, 1864-02-20
OUR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE,
The Vessels Building for the
Rebels in French Ports,
a Significant Semi Official Utterauce
-1ron-Clads "For the Emperor Of
Ch1a.-A Protest from Mr. Day
ton-Ihe Florida, Georgia and
= Rappahannock- France, Mex
leo and the United States.

/ leo and the United States
I PARIS, Tuesday, Jan. 81. 1;Gs
The Aonsteur dc I. .Ar7aee, the official mill
tary paper Of the French Government, con
talns paragraph in its issue Of the 21st inst.
which, l an told. was inserted by superio
order, and which eonceals, under, a simpl,
form, IN evil design AGAINST the .Goyernm en
o. the United States. The paragraph reads
! thus: ,,t' -:
"china:-our private correspondence from chr
the officers Of the Engllah Navy who had taken
service In the chincee Navy, had broken their an.
gagement and LETT for Bombay, taking With them en-,
m q 6nsss u f. p 81 ;st a
crumcnt, in this dilemma, ordered to be bought
IN America a certain number OF gunboats, which
Petshfl, and which are to be used in the blockade
OF fankfn. It WAS decided that several other YES.
sela should b ordered nom the private ship build
the new Chinese neet''
The work on the Confederate vessels at
Bordeaux and Nantes goes on, md mis- inof:
1cn6ivc looking note OF the Mvniteur de Dir.
n'es, is said to DO Intended to prepare, the way
for the sosftc OF these vessels when finished.
Il the vessel, by any successful dodge should
get into the hands Of the Confederate agents,
the French Government can point to the
tl,ey were intenaed for rh;T.. a,.I ~. LIN t,
Confcdcrates bourbt md fnrna5 thon, frn,,o sro
their. original .dcstinafinn W. Enn4y tEsu tha1
the French Government offsn aJonts fh;s
emall method for securing its enis an5 III IL
maJ DC lint this paragraph Of the Moniteur de
e Aro.tsis printed With the design I have in
aleated: s II Is at least worth pointing out
!, In regard to. the other Copfederotc' ah,na IN
Frencli Torfs Two noin+4 a,r 9.t 9s.aG e11ps IN
been made b} tie American aiinsster e1 wh1es hIrs
arc not admitted by the French Goyernment
but which, neyertheless ara n1acs5 ~, ..nsa
In the shape OF q protest bv fhc M;r;stas eeo4o
The ilrst Of these points werc nan5a T.:
gard to the crew of tho F1ori5oS 'Whn- - ttS.
vessel arrived in the mort Of Rrest hcr cra,s ras
abandoned her, and she has nnT recrn;tada y
new crew In Trouch ports, 70 this rcrrnita
ing Of sailors for vessel ,vhs.h H. Estas
call mau,of.War. Mr. Dartnn r.at.4s,i.' tu sonIn
jects as violation nf fie ne,,trsi1tH smny o W:
exactly. as tue recruftinp NJ snId;ar,5 a'i1 sas1
be. But the French Government ACES nnt
admit the validity Of the Amcrica1, Minister,s
reclamation, or rather avoids It By the sub.
teffuee, that THEY only count tho rncn that
come in on tho vessel md 70 out on her:
that they do not taIc the cognIzance Of the
names or nationality OF the men, but only Of
the1r number; In f'nc, that they have nothing
to 90 with the personality of the men, md
~ Icy eo11Aob LsAec E1Snlzancc OF tle TACT, |
The vessel The American Minister claims.
nevertheless, that no sailor can be recruited
for tue vessel in French port withouta yio-
l9tlon OF their own. law, and lc argues fur
tner, that they might as we'll apply tho prin-
clple o. number and not Of men to cannon
and other articles of the first necessity on
board ship, principle obviously .ur,iair'
Since interior men, the same a5 inferior can.
non: may be thus continuously replaced by
good ones.
N, Tie other point regards the Rappalannock.
themselves of the stress Of weather c1ansr ~
lhe neutrality proclamation, declare that tic
vessel when she left the port of Sheernesa IN
England. did not intend to take rcfugc IN
fenct port, but that at sea she broke her
machinery, and owing to the direction Of tic
ais, where she must necessarily rep.ir I " Thc nu
converse Of this story, If It be not tr;,e cav
aot be proven, and Tie French Government
lnng her Equipment uader fhe aes Sepef vesdf'
he stress-weathcr clause Whcn fhera usen. r,,o o.
ID ftom EnrIand the hnrlreJ and eaets. aslir
ages Of which spoke In a formcr iettc!P P"fM ~
American Minister nrotectad - faps,.m imsltcl, the
heir being nut on board. Bat -" cs,tssn ~Inst ~
he vessel hmm ed;atelv rnnrescntrd ihpt ttoea -,
bikes contained articles for the repair of tIe +
them INTO tie nort Of f..1sia a1d sn n1a usasen
Iary but moi efsan+;a, , s1t1a5, aa9 supplemen'
mostly fos the Eitchen a. ,.cise nea u eq1ipment
The French Marine nff,ce ~ 41oraf onsas nooms-
he boxes to 10 On bo1rS fte ressai h,.t -.
American MIaitar had haa,, ,ss',s Sssei uut the
he weasel came i,tn ~. -ost ofu = aesuasu taat, as
:he must On mt tht ~. uneelG;i,,aatman, ea;,, |
,ermitted r. nht..;n eauS, Snc VIII MOI DC
srencl nort fo- %sr nns .sansde aIuele IN 6
/ disabled merch.ntmwsnp t wposss aa one came IN 6
epaired one Int nnth;nn anu anu. may go ont 6
here 7nnr I,c s M I i,nnart3nn morS ana that c
french MARITIME Po'ice PtTn IN aDoaI 1hla tne
r1ers f,o1n Pari. t.iast u., ~ aeeordance with
Int rnGa4s+eaI, sas't .ae tesstl every day. 1
not satisaad ;tt ~ w. american Minister
;rrrcb Tu T..s.s AZ, n!t1 ~ coaanct OF the [
40 stra-, -. u tais case, aud that he c
- m sa aGGesH Gos plolestea against It. =
the @ Hou1eqetatc Fes6ci the Geotgla is still ii
PUT o. CherpouEg, undergoing repairs, a
y iuese :. no na!aonat vessel guarding her Il
- .I.s Enn M9laeoI we lear on Ills side that a,
,e,h ,1 I;otlaa ano Georgia may be arranging t.
,1uolaeo ATTACK on Capt. WtnsloW, Of the a,
rhs ~
cr;s;.tit uspa.e on Meaico IN inc French Corps NJ
.s3na .GeHm -. commenced Yesterday. The first n
WIS ~. duefoult, the editor of the rs
or ri, s.a.oor, qnd Representative of the nj
enced s5 hs na;o .. rafas. th a. Gueroult CON- n,
;fe wes on1r cn,,o5,.n1 .n1s tne eAlcan cntcr- &C