New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-17

tie mouth Of the Mississippi may have hsd ssu,,A.
to DO it'll this increase Of vigilance the PAT a n.
British. We think that the Navy Depsrtns,. !.
Washington might pro ftsby employ few Of On, e.,
uiserst to do police duty in the Gulf and On the CHI.
COAT. They could overhaul and examine vel.
carrying flag and If they did their duty fa.Af,s,
might in this way do much toward breaking apA n.
Internal traffic
Appended are q number Of cases in which Amere..
vssses have been subjected TO British surveillance
Cspt. Foukes, of the brig Tropic Bird at Savanna
makes the following report:
beg to call attention N. lot. o.trsx. eouuss.
our es BY British cruiser The shi, rOyc Bird usser ;,
Prince when s1 miles was srosshs 70 .aa ho,
BY the British gulbost jasper The on nearing tn r.
%. hen adss h. ~r pn: .P s. ts
scrOs, cur stern while stays cred sncss. ~
sm BY ws l siai he .oppsa N American .hp on ~ ~
he said that they bad been app'ed Of yes.e as ~
see NJ psper, to which demand after demonstrating ne
mi,,sd He then turned toward bis boa, and oder ne a.
proct eded before he had left the ship which tA,es ~
rtudsd The Tropic Bird, far from h.ylos the .ppasas
short banded W.. 6s.rs mp 70 ln.sus nnss e..y 81. ~
% ns sn. on one so. pI
in :n eleven Of whom we're -smen .nd children tssy eos1S
he ebe mostly used By AmeIio an vessel, bound Som. a.
Haya Jamaica and part Of The Spanish main, VIII s ssi
commerce TO reAt dea OF ee'enIon -, ,o
Yoursvery trsy, C. f0uLkRS
Capt. Bray Of the brig Robert Wing, u Bostou.
reports off Insgus, the 29th u.-, bost from
British cruiser came alongside and examined tse brss
papers, Previous to sending the boat the cruiser fred
gum There were ship and . schooner in company
at the time The schooner was detained on susp.ciou
Of being SLAYER.
Capt Albert Gsge of the American bark w. II.
Chandler, who arrived here On Friday morncs 10
ports that while lying in the harbor Of Ssgus Il
Grand his vessel was boarded by officer from the
British steamer StyI. He says:
81 was boarded by a boat commanded by an office,
dressed in the English naval uniform and manned By
twelve or fifteen men, who were armed. He came -
deck, followed by bis men, without ashirg permission,
walked into my cabin and proceeded to asa questions
such as the vessels name, where she belonged,
where she was bound to- what was her cargo. seds
great many others. asked him his object in doing
this, and he replied that he was going home and
wanted to make report Of all the vessels at that
place. He went below to satisfy himself that the
answers as to cargo were correct tie went on board
Of all the American vessels except two teat were
lying in port, and one Spanish bark He even aea.
down into sose Of the vessels holds. The boot
had DO colors fyirg but as she approached Z
vessels side he would show the Engish deg,
and then IL would be put in the bottom OF the boat
again. After he bad asked me the questions, he
wanted my chips papers. l told hlm that .hsy
were deposited at the ccnsul's. Then he waited
10 zee my clearance from New York, which showed.
He examined it. and said that it was not legal,
there Was no naval officers signature to it, showed
him TO the contrary, and he went away
It subsequently appeared that the officer, Lieut. We
sey and his party, were from the British steamer
Styx which was then anchored off the ooast u Cuba
sbou. twenty miles from the Hsrbor Of Sasua %
Grsnde whence the officer, who the second leten
ant of the Styx and bis party of twelve had Gene
the came morning. The cove where the Styx was an
ctored near Sagus la Grande, is called Key Christie
Wren the Port Captain of Ssgus Ia Grande AID tie
other authorities Of the place heard Of the cruise OF
the British boat, they expressed much indignation
such strange proceedings on the part Of the British
naval officers
Next morning the Port Captain called meeting Of
the captains, whom he requested 10 sign their nance
to protest which he had already drawn up concern.
ing the matter and which ne intended 10 submit 10 the
proper authorities Captain Gsgs was one Of those
who signed their names to this protest, and u wv
signed by every captain whose vessel bad been
searched
The captain had conversation with the other CAP
tains subsequently to the searching of their vesses
and be was informed by all that rigorous search Of
their vessels had been made, and that the ofie
went far in some instances, as Is bore casks with
augur order to make the search unusually strict
In some vess els the bearing of the officer more
than imperious-it wss iDsOlent and commanding.
When be arrived At the big Scorn Of Boston there
was DO tfficer board except the second mate. De
ordered HIM to hoist his fsg and added that he should
have done IL before when he saw an English mao-oi'
war boat approaching with her colors flying. The
captain ives also informed that every vessel he Viz
tied be drank rum, brandy, gin, other such
eversge.
of the schooner Coez, that according to the osths Of
seven persons-part Of whom were passengers on
board the Cortez taken at the United States Consu
late in Havana, the captain of the British cruiser YVES
drunk when he boarded the Cortez. That having
taken copies of her papers he induced her captain 10
60 on bt ard the with him; that when they
turned to the Cortez both considerably eIctedj
that the British captain then denied having ady
papers at all on board the Cortez refusing -
turn the passports of the passengers, which had been
handed to him for examination.
The captain Of the American bark Glenburn, which
arrived at Havana some days since from Antvsp
deeply laden with machinery, &C., also ,compAns Of
having been boarded by British cruiser of the coat
Of this island and states that In reply 10 his question
did his vessel look like SLAYER r the British officer
who boarded him said "No but the orders they he'd
received at Jamaica were, that they were bosrd
ali vessels they met with on this coast"
ARREST OF CAPTAIN JUDKIss, OF TIE BRITISH
STEAMER PERSIA.
Captain Judkins, Of the British steamer Psrsis was
arrested by United States Officer Edward Hogan 90
Tbursdsy afternoon undert the following circumstances
1t appears that upon receiving orders from Deputy
Health Officer Waller to anchor the Persia ct Quarss
tine, because Of the small po1 case Uncovered board
he found one Of the Cusom-IIouse officials su1ous 10
leave the ship, which for some time he prevsntsd in
compliance with orders from the Health Officer who
directed him TO allow no one TO board or leave h ship
Upon this official gaining the shore he found another
Custom House officer equally anxious 10 board the
Perris, as he had important documents 10 deliver 10
person but Captain Judkins sent word that be should
not admit him. The two officers then came back 70
New York, and, appearing before United States Com