The New York herald., 1862-11-07
THE PIRATE ALABAMA.
The Consular Seals Of England, POr-
tugaI and Italy Disregarded.
More Vandalism and High
handed Piracy.
INTERESTING LETTER FROM MR. BURDEN,
AHS 10. A1
INTERESTING LETTER FROM Nh. BURDEN,

II appears that not only the cargoes " the ships Man
chester and Lafayette English property, but that Of
the bark Lauretta also SemmeEhas 70 all intcnts and
purposes gone mad subject OF destroying Yankee
property lie would rather from all accounts destroy ten
English cargoes then alsw one the property Of Yankee
70 escape The English government instead Of approv
ing his recent teprsdsttons. Will only take mea-
10 close his mad career. will ss oausc
Of rejoicing thai ssmmes refuses 70 consider any
property he falls In with under the American flag
other than American. Il would be . great thing
L the scaes would drop or the sys q England, thereby
enabling her Tor once 70 sss ana discriminate between
rish, and wrong and 10 convinced proper
method 70 make amends the wrongs she has done In
this u h by aiding In securing the steamer Alabama
and the pirate enmss. Ia now a. much 10 her nteres.
s ours that scounde should be TAKEN for In The last
el OF vessels he the greatest loss fell upon the
shoulders Of Engiehmen.
The following letter rfrom Captain Wells, oS the bark
faurie,ta, gives further light upon the conduct of
semmse and we do not wonder rumors are aooat that
England will take the matter In hana when she has been
ho cause u aD the TROUBLE
NEW YoRx, Nov. 8, 1852
AR H. j. Busn,cy--Dg saR--i take this opportunity,
rs you were part owner or the cargo lately destroyed
board cf the bark Lsureiis, under my command 70 say
thai sailed frsm thts hRrbor on saturday, Oct %
Nothing worthy Of note occurred until Tuesday, Oct 2s
at haspsst seven A. ". On that day made san stand
ing y
steamer under sail When about mile distant she ran
up the English flag, when Aoisod the American ensign
she then hosted the Confederate hs2 and fired gun
across my bow when Immediately hove 70, when the
steamer sent boat OF board, and wes ordered on
board the steamer with my pspes AFTER reaching the
steamer was ccndcced into the cabin Of tho Alabama
Captain samnos examined my papers and said
that my vessel prize. To my bill Of adng (for ess
barrels 1oar 29s boxes herring and 5000 saves) was
attached tho Epglish Corsnl's certificate that IL
was English property Captain Ss.nmes said u would do
no good he believed IL 10 be the enemy property
The Italian certificate for the balance Of the cargo he
slightly noticed. He Quesoned me about you (Bsrden)
aud ASKED whether you were Brith subject or not,
10 ascertain which referred him 10 the paper but he
said You curious British subject 70 be doing bus
ness IN New York. then ordered on board my ves-
sci 10 get clothes when they took such articles na
they wanted alter who'll toey ss ane oa nv sa. ~ n
released PAROLE and arrived here th morning
from Boston, where and my crew arrived on Sunday
last. Respectfully yours, NJ NJ. WELLS.
Besides the annsxed the captain told verbally thai
whilst on board the pirate he told that she NOT
got up by any subscription and that the No. 200
given by tho builder M " usual IN the English shipyards
that she belonged nttedout In Liverpool by nr
Of as well he could resoect Fraser, Trenhoime Co.
or some such namo, and that she had run away whk,
on trial trip and forfeited Gao 900 bonds; that
the crew. who appeared 10 be English told him wber
they shipped was for voyage to Nassau, and thence
On 10 braak the blockade; and that when they were
Obliged or did sign articles Of war they told sric
would be- kept Of everything taken destroyed
and be divided amongst them by the Confederate
government, which they felt sure would soon be recog
| nizcd She had about one hundred and twenty
| persons board, including some twenty officers
| of different kinds, the officers being, he be
| iievcd, oil from the South, and the crew prin
! cipally English On rcmarkng u tho pirate captain
that II h,rd " make poor bard working sea
firing suasr ny destroying their ALL without theI
having anything W deserve H. he replied that hs
had once twice thought their case was hard one but
coudnt he helped, the innocent must pay for th,
| guilty. Amongst his personal effects ne had 2 smai
telescope, the gift of member OF hts fanhy do
| ceased, which cmmemoratcd BY suitable device
Oh IT, and asking that that might be restored W hin
II was denied by telling him that nothing whatever oun
on DO rd Of weasel thnt assisted the damned Yankee
10 navigate the ocean should be spared He says sho