The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-22

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Tho Cruise Of the Vessel After She Left This
Port-Tho Bohemian Canard About Her
"Cuban Destiuies" ExpIOded-How the
English Remain Neutral In the Haytien Re-
belIion and Supply the Rebels with Food
and Ammunition. .,,
The following statement Of Felix Mun the quar-
termaster of the steamship Quaker City, which left
this port In June last, will without certain
amount OF interest. The candrd about the vessels
having set out aid the Cubans is exploded by the
revelations OF the ex-of1cer OF the ship but they
give pretty good insight into the way the English
are observing neutrality between the rebel and the
government parties in Hayti. Mulin arrived IN
this city yesterday on the Arizona from Aspinwall.
The following Is the statement
The Quaker City, after having been detained at
this port for long time, on suspicion OF being des
tined for the Cubans left on the 10Th Of June last.
We were eighty odd, all told. The ship had cargo
Of provisions and case OF breeching bolts for guns,
which were smuggled away in the vessel. The crew
were shipped for Jamaica and back, the time Of the
whole voyage being nxed in the articles" as three
months at the utmost. After we had been gone
forty-eight hours the ship was put back 10 sandy
Hook, the captain stating that the of the re-
turn was that he had forgotten the register and the
ships papers. 1t was about noon when we put
about and we arrived or Sandy Hook about four
O'clock We there met Q tug which had come down
with one OF the officers OF the Quaker City, who had
been left behind, and another tug which
brought the ships papers. We then pro
ceeded on our way. After being seven
days out from New York we laid on the
island OF Inagua for two three hours where We
landed the owner OF the ship, Mr.. Breckenridge.
What he went on the island for l cannot state He
remained on shore about two hours, when he re-
turned to the ship. We then sailed Tor Jamaica,
which we reached in about twenty-iOur hours. ON
arriving there we discharged our cargo, passed It
through the Custom House, and the following day
lay or the fort about q mile away. During the
nighttime, about nine O'CLOCK, small boats came
pounds In Keg. and by midnight we had slowed
away 500 Kegs. The powder was delivered TO tne
small boats directly from the fort which supplied jt.
we left Port Royal the same night and arrived on
st. Marks q port IN the rebel quarter OF ST. Do
mingo. The rebel Custom House Smesr called on
ship; in TACT as though they were Old acquaint-
ances. After this individual went ashore lighters
came alongside OF US and we unloaded our
powder anu cargo OF provisions, which they took
ashore. MIR. Breckenridge got OF ct this port
i He does large business in Sc. Marks few
days after unloading we SCI out again ana reached
lnagua in twenty-four hours, where we were met oy
two Schooners-one Of them from Boston and the
other from New York. they had twenty guns
abosrd-iour 100 pound PARROTS. six eignty.foars
rined bore and ten eighty-lours smooth bOre-lO0
rounds OF ammunition Tor each gun and quantity
Of small arms, such as cutlasses and pistols, and
also three cases Oh clOtQlUB. All tulugS VAC
schooners transferred 70 the Quaker City. We were
lying III the harbor at the time and IL was broad
daylight Alter getting the guns, &C., on board we
put for ST. Marks where we met the Florida yes
sci belonging to the Hayden rebels, and the Clara
Helena a propeller. Ten guns were transferred TO
the Florida, which Is sidewheel steamer; two to
Clara Helena, six being kept aboard the quaker
City. Four OF these guns were liked IN position alt
ana two forward. While all TINS was going on the
English flag was dying from our main gan some
OF directed the captains attention 10 the TACT,
when he ordered the nag TO be hauled down, but my
atotn ItroV lnlfa
lowing day the rebel tHayten) nag was hosted,
and some forty-seven OF US were taken ashore
to be settled with. We got what money was
coming to us from the snip. Our agreement
was, however, that the owner was to pay our way
back to New York and subslde u.s. and that we were
to receive the extra months pay at Jamaica The
Captain came along with US to Cologne tAspnwail.
Our passage was paid all the way. but we were not
subsidized and had to depend upon the charity Of
those places passed through to keep us alive. At
Cologne the captain left to suit Tor ourselves and
| fed to Panama. Thanks TO the generosity OF
| pany, we got our passage to New York for twenty
dollars apiece. We had each thirteen dollars to pay
passage and had to raise the extra seven dollars
each by selling clothes. We applied to the Eng
| lisn and American COnsus for relief but they re-
| fused to have anything to do with Us. Although
Americans We arrived here this morning tSatur
| day. on board the Arizona Twenty of the crew OF
the Quaker City renamed With the ship, having
been induced to do SO by the offer OF large wages
| Each OF us who left was offered ninety dollars q
| month If we would stay. We learned that the crew
were be taken board as full complement, and
then she was to Join the Florida and the Clara
Helena and proceed to retake Guynre, that had
been taken by President Sainaye's party.