Dakota City herald. [volume] (Dakota City, Neb.) 1857-1860, 1860-04-07
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q vtiy lir4UOSl and degraded aspect
Frou a vogytrso,ion With the ohser iu
s5myaaui Of thir pr,4e We learned Ia sdiiNen
g What aas already been published that Ma
ris's ships were ne, 6rei late until they had
commented Erng With maskotry aud au eight
ssn poundcr into the Ind amelia ard Wave
steamers Ia tle employ 5f eur squadron,
which batapproarhel aui hailed ,he Nramou
to ascertain her character, aud dem,ld that
tLo should show her coiors The lndjauola
Was Ia oomwand ~ Cap ain Brysop OF the q
s. sloop os.vSE, Prstle aad the Wave Of Lieut.
Canard 0ftAS United States friga,e Savannah
The lndianola is the stssmsr owned by
Gen, Goieouria. which has bssn engaged In
the trade between ;nis city and Vera Crus,
and has rsssu,ly been chartered by the Jua-
7 req 8overhW ent The Wave IL pilot steam.
er. TAey wsFs both Oharterd to tow ths Sar.
ora % Aston LlEardo to ascertain the pur
/ poses Of AArias squadron. A sJgong force
Of sSjlors sud wuinSs, under the officers
uamsd, wOrs detached frs,n sae Savannah and
pfoblo 20 man these steamers, which, en- the
attempt Of Marin's hips to cso9oe thc Slyan
nab, we're ordered BY Cspt Turner pHler
cept sns require ihen to braG Haeas-
ere wers gls.el ga me ia1aayla .ud Wave,
aud ias s-llgr- aai ma.i-ss vcs, armed Will
| the Nir.o g.bs
Az the American stsamers upproigaed the
Miramon, aud loudly hajlsi hgr, yolley Of
nssketry vss AIRED from ber docks into Tie
Iudtsnola which wounded badly two Of the
! men Of the crew Of the Prsble. rae Indian
O's and Wave both returned TIE hfe, and the
M,ramon, in endea'orIRg to escape nom them,
passed within poiu,-b plank shgt Of the Saratoga,
which immediately opened her batteries and
swept the Mlrsnon's decks with larboerj
bpoadids, at the same time delivering hot
s,sr5sarJ brosdsi5y nro the N fques 10 Ha-
5aaa Tho Mauon continued ho hshy To-
/ syms Gmc, her g.sa. lawsrI g4t b..uE ve"
manned end ha oGo. ia somura,
If this gun, e.ig he hope.ssynsss Of ao!
further refused TO conlias tic hght
9aereaPon it i, said, he was set upon by N,
desperate crew with knives and badly wouo-
ded. Finally, however, after having sOm'
thirty old Of their crew killed and wounded,
she ceased all resistance, and was boarded by
detaohmSAt frsm the lndsuola, and raker
possession Of by Capt Bryson .t-
Ia the TIVE steamers Of Marin there we're 10
Al sb}ps one Luudrei and sixty mep,s No
aslqrs Nsss.see eeEa e. s..sss slszmoF sssssss. Af
tsF gBr s.ssmsrs had cen 6red isto. $ span-
ish cesf5 usre then hauiql w. Ths whole
tTansast Rtsq3s iqily sadsfsirly ji-s.ssd, 80
far as our OH 5srg are e9acsrued, without ref
ersnoe to tao question Of poiitieat aud ma slss a
Law touching tbs right 10 seize and interstgt
7s-seis. Vn0y elmmittsd the fret violence
! hrsi tbs tia: shot, Houudcd American citizen,
| on thl decks OF c,TI own sbips, aBd are jusily J
| puui.AJd and tyeated as pirAtes ana fresboot
ers 10 viii be worse than Yain and foolish for
/ the Spanish authorities to osiAplain of the
| ius1It 20 tbsir flag ig this affair Their sav-
era dsspstches aud protesta to Capt Jarvis
! will be treated with little attention apd res
/ psrt Thg otnog officers Of foreign vessels at
Vera Cruz nelldin the British and French
o'musnders, approved end spPlaqdot the
| conduct Of our Commodore