. La storia dei giovani folk della guerra per l'Unione. Ed afailure: Il mare presto ravvivare gli scafi dei ves-gielli, e loro con theircargos scomparso inquicksands sotto. Mentre la flotta di CommodoreDuponts si batteva con la tempesta che offlava la costa del Sud Caro-lina, un evento ha preso la jilaceamong le isole occidentali in-dia che per un certo tempo ha involvethe degli Stati Uniti in awar con la Gran Bretagna. Il governo confederato, ansiosoper ottenere l'aiuto di alcune delle potenze europee, aveva AP-puntato i commissionatori James M. Mason e John Shdell, l'uno all'Inghilterra e l'altro alla Francia, per tryind

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. Young folk's history of the war for the union . ed afailure: the sea soon brokeup the hulks of the ves-sels, and they with theircargoes disappeared inquicksands below. While CommodoreDuponts fleet was bat-tling with the storm offthe coast of South Caro-lina, an event took jilaceamong the West In-dia Islands which bidfair for a time to involvethe United States in awar with Great Britain. The Confederate Government, anxiousto get the aid of some of the European powers, had ap-pointed Messrs. James M. Mason and John Shdell commis-sioners, the one to England and the other to France, to tryto induce the governments of those countries to recognizethe independence of the seceded States. These gentlemensailed from Charleston on the night of October 12 in ablockade-runner, went to Havana, and sailed from there inthe British mail steamer Trent for the island of St. Thomas, where they expected to take a steamer for Southampton, Eng-land. Captain Charles Wilkes, famous as the commander ofthe American Exploring Expedition to the South Seas, hap-. Charlks Wilkes. 1861.] MASON AND SEIDELL. 157 pened to be returning at this time from the coast of Africa incommand of the steam sloop-of-war San Jacinto, and hearingin Havana of the intention of the Confederate commissioners tosail in the Trent, he determined to take them. He thereforewatched for the Trent in the Bahama Channel, and when shecame up hailed her to heave to. She paid no attention tothis ancl kept on her course; but when a shell was fired acrossher bow, she stopped. A boat, in command of LieutenantDonald M. Fairfax, was sent to her, with orders to take thecommissioners prisoners, and bring them with their papers andbaggage on board the San Jacinto. Messrs. Mason and Slidellrefused, and several armed boats were then sent from the SanJacinto and the commissioners and their secretaries, Messrs. Fort Warren. Eustis and McFarland, were taken by force, amid the protestsand insults of the officers and passengers of the Trent. Th

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