, 1864-02-17
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Condition Of the Prisoners -Anoth-
IT Plot Discovered,
IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING
SUMMARY.


IN possession Of facis that hlnted, beyond doubt
to the existence Of secret organization OF disloy
hea Il ths bb1 saa
Belle Tale, the assassination Of the President, and
the destruction Of the government bui1dings aud
Capt. Eaeeab6ia, , ehief Of the detective corps,
res ot the case and threading the details through
Thai official put lie matter into he hands q two
Of bis most Experienced detectives. Messcs. Reese
and Mitchell who Immediately set to work, and,
scvcneeuth strest, betwesn Mai a and FfsaEilu. a "a
| German named A. ". Heinz, baker, upon the
charge Of being prominent member Of the treas
with melting Confederate soldiers to mutlny aud
| the assassination Of the President. The detect
ives seized, along with Heinz, great number OF
membership of lie Organization, ana do documents 11 Is
| Of such character as to lease no doubt Of his
crime, and the eriminalisy OF otherp.. The docu-
Gen. Winder. Who ordered Hefnz to BE- pscsd Il IL
secure quarters At Castle Thunder. and to allow
him no Communication whstaver with any outside
| parties.
Heinz, the seputed riuc1eader, has always bsen
looked upon as dls1oJal man, and his associates
treason are al pres'y much ol his own character
and social Standing.
the tlessoa III epro6sd to It's depths. no mater
RETALIATION.
tsfFrom the Richmond Examiner, Fob. 81
In the summer Of 1863, Vim. Waller and Schultz
Leach. Two kentuckians, and highly connected in
their State, were commissioned and sent from Alb
!ngton, "a, Into kensuckT &2 reerult company
's unas1 sy
the barber: {the same under which! tTD other re-
crulting officers had been condemned and ehot)
ecuyieted and sentenced to die at the musket point
| Their ecnte1ce WAS subsequently commuted to
hard labor with ball and chain during tho continu.
ance Of the wa1. They ara now at Johnson's L.
%ess cut as e 5as sn!fass s9
congess snd FfdaS ia Iaof TasSsa
order from the Secretary OF War, cousicnIne two
Of the Federal prisoners with the rank Of Captain
70 situation Identical with that Of :alessrs Wal
The two whou, the sates selected from th ten or
eIeLea hu9ured Eedesal otIlcers, were Capt r. G.
A eomma1d) and CAPT. R. 9. Ives, Tenth Massaehu-
Eastern and Western Yankee, aud apparently =
equal to the task Of breaking stone ID s.ea..ns =
nI The gais viii BE- Jared forward to-dav for s,it;
:rrnta aaii o( The p1aea selected for their
Whe9 ths Federal authorities notify this Gov
esnment mat the officers for whom they are held
will he restored to the status Of prisoners Of wsf,
49, From tho Richmond Examiner, Feb. III
Qk
one oi the prisoners conilnad n the Ohio Peni- I
tsntta1y recently wrote letter to some person In
the Con1sae1aey n Thich be tool the hl:A ground
Imprisonment or died In prieon the Confederate
Government should preserve It's integrity Of p.3u-
eple, and never seeognlze negroes as soldiers and
81 WbbeF soafv 5 ssa
9nement IN dark cell and snb}ected to other in
dIgnitics: This coming to the knowledge Of Gen.
rate Goycr1ment, and m order has been issued
consfgnlng Major White, the member Of thc Penn
sylrania Legislature. now held prisoner at Sails
Of Major Wobber.
SIGNIFICANT Hrr.
-: from the Richmond Examiner, Feb. IL
There Is necessity, which NC would not do
Of the military authorities to tho condition Of the
eeyen thousand Yankees on this island, trained
The particular and indispensable occasion for
referring to this matter is, that 1t has recently
been ascertalned, beyond doubt. that more than
IT 95sads @es tta $ tG s IL s
improbable that they have been traded of and
that a efforts to discover their hiding places have
dergoing Investigation. The matter demands Ut
tenton OF some sort and It fs for this reason that
public reference to 1t heB become indispensable.
KHcAPED.
from the Enqnirer.]
II Has scsentT 1nsIead 0f SILKY 1anSee prisoners
week The escape WAS accomplished by the I'M
proved tunnelfng process. Eleven were retaSen
Immediately, bnt hity.nIno were at large at last
JOHN Il. MORGAN
Confederate Gcnern1" and HorseStealer, late OF
the Ohio State Penitentfafy, arrived tn Columbia,
night his men arc to be gathered together from rom
all quarters, and reassfgned TO him.
THE Ao'cIEILAy CORRESPONDENCE
i largely quoted and unctuously commented upon
r@ theif w1ser intended III tSey sas9 ssrve
to amnsc the prczent chivalrous upholders OF the
cause in Dixie,
OBITUARY.
+,d1 PIED It st cq9'reybore G. Jan q :onsnmp;
South Carolina.
For want Of means Of transportation for the ma
1erials used in making gus, tho Charleston Gas
until further notice. The municipal, military. and
but Without @ 1heF rs satra assistance sas ean9ot b
~ Bureaus and Hospitals arc notified that on and
aftef February ID, they muat ind IN Illuminating
provided to resume operations.
NEGRO lAnoE UPON EoRT1F1cAr1oSs.
The Mayor Of Cha1leston, Charles Macbeth. sum-
mons all shareholders within tho city to flrnish 10
ii heir mile sa7es 6eseen tie ases aPala d aesa
and fifty, to labor upon the fort1dcat,sns. The |
penalty announced, Id case OF ailaro to comply |
ts aos is lime o s tos
II the rate Of $410 Jear..
AZ ftCc mnle persons Of color between the ages
81 fteep M ard ay are 1caucssd to gise thsnselyes
Will be imprisoned, and set to work upon tic for
along the coast To ftee negroes other
than rationa Is allowed.
TIE SIEGE or CHARLESTON.
E,pt +n <hno h~r |