The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-23
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FRIDAY lroRNINo.. -. ..MAROH "a. 1880
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The Capture u the TIVE Mexican Vessels.
This event has created, a. may we'll be i'm .
agined, . profound sensation, not only in 20.
hticsi aud diplomatic circles at Wash in ton,
but throughout the country The blow was
struck At critical moment, when the leaty
with Mexico was ssill under discussion and
hung trembling in the scales. The sword Of
Captain TURNER seems in q fair way to make
that prepOnderate into which it has been
thrown.
We observe that no orders had been receiy ed
from Washington, but that the Government
approves Of the act in question. As far as we
can learn, the case stands thus: There is, in
Mexico. rebellion, rs there always is, against
the Government which our own has acknowl-
edged, aud 1T the head Of which is JUAREz,
with whom the treaty now under considera-
lion In the Senate has been concluded. At the
head Of this rebellion is MiRAMOK, a man who
has already shown an utter disregard Of all
international law, by driving our citizens out
Of Mexico, aud plundering them wherever he
has had an opportunity. He is, it is we'll
known, At this moment besiegiug the city of
Vera Cruz When ne was about to advance
upon il, Capt. TURNER went ON shore and
visited him at his headquarters, for the pur.
rose Of ascertaining whether it was his inten.
ZION to respect the lives and property of Ame
fiean citizens, both of which were placed in
extreme peril by his movements. 1t is not
known what answer he gave, but it is pre-.
sumed to have been not very satisfactory. At
any rate. previously to this interview he had
sent several hundred thousand dollars to Ha-
vnna, where be had purchased two war steam
ers snd under the very nose of the au thorities.
had manned tf'em with Spanish soldiers
With these steamers, he Intended to blockade
The port Of Vera Cruz, with tho design
doubtless, Of enriching himself with the plan.
der derived from the merchant vessels who
might attempt to enter it, The scheme |
was evidently piratical, for his vessels |
had no national character, aud could not,
therefore, legally constitute q blockading |
squadron. Capt. TURNER, no doubt, saw what |
was intended He knew that vast numbers
Of American ships are constantly entering
the harbor of Vera Cruz, and he saw that the |
blockade was nothing more than pretext to
Justify MIRANoN in seizing them. It was, in
TACT. bold attempt to establish a system of IL.
saiized piracy on large scale He determined
to prevent it if he could, and he did prevent
1t most efsctually. The Spanish Govern
ment evidently connived at it, as 1t did at the
lncursions of the Florida Indians upon our
frontier, when Florida belonged to Spain.
and the systematic warfare waged upon all
commerce that navigated the gulf, by the nj.
rates Of the FOxardo Islands. JACKSON broke
mp tho first, and PORTER the second band of
robbers. TURNER has done nothing more than |
initiate the examples which proved so success
nj ON the former occasions. He crushed the
pirates At single blow. Such appears to us
o have been the whole case.
Captain TURNER is native of Virginia,
md was born in Fauquier county. He enter
a the Navy about thirty years ago, and is.
we understand, between forty five and ffty
'ears OF age. ....