The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-02

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national authority, and that emisFan9 nee,
have no fear that they will be molested. II
encourages epigrants to come and assure
them that the people will welcome them. Iii
curious to divine what the object Of circulatin,
such statements as the Raleigh paper has in
vented, except it finds it's solution in q laten
hatred to the North, which the result OF tn |
war ought to have thoroughly extinguished.
History OF the Pirate shenandoah--A.
Illustration of English Neutrality.
We print in another column a British history
of this notorious cruiser, which originally ap
peared ia the Liverpool Daily Post, and which
we find copied into the London Morning Star.
Of January 2, 1865. 1t appears by fhis history
that the irstregistered owner of this ship, then
called the Sea King, was William Wallace, Of
London, banker Last September She was sold
to Richard Wright, of Liverpool, shipowner, and
near connection of the rebel agent in
that city, and in the same month p. S. Corbett
was endorsed as master of the ship. Last Oct0-
bef, the owner, Richard Wright, issued to- Cor
bett, the master, a certificate of sale, empower
ing Corbett to sell the Sea King at any port out
of the United Kingdom for not less than
e45, 900. On the morning of the 9Th of October,
1864, the Sea King cleared from London for
Bombay, in ballast, and as an ordinary mer-
chant vessel.
On the same day the British ship Laurel, the
property of blockade runners, cleared from
Liverpool for Nassau, laden with heavy cannon,
arms, fifty or sixty barrels Of powder, and
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British subject, had engaged as carpenter ON
the Sea King in good faith, supposing that she
was going to Bombay, and other ports in the
Indian aud Pacific oceans as merchantmen
Ills affidavit made in November, 1864, shows
that the Sea King went Immediately from Lon
don to Madeira. That there she fell in with the
Laurel, and that the two ships went in COM
pany to the Island of Porto Santo, where, in Por~
tuguese waters, the armament and stores were
shifted from the Laurel to the Sea King, and
that Captain Corbett there announced to the
crew that he had sold the ship to the so-called
Confederates, and that she was to destroy
American ships, especially whalers. He also
introduced to them as the new captain
an officer in a gray uniform, whom he invited
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rebel flag was then hoisted, such of the crew az
would not join were put on the Laurel, and the
Sea King, having become the Shenandoah,
started on her new career This affidavit was
made by the carpenter with view to the re-
covery of his wages-he having shipped for Q
long vOyage-but the case was settled by the
captain.
This same ship liassince cryised many months
in The Indian Ocean, to the injury Of our com
number of our whaleships in the Pacific Ocean,
She Is pursuing an undoubtedly piratical
career. She cannotany longer even pretend "a
represent the confederacy, since there il no
confederacy, and her captain has been 30 in
formed; but he is conveniently skeptical, and
refuses TO believe IT,. While the Outrages Of
this British ship. against our commerce ara
fresh in every thought, Lord Palmcrston prates
to the world about the neutrality OF England
in our war, and English officials at large impu>
IDENTITY maintain that the ships that cruise
against our cOmmerce-this one With the rest
are not English, but rebel ships. But when
and whore did this ship change her character
When did she cease to. be British ship, and
where did she acquire another nationality We
have followed her from London and her London
owner--seen her transferred by bogus sale in
Portuguese wnters--sccn her receive the arms-
ment sent from England for her-seen her sail
away on her piratic,l career, and now we are
gravely told from those in authority in London
shat she is not British ship. But where did
she acquire any other character
The Cry PavEsENTs.-With a persistency
almos. fabulous the authorities adhere to the
abom;nabe system of paving the streets with
smooth stone pavement, although the experience
of wears proves that tits the worst kind that
could be conceived for horses. II is perfect
trap for horseAesh, especially in.wes or wintry
weather. The horse must tie as sure footed az
chamois that can Keep a firm step ON the
arci,cd stones of which the Russ pavement, for
instance, is composed, and the consequence in
that the poor animals are constantly falling and
breaking their limbs I'M our public thoroughfares.
The Russ pavement should be removed, and
Broadway and the other principal streets mac
adamzed "a the streets OF London and Paris
are. 1t would be quite as cheap and enduring
as The present pavement. There could be no
finer roads anywhere than the drives in the
Park. which are all macadamzcd. II has been
objected TO that macad,mized streets IRE very
dusty. There il no reason why they should be so
in his city. very moderate portion Of the
eighteen millions OF dollars required for the
annual expenses of Inc city government would
keep the streets well watercd and II necessary
rolied. as Inc roads in the Park are, If the city
authorities could only be prevailed on 10 do
their duty.
THE CnoPs.--The reports from the Nosth-
western states generally are favorable to. the
abundance Of the cereal crops. In some dis