Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-01-07

CASE OF THE GEN. ARMSTRONG PRlFAihhh'-
The New York Herald has received Intelligence RON arr
Of the rendition of an award by Louis Napoleon in The
matter of The celebrated claim made by our so'efhmch
against that of Naturalization for the loss OF Int
American priya,e.r General Armstrong in 1914, and rhich
arpard has been adrsrse TO the cia and IN jG00T 10r
gal
II will be reculleced that during the very carly portion
General Taylors short administration measures were ahe,
the Portuguese government ih'o u a.
S one standing liabilities American ciuzehs or u'
nnrnose specia instructions were sent 10 our minister
Lisbon directing him require prompt settlement vi est
claims; vessels Of were despatched 10 'na Po
IN Dive efficacy 10 the demand The urgency and deerm
nation manifested BY administration PRODUCED me &c
sired effect and claims made upon Portugal oy inns cou
inv were amicabiy ted with the exception ni al maze
IN behalf of CAPTAIN Saml g. Reid OF n YORK, Tor Inc
vue of his brig the General Armstrong lost under clrcum
stances which entaed accountability upon The Portuguese
government and which we will here briefly recapulae
During the last war with Eng land the General Armstrong
was in commission American priva'ee ana was own
ed and commanded by Captain Reid. on ne ~oh OIL ocPi
,ember 1914 she was lying al anchor IN Faya, port o.
he Azore islands under the Portuguese dominion fava
was then neutral port, and such, the captain OF he pr
ya.ee et confident in the security oil ms vessel Apou
sunset OF the day, however, thee BRUSH vessels u
war-he Panagcnet Of "A guns, the Roa ana the oafhi
ton appeared the roads and Captain keld suspicious o.
their desgns endeavned 10 get his vessel uncer h guns 81
The castle About g. P. NJ, while engaged in this move.
ent he was attacked by odr of the enemy BOATS manheo
by l2O men, but having been fired upon win severe elec
returned their SHIPS. soon 'e 60
tack was renewed BY twelve large boats armed with caro-
naaes and swives and manned by four hundred men an
obstinate and sangninary fight ensu1d when
in the total defeat aud repulse of the attacking party
LOST several uf their and hundred ahd iory men MI
ci and wounded Next morning the Cand'!oh co,le"'.u
6rnu ON the privateer aud Captain Reid seeing mat he
cnnld no longer defend her against such overwhelming
odds abandoned her. and she was soon after set On IRE oy
the my , ILL.,; g.
Uoder these circumstances Capt Reid made claim Tor
decentralization from The Portuguese government Tor Tue
loss OF his vessel in consequence o! their having permitted
the neutrality Of the port 10 be yiyItcd The demand
et we believe was hundred thousand dollars icr which,
course England should have been responsible 10 For
The Justice and legality Of the claim however was dchcu
bv the government of the latter country and the matter na
remained up present time unu.anged FINALLY from
the coercve adopted BY Gen. Taylor in lo49 the
affair was brought Issue, aud the Secretary OF STATE,
Mr. Clayton the Portuguese Minister agreed, on be-
half Of their respective governments 10 submit the whole mat
Ter to the arbitration Of Louis Napoleon the then President
France That parsonage has since then been made one
OF the tesnng monarch OF Europe. We now learn r. pri-
vatc ndyces from Paris that the eleventh o DECEMBER
an award made by Louis Napoleon adverse 10 The clm
Uric States and in favor o! the Portuguese govern
ment The ri deep interest. and e decs-
OF NAPOLEON the Third, will excite attention Throughout
he