[75] For accounts of these slavers, see _House Reports_, 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92, pp. 30-50. The "Paz" was an armed slaver flying the American flag. [76] Said to be owned by an Englishman, but fitted in America and manned by Americans. It was eventually captured by H.M.S. "Bann," after a hard fight. [77] Also called Spanish schooner "Triumvirate," with American supercargo, Spanish captain, and American, French, Spanish, and English crew. It was finally captured by a British vessel. [78] An American slaver of 1814, which was boarded by a British vessel. All the above cases, and many others, were proven before British courts. [79] _House Reports_, 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92, p. 51. [80] _House Doc._, 15 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 12, pp. 22, 38. This slaver was after capture sent to New Orleans,--an illustration of the irony of the Act of 1807. [81] _House Journal_, 14 Cong. 2 sess. p. 15. [82] _House Doc._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 36, p. 5. [83] _Ibid._, 15 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 12, pp. 8-14. See Chew's letter of Oct. 17, 1817: _Ibid._, pp. 14-16. [84] By the secret Joint Resolution and Act of 1811 (_Statutes at Large_, III. 471), Congress gave the President power to suppress the Amelia Island establishment, which was then notorious. The capture was not accomplished until 1817. [85] _House Doc._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 42, pp. 10-11. Cf. Report of the House Committee, Jan. 10, 1818: "It is but too notorious that numerous infractions of the law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States have been perpetrated with impunity upon our southern frontier." _Amer. State Papers, Miscellaneous_, II. No. 441. [86] Special message of Jan. 13, 1818: _House Journal_, 15 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 137-9. [87] Collector McIntosh, of the District of Brunswick, Ga., to the Secretary of the Treasury. _House Doc._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 42, pp. 8-9. [88] _House Doc._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 42, pp. 6-7. [89] _Ibid._, pp. 11-12. [90] _Amer. State Papers, Miscellaneous_, II. No. 529. [91] _House Doc._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 42, p. 7. [92] _Ibid._, p. 6. [93] _House Reports_, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, p. 82. [94] They were not general instructions, but were directed to Commander Campbell. Cf. _House Doc._, 15 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 84, pp. 5-6. [95] _Statutes at Large_, III. 471 ff. [96] _House Doc._, 15 Cong. 2 sess. VI. No. 107, pp. 8-9. [97] _Ibid._, IV. No. 84. Cf. Chew's letters in _House Reports_, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348. [98] _House Doc._, 15 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 12, pp. 22, 38; 15 Cong. 2 sess. VI. No. 100, p. 13; 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 42, p. 9, etc.; _House Reports_, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, p. 85. [99] _House Doc._, 15 Cong. 2 sess. VI. No. 107, pp. 8-9.