Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-16
Three California Steamer Eu Danger from
she AIabEmR ether PFsr, teers on the


From the New York Herald, December 81.
The pirate Alabama is again the track Of he Cali
fornia steamers On the 18th inst, Captain Crowell IN
the schooner Julia, while route from Savannah Mar
passed through Caicos Passage, Windwsrd Islands Of
the West mdiss-the regular route Of the Oshfornis
steamefs-in company with q bark-rigged propeller
painted black and having short topga1ant masts but
without topgsllant yards This without doubt
was the Alabama for it answers her description entre
" and we already have information that the 9Th
six days before-U plain Semmes from information re-
eeived from vessel that he boarded Of Point Morant,
jamaica conciu5 let the Are proceed her voy
age while he went in opposite direction Conse-
o1entv having transacted the little business be had in
hand be doubtless took mis- station in this passage to
overhaul the Ocean Queen and America both Of which
he without Doubt knew due at that point within
few hours Of the time the above described vessel was
The ocean Queen and America both sailed about the
same time from New York the l4th Instant and pro-
ceedsd in company southwark along the regular tr cA
of the California steamers their commanders being OF
coarse entirely ignorant the capture Of the Ariel and
therefore not are OF any Just for deyiatng from
| their re gular path. The voyage from New York to
Caicos Passage rarely exceeds Eve days Therefore
both vessels should have passed through it on the 10th
at the latest The Alabama was there on the 18th, to
be in time and if abe has really eaptured the two steam
ers, their value will have paid him for waiting.
The steamer Champion leftN York on the 22d inst ,
five days before the elegrspho news OF the capture OF
the Ariel resehed this city. The commander Of TINS
vessel being likewise ignorant OF the recent opera
Of the Alabama would take the same route ~ MS
predecessors and doubtless Semmes even II he captures
The other o would also wait for the Champi as be
would be almost certain that the news could not reach
/ Washington in lime for even more active man than
/ Secretary Weles to dispatch vessels upon the
/ tack Thus there is strong probabi ty that TITS
vessel has also before this time fallen prey to the
| pirate
The captain of the bark Trent at Halifax from Lon
don report that on the 5h of December in about lat
tude forty.one and longitude fory-two he saw ship
on fire and another ship bound east which probably had
the on board. This is doubtless the "ofH o.
prvateer; for Capt Weaver, Of the steamer Martha
Vinevard from Glasgow states that when IN latitude
forty Jon gitude hftYsix he suspicious siooking
/ vessel to the northward which kept away from him.
and after following about hour It came on theA ana
she was ost sight Of He thought sne was pr5vAteeT
Ont Stsrrett Of the ship Lizzie s0uhard also
ported that on the 18th Of November when IN latitude
5O3O longitude 3240, he was chased BY Yessei snP
I ors haifmast After while she hauled them down
and set French coors at half mast She followed for
two hours and finding she could not gain on the snip
wore around aad stood in the direction OF anothsr snip
4 which was in company The suspicious vessel was
/ long and narrow bark rigged painted black, with a
( white streak