The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-01-17
9ste Lecttre OF .idHti.'n1 .se,nnses.

The Galveston Aeirs Of the 9Th gives
an interesting account OF the lecture Of
Admiral senHes on the ''i3qllipment
and CAPTURES ofthe Alabama, deliver
90 Ia hat city on the evening ct he It'll
iASf. We quote 4 few passages:
@ae tame OF the Alabama, he said, de-
rived nothing from her commander.
Size Nas marked as being the fits large
Steamship ever employed IN 8 war
against aataiAefeial people. Her fame
Was tile fame Of steam. Commerce and
gold were the great sleWs Of war. The
CeaHlerates failed fortlle want ofihen.
1871 IN their tiepFedatiohs upon the
commerce ofthe United State. BY means
vi tie Alahama, they had violated 40
lt4 pf nations, and We're supported
y. lie peeeedeuts Of American history
aua decision. We cannot follow fheN
lecturer through his proofs q. this posi-
t,al: butt would he unjust not 10 saX
t1a4 tbpig remarkable appositeness and
conttus<eneSS cave lively interest 10
what world have been otherwise a com
H4#Ezi4elE tlf.y tilemp. The beIigerent
ailafae5er q the Confederate States @st5
inf So a#iisilefl. anti tlle lizift 0f be
lizazelsi= . eet saiss of war ard Fit lem
on Alpe sfleN pleased, @;S aaandent-
~ sslstaieea. \ snip Of War WIS 4 nef-
SaR5zle9iiea5 deriving her ehaE8ezerf5am
h. commission, and moi from her ante
ca6i ai@. 1nt t}e ahaAa had much
better aniE.at}ents tIian the American
nlsazei-"af mos pirate ships which
with Bsaiamia f'ranl5lin and Siias
Den had armed, ECU Rpaa aAl mann
rdie The French ports during the Rev
0fn5ianare war. The Bon ti0mne
Richard, on Which Paul Jones immor-
tailed himself aud the American navy,
was much less eleaf in antecedent THAI
the Alabama, aH9 BAD Il crew composed
OF twelve different hationalites, inclGd-
Ing the Malay. The eases Of he Sur
prise, the Revenge, and Others, were
also quoted.
Among the ''hits2 was one at Minis
ter Adams who intends dying sorrow
i'uI unless he can make OH the \ ALBANIA
a pirate and get up a trouble With
John Bull on her account and yet lie
is the grandson OF the same John Ad-
ANS who, Oh e mission 10 Europe, a. re-
corded in the standafed history OF
America, pocleted, and WAS coiniofted
by the proceeds o. prizes captured by
vessels indebted to neutral ports ten
fold more than the Alabama can be
proven to have been.
The Alabama left Birkenhead as a
merchant ship, and received her armor
on the higl, seas, where her commission
was first read and her flag uniurIed.
She was followed through all her histo-
ry and doings, and justified in every
act. from her first movement to the
burning Of her last prize, not by obscure
Or INK nown authorities, but by the uni
versaliy recognized lights Of history
and law.
She now sleeps, said the Admiral, be
meath the waters of the British Channel
as her commander hopes to sleep after
awhile ben ,ath his native soil. Her
Justification was due to the great strug-
CITE of which she formed Il part it was
due American history, which, after Il
while would know sectionally. no North
or Souih-;,s the deeds OF Confederate
commanders and soldiess, and the deeds
Of Federal armies and their leaders
where honor and sincerity marked the
record would alike form a part Of the
annals of the whole country.
Altogether, the lecture was a remark
able effort, not only i'll the briliiancy
and conclusiveness Of the points made,
but in certain sustained and impress
sive, though fearless, exhibition of the
importance Of history, which was re-
hearty cheering at the close, and giving
the hearers conviction that the lecture
would prove to be a beacon light to the
future historian"
HEAVY RoBBERY.-A daring rob-
berry was committed Saturday in Ex-
change place. A package containing
over $4,000 in gold certificates and
treasury notes was snatched from the
porter of Martin, Mas 4 Co., of No. 48
Exchange place. The porter is unable
to give any information further than a
mere outline of thief's appearance, and
the police haveso far failed to secure
him. ~ Y. Times.
Davis Mcclure, of Davies county
Missouri, who emigrated there when a
young man from Nicholas county Vir-
ginia, contributed platoon of soldiers