Will Mr. Lincoln disregard the international writ of habeas cor-
pus served by Great Britain? We shall soon know. If the pris-
oners are given up, the affair will result in great inconvenience to
us in the way of shipping goods.

"I have now more than enough to load three 'Bermudas,' and
can not ship a package, though I have a steamer off the wharf, all
ready to receive her cargo. We are literally fighting two govern-
ments here. Government watchmen guard the wharf where our
goods are stowed and others in the neighborhood, night and day
--and the wharfinger has orders not to ship or deliver, by land
or water, any goods marked W. D., without first acquainting the
honorable Board of Customs. I have applied myself to ship to
Bermuda, offering to give bonds to double the amount of value
of the goods, that they should be held in Bermuda, subject to
the direction of her Majesty's representative in Bermuda. I . . .
has applied for permission to ship to Cardenas, agreeing to hold
the goods subject to the order of the Spanish authorities--but
all without avail, and our army must suffer for the want of blank-
ets, overcoats, shoes, socks, field forges, arms, and ammunition,
which have been collected to an amount more than double that
I have yet received.

"It is miserable to have to look at the immense pile of packages
in the warehouse at St. Andrews Wharf, and not be able to send
anything--only read the following: twenty-five thousand rifles;
two thousand barrels of powder; five hundred thousand caps; ten
thousand friction-tubes; five hundred thousand cartridges; thir-
teen thousand accoutrements; thirteen thousand knapsacks; thir-
teen thousand gun-slings; forty-four thousand three hundred and
twenty-eight pairs of socks; sixteen thousand four hundred and
eighty-four blankets; two hundred and twenty-six saddles; sad-
dlers' tools; artillery-harness; leather, etc. Very truly yours,

" CALEB HUSE."

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