, 1863-06-19
:. THE: REBEL PlRATES.x.;:. :.
What Our: Navy is Doing to Catch
,st,,> Them,
a Large Fresh Fleet Of Fed
era1 cruis ers Under Way: ::
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From the New York World, June 1G.
The recent "depredations on -onr"cummerce
Iy the rebel piEptes have stirred up the Navy
DehaEtmeht to, saeh anpxtaa1 {hat ~ tie faU
amount of work ordered tishe <f1pne within
few days, QnSaturqay orders were received
by: Admiral Pau1diug to complete, At once all
the craft Iiearly ready for ssaI andf hjsp itch
Immediately those IN commission sant-reA-
worthy: They weresnot to stand upon 'thd or
der Of going, but to; go At once. Simitsr,in.
hs senS hos s
Expected energy VIVA remarkable, &pd has ID:
cteaeed every hodrsince, tor ffrsh arebss,>
each containing new Commands have succted,:
sKeach ofher rapidly for seventy hnurs.i Fho,
resources Of NeW York may be judged from:
tho fact that, twenty,fonr hours after rfhe.re.
SatRzIs SsR e as da i!st order e fsaeEg 7zst@ss
;Nsme-1G::DereFfptioh spcets:---
I Seminole. Steam g1nboat. ....:-...g miles.
1n Chung asa san5aat dknoxn,
A. eeafora:. .. Steam eloop... 8nilss.
6..KittatinnY. -. Steam gunbost g miles.
T. Ade!a. Iron steamer. mot known.
Tie Tuscarora and Kittatinny were to haye
sailed last evening from the'toWer bay. The
following vessels are IN &:conditton to be dis
hgg as East an posaiblo., - " -.
Nane:A y Description. -, Speed.
J.. San Jaclnto. Screw Floop. .I,..,-,.s= vmtles.
:. Shenandoah. .Scrcw-slooPe neyeft tried.
Saeoia Steam Steam iSss ass:
The Seneca and Shenandoah are at PhIladel-
phia, and the Dacotat.has just arrived ntsBat-
timore, :: Over~a dozeE craft: could bb. added
to the aboye-in about two, weeks -some- of
then, ,as fAc Gestrudet very fast. Soma hopes
are entertained 'ot the Ade1a turning. out, 4
rapid steamer, as she has the Morgan paddle.
wheel, and is said>to b6Icapable>of going six
teen miles IN hour. Besides all these there
hre twenty y-esVen double -erders,t OF which,
pycr twenty have been afloat and Whiting en-
gincs for several-Weeks,: = Had the 'nlaclinfsts
been upto time with these, "a scora more Of
gular'men:ofw war might bare been added to
The chase. As it ID none Of them can be ready
inlihle to be Of any use.
As Will be seen from, tho estimate Of: speed
get forth, none Of the vessels dispatched could
overhaul pirate running sixteen Of f:eighteen
miles, an hour, HayinS this f4ct in view, Sec.
f;rcn1ly Welles Xesterday telsg to Rear
tbert adapted for speedy The e6od fortune at
tending the lno. the Restless ant the Cohtier7.
jail sailing vessels which nave, by rnplh nioye-
Elntnts. oyerhau1ed and captured, prizes, :ran-
Idcredit good taste to give the ciippers atrial
latter the pirates.
4 VESSELS CHARTERED.
IN compiiancec WIN s,1a sae foregoing orderst!e
tS. c1,.ptsr " .u1 If 1vy fy asu n
causeo lnu cnI1 ~. " ionr stesnSts aap soNe
|o.nee esa'. tne a ioiaowins 1insers we're .hen
a,a eu u4u ~ eo Lie oeSt VI tnese Ses'
Ite,,t cn1nm,,,er r scoot F,,1ehro,un .r.
ecutiS.e officnr ~ - my 49,, tn onm,r,na
!one vessel.
/: Lieut.. Commander Meade, executive officer
Of the steam gunboat. Quaker CLy, to com
ulpnd one vessel.
Lieut., Commando r Brersc,- the regular
navy, TO command one vessel.
ActinE Master. Cfe6sy, commander Of the
Gertrude, to! o!conimaDd ene TesteI.
The first vessel chartered the Curlew,
rate 4 No. 2 is SSQ> tons burden; draws 10
Gket,; ;of water; has two decks; il 200. feet
long, 81 feet wide, and II fset deep; she thas
two vertical aIrect, acting engines. with cyltn.
de1s 50 inches III diameter, aud two feet
stroke.
The bark Amy was chartered In Boston.
She rates ny Is aseeS tons. burden, and: was
owned by Rice d Thanter. The Tidal Wave
and Ioupg Turk are also Boston vessels. The
latter is $50 tons burden, ratios 4. No. /. and
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