New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-27
Auction SALES THIS DAY.
Local Intelligence.

AN INTERNATIONAL EOLlCE QUESTlON.-
Yesterday evening the steamship State of
alabama sailed from this port, and her de.
parture leaves many people in q quandsry
% to whether they have been hurt or not.
The facts are these: On her voyage from
liverpool one of her boatswains was dis.
gated and sent forward. As q matter of
course his new messmates of the forecastle
svere not considerate of his sufferiugs, but
finding him one of themselves again chaffed
and hazed him considerably. When the
alabama got to New Orleans some of them
Cook his coat, sold it for 81, and the whisky
shops tills tell the rest. Captain Stewart
learned Of this affair, redeemed the coat,
returned it to the owner and punished the
men. Having done his duty, he reasonably
supposed every body else would attend to
eheirs.
But the disrated boatswain. though he
had his coat, had still revenge with an
husatisfied stomach. He struck the mu-
nicipal police court, presided. over by JUS
tice Long, and made an affidavit against
three sailors. The warrant on which the Off
GERS attempted to fulfill the oath Of the irate
b0atsw vain is q curiosity. 1t calls for the
arrest of three parties to be pointed out,
without giving any names or description.
It might a. we'll have called for the incsr-
ceration of the whole ships company, the
captain and the very respectable agents,
Messrs. A. X. Miller & Co., and directed the
of the ship to the Third District
pound.
On this warrant the officer proceeded to
The vessel and demanded the men. Captain
Stewart having no intention of allowing his
vessel to be deprived of the services of
three able seamen for two dollar coat
which he had paid for out of his own pocket,
told the officer to 60 about his business. He
did not trouble himself to take advantage
of the utterly defective warrant, but acted
on in common sense. So the officer went for
higher authority, and he for higher still,
and all for Justice Long, and none Of them
got any more satisfaction from the captain.
To the mind of the justice it was q clear
case of contempt of court, and he hesitated
whether he himself should make the
crown of England vibrate on the brow of
the tyrant of the seas, or leave the
matter to the determination of the departs
ment of the State. Considering that the
of the judiciary was merely to
determine and not to originate questions of
law, he modestly forebore to make himself
the most distinguished man of the century.
He referred the whole matter to Secretary
Fish. The other authorities were restrained
from desire not to violate the Sabbath,
and the ship sailed.
Our mirth loving friends of the Bulletin
had to have their little joke with the Attor-
ney General, and then put out an afternoon
leader bristling with war. Ths master has
committed a serious otfense: he has made
his vessel an asylum for harboring fugitives
from justice, and has become an accessory
after the fact and a partaker (sic) in the
crime. All. will agree with the Bulletin
that nothing "can excuse resistance to
> warrant of arrest, issued for good cause,
and in pursuance of law" Now, let
10 assume it was q warrant; that it
was issued in the legal sense, for good
,ause; and in pursuance of law, proceed to
Ipply the law of tine Mason and Slidell
ase (shade of Puffendorf, what analogy y,
un down the big iron cannon from Leeds
oundry to the levee, make the Alabama
trike her colOrs when she returns, libel her
q Justice Longs prize court, condemn her,
nd divide the proceeds with the juniors on
he Bulletin and the b0atswain.