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THE CAPTURE OF NIIRAMON'S STEAMERS
THE PROTESTS OF THE COMMAN-

IHE MEXICAN VIEW THE VERA CRUZ OUTRAGE
we hnd the following important document ap-
PedrlhS as an advertisement in one of the New Or
| leans papers: ~ -
be 1t known that, on the 9th of February last.
ane uiuerslgnea ieit the city of Havana, with two
steamers, which he had purchased from merchants
OF that place, by order and for acconnt Of th =,
preme Government of Mexico, having pivnn IN ono
OF them the name of General Mramon after She
had been nationaized as Mexican staamar "a
retaining for the other the name of Marouns do 10
Ha0ana until she were nationalized as Mexican
which was to take place only after reaching the
coast of Mexico, and provided she had approved
herself in good condition during the voyage. Tho
undersigned, according to instructions from his
government, was bound to, and on the 9th of March
arrived at the port of Anton LizardO, which is a
port of the Republic of Mexico, and there anchored
his steamers. On the night of the same dav, at the
hour of halfpast eleven, he was approached bv
three vessels, two steamers and three-masted ship
10 wit: the steamer Wave, which the UNDERSIGNED
NheM n 10 pe IN the service of Don BenitO Juarez
the President of Vera Cruz; the steamer IndianoIa
merchant vessel, known also as being in the ME
rest ana at the service of said Don Benito Jnarez.
and what turned out afterwards to be the sara
toga, war vessel of the United States IT,
undersigned, believing the said steamers W.
and lndianola to be in the service and under Tho
orders OF the Vera Cruz government, and sunro
sing tnat they were towing up armed launches
OF sald government to attack him, ordered tho
anchors to be raised, and pressed the fires at the
engine. AT this very moment, and at short inter
val from each other, he received two balshots from
lHe approaching vessels, which immpdiatalv
returned by the Miramon. Presently the masts of
the ship became more apparent and the under
signed, taking his spy-glass, soon discovered that
the aforesaid steamers were not towing armed
launches OF the Government of Vera Cruz as he
had supposed, but a frigate which it struck him
might be of the United States, though she had no
nag at her mast, any more than the Wave and the
indlanola and at once he ordered his men to cease
hrlng, as his Government not being at war with
the United States, had instructed him seduouslv
to avoid all complications with that nation. Bnt
the hre from the attacking vessels was resumed
with increased vigor, both with cannon and m1s-
kerry. The steamers Mramon and Marouas de Ia
Habana were boarded and captured and the under
signed, with his officers and crew. reduced To rr
orous captivity. The number of men killed or
wounded on board of his steamers the UNDERSIGNED
cannot state, as he was held, Immediately after be-
ing taken, in strict ano solitary confinement. On
the 18th the undersigned was transferred, with
some OF the men under him, on board of the Pre-
Die, another vesseOf-war of the United States
which left on the 18th for New Orleans where tho
undersigned and his men were landed on the 29tb
ana conducted to the public jail under escort. The
Undersigned would state, in addition that amOnp
the persons prominent on board of the attacking
vessels and clearly engaged in the expedition were
Senor Goieouria, Colonel Jose Oropeza, and the
well-known Senior La Lave one of the generals Of
Don Benito Juarez For all which, and in view Of
the claim for redress and satisfaction which his
Government may have to urge on account of tha
outrage committed by Captain Turner of the Sar-
aoga, without the least color OF right pretence or
excuse, upon vessels and men belonging to the
Mexican Republic, in the waters of Mexico. and
within cannOn-shnt from the coast the undersigned
hereby publicly, and in the most solemn man
ner protests list. Against his having been
approached stealthilv, and in the night
while at anchor in one of the ports of
the Republic to which he belongs, by the
Saratoga, war vessel of the United States com
manded by Captain Turner, of the United States
navy, in concert with the steamer Wave, a vessel
IN the service of the Vera Cruz government and
with the lndanola, a merchant steamer, known to
he I'M fprpS Df md 1T,5a
same government, without cause, and against his
having, whilst Mexico is at peace with the United
States, been fired at, in fragrant violation of the
law OF nations. 3D. The undersigned protests
against his having been reduced to captivity with
his officers and crew, and brought to this port of
New Orleans, the undersigned being kept during
the whole passage in strict confinement. Sd. The
undersigned protests against the capture of the
steamers under his orders, and against their trans
lation to this port. 4th. The undersigned protests
against the slaughter that made of his men,
when firing had ceased on board the Miramon
steamer, and when resistance was no longer offered
on her part. 9TH The undersigned protests against
the outrageous manner in which he and his men
were taken t2 the Jail IN this city, as common eons
without cause OF warrant and against their having
been detained in it to this day, though no com
plant, as yet has been entered, in court or else
where, charging any of them with any offence or
delinquency whatever. TOMAS MARIN
Admiral of the Mexican Nav.
