Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-11-13
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Exploits Of the confederate Ell Steamer
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The New York HersId publishes
the Stat, ment Of three nasters oi
SLIPS that have been burnt by the
Confedera,ssts amer Alabama, 900
and says that Captain Semmes, Of the
$780," has captured and destroyed
IA vessels, With S1,0oo,0oo Of cargo,
al d pa1oled apd sent TO the Island OF
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tits very evident, from all We learn
from Capt. Hagar, That the Alabama
will, if not lallen in with, captured,
and dstro, cd, become. the terror of
the Gee; n Her speed appears
to be unt qaalled both upder steam
and sail. Her sailing qualities e, as re-
ported, are superior to the speed of
Dine.teDths of our steamers in the
navy, and under steam aud CANVASS
combined l. will take the Vanderbilt
or steamers of a similar class. 10 do
anything with her in eh ase. Her
battery is very formidable, equal to
many Of our screw slooI~-oi.war Of
the second cla,s, and vastly superior
70 apy OF our smalltr vesscis., - SIZE
is in all r. spc cts an ugly customer,
and one that will destroy millions Of
propfrty befole she is caught, if she
is caught At all. - al,
In ell cases where Capt. S, mmes
captures a vessel, be sends an armed
boat on beard and orders the uptoriu-
nate captain on board the Alabama
with bis PAL ers. On bis arrival be is
lshered into the presence OF the pirate
semmes, who receives him in the,
most pmfous and eEeIbearpg m Nan
utr. He is questioned as TO The
aame of tie chip. where 5em. gh'r
bound. and the character of his cargo.
Capt. Hagar in reply TO the latter
question, said that some Of his cargo
was on English account. On bis Civ
iog this reply, Semmes scowied at
him aud remarked, "po you take NE
for a id fools Whtre are the
proofs that part OF your cargo is on
English acoeunt?' zo#E
Tt. papers unfortunately not hav-
ipg the Consular seal attached, we're
not considered proof, aud the Bril-
liant and her cargo we're in conse--
qpenee seized by Semmes ASH Prize.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF sFMAiEs,
Captaia Hagar says that, however
much Semmes may have had a good
appearance when an effice Of the U.
States Navy, he has entirely changed
now. He sports huge moustaehe,
the ends oil which are wax, d in q man
uer to throw that of Victor Emanuel
eniitely iu :be shade, and it is evident
that it occupies much attention Hi:
steward wakes it eyeFy day care.
fully, ard SO prominent is it that The
sailors of the Alabama term ijmS'O d
Beeswax." + His whole srpearance
is that OF q corsair, and tie trans7
formation appears TO be complete
from Cdmmander Raphael Semmes.
q. S. Navy, to q cqmbipaiiQn Of La7
f,te, Kid and Gibbs, lthe three most
NOTORIOUS pirates the world has ever
known. a..
g The officers of the. Alshama areirei,
ported as very dsintyseepilemen. III
plupdering . ship they take nothing
but what suits them. If replenish-,
ing their stores, they invariably reject
brown sugar. taking nothiag but The
bes. loaf. With kid gloves it is the
same-tbey refuse colcte, and will
have nothing but pure white. And
50 it is with them ali the way through.
They aappropriale every thing they
find worth having, and destroy the
rest, aud are pirates in every sense
Of The word sxe.pt they do not take
iiE-er rather, they have not ye:
done SO, When Captain Hagar lefi
the Alsbama these we're between for
~ md fifty of the crews Of the dil-
iersm evsssels, she had destroyed still
on board. They we're cou6ued below
iu irons, in the most miserabls con-
dition. They we're where every drop
Of rain fell on them. and every sea
that came aboard the vessel washed
over them, and the poorfeliowsI"eTe
10 terrible plight. having lost ev-I
cry thing With the vessel they ), be-
ionged T., the pirates permitting no
baggage, except the smallest guam