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... steamer seen off Cape Spartel .... Case of the Rappahannock .. Complaints of the shipment of British sub- jects on board the United States steamer Kearsarge . Dec. 4 Alleged project of the establishment of a depot at Bermuda for the ...
... steamer seen off Cape Spartel .... Case of the Rappahannock .. Complaints of the shipment of British sub- jects on board the United States steamer Kearsarge . Dec. 4 Alleged project of the establishment of a depot at Bermuda for the ...
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... steamer seen off Cape Spartel on the 19th instant . Since then nothing more definite has been heard from her . It may be that this is the vessel that the bark Agrippina was sent out from here last week to meet and supply with ammunition ...
... steamer seen off Cape Spartel on the 19th instant . Since then nothing more definite has been heard from her . It may be that this is the vessel that the bark Agrippina was sent out from here last week to meet and supply with ammunition ...
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... steamer further west , but in the same direction , and slowly steaming up as if watching . The steamer's foremast and mainmast are described as being very heavy and lofty masts . No 547. ] Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward . LEGATION of the ...
... steamer further west , but in the same direction , and slowly steaming up as if watching . The steamer's foremast and mainmast are described as being very heavy and lofty masts . No 547. ] Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward . LEGATION of the ...
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... steamer Rappahannock , reported this morning at Calais , France , was her Majesty's steamer Victor , recently sold out of the government service . She has until recently been at Sheerness , opposite the government dockyard , and has ...
... steamer Rappahannock , reported this morning at Calais , France , was her Majesty's steamer Victor , recently sold out of the government service . She has until recently been at Sheerness , opposite the government dockyard , and has ...
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... STEAMER KEARSARGE , At sea , December 7 , 1863 . SIR : I have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of two letters , which , to- gether with the movements of this ship , will afford other information which may interest you . After a ...
... STEAMER KEARSARGE , At sea , December 7 , 1863 . SIR : I have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of two letters , which , to- gether with the movements of this ship , will afford other information which may interest you . After a ...
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admiralty Alabama American Angra Pequena appeal asked attorney authority barons belligerent Birkenhead boat British subjects Cape Town Captain Semmes captured cargo CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS Cheers Chesapeake colonial command common law procedure confederate consul copy court of error court of exchequer crew crown December deponent despatch Earl Russell Enclosure February FOREIGN OFFICE gentleman Halifax hear instant January John Kearsarge Laird Brothers law officers law procedure act LEGATION letter Lieutenant Liverpool London Lord Lyons Lord Russell lordship Majesty's government Majesty's Treasury mate ment Messrs mode of pleading neutrality noble earl obedient servant opinion owners papers parties persons port prize proceedings provisions Queenstown question Rappahannock received reference revenue side rules Saxon Sea Bride Secretary seized seizure Seward ship ship-of-war Simon's bay steamer Table bay taken tion told transmit trial Tuscaloosa United States consul Vanderbilt vessel violation Washington WILLIAM H
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Page 14 - I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position, I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 13 - He does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves. He can not voluntarily reaccept the Union; we can not voluntarily yield it. Between him and us the issue is distinct, simple, and inflexible. It is an issue which can only be tried by war and decided by victory.
Page 12 - Union cause, but on the distinct issue of Union or no Union the politicians have shown their instinctive knowledge that there is no diversity among the people. In affording the people the fair opportunity of showing one to another and to the world this firmness and unanimity of purpose, the election has been of vast value to the national cause.
Page 12 - California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, cast 3,982,011 votes now, against 3,870,222 cast then, showing an aggregate now of 3,982,01 1.
Page 11 - ... citizens in each of the States of Arkansas and Louisiana have organized loyal State governments, with free constitutions, and are earnestly struggling to maintain and administer them. The movements in the same direction, more extensive though less definite, in Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee should not be overlooked. But Maryland presents the example of complete success.
Page 11 - It is the voice of the people now for the first time heard upon the question. In a great national crisis like ours, unanimity of action among those seeking a common end is very desirable — almost indispensable. And yet no approach to such unanimity is attainable unless some deference shall be paid to the will of the majority, simply because it is the will of the majority.
Page 154 - An Act for the further amendment of the Process, Practice, and Mode of Pleading in and enlarging the Jurisdiction of the Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster, and of the Superior Courts of Common Law of the Counties Palatine of Lancaster and Durham.
Page 339 - It establishes the nature and solemnity of our present trust, to preserve and transmit our existing system of domestic servitude, with the right, unchallenged by man, to go and root itself wherever Providence and nature may carry it.
Page 135 - And in case of refusal or neglect to admit the same within six days after service of such notice, or within such further time as may be allowed by the court or a judge...
Page 188 - I said that the cabinet were of opinion that the law was sufficient ; but that legal evidence could not always be procured. That the British government had done everything in its power to execute the law ; but I admitted that the cases of the Alabama and Oreto were a scandal, and in some degree a reproach to our laws.