Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-05

TIE .540wisg Is tbs saJTative Of the cruise ef
the E.1I.da, already alla5el 10:

+ -A1 + .-L-la, sirs1ey suuae4 ts
C. S. STEAMER FLoR1DA.
ST GEORGES BEBMUDA, July 81, 1868.
fe ne Edro of tas Daily Joarnsl Wilzlnrtsv a. O.
hu ard your rea1srs arc EOustIass wsi
. sl-aTs that this sgssRsT ran cut Of the por. ol
4os.ls ou the i6h day Of JsRuary. 1853, 90 ]
viii ssy lotai0g On that hea5, but en5sav0r to
els2 yUu lul, account Of Fhst We have dana
g1ee Cur first WsIk was tie Harm brig
EsteLls sf BJstoa- On her first vayago. aHd
hcmsward bauas fr7m Santa Craz, with 8 full
csree OF saEEr and honey fer the gooa people
% Boston. But We consigned her 10 "Osa
tatkeT Neptune She was valued at Sl33 600
% Havars we received cur ceal, stores. etc.
At 4ay E-t on tsc morning Of the 2z5 Of Jsn.
UATy, we eatisG- eur aEcaor and ran alGug The
coast eastward and at IlA "a, ea9tu1sd end
burned tHa HHru brig WfgdFarz froa Mstau-
sEs- boyd 60 Portland; and last as suHzst we
-seE the Hurm. brig COssis Annie, Of Pbiadel-
a..'2. on the seHe lHsTy) rad. Sac vTos within
-Fe asus SAIL sT Asr 6es.iAstioc. which vas
gsrdsRss. We lef5 the Cubsu coast for the
Banks, anC on the 26.h dropped cur anchor ia.
trs barber Of Nassau. Here we also took ia our
c7ea au- eur tull looking aUytbirg bit CaTiss-
isn .5a. 7e wezt 70 Green KEYS to paint
r7. On -ds 25.b January, cams 10 an an
a.-r, aud i5- two 1r thrss days al hands wers
busy # bees sc-utli1g the whitswash frcra 8ur
sides, ar1 ag tho hf5t dsy Of February We
s.a-.7a al cruise. But sail being reported.
4u- proving 10 be the Yaukae gEnbeat Ssaoma.
aa3 being Ct heavier metal taaa us, We showed
her cur heels, bu. for forty-eigbt heurs she
s-zses MS. but pet nothing for her psius. for
ga the taird merHjUg she cOHl5 hardly be seeu
-r1-1 C1r mas hsad. Fr1a tha time Of eludiuv
the o5uom7. tan the I2.h Of February. we saw
E7 1a1Fss vessels aud al tks boys wore getting
impatient -or DTizs OF even 3 sail when we
..4aEa Gre mas. .hssi Iesk-sUt sing sut-assn
to .Staaus was raised a19 sEr propeller low
cred, and at4 p. A., we boarded her and found
.hss sse was ln5sed prza. Hey nase vss
.hs Jacob Bell from Fec Chow, beuad to New
York VITA valusBis cargo Of tos, silks, etc
#o buraed aeE and then went to Barhsd5es
Our next pTiEs was ths S5Er Of Peace, which
We captured en- tHs l3th Of MsTchS she was
IRON galcutts. b0uad % Boston, with galfpetor
TIE schooner Alds6sraa WAS the next victtaa OF
TIE pirate florida. Fer sftssz DAYS did we
.OoE f1r aHsthlr, and she brouEht as the NEST
Reedial article, and thst was Goals Tho LISP
wing as captured on tle 2S.h and seat cyuis.
ftE AGAINST De Iauks, aud csPtsfsd the ship
iAsts Dyer, and bonded her fer $40 900 Ga
me ao1l az March, tei in with the balk M J.
y0.gold froH New Yerk, bsRDd to Cspe Towz.
and che wa burned.
Ca tBs Iias We met ths Oreta, Ispvvine,)
osa-sd, and thea took @ eguiss along the liae,
EUd os he 9Es of April burned the ship Con-
ugnweai-r, ron New Ysrk fer ssh Frsueisse.
