They thus examined every cask, but found nothing but molasses and rum.
They then commenced "stowing the cargo," as they called it; and the hogsheads of molasses were tossed into the hold, and handled as roughly as hogsheads of tobacco.

It was about sunset on the following day when the last cask was stowed.

The anchor was then weighed, the sails set, and the lieutenant, having put into the hands of the captain a certificate from the commander of the frigate that the schooner had been searched, for the purpose of preventing a repetition of that agreeable ceremony, told him he was at liberty to go where he thought proper, and politely wished him a pleasant voyage.
Our vessel was thus detained twenty-four hours; and in consequence of this detention, the passage to St.Bartholomew was lengthened several days, as a calm commenced soon after we were liberated, which lasted that time.

The cargo also received injury from the rough handling of the British tars, insomuch that before we reached St.Bartholomew, several casks had lost nearly all their contents; and if we had been bound directly to the United States, it is probable that a considerable portion of the cargo would have been pumped out with the bilge water.
This is only one of a thousand cases which might be cited to show the PRINCIPLE on which the British acted towards neutral powers on the broad ocean, as well as in the British waters, at that time.

The British government, since the war of 1812, have attempted by negotiations to reestablish this principle.