The New York herald., 1870-03-03

was breaking ovor her In large quantities. At threo
r. n. the engines werc moving very E9wlys
with twelve inche. pl MAb On the hreroom
nnor and NJ teea.:f 2. M the engines were stopped,
all hands bailing. In about an hour tney 30
gained the water as to start the engines ana as
seven p M. the vessel made the Cape Aaysl light
on tina 10Th the weather was more moderate but tho
sea ami ran nigh and the captain kept close 70 and
hoping TO enter the narbor OF BaracoAs The Grew
was exhausted and the Tster RalAiny hlowly. At
seven A, NJ the Doth ire saw the entrance to Bara-
Goa harbor but It was TOO rough to enter without
pilot The steamer continued along. the enstOes
working slowly or not at ALL until ten A. N. OF Tho
2lst when she sigAted Maternilas lighthouse, and
soon after o spanish man-Of-war was observed
coming towards them. The captain Immediately
noisted his nag, when the war. vessel changed
her course. apparently satisfied. lie then or
dercd the mate to haul IL down, ~ the
WIND was blowing very harI anu che nag was too
heavy FOR the sLalr At Ten minutes past twelve
O'Clock p. Al. the war vessel fired gunAand. the
engines OF the AspnwaIl being immediately stopped,
sent boat alongside, and an 0incor stepping on
board TOOK possession OF the vessel. Inc SHIPS
papers were at once handed to this Offcer, with
request tnat he should examine tnem which ne
refused to do stating that ne had 0rGers TO take her
70 N,uevlta8
he captain protested, and explained AZ well az
he could stating tnat ne was bearer Of despa'ches OF
great importance TO the United states government,
besides large packages Of correspondence Tor Rear
Admiral fUOr, commanding the North AuaIuc
suladrOn confidea 10 mis- care by COmma ander Elias
H. owen, OF tho United states steamer seminole,
and 0tner correspondence Ol moment, to ali Oh
winch The Ollicer only repeated nus orders. 40.
was from four to six mics from shore aI rne Time.
Arrived at Nuevltas the captain was ordered on
board the man-otwar, which proved 90 be the her
man C0rtes wheD the papers VI his vessel were *.
amined aud sent on shore. TIC repeated wnat no
had tod the oiicefs, tut no heed was gwen niul,
Ihe papers delvered to the commander were ~ Ion
In
house at Port au Prince manifest clearance
authenticated by the spanish Consul at foft az
PiInce an OiCla letter or passport from the United
states Consul ut Fort au Prince, addressed
to commanders OF Spanish nen-O-wM IN
ticies CONTAINING the names OF the crew now
on board and an old roll or crew list containing
the names OF persons who had been employed rev
months before, When tno vessel WAS hlreu Dy tne
Hayden government
Meanwhile the captains trunk. containing the lln
portant correspondence referred " and other I'M
porIant papers. was sealed up Dy the spanish Ol1-
cias, ana the captain and crew were once or twice
e examined aud requested CO sign paper purrortng
10 contain results OF their examination, which they
refused TO uc, as IL was not Ia sngiSn On the z1th
the captain received orders to get ready forsea, but
to do anything until his papers were re-
stored 10 him, and AZ three +. NJ or tnat day
spanish steamer took MS vessel IN tow, arriving
on the z9sh IN Havana. On the JUth he was given
to understand that he could hold no communlca-
ton with shore On the I'd February he made
application IN wrinng 10 the Spanish COMMANDER
with che uniIed States Consul, when was refused.
Tn the ID the Asplnwail WAS lowed alongside OF the
nagsup Almanac and made fast. On the 4tn tue
captain addressed the Spanish Admiral asking TO DO
supplied with proylsonS TO wnicn no answer was
on thaG day his colored cook was taken
from the vessel without his knowledge or consent.
On the stn severai officials came on DOard anu with
them gentleman delegated by the United states
Vice Consul IN Havana 10 0e present at the breaking
OF the seals oh the trunk containing the cOrrespon
dence and other papers referred On tho otn
terpreter came on BOAR dand inquired OF the captain
he intended 10 name counsel or advocate, 10 which
ne responded that he could 90 notnIng until he con-
suited win the American Consul. ON tns DAY he
was permitted 70 OBTAIN DrOvisiOns from snOre. ON
the 18th he was granted permission to 20 on shore
and the Consul, out 1t Deing sunday he did not
avail himself OIL the permit until tho l4tn, ana tnen
made OATH 20 sCaenlents contained herein, and that
The voyage OI the Asplnw all was y legitimate ono
and not In the employ OF the enemles OF Spatn,
the same time protesting against the detention OF
himself vessel aud crew, aud claiming damages ~
Lhe rate oil 500 per DAY.
At the latest accounts from Havana the matter
waa still before the Marine Court there, though
reason OF course could be shown for the detention