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HER UNJUST SEIZURE FOR PIRACY SAID TO BE

INSTIGATED BY THE UNITED STATES GOV-

ERNMENT TO PROMOTE THE ANNEXATION

SCHEME.

Te the Editor of The Tribune.

Sik: The connection of the steamer Telegrafo

with the wicked and cruel attempt of a few greedy specs

ulators to get possession of the Dominican part of Banto

Domingo 18 familiar to all who have taken an interest in

the subjeet. The English Court of Chancery having now

confirmed the decision of the Admiralty Court at Tortola,

given in May, 1870, this case becomes one of peculiar in-

terest to us by the action of our Government in pursuing

her on the alleged ground of her being pirate. And

this case acquires additional interest in the fact that two

high Courts of the British Empire have decided this case

against a British subject, and in favor of a citizen of the

United Btates, Mr. George A. Philips, (of the firm of

George A. Philips Co. of St, Thomas, )jand Philips

Collins of New-York, to whom a jury of Tortola has

awarded £18,000 indemnity for the seizure und fllegal

sale of the Telegrafo, of which he was the owner. The

history of this remarkable case is as follows

The Telegrafo was chartered in Bt. Thomas early in

1369 by Dominican exiles. The vessel was then under the

American flag, and was to be employed against the

usurper Baez in the waters of the Dominican Republic,

She proceeded to the British Island of Inagus, where she

was put under the British flag, armed and fitted as o ves-

sel of war. Thenoe she proceeded to Banto Domingo, and

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New-York tribune. (1872). New York [N.Y.], 1872-01-27. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1872-01-27/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1872-01-27.