Or the 23l Of April burned the bark II sarie:ts
Erm Baltimore fer Rio JRneiro The next day
(las) bUrs73 the ship OHeida, from Shnnelfsi
for Nee York, with tea. May 9Th tOok Hsrm
brig Clarence, pul oss I9-pouEd hov7iizsr.
svalty msn and two eficers on bssrd, and sent
her or q sfuiss. What execution Lieut. c. W. !
Reed LID refer you 70 the papers about The /
lac58y was enc of ae- prizes
On the iUih of MaT Vse were ia Pern2uabuco, /
sad51 ca the l2.h. Next day May 1870 burnt
ship Crown Point, snot theF Ssn Francisco packet
from New York. We then went to Ssara where
We again coass8 and started FER TIE Northern I
coss; and on the 6gh Of June, burnt ship Seuth- /
e'l Cr8ss, IRON San Francisco bound 70 New
kerE. On ibs l4-h June, burnt the ship Red
Gauntlet, irem Boston to Houg Kong. From
haT We slso got Goals bat they were net geod. as
We a'lervar IS fouUd oUE On the l6sb, took 1
sliB } + HO1e, bound frem California to Eug- /
laud, rom IeT we get absuE SI25 0G0 worth Of /
silver, ard burnt Ia hsr over tAirty tons Of SD /
yag Gre. On The 27th June, eaBtuTed schooner I
v. III. HHl, sud bonded beT for 81 600 on eon9i- /
aoR that 5Rs would carry car prisoners, some 1
hfy or mere, to Bermuda. Oar next prize was 4
s be ship SuDrise, eight days from New York to
L,VeTussl, having a neutral cargo bonded !
AsT Ter sixty thsusapa delars-tbia was
On the 9TH Of Jaly. We were new clsse to /
New York On the 3h ef July We were not
m5-n lhan hty or sixty miles fr0m that city /
A5ea5 u M this day, (s,h) we eEctaogad sig |
usls vita an EnEHsh byig-sBsiher sail being 4
rfportsd, g.asted ia pursuit, and as the fsg 4
cleared up saw large steamer lying by her and 4
had seEt her boat alongside. We ran deWn un- I
il We ssw tee Yankee coloTs flying from her 1
peak. An hands were then called 10 quar- /
iegs. After mEneuvering about half an hoar
she tinsily ran down to rs. As soqn IS she was |
uesT enOGgh Ne hsuied down the English cslors. /
which were hyiHg at The lime, sad showed to ]
their Wow the Stars aud Bars" and at the |
ssns time gave her bsozdsiae. Her men ran /
frlm their sftef pivot and sought proteetien be /
bind tba shiD's suIwsTks. Bat the weather was 4
la their favor, fog Just iAsz tte fog came down I
SO dehzs that the Edsss8n could not Be seen, Sc /
eli ne could 30 Was 10 wait till it cleared up
BuL iadcs oar ass0uisAment when Il did els1r 4
~. 10 go soc Yspigee about Eve or siK miles I
ahead Of rs and travelling fer Sandy Heck I
.rsve Csptain Mahs offered one thousand svs 4
fu5dred dollars fsr fifteen pounds Of steam, but /
we eecid net get bat eight or ten pounds, /
al. .hsaeh We usod pitch and rosin. Al hands ]
rels snEieus 70 catch her, tor she had seen sent +
ols 10 catch rebel cruisers" bat she csugha
f.Ftar ftis lirae. Bot we had the pleasure Of I
ftl-7irg tg-s vessels u9der her nose-ihe brig I
E Nash, from New York, ana the Bhsing
sioau uar Rsnzi, from Pr0vineetoWn, but the /
er.r hoTever, had left when they SAN us burn
nc hrg We showed tbs crew sf the Nesh iBe
steaasF Ericsson making tracks for New York. !
Wi,a 8 sad heart We lsft she Ericsson sEs stssr-
Cd for b rInu5a, 81 wlieh Aee We arrived on
the l5tA inst, and IS sosu s. We coal we leave
Ais place for 8 cruise, end yoar readers may be