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in England, and the rumor confidently reported here by Capt. Pegram, that the independence of the Confederacy would be first recognised, and that right speedily, by Belgium.
The following is a list of the officers of the Nashville:
Commander.--R. P. Pegram.
Lieutenants.--J. W. Bennett, and W. C. Whittle.
Acting-Master.--J. H. Ingraham, Jr.
Paymaster.--Richard Taylor.
Surgeon.--J. L. Ancrum.
Midshipmen.--Cary, Dalton, Pegram, (son of the commander,) Sinclair, Hamilton, Bullock, McClintock, and Thomas.
Captain's Clerk.--------Hasell.
Her crew consists of sixty men.
The Nashville brings the intelligence, that on February twenty-second, an order was officially promulgated at Bermuda, prohibiting to the United States Government the use of the port as a coal depot.
Several schooners laden with coal reached Bermuda a few days before the promulgation of the order.
The Sumter was at Gibraltar at latest accounts.
She had captured twenty-one Yankee vessels, nearly all of which were subsequently destroyed.
The arrival of the Nashville creates great rejoicing here.
The news she brings has restored the cheerful spirits of our people, and inspired them with renewed hopes.
Some disappointment was expressed by almost everybody that the Nashville brought no arms from Europe for the use of our government.
When, however, it is recollected that the Nashville was tolerated in English waters, and protected from destruction by the neutrality and courtesy of the British government, our readers will at once perceive that to have taken in a cargo of war material such as had been interdicted by the Queen's proclamation, would have been a gross violation not only of hospitality, but of courtesy and the laws of neutrality.
The Nashville, it must be remembered, is a government war-ship, and not a merchantman.
--Richmond Enquirer Extra, March 1.