Arrest of a supposed Bearer of dispatches to Washington.
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Mr. William Young Fendall arrived here yesterday morning, from
Vera Cruz, per Spanish brigantine Angela which port he left on the 12th inst. Information having been conveyed to
Mayor Monroe that there was a passenger on board this vessel who probably was conveying important dispatches to
Washington City, from the U. S. ship
Macedonian, of the Gulf squadron, which was left at
Vera Cruz, the
Mayor dispatched special
Howard to arrest him, with his baggage and papers.
Mr. Fendall was brought before the
Mayor, with all the packages of letters in his possession, and the
Governor being informed of the fact, sent
Col. Forstall to conduct
Mr. Fendall to his presence.
On the examination, it was ascertained that
Mr. Fendall had been commissioned to carry dispatches from the
Mexican Legation at
Washington to the city of
Mexico, and having delivered the same to
President Juarez, was returning home as a private citizen.
At
Vera Cruz, while awaiting for transportation to New Orleans, he visited the
United States ship
Caledonia, and was requested by the officers thereof to carry a number of letters to the
United States.
The letters were all of a private character, except two for the
Secretary of the Navy at
Washington, and one for the Third Auditor, which simply contained ship accounts of the crew, &c., but nothing giving any important information.
Mr. Fendall was then discharged, the
Governor offering to provide him with a safe conduct.
Mr. Fendall is the son of
P. R. Fendall, formerly U. S. District Attorney of
Washington City, and the nephew by marriage of
ex-Senator A. G. Brown, of
Mississippi, and also a relative of
Hon. C. M. Conrad, of this city.--
N. O. Pic., 26th. 
