Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-04-18
CORRESPONDENCE.
L. s. s. KEARsAeE.

Feb 18th anchoring In Funchal Roads and
remaining FIVE days for repairs.
We are now entering Cadiz, though not suit
feicntly near to describe it. We learned at
Funcha that the Sumter had gone to the
Mediterranean and thence we turned our
prov. Will try to add any item Of in
tcrest which we may learn at Cadiz. Our
VOYAGE from Madeira has been in a terrific
gale, but the beauty Of to-day was never
SURPASSED.
March 5th.-We are now fairly anchored
our Captain that the Sumter is lyingat Giber-
altar, the Tuscarora watching her, but of
course unable to assume the offensive. The
Paymaster Of the Sumter and the former
Consul atCadz have by some means been ar
rested by the Tuscarora and are now prison
ers on board. The Sumter was not allowed
extensive repairs here, only sufficient to pre-
vent her sinking We shall 60 to Gibc-al
tar this week and be upon guard don't
see what else can be done. | suppose we
shall be as empha,ically prisoners as the
Sumter and her crew. and officers. =
We hear cheering news Of Union
victories, and after our stormy passage over
TIE Atlantic nothing could make US more
bu3yant have not been on shore yet =
.haii = son. The Capt. aud Surgeon wen.
IN shefe la.s night and the Surgeon informs
ne that the sympathy Of the people is with
the North.
G'5srai.sr, M4se4 9.-Saeh proves to be
the case aud without rarticu larizing, the
Spanish Government. and people are our
firm. unc2mpromsing friends. We remained
in Cadiz two and half days and then
steamed up TO this place. The day before
leaving GAiiz the last sailing L. 5. 5. ship
Inc" Capt. Cressy reached that port with
the paymaster Of the Sumter and the eS-
Consa OF Cadn as prisoners. was taken
beyond the three leagues from shore 10 bring
message from the" Ino 10 Capt p The
prisoners, | was informed by Capt, Crcssy
were negotiating for coal &c, at Tansiers
and upon application of our Consul the
Moorish authorities imprisoned them. When
Capt. Cressy landed upon order of Crpt
+ Craven, |. 5. 5. Tusclr5ra, TO receive the
prisoners, he was informed tina, two hun
i dred English citizens and would sign
q protest against the removal Of the prison
ers. \ mob threatened the Consalatc-
Capt. Cravcn stepped out and said the pris-
oners should % or he should leave his life in
the streets Of the city. Oar Consul. an
Ohio Yankee, a5urishci his cane and shout
ed for the mob to lisPcrse Application wa.
made to the Moorish authorities to furnish a
guard 70, the safe delivery Of the prisoner,
on board the 'lno and word was a the same
time sent to .lno' to send thirty armed
men, With spare reviewers to the Capt. and
his othear Is accompanying him. Thirty men
armed with sIbFes and rcsolyers were des-
patched accordingly. \ hollow square wa.
formed and thes- Two incn were delivered in.
10 the hands Of capt Cressy in safety.
did not see either II the rrisorers-Capt {
denied admission to Consul Esglest5n whom
accompanied, altho' the captured e1 Con
sui requested an interview. The Prisoner.
were at the point Of being transferred to tn,
" Harvest Homo, Capt. Dickey. Of Stock
ton Nc, and suppose ere this reaches you
,-s,st II - II.
the United States Not tw,
ships length ahead Of US lays az anchor tn
notorious pirate sumter the " twenty.fou
ho'u : law she fortunately e.capes as sh
came IN here several weeks previous to IL,
PRONUNCIATION Of the order Of Earl Russell
Should she once g on. Of port she is forcre
atloat and is a doomed vessel.
United States ships can remain only twenty
four hours in port and altho' no order la
been served upon us we shall leave before tn,
expiration Of that time. Capt
Semmes is shrewd, cunning man be doe.
not allow himself TO be e1cclled in poiitenes
, by any one. lie will remain where he is IN
III the vessel can BE sold in some way, or I'm
Ill something happens 10 come to his relief
II you could step upon our quarter. deck oil
forecastle you could see with your naked ey,
this man, whose ambition seems TO be K
make himself prominent to the public by {
+ petty and pirAtical warfare he is prone
nading his quarter-deck, walking upon til,
starboard SIDE, the man Of medium size, witt
heavy white moustache, small light eyes
whose dignifel manner is slightly tingcS
with pomposity,-is The man Capt. Semmes
About HIM are some eight or ten officers
all Of them daessed in uniform, hardly dis
tinugishable from that worn by Union off
GERS, and probably the same as that ono,
used in the service Of the Union
Many of the sumter men have deserted. -
Her boat is now rowed TO the shore always
by the same ones five only compose tn
crew.
Setting aside the neutrality law, it seem
stretch to allow that any people claimin.
to be belligerents, should be sustained an,
supported by a 4" Christian =" nation like tn
British, in appropria,ing the property Of
sister nation without the least pretension t.
its legitimate possession. Here is the Sum
ter before our eyes. The L. 5. Government
sends its agents here and orders them t
l.