Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-07-22

mack, and made the same ecomm,..--.
saying that the difficulty of be;nn ea1on to him,
formed concerning his cargo was raseorately in.
by the facts that his first mate had dHy dy increased
supercargo was absent. The Collec,or a' y: and the
sence OF Mr.. n. Lawrence, a mercb,,, :. .ns pre-.
Leone' declared that the explanation 80. S'ern
satisfactory and promised that if a nv o,h. qalse
cles were discovered, Me report NIGH Je amend.s 49,
On the 18th of April, Capt. Cool ,
tina, he about to leave the mort. Ehs se not'cs
or, in discharge of his duty searched tho Ho'oct.
and found eight small packages of ten. co,,.;
ID lbs, each, which were not in the man;ss"s
He refused to allow the report to bo amended
the tea, claimed OF the master the forfei,u,s -,
refused to clear the vessel until the 18th of AZ.
On the l7th, having received her clearonc. -.
Robert stood out to sea. She had cleared N. - ~.
Dor, and had got into the broad sea-b,;n~ ~ aas
ward Of tile Cape and in the Atlantic II
was boarded by Collector Mccormack. who fc.ss
the captain absent and the mate in charge. = -.
being at the helm. Mr.. Mccormick gave 49,
to put the vessel back, which was done. C.I
Cook, seeing the vessel returning. immeds,.xy.
went on board, handed a note to McCorms.y
which he said would satisfy him, and ordered ~
man at the wheel 10 put about and stand to sen.
/. At this stage of the proceeding Capt. Cook v,.
VlOlCntly tuTOWu uowu, uuu WIN his raw
severely beaten by two bands of negroes In cba -,
Of Mccormack. He was stripped almos. naksS !.
his watch taken from him and thrown away. M
he lashed to gun, under broiling sun, for hours
lie was afterwards thrown into filthy dungeon
and detained there several days. The vessels mn.
pers, her chronometer, several bags Of money and
othor articles, some Of which were never return
ed were taken off and kept till the 22nd of Anr;I
when Capt. Cook was finally allowed to sail.
Capt. Cook Immediately wrote to Lieut.. Ar.
thur Lewis, commenting the U. S. brig Porpoi,e.
concerning the affair, enclosing copies Of the tes.
mony given before the police, and all other paper,
necessary. Lieut.. Lewis forwarded them to the
Secretary of the Navy, by whom they were ham
ded over to tho State Department..
1t is alleged by Mccormack that he only acted
in performance of his duty.
Capt. Cook contends in reply-1. That the YES.
sci was out of the Collectors jurisdiction being on
the high seas 2. That the ten, (without reference
to the Collectors promise.) though perhaps loyal
ly seizable, would not bn forfeited in equity. n,
the vessel was going out Of port. and no design
of importing it could be supposed; 3. That,hc gun.
powder part Of the ships stores, necessary 70
the voyage. and no more to be reported than tho
biscuit or other provisions; 4. That, at any rate.
the ressel was entitled to her clearance after "a
hours notice; 5. That the seizure Of the vessel at
sea was an outrage utterly unwarran,ed by law
as the only case in which the act Of ParIiamen
warrants this procedure is whom vessels hoyeripg
within league Of the shore shall refuse to de-
part after "a hours notice; 6. That tho seizure Of
the ships papers was unlawful; and 7. Tha, thu
detention of the vessel after the search was en-
trely unwarranted.
These are the pa articulars Of the whole afflira
we have gathered them from careful perusnl &
all the papers. 1t presents n case of consider
BILE importance to all traders on the coast, and
serves attention. Even on his own testimonytl
conduct Of the British Collector seems TO hsv
been harsh and brutal in tho highest degree
Whether it was strictly legal or not romans lob.
seen.