, 1864-03-06

Her DepredatIQs1s in the Eu4t,

The itHawIng letter. received by New York
buainess house from lis correspondent at penan.,
giSes como highly interesting particulars Of the
operations o: the A,assma:
PxxAsa, Thursday, JAM n. 1854.
Gxsr1EHES: Tho overland mail nom Europe,
now ten days oyssdne, sill keeps ont. and, in the
absence Of intelligence from that quarter, consid-
etah}e excitement has been occastoned here By the
further depredat1ons Of the rorer Alabama In this
nelehherhGod. an aceonnt Of which We have
thought might prove Of interest.
The captain and part OF ths crews Of the Ameri.
can ahfps SonoEa, of Eewhuryport,. 707 TONS and
Tue Aghlander, Of Boston, $40 tons. arrived here
thetk way By several teesels} and report that they
len Singapore on the 17th ideH,, on the way to
tkyah n ballaet to fad rice charters for Europe,
morning Of the 9sth. whilst Weighing anchor about
ten miles east Of the north sand light ship In the
St1ss 9f tsae shont Ut on Io1
Alatama, whose officers reported that they were In
teaEch Of both fpe, having been informed Of their
inp ase ana hdSv tSa IN s 9se Gsg
crews were removed 10 tic Alabams, by whore
commander the ehronometets, all charts. nautical
We're then red Ind destroyed. The &C Captains M esi q
the two ycssee only allowed 10 come on board.
The Captain Of the Highlander was allowed water;
s 1T Wtheaf od Of v.ssr and lave ess not nse anee
heen heard Of The Captains having subsequently
united IN the, boat which arrived herr, brought
M!tH AAEAN liAk !4FA 4Au SGIuuu DIHCtEb Vi tnt
esF of the sonora. The third otneer of the
RIs.i% ~1---11.s-d "r1Ais.A~ AA-a4.x
up the boat to a French bark, bound for Madras,
which picked mp the company and brought then,
some distance On the way. Al the above with the
wers sent on 10 Calcutta, on the ast nit,
By the United States Consular Agent, here, per
steamer Cheduba. They were informed on board
the Alabama that that vessel hAd destroyed on
the day previous tath ult,} Il bark lately under
American colos5 and called the Texan STIR, but 1t
tho time OF capture sailing under the British ing
and having British register and ha'lins from Maui.
agents here that the bark was laden at MaulmaIn
With rice for Hong Kong b. Nj. Axaha1n Cohen,
and that the cargo British property. It was re-
ported on board the Alabama that the Captain Of
the Maetahau had unfortunately kept copy Of hia
letters to his ewners advising them that he lad
changed the dag to nvoid rick Of capture, upon
eight OF which document the bark WAS 1T once fired
uit., was roing Off At full Epced in direction Of
Ackeen Head. Her Captain atated that he expected
that his acts In this quaftet would dinw the Wyo-
ming back rom lava, where he supposed hc1 then
to be, and that he would then be embed to pass
around snmatra and have second crutsc in the
Strata Of SundA. The Alabama, having recently re-
paired and coA}ed in Singapore, was prepared for
three or four weeks cruise.
The Captain Of the Sonora saw Singapore pilot
boat lashed to the Alabarnas dayt, and recognized
apen IN Singapore this broW Was eznanilE
hack In the direction Of Singapore On the following
The Sonora WAS owned by Mestrs: J: H. q Wtn.
Cutting, of Newburyport, and the Atghlhnqel ~as
owned bv Neee1s. f. q. Peters d Co., or boetoh
The Captain OF the latter owucd considerable IN"
tereat, which tsna not Insured.