The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-11-06
RAVAGES OF THE PIRATE
ALABAMA.

Capture of .S;r more Vessels-AH but
Too of Them Burned.
BosroN, Nov. Cd.
The following is a list of the latest
vessels taken and burned by the Ala
bama.
Bark Lamplighter, of Boston, Hard
ing from New York, for Gibraltar.
Captured Oct. Is, in latitude Al 80,
longitude SO II, and burned.
Ship Lafayette, of New Haven, Small
from New York for Belfast, Ireland,
with cargo of wheat and corn. Cap
tured Oct. %, in latitude 40, longitude
"a, and burned.
Schooner Crenshaw, of New York,
Nelson. from New York for Glasgow,
with a cargo of flour. Captured Oct.
20. in latitude 40, longitude IS, and
burned. One of the crew of the Cren-
shaw joined the Alabama.
Bark Lauretta of Boston, Wells,
from New York for Madeira. Cap
tured Oct. %, in latitude 80 As, longi-
tude 6e, and burned.
Capt. Semmes informed the prison
ers that on Oct. 10Th he captured the
ship Tonawanda, of and from Phila
delphia, for Liverpool, with passengers
on board, and detained her for five
days, and released her for a bond Of
$4,000 payable to the President of the
Confederate States, thirty days after
peace is declared.
He also captured the ship Manches-
ter, from New York for Liverpool, and
the brig Dunkirk from New York for
lisbon, and burned them, putting their
crews on board the Tonawanda.
Capt Harding, of the bark Lamp
lighter, makes the following report
18th ult., at daylight, lat Al 80, long.
80 IL, wind sonth with thick weather,
saw a ship standing to the southwark ;
in half an hour the weather cleared up
q little, and she altered her course and
stood across our bows with the British
flag flying; and then made her ont tc
be steamer; when within a mile he
fired gun, hauled down the British
hagandra up the Confederate flag, and
hove to, and he sent boat on board,
demanded my papers, and declared me
prize. We were sent on board the
steamer / was allowed to take one
trunk, and my officers and crew one
bag each, Capt Semmes ordered his
First Lieutenant to 60 aboard of the
bark, and burn her Immediately.
begged of him to save my ship, but ne
replied, 81 hope to be able to serve you
4 .xh ha,
went on board to burn my ship.
was permitted to go with them. Wher
eve went into the cabin, they asked m,
for fiquor. / gave them all had
They drank some, and emptied the re
mainaer on the floor. They then took
the oil cans out of the locker, and
poured the oil on the floor; and ther
1t o'clock in the morning, they SCI
the vessel on fire. We were ther
transferred to the Steamer, and put ir
irons, and almost starved. The pirate
then continued to cruise under sail, bu
with steam up, until she captured al
she above vessels. The crews were al
put in irons as soon as captured. Thos'
on board of the Alabama had full file
of the New York Herald and pretoria
papers containing an account of tn
former captures of the Alabama. Capt
ii. was hfmmed by the second Lieut
eaaut and several of the petty officers
that their next destination was New
York, as they meant to throw few
shells into that city. Capt. II. repre-
sents the Alabama as very formidable
but he does not think she is as fast a
has been reported. When he left he
the crew were mounting two larg
pivot guns, one forward and the othe
aft. He thinks they were hundred
FOUNDERS.