Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-01-22
PAYRfFRVILLR, TENN THURSDAY, JANUARY y, 1863

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4 armed man, and under the charge Of
h a Soulbern officer named Low, whc
i ranked as Lieutenant in the rebe
{. navy Ashley approached the All
S el, the passengers began to show
fevi lent signs Of uneasiness as if
, they feared demsnd would be made
Iupon tn, NJ for their money or ,heil
Hves,' OF: rbaps both. The wo
men were dreadiuIIy frightened, snt
those who had any valuable person.
al property began 10 conceal il as
fist as possible. Lieutenant Low,
! when he boarded The Ariel, Stated
that the passengers would be allowed
to proceed unharmcd, and their pr.
vate property should be respected
/ This certainly quieted few Of them,
although there were yet some skep=
4 ties. Captiin Jones WAS next Or
dered 10 60 aboard the Alabama,
iiand On his return 10 the Ariel, he
stalrd that the Alabama deserved all
her previous reputation for speed -
She can steam fourteen knots with
sevent cen pounds Of steam, and is
allowed to caIry 25'pouDds OF stea m.
Size has two engines Of filty-two inch
CO Under and seventeen inch stroke,
aud is, in all respects, perfect mod
ell Of beauty! Her armament is, he
says, one hundred FOUNDER ria.
and one sixty-eight pouuder pivot
gun, besides six medium ihirtj two
Founders. He Can eight seven guns
aside, having arrangem nts made fer
transferring two of the pivot guns
from side to side With great rapidi-
! ty Capt. Jones further says, the
Alabama has "a fine crew, and that
they are well disciplined, that the ship
is in fine order, and that the deck
is arranged for two additional pivot
guus, which he was informed were
one huudred FOUNDER rife, and in the
Alabama hold, ready to be mount.
ed should they be required. lie
says that 'Oid B'eswax' treated
him re markably well. He was not
couGAed, aud had the privileges Of
the deck, aud messed in the ward
room. The fist of Tie officers Of
the Alabama is correct as before pub
lished in the "HeTald."
Captain Jones says the only ship
that Sgmmes fears is the Vanderbilt,
He made many inquiries regarding
her speed aud arnpmeLt, but ob.
taineG no Information whateyer-
lie lausbsat al the ether ships we
have, and remsrked that he cared
nothing for the San Jlclnio, that be
wen; 20 sea with her when at Mar
Unique, and paid no attention to her. /
What he cannot whip lie Can rum
from.
Lieut.. Low, having made ilqni-
ries.of Cnptain Semmes about what
to do with the officers and men on
board the Ariel, on his return paroled .
them that they were not to serve The
United States Government in any !
capacity, or at any place, during he
present war, and prohibited them
from even doing garrison duty AT
the forts Of California, TO which
place they were bound.
Tie tffieers were ordered 10 give
up their side arms and the men their
muskets and equipments, which
were all taken on board the Alabama.
1t. Low nextc;rlled for the manifests,
and, finding some mooey on them,
took possession Of 5000 in Treasury
notes belonging TO Messrs. Wells,
Fargo & Co., and Sl,500 il silver
for Nicaragua, belonging to Peyton
Middleton, Esq, late United States
Special Inspector Of Customs in Pa
mama, and TO lis American partner
in Nicaragua, e. S. Lane, Esq. Be.
ing assured By the purser that the
Ariel had no letter mail, he did not
overhaul the sacks, and in fact moth
ing inthatli9s Was disturbed. Wals,
Fargo & Co.'S sacks, the private sacks .
Of the Panama Railroad Company,
the S5uth and Central American and
Panama mails, and even the State
Department sacks for The United I
States Consul at Aspinwall, contain
ing his own correspondence aud .
that for other icopsuls. ministers and
naval officers, we're safely delivered to
the proper authorities at Panama.
The ship VAS however, bonded for
$I25.000, and the;cargo and freight
for 5000 more, making total Of
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