New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-05
END OF TIE NICARAGUA EXCITE.
ment in New York.
DEPARTURE OF THE NORTHERN LIGHT.

Iii DEPARTURE 0F FETHE9NORTHERa blGHf. III
On the 25th, the day after tho seizure Of the
Northern Light, Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt and
elm the sum Of 500, ,090 She was then for
mally released BY the q. s. District Attorney,
Mr.. McKeon. Captain Tinklepaugh and Mr.
Fowler, the chief engineer, were held 70 bail,
the former in the sum Of $40, 600, and the latter
for sl0 900. Joseph L White, ESD, was ac-.
cepted as security in both cases. Warrants Of
arrest were issued against Parker 4. French,
the Nicaragusn Minister, GeorgetB Hall, Louis!
schlessinger, 7. B. Fsrnsworsh, Dillingham;
and dallery, charged with setting on foot 9
military expedition against the State Of Nicar-
augua, with whom the United States are at
peace.
f At about o'clock in the morning, by order
of the District Attorney, an examination was
held on board the steamer for tickets, and about
twohundred Of the passengers being found un-s
provided herewith, were compelled to go ashore
Several were arrested and placed in charge of
Captain Eanner, Of the revenue cutter Wash
ington. .E 35
On the following day the correspondence be-
low occurred between the President Of the
Transit Company and Mr.. McKeon:
OFFIcE OF THE Accessory Taassrr COMPANY,
New York. Dec. 26, 1856. $
Hon. John MeKson. District Attorney
Dear SirAs understand that you have informst tion
that cannon and munitions of war have been put on
board the companyE steamer Northern Light concealed
under the coal have M request that you will Instead of
Punta Arenas in her the landing freight
from her and to that nothing eontraband Ia landed
from her The said TO be taken out and brought
home free of expense to the government In doing
which you will confer obligation upon the companY
and your obedient servant, 4f14fS%a
e. THos. LORD. President
To this Mr.. McKeon sent the following reply:
sourHEas DISTRICT or NEW YoRK, u
U. s. DisrR1cT ATTORNEYS oFTIcE Dec. %, 1855.
Sri have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
your communication Of this date respecting the
etc. alleged hare been concealed under the coal Of
Northern Light.
have requested the Marshal Of this District to deta
two officers compliance with your proposal, and who's
names will be given to you BY him. have ALSO 10 ask
stipulation your part that all such cannon, etc
| be returned BY the Northern Light to this city.
| 5& ii Il am, very respectfully,
s95I IS IA. .55 OHN MoKEON, Z
United States District Attorney.
President Accessory Transit Company.
no this letter Mr.. McKeon received the fol
loving reply:
OFFICE OF THE ACCESSORY TRANSIT CoMP .aY, \ g.
4 NEW YoHk, Dec 49, 1856.
To JOHN McKEoN, Esq, U. Is. District Attorney:
Sri have this moment received your favor of tn
date and note contents will Immediately give write
instructions to Captain Tinklepaugh to bring back an
cannon munitions Of war if any should be found ae
creted board the Northern Light on her arrival
Punsa Arenas, in conformity to your request. AS
| ~ am, very respectfully, your obsdsnt servant,
| - THOs. LORD, President.
The U. 8. Marshals proceeded to search tn
! vessel, and the Herald gives the following &C
count of the proceedings:
During the forenoon the cargo in the forward
part of the vessel had been broken up and
placed on deck ready for the inspection Of the
proper officers when they came on board Al
u O'clock, NJ, S. 7. Goldson came on board
| and at once the examination Of the cargo wa
commenced, under the inspection Of this gentle
man, Capt. Faunce, Lieut.. a. D. Saudford, an,
Lieut. F. N. jackson, OF the cutter Washington
The boxes on deck we're broken open and thei
contents examined. This portion of the care
having been finished, the g sInquisitiye Commit
tee,'' as it was called, descended to the lowe
| hold and renewed the search. 2si
Here were the boxes which had caused all til
| difficulty. These were boxes about four fee
| long and two or three feet wide, and being yer
heavy, were supposed to contain rifles, balls q
cannon. These were shipped by Wines & Co
express, and in breathless anxiety they wer
| tumbled over and the mallet and chisel apple
to the sides. Of came the lids, and in PFC
found silence the paper wrappings were raised
and behold-what was there-not cannon, nc
the Minnie rifles, as was reported, but goot
solid, substantial tploughshares. A laugh wen
| up as this discovery was made, and the orde
was given by Captain Faunce and Mr.. Goldsor
of the Custom House, to pass them" In som
of these suspicious boxes were saddles, and i
others ploughshares. Ploughshares and sad
dies, type and printing press, in place Of car
mons, rifles and powder and ball tg a -
| The investigation Of the cargo was com
menced at -, and ended at 2 O'clock P. N
The whole work was done in two hours time
None of the packages corded by the Custom
House, and bearing the Custom House seal
were opened. None of the hunks were ex
amined, nor were any trunks or private pro
perty Of the passengers examined. The Gus
TOM House officer considered this unnecessary
When the cargo was finished nothing remaine
to look into excepting the coal, and there bein
about six hundred tons of this on board, it va
looked upon as sc little too much of goos
thing to overhaul ell this' The offer wa
made by the officers of the steamer, to take tW
of the United States Marshals to Greytown an
bring them back, and these officers should b
g lockers on while the coal was gradually dis
appearing on the voyage. This offer was &C
cepted by the government officers Of the g il
euisitive committee" and the proposition cor
veyed to Mr.. McKeon in the afternoon Thu
ended the search for ammunition on board th
Northern Light. aGgtS.@5.
The cargo on board was compared with th
shippers manifest, and agreed in every particr
lar, excepting the saddles and ploughshare
5000 feet OF lumber, and one OR two sma
packages, which were not entered on the man
fest of the shippers. Mr.. G. 3. Middlebroo
represented Wells, Fargo & CO.. $ Express, dur
ing the search; Mr.. Wines represented Wines
Co.'s Express; Mr.. j N. Scott and Mr.. Osca
Coles represented the Nicaragua Transit Con
pany, both Of these gentlemen being agents j
company employ. .,E..,-.'.
The search being ended the inquisitiye con
mittee, at the invitation of Captain Tinkl,
paugh, sat down to dinner. A table was sprea
with every delicacy, and wine flowed in prt
fusion. .,.... svt.,,
In tine afternoon, Mr. McKeon, the Distri
Attorney, telegraphed to the President that Il
vessel had been searched, that nothing contrt
band had been found on board, and it was pre-
posed to send two Deputy U. s. Marshals wit
the Northern Light to Greytown, to see il ar
ordnance was concealed under the coal NJ
McKeon desired the President to give orde
whether the vessel should be any longer
tanned. . ,-..4 50
About o'clock dispatch was received fro
the President, leaving it to the discretion
MIR. Mekeon to allow the vessel to depart or NO
1t was IL o'clock at night before the doc