, 1869-04-01

aaty. sss.nc htu wbethsr hs .sH 8zxrs af thu T.
Legality md gravity Of the acs which he VA about
10 commit and whether he knew that tdo big
vessel. and that she was in British waters and IN.
dsr gt,sf PFpsees,e1 ~ ~ IN %o5Tsoysr "a, WIS
mept OF the BAhamaa 70 which he replied: "ThAt
he WIS only ooeying the Gruers Of bis superior
sss be 6, St 9ss oFde n 70 e. ntS
wpuicd to zee me- then, with The H1 men thnt
weye with me In The be1&-fo1I Of whom beiooersl
nom Inc shoro-Eos TITO Tho bot md procse1ed
10 the spansh man-of-wal. On going On board
sskcd the Captain Whist bis 1ntentloos were, md
Piled that must II once 60 on hhnsc. TO enaoie
me 10 do 80, he gave me the bom belonging to the
Mary Lowell, IN which M brother. George ".
together With myself md the tRo men from the
shore, reached the land. The other four men BE-
longtnS to ne brig, VIC were ~ brlneh subjects,
Eunboat- During the entire Of the above proceed
tnGn, a. narrated By me, the American nag WAS ny-
Obliged to lower my satls when 1t was carried to
the side Of the 1essel and spread over the ral On
cur leaving the AaI7 Lowell the American nag
the brig was made fast TO the gunboAt7 which pro-
cteded with her 10 sen IN asouthwestellx direction
The captain Of the Mary Lowell hsd left her ht
Ragged Island some time before the capture Of the
vessel, anl her Cuban passengers had Ill gone of
ashore, many OF whom came baef to Nassau In the
schooner AArgafet with Custom Ao1se OmcAt VIII
son The goo1 people Of Ragged lsIsod were thrown
into high state o. excitement oy the capture and
consequent insult 10 thet ing. and some were even
9a r. s e t no' on II
certain threats Ehich had been made from time TO
time by the commander Of the AntalusA. Tue
early departure OF thas vessel with her ptlze, how
ever, pfecuded these desires from being carried
into execution The good people Of Rugged Is
land hare swotu vengeance against Spsnlards,
Rnd the uIEt Spanish vessel that puts into their
p0r. ls likely " gut a warm reception In Nassau
the capture also created no small excitement
tare Tea,"u AMI nnpartionanie IN ia nature M and
execution, which demands pgutnpr md vigorous
measures In Ttndtcatol Of the honor aud integrity
OF the British Empire With this view Of the case
home government and sent them to Havana hy
the Cherub for telcgraphlc transmission. Her
| James Graham Dunlop, has taken the mater Of
| the capture In hand with zeal and cherry. Tes-
| terday evening he VAST have hsd IN Interview
the latter was prevented BY review Of the Havana
| volunteers, and by Iengthened conference with
1unta .! 1nrai property .nolaers fr9m attending
tu1e Of the Aa1y Lowell Is likely to tcaA TO serious
diplomatic complications between Great Britaln
| and Spain. In which the American Government
Viii necessarily hare to take raEt against the
! latter power. The AndAlusi2 Is supposed to have
| brought her prize to Suevitas and ~ We have no
VII probably have to wait I'LL then before hearing
the Spanish version Of the capture
| The schooner Margaret also brought 10 Nassau
from Ragged Island two Peruvian ot1!cers from
one OF tile rims purchased u the United States
aud which recently left Key West for St Thonas
These officers report that the ram 70 which they
| Are attached, while on her way (r0m key West
| parted The hawser which connected her to con-
sort steamer having her In tow, and that while en-
deasot1ng to make It fast again, the rnIn steamed
Into the steamer and, very unfortunately, sans
| her, by which accident eeEen lives were lost
| The r1m then put into Tagged lst4nd The
two Peruvian officers also report that they
cannot Say what has become Of the othel
ram and her consoEt steamer, but suppose they
must have reached St Thomas ly this time. NJ
ushane and courteous acquaintance Of The Chernt
informs mt that Tumor prevailed 1T Nassau thA
this second ram had not continued her voyage Il
ST Thomas, but had made for Cuban port
| which 8he was to attack tn tho interests OF th
| Cuban Republican Government. think hut nttl
faith can be put In the truth Of the Tnmos. tn
ram, or monitor, at Ragged Island Is the Name
! Capao, OF TWO guns, $50 men, and commanded b.
Captain Ga1ello. The steatne1 she sunk WAS tn
| HnyAn1.
r. s-A Cuban friend has tust Informed me tbs
one Of the Peruvian monitors Ii Ii the small POI
OF Sa1anto, District Of uolguin, with her consol
steamer. Generals Marcano, Iarmol and Peralta
Of the insuEKent army, have been on board an
have had long and important Interviews with he
| commander. My Cuban friend declares hts
formation comes from tp-top sources It unique.
tionahly tallfes with the rumor mentioned nhoye
prevailing tn Nassau when the BEtuah Runbos
Cherub left the place, and therefore An now le
to think there may he great Truth IN both The II
| fnvnatiop Npt the r1emDr