The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-02


Chamber Of Commerce the following re-
mi was submitted from The Committee
on the Destruction of Ships by the ALI
baua, and after some debate was adopted:
This Committee having reconsldered
the question referred to it, together with
the letter subsequently, received from the
New York Chamber of Commerce, beg
leave to report that the building or eqn'p-
ping in ports of this country Of such YES
sells as the Alabama, maritcstly contra
venes the intention of the Foreign Enlist
mcnt act entitled :. m act to prevent Inc
enlisting and engagement in her MaJes-
TVS dominions OF vessels for warlike pur-
poses without her Majesty's license. -
| That the provisions of the said act. ao-
cordipr to the statement of the Solicitor
General, are susceptible Of being easily
evaded, WI ich appears to be cortlrmed oy
tho fact Of the Alabama having evaded
them, Notwithstanding that her dest'na.
tia % was reasonably suspected and that
tho attention of our Government was d.
redted to her while in course OF eonstruc-
ton. with tho view Of having the act put
in force against her whenever sufficient
isgaE evidence should appear for doing So
that this alleged ineficiency OF the ACT
tends to expose our professions OF pcu:
trality to the charge u insncerlty. and
| to establish precedent which may al
some future time be turned with larass'
inn effect against ourselves, that, IN con-
sideraton of the above evils, this com
mittec is of the opinion that the LAYER,
| pobl Chamber Of Commerce should me
nJriaize her Majesty's Government to
enieayor, in concert with the Cove 'nmenl
! Of the United States, to make such alte.'
ations in the Foreign Enlistment acts OF
both countries as shalt seem best calcula-
ted to prevent systematic evasion and re-
strain the citizens of those States from
contravening the earnest dc>'-c OF Their
respective Governments to maintain upot
all occasions a strictly neutral attitude to
ward friendly powers who may happen t
be beIIigcrenls, and that a COPY OF thI'
report be transmitted to the New lorl
Chamber Of Commerce.
THE ALEXANDRA.
/ Although the "broad arrow y (th,
Government mark) was placed on III
gunboat Alexandra when she was seized
the men continued at work on her. d
the 9th inst, however, a telegram wa
received from Government ordering tina
the work should cease, and that nothin
should be removed, An official Instant
went on board and turned of the men.
A legal investigation is to take plac
immediately.
THE JAPAN AND HER ARMAMENT.
The s.eamer Japan, row called til
Virgiuin. which sailed recently from In
Clyde for a Southern port, had seve
guns on board. She is asplendid model
and was built by Henry Brothers at DUN
barton.
From the Glasgow Herald, April 10.
| No steamer n med the japan or Viz
pinia was fitted out at Greeuock eithe
for China or the Confederate government
We understand, however that stcame
was built by an eminentsh pbuilding firm /
Dhmbarton, which was first named tn
Japan, but was aftergafl Fechrlstene
the Virginia The Japan, alias Virgins
was very fine steamer of about seve
hundred tons burthen. and WAS fitted wit
engines two hundred and fifty horses pow
en-. She was raGnched on the 10th {
January last, and sailed from the Clyd
Oh the Sd of April 1t is reported thu
when she left the Clyde she had for'y en-
penters on board, constructing a mags
zine, all of whom returned by the Ia
steamer which towed her out. The o
,ler to seize her came on Saturday, Il
day after she sailed AS she was entere
for China very few people suspected thu
she had any other destination.
INVESTIGATION RESPECTING THE FITTrN
ii OUT OF THE ALABAMA.
! From the London Star, April 10.
a Our Liverpool correspondents hay
r heard on very good authority that the 60
eminent, finding that there has been
$ great deal of carelessness evinced on Il
i part of the Custom authorities at Live
t pool in referepco to tho building Al
equipment of war vessels for the Confed
5 rate government. and more especially
: the case of the Aiabuma, aud her depar
4 ure from Liverpool without clearanc
have for the last lew nays been holdiI
an investigation respecting the smiling
hat famous cruiser from Mersey. aud t
efforts which were used to prevent h