New ORLEANS, March 81, 1850.
THE PROTEST OF VICTORIO SAURES
AND THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND
SPANISH AND FRENCH NAVAL OFFICERS RELATIVE TO
THE CAPTURE OF THE MEXICAN STEAMERS.
The following the principal points in the cor
respondence between Captain Jarvis and the Span
ish and French commanders, together with the re.
spectIVe officers against the capture and sending
to the United States of the two Miramon vessels
Captain Jarvis answer to their letters and protests
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 com
m nlnT nf tha hr,r~
capture and sending of the steamers to the United
States and says; 'The dignity of the great Span
sh nation, to which glory in belonging and the
high honor of being here the supporter Of its un-
tarmshed renown, now impose on me the sacred
duty OF examining all the views contained in the
communication referred to, sift them and make
clear the dark and tOrtuous course manifested in
the act ordered by you, and carried into effect hv
the sloop-Oiwar Saratoga, in order that vou NAV
be accountable for it, and NAV be alone RESPONSE
bic, not only to the Spanish government and to
those of the civilized world but to that of the re-
spectacle American nation, whose reprObation
am certain, will not be long delayed" He then
maintains, in long rigmaroe, that the Mar
! ques de la Habana did not fire into steamers, or
! Interfere with them in any manner and SAYS: al
! shall make this statement of the affair to nv gov
ernment, in order that it may understand which
vessel first fired a shOtted gun-a new mode estab-
/ lished by the American vessels under your COM
mand of hailing vessel at sea to ascertain whence
! she came" He then says: "The Indignation
awakened by the narration of the means which
were practised by your order to carry into effect
| an enterprise which will be inexorabIy condemned.
| can be equalled only by that created by the law.
less attempt to legalize the capture of this vessel
the immediate delivery of which was required of
| you. These transactions are so public and motto.
/ RIO IS, and havetaken place Immediately before
the eyes of the nations which are so worthilv re-
! presented on this anchoring ground that shall
find in them the most impartial witnesses to attest
all the eXcesses committed by you, unless, in lust
vindication of the law of nations they shall have
already protested against the outbreak by which
you set it at defiance. Without stopping to reute
the argument in support of the legality of the
precedented act which YOU find in the contradiction
between the ships papers and the number of the
| crew and the proofs more or less sufficient of her
having brought cannon and small-lrms, shall con-
tent myself with relating to you that even if she had
brought articles cOntraband of war on the Mexican
coast, which is the utmost YOU could succeed in
proving, it was not the business of the United
! States forces to examine 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,
troops and military supplies, which pass b tore
| your watchlul and ready ewes, but far it has
never occurred to you place the slightest imped
! iment in her way. For all these reasons which
throw upon you the terrible responsibility of the
| act which you have committed ] conclude, with
| all the moral force which those reasons give me,
and because it is the only force present at nv dis
posal against the capture of Marques de la Habana
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
Judgment will adopt such measures as it may deem
most eXpedient to wipe off the insult which you
may have offered it, and for which you will have to
repent. FICTORIO SAURFs.
Capt Jarvis replies to this protest follows: al
! shall not attempt to quote the law Of nations to
| Justify my acts, as the tribunals of my country
will shortly decide upon them" The commander Of
the Spanish brig writes to Captain Jarvis, and de-
| sireS to be informed if she bore the Spanish flag
| when captured, and whether there were found on
board documents that accredited this nationality
| to wit: the rolls and patent issued by Spanish au
thorities because in this case they must have been
! despatched by tunctionary of her Catholic Ma
jesty. Captain Jarvis replied that ''upon exam-
nation OF the papers referred to, there was great
discrepancy between them and what is actually the
case. Her papers stated that she had no guns and
the crew and passengers in all were but thirty-hye
| whereas have received from her sixty-three. She
| also had cannon and smal-arms." The Spanish
commandant writes again to Captain Turner arain
protesting against the departure of the vessel to the
| United States. The commander of the French
! squadron, C. A. Boyer, addresses letter to Com
Jarvis in which he says: ''Durng the night of the
| 9th two steamers, whose nationality | am
not acquainted with, were anchored at Anton
Lzardo, roadstead within the jurisdiction of the
| Mexican republic. For reasons of which am ir.
| nOrant yOu directed expedition to seize the
| strange steamers, which object effected. An
act of this nature may cause great prejudice to
FreL ch commerce by stopping its vessels for it nav
| be apprehensive of not finding sufficient protec-
ton against the aggressons of American vessels
In this affair, the Mexican authorities alone had
| the right if to datain within