The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-17


} / OF has subordinate 10 the Government an
thorities, With the remark ,haJ there ha
been u0thirs disclosed "thaL would iustif,
further sc;ioa on his part"
give AIR. Col eetar Edwards the beuefI
oil the iu' text % his letter 60 the olIr.sI
81 headquarters, tina, 10 NAV be seen th.t
do not ai-sqr5.e MS language
No. l.sls.J
L'l.9 OF Letter PROM t.- ,JE.-i1-, L.rs.-
pool. .a me llrlHiis, l5ar~ or Cas.asgg-
CUSTOM HorsG. LIytsraal.l
July 80 1852
! HoS5EAsLE SIEs Immediately on recsiut
| Of tue sioregoiug communicaIou rConsal
| Dudley letter OF that morning., Mr.. Nor
] gan, surveyor. proceeded on board the Her
cules, snd Z beg 10 enclose his report, OBJ
| serving that he perceived 10 beams, such As
alluded 10 BY the American Consul, nor
anything on board that would justify fur
ther action on nv part.
Respectfully,
s. PBiCE EDwaEDs.
Blue Book, lS55.-"The Alabama. g5pv
Of or extracts from the CORES poudence BE-
tween the Commissioners Of Customs aui
the Custom House authorities az Liverpool.
relating to the building Of the Alabama
P. IO.l
In regard to Mr.. Edwards' allusion IN
this letter 70 Mr.. Morgan's rot having sDer-
ceiyed any beams such as are alluded 20 b. |
the American C5nsul, 10 is worth NOTICING I
thsIAir. Morgan makes no such statement /
in the printed report made By himself and /
given ~ the previous page OF the Blue I
Book; and, II Mr.. Morgan did not in fact /
perceive any beams aboard the tug, il ls not
a. all wonderful, when be had such a
beam IN his own eve as 20 recommend a
iree pass Tor the tug alter writing the fol-
lowing passage, which transcibe literally
from that same report. Z have already
given the whole Of this report in my COM
Of the Ilth0
"a considerable number Of persons, male
Ind female, were on the deck, some Of
whom admitted n me that they were d por-
lon OF the crew, aud were going 10 Join the /
gunboat.' "
Thst is, "hostile expedition" Of at least
twenty-five or thirty men. a ga among them | ;
a. appears by Clarence YOuge's siidavitl .
'sptaIu Bullock himself the Confederats !
gent IN chief, who disburSed the COZ fed | Z
rats funds and Confederate comm -ssions on
-nglish soil, and who al this Inoneat was | /,
Ding down 70 the Alabama 10 direct svery-
ning about her final despatch before hoist
lg her flag as g Confederate cOrsair OF the
lost nefarioIs description this hostile
rev OF msrauders having av0wedlv admit I =
ID 10 the surveyor Of Liverpool that they :,
ERE Just starting upon their Duueutral ex- Il
edition, and the surveyor and his superior II
aving been officially notified within d few :,
ours that ga tagrant violation Of neautral- -
y was about being perpe rated, sees no =,
JASON why CAPITA Bullock and his men | -
lou!d not be allowed 20 90 theirway 20 the ~
labama, end no reason why the Alabama -
srSeli should not be allowed 70 20 unmo- ! =.
sted TO SEES; and Mr.. Co lector Edwards | >
titles the whole transaction with the bare | ~
mark that nothing had been found on h.
ard thar "would justify further action on h.
y part" ~
Will Earl Russell, upon this concurrent or
stlmony Of John Laird and Collector Ed ~
ards, authenticated as it is by the authori- ne
Of Parl amentary reports and blue books, ~
y longer adhere % has assertion that the | -.
ADAMS escaped by the false pretencs Of 3 he
easure p4rty2 GEOEGE BElus. =
Boston, December 7. -