New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-15
pr,.oner--D Dispatches from capt
Thc c' Tatnai,..

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fi0n -o ,srday received at the Navy
Dspa'cos' ,,oo Cant. Tatnsl, OF the united
DePfruuen fng.te saanac, when were wiz
o'"es - West 90 the Cd 81 June oaL
yen or r ON his arrival at Havana on ',,9 -"
tast Caps 80 ,hs, the Spanish Genera OF MarIne'
y" ~. rcturn TO that place, 10 W r.ia o. The
n..s~ro frorn bis pursuit OF tle -. ,~;.ooe,.
-. ., cardenas brought ~iun 9ili', a. g go
d. c,evs and other persons ,'uno ~ The, Com
u'c ~. American merchant vesse" IuA. Son
caPie'eo as,,nb Of the L. s. slooP-o war Aioany
mande, No. ~ Germ anlo vi, Comm ander Lown'
-"bicn' w. ~ the harbOr-and the U > Consul
Sc s IN the Spanish authorities Tor iniormation
pau - the orisopers, bat could learn Dotblng
n,,Ssr than that they had captured TWO Vesses WIZ"
a,,rsn papers from New-Ofleans part OF me
;a~sdioe eorce, and that they helh proofs Oh tneI
lu,;asftv. that they bad refused To comply with
c,' ISan,.1d Of Commander Randolph TO be per.
49, 10 see the prisoners aud the evidence, and
n'S'~raS him. in due season, TO the court before
,sbieb they would be auaigned.
Csn,s;n Tstusll further fOuDd that 10 deposinons
-inL,rmation in relation " the captures had been
sisd 10 the Consul's office, and that nothing more
va. Known than what had been gathered from the
Spanish authorities ;,t
the Captain General, Capt. T. informed the latter
that as he had refused to permit Commander nan
dooh and our Consul to examine the evloence
against the vessels, be should be bound II ne zen
in with the convoy, 10 demand and enforce ss's'
factory explanation. He did not however ISn -
with the convoy nor did the caPtureu resS'io %
% Hsvsna-tbey having, ia all probability. been
ordered elsewhere, 70 AVOID a colilsloa WIN ou
The csptured vessels were afserward ascer'
,sined 10 be the barb Georgiana and the orlg
susan LIQUIDS which in concert with the Creoie'
had repdezvoused at or near the Island Oh ConIoy.
A number of men and arms were then transferred
from the former to the latter, which she suose
asenty landed at Cardenas, che Captain Of the brig
accompanying the expedition as pilot, leaving his
vessel under the charge OF bis mate. lie suose-
.,9entIy testified that he was compelled to serve
Contoy is barren and uninhabited island, be
longing TO YucstaD, situated of Cape Cartouch, di
rectly opposite and near 10 Cape st. Antonio, IN
Cabs, and in a position from which an invading
force could, with equal facility, make descent On
the north or the south side Of that Island
Capt Tatnan left Havana on the night OF the goth
,lt and the coast Of Cuba on the 9th ult. taking
with him the Albany and the Germantown. and
proceeded TO Key West where ne arrived on the
2th ut for the purpose of looking alter the inva-
ders and 10 aid the authorities there II IL were ne
cesssry On his arrival he found lquiet the great
er part Of the invaders having in various ways, et
the island He there learned from the judicial au-
thonties that from dispositions made before them,
no doubt whatever existed OF the connection OF The
GeoreiaDs and the Susan LIQUIDS with the expedl-
ton but that part Of the men found on board had
seeded from the main body, either from change
Of purpose, or from having been imposed upon III
regard to their destination.
Leaving the Albany and Germantown at Key
West Capt. Tatnsll returned in the SGranac to
Havana on the och ult. having on board Judge
Marvin Of the Federal Court at Key West and
Mr.. Douglass, the Collector OF the port, who &C
cDmpauied him with view 70 acqlalnt the United
States Consul at Havana fully with oil the facts ia
vorable to the prisoners.
In interview which Captain t. had with tue
Spanish authorities. in company with Judge Mar
viz, the latter uR0fically informed them that the
affdavits made 10 his Court had established the
ACT that the men referred TO had refused to accom-
pany the expedition TO Cardenas, and bad, there
ore committed no aggression against Cuba. The
authorities replied, that they were themselves
somewhat Of that opinion and that their treatment
Of the prisoners coresponded with that belief
that the latter were well housed and taken Of
and that after certain preliminary forms, which the
lsws rendered imperative, and Thii1R onsni and
eoualy To Soania rds ~ rr-,soo states Oonsi a"u
their friends could have access TO them
Under these circumstances, and, above all as tne
sosnish authorities in Cuba have been promptly
notified by the United States Consul acting under
;nstructiops from the State Department, mat the
President intends 10 aim that the American prfo-
GERS taxi en- at Contoy have not been guilty Oh any
crime for which, by the laws of civilized nations
they should softer oeath' and that II one OF them
be uniustIy punished =" it may cost the two coun'
tries a sanenipary war" all apprehensions as to
the safety Of the then misguided men may now be
confidently dismissed.
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