The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-02

| n TOydi mdnudte lTOin tue Skuctu ptOniu-
its Office holders on the island engaging in
commerce, agriculture, or any other employ
ment whatever.
The steamer Georgia arrived at Havana
on the 9th, at IL, M.
The Ohio arrived on the 18th, from New
Orleans; with 204 passengers, and the Fal-
con, on the same day, from Chagres, with
"a passengers.
The Ohio sailed on the 10th, in company
with the Isabel, for New York direct.
Two American men-of-war are cruising
of the Havana.
The Captain of the barque Lewyllen, re-
ports that on the 9th of this month, while on
his voyage from New York to this place, at
about latitude "a NJ, on the southern edge
of the Gulf Stream, he discovered vessel
bottom up, supposed from her size to be a
schooner. He discovered on the stern as it
rose and fell the word "Thomas," which APP
peared to be the first part of her name. The
hull seemed not to be at all injured
The sloop Randall H. Green, left here on
the 18th, with the officers of the Cuba ex-
petition, in charge of the Marshal of the
District. These are the gentlemen who
informed you, in my last, had been arrested
eere, and refusing to give bail, were ordered
te be taken to New Orleans, the place
whence the expedition started, and the place
the law of 1918, under which they were
arrested, specifies for their trial. Their
names are Gen. Gonzales, Aid to Gen. Lo-
pei; Col. Pickette, of the Louisiana Regi-
ment; Col. Bell, of the Mississippi Regi-
ment; Col. O'Hara and Major Hawkins, OF
the Kentucky Regiment; and Armstrong
E. Lewis, Captain of the Creole. Gen.
Gonzalez and Maj Hawkins were so far
recovered from their wounds as to be able
to walk. Col. O'Hara was taken on board
on mattrass. Thirty-fve or forty others
of the expedition went over on the Green,
Since the expedition arrived here, none Of
our vessels have gone to Cuba, so that | can
The libel of information against the Creole
has at length been filed, and the case will
be tried in few days The libel contains
fourteen counts, charging various violations
of the revenue and other laws Of Congress.
will give you the result of the trial.
The case of John Loud, ps. Gables and
Chains, which involved question Of some
interest to the wreckers, was decided in the
U. S. District Court few days since. The
chains and cables were taken by the libel
lants from sunken foreign ship on the coast
of Yucatan, brought here and libeled for
salvage The collector of the port filed a
claim for duties This claim was resisted
by the lbellants. The grounds taken by
them were that these articles were not i'm
ported, and were not goods, wares, and mer'
chandise, in the meaning of THO revenue laws
and therefore not subject 20 fdty. The cas-.
chiefly relied on by the lbellants to sustain
these grounds, was that of the Gertrude, de
cided by Judge Ware, of Maine, who's
opinion was sustained by Judge Story. Il
this case it was held, that the landing of an
chors, chains, and rigging, taken from for
eign vessel, wrecked on the U. S. coast
without first obtaining permit and payin,
duties, did not subject the ship to forfeiture
under the 5Oth section of the act of 1893
Judge Ware held, that the anchors an
, chains were part of the ship, and were no
, goods, wares and merchandise in the mean
: ing of the act, and did not require PERM
before they could be entered Judge Mar
; vim held that this case did not apply to tn
, one before him. Here the anchors an
chains were taken from wrecked vessel Of
foreign coast, separated and mate distinc
from the ship, and brought to an American
port. He regarded them as foreign goods
wares and merchandise imported into the U
States, within the meaning of the act, and
therefore subject to duty. The wreckers
were allowed 90 per cent. of the nett pro-
ceeds, after payment of duties.
CARYsFoRT.