Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-20
EsiRnPEAa hEHs,
AMERICAN Tories
Tu8 CONFEDERATE BANS IN pR.rcr.


From the shipping Gazette, April 81
We learn from Nantes that thu twu slaa:,.
ships built in that port for the C..nir,i.,,;. 3
Slatcs Of America, the Shanghai. Lv ~. d.
hisen. and tho San Franc;s.a, l,y M.s,,s.
.Irlict TT Babin, were launched IN Saturday
las; The launch Of the former va. cil;ct. Il
wish complete succeas in the morning: that
Ut The latter was attempted about the same
time, bat some !mrcdnont occurring, :: l.; !
to he ,u.;p,':ci - tho cYciirg Wien il wa.
.at.,iacit ri!y accomplished. Not tie III hit
,st mystery, it appeals, is observed nc Nantre
rs tn the fact Of these vessels having been
constructed for the Confedcra:er; anu it is
affirmed there that the French OoYernmsnr,
notwithstanding til, rcmunstranccs If Mr..
DAYTON, the United States Minister at Paris,
has no intcnticn whatever Of preventing the
arming of then, Thus French shin builders
enjoy {; liberty OF action which those of Eng
land DO not possess, and the French Govern
ment pays IN attention to representations
from tho North Americans. 30 the like Of
which 0nr GnvCrnmcnt mcekly bows. Verify,
Old England, in both respects, has fallen from
hcr high estate. TIE Shanghai ard tho San
Francisco arc described ~ very handsome and
powerful vessel, and urc 10 cor s.ructod sha,
they will Ut sScss great speed In addition to
these, arinc floating batteries, also for the
C0n!ederatts, urc in cOursJ of COZ s ruetiun at
Nantes, and such progress Vs been made
with them That they Gun put to sca before
long.
From Bordeaux wo learn that in that port
as well as at Nantes, % steamship has been
built for eho Conredcrates. The builder is NJ.
Arman, who, as our readers know; possesses u
high reputation nf fSSs art This vessel is
sufficiently advanced to bo ablc to sail about
tho end IF May-the 30,h Of that month il
spokcu OF. Her namo ii "Y,M6." Sine is to
20 to China, ana in order tn prevent my OBJ
lection - her departure she will leave al Il
commercial ship, and will cvon receive jag
scrgcrs.
the ALABAMA IN THE rAsrgRN sEAE.
The cnrrest":.,.Cnt Ut the "Dnily Tel, =
graph writing from Cape Town, on tho 2Ist
nit. says:
Yesterday afternoon it was signalcl that q
French man -ot-war Wal coming i#tO the bay.
Soon after it was discovered 30 bo the rednub:-
able alabama" The news spread like
wil,ltrc tilrcu. hout the town, and numbers Of
persons We're to DO seen vending their wy
lown in tho direction Of tie central lefty.
fhe ncighborhood OF the post cIlice and tho
j,tty itself were speedily Grow Iei, and the
excitement was Increased when il was sig
nailed that there was another mln-ol-war ont
side. Tho conclusion was st once come to,
and il waa positively asserted amongst the
eager multitude, that il WIS tn. Federal
steamer 'Wyoming," which had been chasing
the "Alabap,,.," and that Capt. Scmmcs had
Gune iI!p Table Bag fr protection.
Tic AlIfam. ~ i grra; iavrri;e here. and
hearty wee the congratulations cxprcssrd tn
her sac cuSanru..n.nt under a.o pr,,tc,;.inn Of
tho British flag. Speculation was rilr ~ to
whether the Wyoming you'll co;n" into H."
bay, or lie in wait fur tie nncIny snlr; when
10. in steamed, hot the Wyoming, but an in
nocant French corvette. Then there w:s spc.
culai:on on another head. Would the Coz
crn0r de;ain the Alabama o. he Rad drne the
Tuscaloosa? Or could no lay violent Ira2d.;
on her on account of the seizure Of tho Mart
nban, which lrnG :. British registry, and WAS
sailing under British eDlors. Tho gossil"'
asserted that tho Governor had been tcic
granhcd to Oh tho instant although it wac
Sunday night, and message had been seat
ordering tho immediate coming rnuai Of a
British mnn-of-war from SimGn's By The
illusion was, however EOHn dispclled. The
authorities were not so excited ~ The poIu-
lace, end, am assured, tiok no suci pGli-
mel! action IS Was Imputed to them. ! am in
flrclcd that the Alabama will not be interScred
with 1t present; she will DO allowed all neceasa.
