Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-31
From the New York Sun Of Tuesday
NICARAGUA FILLIBUsTERs.
THE NORTHERN LIGHT CAPTURED.
TIE Steamer Fired into by "a Revenue
In consennencs of the disclosures nuhlished

In consequence of the disclosures Published
| yesterday morning in reference to the alleged
Nicaragua Fillibustering movement. great IN
terest was manifested by The public in regard
TO the departure OF the Transit Company's
Steamer Northern Light, with, it was ruInored,
some three or four hundred of supposed re-
oruifs for Walkers Nicaraguan army. To
! consequence, we dispatched a rep"rter to the
wharf, where be arrived ab0ut O'Clock, and
foand large and motley crowd assembled to
witness the departure of the steamer Through
the confused mass of boxes, crates, carts, hacks,
and humanity, with which the wharf was
densely crowded, he forced bis way on board
the steamer, where were found some $50
young and able bodied men huddled to-
gether upon the upper deck. They were Of
all ages from 16 to rs years, the majority Of
them clad in the poorest manner, ragged and
dirty, INDUCING in every variety of language
which virtue and morality blnshes to hear,
at the same time in copiOus draughts of some
very oderous description Of liquor with which,
if nothing else, all seemed to De supplied.
[uere the San gives graphic description of
the efforts of Mr. McKeon, the United States
District Attorney, to prevent the sailing OF the
steamer, reading despatch from the Presi-
deAt ordering her detention, and urging those
on board to have respect for the laws. The
San then adds j
Finding that his presence there was useless.
and deeming that it was predetermined that
the steamer should sail, even if iu defiance of
the law, the District Attorney left the wharf
and proceeded To the office of the Transit Com
pany, where he was met by Joseph L. White,
WHO Immediately, on perceiving him, enquired
what he wanted.
In reply, Mr.. McKeon read the Presidents
despatch, and ordered him to detain the yes
sci. Mr.. Whites reply was unique and very
much to the point-''I don't care G-d-for
the orders Of the President, you or nybody
else" and he expressed very ardent desire TO
give Mr.. McKeon a clicking" and took the
trouble to follow him few steps and invite
him to return, that he might have that pleas
ure This abuse the District Attorney, con-
sidering bis temperament, took very quietly.
He then obtained a steam tug, which took
revenue Cutter in tow, with orders that if the
Northern Light attempted to leave the wharf,
to fire into her
In the meantime, the crowd on the wharf
were growing impatient to see the steamer off
The generally received opinion on all hands
seemed to be that the vessel would not be al
lowed to depart, and on the part of not few
il was expressed with excavations and curses
upon the Government aud its officials. About
4 O'Clock, however, the planks were drawn
ashore, the lines cast off, and amid loud cheers,
the waving of hats and what once were hand
kerchieis, and parting swig at their bottles
on tie part of the crowd on board, the vessel
steamed down the bay.
BY the time the Northern Light had reach
ed Ellis Island, the revenue cutter, towed by
the steam tug, was observed steering a course
which would enable her to intercept the steam
er before she could reach the Narrows. Great
anxiety and interest in the den0uement was
now manifest. Their doubts, if any they had,
in reference to the designs of the cutter, were
soon dispelled. The smoke of gun shot forth
from the bows of the cutter, soon following by
a second, and the Northern Light was observ-
sd to stop her engines and lower her flag.
The cutter then changed her course and steer
ed directly for the steamer.
1t seemed that the first gun fred by the cut
ter was with blank charge, which was entir-
ely disregarded by thesofficers of the steamer,
but served to awaken the fears and check the
hilarity of the passengers at their supposed
escape from Uncle Sans jurisdiction. The
second was more effectual, being round shot,
and fired over the steamer, taking effect in the
rigging. The engines were stopped, and the
vessel lay to until boarded by the Captain of
the cutter, when, second cutter by this time
having arrived, the steamers head was turned,
and she steamed up the bay opposite to Jersey
City, where she cast anchor lie company with
her two unwelcome escorts.