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The Daily Dispatch: January 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 21 (search)
ding conspirators, were, with their unite, to embark from Havana in the English steamer Trent, on their way to Europe to promote the cause of the insurgents Cruising in the Bahama channel, he intercepted the Trent on the 8th of November and took from her these dangerous men whom he brought to the United States. His vessel having been ordered to refit for service at Charleston, the prisoners were retained on board and conveyed to Fort Warren, where they were committed to the custody of Colonel Dimmick, in command of that Fortress. The prompt and decisive action of Captain Wilkes on this occasion merited and received the emphatic approval of the department, and, if a too generous forbearance was exhibited by him in not capturing the vessel which had these rebel enemies on board, it may, in view of the special circumstances, and of its patriotic motives, be excused; but it must by no means be permitted to constitute a precedent here-after for the treatment of any case of similar infra