Show THE PIRATE ALABAMA this thia notorious craft which bas baa j jast just ay iy bs ba come a tenor in cn the seas to american cam commerce ia is a british vessel with a british register manned by a british crew and Is commanded by the well weli kroa known n semmes formerly coa coi mander of the destroyed Su sumter inter 11 semmes fam earn ly are said said sald to ba at philadelphia hia hid enjoying the protection of the govern ile he s els eks el a to destroy ane vessel is feet long 32 wid wido has two decks and registers 1170 tons british brighh measurement she is a full rigged bark and aud her propeller is arranged to be hoisted out of water when she is not lot under steam her arr almont armament consists of two 64 1 four tour and anil two rifled pivot guns one forward and aud the other aft but she has nt a as has baa been reported in the new york I 1 under steam she bhe wi I 1 so go about 13 10 knots and ana with wilh a whole sail breeze going free she might make about the same rate un uner alone she is a wooden vessel apparently built in a hu ry and is not remarkably well found her crew all told numb ra seventy two men some writer remarks in re regard rozard ard to the alabama that any of our gunboats gun boats if properly handed handled would blow her har out of water 22 however this may bey bep be the catching of her seems to bf be the most moat difficult task of all though it is hinted round thit she his hia been once or twice at least purposely allowed to escape by federal gunboats gun boats sent in direct pursuit of her they choosing rather to keep out ot of her hep wake than to pursue or face her and thud thua hazard an act engager engagement rient |