Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-31
Walker and his Movements.

Walker and his Movements,
The excitement of our neighbors, the No
bilians has not diminished since | wrote n
week ago. The leaders of the Nicaragua ex.
pedtion pretended to have abandoned the
enterprise upon the refusal of the custom
house authorities to clear their vessel, but
instead of disbanding, they pi ocured another
vessel, the Susan, and during the night of
the 4th instant they secretly embarked and
sailed down the bay. She remained in Mo.
bile Bay, however, until Monday last, the
9th, when she attempted to pass out the low.
er bay, but was intercepted by the revenue
cutter stationed there. The Captain of the
Susan, Mr. III. Marry, writes tho following
account of the proceedings for the Mobile pa
pers:
"While beating down Mobile Bay, on Mon
day, December 9th, at half past II p. NJ the
schooner Susan, IL. Maury, MASTER to the
northward of the fleet, was brought to and
boarded by the q. S revenue cutter Robert
McClelland, J. J. Morrison, commander -
The boarding officer was S. b. Caldwell, sec
ond lieutenant of said cutter, who demanded
to see the schooner's papers upon which Mr.
Maury replied that he had not cleared. but
was bound into the fleet to get ready for sea,
the schooner then having her signal fving
for water boat Lieut. Caldwell then re-
turned to the cutter.
Soon afterwards, he Qieut. c. revisited
the schooner, and claimed her as a prize. IN
the name of the United States, and ordered
the schooner to return to Mobile. He or
dered the schooner to be filled away, and the
helm to be put up whereupon Mr. Maury
master, denied his right to do so, aud imme
diately brought the schooner to anchor but
Mr.. Maury stated to Lieut.. Caldwell that he
had no objections to an officer of the cutter
remaining on board as Z guest, until the
schooner was ready for sea.
Lieut. Caldwell then fired pistol as a sig
nal, and the cutter Immediately sent another
boat, in command of Lieut. Geo II. White.
who came alongside and stated MS the order
of Capt. Morrison TO Lieut.. Caldwell, to take
the schooner to Dog River Bar and anchor,
and if he waited an armed crew. he Capt
Morrison, would send it to him. Lieut. Cald.
well replied that he would go back to the
cutter and see the Captain. Lieut.. White
with six men remained on board of the
schooner. Soon afterwards Lieut.. Caldwell
accompanied by Capt. Morrison, returned to
the schooner, with arms (pistols and cutlasses)
in their boat. Capt Morrison, upon step
ping on board inquired, "Who commands
this vessel 2" to which Mr. Maury replied,
Morrison claimed the schooner as IA prize to
the United States
Mr. Maury asked under what authority he
made the capture Capt Morrison replied
that he did so as government officer, and
by virtue Of orders from the Custom House
Mt Mobile, not to let the schooner pass below
Dog River Bar Mr.. AIaury replied that
such a course would be illegal, and that he
would most assurcdly resist any such attempt
Mr.. Maury also gave orders forbidding any
armed men coming on board, and stated to
Capt Morrison that he intended taking his
vessel into the feet Capt. Morrison then
said by virtue Of the Custom House orders
he would sink the schooner Susan if SHE un-
dertoOk to get under weigh from where she
then lay.
After some further conversation between
Capt. Morrison and Mr. Maury, in which the
former expressed his determination to take
the schooner to Dog River Bar as a prize to
the United States, and the latter expressed
his determination not to be taken as a prize,
inasmuch as he had violated no law, Capt.
Morrison and Lieut. Caldwell returned to
the cutter, leaving on board Lieut. White as
guest of Mr.. Maury.
The schooner then got under way and
stood to the westward, with her starboard
taeks Oh board, the wind being to the south
ward
The Captain of the Susan had applied IT,
the Custom House for Il clearance to Key
West, Florida, but it was refused. The
schooner is said to have had all the papers
regular, except a clearance The Mobile Reg
lister has been violently exercised in the
premises, and cOunsels all sorts of resistance
TO the tyranny manifested in the ease.
M0BILE December Stk.-The schooner Su-
san, with the Nicaragua emigrants ON board,
left the hover harbor last night, after taking
on board a supply of water, and proceeded
out towards the Gulf She was chased by
the revenue cutter Mcclellan, overhauled and
ordered to heaVe to. Captain Maury, of the
schooner, however, disregarded the signal,
when shot was fired into her. The schoon
er sustained no serious damage, however,
ana no one on board was injured. She then
proceeded on her way, taking with her Lieut.
White, Of the revenue cutter, who was on
board as the guest of Captain Maury. The
revenue cutter, in attempting TO overhaul
her and keep in gunshet range. got aground
On the shoal water off Navy Cove, and had
not been able to get off at the time our in
formant left the Lower Harbor.
MOBILE, December 9th, 2P. M.-The sehoon-
er Susan is supposed to be some three or four
hundred miles at sea by this time The sue
cess of Captain Maury in evading pursuit,
and in resisting seizure while in the harbor,
gives very general satisfaction to our citizens
and those interested in the enterprise are re
jocing at the result
The Register expresses the confident opin-
ion that the passengers by the Susan will
land in Central America, without opposition,
as the British and American squadrons at
San Juan cannot interfere with the plans and
prospects of emigrants to the eountry-N o..
cor. Aita.
CURIOUS BAPTIsM.-Joseph Peterson has,
for long time, been suspected, by Elizabeth