MEMORIAL.

To Capt. B v. Hoffman Of the United States Navy
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Sr--The undersigned. citizens of the United
States. present in Montevldeo, while they grieve
at having to troubl. the first moments Of your arri
val in this port must nevertheless yield to the i'm
pulse of their useesslv stled feelings, BY laying be-
fore you the following statement. Such acts of bar
bari,v committed on our fellow citizens. while it will
rouse your indignation on the one hand, and excite
your svmplthy on the other. yet cannot affect you
as it does us.


That the schooner Tell Tale. Of New-Ynrlz, Cap
tain Nonson Hin aan. was, on the 29th Jane last.
taken bv Brazilian crulzer. and brought into this
port, on preten;e e of the blockade. before being
warned off. and even before near it that she has
been since detained. and like many other vessels,
committed to condemnation, or what by mockery IS
called trial. and all this against principles avowediy
recognised by the government.


On the 2lst of this month. at O'Clock in the
evening. the schooner aforesaid having, during all
the time of her being in port remained without a
guard on the part of the captors. except two com
mon sailors put on board two days previous, ont
of these, after having entced bnat that was pass
ing nv, to come alongside, made an attempt to Kill
one of the men in her with han1spke, in which
being prevented bv the steward, he drew on the lat
ter a knife. and then called to the guard boats
Spnn after. the deck was filled with armed men, ant
the mate and crew taken to prison. and there hav
ever since remained in close confinement. wlthou
communication, and without reason assigned. u
the day following, the sails were taken from tn
schooner and something then transpiret, of a sus
picion entertained that the crew had intended t
run away with her. Capt. lIinman and his stewar
then re named on board alone with the Brazilia
soldiers and sailors, the former was grossly nsu
ted by them, and coming on shore, we, the under