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was done ina legal manner, thé U. S. Com-

mercial Agent, Mr. J. L, Wilson, intervened

to procure Lis release. Undér the laws of

Hayti the offense is a bailable one, but the

bail must be offered to the juge d'instruc-

tion, or examining magistrate. J hough Mr.

Wilson, having long resided on the iceland,

ought to have been aware of this, he paid

no attention to it, but addressed his offer of

bail to the Procureur Imperial, or District

Attorney. This offer, or rather demand,

was not only made to the wrong officer, bat,

as the Haytians say, in terms of great dis-

courtesy. The Procureur replied to it in

the language of a dignitary exasperated,

and refused to have any farther official in-

tercourse with its author. Capt. Mayo, in

the meanwhile, remained in prison till his

trial came on, when he was acquitted and

released. The whole process occupied

something like a fortnight, if we remember

aright; et any rate it was a short time.

Upon this a demand was made oa the

Haytian Goveroment for $3,000 «'vmage,

viz: 8500 for Capt. Mayo's imprison mens,

and $2,500 for detention of the vessel and

for the violation of the house of Mc, Wile

in a search made there in consequence, y

is alleged in the demand, of the non.fglg.

ment of certain formalities connected

the affair previous tothe arrest of Capt.

The Governmert refused to pay the mogey.

and our Capt. Parker was ordered to Po,

au- Prince with a naval force to get it. Hi,

correspondence with Mr. Da Freyps, the

Minister of Foreign Relations, wayig o tous

of appropriate politeness and respec. To

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York daily tribune. (1851). New-York [N.Y.], 1851-05-02. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030213/1851-05-02/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York daily tribune, 1851-05-02.