New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-27
THE NORTHERN LIGHT SEARCHED.
no CANNON FOUND.
WHY the Fillibusters were Arrested F!

Tie following persons were taken 10 the United
States Dis.rc, Attorney Office on "Wednesday morn
irg by Capt Fa lnce on the charge of being ENGAGE
in conspiracy against Nicaragua and held 70 ba,l:
Me,srs Lyster, Keefe, WALTERS, Croley and Nor
ri,son were held to bail in $4,000 each. Nessrs.
Scott snd Ftrdon were discharged aud Nj. Geo. u.
Hail was ordered to be resrrested for further bsi,
s2 OOc tho amount given yesterday, not being deemed
sufficient Mr.. Bessey TUNED up among tho missing
The following affidavit was made on Wednesday
morning:
Sovllern District of Ner-York, "-Wili'm II.
Allen of New-Yorb, being duly sworn. deposes asd
says-That John Creighton, Ffsncis . keee, A. y.
Mo. risson, Charles Walters William Lyster snd -
Mace aid the goth day of December, 1898, az the
City of New York, in the Southern District OF New
YoJk, begin and get on foot military EXPEDITION or
g. terpIise to be carried from the nee against the
Territory Of the State of Nicaragua with whom the
fu t.a he Ss ss1sr ~.' "' "'" wv 4ILxS
Sworn before me Dec PC, 1888.
Gro w. MORToy, L. s Commits i,ner.
The lolC wing letter received by the stdcl-
Attorney:
OFrICE % THE ACCESSORY TRANSIT Co.,
New. YORK, Dec. 70, 1855
The Hon. JoHS MckEoY Dis.uot.Attorney-Oea Dear
SIR: As VI derstaLd that you have information tia.
cal and nun tOus of war have beon pu, on board
tn Coppsnys steamer Northern Light. conc called
under the coal have to request that you WILL instead
OF 6etaIirg the ship TO remove the coal, send two
officers Punta Arenas n her to supervise the land
ing OF freight ON her. and 10 SEE that nothing conId-
bsnG is landed from herhe said officers 10 be taken
out end brought home free of expense to the Govern
ment. In doing which you will confer an obhga ION
upon the Company, and
Your obedient servant, TeOs. LORD. President.
In reply 70 The above the following letter sent:
SoUrHERs DISTRICT, n Y, L. s. DIsTRIcT-AT-
ToRSEY's OFFICE, Dec. 20, 1855.
SIR: have the honor 10 ackno ~edge the rece pit OF
your communication Of this date respec ing the cannon
&c. slee ed TO have been corceaed under the coal of
n q Northern Iiyht have requested the Marshal Of
this district to detail two officers in compliance with
your proposal aud whose names will be given you oy
him. have also to ask stipulation on your part
that all such cannon may be returned by the Northern
Light TO this city.
JOHN McKEON'U Dist .A.ty.
fHoAss LORD ESQ Prest Accessory 7rsnsit mpsny.
REPLY TO THE ABOVE.
OFFICE OF THE ACCESSORY 1pAssIT Co.
Hon JONI McKsor, L. s. District Attorney:
SIR have this moment received your favor OF this
date and rote contents.
will Immediately give written lnsIuc lions 70 Capt.
Tnklepaugh to bring beck any cannon CT muutions of
war, il any scould be found secreted On board tho
Northern Lsh. her arrival az Punta Arenas, in
formity wi your request.
.m, very respectfully.
Your obedisnt servant,
THOi. LORD Pre't.
The Transit Company offered TO bond the Northern
Light in $780, 900 security that she might be got
CT yeseadsy afternoon. The offer not accepted.
The cargo of he Northern Light was examined yes
serdsy BY Mr. S. p. Go sson Of the Custom House
officers. All of the sealed packages for San Francisco
were eft untouched, but the Eicaraguan freight xss
oil opened The packages in charge of Wines Co.'S
Express were all broken open and found to contain
only plovs and mule-hsiDess as per manifest. The
following packages not in the ships manifest were
discovered
81. Meyer eighteen packages OF povs.
Z. Corazo, two pack .ses, containing mule saddles
-. n. Scott, TWO packages, containing force
pumps.
Lieut.. o Young, Of the United States steamer
Massachusetts, one package.
5000 feet of lumber.
As two Deputy Marshais will 60 out in the North
ern Light for the purpose Of ascertainng if
other munitions Of war are on board Of the vessel
concealed under the COAL the officers did not over.
haul the coal buDkers.
The seaed packages will not be opened for the rec.
son that the Expes men havitg them in charge pro-
duced the swoH maaifes's of their contents from the
coDsignors.
Mr.. Joseph II. Mas, editor of FL Mcaraguon wa,
taken from the cutter Washington where be had been
under arrest for the past two days and taken on board
Of the Northern Light, having been released from
tody by the trictAttsrney. Mr.. Male has been
very sick ever since bis arrest and when taken to the
steamer was suffering from fever. He takes out a
printing pess with several founs OF type for his pape
The search was concluded by O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, and the officers left the ship to telegraph
the result to Washington 1t was then expected that
an order would be received from the President by )
O'clock allowing the Northern Light to depart on her
voyage. Thi. intelligence was received by tho pas.
SCI gers, who had been much annoyed at their detan
ton, with g,est satisfaction. Steam Was got up on
be Northern Light, in The expectation tina. she wosd