The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-07
Capture Of the Mexican Stramcrs-The Cor.
rcspOndemce between the American and
Spanish and French Naval Officers.

rcspondemc- between the American and |
Spanish and French Naval Officers.
The following are the principal points in the |
correspondence between Captain Jarvis and
the Spanish and French commanders, to-
gether with the respective officers, against the
capture and sending to the United States Of
the two Miramon vessels. Capt. Jarvis an
swer to their letters and protest is very brief
as he considered the whole matter as in the
hands of the Government after the steamers
were sent to New Orleans. The letter OF the
commander the Spanish brig protests against
the capture and sending of the steamers to the
United States, and says:
The dignity of the great Spanish nation, to
which glory in belonging, and the high honor
of being here the supporter Of its untarlished
reuown, now imposes on me the sacred duty
of examining all the views contained in the
commu nication referred to, sift them and Ike
clear the dark and tortuous course NANTES ted
in the act ordered by you, and carried In to ef-
feet by the sioop- Saratoga, in order that
you may be accountable for it, and may be
alone responsible, not only to the Spanish Co.
vernment and to those of the civilized world,
but to that of the respectable American nation,
whose reprobation, am certain, will not long
be delayed.
He then maintains. in a long rgmarole, that
the Marques de Uabana did not fire into
steamers or interfere with them in any manner,
and says
Without stopping to refute the argument in
support Of the legality of the unprecedented
act which you find in the contradc ton be-
tween the ships papers and the number of the
crew and the proofs, more or less, sufficient of
her having brought cannon and small arms, l
shall con tent myseif with relating to you that
even if she had brought articles con ntraband
| of war on the Mexican coast, which is the ut
most You could succeed in proving i. was not
| the business OF the United States forces to ex-
anime in the matter, nor had they authority
| To try the vessels. On the other hand, from
| this place the American merchant vessel
| Wave is continually seen bringing arms,
| fore your watchful and ready eyes, but so far
| 1t has never occurred to yOu to place the
! slightest impediment in her way. For all
| these reasons, which throw upon you the ter
| rible responsibility of the act which you have
| committed, conclude with all the moral force
| which those reasons gave me, and because 1t
| Is the only force at present at my disposal,
against the capture of the Marques de Ha-
| bana and her being sent with prisoners to the
ports OF the United States.
| In the meantime. reporting the matter to my
| Government, which, in its enlightened judg.
ment, will adopt such measures it m;,y
deem most expedient to wipe Off the insult
| which you may have offered it, and for which
| you Will have 10 repent.
ViCToRIo SAUREs
Capt. Jarvis replies to this protest as fol-
| lows:
- shall not attempt to quote the law of ma
| tions to justify my acts, as the tribunals of my
| country Will SDOrtly CeC.Ce upon tnem."
| The commander of the Spanish brig writes
| to Captain Jarvis, and desires to be informed
il she bore the Spanish flag when captured
and whether there were found OF board docu-
ments that accredited this nationality, to Wit
| the rolls and patent iss Red by Spanish author
tiles because in this case they must have been
dispatched by a funciionary OF her Catholic
! MaleSty.
| Captain Jarvis replied that 'upon eXamina
ton ot the papers referred 10, there was gre;,'
| discrepancy between them and what is actual
| ly the case. Her papers stated that she had &c
guns, and the crew and passengers In all Were
! but thirty-fye, whereas l have received from
her sixty-three. She also had cannon anC
small arms
| The Spanish commandment writes again tt
| Captain Turner, again protesting against the
| departure of the vessel to the United States.
The commander of the French squadron, G
A. Boyer, addresses a letter TO Com. Jarvis, ii
| which he says:
"Duripg the night Of the 9th, two steamers
| whose nationality am not acquainted with
We're anchored at Anton LiZardc, a roadsteat
within the jurisdiction OF the Mexican Repub
lie. For reasons of which l am Ignorant, yo,
| directed an expedition to seize the strang
steamers, which object was effected. An ac
of this nature may cause great prejudice Il
, ,, French commerce by stopping it's vessels 70
/ il may be apnrehensive OF not finding sui!i
| cient protection against the aggressions o
American vessels In this affair the Mexica
authorities alone had the right, If necessaI )
to detain within it's territorial jurisdiction tb
| TWO vessels in question. l owe II, therefore, I
: my duty and 10 my dignity, to protest agaius
an act which consider Illegal, which viola te
| the rights OF neutrals, and which shall haste
to convey to toe knowledge of the Emperor {
| the French
Commander Jarvis replied TO this by express
: ing his deep regret that the French Commar
: der deemed it his duty to address such a LEI
ter, SO tar transcending the bounds of coul
= | tesy.'
9 FIRE IN THE JERSEY PINEs-FsayfMl Scene
" fire broke out in the pines near Mt. Holl.
l. n. J., last week burning over space six mil'
IS long and three miles in width. The Miro
= saws:
rt The Mannahawkin stage, on its way TO M
Holly, on Friday met with Il narrow esca!
ie from the fire. The driver, before he was awa
oft. found himself almost in the midst of Il
DC flames. The great body Of the fire, howeve
IN ,.o,,,1 to i, .d him nd bo n, m.