New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-06
ST. THOMAS.
ARREST AND RELEASE OF AN AMERICAN CAP
TAIN

The American ship Claiborne Rsnnsrd ter. bJ91l
to New OraDs IN December As: be- sme dismssfei ~
driven and wrecked Oh the reefs Of Anegsi She sal
rich cargo Of wines and one hundred and thirty Frnc
emgrans passengers The greater portion OF the csrg1
ives st about third only having been saved b. wreck
The vessei elmos, trial oes Cap, Remand
pended eight bundled dolars + saving tie Psseu
gers ard ding them ani her baggage 70 the Engsh
leland Of Tofols, wlence they came 10 this pace and
phtd to the French Consul FOR ssanee-our Coasul
meantime receiving no Information -ardng the mater,
the rumor that the wrecked vessel American
ship. The French Consul tie filth o. his Govern
nent bm oyedmoney % the amount Il some 81 Do char-
tered q vessel and sent the en ants 10 New Oiea1s.
On the arrival st this place q Capt Remand who proved
70 be native FreDchan, but DafuTsli1ed citizen % TIE
United States the French Co1ul applied 10 lin for Re
muDeraton in the expenses tn-s incurred By him tlft
declined the ground that hi- ship total loss
hat lie had expended e tbe cans lie had belonging %
the owner Of the vessel that the cargo wa NJ, bllnd
and that he bsd authorized the French Consul - {
for him in the premises. The French COngi then sued
al attachment against the captain who would have
been imprisoned in the absence n the payment If the
money. had not Major Helm, he American Consul re
leased him. fret by entering hset az ba for hi per
sonsl appearance ard secondly by protest in the na1
If bis Government IN which he denies le jurisdiction OF
the Court in clear ar manly argument on the questions
81 nation 81 law involved IN the DtrOyery The French
Consul replies Major Helm reoins and rreen;s with
equal ability and dguir the question Of commercial re
sponsiby, show cg Grs that the Court lad no iurs IL
ton and secondly that the French COgsG had ci9i
A thee papeE preaeut and discuss questions OF genera
interest have procured ard heEesi sen4 csp.ss Tie
Court release Capt IL the ground OF DOn ursd cO1
I'm hsppy to soy thst tie personal difficulty which will
be TO have existed between the ConsG.s has been
settled and the hest Official unlCfslandiug restored.
PROTEST or MAJOR HELM. AMERICAN CoNst- AT
ST THOMAS.
Mr. De Chederie French Consul against Cart R,n17u9
late Of A1aertcop ghiD Clqi5ornc
This tuit brought By Mr. De Cnedeyie French Coz
SUI against Capt kenraud master OF an Amor an ship
recently stranded the reefs Of Anegad part of the
West India possessions OF England upon the following
csrt B9rsad TseL Of ih zip c;bsI5e on the de, Of
freisi sId hundred and tgeby or h pas
senee who eeua Of france emgrstins 70 toe Uned
zip W., sd 'na finally dh.isd ogon zoe Iee Of Asssdt
nesI the lsi OF IoFtos thA "ta st7t dc ae psnss.
PAID et hundred dos 70 nTey then from tie wrecked vessel
which be o7k eleven sad child
and tid rTeeSed thenssvs 70 81 De Cisse1s tie F.-e5
cODsGl Tto IL the name n: 3ogp eS r - TIM
mdcr lis charge aud IroTiei1g them with s1eh nscsf
Sfhef. passenger. Of a1 vessel cane to 81 Tlo.a sai ,o
country Mr. csdye Who taken BY him That the
French Consul By ue Of bic position C0nau n be oh-s
ssSilSS' Tse'.s'
Gnsssds OF Torioa snd did not with french
CorsU ether the French eniTaq Who yos1
lien been sought the fsPressnsre eif caay
who pied heir thai the vs'ol became total wreck
s or Only twenty collars auction that sooa oneAl OF
ebS Of the saved By ~roces AID 'od e. T5o.
Possession Of Denmsk On hi. w.y TO
hundred do' for the snO his the Goa
'u i91 ssls oiSe 1 ss ~ Rs claim 70
lie heard tehso y country nen eld protest N me not sl
ton ofttis or the iollo ~ieg reasoBs
Fb The French subj and Represented b. ths
Consul Of The French non the diplomatic or consular repr'
sentative # a all which 10 ever We d. po admit 1ae Cipn
ofhe ~reoi ID vessel citizen Of the mice States Of America
sailing France his hone and he dner Ccea'rd "a
TN that We, incurred ct the .srd Of Torols aud to The
ors passengers and MT to the Frelch nation afd not At this
Soad Ifhe French naB any claim o the other
that Government and the represent th Island
COIssnd the Counts Of D. DmsFk have 20 Ih9 e9ie d!nsni
Third II Nj De Chsdeyle had brought this sui IN h ON
F F1S tsoh lo co could render Judgment 10 bis of
fer ne Je'I yet s ,,ps and S.' sd bd b, sons
h'ro Or il the Ilt.e siss sId 10 any Isoa osI 700 ''
hat ght had Mr. Dc Sh-deys P;s'e ioessr, t. 'n
e DSs " wa m s nd d s s sai se
bargain fo i'm Without any CO lor Of euoIi Ce.ny nae
people orleans Nh De eyIe ha. n5h rsh 70 %
Tii is ss beeSgbs 10 M sa9orias4,s who
ses and he hsi cOntrsct for Captain Rennsu an
American citizen vi hopt h. eop.s1i any ois aud every other
We to sh q SHOW The Court ihs Cipa
as he coul Ino certainly do bur rely upon our confidence thai
ii vii violate The piue2lc o. national law soysrnas
lights Of eers OF aieIdy nnot snd n Inins and
EsL Gi h9 5s Ss he Conf he. nc ar the. to
t t oa he TO ststt frbnas ne T. ID ate
sol questions all tie principles which have governed
,i between nations for centuries; AID viii Mr
De CD dese II he has recourse must be s3lgA tlolg A
Np.r 81 the Capital of country Nth ersst res2sct sm
sir obedient servant Gil J. HELM asular Agen'
the Hon l.. SURASS, Ju5ge Special COart ST IAomes
THoMas b February. 1854
To Hi. Honor the Ju lse Of The Court o. - rhoms,
m Atrcen Confu has hol3 fl deeni Captain Remand
In hs with To tbs have objection stever oay
the American Consul that trdcay0r 20 Tall into
as few error possbe but know no. hat 1t Z lie vide
the paIseTsph Of r ies rsPy ia WHICH b. .y. NJ my :.
ard not the ghtest ie1a anon In
tru fTsiy he American Ccl.u ''{s NOT on il no polite
foeigr ts d atic fn- 20 ~hch snail
see lin IN make n secoad 90 tell Others t-eV
lie a. be fully pc OF Whist 81 rwl5-
pose ourselves ieeive om senuemin fe'pons Ia I'VE