The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-29 00:00:00

Seizure of the Georgia.

The seizure of the Georgia does not take us by
surprise. During her stay on the Mersey the office rs
of the Niagara made no secret of the fact that they
had instructions to seize her, Her owner had a
hint to that effect, but having perfect confidence in
the bones' fide purchase of the vessel, and her regis-
tration at the Custom-house, he disregarded the
threat. Indeed, if all reports aro correct, he in-
structed his captain not to avoid the Niagara,
should the vessels meet at sea. The assertions which
have been made, that the Georgia was intended for
blockade.running, or a Confederate cruiser, have not
an atom of truth in them. She was purchased from
the Confederate agent in Liverpool through Curry,
Kellock, and Co., duly registered, altered into a
passenger-steamer, and was chartered to carry
mails from Lisbon to a Portuguese port. At the
time of her seizure she had on freight several hun-
dred tons of coal on Portuguese account, for the
loss of which, it is compensation is
now claimed by the 'faippers. Whatever legal
questions may ari'de from the seizure, Mr Bates, at
any rate, is P'.:rfectly clear from suspicion of aiding
or abetti'ag the Confederates, and we believe that
on Friday he took the opportunity of the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer being in Liverpool to lay the
whole case before him. Numerous rumours have
been current on 'Change since the seizure, which
we give for the benefit of those who wish to hear
all sides of the question. When the fact of the
seizure first became known it was asserted that the
original register of the Georgia, alias the Japan,
had never been cancelled, and that the gentleman
who purchased her from the builders only gave the
Confederate commander a bill of sale ; that at the
time she was committing depredations on Northern
commerce she was the property of a British mer-
chant; that Earl Russell and Mr Adams, the Ame-
rican Minister, negatived a request by the owners
for protection from seizure; that Earl Russell did
promise protection ; and so on ad infinitum. Such
are the current rumours, but we have every reason
to discredit them.—liverpool
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The New Confederate Cruiser.

A new Confederate cruiser, known as the Talla-
hassee, commanded by John Taylor Wood, has made
her appearance off New York, burning and.destroy-
ing no less than six vessels in as many hours. A
communical,lon from Fire Island, Aug. 12, says :
" WV.iie one of the sailing boats attached to the
hotel was cruising outside this morning it dis-
covered a yawl boat making for the shore. Upon
coming alongside of this boat 16 persons were found
on board, who belonged to the pilot boat James
Funk, of New York, the brig Estelle, the brig
Sarah Boyce, the brig Richards, the bark Bay
State, and the schooner Atlantic, All these ves-
sels had been captured and burnt by the rebel
steamer Tallahassee, commanded by John Taylor
Wood, off the cJast -yeeterday afternoon. The 16
men who were found in the yawl boat will start for
New York this afternoon."
The statement of the crew of the pilot boat
is as follows :—" On Thursday morning, at
half-past seven o'clock, Fire Island, bear-
ing north-west, distant 30, miles, discovered a
steamer steering west. Kept off for her and set our
colours. On approaching her we perceived that she
flew the pennant and Union flag. On nearing us
she stopped. Thinking she wanted a pilot, we
hove our yawl out, and Mr. Smith and two men
went alongside of her. As soon as as the yawl got
alongside the steamer down came the stars and
stripes and up went the rebel flag. The pilot and
men who were in the yawl were taken on board as
prisoners, and they lowered two boats of armed
men, who came and took possession of the pilot boat
in the name ofthe Confederate States. Before taking
us he had captured the schooner Sarah A. Boyce,
of great Egg Harbour, bound from Boston for Phi-
ladaiphia. At 9 a.m. the privateer captured the
brig Carrie Estelle, of Boston, bound to New York.
She was burnt. At 11 a.m. she captured the bark
Bay State, from Alexandria to Boston, andburnther
also. At 1 p.m. captured brig A, Richards, of Bos-
ton, from Glace Bay, bound to New York. She
was burnt also. At 3 p.m. elptured schooner
Atlantic of Addison, and burnt her. At half,npast
three she boarded the schooner Caroll, from East
Machias, bound to New York. She was released on
signing bonds for 10,000 dole., she taking all the
crews of the captured vessels to Now York-. All of
the prisoners were paroled, and during all this time
privateersmen would not give us anything to eat or
drink. August 12, off Fire Island, 15 of the
paroled men left the schooner Carroll in a rowboat,
and steered for Fire Island Inlet, where we were
kindly taken in tow by the yacht Lily, Capt. John
son, who brought us into the inlet."

