Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-16
Arrs.. sf a Esuas..ssa. as Ohls-zs.

Arrest Of a Esnzesssean as ohIeaEe.
1 From he Chicags P1stI
oa Wednesday night, At Robi1son & Howss,
I ercus- nan Of respoc.sble sppesrsEce acted
| N such stubborn and disordsriy manner tbHs
the cHiesr Of the house, Mr.. r O.is found is
necessary 10 request him % desist- BE respoHd-
ed in q violent i1soIent tons, ard subsequently
took seat On ths fEont steps and reused 70
get up, thus obstTUeiiBg tbs exit Of those who
! wished to leave at the termination Of the per'
/ fcTmaress. Mr. Osis than arrested him, bui hsi
resisted 20 f0reibIy that the sssistaues Of Mr.
! Lloyd Howes vas found Isquisits 70 convey
\ Dim 10 he Genital station. The charge pre-
| fsrTed against Inn vas simply druHk and disoT-
/ derry, the cfieaTs thinking the ofsnse but
| slight nisdsmsaaoL
As is customazy in 81 cases, ons Of them
proeseded to seareh him Against this he strong
/ ly protested, and fought like tiger. Hs a.
I tempted 70 draw q weapon, bus his intention
was frustrated By his original eaptoTs, Who
/ gTssped both bis arms and secured bin While
the Investigation was bsiDg made. When Bis
latters and nspeTs Wers found, h8 for the hrft
I time eviReed nervousness and tTepidaiicu, snd
sHore be ToUld Kill the ones who arrested him
he contents Of his PscqUet revealed that ha
vas a bold dangerous man, = fsbsI SPY, whose
business Was 70 hbsrats prisoners from the mill
isFy prison e! Camp Douglas. he bad S5l in
gieenbzcks, pistol loaded 70 he mazzs, snd
bowie kHiie ihst appeared constructed for bust
Hes5.
TIE prisonsr whose nano ne could not
learn, Is sbout tweniy-thrss years Of sge, tall
and 1.-The IN figure, bat well knit together, Of
light complexion and q bold, EAnKnira ary, de-
termined EXPRESSION Of faca. he is 6 despsrata
character, slthough evidently well educated.
He balls from Tsnnsssse, and has q brother and
3 1umoeT OF ITields IN the camp prison, and q
father residing iu the Safe b. halls from
Among his papers is copy Of ths 0ats Of al
leeianco signed snd subscribed 70 By him en-
d0rsed and certified by a Federal efieer in Ten
Hfsses. This enabled him 10 travel through the
lines in ssieiy, and has Hitherto undoubtedly
been Of ineshmsbe sefvics 20 him His docu-
msnss proYe hila 70 hgTs been = lieutsusnf il
the CogfedeTaie cause, E1dkbat be sought 70 take
the Ossa Of loyAi.y ia order 70 mere sfsc.uslly :
cary out schs-nss AID intentions.
The letter. fognd on hin were worded very
nearly as follows They we're Rad 70 several
parties, vho IeeoIlsctsd their scBe, bus ho lor-
ct tbs name OF ih5 gssipisHt Of ihsm. We en-
desvoFed 10 get them, bat tie c6issrs who had
hin in charge vssge instructed Eos b siFs he
press sny OF the isGts Iel.tye 20 the csss.
They seed ia accordance viii cilitary order,
bGs We got cur Information from q reliable
source, and We feel no hesiianey in giving It to
the pubic.
The frat letter found Of importance IS that
diTeeied % a 6r1 il this city, BuehaEaR & Co.,
who are hardware merchants. Il WasiniTedue-
tory, and written by the father Of the prisoner,
in this styles
fMsssrs Buchanan & Co
GRsTEEMEN: Ny son viii visit your city
ssd probably remain sons time His business
Is Of special ohsTscter, and be viii require soms
advice from yoa. Any sid yOu can render or
ms fruetion inpsrt, wiz be grsseiully aek1owl-
edged"
Il appears hat hs did gss some very subslsz-
lizl aid fgon some source, IN the shsPe Of tools,
aud thss lie wss not ignorant Of the topography
Of the ground IN and around Camp DjuFlas.
Tass be hss "ione the Febs" soms ssrVies il be-
yond doubt, IS ais Imprisoned BROTHER writes %
him shus:
3 DEAR BROTHER: The thtHg5 you sent ne ]
got, for which thsuk you. / ard 20. CT viii
take the msthOd yen point oni; although il is a
Desperate chsUes, sell do IT, 1 viii be with you
IN 3 week, GHd then Be- eff for @. A.
The person alluded to IS &c c. Is 8 butter
nut named George CuB1i1 gam. Ths &C. A. -
is mssgt fer taAt Gland u freedom" for sns-
mics CT the United S.s.es-Csns5a.
A1O.E5T epistle fFcu tie same writer Is more
expliei:, although IL o measure TscsEituia.OTy-
That s1me pVisGasrs Ulsy have escaped through
Bis sZsLe ey IS mads IS apparent as the light Of
day.;
a
IS dsspsEate. I know yea lave dons zll for rs
that you and your irisud can do. These who
you got thDRsh lsGcther TaEd was Writt=n
in he msnuscFipf oui erased. s1d through sab
stilaied -L0eal P1les1 are of safe in Canada
You and goHr friend must Ess cut Of the way,
for yCu are watched with suspicion"
Another letter was found written By the
father, and directed 70 3 physiGisn en- State
street It's pecunizry TTcT.b is admitted, as eVi-
dsnee was found that the doetcr had advanced
twenty d0llaTs 10 the scion Of ehivslry.
Yesterday morning hs told an officer that he
was coed U0ion mar, bat thst hs was bound
to ge. bis brother cut Hs appeared to think
shat he could not Do hsld, IS the copy Of the
oath Of ellegisues would prove a ssls-gasEd
under al circumstances. He acknowledged his
indisere.ion in keeping ihe papers about bis Bsr-
son. bus appeared to view them ss trivial NAT
tsrs, rs fs5 IS trouble is ooncs-ned. he refused
10 tsl who bis sccomPlcss are, OF who eOun-
selled him ia tie matter. he does not Ike he
idea Of Incarceration, and threatens to get per-
s0nAl satisfaction from those who arrested him.
| As yet, no attempt hss b8sn made to have
him taken before q evil eourt on q writ Of ha-
bea5 corpus, and we've Il tried il would be found
unsvailing, for, although he is dressed in citi-
/ Esns' garments, bis oflass Is q military one
/ ard be Is nov in ths hands Of ths G0vsTnment
( offcsIs f0T trial
His drunken froiie has got him in hghE
place, and viii be the mszRs Of bringing %
I light soue Tsvelsti0us that viii aslonish many,
sld make some people experiences sono uuPlses-
ant sensations.