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The Daily Dispatch: May 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], The seizure of Western steamers. (search)
he had guns and ammunition aboard. Forth with the Mayor made arrangements to have the Westmoreland stopped at Randolph, but before the force detailed for the service could get off, the Westmoreland came up and landed at the Eclipse wharf-boat. The Mayor boarded her, examined her manifest, found her cargo to consist principally of rosin, sugar and molasses, and finally, with the approval of a number of citizens, concluded to hold the boat here to await orders from Governor Harris. Captain James H. Edmonson's command, the Shelby Greys, were placed in charge of the boat, with the understanding that she should remain at the wharf-boat till further orders are given. The report from Helena, in reference to the Westmoreland, is as follows: The Westmoreland landed at Napoleon, and the second clerk being informed that there was no freight there for Cincinnati, the Captain gave orders, and the boat started. Just as she was doing so, a party numbering as many as forty men, without shooti