Report., January 12, 1864.

Report.

I have to report that on this evening a man who gave his name as Mr. Feely, and who put up at a respectable hotel here, stated shortly after his arrival this evening publicly that he was commissioned by a company lately formed in America to employ a number of laborers who should bind themselves to him, and that he would give them a free passage to America, and give them a sum of money in hand; he said that when he arranged as to whether he would convey them by the Atlantic Company boats, or by a vessel which he would charter, that he would proceed to engage them. The man may have given utterance to the foregoing for the purpose of hoaxing the public; however, I think it my duty to report the matter without loss of time. The next vessel which is advertised to sail from here is the Hibernia, on the 19th instant.

Steps have been taken to watch the man’s movements, which shall be reported in due course.