New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-23

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applied for the vessels Dispatch, or somethiny
to this effect. II true that Mr.. Typr had apl
piled for the dispatch i; but ii nav "a ve,I IL
bear in mind thas 1t was NOT given and ID is =.
question, In my opinion, whether the steamer
could be considered as cleared, in efFect, 10 far
as regards the clearance on the 25tl, before she
had arrived. deem IL informal Mr.. Tynp
was at the same time Informed that the cargo
was confiseated and the Captain fsed aecordisg
TO the custom house rsguIations I'm the afseT-
noon of the same day II have been inzpFmtdl a
gang of men were sent alongside fEe sllir, Il,
commence the discharge of she cargo bst H1d-
ing that sfe Captain and Purser were en- shore,
the operation was deferred until the neg xsmorn-
ing, when they aeain appeared, aud the officer
Sc the head Of tie party demanded Of the Cap
tain the delivery Of the cargo. which Captain
Bullock declined, renarkipe 70 tie officer that
If he took by force, aa he must do, one single
bale of the cargo, he (she Captaial would irs
stantly haul down his cclors and abandon bis
ship to them. This seemed to make the officer
hesitate. He suspended his operation, and came
ON shore--no doubt TO lay the facts before Ills
superiors, and receive their directions He soon
returned on tsoard, opened the matches and COM
menced the discharge whereupon Captain But-
lock hauled down his flag. and, with his officers
and crew, abandoned the vessel to the Spanieh
authorities
tain Generaf reply 70 my letter, which was far
from satisfactory copy and translation of
the same were transmitted to yeu with my com
munfcatIon, NO ~ sent By steamer CorWin
On the lst, at about IL o'clock, the Collector
wrote communication 20 Mr. Tying. send
you copy of this communication, as we'll as
chat Of second letter from the same officer
also that Of Mr.. TyDg's reply. Enclosed yoRwHl
likewise find copy OF letter received Iess
evening from the g Intendente'' OF the Treasfry,
and of my reply thereto also accompany nz
copy Of the printed regulations, which are
handed to all captains of vessels on the first
VISIT from the custom -house officers.
have omitted TO say that I ann informed that
the regulations concerning steamers require that
they shall manifest the~quanrity Of coal they
have on board, but that IN no instance has this
law been complied with This neglect or unob-
seryance Of the laws by the authorities them
selves has rendered them obsolete and therefore
inapplicable. am also assured that a law
prescribes that, when 1t Is clearly shown that
there has been no intention ofinfringing the law,
or defrauding her MaJesty's reEsnues, parties
shall not be deemed Jeulpable. In my opinion
1T is simply ridiculous TO suppose for an instant
that the Captain Of the Black Warrior had any
intention to do otherwise than conform to all
established regulations. @li3
Although had written I'd the g Ipteadente'
last evening declining the request that / should
appoint person to take an account Of the cargo
proposed to be landed to-day, being led to that
course by the idea that the Intendentes object
was to present at least the semblance of q Sane
ton ON the part OF this Consulate TO their pro-
ceedings, ], nevertheless, called npon him this
morning, remarking BY way Of introduction
that presented myself not only in the charac-
| ter Of Consul or commercial agent, but az
adsipeia to-day, and was anxious 10 cemmu-
nieate to my government the true relation. Of