, 1866-12-24

More About the Arrest Of. Sur.
ratt.


Authorities at n alta Refuse to Inter-
fere-SurrAtps lnformer and His He-
ward.
Ths :; 1eseipt @ q a.ts;1 ;ne 4%e1eaa 31a n Ge9sa
States authorities in Malta, cotnpels me to advert
10 subject which may create somc uneasiness.
SuHau, Que of:the corspirators against the late
II tAidenl lincoln, has been tor ten months Of
more IN tie seFricc Of The Popa in the regiment
Of xouAr2a, bni quitting it and lying from home.
b. aI1l' Cd n Nslles ahon: foIn:gl: aimee xear-
16lh, The American Consul received telegram from
hts colleague in Rome, to the cdect TINT tho so
cnf Warc1s was none othcr than Surratt and order
vas made to The police Of Naples, ard eyery poss1
bic facility Afforded, but it waa found they were
too iaie, and that The criminal had started the
asiia md Mc1andrta. TRe ts;esTsph @ hspI va then
put 1n communication With Malta, and dncchous
were ctvea 10 the Consul-General Of the United
Statea In that island to ar1est Walters iuanledi-
the American Consulate only last evening states
that Tue Itipoli toncned At Malta esr1y on Monday
morning, The 1Ah; that the Consul immediately
swer was returned Til tnst before The hour Of tae
departure Of the 1IipolI for Alexandria; and that
the Anewer was in the negative, on the ground oil
bare, therefore, 5e:n scni from Tic United States
representatives in' Rome Naples, and Malta
lotae contul in Alexandria, and as vessels from
lHxs,Pool P undergo quarantine II that city. Il
cd. On what grounds the Briheh authorities In
Malta declined to act Is not known, and 1t would
te premature, therefore. to express any. opinion
declined has c.ca'ed the WORT possible feeling IL
re minds Of American agents. The Consul Al
s nalta ~, :apEersss tls ol1n{oA that i W. by
eonspifsey Vas permitted toe 70 escape; @ % and Sere M 81
hare heard the refusal Of the British authuFt1es to
act contras'cd with tho readiness which was shown
IN Ame1tea to give up Mnlle1, It mast however,
Is not the slightest parallel between the two cases.
In that @ Muller the American authorities had
been applied to some days before his arrival, and
Of EItradiiion required; in the present case
and demapd.. have reason to believe that a
couched In the strongest Terms, and 'ns Americans
arc disposed 10 tega1d almoat every act, word and
th9ns9l Of England "a being hostile " thsm some
and indignation which velc expressed in England
at the time Of the as. .assDAtlon Of Mr. Lincoln,
ana which were as deeply felt and expressed by
csery Ensllsha1 10 on he Continent With whom
there can be no disposition On our part to screen
from Justice my one who was implicated In that
KAfL1a, November e9.-since writing my last
letter have received the following details Of The
adventures Of surratt since hls arrival Ia Ilaly:
t nd 9as' .s a ae s e. Fb h
q zouayes. Without the knowledge q
IT. s,.ssr Sdnrs@ Ct tas% ye'sang m9R v6S hsa
the ame service, and vas enrolled Ia the Fourth
IL dilereat places they bad never met, but about
tane locality to execute some manHnEre against
The brtgsnds. On tta completion they met, and
his sonPanion LIZ addressed r s9E1stt By name.
vas now known only a. John Watson. 4 day or
txo afterwards the companion. protesting to be
dtsKuFssd at serving with assassns, sought out
told him the whole at1tr. On being assured that
there WIS no mistake ~ to the Identity Of Surrstt
the Gtrt!al desired The intormef to remain quiet,
lag he I'M "a rsS ont Ms tor
10 sns u and dde kss cssa sisii
o b,be G.R "a 2esi Il md nd to
and ~l.hinE 70 srrest him. his Emtnenee would
permit Il, Iat Gsldtnal Iepned that. 1hoagh no
si IN e s 9
iiEcd, I'D eoaA hs7e 10 deslre to shelter s.sss s
sns ~! h s3: TT ssa:ai ~. ~ M"!ns:.
sa' si. se1Tsa @ @ s a on: a.
vSo sss It TanEs Sis: % 4ssss ssss:s
guarded by a1r zoaa1es be macs "a tc :sio~
Iiu,teh INTO : deep rav1ae, thus inaie,uz apon
eoe o. IL i sH'1si IN II s Naas. o. saa MS'e0 ss a.
rom The: teuster, easily ero.sed It. Hese 5 be-
YVES az1ettcd by the Custom uonse authorities as
having no ps2spoEt and being in the Poutltcal unt.
form, but Wa shol1y tclt Ased- On Learning
these faets General King IL said felt agsrteycd.
and ttated That be had not requested his Eminence
to arrest him, but had only aaked tor powers to
DO 20 tn ne event ofkae demand being n1u1<, ne
Immediately communicated with Nj Mareh, The
American Minleter at Florence, but Mr. Mnrsh
7sas 1etinE II at Venice with the kln9 aud on Mr.
4atshs return, and calling on The Minister for
FoIetEn AfalFs, he found that LIS Excel!encJ was
Secretary promised tye'y assistance, adding thai
thouSh sutsa1 werc arrested be telt assured his
Government would 1ot Give him ~ cxcept on the
condition Of his 1ftn being spared. Itfs 1uuch
vas decided on Ihursday, tue 15th lust, but as
N1. Swan, The American Consul. did not r.
give any despatch urging him to act nnttl
Sunday the 18Th, It was to3 laic. M the
bird had nown. 10 thee details may add that
Geaefol krTs gate The lpfoImer $50 III gold, and
hela ont toe promised reward Of xl0,O00 mofe on
Inc asEett being elected. II the American Gov.
en- tTent 1s really deeffous Of securing ITS man,
an disposed to believe that It Is with view 10 pro
cure evidence Of the completely OF Mr.. Jefferson
Da,1e IN the conspiracy against President Lincoln,
perhaps, be easily furnished BY d man who afan.
doned hts OWL mother and lelt her 10 be hanged ::
Al the e4me time It would almoet appe1.. from the
bearing ot come Of the diplomatic agents, that the
Govctnmcnt would have been clad had The euh;eet
not been reytred. Certain II Ii that / have heard
Americans express regfet that, as Door Liuco}n's
death rad been amply avenged, Surratt had not
been left alone, to bear about with him his own
punishment