The Confederate steamer Nashville.
We have already published a brief announcement of the arrival of the C. S. steamer
Nashville at
Southampton, England, the fact having been communicated officially to
President Davis.
We now have a full confirmation of the news, by the last
European steamer.
She reached-Southampton on the 21st of November, with the "rebel" flag flying.
On her voyage out she fell in with the American ship
Harvey Birch, from Havre, bound to New York; and after taking the captain and crew on board the steamer, set fire to the prize and burned her to the water's edge.
The "prisoners" were set at liberty on their arrival at
Southampton.
The
Nashville is commanded by
Capt. Robert B. Pegram, C. S. N., a native of
Virginia and a gallant officer.
It is stated that he communicated with
Mr. Yancey directly after his arrival at the
British port.
A leading abolition paper of New York intimates that the
Nashville is "fitting out" at
Southampton, and may, very possibly, waylay and capture the steamship
Arago, making captives of
Gen. Scott,
Archbishop Hughes, and
Thurlow Weed.
Another takes up the alarm, and says that "Government ought to lose no time in dispatching steamers in search of the
Nashville," "let no room be left for after regrets that proper precautions were not taken to prevent the imprisonment of the late
commander-in-chief of the
American armies, now seeking
Europe for the benefit of his health; of the revered
Archbishop of the commercial metropolis of the
Union, and of
Mr. Weed, whose presence in
Europe is so much needed to enlighten the understandings of British statesmen respecting American affairs."
These extracts show that no little apprehension exists lest the capture of
Messrs. Mason and
Slidell may yet find ample retaliation.