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tended the fitting tie veseel,) and some tYo
or three men. Tho men signed articles that |
night They had signed articles before at |
various times while In Liverpool, bnt they !
all came up again and renewed the articles. |
Liverpool by Captain Butcher, and made pay
able at Cunard, Wilson & Co.'s. The original |
articles are now In Fraser, Trenholm & Co.'S |
Office, but in possession Of Captain Bullock, |
who transacts all his business and keeps all
Of his papers at Fraser, Trenholm & Co.'S.
do not know the name Of the man who
acted as shipping g-mastera at Liverpool. Capt.
Bullock wrote letter Of instructions to me
before VIC left Liverpool directing me to cir
culate freely among the men, and Induce them
to 60 on the vessel nfter VIC got to Terceira-
I accordingly did circulate among the men on
our way out, and persuaded them to join the
vessel after we should get to Te1ceira~ Low
Ne sailed from Molae bay ut 3 o'clock on
Friday morning. We went out through the
Irish Channel Captain Bullock left us at the
Giants Causeway. We were some ten or
eleven days going ont to Tercei1a- We were
in quarantine for three days at Porto Playa.
TAKING III ARMS.
There was no transfer Of the vessel, or any,
thing Of the kind, there. The bark Agrip-
pima, from London, arrived there with part
Of the armament all the ammunition, all the
clothing and coal. She was commanded BY
arrival Of the bark she was getting ready for
dischasgipg. This bark Is owned ~ the Con-
federate Government, but is 'nominally held
by Sinclair, Hamilton d Co., Of London, and
sails under the British flag. This firm scon-
nected with the Confederate Government.
Early the following day the bark Agrfppfna
lau1ed alongside, and We commenced to take
the guns on board. Two or three days after
this the Bahama arrived with the officers.
This steamer was in command Of Capt Tes-
sier She also Eailed under the British flag.
The Bahama came In, and Captain Butcher
went On board and received orders to sail to
Ang1a.
The Bahama took the bark In tow, and we
all went round to Angra After VIC got there
we vert ordered away By the authorities
There Was also come correspondence took
place between Captain Butcher and the BtIt-
what it Was. Ne went ont and continued
diecharging and takiDg in all that day, aud
at night We and tho bark ran into the bay,
tie Bahama keeping outside By this time
We had got all the guns, ammunition and cur
e. from TIE steamer and bark: During 81
the British flag. We finished coaling on
Sunday, tho 9Th Of August, at about l
O'Clock. We received from the bark Agrip-
pima four broadsfde guns, each 32pounders,
and two pivot guns-one Gspounder solid
! shot gun and one 100 FOUNDER rifed gun
1e0 barrels Of gun powder, a number Of Eu-
field rides. two cases Of pistols, and cart
ridges for tho same. all tic clothing for the
1ncn WIS also received from the Agripptna,
and the fuses, primers, signals rockets, shot,
shell. and other munitions Of War needed by
the ship; also, q quantity Of coal
We received from the Bahama two g.
ponnder broadslde guns, a bale Of blue dan-
mel for sailozs' wea1, a dre-proof chest with
s5o, 900 in English soEereigns and $4,000 In
bank bills.
mate, told me that Mr. Il. G. Klngender had
been directed to purchase, in Liverpool, where
Mr.. K1ingender resides and does business as
a merchant, such supplies of liquor and to-
bacco US were required for tie ships use. I
made out the advance notes for the men at
she was lying in the Birkheuhead docks,
which were made payable By Cunard, Wilson:
& Co. at Liverpool. The halfpay notes
| which made ont in Aoltle bay on board the
No. $50, were made payable at Liverpool By
! the aforesaid II. 6. klingender After we
were leaving that port to enter upon the
! cruise, VIC were still under the British aagg.
| Captain Semnles then had all the men called
! att on the quarterback. The British ing was
then hauled down and the Confederate one
| raised He then and there made speech,
read his commission to them IS a COM
| mander in the Confederate navy, told them
! the objects Of the vessel and what she WAS
about to do, mentioned to them what their
| proportion Of prize money would be out Of
| destroyed; said he had on board s100. 900, and
asked them to 60 with him, at the same time
| appealing to them, as British sailors, to aid
him in defending the side Of the weak. I had
two sets Of articles prepared-one for men
shipping for q limited time, the other for
| those willing to 60 during the war.
