New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-13
SOUTH AMERICA.

By Inc er1lNbl OF Tue mbl rbbUtI bOS'th at a
Mama on the 25th ult, have dates f'om Vaparai-
TO to the lst and from Csllao to the nth OF Feb
Iumy.
12ih Janualy. from san Francisco Wis Tahiti with
the broiters Meigs on board. These gentlemen are
about 10 take up their quarters in Conception where
they purpose eI0yiDg the delights of S)uth7rn q ne
the money hlcbed from the San Francisco Irea-
sury.
The bark Vermont which put into Ts'cahusno,
with cargo Of guGno, had repaired and sailed from
81 TLomss.
The rhip Hsnnibal was repairing in the same port,
and would sail shout the end of March. The schoon-
er prde OF the SEA vas taking 10 wheat Tor Australia
A. Valparaiso, the American ship John Cumming
had arrived from Liverpool; the ) steamship Mac
Bal huse IL from NewYork wa Rio Jsneiro; the U. s
sIoop Of war Decatur, lls Gays from New York vii
Rio Jsuoiro the Am bark Ms IN keag from Tsbit;
l.. :. sloopof-wAr John Adams from Rio Ja1eiro; II.
ID. Nj. ste 4UshIp President SO days from San Fran
cisco. The L. ;. flagship st. Lawrence was also in
port.
AT Cslders, on Feb. . Am. ship Ackbar, ready
Al africa, 5b inst ship S. L. Fitzgerald, discharg-
A. Callao, Feb :, L. S. steamship Massachusetts,
from Valparaiso.
From The Pqaama Star, Feb. p.
Ore OF the most high HANDED Ouusges We have
ever heard committed IN the merchant service bJ
one cspsin upon another is that jot reported 10 us
through Capt. Aud, Who pro ,1rel his information
from the comm snder Of the American BARK Naan
Kssg recently arrived 81 Valparaiso from Tahiti.
II appears thst the British snip John Lr9. Capt.
PerciVal bound from Naipara 10 san FrSn cisco,
with valuable cargo on board, sprung leak ia 'at.
100 s.. causing her TO make 3 200 strokes per hour
While in this dilemma the American whaling bark
! ID. Nj. Hall. Capt. Pratt, wac spoken by the Joon
Law and Capt Perciyal, al XiOus to DO the best Tor
the safety Of bis vessel offered very large rsmu,e-
! ration 10 Cspt Pratt 10 remain by the EMP during
the night. This was refused by FRAT who PROPOSED
to take oil hands Of the ship if Capt. Perciya would
ahano on bis vessel which of course. was not con-
sened to. The bark then squared away leaving the
ship in very perious conditions; and Don sfterwaft
the crew nuiined. and refused 70 pImp any longer
or attsId to sny other duty. Capt. Perclval Then
boised signals for the bark to return, viii she ara
Tratt received the Captain and ofthe ship
board and placed pert OF his own crew on the Joln
Law giving charge OF her to a Capt Crosby, Wuo
was uger on the bark. Cspt. Pratt, then having
CHARGE of both vessels stood of for the Mirqdesas
Islapds; ana Cd reaching there ne h7uled 'hs lNo
vessels alongside opened the matches of the Joon
Law end commenced transferring the most valuable
mart of the cargo to his own vessel allowing the
sailors al the same time free access TO the i4uof ana
snfYetns them 10 commit ell kinds Of depreda'lops.
After loading the bark With the ships cargo, CaptAh
Pratt compelled Captain Percigal TO assign over 10
him the entire cargO comp -nsation tor MS ser
vices and the authorities rsfus "a 10 interfere ~ pro-
tee, Captain Perclva or lace him IN possession OF
tis shin The two vessels then, unoer GO nusnl Oh
Pratt and Crosby, sailed in company for taaitl on
r. acbing which port Capt PerciyA la'd DIS case DE-
fore the United ststfs Consul and the Frencs aunor-
ties who arrested Captain Prat and the disorderiy
crew, and placed Captain Perciys again IN command
! of his chip. On proceeding on board he founo inc
second ate Of lie bark in charge Of the decs arms
with pistol The gre steT part OF the fJrni,sre nal
been taken from the cabin and broken up and two o
the ships anchors lost through carelessness. We
learn that a. action OF piracy Is being brought s INST