Year: 1862

in manner TO throw that Of Victor Emanuel entirely in
the shade and is evident that occupies much Of his
attention His steward every day carefully and
so prominent It that the sailors of the Alabama term
him "Od Beeswax" His Whole appearance ia that Of
corsar and the TRANSFORMATION appears to be complete
from Commander Raphael semmes Untcd States Navy,
to combination Of Lantte Kidd and Gibbs, the three
most notorious pirates the world has ever known.


The officers OF the Alabama reported very dainty
gentlemen. In plundsring ship they take nothing but
articles that suit them replenishns their Stores they
invariably reject brown sugar, taking nothing but the
best loaf With kid gloves is the same they refuse
colors and will have nothing but pure white And II
is with them all the way through They appropriate
everything they find worth having and destroy the rest
and are pirates every sense Of the word except that
they do not take lfe-or rather, they have not yet
done


When Captain Hagar left the Alabama there be-
forty and fifty OF the crews OF the different vessels
she had destroyed still on Board They confined be-
low in irons, in the most miserable condition They
where cvery drop of fell them and every
came aboard the vessel washed them the
fellows we're in terrible plight having lost everything
with the vessels they belonged to- the pirates permitting
no baggage except the very smallest quantity to be
brought away from the prizes before they destroyed
They had the satisfaction OF knowing, however, that IL
could not be long before they would be released for
Semmes could not afford have his ship led up with
prisoners.


The plan that semmes has adopted TO bring fish to his
net Is as foows- will be at a glance that the
position he was reported in in the track Of many
vessels bound to and from Europe. This is the position
he has chosen do the greatest possible amount Of de-
struction and he certainly has been most successful
whenever he captures ship, after taxing from her all
that ho and his officers want he lays by her until dark
and then sets her fire. The light OF the burning
ship can DO seen many miles, and every other
ship within seeing distance stands towards the
light, thinking to rescue q number Of poor fellows
from destruction. The pirate keeps In the immediate
vicinity awaiting the prey that is sure to come ana the
next morning the poor follows who have, TO the
cause OF humanity gone many miles out Of their COURSE
end themselves under the guns Of the Alabama, with
the certainty that before another wentou hours they
will share tho fate Of the ship they came 70 serve.


This plan win enable him TO destroy immense
amount Of property without much cruising. He lay
,n one position and gather the ships around him during
the night ready for operations on the coming day for
weeks 70 come for will be long time before his do
uroaatons can be made known that unsuspec,ng
merchantmen will be on the lookout for him.


Again. he win be enabled 70 cruise for indefinite
length Of Time for he COAL depending upon his
vass entirely which, II seems is all suncentfor bis pur
nose He carries stores for eight months and always
replcnish from the prizes he may take He will be here
today there tomorrow and win be certain TO be found
where no one 10 locking for him. Looking for him will be
like .ookinQ for q needle in haystack" and with the
majority Of vessels havo cruising at the present time
should one Of them be fortunate enough 10 SOC him. all
we shall benefit thereby will be look and IL win con-
tnuc 70 be until we have ships Of greater speed than we
NOW possess or expect soon to have.