The New York herald., 1865-06-10

Vmo Aloxom0r9 Once More
IN tho Nassau Admiralty Court % the 2sd Nay, his
Honor Judge Doyle gave judgment in the Of tour
Lady the Queen British Steamship Mary, her tackle
British government with aview to the condemnation Of
tho steamship Mary, British registered vessel together
with portion Of her cargo for alleged violations of the
seventh section Of the Foreign Enlistment act 30 Geo.
g. oh. coy
The steamship Mary, better known a the Alexandra
was under that seized year or two ago In Liver
POOL whore she built Proceedings were then taken
against her. but terminated adversely crown and
she was given up to her professed On the 17th
July 1884, she iet Liverpool for the Bermuda Islands,
her name being changed to the Mary and Henry Laone
OF Liverpool merchant, being registered sole
owner She did not enter Bermuda, as the fever
was bad there, but was ordered by one Phinzy
rebel agent in Bermuda, TO whom this British
vessel was consigned, to Halifax. Remaining
at that port about eight weeks she sailed again for Ber
muda Her captain COLLIER had In the meantime been
20 England, and had rejoined his ship Bermuda On
che 9Th November 1884, Collier cleared the Mary at the
Halifax Custom House for Nassau, N p, via Bermuda
having on board among other things Ave Ct dry
goods At st. Georges Bermuda, wherc she arrived on
14th November and stayed till the 2lh twelve other
cases put on board
Tho contents OF these cases formed important evil
uSaubt
MI Dumaresq the British Receiver General for the Ba
ihamas aaid ut the trial.
Uncovered small gun, mounted, with appurenances
Z complete.
= Again.
reexamined tho gun and found that IL was not only
mounted on Wheels but that there was an iron tray ON
sne gun was made to traverse this tray had eye
@0 l:sfesq goes on s''' ''-'
o. the gun before alluded TO- and found that was
. NJ me groove IL the bore Of the gun further ex
snch Tne one now In court was one Of them. which
srss sS s@w nsd IN the muzze Of the gun Two casesI
mock racks, one Of which produce. would here
state adds Mr. Dumaresq) that took one of the ham
Scx racks on board Of the Mary and asceraned that
ntted the sockets staples the side of the vessel
case, marked ~. r g." also Contained iron ham
mock racks and iron handles for Of side lights
Tnere were also four bundles of canvass hammocks and
Two cases OF stationery belonging to Lieutenant Ham
lon Of the rebel navy
The contents Of the put board at Halifax were
stin more significant To quote still further from Mr.
Dumaresq:-
oask was nrst opened marked "P H - and found to
contain scrubbng brush s, tin cans &c. marked
81 r. H." was opened, and first there were found a
blank Confederate naval commission; parcel contain
ing form Of Quarterly pay receipt and muster rol
of-,a form OF general pay and receipt rol,'
Aamitsa, Messrs Fraser, Trenholm 4 Co., Rumford
place; also form Of q ''list Of clothng,n form
and q book entitled ''Rsgdlations for the Navy
Of tho Confederate States, 1892" and number
to by me- the
paper wrapper and the book Of regulations now pro-
duce In that case there was smaller case containing
four packages Of screw tourniquets, numbering in all
twenty four which now produce. l also found and
now produce surgical amputatns case Of instruments
In the largo case found package OF visiting cards. one
which produce thus
Mr. J. r. Hamilton,
Another case wa. M esaminedMai ~ ! Hu-which con-
tanned six brass wheels Mr.. Dumaresq in his cross
examination when questioned upon the point, stated
federate Navy" had number Of other books; ap-
peared me be private effects Of the person whose
card produced-Mr. }. X Hamilton"
While the vesselslay At Bermuda she took In GOALS
and the number Of berths increased from four to
thirty six; but no gunpowder shown TO have been
put on board.
Tho Mary entered the port Of Nassau with OF
twenty four On the 18th Of December, 1894 she
seized by the Hon. DAuvergne Dumaresq the British
Receiver General, and charged with "equppng,
arming, attempted equipping attempted armng" as
yessel- l-ofwar
Captain Preston commanding her Britannia Majestys
steamer Medea gave evidenoe that she fully adapted
for ship -ofwar; that her hammock nctngs such
a. were only used vessels Of that description and
board merchant shps and that the strength Of
her decks the size and position Of her water tanks and
her entire fittings adapted for vesselofwar but
not for the merchant service Other professional wit
nesses corroborated this evidence
with respect the character Of the gun put board
che Mary Captain Preston thus epeaks:"It small
rihed gun which, think, could carry aboGt twelve
pound shot, 1t fitted with field carriage. and also
an iron slide carriage II ia capable OF being used
board OF the Mary" In Captain Prestons cxmi-
nation he adds 1.-THE carriage is not similar TO those
uoad IN Our orvica I'M Capa of bp pnrt tQCl 1
should think was OF more recent invention than those
we use"
The defence set up that the Mary only in.
tended TO run the Charleston blockade, and that
sttemp had been made to equip her vessel of-war
Judg, Doyle, In an elaborate judgment held that the
British crown had not fully made on their case and
ordered the restitution of the ship to Henry Lafonc OF
Liverpool merchant" In doing So however his Honor
their costs also prayed for inasmuch as consider
that the whole Of the circumstances OF this very i'm.
porant case, coupled has necessarily been with
The Mary's former character and history, exa ted
no ordinary watchfuness on the crowns part to
prevent any successful breach Of the Foreign Enlist
ment act would ask can 1t be matter OF surprise,
or 1t be reasonably regarded unfair that every
act connected with the Mary from the time OF her arri
val in this up the period OF her seizure should be
closely looked TO and rgdly scrutinzed' And can be
justly objected to when the various grounds of grave
suspicion OF her true character and real destination be-
gan TO widen and strengthen when slight links in the
chain OF evidence began 70 unfold themselves and when
evidence itself commenced to assume the character OF
proof that watchfulness should cuImna into SEIZURE
and that the Mary should again be made 10 pass through
the ordeal OF court Of justice TO free her from tho very
strong suspicious surrounding herr
singular story OF Another Reported
Pirate.
The Nassau Guardian Of May 10 has the following
out Nassau dates Of the 1lth previously received via
Havana made mention Of the reported piracies and
outragcs alluded to-
-lnl IyAGuA, ~ IL, 1905
To rHs EproR or rHR NASSAU GuARDiAS:-
Mr. EprroR-Thcre has been an awful outrage com.
mHtcd on these islands, which have not yet seen In
print. F i F d,
Tho pirate Parr who captured the Chesapeake out Of
New York, and also the Roanoke from Cuba, has made
his appearance on here. He boarded the bark Lizzy,
from Cuba He set both OF these on FIRE. and sailed from
them telling the captain that no intended 70 drown
thousand before tho leaving these poor
wretches 70 themselves in small boats. 1t is
Thought that some Of them arc burned or drowned.
They have not been found yet Parr even wanted to
shoot these poor sailors because the Florida lost some OF
her crow In swimming ashore.