, 1865-03-21
THE nassau BLOCKADE.
4kENNfSxkS.
Further Particulars of their Arrival in
New York Eity-Ihe Steamer Owl
Going 10 lfalifax-Tiao Danger to our
VfnseIN.

lFtom the n. 7. Evening POST March III
Or The five hundred blockade-rnuuers who
came to this Port ftom Nassau, on board the
big Enojce, which ar,irrd Saturday, and on
the brig suah FIagg, which arrived Sunday,
as ALREADY reported, titty-one had certificates
Of discharge irom BIitisn.vessels, all or nearly
all Of which vessels hare, At -some time been
engaged in the contraband trade with the
rebels. Among these blockade.Frnnfngs steam-
c's the Serene, Evelyn, A. D. Vance, g. T.
Walson, Lether-Rip, Caroline, Edith, Kate
Stirling, Hope, Lucy and Frances arc men-
toned by PERSONS = ho have seen the ceftl-
feates.
i fcp< nf the individuals who were recot.-
nized as blockadc'rnnncrs Ind passports, but
it appears that these persons Ind taken the
prrcautlon to subscribe to the oath Of ale
gtan. which Was attached to the passport.
Other b!ockade-runners had obtained regular
British papers, and pastparts aa 4 matter Of
course. But the cerli1catesof discharge con-
ta'ned the rlss OF the American consul, md
thus became equivalent to .pesspoFts. a
email porti'n OF the passengers were psoba-
bly, engaged in legitimate travel.
4 number Of the blockade-rnDncrs claimed
to have gone INTO the business for the purpose
Of escaping from Charleston, Wilmington aud
other rebel ports; but some Of them, when
cloeely questioned, admitted that the state
mept was Il mere pretcnse.
AL tho blockade-tunne.s understood that
they were perfectly safe here, as 1t has not
been the p.actlcc of the United sta:es au-
thosities to hold n en- claiming TO be ALIENS
They spoke with freedom, and boastcd Of
their exploits and, Of their gains before tho
closing 0f the rebel ports.
The men on the Sarah Flagg threatened to
Shoot the Captain, who insisted on obeyiug
the law, by preventing them from going
ashore here. as thty desired tu do, PREVIOUS
to the examination Of their passes. They
were quielcd by the assurance that they
would undoubtedly be promptly ''passcd," !"
alt having reeufnr papers.
Tho steamer Owl, blqekade.running vcs-
sci, taiitd from Havana few days ago with
terenty-Etx blecka1e-runners on board. Ac-
cordlDg 10 the s'atemcpts Of the mcn on tho
Eunice and Flagg, the b.ockade-runners had
chartered the Owl t1 come to New York but
the Consul at Havaun knew them, ami de-
clined to give the required facilities.
The Frances, which has been in the ret'el
trade, is reported loading at Havana with am-
munition, Her destination Is not stated.
The subject of thu arrival Of blockade run
nets-who Afc expected here in considerable
numbers during The next month or tHo-is
to be placed btIore our military authorities,
and doubtless also before the Government.
The mrn now here, it will be remembered,
bring the report that the steamer Corsica,
due IN Friday, had, when they started from
Nassau, full passenger lists Tor threu trips !;
and these passengers, they declare, are men,
Ike themselves, oul OF ctopio3 ment IN con-
sequence Of tue "dcpsess1on OF trade'' at
that well known con: raband port during the
past two or three months. The extent Of
this depression is shown by the fact That
thisty-one vessels which had bern carrying
gocds to the rebels were lying Ut the dock ut
once, recently, at Nassau.
Our ship-owpers and agents cannot too
carefully scru' inize their crew lists for some
time to c, me- Ten or nty-blocsade-run-
ntrs On one vessel would be a dangerous
company and il fewer number among dis
contentgd sailors might cause great trouble.