The New York herald., 1850-01-29

The JEW AND THE JEwELs.-The petition pre-
sented by Mr.. Seeley to Congress, respecting the
robbery of the Prince Of Oranges Jewels, in 1892
is causing some curious Developments on the
subject, and some funny contortions in certain
quarters. M. M. Noah, then surveyor of this port,
who fingered large share of the prize money on
that occasion, has just published in an evening
paper, the following naire Confession
The circumstances which gave rise to this charge
are as follows:-Whe Surveyor OF the port OF New
by subject Of the King Of Holland by the name of
Polari IL became the duty Of the Collector Of the
Port to seze the property for the naction of the
laws which Mr Swartwout did In person, the
smuggler WAS known to be man OF desperate charac
ter. When the property seized was in the hands Of
government II discovered that the jewels had been
stolen from the Princess of Orange in Holland The
Dutch Minister immediately applied to our govern.
ment to request that they might not be hbelled or
sold is usual in such the articles were sto
lem and belonged to the family OF hs sovereign The
government could entertain question as to the
Ownership ofthe property which had been introduced
in violation ef the laws but out of courtesy to
the King of Holland, would not proceed to libel them,
and would surrender that portion Of the forfeiture be-
doing this could not compromise the rights Of the
reizipg officers, which were protected by law; The
minister therefore proposed to value the jewels aud
pay TO the seizng officers their portion as If the articles
had been actually sold
and when the Collector made the division he sent
cheek for share, wih hs receipt book, Which signed
without having known Mt the time and 1ndeed AZ any
time when the amount Of seizures was dividedJ to
what class of property belonged There was no con-
cealment in the business the seizng officers had a
right by law to their portion without reference to who
paid It,
AS the abduction Of the culprit Polari there is
truth in the charge The Dutch government wished to
have him sent to Holland for trial with the view
OF exculpatng the Prince Of Orsnge-suspected OF
having purloined the jewels h n.ef- than to punish
board Of vessel under charge Of Mr.. Benjamin Hays,
police eicer under some promise of the government
fEafh ha ahntl MOI ha shaA hat haonr NJ
him know not And this is the entire version Of the
whole affair; and state it. that your readers may
the extent Of the agency had in the matter and the
NJ NJ NOAH
Good This is honest for once-this is candid, at
all events. There Is no stale joke here, seeking
to hide truth and fact-no affected Jest, trying to
cover up bonnie bouche Of $1,000 and over. He
acknowledges the corn" he sent me the check
for my share" Now all this Is very good-but
poor old Noah, who has for years not only abused
for living on black mail, as he calls it, but vio
lated all the rules of decency by attacks on the
females of my family, cannot help showing his ma
ievolence in the midst of his sulufcation. He
calls upon the Grand Jury to ndlct me for libel
against hm-that libel being the simple statement
of "a fact which he acknowledges over his own
namehe fact of receiving over s., 500 for his share
of the reward Of $4,000, which was offered and
paid by the Dutch government for the recovery Of
these Jewels. The Grand Jury, under his own con-
fessions, will much more likely ndict him for re-
ceiving money that he never earned, and that did
not belong to him. He acknowledges that he had
nothing TO do in the recovery of the Jewels. Why,
then, did he take part of the reward! The pre-
text set up, about an old law, is stuff and non
sense
The Grand Jury should indict HIM at once, on
his own confession, and thus make him dsgorge
the money he got on the check Mr.. Seeley, now
at Washington, was the person who arrested and
held the robber besides other services whichhe per-
formed. He got nothing, while Noah got over
$4,000 Grand Jury, indeed Terrible libel, truly
ISTrLLIeEscE FROM CARE Geop HoPE-A Pr
RATE IN THE sourH ArLASuc.-we have received by
the brig Oriental, Capt Consdon, at this port the
Cope TOTn Mail, the Cape Of Good Hope Gazette and
the african Journal to the 18th November inclusive
These papers filed with articles relative to the
course Of England, In regard to the convicts pouring
In upon the Cape; but we nothing new In any Of
them.
The Cope Tsvn Mail of the 10th, aye
South Atlantic have been unusually disastrous to
shipping. We learn that the Courier passed . vessel
bottom up on The 18th ssptsmSsr 81 night i.tSd: 20
American whsler, reported to Capt. Wingoed that he
had fallen In with two wrecks in latitude As s. ong
tude 40 E.. and passed them both the same day it
then blowing too strong to examine them
The Gssefe Of the 18th, in speaking Of the August
storm, gives the following facts -
We have been favored with extracts from three log
books and from the daily observations Of the Port
once relative to the gale Of August last The violence
Of this storm its extent, and the number Of vessels
which suffered rom H. drew particular attention to It,
o. likely to be useful in illustrating the laws of hurri
(vhehwe understand have been forwarded to the Sec
r.tsry Of the Admiralty carefully and lucdly
viii ind no sifaeulty in dedueins the results TO
which they lead. Taken In connection with other
accounts acc f,,. Of the ,.ns gale which viii probs.
they viii prove OF considerable value TO persons
gagged In this interesting study. II viii be observed
ably to Capt Er,kines supposition) in "the northern
left. hand semicirce Of the sale At the Port OF.
WIND vs.rsa srsdusily from n. W to W \. W aSd W. W.
s. W. while the barometer fell from 20 % TO 20 6s and
rose again on the 9th, to 3ols The Senegal Whose
obser, atione appear to the moet trustworthy had
the ssme wisd the 9th which had been experienced
at the Port Once on ths previous day-thst vessel
which It would seem that the gale was travelling east
ward, at the rate Of about FIVE hundred miles In day
No sssisr Of the barometer was lspt on board either
the mercury often falls on the approach Of dense fog
heavy rain co,e sultry weather. and generally pre-
gses yet the indications Of change are always impor,
tsnt. and should never be nsslected
Inc Gdfent, OF the Wn- pubiiehed the following Ina
portant inform alton relative to pracs vssel In the
south Atlantic:-
Th. following report Of the bark Elsph.n,a contain.
most Information, which hasten to place
before the public. The Elephsnta, OF $40 tore, J.
Cocks mastsr left Liverpool the 18th Of July aod
arrived In tbs port the th inst On her voyage she
encountered piraticai vessel OF which the following
account is given
Tuesday, October 2, 1s4s.-At daylight calm, cloudy
weather; strange san In sight TO the east~ard Ats
A NJ. tbc made ell sail and bore down with light
breeze from the southeast At 10 the stranger
having her colors up boieted ours At IL o'clock
the fred gun to lee~ard We immediately short
.ned ssil. and hover TO 70 windwsrd, and hailed
where from and where hound;i then ordered n
beat TO be hoisted cut aud sent on board, with
the captain he then Informed that the boat. were
all In board under rep after some delay he
ssked II We uere coming lie then told again the
boats we're all secured inboard He then said a aid
not sigpify, "ytu must come We Immediately hoist.
ed the cutter out The Captain not Wishing to 70,
vent on beard He then asked where from and
where bound, and what the cargo consisted Of and n
We had any euns or ammunition on board Aftsr con-
sultpg among themselves in Spanish os Portuguese,
they told me 60 board She then came close un.
der lee and ssked stude which Was "a de-
grses, s5 min. west, latitude ~ deg 81 min ssuth
The schocpers opstude vas Is deg O5 min west She
then stood sssy 20 the northeast and fred quantity