Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-07-05

.cx owledged to him on the 2o,h osy o. ., The .kn
had hired nets belonging to that schooner, ~, h;u, IN
nov - English fishing vessel TO be set oy MN y"
shares y,,,, >de,osed that be-
,vcen the llih and oli days oi May last, ne s 10
arv of The American schooner Java then oil ahcno ~
.ha Tn Ike, Islands M, their nets ont OF the schoo
into ,h. boa, in the evenings u onr diiiefen, 10 NETS
The vessel, aud return in The mornings WIN 80
and quantity OF behring's 90. s.boooer "yic
Eth Joseph Darby commander OF the so" , ,ho soid
,os Ssno.ea that he did see from on boata tne SUI
.cbnons, "Vicory then lying 10 the nushe' ,n;na
the crew of the American fishing ooa' LEE of The
6ah board of that vesse a'I 10 did about week pre-
;a.in n,ocure from Benjamin Brown Two oa'e''0 y
fresh behring's Tor Dat ~ ;,;,.I, denv the truth
rue Ss;,ians made aoainst them, and they say ,'a'
IT.; ,esse must have been misteken tor some o."s'
The crew of the Independence. also ae'y maIS
hired their nets and it is probable 'aat 'e ~ ;sn
ment sworn to made by Inc mas'e., aS ,hs ,ea,
,.,ood h rho person to whom it was made, the 'eai
admss;on having been the lending the ne's lot QUE
nght TO an inhabi,ant Of the Tusket isianos a. ,s
f;oned in the deposition OF the master ana Gre" VI '
independence. or The evi
deace upon whiciahe seizure of the Independence ana
Hart have been made h:oL
I, consists entirely Of verba Acknowledgements winch
NAV be- and usually misunderstood OF misconsliueu
md can seldom be correctly repeated, and indeea
Co. ,an,ed hat The admissions shown TO have been mace
nv The masters Of these vessels cannot undersahu s
how amount 10 evidence 10 dutlufiLe 9e'so'S
may observe that these vessels have oeen al n'u
ont ON shares that s each on board IN ieu OF wa
pc. receives share Of fish at The termination OF he wy
age This circumstance may be oil importance 90 y
may affect their evidence IN The Court Oh VICE f'u
rally ; 90,
have a, present at this consulate two American sea
men of The boat Hart, James Rich and Albert Dousas'
Who II moi contrary 10 your instrocuohs hase "
Quest that YOU will receive board the euler Tan',,'
ION and land them convenient port IN the U D
The crew of The Java, Magnolia, and independence,
were put BY me on board Of British schooner the mas
ter of which landed them at Castne. They were IN
perfectly destitute condition. the provisions AND stores OF
the vessels having been seized had therefore to pro
vide for Them while they remained in this place. and 70
ind them passage TO the u s.
am, Sir, yonr obi humble servant,
HENRY A. GRANTHAM,
Consular .7profhe u S 70, the POr, Of Yarmouth ~ 5.
EXPEDITION TO THE ST. JoHs.-An article has been
published in several OF the papers in this State
inc IN he tax en- ftom New Brunswick Journal slaung
that the Land Agent had ordered Capt Nye from tne
St. John We authorized by The Land Agent 70 s,ae
that Capt. Nye has not bad any instructions OF oiue'
from The Laad Agent different from his original nsuc-
tons but has been specially directed TO protect ana pre-
serve the timber under his charge which he was sent 10
seize aud detain.
BOUNDARY Corycspondenee-The correspondence be-
tween Mr.. Stevenson, our Minister at Lonoon, anu 'e
British Government, in relation to our N T. Boundary
has been published by order OF Parliament IL Is no"
in the course of republication by the Richmond En-
ouer That paper Of the 18th contains two letters IN
relation 10 the arrest OF Mr. Greedy IN 49, wh,en re-
feet great credit upon our minister IL the same lone
and spirit has psrvdded the whole correspondence Mr.
Stevenson will gain honor by its publication:
These letters are dated in August and November
1887 and were accompanied by demands Tor the re
Of air Greely from the two arrests respectively Il
which he had been subjected by the Provincial aulhor
ties The demands successful, as is well known
70 our readers and it is worthy OF remark that the very
claim of Great Britain to exclusive jurisdiction, wnlcn
produced the collision of last winter, was then met and
perrmp,o ry denied By our GoveTamea. through MIR
observation-disclosures !3ge, June 70.