The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1864.

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MR. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE. and
HOUSE AGENT, SURVEYOR and VALUER, 19
and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambridge House, opposite the
Green-park, Established 23 Years, respectfully invites the
particulars of Landed Estates, Farms, and House Property
for Sale, to be Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which
no charge is made unless a treaty is concluded, and then
only his usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be
given on application. In all cases of his Letting Farms Mr.
Reardon charges the Tenant only, and not the Landlord.
Particulars of Property for Sale and to be Let will be given
personally, or forwarded free of charge. N.B.—Several Town
and Country Residences, Landed Properties, and Farms
wanted to Rent and Purchase immediately.

Direct full particulars to Mr. Reardon as above.

had but one gun on board I would fight you; he
tried to make the land, but:we overhauled him and
he brought to. We kept the crow of the schooner,
and the next day we landed them at the Western
Isles, and took the schooner in for the purpose of
decoying other vessels with the stars and stripes.
We succeeded in capturing several; amongst other
vessels we captured the Manchester, of Philadelphia
line of packets bound from New York to Liverpool.
We burnt this vessel, having first taken her crew,
and we put them on board the Tonawanda, which
we had previously captured and had them in tow.
Amongst the crow there was a man of the name of
George Forrest, who one of the midshipman recog-
nised as having been a seaman on board the Sum-
ter, and had deserted. He was brought on
board to Captain Semmes, who told him if he be-
haved well he should have his pay and prize money
as the other men, but that he had a right to detain
him throughout the war without paying him a cent.
Forrest was retained on board the Alabama, and
was frequently punished by having his hands and
legs fastened to the rigging, the punishment being
known as the spread eagle,' and he would be kept
in this position for four hours at a time, and this
was done at least 20 times. At last they ironed his
legs and arms, and sent bim shore on a desolate
island called Blencoola, some 200 miles from the
mainland, and left him. The crew subscribed some
£l7 unknown to Captain Semmes, which we gave
him in the hopes of its being some inducement to a
vessel to take him off.

The English barque Aggripina, flying' the Bri-
tish flag—the same vessel we found at Terceira with
the Alabama, and which brought out to her a part
of her armament from London, and which had re-
turned to Cardiff, Wales, for a load of coals for her
—was at Martinique when we arrived there, and
she went to sea, end whilst out she supplied us
with coal. After this we went to Arkaskees, where
we stopped and painted the ship, and then went
towards Galveston, and off that place we fell in with
the American ship Hatteras, which we sunk. We
got her crew on board, and proceeded toPort Royal,
Jamaica; there I ran away and left the Alabama.
Whilst there the Alabama enlisted two British
sailors who had deserted from her Majesty's ships
Jason and Steady. Thomas Potter, who was fire-
man, also ran away, but the men of the Alabama
came after him, and arrested him, and took him
back to the ship. Clarence R. Yonge, the purser,
also left the ship. I was also arrested at an hotel
in Jamaica by the Alabama's men.'.They wanted to
force me on board, but I refused to go until I bad
seen the governor of the island, whose residence
was some 15 miles distance. I saw the superin-
tendent of police. On my producing a certificate
that I was Naval Coast Volunteer on board H.M.S.
Majestic, I was released.

My wife received my half-pay during my
cruise. She used to receive it by post-office order,
payable at Swansea, and to obtain this she used to
write to Messrs. Fraser, Trenholm, and Co., or M.
G. Klingender and Co., Liverpool, enclosing the
half-pay not; and the latter firm used to send her
post-office orders for the money. The following are
the letters written to her by M. G. Klingender and
Co.:—

" Liverpool, Sept. 30, 1862.—Messrs. M. G. Klin•
gender and Co. must request Mrs. —, before pay-
ing her the £3 10s, to sign her name at the back
of the allotment note, and then return it to them,
when they will remit her a money-order for the
amount less cost of order. P.s.—Please note address.
No. 22, Water-street, Liverpool."
"Liverpool, Oct. 3, 1862. 22, Water-street.—
Madam,—Enclosed, please find a money-order pay-
able at the post office of your town for £3 Os sd. In
future you must send us your allotment note signed
across a receipt stamp.—Returning you the note,
we are, yours, &c., per M. G. Klingender and Co.,
C. F. VON MELLE. Money order, £3 9s 5d ; cost
of order, 6d; receipt stamp, ld—total, £3 10s."
"Liverpool, Oct. 31, 1862. Madam,—We
enclose you a money-order for £3 9s 6d, payable
at the post-office of your town. Returning you
the note, we are, yours, &e., per M. G. Kfin-
gender and Co., C. I. VON MELLE. £3 9s. 6d. ;
cost of order 6d.—total, £3 10s."

" Liverpool, 31st Dec., 1862—Messrs. Klin-
gender and Co. enclose Mrs. -- a post.offiee
order for £3 9s, 6d,, deducting as usual 6d. for cost
of order."

In February or March she wrote as usual for the
half-pay note. They wrote in reply that they could
send her no more money as I had left the ship, and
they did not return her the half-pay note. The
following is the letter written to her:—

" Madam—We have this day received advices
per West India mail from St. Domingo stating that
--, with three other men, deserted the Alabama
on the 25th of January, at Kingston, Jamaica, and
of course their allotment notes must be stopped.—
We are, &0., per M. G. Klingender and Co., C. J.
VON MELLE."

On my return I called at Fraser, Trenholm,
and Co.'s office for the benefit of my wages, but
they declined to pay me, and all knowledge of the
ship, but Mr. Cooper gave me the name of Mr. M.
G. Klingender, and told me to see him and see if
he could arrange it. I did so, but he told me he
could not do so, as they had received a note from
Capt. Semmes that I had deserted at Jamaica.

The guns on board and constituting the ar-
mament of the Alabama have Fawcett, Preston,
and Co.'s marks on them, showing that they were
madd by this firm.
The following are the officers and crew of the
steamer Alabama, with their places of residence :
Raphael Semmes, commander—J. M. Kell, first lieutenant
—Richard F. Armstrong, second lieutenant—Joseph Wil-
son, third lieutenant—John Low, fourth lieutenant, Eng-
lishman—Arthur Sinclair, master, that is sailing master—
Francis L. Galt, surgeon, from Virginia, now acting as
paymaster—Miles J. Freeman, first-assistant-engineer,
ranks as chief, born in Wales—David Herbert [Llewellyn,
assistant-surgeon Englishman—R. K. Howell, brother-
in-law of Jeff. Davis, lieutenant of Marines (no
Marines on board)—William H. Sinclair, midshipman—
Irvine S. Bullock, midshipman, Captain Bullock's brother
—Eugene Maffit, midshipman, Captain Maffit's son—Ed.•
ward Maffit Anderson, midshipman, son of Colonel Ander-
son—William P. Brooks, second assistant engineer—S. W.
Cummings, third assistant engineer—Matther O'Brien,
third assistant engineer—John W. Pundt, third assistant
engineer—George T. Fulham, first master's mate, Engl!sh-
man—James Evans, second master's mate, Charleston
pilot—W. B. Smith, captain's clerk—Benjamin L.
M'Caskey, boatswain—J. 0. Cuddy, gunner—William
Robinson, carpenter—Henry Allcott, sailmaker, English-
man—Clarence R. Yonge, late paymaster, left ship for
Jamaica.