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The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], Medical assistance to prisoners. (search)
land, under Sherrard Osburne, an English naval captain, and were recruited among the officers and men of her Britannic Majesty's navy. They were under contract to the Chinese Government, but when they reached China a disagreement arose between Osborne and the Chinese authorities, and the vessels were not delivered, but thrown on the market and sold at auction — Osborne, officers, crews-guns, and all — to Jefferson Davis. It is not unnaturally intimated that Osburne had some slight expectatioOsborne, officers, crews-guns, and all — to Jefferson Davis. It is not unnaturally intimated that Osburne had some slight expectation of reaching this result when he left England. Funds for the purchase are said to have been provided in part by the sale of the rebel ram in the Clyde which Earl Russell embargess. There are now but few American ships in East Indian waters, and it is thought probable that this fleet, in company with the other rebel pirates, may be destined to attack San Francisco. In order to show their respect for British neutrality, the British crews take an oath of naturalization as citizens of the Confe<