The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-10

TIE CAPTURE Or IRE dEOh0la.
We have high authority for stating that the
steamer Georgia reported captured i'll the Northern
papers of the 7th, was not the Confederate cruiser
which has been doing such good service among the
Yankee shipping. The captured steamer was some
time ago dismantlcd and sold to British merchant
at Liverpool, was loaded with British cargo, ana
put upon the line between Liverpool and Lisbon.-
The "protest" entered by her captain against her
seizure was, therefore, made i'll good faith, and may
lead to trouble between the Yankee and British Go
vernments The following extracts from Eu-
ropeau papers concerning the affair:
From the London Shipping Gazette, August "A
LoNDoN, August 24-The supposed capture by
Federal war steamer of the GeorSia(s, formerly Ill
the Confederate service, but lately publicly disposed
of to an English merchant at Liverpool, has pro-
ducel considerable excitement among the under
writers, who contend that the act was illegal, and
demand the lmInodlate altehtioh oi the doFefhfheht
to the seizure
From the Dublin FreeIna1l's Journal, August 70 J
Private telegrams received ut Liverpool announce
that the Federal frigate Niagara has seized the ex
Confederate cruiser Georgia, bound TO PORTUGAL
landed her crew, and sent the ship to New YORK.
LIvERpooL, August 24.-The master lWithy-
combe\ and thirty three of the of the steam
ship Georgia have been landed at Dover by the Fed
eral steamer Niagara.
The following has been received by the Secretary
OF the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company i'll London
EuoRA Is, 81, GIBRALTAR, August Is, 1864.
70 the Managing Directors Peniass.!ai and Ofte"-
tai Steam Nacigation Company:
Gentlemen On the 18th instant, at 4 NJ i,
Great Burlings tring N. L. eight to nihe miles
distant we passed close to two screw steam vessels
both under steam but hove to with their heads IN
shore The larger Of these was evidently an Auei-
can built frigate, and was flying the Federal nag
y, I.1Ilt Af At,f
seven hundred TO eight hundred tons, without any
flag fiying, and was deeply laden. On her stern
was written white letters, tapparently quite re-
Gently done,) "Georgia, Liverpool. ueaviy iaueh
beats were frequently passing fou the smaller to
the larger vessel Preparations also appeared to oe
going Oh for hosting i'll heavy weights On the
poop Of the smaller vessel were several officers III
American naval uniform and humber OF men eVi
IDENTIFY belonging to the friqate, all fully armed
Boats were passing between the ships as long w
could discern them
Commander Ellora, 10. 81
Tho ,eoryi il will be recollected, was for Length
of time engaged as Confederate privateer She ar
rived at Liverpool few months ago, ana was pup
lity sold to Mr. Bates, Of that port, Tor tlo,0oO o
fl600o; was subsequently, taken up oy Tue lor.u .
mlese Government for the conveyance ot niis Iron
| Iiyerpool Lisbon, to the Azores and back ana
annears she was in transit to those ports when he
| capture was Made, with her cargo
The affair has caused much excitement AZ th'
| North The Herald says OF 1t
Tba Georgia. when seized, was under the but j
l A. md her eaptain entered protest against he
.a,snre. The event excites much controversy 1t !
rnmored that the capture was effected under consen
- ,ha british C.overnment There is much differ
oI aIe f nn;nion as 10 the legality Of the capture
In, general satisfaction is expressed.
oe sama attributed the quick recovery oil gold thi
morning in part to the capture o. The R.ava.s na;n
Georaia under the British dag the impression peiii
that II NAV possibly lead to entanglements WIT
| England.