The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-03-29


Mr.. Tying took out bis watch and said, request
you, gentlemen, (fOr the COmmandsnt de Res
guardo was also present, having come In soon
after the conversation commenced,) to take no.
tice that on this day, at 81 o'clock, il being with
in the twelve hours allowed by law, requested
permission to correct the manifest Of the ship
Black Warrior. The collector replied, Very
good !" and / request you. also ; TO take notice
that |, on this day, and at the same hour, refuse
your request, because, having asked for the clear
ance visit, (viseta de solida,) you have lost the
right to make any corrections. We asked what
he should do, and he Said that he should dis
charge the ship. We replied that we protested
against the whole proceeding, and that the first
bale of cotton or othsr goods that came out Of
her should be taken by him under his own re-
sponsibility; that we should abandon vessel
and cargo, and hold him aud his government re-
sponsible for the consequences. At about a
o'clock an officer of the customs came to notify
us that the chief of the carbineros Cnspectors)
was on board the steamer, and they should be-
gin to discharge her at once and requested us to
send some one on board to attend to the dischar-
ging of the cargo.
We replied that memorial had been handed
to the captain general on the subjects that we
should not discharge the ship; that for anything
the chief Of the carbineros might do, we should
hold him and bis government responsible. He
left, and went at once once on board the steam
er to. resort to his chief. About o'clock came
another officer, saying that the collector had sent
him to say that they were about to commence
4k,o oxxr1H
other officer, that we should not send any one
to attend the dischargiug; that we protested
against the whole proceedings; that when the
first bale of cotton cgme out, we should abandon,
and hold him and the government responsible
We heard no more from them last night This
morning the collector sent mutual friend Of his
and ours to say that it, after dscharging the cot
ton, the captain would agree to present himself
whenever the government should call for him,
they would then let the ship go in ballast
Meanwhile the chief of the carbineros had open
ed the matches and begun to take out cargo. Not
man of the ship was allowed to lend the least
aid or assistance, as Captain Bullock by advice
of the consul, as well as of ourselues, had given
such orders. When they commenced to break
out cargo, Capt. Bullock hauled down his flag
abandoned the ship to them and went with his
crew and officers on board the II. s. steamer
Fulton. The consul has written statement Of
the whole affair to the government at Washing
ton, and dispatches the Corwin, a coast-survey
steamer, with the dispatches and letters intend. |
ed for the Black Warrior, this afternoon, for |
Charleston. We are supported in the course we |
have taken, as also is the captain by the opinion
and advice of the American consul--by that of |
Judge Wright, former comptroller Of New York |
by several eminent lawyers, now here from
the States, and by the merchants generally. We |
regret much these circumstances, but have done |
the best in our power, and have taken the best |
advice with regard to every step we have taken
in the matter. When we reeollect the thirty-six i
and always in the same way, and that the steam
ers of the George Law Snd ether lines have prob
ably entered at least three hundred time in the |
same way-more than this, that steamers in the |
Law line actually transferred full cargoes from
one steamer to another, under the eve of the |
government, and both vessels entered and clear
ed in ballast-we are sure that our government |
will protect your interest as they ought, and the
Spanish government be made to pay dearly /
for the work of yesterday and to-day. We |
shall continue to use our efforts and that of our
friends to bring this matter to satisfactory set
tlement.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
CHARLES TYING & co.
A n &.