Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-20


The New York Tribune gives the following
information Respecting the rebel navy building
in England:
According TO Mr. Cameron. three immense
iron steam rams the most powerful ever con
structed are building for the rebels. IL y not
certain that the statement is true. Two are on
the stocks az Liverpool. in the hands OF James
Laird. VI. p. who built the pirate Alabama.
aud = pushing them rapidly TO completion.
The third IS building. II anywhere. on the Clyde
at Glasgow. Our informant has little knowledge
OF the Liverpool rims, their size. or how nearly
finished they are At pre-eLt His account re
lates especially to Glasgow In the great ship
yard OF that port the iron rlads are building.
One of them. the Hector. just launched. i for
the British Government: another for Denmark.
both IN the ward OF Messrs Napier \ Soils.
The third l. screw stesme- under contract nv
Messrs. George 4 James Thompson. of $500
tuns ard otlO hOrse power. of model SO fiat
that she Is calculated 10 draw hut hIeen feet OF
water; built wholly OF iron, her frame included;
and with plating twenty two inches thick, at
which four inches and half iron, and the
rest solid teak This vessel j. said 90 be tor
some foreign Government not named. though If
fOrany recognized Government there j. more son
why there should toe any mystery about her
But although effort j. being made To hiGe the
facts about any other vessels little j. geuerslly
known of this one. and information like that
give was obtained with difficulty. a min Oi-war
Is commonly made when her keel - LAID. This
hiss no name. but i known only by her number in
the yard. Her frame is about half raise1, and
work Is gong on slowly. The contract requires
her To be completed in twenty months from last
July. Ii any vessel il now building for the
rebels on the CLYDE. it is this But il * quite Oh
vious. from the rate At which work on her pro
gresses, aud from the period fixed by the contract,
that she is not relied on for immediate service
And concerning both this and the Liverpool
rams, our Government is and has constantly been
fully informed
Whatever doubt there may be about this iron
clad. there Is none at all that other steamers tor
different service are bought and built for the
rbels at Glasgow The Columbia Adela and
Leopard. all sailed last summer from this port;
the Columbia to Hamburg Tor cargo the Adela
to Liverpool, the Leopard to Cardiff The two
fomer we're captured endeavoring to run the
BLOCKADE; the Leopard got through.
The rebels are preparing, apparently. not to
break the blockade this winter BY force. but to
evade IL by vessels OF Unusual speed With this
view they have bought and are fitting out steam
ers at Glasgow, which port seems TO share with
Liverpool the honor of being the resort for
pirates. There is great activity in all the wards,
especially in that OF Messrs. George and james
Thompson, above mentioned, in which six rOlI-
construction or repair all 0wnel by rebels or in
rebel interest. The Iona Pearl, Eage and
Ruby, were selected especially for the work OF
clrryiug arms and ammunition into bOckadel
rebel ports. The Iona the first to attempt
the voyage, and was sunk by collision six weeks
ago The other three, like the Iona. are long
narrow. swift. smooth water side wheel steamers
built TO run fifteen miles hour on the ClVde
and from $50 TO 900 tuns burden I he Pearl
Wa lying at tak i'm DOwler- N hen
the City of Baltimore, on her last voyage out,
touched ut that port Ii is proposed TO send her
and all the reSt-slI of them being unfit for AN
Atlantic vOyage-by way OF Madeira to Nassau
there to load, and thence to attempt the blockade
mere are immense stores at Nassau waiIng the
opportunity to find entrance into rebel ports, and
the rebel necessities are so great that they will
leave no means untred 10 obtain them
Besides these there are steamers of another
cass-the Thistle, Giraffe and Columbia, three
screws, bnHt for sea VOYAGES. destined for similar
service. but of much larger tunnage The Giraffe
cost Eos. 600. the Thistle El2 900, and the even
together not less than El00.OOe Ii appears
from an examination of their Custom House Rec
iSter, that ALL except the Giriee. are owned in
the name of George Wigg, a Liverpool merchant,
active IN the rebel cause. and were bought bv
Henry Laione. agent Both Wigg and Lafone
have been In Glasgow on business connected with
the vessels Me>srs. Begbv Co, OF London.
who were concerned in fitting out the Gladiator
OF recent notoriety. have also three iron steamers
of 500 or 60 ,uns building the Clyde. prob
ably intended TO the blockade From the
fact that Captain Reasons who went to Glasgow
tn take charge OF the Columbia, transferred
10 the Superntendence of the whole rebel fleet. il
j. supposed that the firm may also be interes ted
in the Columbia. The names of MeSSrS Begbv
4 Co, of George Wigg of Henry Lsfoue. Of
George and james Thompson. and especially OF
james Laird, p, aud rebel merchants, agents
ana llip builders. deserve To be faithfully remem-
bered by loyal Americans till possible cav of
future reckoning
But it is tothe Liverpool Southern ASSOCIATE On
that the reOels most largely whatel OF credit
and resources they possess in England. Liver
pool i bitterly and almost unanimously rebel IN
it, svmpatheS, and throughout Great Britain th
pe~tent seaport has exerted "a wide and earnest
influence against US. We are not likely TO for
get it.