The articles were then resigned while the
| vessel was In Portuguese Waters, but under
| the Confederate flag. This was Sunday, the
24th August, 1sG2. At the same time Captain
semmes announced that the ship would be
called the Confederate States vessel Alabama.
! The guns which were brought out to the No.
eco IN the Agrippina and the Bahama, we're
made and furnished by Fawcett, Preston q
Co, Of Liverpool. The ammunition mud en-
tire armament Of the vessel, RS well as ail the
outfit, we're purchased in England.
My belief is that We had eighty -four shipped
men, inclusive Of the 1remen and coal trim.
mera, when we left Angra All the men but
! three signed the articles for the period OF the
| war. New lalfpay notes were then dtaWn
In favor Of, and given to the men. The half-
draw half Of their pay on the first Of every
month. They were all payable by Fraser,
Trenholm k Co., with whom the money fol
the purpose of meeting. them was lodged.
The first set Of notes payable at CunaId
Wilson l. Co's) were ID the form Of the
British marine service The second set {pay
able at Frazer, Trenholm & Col we're In tht
form used By the United States and Confed
erutc navy. Sevcral Of the men refused tt
sign and returned In the Bahama to Liver
pool. Captain Butcher and Captain bnuoch
also returned in the Bahana.
We then entered upon our cruise. Out O.
the eighty four men believe there were moi
more fhan ten or twelve Americans. Thert
was one Spaniard, and all the rest were Eng
llshmen belonging to the royal naval reserve
as they informed me, aud as was generallj
understood BY al On bo3rdi aa or " az tfen
Low, fourth lieutennnti David Herbert Lie
wellfn, assistant surgeon; George 7. Full
J man, masters mate, md Henry A1lcott, tn
sailmaker. 1neyer remember at any tim
! seeing my custom house officer aboard TIL
} master from the time I Joined her, as belor
stated, until the 25th day of January, 1868, a
which time she WIS lying at Port Royal, ia
maica.
The first port we went into after leaVinl
:: the Western Ielnnds was Port RoynI, Martin
ique, where we went to provision and coal
rs, being tie eame vessel that took out th
: armament We did not provision or COT
. there, but ne went ont and afterwards me-
the Agrippina at the Island OF blanco, ne
longing to Venezuela. We duly took N GOT
I there We then proceeded to Areas Key
! near Yucatan Banks, where we lay about tte
days; where We painted the ship and recoale
! from the Agrfppina, and gave The men q I'll
: | On shore
We thence steered for Galveston, Whei
we destroyed The United States gunboat "a
:. teras, which Was the last vessel We deslroye
before left her. As soon as We got inc PIl
+ oners from the Hatteras on board, re Stare
;. straight for jamaica {Port Roya1l Ihere "
= prorisioned, coaled and repaired snip. a
!, the twenty three ships which We haa nnlne
p or destroyed had been SO burned or oest1oy
y in the interval between our leaving the Yves
e ern Islands and steering for Fort Koya
s I heard Of no objection from the autnor1n
u In Jamaica to our repairing, coailng
T provisioning the ship in Port Royal; but,
~ the contrary, We were received With Al! cor
- tesy and kindness. We were there about
+ week. Whilst we were there the Engnsh a
~ miral ut Port Royal paid Visip 70 Gap'a an !.
u shore on duty ut the time Of the visit; but
10 heard Of such visit Immediately upon. my
re turned to the ship for 1t Was the subject
~ much conversation and remark anongst t
re officers: and. in particular, remember
"a Sinclair, the master, speaking Of It.
u know that Captain Semmes pala q rem
i visit to the English Admiral on the DAY II
q the Alabama lett Port Royal myseu s
u. nth p @ fhe shin in terminated at Port Royal, an
q subsequently came to England, Whero
~ rived on ed March, 1853. vo..,
be Canadian Emigration Discouraged
at The Archbishop Of Qubec and the Blst
I of gt Hyaciutlc have both issued paste
m | letters r. t4iernnntenance emigration to