The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-11-19

aud carelessness ou the part Of their
employees, and were not the result of
instructions given by the Company.
A great deal of evidence was produced
to substautiate this assertson, and the
Minister of Customs, taking into con-
sideration the explanations offered by
the Company, recommended that the
bond for 800, 600 should be Cancelled.
With respect to the seizure of the stea-
mer Akron, gross outrage was com
mitted, and the case is greatly misrep-
resented. The facts are that the mau
Twomdley mot Tawnley) followed the
boat from Prescott to Port Colborne,
and there seized her just as she was
about to lieye the Wtlland Canal with
large cargo of American merchandise
on board for Cleveland, Toledo Ciucin-
natl and So. Louis, with the openly av-
Died object OF confscation because he
pretended TO thiuk /. that the Captain
had technically violated the Canadian
revenue laws. He charged the Cap
tain with reporting for tolls in the Wei
land Canal less quantities Of different
kinds of property at sundry different
times than she had on board and with
permitting passenger to go ashore at
wood dock udon the st. Lawrence
River, above Prescott, Upon a thor
ough and careful investigation, it was
shown that the landing of the passen-
gers referred to was done under the di-
rection of an officer of the Canadian
custome, and every charge of under
stating the amount of property for tolls
was acknowledged by the minister of
Customs to be wholly and satisfactorily
disproved.
The Northern Transportation Com
pany might, if they had so chosen,
have Ettigated the matter before the
Canadian Courts and received large
amount in damages, while they would
thereby have thrown the burthen of
proof upon the seizing officer. But
they preferred to vindicate themselves
and their people before the Canadian
Government from charges so unjust
und unfounded. They furnished the
Canadian Government with sworn CO.
pies of every bill of lading w'cA des.
cribed every article of freight on board
upon each trip referred to, and sworn
statements of how the same came out
at Ogdensburg, after passing through
the Welland Canal and the books Of
the Collector of Tolls upon the Welland
Canal proved that tolls had been paid
upon every article on board. Upon
the establishment of these facts to the
satisfaction of the Canadian officials, the
bond of $50, 900 that had been given to
release the steamer and her cargo, was
discharged ard the officers and agents
of the Northern transportation Compa-
ny fully exonorated. 1t was also shown
that Twombly had conniVed with an ex
mate of the steamer who had beer dis.
charged for misconduct, to find some
clue for the seizure of the steamer, the
proceeds of which were to be shared be-
tween them. In fact, we are credibly
informed that he admitted that to be
the object of the seizure, at St. Catha-
rines, during the proceedings of the
seizure and bonding of the steamer =
Our Canadian neighbors seem very ar
gent for the renewal of the reciprocity
treaty, and yet they refuse our steamers
permission to carry passengers and their
baggage from one Canada port to aHo-
'ther, or to take up or land passengers
except at particular places, while Cana.
dian steamers in our waters are permit.
ted to carry them wherever they please
and take them up and put them off lat
pleasure. Thisis one of the minor items
of their system of reciprocity. There
are many more similar inequalities that
ought to be corrected and equalized in
any new treaty to be negotiated =
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