Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-29


F0RT MONROE, VA, March 27th.-Two schooner5
the Julia Whitford and Colonel Satterlee, which
were sunk during the war; in James river, have been
recently raised and towed to Norfolk where they
to undergo repairs and be reitted. During the
operation the James river there six or seven
vessels sunk in the vicinity of Dutch Gap, to obstruc
the passage of the rebel iron -cads. Among the
number the bark Fran kiln, schooners Julia
Whitford. Mist and Colonel Satterlee, which were
seized by the military authorities and sunk in the
river, without taking the necessary formality to ad
just their valuation, to secure a prompt remunera-
ton from the Government for the losses sustained by
their owners.
The wOrkmen at the Gosport Navy Yard are busily
engaged in stripping the frgate MACEDONIAN lately
arrived here from Annapolis. She is to be docked
and the work necessary to put her in complete sea-
worthy condition is to be pushed energeiically for
warded. She will then 60 Annapolis for the use of
the midshipmen at the Academy.
The Sanitary Board of Norfolk in connection with
the military authorities are actively engaged in the
work of cleansing the city, and adopting other meas
ures to prevent the spread ofthe Asatie cholera dur
ing the coming summer. An arrangement has been
made 70 employ the prisoners IN the hard labor
prison" in cleaning the Streets
The steamer PatapSco Nef master, from Baltimore,
Md, Tor New 0rk, has put into Norfolk leaky and
with her boiler started She has been surveyed and
is to be partially discharged to ascertain where the
leak is.
The schooner Lizzie Lawson, Smith master, from
New York for Charlest0n S. c., with cargo consist
ing of two hundred and fifty tons If railroad iron and
forty tons of hay struck Chincoteague Shoals oil
Sunday morning, al o'clock, and went to pieces.
| Casey, seaman. of New ork. who was drowned )
took 70 their boat and pickedup by eschoonor
| J. W Simmons, and taken to Norfolk.
Two seamen attached to the frigate Macedonian got
| into fight yesterday in Norfolk. One was stabbed
with sheath knife in the shoulder and abdomen SO
| United States Naval Hospital.
The large feet Of vessels reported yesterday still
| lay in the harbor, detained by the weather.
| The arrest of Mr.. Calvin Pepper Esq, of Norfolk
who has inquired OF late so extensively in colonial
ton scheme intended for operation among the freed
the Peninsula resulted at the time in intense
| excitement among the freedmen themselves, who
have subscribed largely towards the project active
future. and host of sntFlorida emigration sympa-
MI Pepper after being arrested proceeded to Rich
mond in charge OF 1t. FeSSenden 5th United States
| Artillery. and on the day of his arrival had a very
| satisfactory interview with Major General Terry
The investigation of the charges preferred against
| him were conducted under General Terry's personal
| supervision. and every opportunity given Mr.. Pep
per to make the necessary defence and explain the
| various details of his designs. For more than RI
hour the General listened to MIR. Peppers elaborate
| Defence and when he concluded took up his pro-
spectus as published in the columns of a small paper
| issued at Norfolk, with all the accompanying docu
ments, and dissected each one with minutenesS that
soon led to his entire discontinue, and exposed the
utter WoGthiessness and swindlns character OF tht
Major General Howard had telegraphed from
| Washington his disapprobation of the entire affair
| and from the evidence adduced it became apparent
that he acting entirely without the the
| ton Of the freedmen's societies Of the North a
quoted in his prospectus The result of the lengthy
interview was that Major General Terry ordered Mr.
! Peppers compliance with the contents of Majo
| General Miles letter served upon him few day
previous to his arrest. viz: To refund and turn
| the money collected by him and his co-adjutOr
| from the freedmen of this district to commits
| stoned officer appointed TO receive the same. Mr.
Pepper has been permitted TO return to Norfolk, anc
is prohibited from visiting the Peninsula. engag
ing in any colonization scheme. The money collect
ed by him will be shortly refunded and distributed
| among the freedmen subscribers.