Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-02-24
'SAuING OF THE RAN OLINDA.

The London correspondent OF the New York
Wood IN q recent letter. thus describes the sailing
OF this new Confederate Ram
Think mentioned in a previous letter the de
,,rtur. OF fast Nile-whsel steamer of about 900
sons under the suggestive name of the Cty OF
Redmond. which cleared from this port FOR bermu-
d. as an English merchantmen, there being nothing
10 show agaiu,; Ger assumed character 20 enable the
AM. rite, 10 stop her. Well, az the mouth OF the
Thames she took aboard FROM little tender, 40
men convened rom the Rebel receiving ship Rap
pahauuOck leg.ny biockaded az CALAIS, among
whom were several Confederate ohcers These
amen with her own crew engage IN j regu-
lar vav al = Government shipping Ohce,
ana So others sent down the river, made up
Il COMPLEMENT Of upward OF one hundred hands
-yt5stIv old uriNateersmeu Then the CIty OF Rich
1r.i,l vent on her WaN. 20 be heard 81 at Cher-
Iourc where she pat In on the 2lst OF January
lust tlrsc weeks aEo-to avoid the heavy gale then
,,r..--,feut remaining Some DAYS. Thence she
ste9rei 10 Houat Island, Quiberun Bay, where lay
d powerful iroU-clad rsm swsui0s her, which lu-
contiucUtly shipped htr 100 men, t* coh@" u"d
a.r.ru5 -i-ga which s had secretly on board, ahd
.,.iur ok ia tie operation ot cOallng nom a
French iuy 'oi>tsi a. R-Ja tug ard SET OFT FOR
Charleston This occurred On the TOTO. oi The ram
von have heard before. Originally built ior the
Rebel. tv Armand q Co, DSckmaSters al bordeaux,
sI ,,r, subsequent, sold To the Danes, and tor
r,r,s Known as the Oilia. She discharged
o,r Danish cgew OF OgiUerpn, al 81 them
frt a few. WHO were persuaded 10 enter The
Rebel service returning aboard the French
a., ehose crew ~ere similarly but melec-
trl.Iv .rtrea.el 20 ioiu 'hr pirateS. There
Is therefore every reason for believing that TINS Tor
nirJe vessel has passed into Rebel hands With the
f.ll Enoole izc and completely Vi the sellers, 10
vglor'. rot long ago, paid what then supposed Il
deserved comp liment, imagining the former SAFE 10
t.+,.us ia he ,.ra.4sg. transaction. The French
rs III, Expelitif took Goals aboard he ohnda
IrJ.r tue Gretext OF conveying them TO the san
FRANCISCO. a PeTUviSu vessel which Law IN those
v,.ters. t,y same OF wuic6 have had occasion 10
rte ID Won In connection with the case OF captain
Grao III i, probable that the Rebels avaied them
..rg.s tf.tsr prcsauce and that of the Shanghae
80 feru,iagi to get the Ohnda out under
w. rs,.r 5;ent,tlan that she 'lOnged 10 the South
American Eepub b.. The ram departed so hast
ilr-ysrtig ia con oquense OF appreheIsiohs OF stop
page psrtIy OF rough Wedther-Ihst she went WIN
-, fag - tuns OF coal abroad. Ii she be, a. re-
uottcd wien built the counterpart OF the Castel
racc the formilGhls ram ordered by the heOeis ou'
purchased uy the It1l an Government, which Is iron
l. lated. las a TERRIBLE submarine Ceaf, ana can
make over IL knots an hour you will ProbatI! mo
her "a second Merri-aac OF worse. Let our navy lo0E
out for her Capt. Tessier, who took out the Ala
hanna. and De Leon, late United states Consul
General i'm Egypt, two Of the moS interchangeable
Rebel AGENTS in Europe, are supposed 10 have
m4uCeuvered this little business