The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-15

iassreus resus 10 the trade sfths Island hsA bstsr
no, Be thought Of and at rate woul psrtssd
direct threats .ade he given very clearly to under.
strnd that his life would for any attempt Of the
kind THIS feeling has not subsidized among the great
body of the inhabitants and will probably 20 further to
repress any suemPt IMAM even official interference.
Of the traders have msos
missions ss screen TO protect them from British cruizers
and that they could Thus being provided with national
COMMISSION De permitted 10 pass with mpunity but we
,nnk the whole plan very improbable when We come to
The dicuy ofobtsining suitabl. vessels, and the still
greater one ~ to crows; the rick Of interruption and
punishment for fitting them out; it, we think, the au
tnores are opposed to IL the want OF harbors to get
their prizes into the almost certain recapure of any
they make and the nearly certain capture Of the pr
With other great and oDvloo. troubles
FORM. altogether such an untoward array ainst the
enterprises that think there is but little fea will be
attempted Still, however. would again urge on the
government TO station two three light feet sailing
vessels Zone ct least with steam power ct Havana
MISTER of Precauton and on the principle that proven
tion 10 better than
[Fron the New Orleans Delta, Dec 81
judgment Of cons.mna'ion, a. legal prize Of was
Coosa and her cargo The proceedings we're altogether
ca pas 10 claim having been made either the vessel
From the evidence given on behalf of the cspers il
was shawn that the bark sailed from New Orleans on the
"a 81 Oct last under the command of VIM A. Hicking,
ana WIN ciearance FOR tfavana-that the went
sbeara on the day Of her the master dill not
tske pesss'ssn until few minutes before the bark was
datsy asr leaving the the river the course of
the bark towards that part OF the Mexican coast
oher she seven or eight niles OF Alva.
RADIO Bar sAd captured by the steam igate Mississippi
bark We: At that time steering west northsry She
In Of temressuous weather had to slip her
cable and put to during her absence that the
unsuccessul attack on Aivarado was made.
The coosa vessel Of spwsr Of $50 burthen.
She Asa eighteen nsn hslssxpg to her, including on
GERS Her cargo, lsonsis.g Of 1900 bales cotton)
Cone!Spo4 to 0rdor. One Mr. bsyeTWoasher of New
leans, sppsap s6bs the owner ofihs bark but the wit
nesses appeared to be profoundly ignorant Of the
The testimony is contradictory in two points
Hsng tss6sd ths, the only solors on board were the
Amsse-n ~hsrsas the nate and testified that the
Eglsh colors on board; of the crew also es
hostsd ST and white nag forward The captain tss
hfed that no papers were delivered of Alvarsdo en-
cept some newspapers; one Of the testified that
the shore
The captain that his reason for going to Alva
Iado vas Tat on reaching the mouth OF the Mississippi
he heard OF the victory OF Gen. Tay at Monterey and
supposed that i concluded the war; and that % the
cargo was consigned to order he took upon himself
the Mexican coast thinking the squadron would
permit him TO land: The mate that day or two
amer leaving the Mississippi he remarked to tine captain
that they seemed to be steering pretty well south for
Havana T. to which the captain replied" Idont know
we may hit uPen the coast OF McKee,"
Soon after the capture the censignee (as il now sp-
peart OF the cargo wrote letter to Capt Hckng
ting that he had accidentally heard he sailed from New
Orleans for Havana and de aimed by the So
ron and inquiring whether he would permitted to
continus his voyage 10 that port His object for inqu
ring was that he happened to be friend Of the of
Wyhe Egana, who he understood the shippers,
asd that he wished to inform them of the circum.
stances.
few days after the same person wrote letter 10
Com Conner, declaring himself the consgnee ana ar.
guing the matter with him In this letter was urged
that The commodore should release thu bark and allow
her to proceed whittier the parties in interest desired
inssmwch as she was an American vessel laden with
Assr,can produce which was owned BY persons trad.
Ing almost exclusively in American produce and manu-.
acturss he presumed could hardly be the object Of
the blockade to inurs American commerce on the cen.
trsry should be pioected The Commodore could not
be argued into quite 80 liberal view to American
produce.