, 1866-05-31

against which there was no uso OF mating
my resistance. He then ordered him taken
shove on deck and ta.be kept away from the
eIeW. Guards were then placed Mt the foot
the ship. By this time portion Of the pas-
SINGERS had become aroused. They aWoke to
tho realization Of the fact that they werr in !
port and what was more interesting HcoDfis.
Gated, or under the process Of being coniis-
The next move made by the Colonel after
the crew were put under guard, was to scizc
alithe arms belonging 10 the passengers. This,
be informed It's, was for cur satety as well AZ
his OWE. also that they should all be returned
TO US n short lime. :As yet no one under
assurance that they should all 10 returned 10
s, we're handed over with apparent willing
ness,
Wild 1umors were aaoat. but yet no one
could tel what 1t all meant. The
gnsrlas ,s were rsss,xsag Questioned but no sq;
until after daylight that We received any NV
light upon the subject. We fopnd them 10
be all Americans, with the exception Of two
bloody-looking Mexicans, and ali armed to
the teeth with guns. reTolvers aud bowie-
knives. q mot1ey-looking sct-some with
broad brimmed Mexican hats, some With and
some without coats, and all apparently very
secdy. They arrested two FTeuchmen, had
them confined n one Of the staterooms and
well guarded; One was mail agent in the en-
were at Mazatlan. He had the French mail
in his charge, which was soon taken from
him. TIC other gentleman was a private cit
izcn n1 d resident OF 1cpfc. Others were ar
rested and turned loose. 1mperialist stock
WIS low.
captain Wakeman was ordered to run the
steamer across the Gulf to Altata at the
mouth Of the Cululcan River, but refused TO
do so. Here some ahnrp words were passed
between them. he told Col. Dana that be
lad como aboard under the cover Of night,
when part of the crew were ashore
representing themselves ~ passengers, be had
taken possession Of the ship, and II she went
70 Altata he would have to take her there
himself.
II recognize you as American citizens,
and know you to be such, aud this ship Is
innate business, carrying freight and passen-
gers TO and from Mexican ports"
IT there Was contraband goods aboard lie
Eas not aware Of II. There were women and
children aboard, and the men were unarmed.
They looked TO lim for their safe landlng at
to obey orders and proceed from there to Ma
zatian, on his regular route, unless forced to
do otherwise By way Of q s'clinchcr" he
further remarked, "Co1. Dana. this ship isa't
going to Altate, md you can't take her thcro;
1yc determined upon thst. whatever you
muy do. In fifteen minutes can pnt her 50
that the devil couldn't turn her wheels IN
inch Eou are ali wrong. You have made
this seizure 1u an improper manner but even
If you had done il properly NO law Of any
nation siycs son the right to convey this yes
sci to any other port except the nearest and
fafest at hand. Do as 1ou like; but reme,n-
her, never expect to live long enough to
take this Tesscl to A1tatEp'
We lay there until ailc1noonathat day. At
about o'clock Col. Dana came upon deck
and ordered the Captain to trip anchor aud
9'Yes, sir!' LII Puz being onc of the regular
ports aid tho harbor being 4 safe one. and
knowing il would be useless tc' resist, We oc-
coIdingly sailed for that port.
At Il O'Clock NJ, on the Tth Te anchored
nt La Pas In 4 few minutes Mericau rein
sorcemcnts were sent aboard and the exami
nation commenced. He found nothing con-
traband npon the ships manifest. In the
hold and among other freight VICE found
boxes marked '.horlware, = "mlning too1s,'
DC. These contained arms He seized III all
five anudred and twenty stand Of arns, four
cases Of sabers, seven cases Of powder, gun
capsr clothing, boots, hats und caps, and
about Gfty tons of lay.
Coll Dana on arrival, informed tho UEtted
States Consul talr. F. B. Elmcr1 that he Was
going to take the vessel to Altata, also, TINT
be had two Frenchmen aboard whom he had
taken as prisoners. The Consul wrote ont q
protest and sent 1t to him, which, Col. Dana;
answered verbally, and In which answer be
informed him that he should leave the vessel
after seiziDg all contrnband goods nnd should
let the prisoners free upon paying hin :; Ger
tain rnnsom. From one he exactcd $500,
and the other $500, all Of which was promptly
paid and the parties set at liberty.
On the morning Of the 9Th, few hours be-
fore day, Col. Dana and lls party, with their
booty, sailed out Of the bay in Amall
schooner for Altata, leaving Instructions with
the Custom House officer to not sign the ships
clearance papers until evening, SO Us to give
them time TO make their port before any
alaim could be given
.At4 O'Clock r. m., Capt. Wakeman declared
Ills intention to leave Immediately 'clearance
papers or no clearance papers," This caused
considerable excitement, as the Mexican
guard Of sixteen men were still aboard. The
bell was struck for "all ashore, which
caused some little commotiou AMONG the
military. Soon they were requested to
,unos, which they did very quietly and With
oat awaiting orders from on shore. We give
it Us cur opinion that If they had net acted
upon the request instantly they would have
been "spilt" into the "Agna So1ada' y
nnskcts Md all.
The cannon was charged by order of Capt,
". aud fired as a warning Tor "all aboard"
IN short time the clearance papers were on
board and La Puz was lett tchfnl.
Arrived here at S O'Clock p. n,., last even
i'g. SANTIAGO.