~ fuprli"t; and that wlei. hes c0aling is c1m-
plctcd, she will DO open to receive visitors from
-,c shore, ~ on the occasion Of her Former
waits. Captain Sammca received ,ls on board
lat night With all shat urhanity md gentle
manly demeanrr wI.irh characterized him nu
previous cc.:asi"ns. and WIZ willin. 10 :.lInrj
every information Respecting the movements
and the dci2s. q his rhiP. lie had net much
- tell beyond what had iccn previously
anown bnth in England and at tho Cape. l.;
will be remembered ,l.a. when he left Sin.A-
pore, on the 2lst Of September iln fell in With
the Mart:ban, HnI burned her. IN the belief
linz. she was in reality y Fedora! merchant
nan. The captain produced registry, dated
1T Singapore, ten days previously. On being
asked if kc had II bill OF sale on board nc
said ha had Icft it sill, the customs muthori
ties when ho got the registry Ito protested
most solHmr!y that The Martaban was u Brit
i'il vessel, hat Captain Stmmcs told him that
tho Register did n". prnvo the nationality NJ
!..n sip. and II, lid hurn her, winch h.
accrr.!inGIy 'Iil. Subsequently,, ut u c''":t
hG!d on board the hlLbnhIa. tho master -! tl"
Martaban, which was in reality the Texan
Srar, admitted that tie wiola WA . made up
aft rr; that there iai boon no actual isle, and
tlIt he had painted tho now mama on tie
s.rra after phc had put TO sea. Tho d:pps-
.."ns of the master and mate were taken, ard
Captain SemEles aays he .an produce Them i
they should err &c required. On the 1 h Of
January, Captain ScmmeR fell in viii, IL"
Amrri an ship E.n.na Jane, Captain +. 9.
Jordan, hnund from Bombay t. E:ng)on,
which ha ais; destroyed, Iand,;a thn r;lGii.
and cs.v on the island Of Auirc%o. Tho Al
ALBANIA cn:i,u H. cTlisf., about, in Tie h, pr
If capturing ai.iitjoual rr:Z,', but witl"nt
sIccc.* Shc sr"!.'. and i"aihsd many v -
,c's, which turned "u. t. hc bGHn f'lc neutr.lE;
t!In ma,n her wa7 in;, the Ma%amhiIn'
Channel, nnl CANE 10 the Cape. which 80:
male zen DAYS ago, but has been stat'':'ng I'll
ani on until thn expiration Of three m"ni'!'.
.wlen ahc would b. entitled t. ohtain c3Dl' ;.t
:. Britain pert is ins: three moath- to-day
since she took las =. Singapore, 80 that thr
identified 10 !agn them furnished t. her 10
Table Bay. The A!ahamH has captured i.ltu-
gerhar, ilnu Federal Vessels in tins Eastern
seas"
TIE DANISH QUESTION.
THE CONFERENCE.
frees iy nc o'clock IN the afternoon Of
The aj.h April, the several members nceredl-
ted ~ lhair sovcrsicEs to the conference, as
SMILED at the F.rst Lord Ct the Treasury +
oiliuili residence in Owning street, Whitehall.
Tie Earl Ru ii, accompanied by the E@:l
Of Clarendon, ~ero frat TO arrive. There
were present i IRON Brunnow, the Russian
Amir ssador; Prince do Ia Jourd huyersrc.
tho French Ambassador; Count Berhsdorf,
tbs Prussian ambassador, accompanied by
Baron Balau; Count II. tApponyi. The Dan
ISL Ambassador; NJ. de Bile, the Dani.h
Minister, accompanied by NJ. de Qnadc, the
Da.Ah Minister Of Foreign Ail:.irs; the
Swedish Minister, Baron do Beust, Plcnip"-
ta,tinr frrnl thu Gnrmarlin niet and ENunt