The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-23
Pendlny Cte5lOls OF International
Law.

pending before the American ana Ing
ii-h courts which involve some nice
points 81 international law
The FIRST Of these arises ont OF the
7eizure Of the Joseph ]. Gcraty. twill
re recollectcd that this vessel cleared
from Iatamoros with a quantity Of cot
ton, and whilst at sea was seized 10y
some rebels, who had managed to take
passage on board She was taken 10
Belize. where the pirates commenced
selling the cotton, bat the authorities,
being informed 81 the facts. laid an EN-
barge on the 80 sel, and sent five Of the
men concerned Ia the capture TO Eng
land for trial icrp;racy. Several hear
iuas Of the case had been had at Liver
pool; but no decision had been arrived
az when the last steamer left IN the
meanwhile the authorities 40 Belize
concluded to release theveseel. and she
j. now on her way home to her owners
at New York.
Ia the case Of the Chesapeake--as
clear an act Of piracy IS ever was com
m.tted-the vese was given up by the
order Of the provincial government;
lut q local iud Zc at 81 JOHN notorious
for his rehabilitation threw the shield
of his p OF ct.ol over the offenders and
set them at large. u is rumored, We
know not with how much foundation
that Earl Russell has written out 10
have them r,arresled and put on their
trial
The third case is that Of the capture
OF the Saxon off the coast Of Africa. bv
the Vanderbilt and tho shooting Other
mate by an officer of the L. S. Navy
There was strong presumption that the
vessel was serving az sort OF tender TO
the rebel privatesc Alabama. part Of the
cargo Of the Conrad an American YES
sci, which had been seized by the latter
having been found on board OF her. A
decree has, however, just been entered
by Judge Belts, liberatinc the vessel
and cargo, and restoring them to their
owners, on the ground that no evidence
has been adduced just.1ving their con
domination. In the meanwhile Mr. Da-
nenhower the United States officer who
shot the mate, Gray, is on his trial be-
fore a courtmartial ct the Philadelphia
Navy Yard Judge Belts decision may
affect his case Uuay1Tahlv. although
naval men VIII bee apt 10 take different
view Of the facts from that Of the
Judge
The British government ore oxercis-
lnga strong pressure IN the matter, Il
being insisted upon that not only shall
Mr. D1uenLower bc punished, but that
compensation shall DE made 10 thewid-
ow and family Of 1lr Gray The case
Is fall Of difficulty. and may lead 10
further trou6ie-N ;. HeoaA
NEW MOTWu Powar.-Pro,c.s or Bar
santi and Natteucci, Of Florence have
invented-a new mode Of producing mo-
tive power. Their engine may be de
scribed as an atmospheric engine. .
vacuum being produced in tho cylir-
ders. under the pistous, by the oEplo-
SION Of mixture Of atmospheric P
with an inlammable gas. The explo-
sion IS said 10 be without noiseand free
from danger The result Of q long se-
rics OF experiments upon two machine,
one Of Them bong of Uwentv-horse
power and the other of iour-pr0yes
that the consumption of the gas used Is
one third Of a cubic metre per horse
power per hour. Tho gas is said to be
produced 90 cost oi lcss than penny
the cubic metre; con cquentlv. horse
power can Be obtained at about one
laird of a penny the hour The ma
chimes constructed are reported to work |
satisfactorily, and the principle to be
equally applicable to marine and loco |
motive engines Several patents have |
been taken out iu this country for ma
chimes Of this class Hitherto, lowcy-