The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-17

npon she Black Warrior, Il from iattsr
asitIon tofhs n. 6. Pieayune.
KR1 YRs1, March 3. 1854
TIE ii. s. steamer corwin, Lieut.. q, Il.
Craven, commanding, arrived here from
Havana yesterday morning. and immediate
" proceeded . Charleston, with dispatches
from the American Consul at Havana, rela-
tive to . high-handed outrage committed
there il the seizure 81 .he steamship Black
Warrior, Will IS the harbor.
From a. officer 81 the artillery, who
accompanied Lieut. Craven 70 Havana,
Wisnesed tie whole affair, and heard all
the details from Capt. Bulloch, The officer
ID command 81 the Black Warrior, con.
corning the seizure of bis ship, we have
gathered the following particulars.
The Black Warrior arrived il Havana
on the morning ofthe LIST. She was from
Mobile with the mails, passengers and
1000 bales of cotton On freight for New
York. She was entered and cleared BIZ her
agent, Mr.. Charles Syrs, before her arri-
val, as has always been customary, and to
enable her to meet with greater dispatch.
On anchoring she was boarded as usual BY
the officer ofthe revenue. and her manifest
was sent to the custom-house. The Havana
manifest was filed out IN ballast, the New
York freight not being mentioned. This
has been the custom heretofore, and has
been allowed By che collector all previous
trips DC not only this, but all other D. s..
Nail steamers touching at Havana, when
loaded with freight not destined for the Ha-
yana market.
No tonnage duty has ever been demand
cd, It having been overlooked Or conceded
by custom to allow steamships with freight
in transite to enter and clear il ballast
Were this executed their tonnage duty
the effect would Be to drive the steamer from
the harbor. 70 allow them to enter and
clear with cargo destined for New Orleans,
Mobile or New York, an arrangement has
been made either verbal Of written. IL mat
ters not which, and has been authorized by
all former collectors BY which these
steamers could report themselves as in bal
last, and to avoid The payment Of the tom
mage duties. So Capt. Bnlloch construed
the law and strictly followed the custom.
Some hours after bis arrival he y IS asked
By thecollerfoT Sc tic Port If lie maQiles.
was correct. ufpb S the question,
after the vessel had entered and cleared,
and every preparation made for sailing ear
II the next morning, he suspected that q
planwas laid 70 seize his ship for an infringe
ment Of the revenue duties he replied that
be had | 900 bales Of cotton for New York,
and that, he had sufficient time, twelve
hours not having elapsed since his arrival
il port. The Collecter replied chat he
should receive no more papers from him,
and Capt Bulloch LEFT for his ship, this
vas near sudoWnl when he was astonished
to End lighters alongside, and officers on
board, with orders 70 seize the ship and
disoharging her cargo immedi.
ately. & being Sc late, and there being
! Law that 40 cargo shall Be- taken from =
vessel after shutdown, the discharge was
not commenced I'LL the morning Of the ed.
Capt. Bulloch protested against the whole
and denounced il as high
handed outrage. The Spanish officer him
lelf stated to Capt. Bulloch, that Il WAS
dirty piece of business" from the 6rst,
out hoWeveI unpleasant to him, be must
lbeg ms ofaeFss
Another version says:
Capt BuIloch, taking out his watch. re-
marked to The Collectcr that according to
he Spanish laws he had yet three hours to
lmend his manifest, He compared bis time
With hat ofthe Collector. ho e The same
moment agreed that there vas yet time to
liter Ter the report Capt B. then vent q
,oard his ship and prepared % scorrectl
manifest. But before the lh.ee hours were
lp the officers Of the customs came on hoard
md seized the ship
Onthe morning Of Che ed Of March, as
Ioon Is the irst blow had been stru k upon
Sc Matches, and The act Of violence commit
ed. Capt. Bulloch lowered his flag, and
nth the officers, passengers and crew,
.bandOned his ship and proceeded to the
United States steamship Fulton, Lieut.,
Watson. commanding, and placed himself /
lnder bis protection,
Another version IS:
On the Cd lighters were sent alongside of
he Black Warrior, and she was dischalg ed l
{ her cargo The bales Of cotton were
objected to q liserous examination. every
ne being cut open, as If it was suspected
bat they contained arms and munitions Of
Iar.
{ We learn that Lieut. Watron, on the eve
ing Of the 10Th, offered to lay his ship
lonpside The Black Warrior, and % carry
st the harbor. BE only asked twenty
linntes to get ap steam. and Rad e fires
ehted when Tie agent. Mr. Tyng and Capt.
IS loch, beqged him 70 desiyt, that II was
on 4 national affair, and that the 20 Err
sent al Washington and Madrid should set.
g Ehe difficulty
There great xcltement IN the city
I'd crowds colleoted at every corner
ussing lhe affair. The surveying steam-