The New York herald., 1864-11-27

same night, evidently part 4 The conspiracy shen
| partially discovered.
QUE SOUTHERN RBsIDBNrs.
win be bersd that Major General Dix issued
~ order n the latter part October requiring ell the
Southern residents in the Department o: tho East to
register their General Pecks headquarters be
fore the third day Of November This order has been
obeysd only In very few instances. Il believed shSs
there nos less than twelve fourteen thousand
Southern refugees resident In city but Of that
large number only . pars have thought proper TO
obey General Dixs order by registering their names,
and the disregard Of the rest Is looked upon
- - very suspicious circumstance AL that was
required Of them was to como forward and show
their loyalty; and having refused DO 80, they
hardly consider themselves deeply wronged when they
that the authorities view them suspicious char
acsrs unfrendy TO the government and likely to join In
any wild scheme for Its overthrow. may be that many
Of them honest and harmless only desiring 70 live n
quiet and peace but the fact that they have complied
with Gen. Dx's order leaves room 70 discriminate
PROMPT ACTION OF GENERAL DIX.
In view Of the deveopements yesterday Major General
Dix issued tho following remarkable orders, Indi-
eating what sort Of punishment the perpetrators will
ceve, and calling again Southern residents TO come
forward and register themselves
GENERAL oRDERs--So. o.
HsADoUARr.Rs DEPARTMENT OF rHa EAsr,l
New YORK, Nov. 20, 1854.
neiarous attempt was made last night to set nre to
the principal hotels and other places Of public resort In
this city II this attempt had succeeded, would have
resulted In frghtfu sacrifice OF property and life. The
evidences OF extensive combination and other facts dis
closed 70 day. show it to have been the work OF rebel
emissaries and agents All such persons engaged in
secret acts Of hostility here only regarded spies
subject TO martial law, and to tho penalty OF DEATH
they are detected, they will be Immediately brought
before court martial military commission AMI, II
convicted they be egecued ,citou III. delay of single
day. BY command OF Major Gsreral DIX.
D. I. VAN BuRES, Colonel and Assistant Adjutaut
General.
GENERAL oRpERs-No. 90.
HEApeuARTKRs DEpAarMEST OF THE EAsr,(
New YoaK CRY, Nov. 28, 1854. !
The Major General commanding the notice given
by General Orders No. so to all persons from the nsur
gent States register their tho headquarters OF
Msor General John J. Peck second in command in tho
Department. at No. 81 Beecker street, within twenty.
four hours after their arrival In this city. any such
person fails 70 comply with this requirement he viii be
regarded as spy and treated accordingly.
Keepers Of hotels and boarding houses requested 10
send TO the headquarters the or oil persons
from the nsurgent States taking lodgings with them i'm
mediately On the arrival OF such persons H IL not
doubted that the danger which the city haa just escaped
win insure . compliance with shis request any
svii cons qHences UAseh m1y rssuk from ne omission
BY command OF Major General DIX.
D. T. vAx BuxN, Colonel and Assistant Adjusant
General ~.
rHx MoDUs oPx2ANDI.
The plan of Neng the hotels suggests the theory nat
some psessu well verssd IN chsns&ry must have been
engaged Ia u. In al The hotels the mate.
riah used seem % have bssa turpsatins and
phosphorua The phosphorus was solution, placed In
wtas vin1n oP nlY
sealed with plaster Of Paris 70 prevent tho cir from
coming contact with hsir ooneois rs 10 unusosssav
10 explain that as ordinary ts0persurs when expossd
phosphorus undesgoes combustion. These bottles were
found the Of the hotels generally sbe upper
noor unsealsd and the beds saturated with tae
psnt1e which people suppose contained phospho.
rus solution which probably not tho case the
intention being that the beds and clothes should
readily catch the name created By the ignition
Of the phosphorus. Whom We contemplate the
completeness Of aM shess preparations seems
truly wonderful how they could have proved so
unsuccessful every instance. In all the rooms black
leather vases were found containing bottles Of pho
sphorus and turpent!ne. The carpet on the oors the
sheeting, curtains beds towels and an other available
articles were spsttered with the innammable material
At the Fifth Hotel set OF cartridges soaked In
turrcnane was discovered. These intended
doubedy 70 explode and scatter the fame in every drsc
tion.
tine yIRK MARsHAL's THROKT-
The theory OF Fire Marshal Baker Is that between
twenty nve and hundred persons implicated In
the plot aud that was have been consummated on
Thanksgiving Day, with view creating the greater
CONSERVATION Mr. Baker IL led 70 this view by the fact
that certain writings have been found n scme OF the
black vsses seized which there is mention Of meet
ing that have taken place the afternoon of hanks
giving Day. This meeting 10 occur Ia the Metropolitan
Hotel whether Il Off or not s unknown as yet
But this Mr. Baker considers certain: the arrange
ments 10 commence the firing on Thanksgiving
night and that the operation postponed for sons
undiscovered reason also idea selecting such
day was TO create the impression in the South that
deed the work OF party In the North who in
dgnant election OF Mr. Lincoln and determined TO
resist his authority.
MOVEMENTS OF THE INCENDrARrBs.
The movements OF the ncondiaries 10 have been
arranged very uniformly At each Of the hotels the sup
posed ncendares appeared in the character Of travellers
desiring for few days. They carried small black
leather vases signed fictitious the hotel books,
and carried their baggage 10 their rooms In this
way at least twelve large hotels invaded BY
the and exposed oil the dangers OF terL
bic o.nnagration. The hotels so far discovered are
1. kstor House
2 Belmont Hotel.
3. Howard Hotel
Love e,oy's Hotel.
o Tsmmany Hoel.
8 Metropolitan Hotel.
7. 81 Nicholas Hotel.
s. Ti~lh Avenue Hotel
o. United States Hotel.
TO- New England House.
/ IL. Lafargo Hotel
IL ST. James Hotel
some OF the suspected parties werc quartered a the
hotels four or live days. H. l. Haynes who put up q.
/ the Astor II use, held aimee tho goth inst
TuE AsToR HOUSE rHB RENoEzvous.
Haynes was In the habit of receiving frequent visits
from mysterious udyidush, and from this ccnmst
Il s believed that the Astor House sort OF reDdez-
yous for ali the oorspiratoss Fires vere made 10 hs
room very Often according 10 the chambermaid, and re
| narsablc consultations seemed TO be he d there.
ACTION OF the HOTEL KsgrGRs.
1bs prorrie,ors OF tho various hotels have as matter