Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-18

EXCITEMENT IL THE COMMERCIAL COMM
NIrr-Arrest Of Promi,tem business Firms, and
ClosingoC Wholesale ROWsss.-Yesterday morn
ing Col. NJ. y. wisewell, military governor of
Washington, accompanied by Capt. John 7.
Potts, chief OF military detectives in that city,
appeared at Col. Woolley's office, corner Of
Camden and Howard streets, with orders and
instructions from the War Once of a most i'm
portant character, the substance of which was
that many persons in this city must be at once
arrested and various large aud well-knOwn
stores closed for the time being. Col. Wise
well placed the entire affair in the hands OF
| Col. Woollcy, who at once proceeded TO carry
out the orders Of therccrctary OF War. Hewas
assisted by Capt. Wlogel, chief assistant pro-
yost marshal, Capt. Hornor, assistant provost
marshal, and Lieut.. Smith, chief Of military
detectives in this department. At 10 O'Clock,
according to the plan arranged by Col. Wool
| lcy,) the following named stores were sur.
| rounded by military guard, aud all the pro-
prictors and clerks found therein arrested, the
| stores closed, the goods, books, papers, Nc,
taken possession Of by Col. Woollcy, aud the
Keys of the establishments taken TO his ollicc,
namely
Hamilton Easter y Co, Wholesale and retail
dry goods house, Nos. l99, a0l and 203 Balti.
more street; WicsCnfcll " Co., wholesale cloth
Ing house, No. - Hanover street, and WiCsen.
lslu ~ NO.. NbaUlC hI0l.) WuOlcSalc uuu TIlill
clothing house. southeast corner of baltimore
} street aud Centre Market space; Simon Frank
~ Co., Wholesale cloth house, No. GCrmau
. street: Charles f.. Water " Co., wholesale
} hardwar. commission merchants, No. - South
5 Charles street; Isaac Coale, Jr., Il Co., whole.
: sale gontemen's furnishing goods, Nos. I and
10 Hanover street; Jordan ~ Rose, wholCs ale
dealers In millinery, silks, ribbons, &c, south
, west corner Of Baltimore and Hanover streets,
, and A. n +. Frledcnrich, wholesale dealers In
gents furnishing goods and shirt manufac.
turers, northwest corner of Baltimore and Lib
erty streets, up stairs.
| All the prisoners were marched down to the
: Camden street depot, and there retained unit
! ! O'Clock, when a special train was provided
q aud the sntire party was placed aboard aud
1 delivered by Col. Woolly over 10 Col. Wiscwcll
i The trPin, with the prisoners on board, thcl
r proceeded 10 Washington, where, II Is stated
o the parties are confined In the Old Capito
Z prison, awaiting trial or hearing. In tn
II meantime, Col. Woolley has a guard aroun
&c each of the stores mentioned above, and no
until orders are received from the Secretary Q
War, will any of the stores be opened. Th
a names OF the parties arrested, and the partlcu
~ lar firms TO which they arc attached, or Gu
e ployed by, are as follows:
Hamilton Faster X Co.-ilamilton Eastc
rs j. II. Carter, John Carter, jr., James ii. We
d den, James Conway, Benz. Harrison, Jane
m Fisher, Thomas D. Fullerton, Benz. Perry
ID James NJ. Quinn, William P. Carroll, Cha'
u Turner, William Iluskisson, Isaac Hidretl
" William II. Webb, Donald Passly, Chas. Ca
20 houn, Charles s. Gutter, Edward Power, Wi
a liam II. spen GER, Robert sImm, John o. Bu
70 bsge, John L. Kitson, William kitson, samu'
ID Kltson, George B. Baker, George X. Rhoade
a. Jas, Carroll, Joshua Dryden, VIM. johnson
al George X. Cross, NJ. Seaky, VIM. II. Arnold
4. Henry A. Hubbard, Jas. b. Clark, S. Parsont
IN John 4. Field, William Fullerton, Thoma
4 | I'll J. EaaI a.
Ie Benjamin Robertson, (boy,) and William Nj
ID Conkcy.
,e Jordon i Rose.-Solomon Rose, William
st Rose, Isaac Rose, B. Stern, and Solomon He
n, man.
ne Isaac Coale, ir., \ Bro.-Thos. 2. Clark
e. John Gaeble, Wash. Sanderson, John McAlu
e. lon, John l.. Beyslck, and Will. II. Jones.
Simon Frank II Co.-Simon Frank, Ale
Frank, Abraham Adler, John Robinson al
- scgismund Naumburg.
n- Chas. L. Waters \ CO.-Charles Z. Water
Robert Murray, Edwin l.. Jones, Chas. ONE
an and n. N. Waters.
i'd Litcheyi IT,, Lewis Newman, John ZeelC
de Wakeman Nelson, saml. X. Litchcy, Ber
he Flueshemer, G. II. Picher, Valentine Bowie
m Bennett Hclling, Charles France, Thos. &c
ed such, Joseph Baumgarten, Gooddy Rosenle
ad Mich. Rosenfelt, Mich, Rosenfclt, jr., Ere
rd Lazarus, Philip Danauburg, Nathan ster
ID, helmer, Abram Fisher, John Barry.
Ity Frlcdcnrlch Il CO.-Lcon Friedenrich
ice Abraham FTicdenrlch.
In regard to the charges or causes for I
RS arrest OF these parties, and the closing OF I
He stores, Col. Woolley could give no stateme
of for publication, but similar arrests were ma
cal in ncarly all the large cities throughout
irn country yesterday, and II was unonciauy ssa
ui- that the main causes for the arrests was on
rot count of the parties dealing with bIocka
runners, knowing them to be suchi and Il
cis. other charges Of a scriOu6 nature have D'
uw made against some of the firms arrested. !
itAl few days, 1t is stated, the entire case VIII
ent made puOlic.-Balt Sun.