Daily national Republican., 1863-07-30
REBEL PIRACIES.
The Florida Captures Twelve
Is Vessels.
HER OFFICERS ARE LloNIxED
I'M BERMUDA. "

NEw YORK, July 2o.--The brig John Frecman
has arrived nom Bermuda. On tho a2d iustnui
the pirate Florida was there coaling and caulk.
Ing, and did not expect to leave for two or three
days. whaling schooner Of New Bedford ar.
rived on the 22d, with considerable oil, and
would ship II home by British vessel.
A British schooner bound from Bermuda
brings Captain Collin and crew of the lrig W.
b. Nash, captured BY the Florida, Captain
Collin reports that he sailed from New York,
July Sd, with cargo Of lard and stayes. On
July Sth, latitude 40, Longitude 20, D. m, met
q steamer to the eastward, standing westward;
passed US about five miles OIL she had four
smokestacks, aud was a side-wheel boat.
The Ericsson soon after made another steamer
to eastward, which came along and passed US.
Soon after she bore up for us and alongside
with the stars and stripes flying. At 1O4j
hailed us TO heave to as they wished to send a
boat aboard, and as the boat boarded us they
hoisted the Confederate flag, and the officers oil
the boat pronounced US prisoners to the Con
iederate nag. He ordered myself aud part Of
the crew TO take part Of our clothes and my
papers and 20 on board the steamer, which
proved to be the Florida. Nv charts and In.
struments were confscated and the brig set on
IRE. The Florida then steered for a SCHOONER
in sight, which she found to be abandoned
she was awhalng schooner belonging 10 Prov.
incetown, and was set on fire and crew landed
AZ bermuda on the 10Th OF July.
The Florida's officers have been lionised b,
the authorities, and she was salutcd BY the for,
| in the harbor Of S.. Georges. She is armed
with six broadside guns and two pivots, and ID
not last as has been represented. and her ma
| chinery Is out Of repair. She does not steam
| over eight and q half knots. The discipline on
board Is bad. number of blockade runners
are also at Bermuda. The Florida had trans.
ferred portion of her crew, and also a portion
If,l h..r In. H.. N. a.. N
be taken to Wilmington, N. c. The cargo oI
the W. b. Nash consisted Of $50. .j32 pounds OF
lard, aud so, SGT staves,
The gunboat Il. Il. Cuylcr has arrived from
Philadelphia. Have also arrived the ships r.
X. Robinson from Liverpool aud Frednar's
Parsgrand," Norway bark, and s. II. Watyer.
man from Gibraltar.
HALIrAS, July a9.-The brig Devonshire
with Bermuda dates to the 2lst OF Juy arrived
To day. The privatccr Florida arrived at Bcr.
muda on the llth, 10 repair the damage to hci
M 3chinery, and take In the boat. She anchor.
ell at first on the outside, and on the following
| day was permitted to enter the harhor. Sh(
ssiuted the British ii,g, aud the salute was re,
turned. considerable interchange of civil
| ties took place between the officers of tn,
Florida and those on shore.
| The papers teen with communications laud
atory OF the craft, officers, and the crew. Sine,
adriccs of the nth. the Florida has destroyed
twelve other vessels. The name Of only nc |.
given, the brig William y. Nash, of Cherrineld
bound from New York to Marseilles with
cargo of lard, mostly on French account. Sh,
was captured on the sth In latitude 10 deg
long. 20 deg. Amer the best of her stores wer,
removed to the Florida, she was burned. Tn,
Florida lately run within fifty miles of New
York, il Is said, in search Of the Ericsson which
she chased some time, but the Ericsson escapet
In dense fog. She shortly afterward destroyed
the Nash.