Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-19
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80 MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10. 1876.

~opNTNG. SEPTEMBER 10. 1926
4 rival at Boston it is ascertained that
D, recroes and one white man, who had
gfg''"0 leaned as conspirators in the late al
'ssi ay insurrection at Porto Rico were soon
ar"' ss,ecuted; and that the Governor Of the
70 &c s.d nassed through Ponce on his way
\ . the execution.
:. rsmarked by the Democratic Press, that
Ties which viii be paid into the State
n' arv Of Pennsylvania, by the Auetioneers of
INV and county of Philadelphia, for the
w. Utter ending on the lst inst. will be more
double the amount paid into the Treasury
,D 10 corresponding quarter oflast year. The
. :, paid in this quarter will be upwards OF
iIrfy thousand dollars.
TIE following article from the New-York
n.,;cap. satisfactorily explains transaction,
Nm, which there has been conjecture and no
rrle misconception.
S,,sd;sh Ships.---It has beena subject of con-
Zion. and in the interior particularly, of
inch surprise, that vessels purporling 10 be
ns,;onal ships, should be sold by the U States
1 1Ia In order to elucidase this matter,
w. "4 have obtained copy of the decision of the
,.,e District Judge, MIR. Van Ness, setting forth
10 grounds upon which these vessels were or
asred to be sold. As mere law case, this is
one Of interest and novelty; and 1t is treated
9TH ability and clearness in the decision rem
dered.
question. seventy-four and irigate, were pur-
chased Of Swedish house, by the house OF
Coldsmidt s Co. for the Colombian govern
rsnt They were commanded and manned by
officers Of the Swedish navy, and full crews;
and sailed for .Carthagena, with instructions to
the officers in charge, to deliver them up, on
the fu6lment Of certain conditions, TO Gold
smidt's agent. They arrived in safety. The
AGENT was unable or unwilling there TO fulfil the
conditions. the principal of which seemed to be
tina, the officers and crew should be paid Off,
and sent back free ofexpense 10 Sweden.
He promised, however, that If the ships
would come here, he would be prepared 70 exc
cute the contract. They came here according
". bur with no better result. The agent could
do nothing-,here were no funds out of which
10 maintain the crew--the vessels being no
longer national vessels, the public functionaries
of Sweden could not take upon themselves the
charge of them, and but for the advances of q
mercantile house here, the equipage of both
ships, 6 or 700 men might have starved See.
ing no prospect of being reimbursed for these
advances, the merchants caused the ships TO be
libelIed. The officers and crew on hearing
thereof, caused them to be further libeled ior
and thus were these vessels, which
have been inaccurately spoken of as Swedish
ships fwar, but which were in fact here in the
character OF merchant vessels only, brought into
our courts, and ordered TO be sold to satisfy the
above demands. A claim was interposed on
behalf of the Colombian government, but the
Judge overruled ii.
The crews have been paid off, and passage
is engaged for or 500 Of them TO return to
their own country, The greater number will
probably remain in the United States. They
are a body Of fine looking men, many of them
speaking English well.