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The Daily Dispatch: may 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Bearer of dispatches. (search)
Bearer of dispatches. --Dr. Gustavus Holland, a bearer of dispatches to the Confederate Government, is a passenger by the Europa. The New York papers suggest that, if he comes from the Commissioners in England, he be taken prisoner.
The Daily Dispatch: may 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Alleged Confederate agent. (search)
The Alleged Confederate agent. --The following statement is made by the New York Journal of Commerce, of Thursday: On the list of the Arago's passengers is the name of "Dr. Gustavus Holland," bearer of dispatches to the Southern Confederacy.--Upon receiving intelligence of the arrival of such a messenger at this port, the Government immediately ordered his arrest. An inquiry into the facts of the case, by experienced detectives of this city, showed that no such man had come by the Arago, but that, in all probability, he had taken the Europe, and would, therefore, be due at Boston to-day, if he did not get off at Halifax, and attempt to make his way, incognita, through the free States to the South. Officers have been dispatched to Boston to take him if he lands there. Should be have left the vessel at Halifax, he will not find it easy to pass the police and military lines which intercept his path to the Southern border. It was reported that orders had also gone for the a
The Daily Dispatch: may 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Affairs in Virginia. (search)
ws, for the punishment of treason, are to be called for. Arrest of a bearer of dispatches. The New York Express, of Thursday evening, says: Mr. Gustavus Holland, a passenger on board the steamship Arago, which arrived here on Tuesday, was arrested by the Federal authorities, on Wednesday at his hotel, on a charge of being a bearer of dispatches to the Southern Confederacy. The papers of Mr. Holland were examined, and resulted in his release. The reasons for this are two-fold.--First, that there was nothing found tending to implicate Mr. Holland personally; second, that the dispatches were of a semi-official character only, and were so discMr. Holland personally; second, that the dispatches were of a semi-official character only, and were so discouraging to the Montgomery Government that their receipt was not likely to afford much "aid or comfort to the enemy." Hon. Wm. Smith. The following dispatch (May 16) from Washington to the New York Evening Post, we give for what it is worth: "Extra Billy" Smith, of Virginia, has just arrived here. He visited the Wa