms with several Of tho most important cGi-
Gals. His situation. however, was dangerous
in tho extreme, and he was arrested and cou-
dued in Castle Thunder for seventeen days He
was recognized by two Msrylsndsr5 az tha for
mer commander of the Island Bs,ls. Uaoa his
trial be acknowledged tho Identification, claim
ing 10 h2vo done the C0nf5lerscy mora service
while holding p command ia the Federal navy
than he could have done By openly joining lis
cause at az earlier day. His sUdeciF tiur1oHe5,
and be rot only obtained 81 s%caufital bGt con
tinued TO Orjoy The confidence Of the rebel au-
thorities or, Tsther, of al bins B5pismia, who
ws5 suspicious Of bin throughout.
SOon after his discharge from Castle Thunder.
he became q participant Of The enterprises Of
Sanders, who had recently returned from Eu-
rope. As soon IS Sanders hsd perfected his ar
r~snPemenis with JEFF & Co he was 90 return
TO England with money and documents accsssa-
ny to the carrying ont OF his schemes. His son.
L. Sanders, AID Harris were 70 accompany him
The ain Of the latter was to secure Sanders
msii. dc succeeded in having it arranged that
George, with his friends, should proceed b. wsv
Of Mstsmorast TO Halifsx, while Reid Sanders and
he, with tho documents and dispatches to be
taken, were to run the blockade ne Charleston.
and get to Halifax via NsssUs. In eccorI
ence with this plan, Sanders IT,. snd Harris pro-
ceeded to Charleston and purchased q yacht,
which they loaded wish tuTpentine, and started
gaily out, in January last, to slip through the
hlockadiag feet, aud make for Nassau. Great
interest was taken IN the enterprise, aad before
leaving the voyagers were entertained 81 9 din
ner WITH BeauTegard and the leading celebrities
of the city.
Meantime, harris had succeedsdin c9mmuni-
eating with one of tho vessels Of the outside
and putting its commander upon the watch.
The yacht, as she ran out Of tho haFbor, was
d~etsetsd, snd subjected to q cannon
which frightened Sanders out Of his wits
and made him esger 10 surrender. the mail
bag, heavily f'eigh.ed with iron, was thrown
oveTbOrd; but Harris bad previously distracted
from 1t 3 portmants2u coutsiuing the inp1rts1s
and d~ocuTasats, substituting in its
8tead bis own, which happened, as a remarkstls
coincidence, of course, to be its exact counter
part.
The caature Of Reid Sanders VIII BE- ramam-
lsycd. Harris is az present in Buffalo on g visit
o bis friends. he ranks as e lieutenant in the
navy.