The following is the description of the Tallahassee
published in the New York papers :—" The privateer
Tallahassee is an iron steamer, painted white, with
two smokestacks, two screws, about 230 feet in
length, 20 feet beam, and draws about 9 feet of water.
Her bell is marked Tallahassee, of London, 1864.'
Engine marked 'J. and W. Dudgeon, London.'
She is fore and aft schooner rigged, mounts three
guns, one small one on the topgallant forecastle,
a long 32-pounder amidships, and a 24-pounder
aft. She carries four waist boats. Her crew
consists of about 120 persons, including the officers.
Men of all nationalities are represented on board,

most of whom are said to be soldiers from Lee's army.
She is said to have run out of Wilmington about six
days ago without having been seen by any 01
Admiral Lee's blockaders. She has quite a quantity
of cotton on board to protect her boilers, and there
are four barrels of turpentine on deck to be used
in firing vessels. She is commanded by John T.
Wood, C.S.N. The surgeon, Sheppardson, says he
was one of the Chesapeake pirates. AMr Hall is
the boarding officer. The crew are dressed in rags
and tatters. Some of them wear their pistols tied
to them with Manilla rope yarns. They aro a hard
looking set. The chief engin3er says he is a Boston

man, or that he was born and brought up in tha
city. The last seen of the privateer she was steer.

,ng south east, with the pi!otboat James Funk in
:ow as a tender. All the officers and crews of the

vessels captured by the privateer were paroled, and
signed a document promising not to take up arms
against the rebels until properly exchanged."

THE HAPPY FAMILY.—The Administration party
is entirely falling to pi:ces. So utterly impossible
is it for Mr Lincoln to be re-elected, the great Republican
party, which is still strong through its immense wealth and
its hold upon anti-slavery sympathies, is casting about for
a new candidate in order that it may retain the government
in its own hands. lam assured on the very highest autho-
rity that Mr Lincoln has consented to repudiate the Balti-

more nomination already conferred upon hire if his party
can agree upon some candidate who will do better at the
polls. The last scheme is to put Andrew Johnson, who
was nominated at Baltimore as a candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, in place of Mr Hamlin (the present incumbent),
thrown overboard, at the head of the ticket, and leave Lin-
coln out. Johnson originally was a tailor, and could not
read or write until he was 20 years of age, when he fortu-
nately married a somewhat better educated person than
himself, and was taught by his wife. He is still a rude,
unlettered man, of violent passions ; but still he has a rough
and ready way, and an energy of character which has made
him popular with the Western people. It is felt that the
crisis demands a man of nerve and decided executive force,
and hence it is supposed that Johnson would inspire that
personal enthusiasm which Lincoln has thus far entirely
failed to create. The leading New York papers of Repub-
lican politics, the Tribune and the Evening Post, favour the
substitution of Johnson for Lincoln ; and at a meeting
lately held in Boston by the New England senators a peti-
tion was signed and forwarded, in which Mr Lincoln wa,
requested to abandon his chances for a longer lease of the
Presidential office.

LORD PALMERSTON'S VISIT TO HEREFORD
SHIRE —The arrangements for the reception of the
Premier on the occasion of his visit to Hereford next
Saturday to attend the inauguration of the statue of th(
late Sir George Cornewall Lewis are as follows :—He will
arrive in Herefordshire on Friday, and, as already stated in
The Sun, will be the guest of the Rev Archer Clive, high
steward of the city, at his residence at Whitefield. It ie
expected that he will attend the festival of the three choir,r
on Friday, the last day of the festival, when the" Messiah,
will be given at the cathedral. On Saturday at noon, the
Hereford corporation, militia staff and band, Odd Fellow!,
Foresters, rifle corps and band, and citizens will form in
procession, and meeting Lord Palmerston on his arrival in
the city conduct him to the shire hall, where the corpora-
tion will present an address to his lordship, after which the
ceremony of unveiling the statue will take place. Thor.-
will be a public luncheon afterwards. Lord Palmerston
returns to liondon the same day.