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upon the Committee's table by common consent.

SEIZURE OF AN AMERICAN DISPATCH BOAT.

Secretary Fish, says The Philadelphia In

quirer, has received from Havana fall particnlais of the

seizure by the Spanish Government, off Cuba, of the

Lloyd Aspinwall, a dispatch boat of about [70 tuns, run.

ning from Port-au-Prince to Havana, In January she

got into some rough weather, and, oue of her coal bunk

ers giving way, sie was making but slow progress, and

was overhauled by a Spanish gunboat and brought to by

a shot while she was from four tosix miles from the coast,

The captain, who 18 an Englishman, hanlea down the

American flag and surrendered but when he was

boarded he exhibited his dispatch bag for Secretary Fish,

another addressed to the Admiral commanding the

United States fleet at Havana, and another to our Conseul

General at Havana; but it was of no avail; he was taken

in tow to Nuevitas, detained for two days, and then

taken to Havana, where the dispatches were released

and allowed to go forward, but the Aspinwall is still held

by the Spanish fleet. Yesterday a plain demand for ex

Hg aud satisfaction was sent by Secretary Fish to

Mr. Roberts, but it will probably be a week before any

reply 18 received.

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New-York tribune. (1870). New York [N.Y.], 1870-03-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1870-03-09/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1870-03-09.