Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-23
The Confederate War Steamer FIerIdn
again in Ihs RSFtheFH AtlaHtis.


Capture Of Sir FsEsrsi VssssIs-D Destruction BE-
Pre- Of Three Of Tksm-Cepfsre Of UBwqrds
Of Five Hundred Th0HsaHd Dsilars ~ slver
Bars.
Frsm the Hszilson (BeraudG) Royal GszsttaI
The Whaling schooner V. Fl. Hill, Of Proviacs.
town, Capt. Frsebsm, arrived here on Saturday
afternoon last, with sixty-foar seansn, pat on
beard Of her BY Capt Msfit, Of she Confederate
steamer Of war Flsrida to be landed at Bsr-
mUaa, being TIE nearest port. Oa the prsVieus
Saturday night at kaif past ten o'clock, then in
latitude so, longitude 45o so, and en- whaling
ground, the F. H. Hill was hailed from a
steamer passing close under her stern. and or
sered to lay to- and that Capt. Msfis would
send boat alongside for her captain, which he
did.
Vixen Capt Freeman reached tha deck Of tks
Florida he was informed by Capt Mafi that he
had ffy-four prisoners which he wished him 10
take on beard bis vessel and land at the nearest
pert observing that had he net those prisoners
he would have burnt bis vessel, bat under the
circumstances, be would require of hin bond
en- the owners Of his weasel for ten thousand
dellsrs The Florida tsOk hsm the v II. Hill
two barrels of oil, oat Of eight, ali thss sac had
on ksara.
Ths prisoners wsrs tken sent en- board the v
II. Hill, with soEa prsYisiens; thsy were obliged
ts remsin on deck the whole tiEe, as tho
schooner ksd no spare accommodation belsw.
We sabjsiR such particulars in reference to
the three large ships captured and destroyed IS
we csald obtain hem their respective crews.
Ths names Of she vessels were the Southern
Cross, the Red Gauntlet and tRe BsBj. HOxie.
The skip Southern Gross, 900 tens burtAen,
Capt Beni HoweS, of Be9ton, Mass from the
Pacific side Of Mexico, where she left en- ths
2lst March, bound to New York, laden wifh log
weed, was falisn in with BY ihs Flarids on the
Ga Of jane, IL 10 south CT the line, Sc W.
leng., sRa after the captain, his wife. tbs thrse
mates sRd crew, numbering twenty, had been
removed frem her, she was set en- fire and de-
siIsysd.
The captain Of the Florida did net FIRE at the
SsuthsFR Crsss, as be saw lady on deck
Captain Hewes, bis wife and officers were
transferred to french bark bound to Psrnam-
buss.
The skip Red Gauntlet, 1900 tuns burthsn,
Captain Lucas, Of and from Boston, ont twenty
three days, bound to HsBg Kong, laden with
sssl, ice, provisions, etc, was fallen in with on
Sunday, the 15tk Of June, in lat 70 80 ssst Of
the line. The Florida took from the Rsd Gaunt-
let fall supply Of eosl. some previsiSns, full
set Of new sails, etc, aaa aftsr removing her
crew, tweRty-sight in all, set FIRE to and lSft her.
The ship BsRjamin Hexis, Of Mystic, CoHn-y ,
tVebout 1900 tuRs burthen, Captain Crsrsy, from
San EIaAelhee' mhlGa place sac leIt 9n the loLA
Of. January last, having since called at EaEAt-
Ian aud Atlsmsrs, Mckee, bound to Falmouth,
England, laden with logweed, hides, thirty tuRs
of silver ere, and skout S500,O00 in bars Of sill
yer, and $1,000 to $4,000 in geld, became prize
10 the Flsrids on the 10th 6f June, lst l2o,
lsng. absut 20.
The eaPtsiu, officers aAd crew, numbering in
all thirty persons, were removed, and after all
the silver bars and the specie lad been taken
frem her, she was Destroyed By fire on the fsl-
lowing day. The silver ere which went deWn
with The vessel was valued at S500000
The captains and efieers Of the Red GaHRtlst
aud B. Hoxie were, on the 10TH June. transferred
to an Italian brig, bound to Falmouth, England,
which the Flerida met with, Capt. Msfis supply
ing them with provisions for the passage.
Three Of the crew OF the Southern Cross, Eve
Of the Red Gauntlet, and three Of the B. Hexie,