Miscellaneous cases.
--A number of parties were put in ‘"Castle Godwin"’ yesterday, among them
Captain Jas. Leonard, of New York, as a Federal spy.--
Philip Helfrick, of
Richmond, for selling liquor.--
Henry L. Pelouse,
Richmond. [
Mr. P. is a native of
Philadelphia, and was in business here as a type maker.
He was among the first to take the oath of allegiance to the
C. S. A. The grounds of arrest we are not advised of.]--Wm Read, a citizen of
Prince George county, was arrested on suspicion of disloyalty.--
Officer Goodrich succeeded yesterday, in
Petersburg, Va., at the
Bolingbrook Hotel, in getting possession of the baggage of
George Elam, heretofore arrested for counterfeiting
Confederate States Treasury notes, and on searching found $696 worth of ten-dollar notes already signed, and a $1,080 not signed; also, the ink and other articles and implements used in perpetrating the fraud.--Five men are now under arrest for robbing the Treasury Department.--
Wm. A. Monoure, Second
Auditor of the
State of Virginia, is confined at his home in Carolina county, with a severe attack of pneumonia.--A splendid artillery company (B) has been mustered into the service of the Provisional Army C. S. A., by
Capt. Fitzgerald.--We learn from
Lt. N. B. Dickinson that a fine battery of serviceable guns has been furnished, and the company is now engaged perfecting itself in drill.
On Monday night Jim, a slave, owned by John Chewing, of
Fairfax county, on some slight misunderstanding occurring at the
Monticello House, between himself and
Andrew, slave of
Mrs. Sally Gray, of
Port Royal, Caroline county, drew a bowie-knife and plunged it to the hilt in the breast of the latter, who fell dead.
The murderer, a half-grown negro, was arrested.
The Coroner's jury returned a verdict in accordance with the above facts. --
Edward Keeling, a redheaded and desperate looking fellow, was brought before the
Mayor yesterday for aiding
Richard Wright to commit a felonious assaults on
Fred. Smith.
The case was continued to the 20th instant.--
Eli Vanderlip and Mary his wife, two unpromising subjects, gave bail before the
Mayor yesterday to appear before the
Grand Jury, and answer an indictment for making an unprovoked assault on
James Breedon--.In obedience to a requisition from
Gen. Winder,
Recorder Caskie and the
Mayor yesterday ordered the
City Sergeant to procure, by the 14th, 100 able-bodied free negroes to work on a battery near this city.
