Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-01-26

y nursaey lat, IN the schooner L.PwuE, Captain
islldk lieutenant; and w. Forsey, tho pur-
- eu1 ooolc<ary. They have IN their posseasion.
documents which we have seen, which sustain thca-
to Washington, for the purpose, a. We lean, Il rsp
@ fsS iS fsssssy
by tho government OF Bue,sos Ayrcs, and sailed ftum
on the 18th September last, ccmlnondo1 By
wv IL. Taylor, who, viii, his officers were alike
Ire8uiarly commissioned, bound on cruizc--tho MN.
Dor Of persons on bonrd was tifty- onc. she nadc
enc or two small captures, and tho 22d Octoher.
fell in withA small brazilian schooner ffcu, BeIn.
which, they captured; and finding ftomh porSes
that her cargo invoiccd ct $4,000 took out The
super cargO 9icsrs and crew nut Priss:cTe~ a
same month"; in latitude about II S., Bahia bearing by
calculation about N. N w. distant 90 lealrses fsIl
IN with the brig Nymph, Of Boston, w. r. GIidden,
Lagos on the coast q xes Can't T r sh l sscs
an officer on board, who short me returned with
few bales of dry goods, believed to be about mr.
with the information that Captain Glidden had sur.
rendered those articles as Brazilian property FAR
Taking for granted that the report which the c6.
Ger Ind brought was correct, the Nymph wss per-
mttsd TO proceed without further detention When
she was III tba act of departing the spcrcnrpo Of tho
captured Brazilian schooner whose name was Josc
le Santos, who detained on board the Fcdcrni Ms
n prisoner, recognised the Nymph and stated That
she WIS at Bahia taking in cargo when he sailed. that
he knew her cargo was Brsxian pyUpc1lu.-SsSanfos
was required to go aft and make oath to these facts
which he Enthusiastically did. and Captain Taylor at
tacing implicit confidence TO the statement Of SAM
tos, believing that If he had not been worthy Of credit
lie would not have been entrusted with q cargo of
$4,000, had the Nymph thought to- Determining
not 10 permit her To again proceed on her VOYAGE
until he had fully satisfied himself the character and
ownership OF her cargo. e.t -ffss
The crew OF the Nymph were brought ON board
the Federal, and an officer and prize crew put on
board the brig with instructions to proceed with her
TO Buenos Ay-es. During the preparation of get.
tha TsL.>
Nymph, whose name james Parker went AFT
and rontar9y stated that all tho BRAZILIAN letters
aud papers which had been put board the brig,
had been deposited IN tho comboose house, by the
steward By order of Captain Gliddeu. and burnt 61
and that To his knowledge al the cargo on board was
Brazilian property. Under these circumstances Cnp-
tain Taylor felt hnselffuly authorised, according to
the instructions from his government, to take out or
dispose OF her cargo, as he thought proper and &C.
cordingy had scvcntyeght packages taken out alto
gcther, including those which were taken out when
the Nymph first detained, and put on board the
Federal: lie caused 400 demuohns of Arguadente to
be thrown overheard.
During the time ofthe detention which was about
80 hours Captain Gliddcn did not object 10 the cors
pursued by Captain Taylor and after all the matters
were settled, and the re-exchanped Canta;n
Taylor gave Captain Glidden order on Don Mari
ammo 3audrlx Mt Buenos Ayrcs, for four Thousand
Spanish miilcd dollars, being the amount of the
freight which the brig was to have received. took
Captain GIhidcns receipt (e) for the same fbesides
receiving complimentary note from him, thanking
INN for ms polite treatment, td) when they parted)-
the Federal continuing her until she arrived
at st. Bartholomew on the 25th November
Soon after his ar,galat ST. Bor,cs, Capt Tay,or
cart tha. one OF the prizes which he had captured,
had arrived at ST. Eustatias and he irnmediatel,,
proceeded th;theE for tic purpose of advising md
directing the dispnsing of her, and was therefore,
absent when the Federal was cnt out by the n s.
snip Erie which arrived ut St. BaTts after the Fed
era got III there. On the cutting out of the Fede-
eral her agent immediately sent information to Cart
Taylor, md the messenger meeting him on the pss-
sage coming up from St. Eustatins, in the prize.
communicated to him the occurrence. ,,,on which
Captain Taylor put into ST. Martins. The manner
IN which she was cut out will be shown in note fe.)
Whe at ~. Martins n ball was given to- Captain
Turner on some occasion, about OF miles in tho
Country, and as Capt Taylor could no: meet with him
At any oth-r place lac thought aviseabe TO wait on
him there, which he did, and demanded the release &c
az schooner. The application was unsuccessful,
and mt the suggestion Of Capt. Turner the auhori-
tos ct the Island arrested and confined capt TAYLOR
Tor so hours in kind of dungeon and after a short
examination, transferred him 10 the Erie as the nrs-
pCr OF capt. Turner. -
Tho officers Of the Federal, who wore ashore ot
>" baris, on hesrng Of the arrest of capt Taylor ard
ois being about to he taken 20 The u Stotcs as wei
- tcif schooner, dic. up, and Forwarded petition
TO ;'le aytqrtcs or the Island ID praying them to
ca on INC y. - Consul Cor means to enable them
tc peitioncrs 10 proceed TO the II. States TO attend
the tr:ni OF the said schooner. The Consul they saw
refused the means and they then presented petition
10 the authorities Of the Island WHO furnished ero
with the menus to proceed 10 the u. States frl
The officers further state, that the Federal IL e,
casycly owned in Bucnos Ayres, as her papors will
sne";h "; peace was not concluded when they soil-
rd neither had they any knowledge OF the existence
or nll after thor arrival in the w est lndies-bu.
even II they had possessed that knowledge that the
tune limited By the treaty had not expired when the
lymph was taken.
They deny also chat tic mate Parker, volunteered
on Doar1 the Federal rs one ofthe crew; but they
say TINT he came home passengcr--nnd TINT in.
stead OF twenty nine bales being found OH board of
nd pl Of tod -, ,c.t.-.
wcro scvcnty-sx. That the Federal did not touch
or call off any port place. from the time of her lcav-
ing Buenos Ayes, until her arrival in the Veg
hdles-and that this statement (Which they have
sccD contains all the prominent facts rcatinp 10 the
whoio of the transactions, within tho period men
toned.
90 See article - Of tho "AIarnc Laws &c 1a,ou Of the
United Provinces o the River Of l1oe" which - in these words:
" esses having on board merchandise belonging enemies
ana Che captains thereof should declare same voluntarily,
thc trnnshrncn Of the shall take place without unnc
eeary delay providing the safety Of the permits h and