may, about two o’clock
Laden thus , they steamed out into the middle of the river , when a 12-pound shot fired across their bows , from the tug Harrison , belonging to the U.S. Steamer Michigan , brought them to -- doubtless to the extreme delight of Acting Sailing-Master Morris who seemed anxious enough to fire the gun and make the capture ; although they would at the moment have stuck to a child hearing the authority of the United States . It is significant , however , that the over-officiousness of Mr. Morris has not tended much to his advantage as he no longer belongs to the United States Navy ; he having been quite as unfortunate as a certain District Attorney , who , also , endeavored to impress the Government as to his undoubted unfriendliness to the cause of Irish freedom . The lesson may be profitable to Government officials at some future period ; and prevent them from exceeding the simple and unprejudiced bounds of their duty . Be this as it may , about two o'clock on the morning of the third of June the scow was brought along side the Michigan and the officers taken on board that vessel and handed over to the urbane and gentlemanly Capt. Bryson , its commander , as prisoners under the authority of the United States ; while the men were detained in the same character aboard the scow . We are unable to trace to any particular source , the cruelty inflicted upon these latter noble fellows , in keeping them for days in that open vessel huddled together , and with the rain for a portion of that period , descending upon them in torrents . The disgrace of such a proceeding has been so often denounced , that we dismiss this part of the subject without further comment . Ultimately , they were all liberated on their own recognizance , to appear about the middle of the month at Canaudaigua , to answer for a breach of the Neutrality Laws ; and there the matter ended .