The Portland daily press., 1886-07-13
Letter from Secretary Bayard to Mr..
G. C. Willard.

Letter from Secretary Rayard to Mr..
G. C. Willard.
Yesterday morning intelligence was re-
ceived here that the amount of the fines in
the cases of the City Point, Cushing and
Harrington, had been deposited with the Ca
madam customs collector and the vessels had
been released.
The following letter was received yester-
day from Secretary Bayard by E. G. Will
lard:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, July g. 1886.
i. G. Willard, Esq, Portland, Ne.
Sir.-Your telegram of the 3D., and your letter
of the 18th inst. stating the seizure at Shelburne,
Nova Scotia by the local authorities of that port,
of the schooner George w. Cushing" were duly
received.
Before the receipt of either, news of this seiz-
ure had been received by this Department and ill.,
slant instruction had been semitic the Consul Gen
eral at Halifax, to proceed to Shelburne and OBJ
TAN I9ii knowIedge OF all the facts and make full
report to this Department of the cause of such
seizure, and the nature of the complaint upon
which such proceedings were founded.
In the absence of such authentic information
it is impossible for this Department TO take any
action, or TO give you advice.
AS the contents Of your telegram and letter
disclose, you are well aware that questions are
now pending between this government and that
Of Great Britain in relation to the just definition
territorial waters of British North America.
( ii shall relax no effort to arrive at salts
factory solution of the difficulty; and in the mean
time it is the duty and manifest interest of all
American citizens entering Canadian jurisdiction,
to ascertain and obey the laws and regula-
lions there in force.
For all unlawful deprivation of property or
commercial rights this government will expect to
procure due redress and compensation for the in
nocent sufferers.
Very respectfully yours,
TT. BAyARD.
Upon the receipt of Secretary Bayard' let
| ter, Mr.. Willard wrote short letter of ac-
acknowledgement.
The following is an abstract of the allega-
tions in the proceedings against the Ella M.
Doughty of this port, seized on charges of
violating treaty obligations between this
country and Great Britain. The paper itself
| is very long, making fourteen large pages
| when written on type writer:
| In the Vice Adanirahy Court at HALIFAX. Her
| Majesty the Queen, Plaintiff, against the Ship
| or Vesset Eta IL. Doughty and her cargo
Defendants.
| Action for forfeiture of said vessel and her
cargo for violation of convention between Great
Britain and the United States and of certain acts
| of the Parliaments of Great Britain and the Do
| mini0n of Canada.
The provisions of the treaty are defined, and the
acts passed i'll accordance with the treaty by the
| Parliaments of Great Britain and Canada, and
| the acts governing the proceedings.
| The extent and limits of the bay of st. AIMS
| are defined and also the nationality of the Ella nj
/ Doughty and the purposes Of her voyage. The
vessel is charged with entering the harbor OF st.
| AIMS for the purpose of procuring bait and ice,
| that she did procure the same and that she en-
| tered the harbor for other purposes than those
allowed under the treaty. 1t is alleged that the
| Doughty, between tie tenth and seventeenth days
| of May, a. d. 1886, entered within three marine
miles Of the coast of the bay of ST AIMS with the
purpose of preparing to fish, and taking and cur
Ash I'm of I'm fra0f Nv
that she did so take and cure fish; that these
days and subsequently the vessel was fishing
there and was seized, together with her cargo by
officers Of the customs of Canada, as being liable
| to forfeiture for violation of the convention and
The document concludes in these words: 1.-THE
| Hon. John S. ID. Thompson, Her Majesty's Attor-
| ney General for the Dominion of Canada, on be-
| half Of Her Majesty the Queen, claims the con-
| demnaton Of the Sid ship and her cargo and her
| guns ammunition, tackle, apparel, furniture and
stores for violation of the said convention and OF
| the said several acts
Solicitor for the Attorney General of
Canada.
| An order in council was published yester-
| day at Ottawa, prohibiting the seining OF
| herring in bays and harbors of Charlotte
county, New Brunswick. and also within the
three-mile limit adjacent thereto
The Halifax Herald says ''the charges Of
inhumanity on the part of Capt. Quigley
published in recent American papers, ant
based on the letter of Capt. Weber of thu
James G. Craig, to her owners concerning
the illness of his soa in Liverpool harbor
are utterly absurd. Capt. Webber's letter il
tissue of misstatements and unfairness
He says that the Lansdowne came in the da.
after he arrived with his sick son, and tina
Capt. Scott gave him permission to lay unit
the doctor said the man was fit to be remov
ed. Now, Capt. Scott was not on board tn
Lansdowne when she was in Liverpool OF
the date referred to, he being in Halifax, and
the ship in charge of Capt Dakln, who wal
attending to matters concerning the ligh
house and buoy service. Then again, Web
Der endeayors to show that the commando
| of the Lansdowne gave him greater libert
| than was allowed him by Capt. Quigley. Thi
is also untrue, the sick man not being LANDED
until the doctor said he was fit to be moved
which is the full limit of the alleged priv
lege from Capt. Scott. Then again, thi
| whining Weber shows how far his integrit,
goes, and how far his word is to be depended
upon by the fact that he left Liverpool har
Dor on the pretence that he was boun,
straight to the Banks, while in reality h
lowered around until the cruiser had left thu
| port, and then he sneaked in and shipped
man behind the back of the officer who ha
| Defrlenued MIN, ana not SatlSneQ WITH tnls
ISLANDERS him in the public press Capt. Quig
ley, however, is not the man to be deterre
from the execution of his duty by the abus,
| of Yankee calumniators."
The Herald says further: "The despatch
from Arichat to the Chronicle on the 1t
inst, about the purchase of bait here b
American fishermen, is manufactured out 0
whole CLOTH Your correspondent has seen
number of our fishermen every day for tn
past week, and they all have reported tn
fish as very scarce. The fact is that Their
has been little or no herring or mackere
caught inside Of Chedabucto Bay for the pas
ten days How then could they have sol
bait to the Yankees?"
The HalifaxChronicle says 1.-THE schoone
Ocean King of Gloucester arrived here Fri
day evening. gave an assumed name an
commenced buying bait this morning.
few fishermen sold and others refused to d
so. One in particular, Mr.. John d. Chris
tian, after his men. without his consent, hal
delivered part of their mornings catch t
the Ocean King, went on board and demand
ed the fish back from the captain, who, afte
considerable talk, gave them up. If all Nov
Scotians would act as Mr.. Christian has il
this matter, things would be nearer settle
ment than they are today, and we woul
| hear less Yankee brag."