The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-16
L II E DiSP ATC II.
TEDNES BAY MORNING. FEBRUARY lG ls5e

INTERNATIONAL CouATEsY.-4R AnterirGR Frltsqte
Itoris Far Days 10 fioot a Brifi}. Ngn-of. U.y
The following il An extract iroma private !etter
giving al account of the succossful eff ort, Of
Capt. Levy, of the Uated States ship Macedc nian.
TO relieve the British frigste Curacoa, which had
grounded in the Bay of smyrna:
UNITED STATES SBIp MACEDONIAN.
Herhor Alexandria, Egypt, Jan. :. Asa
On going out Of the Bay of SmYrua, we Das.ed
an English steam ftigaie, the "CuTacoa," hard
ana tsst aground. Captain Levy sent q boar
alongside rendering the use uf our ship and boat
III getting her off, which accepted. The
steamer had the Eu -lish Ambassador 4 ? t,ons,an.
tinople on board, Lord Richard Stralford De Red.
cfe, and family. They had Russian steamers and
Turkish boats tugging at her, but none could
start her and they all gave it mp g bad job aud
left; but the Yankee wOuldu't give It up so We
we're the first 10 come alongside 10 assist them
asd the last to leave, and did not leave until We
had got her afnat again. You should have been
preeeut 10 hear the cheering when che foated-ii
wonld have ione your heart good. We came tc
her on Sunday and remained until Thursday -
Great credit - due Capt L3vy for his untiring ex
ertlons In accomplishing the work. lie received
very polite letters from different sources, return
ing ihanks for the Kindness rendered
The Curacao going niue knots an hour wheU
she struck, ana when she stopped she had but six
feet OF water forward, and she drawing seventeen
Thus, you see, she iDbedded eleven feet al
trst, and mnst necessarily settle some; but Capt
Levy said she should come Il. We parted all oul
large hawsers aud stream chains. and, SO last
resort, We took down the cabin bulkheads, aud
passed their stream cable into stern ports and
bronght 1t 10 our main deck capstan, aud thus,
after much heavy WORK, We brought her off. The
Captain came on board. and. in persOn, returned
thanks TO Captain Levy.
A KozsrA AFFAIR IN Sourn AMrsIcA-Mr Mon
sHlve, formerly editor OF Es,reil1 d. Paaaatd, has
been arrested at Callso, aud confined in the Gas,
. nkglf
scme revolutionary enterprise. The Star and He
raid correspondent says
MIR. Monsslve has bsen in Lima for come tin c
past purchasing goods. &C. for the purpose OF spe-
culating IL the inf1l iOr of LambaYRqne. These
goods he had shipped board Of six different YES
GELS as shown by his BILLS OF iadng the last being
On hoard Of the "Psguete del Callao" In which yes
bsrkrd when the CspaE o the p9rt cae on boar5 @
aud informed him that he to con ider him sslt
nnderarres and must go ashore again. Mr Mon.
saiVe demanded to see the warrant OF hiz arrest.
tnis the officer confessed be had rot but that
Was supreme order to arrest him. aud that he
mast ober IL. In vain did VI Monsalye aad also the
Captain OF tie vessel protest azainst h proceed
tngsi lac was obliged TO come shore, and was
then pisced @atc1d2. He lies in prison THIS
moment lea complete state of ignorance rs TO thu
rea4 3hs or motives OF mis- arrest sHr Moasaivs ia
na!Ive Of Ecuadfr. brt an American citizsu. His
liberal views and the indt pendent course he pursu
"a while In charge Of the hstrella mag have caus-
ed this government TO think that IL would be bet
him up.
correspondent Of one of the New York papers
writes that Mr. Monssve is native of Ecuador and
's an American citizen only 70 far as declaration
OF his nteation to become one, made four or FIVE
years since in New York, will make him one The
I. 5. Consul, however, had placed himself in
communication with the authorities In relation to
the arrest.
NAVAL ExdISEEgs-Tbo Secretary of the NAVY
hsE ordered Fret Assistant Engineer George Gid.
eGn to repair 10 Boston and superiutend the con.
struction Of the machinery for the new propeller
soopSof-war. Of ten feet draft, now buiIdin0
there. First Assistant EagiIaor A. Lswton has
aiao been ordered TO Boston TO superintsnd the
construction Of the machiuery for the propelier
Hartford which 10 also building at tne Navy Yard
there. Chief Engineer jesse Gay is relieved from
experimenting the construction Of machinery for
naval vessels building at Boston. Chief Engineer
IL II Stewart has been ordered to Baltimore. 10
sspefiotend the construction of machinery by
murray iiaziehurst for the naval vessel build,
lng al Norfolk. First Assistant Engineer WIN. s.
s'oan hos been ordered 10 Philadelphia 10 srper
Intend the construction OF machinery far the
sFamef Lancaster, now building at the nsyy yard
IN that city. '"'"
ht-ofEsihS or TIE SLAVE THADK-Daniei Lee
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