Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-29

hAi and San Francisco, shall yet be 90 built "a
to be easily conVeTsiblo into vessels Of war.
| As rcgaIds the Rsppahsnnoek, the CoBfede-
rato vessel which iglsiy escaped from as Eng-
lish port, aud took refuge in ths port Of Calais,
in France, the following ara tho facts IN Fsgard
TO her She escaped, as you already know,
eniY is" houTs before an order arrived from
the Admiralty 10 dstain her, and the person hsv-
! ing her in charge evidently knew that lhe or
der to seize her had been issued for wien the
vessel sTived Il Calais, her deck was ia the
utmost soufasion-notbing ERs dnished, moth
ing wss in It's place, and tho wonder was how,
in such plight, shs bad managed to cr0ss SAFE
ly the boisieToUs channel. since her arrival in
the pert Of Calais, Q new question ia the neu-
sraIiiy law has GTissn aud besn discussed bs.
tween tho Amorie1n Minister and the French
Government.
The vessel, while lying IN q French port,
snd to ahich port abe did not az ffOm sirsss Of
weather, bat in order 10 finish her equipment,
has attempted to procure these equipments
from England and 30 put them in their place
on board tho ships Ons day last week bnn-
dred and forty boxes, containing equipments Of
all kinds, from eolaRges down to kitchen nten-
sils, were sent from England TO a fictitious ad-
dress ct Calais, destined Tor the RsppEhan-
nook. Tins, although tho ConfedsIats agents
avoid buying what they noed in tie French
poTts, they uiake use Of hat Port % sash thslf
vessels and agsiust lhis evident violation OF
neutrality Law Mr, Dayton has eneTgetically
protested. The French FoTeign sseTstArY. I
5olieVe, hss adm ttsd lhe point Of q violatlen
but As the case vas q aeW one, he demanded
lime to confer with me miuisier of marine.
In al these transactions in regard ts Coufsa-
crate vessels, the American minister has iadi-
eiousy put everything into wTitisg, and ho has
declared to the French Governments that il ia as
much to their interest IS 20 the interest Of the
65ovsTnHfsnt Of the United Ststes, that no m
just president should now be established for
that the decision in every one Of thess eases
should~be held as pIeosdsBts for future action
So that there is net much danger but that the
French Government viii do It's duty in the
mstter ! may add that l hays reason 70 know
that the French Government is soTely vexcd
ovsr these conslERt discussions on iha neutral
ity laws, and wonld DO glad TO be delivered
from ihem.
After tho decision in the Alexandra case last
winter, the Confederaies supposed that tn y
were geing to bs able to get cut any numbar of
ships and it was, ia fact resolved on at Rich
mond 10 obtain large 1sst, not only as men-
of-wsr, but as pTiyaleers. Since then naval
officers have been constantly flteTing through
the blockade 10 coma ana take charge Of these
vessels until now we have quite large num-
Der Of them at Paris, and there is no dcubs as
many more n England.
The commission agents in London and Paris
who put Mr MeRae IN relation with III En-
LANCER, and thus enabled the Conlederste Gov
eTnment 10 negotiate the ffeen million loan,
havo sued the Confederate agent for a larger
commission than tho agent is willing 10 pay
The suit is instituted az London, although
MessTs. HeRae and EilEnger both reside at
Paris, bscAUse at Paris the law only allows q
liked SUN ia the matter sf commissions. The
agents in London who put the Confederates
in relation with the house Of ETisnger arc
MessTs Valentine & Co, an American house;
and g! Paris, Msssrs. Arnold q Co., sn Eng
lish house