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1 Napoleon Collins vs. The Steamer Florida : no,29, District court, in admiralty 1864

handle is hein.trials/achd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. NAPOLEON COLLINS No. 29. District court. In VS. THE STEAMER FLORIDA. admiralty. The libel sets forth the circumstances connected with the capture of the rebel cruiser Florida in the neutral waters of Brazil by the United States steamer Wachusett, in October, 1864. The capture was made in the bay of San Salvador, Brazil. The libellant, for himself and the other officers, and also the crew, of sai4 steamer Wachusett, asks prize-money from the United States for this capture. The official communication of Seflor Ig- nacio de Avillar, on behalf of the Brazilian government, demanding restoration for the violation of the neutrality of his country, fully explains the circumstances of the cap- ture, and well does the testimony of Commander Collins, already taken in the case. The official communication of Brazil addressed to the Secretary of State sets forth the circumstances connected with the act of the Wachusett in cutting out the rebel cruiser Florida from the port of Bahia, in Brazil, on the 7th day of October, 1864. It represents that the Florida was placed under cover of the battery of the Brazilian corvette D. Jaunana, on the side next to the shore. The American consul and the Brazilian authorities had some previous correspondence with respect to the confederate cruiser, in which the latter protested against any interference with her while she was in the jurisdiction and under the protection of those authorities. Notwithstanding this protest the said American naval vessel, on the morning of the 7th day of October, 1864, steamed for the Florida as she was

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