Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-10-17
The Pirate Alabama,

NEW lORh, OCl. IOs-1uC snip DTlllldIt,
of New York, bound from New York to Lon
don, was captured and burned Oct 3d. in lat.
40, Ion. so, by the pirate Alabama. The ship
Emily Farnham of Portsmouth, N. H., from
New York for Liverpool, was captured at the
same time, but was released, it having been
proved by documents aboard that her cargo
was on English account.
Capt Hager and crew have arrived here in
the brig Golden Lead, on which also arrived
the captains and crews of the whaling barques
Virginia and Elisha Dunbar OF New Bedford,
captured and burned by the Alabama. The
officers and men of three vessels burned were
paroled and transferred to the Emily, which
transferred them to the Golden Lead.
Capt. Hager reports that another ship, in
sight when the Brilliant was burning, worked
up towards the wreck, probably with the hope
of saving life, and as another light was seen
at night, it is presumed that she also was
burned. The Golden Lead only brought
eight of the crew of The burnt ships; the
rest 60 in number, would be put aboard other
vessels falling in with the Emily Farnham.
The Brilliant was built at East Boston in
1860, of S39 tons register, with freight and
outfits worth $4,000, owned by j. Atkins &
Co., New York, and Capt. Hager, all of
whose property was in her. The following is
a correct list of the vessels destroyed by the
Benz. Tucker; banks Virginia, Elisha Dun
bar, Ocean Rover; brig Altamaha schooners
Courser, Weather, George, and Starlight, and
ship unknown. One hundred and ninety
one prisoners were landed on Flores Island.
The Virginia was captured on the 18th of
September, lat. 80, Ion. 30, stripped of all
vauabes and burned.
The rebel propeller Alabama, is twelve hun
dred tons burden; wooden vessel with cop
pered bottom, two hundred and ten feet long,
rather narrow, painted black outside, carries
three long thirtytwo Founders on side, and
is pierced for two more amidships. She has
a one hundred FOUNDER ritied pivot gun for
ward of the bridge, and sixty eight FOUNDER
on the main deck She has tracks laid for
ward for pivot bow gun, and tracks aft for
pivot stern chaser. Her guns are of the
Blakely pattern, made by ''Weeks and Pres
ton, Liverpool, 1852" She is bark rugged,
and is represented to go thirteen knots an
hour under sail, and fifteen under steam.
She can get steam up i'll twenty minutes
She has all the national flags but usually sets
the St. Georges cross on approaching yes
sci. Her complement Of men is one hundred
and twenty, but she is anxious to ship more.
CAPT. HAGAR's STATEMENT.
Capt Hagar of the Brilliant says On the
morning of Oct. Sd, in lat. 40, Ion. 5000, the
about milo r. yyind,rerd Soon after y
soo, ~, boIroathar how stan(;n@
20 tha ,rast,rord under soil Tho steamer o6
nearing the LARGO shin to the windward ran nm
at her neak the St Georges cross. and in q
fcw minutes after fred a gun across her bow.
at the same time displaying the confederate
FLAG. The American colors were set, and the
shin hove to. and boat from the steamer
went alongside.
The steamer then wore around and made
sail for the Brilliant. We set our colors, and
on the steamer nearing us she fired a gun
across our stern, when we hove to. A boat
was then sent alongside with two officers and
a boats crew, all armed, and on their reaching
the deck of the ship they claimed her as
prize to the confederate steamer Alabama
Can't. Semmes, with orders for me to go in
the boat to the steamer with all my ships pa
pers On arriving on board, after waiting a
while, | was asked into the cabin to have my
papers examined. The ship not having any
documents to prove that her cargo was on
foreign account, the papers and cargo were
confscated
was then ordered on board the shin to as.
sist with nv crew in removing such stores
and cargo as thew wanted for their own use.
~ 10 FIRING NV officers and crew with me
nd l,ut small bag of clothing each. on board
ai,o stoon,er as thpy would NOT he numbered mn
',,;tt o1,. boggogo On arriving back to the
"l., o,., ,,;t5 NV crew was ordered to the
e.ga,ien m,' ,rbich nroyed to he the shin En-
yV"ot ~, Is prprtsrooutb N II Cant
81 fron, Now York for LIVERPOOL. This
shi,' was claimed as A prize, and the captain