The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-11-26
Foreign Ncws-By tho China.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.


between Messrs. Adams and Russell. rela-
tive to the depar' re Of cruisers for the
rebels from England. Russell repeats the
argument that the British Government
acted upon precedent, and supplies memo
randum showing that steps were taken to
prevent and punish breaches Of neutrality
Every representation of the American
Minister was considered Immediately, and
-eferred, when necessary, to the law
hccrs without delay.
THE ACTION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERN
MENT FOBESHADOwED.
1t Is impossible for the American Co
vernment to abandon the claims for the
depredations of the Alabama, but it is
quite possible for a Government to yield
nothing, yet do nothing. We must prepare
no jot of its demands, and will reserve
the right Of enforcing them. But, still,
when the temper of the people is calmed.
when commerce has had time to renew the
links which bind the two nations together,
when the memories Of war fade into the
past, there will be little disposition to
dwell on unfortunate but inevitable casu-
alties.-Londo7a Times, Nor. H.
A DISGRACE TO BOTH COUNTRIES IF WAR
SHOULD RESULT FROM THE DIFFERENCES.
We confidently dismiss the supposition
that the Alabama claims can become a
direct cause Of war between the two coun-
done to bring the dispute to an early prac-
tical settlement, for it is one which can i'm
no other way be disposed OF. It would be
an eternal disgrace if both Governments
should confess themselves unable to find
any but violent solution Of their differ
ences; but there is a state Of nominal
peace which has many OF the disadyan-
tages OF war.-Loa,don Ne,cs, Nou. IL.
THE SHENAND". :.
The liberation Of the captain and crew
OF the Shenandoah is said to have been
unconditional, the British Government
being of opinion that there are no legal
grounds upon which they could be de-
tanned.
LIBERATION OF THE CREw-THE MEN PAID
OFF.
We are informed that the order for parole
was received by Captain Payntcr, of the
Immediately after it was communicated to
Captain Wadden. Captain Waddell then
came ashore, and had an interview with
some Southern gentlemen, after which he
returned to his ship and paid off and dis
charged the crew. At 7o'ciock. the men
Companys steamer Bee, and at O'Clock,
they were landed upon the Georges Land
inS-stage. But few spectators were pre-
sent to witness the arrival of the crew so
removed for their exploits, owing doubt
less to the fact that their parole was not
time before their landing. Each of them
brought on shore large quantity of lug
gage, and they appeared to have no lack
of money-facts which appeared to attest
that their long cruise has not been unre-
warded. The news of their arrival soon
spread, and crowds Of persons collecting
on the stage formed themselves into
groups around the sailors and endeavored
to draw them into conversation. These
attempts, however, rarely succeeded, and
when they did, it was evident that the
men spoke rather to evade curiosity than
to satisfy it. The men, indeed, appeared
to be themselves quite in the dark as to
their position, and though under the i'm
preston that they had done with the She
nandoah for good and all, appeared to
labor under fear Of committing them
selves or their officers by some rash state
the bystanders as to what the English
people thought OF the Shenandoah, and
two Or three of them expressed the great
est surprise that fine officers Of that vessel
should even have been suspected of pur-
suing their work OF destruction with a
knowledge of the termination of the war.
The men, though exhibiting marked re-
tlcence on matters connected with the dis
ciplins Of the ship, speak freely of the cir
cumstances which led the Shenandoah to
terminate her prlvatecrinS career, namely,
the meeting with the ship Barracuda,
as the first source through which reliable
information was received of the termina-
ton of the war.
Many of the crew Of the Shenandoah
are Liverpool men, and these Immediately
OF being landed drove off to their homes
The men declare that they arc at perfect
liberty to do what they choose, and that
their discharge is unconditional. At all
events, they have been paid off in American
! dollars, and many of them will, no doubt,
the country liverpool Co,u'ier, Nor. 8.
CAPT. wADDELLS LETTER TO EARL RUSSELL
| Captain Waddell, in letter to Earl Rus
sell, which is published, says:
SIN obedience to orders, found myself
in the Arctic and Ochotsh Seas, far re-
moved from the ordinary channels of COM
mercc, and in consequence Of this awkward
circumstance | was engaged in acts of war
until the 2Sth of June. 1 was ignorant Of
\ the revcrses suffered by the Confederates,