New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-20
SEIZURE OF AN ALLEGED RUSSIAN
PPITA TEER.

We stated Yesterday that the Anne lean bark Maury
had been laid under embargo By the United States
suth rites on the complaint Of the British consul at
this po,t who charges that she was being fitted out as
aRussian privateer with the design OF intercePtng
one of the Cunard ste camera from Boston, and taking
her with the specie on board as a prize. 1t was a.
legged that she had large quantities OF munitions OF
war on board and that she was to be taken to Sandy
Hook where officers and crew OF eighty
men would be put on board, and her present
officers and crew leave her and return to
the city. From visit made the bark yes
.erday by one of our reporter, we have gathered
the following facts: Last Wednesday Mr.. Horton,
deputy L. S. Marshal, boarded The Maury as she lay
at her wharf foot of Dover street, and politely re-
auested Capt. Fletcher to resign to him the command
of the vessel The latter, after some explanations, ac'
coded to the request with all the grace at his COM
msnd and his vessel was placed under embargo
Since then the case has been before the courts but no
decision has yet been arrived at
The Maury is new and finely mo deled bark OF
nine hundred tuns, recently from the ship-yard OF
M,ssrs Roosevelt, Joyce Co., and about TO make
her first voyage. From her model she will doubtless
prove very fast saier. She has been for some weeks
past advertised as up for Shangbae and a trading
c,uife. The deputy marshal reports that he found
two hundred and fifty tuns of coal and ten iron gum
mounted on wooden carriages, in her hold. On deck
he found four iron guns all mounted aud in the cabin
lumber of guns pistols and cuasses, together with
several boxes of cartridges. Her buwarks are
pierced for six guns, but Capt Fletcher says
that two of these ports are intended merely for tea
ports He also informed that the guns in the hold
are On feiplt for a mercantile house in Shanghai aud
the other warike preparations on the bark are no
mora formidable than those of mos. vessels In the
China trade Her entire armament consists Of two six
noun6ers two nine FOUNDERS twelve muskets, twelve
r;tols twelve cutlasses and twelve boarding pixies,
formed of bayonetblades set in eghteet stocks, with
five hundred cartridges and fifty rounds for the guns
There appeared to be desire to conceal these arms
on the contrary, the captain exhibited them without
hesitation She was also charged with carrying an
unusual quantity Of spare spafs we only oo-
served one. spare yard, one extra top-gauant
mast couple of CATS, and five staddlng-ssi
booms In addition to the coal and cannon, her cargo
is said TO consist of soap, tomato ketchup hour hsy
scales and grindstones. Her crew Is composed OF
txenty.tvo persons-captain three officers, cook,
steward. twelve seamep, and four boys. Six mission.
aries sent out by the American Board, three Chioese
men and two Chinese ladies were to have gone out
in her as passengers to Shapghae and Cspt fietcher
SAWS priyaeers or no prvateers, bis wife who was on
board will make the voyage with HIM. And truly
abe did not seem very apprehensve that the grim guns
were intended for any other purpose than TO fighen
away the cowardly Chinese pirates that hover around
the traders. In the cabin, which is very elegantly
| fitted ND. We observed melodeon and various little
that ladies delight in, but failed to ds-
cover any weapon more fatal than those contained In
we-illed spiiitocker. The Maury is advertised 70
sail on "wednesday next and unless detained, will put
70 sea on that day. 1t is probable that the United
states authorities will exact bonds from Messrs. Low
Rro,bers her owners, and then remove the embargo.