The Portland daily press., 1869-06-28
NEW YORK.

NEW YonE, Jnne 27.-Yesterday afternoon
Edwin Hamz0ht, q German clerk. was arrest
ed on charge Of offering for sale at the counter
of the Brooklyn Park Bank four $1,000 bonds
and $2500 worth of checks, stolen from banks
in February last. He was locked up for ex-
animation.
One of the ff cen gunboats building at this
port for the Spanish navy, was launched yes
terday afternoon and towed to the machine
works at the foot of Vestry street to receive
her machinery. The entire number are to be
completed by August LIST.
A man who registered his name as III. Town
send, from Massachusetts, last Friday, at the
Frankfort House, was found dead in his bed
this morning. eif
The steamer Bavaria, from Hamburg, has ar
rived.
DEATHs FROM YELLOW FEVER.
The following fever patients from the United
States ship Saratoga have died on board the
hospital ship Illinois since the last report
Michael Hartford, of Ireland, marine, Hirol L..
Dixon, of Elliott Me-, carpenter, James O.
Corso, of Salem, N. ", apprentice. The trans
fer Of the officers and crew Of the Saratoga to
the Frolic has been attended with the best re-
suits, no cases of yellow fever having SO far oc-
CURED on board the latter vessel.
SAILING OF THE CUBAN EXPEDITION.
The Herald to-day publishes detailed ac-
count of the sailing Of the Cuban expedition
under command OF Col. Ryan, who lately es-
capped from the custody of the United States
Marshal: 1t says that the mysterious move
ments of the filiibusters during the last week
to and from Jersey City, &C., were for the pur-
pose of mystifying the authorities and Spanish
spies, and to test the reliability of the men en-
listed and how many could be depended upon
when the time for embarkation should actually
arrive. From about 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon the men were leaving the headquarters in
squads of from two to five, going in different
directions, and at half past p. M. scarcely a
man was to be found at any of the barracks,
which yesterday morning contained several
hundreds. Numbers of these small parties
crossed from New York by the Christopher,
Cortlandt and Liberty street ferries to Jersey
City and Hob0ken, and by the White Hall fer
rY to Staten Island. The men in Jersey City
came over and proceeded to Staten Island, aud
at given hour the men were assembled at
three different localities. None of them car
ried anything more than carpet bag. About
2 z. NJ. small steamer, the name of which is
not given, was moored of the Elysian Fields
Hoboken, and the men, in small squads, went
on board. When asked where they were going
they replied to the fishing banks. Abouttten
all were on board and the steamer passed down
towards the battery. Opposite Morris street
small tug put out and followed in her wake I;
every thing was kept very quiet on both boats.
Near Elm Park, Staten Island, both boats shut
OFT steam and the larger steamer was alongside
the pier, and number of men were received
on board and both boats then run down to the
quarantine grounds, where about twenty per-
sUus W6Hb Oh DOdfu bn6 steamer from the tug,
when the latter returned to the city and the
steamer proceeded to sea.
The Herald states that nearly 800 men were
ON board, and organized uLder the name of the
1st New York Regiment, 1t names as among
the officers on board Col w. A. G. Ryan, Capt.
Peters, Gen.-Spear, the Fenian cavalryman,
Capt. Anderson, of Richmond, Va, and Dr. j.
3. Dorset, also Of Richmond, who goes out as
Medical Director of the expedition. At mid
night the expedition was fairly under way. No
arms or ammunition of any kind, except a few
SIDE arms. mainly OF reyolvers and few Rem
ington rifles were on board. A large quantity
of arms, ammunition and supplies had been
previously dispatched in steamer understood
TO be the Quaker City, which is awaiting this
expedition at sea. The regiment take with
nutely described.
The Herald further states that Col. RYAN.
after his escape on Wednesday night, was
taken to Brooklyn and concealed in the house
of friend until Thursday afternoon, when,
being informed that his retreat was unsafe, he
proceeded, disguised as an express driver, to
another house near Clinton and Atlantic
streets, and on Friday night took lodgings
within two blocks of the Ludlow street fail in
this city, where he remained till 9 O'Clock last
SIGHT: ~
The Times states that the steamer Quaker
City was in waiting for the expedition outside
the Narrows, and that the men were to be
transferred to her. Gen. Giocoora is Com
mander-in-Chief A number of officers of the
late United States volunteers are In the ranks
and are to be appointed to positions ON their
arrival in Cuba. The Quaker City has on
board 5000 Remington rifles, two batteries OF
artiilery, equipments for brigade OF cavalry
Win an abundance of ammunition.
IMPORTANT ARREST OF coUNTERFErrERs.
Yesterday, acting on information obtained
by the Treasury Department detectives. the
house OF Robert Herring, at Mottbayen. was
surrounded by the police ofacers II the
house they found and secured Herring and All
the paraphernalia used in manufacturing q conn !
terfeit United States notes. Herrinsso oya1 was
locked up. Later in the day several other ar.
rests of parties implicated were made. They
will be arranged before the United States
Commissioner tomorrow. A large amount q
bogus two's and five's were seized.