The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-19
ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE NEUTRALITY LAWS.
Is the Bark Maury q Russian Privatecrl-As-
founding Discoveries Made by One or Our
RepOrterD. &c.. &c.

Ii the Bark maury q Russian Pxivatccr1-As-
founding Discoveries Made by One or Our
Reporters, &c., &c.
As was announced in the HERALD Of yesterday that
the bark Maury had been seized by the Deputy United
States Marshal Mr.. Horton, suspicion of being
gagged in the service Prussia Of reporters visit
ed the vessel for the purpose of ascertning possible
her trne character and designs There several
ports in circulation about her. Of which that she
had been fitted up for prvaeerng, and that she would
be employed in ntercepng the Cunard steamers their
passage to and from this country. The charges upon
which the legal proceedings against her instituted
made Is understood by TIE British Consul at this
port, some person acting under his authority The
affair from the prominence which has thus been given to
it, assumed very serious aspect and it necessary
therefore, that the public should have the facts circum
tances and PARTICULARS, upon which tn charges
based laid before them. This particularly desirable
in view othe fact that Of the begerent powers the
other side of the Atlantic has already, proved
courts violated neutrality laws and that Of her
highest authorities engaged in directing the enlistment
of recruits for the in the Crimea Desirable is
under these crcum Stances that the present legged vo-
laion Of Laws should be made known the public
present the following report Of the tte in the hope
that it may lead to satisfactory solution of the mystery
in which the bark Maury appeared TO be enveoped and
that 1t may calm the approximations that have
peen eh'er'aineu Nc W 'uo uessns u ner owners'
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.ne on'1a0e' y. NV '.ese' "ei' u'aue hno~n W 'ae
United States District Attorney, Mr.. McKeon, he pre-
sented them to the court setting them forth in detail in
the required legal FORM This paper, after stating the
name of the vessel, and what she pretended to be,
went to partcuarize, with the usual formay of a
legal document, in the following
lnat the AFORESAID snip OF vessel being bark, has &C
tualy on board large quantity of munitions of
consisting pistols,
swods and other Of war that her cannon
are an moanres tnat sne mas port hoies ol cannon
like purposes and has not the construction OF vessel
for the merchant service that she has no orecastle
that her between decks Is painted and IS OF unusual
height that she has also lumber and extra spars that
the aforesaid bark has been htted out and
wit, the port of New York, by some person
or persons unknown with intent that the said vessel
shall be employed in the service Of some foreign prince
State or people unknown, to commit hostiitie against
the subjects citizens and property Ct Her Britannia Ma
eey the Queen OF the United Kingdom OF Great Britain
and Ireland, with whom the United States Mt peace
contrary to the third section of the act OF Congress- ap
!. proved April 80 1918.
After duly considering the foregoing details we visited
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.'o 'es'e,' "n''n h's "' INC NV Vi n''e' see ana
there made the acquaintance of the first officer Mr..
Leopod N Baton yery courteous and obligpr gentle.
man uo will oxorso - er s.v;,, thet ,vo
man. he wan excuse US iof saying tnat we
scrutinized him very, closely, but Jailed to
detect either in his appearance manner any
thing of TINT puenacious or beIliperent character
which is considered indispensable in oil privateersmen
In reply to our questions strange to say he showed no
desire TO conceal an ythinC and what was still stranger
ho hovoa ,s over, o0rror and rool a ho,s and .nnv
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III the vessel tie was, however, as might naturally be
supposed, somewhat indignant that charge OF such
sb mid be made against the mr. onreors and
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that they should ne put TO so much trouble when there
was, he said, nothing to justify suspicion.
s'Whyn said he, in reply to one of our inquiries,
there is nothing unusual in vessels engaged in the
China trade carving arms-they require them for
Chinese sens are in tes,ed y at Il true he added
that we have more than we REQUIRE on board but they
are for an An ercan house in Shanghae We have four
teen four Of which we for our own ycs
sell and in addition to these we have pistols cutasses
chandlcry for another American house at Whampoa
The scabbards Of twenty or thirty cutlasses we're
ranged the deck with little attempt at conceament
that they were among the fist Kings to meet the eye Of
with remarkable neatness eye to the luxures
well the comforts and necessities Of voyage One
we observed alongside another one Of those things which
ship should be wiihout-a bath. We looked into the
bath, not knowing but that it might be powder maya
zine constructed that form the easily deceive
our wary and vgiant authorities; but was clean as
PIN and had neither the the smell OF gun
powder about it. Suspecpg however that after all this
might only be rue to dsarm suspicion we looked very
at the stairs leading into the cabin had read
somewhere in of Mrs Radclfe's novels that they
Mr. Baton evidently OWNED what was passing In our
mind for he went Immediately to the stairs and
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peep which VIC did but with the same i'll success which
atteneed our investigations in the bath ROOM We were
not however to be discomtted in this way and deter
mined to make another effort before leaving the ship
Recoecng that one charge against the vessel was that
she had mo forecastle we asked Mr. Baton what was
the reason She was not provided with one.
Iet me show You it. he replied and conducting us out
Of the cabin he displayed to our wondering ewes one of
the finest and most Comfortable orecases we have ever
seen right on deck and OF 1ch Dimensions too that
could not possibly escape observation.
as this the forecasteS, we asked.
Yesn he replied "and one OF the best you ever saw
on a shin"
cave is IT, said ne of the hands who was at work in
| it, 'there's no getting over that"
We we've Of the sam, ooiniou too and so will any one
be who visits the vessel But ven,rnr TO nut another
question we asked him what he had done with his EEK.
I'm sparsYU
Extra spars!, he repeated; "there they are-fve
snn booma one noaIIant mast ono toncaant ward
tbe thn w, o;a;nn na;nst a. onaronco
to which every vessel is liable.
lhere was one pornon OF the SNIP YET elt, anu we sg