Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-10-15

inspection would suffice to prove how perfectly harmless
is this formdableookng piece, for II 10 simply made o.
wood and painted beautiful black The crew oi the
Tuscoosa fond of their big gun and have chrntened
it The fighting joe Hooksrp 1s4-lsi4
THE PRIyATEER GEoRGIA
The Confederate steamer Georgia il in Simon 8
Bay which port she reached on Sunday afternoon. She
was built by Messrs Denny 81 Co, of GreenOck Her
officers Joined her off Ushant Island the 9th of April
which day she finished getting her armament on board
hauled down the English and ran up the Confederate y
She then put to On April 25h she captured the fhp
Dictator, of New York, bound to Shanghai with GOALS
After burning tia Dictator she proceeded to the Cape
Verde Islands to land her prisoners As she got iuto the
entrance of the harb0r of st Vincent che discovered
.owar with The American c0ors flying; put about,
and to the north side of the island where she lad
until dark and thea stood for On May 18th she ar
rived ia Bahia the Alabama was lying at the tune
From Bahia she proceeded down the South Am, rlcan
coast Of Cape Fro in sight of land she captured the
George Grswod, which vessel had British cargo on
board and was the .efoe bonded The Georgia then pro-
ceeded to the Islam of Trinidad her way capturing
the barque Good Hope Of Boston, bound to Algon Bay
with general cargo Her captsin had died some days
BEFORE and his body being preserved IN salt Capt Maur
had bin brought board thu Georgia read the funeral
services bin and committed his body to the deep
During the service the barque j. W. Sever hove n sight
and chased by the Georgia She WAS from Boston,
bound the with machinery for the Russian
Government Til, prisoners from the Good Hope were
put board and shr bonded On the 10 june The
Georgia arrived at he Island of Trinidad. On the 18th
of June she captured the ship Constitution Of New York,
loaded with coal Tor Shanghai made prize of her. and
took her into tn. land On the 2Sth OF July the Georgt
captured the ship City Of Bath OF Bath from Callao to
Antwerp The cargo being neutral she was bonded and
the prisoners Of hn Constitution put on board OF her
On the 10th of Jy the Georges captured the ship Prince
of Wales, of Ill., from Valparaiso, bound to Antwerp
with guano. Inc cargo being neutral, the ship was
bonded.
PROTEST OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL.
During the visit of the Alabama to Cape Colony, Mr.
Graham, the American Consul, interchangeable in his
efforts to bak her proceedings. Promptly, on receiving
intelligence Of her presence at Sadanha Bay he opened
correspondence with the Colonial Governor which he pur
sued unremtngly hut Intellectually till her final depar
ture The following summary Of this correspondence is
given by the Newark Daily Advertiser:
Mr. Graham's first letter is dated August 4h and
tanned two proposons the first demanding that MS the
Alabama escaped from England while under bonds Tor
go 600 in violation of the foreign enlistment act she be
seized and sent back to England the other pro-
testing against her being allowed 10 remain in port another
day the ground that she had already been IN port
four days. and had been for week previous within
three leagues of land To this the Governor replied that
he had instructions 10 seize the Alabama and that she
had not violated the neutrality
On the 9th instant the Consul again addressed the Gov
in four different letters describing the capture of
the Sea Bride by the Alabama which he alleged occurred
in British waters within four miles OF the nearest land,
within oneand-aha miles Of Robben Island light house,
and witnessed by himself He claimed that the cap
ture within neutral waters asserted that neutral wa
ers the discovery OF gunpowder limited to the
fighting distance from land three miles straight
coast subse queny the invention of the Armstrong
gun extended at least six miles He therefore de-
manded that the przs OF the Alabama be declared no prize
that she be permitted go free All these facts
substanated by the adavts Of officers Of the Sea Bride
To these various applications Mr. Graham received
five replies from Gov Wodehouse till the eth and 9Th of
August; the former of which he wrote note saying
he not prepared to admit that the fact of the Sea
Bride having been brought to within ahalf miles
violation Of the neutrality much if the capture
had taken place the distance aom land and that he
did not feel warranted in taking steps for the removal Of
the prize crew. On the Sth the Governor to the
postve conclusion that the capture by the Alabama
not illegal or in violation Of the neutrality of the British
Government" "~
On the 10TH after sharp review Of the of the
Governor with relation to the Sea Bride, Mr. Graham
claimed that the Confederate cruiser Tuscaloosa had bsen
captured prize by the Alabama and without having
been condemned by Admiralty Court of any recognised
Government, converted into vessel de thei
foe protested against her being permitted to enter
trial port and demanded that she be given up her lawful
owners Considerable correspondence ensued, in which
Mr. Graham ably represented the interests of Onr Gov
eminent and commerce, but all his efforts were nugat0ry,
the Governor after CONSULTATION with the British naval
commander-in-chIef pronounelng the Tuscao0'a EN-
titled to be regarded vessel OF war; deny ing
that captured vessels rs soon as they enter neu.
trail ports revert to their real owners and for
feited to their capors and asserting that the claims
OF c0nteHdng parties to vessels captured can only be
determined in the first instance by the courts Of the
captor's country" 1t afterwards revealed that
such courts were mpr0ysed board the Alabama, and
that all the prizes she captured condemned by an
admiralty court over which Capt Semmes himself pre-
sided thus making him Judge of cases in which he
himself interested party The correspondence closes
with recital by Mr. Graham Of the pracal acts Of the
Alabama, Georgia and Tuscaloosa, and with an indignant
protest foom HIM against the pursued by the Bril-
fish authorities.
Throughout the proceedings the the British
Governor marked by cold civty TO our Consul and
by an unmstakable sympathy with the rebel cruisers