Record Data
Source citation
"The Neutrality Laws," Charleston (SC) Mercury, December 5, 1857, p. 2.
Newspaper: Publication
Charleston (SC) Mercury
Newspaper: Headline
The Neutrality Laws
Newspaper: Page(s)
2
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Michael Blake
Transcription date
Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
The Neutrality Laws.
Certain parties were yesterday brought before the Untied States District Attorney, on suspicion of being engaged in an expedition against Nicaragua. The large number of passengers lately carried South by the steamer Everglade, plying between Charleston and Florida ports, had subjected her suspicion. The testimony of her agent that her passengers were settlers and lawful emigrants, relieved her. Against other parties no case was established sufficient to warrant their detention.