The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-21

blockade e.r,icc, on which she has been employed
W ,ponr poNLLsor"
iss small side-whecl steamer, mouutiug guns,
and has not yet been distinguishoiin in any engage
ment Has been ION the James river aosilis.
"KANsAs."
This vessel was luilt az the Philadelphia Navy
Yard aud bcr engines are those which were found
IN board The Princess Royal, aud destined TO run
the blockade, and TO be furnished TO some vessel
| m the South. She was launched in september
'sst.
GILLIAN"
| ia captured blockadc.ruuncr just fitted out a.
| Philadelphia. She mounts guns.
"MAcKINAw"
| is sidc-wheol steamer Of 10 guns, and built a.
| the New York Navy Yard. She was auncaed
| April u, 1868.
MoNTrcELLo"
/ is screw steamer Of 7guns, and was originally
/ purchased by the Government She particlpl ed
| in the attack upon Forts Hattcras and Clark in
! August, 1861, and has mostly been on the VIII
mipston blockade -.n
! Is a screw steamer, mounting guns, aud was
| built at The Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1863. She
| was launched October 6, 1858, and Is very hnoiy
modelled vessel.
This is a II gun purchased vessel, and was put
| in commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard last
April She is screw-s.eamcr.
"osCEoLA"
s lO.gun side. wheel steamer, built at Boston in
! 1868, and was attached TO Admiral Bccs lotilla
ON tho James river, in May, 1863
"uIsTRAM suANDY"
| Is blockade runner, very fast, watch was Pur-
| cha,cd BY Government aud fitted up for a naval
vessel. She mounts 5 guns and will prove
| valuable adjunct to the fleet.
"yIcKsBuHG."
Ofthis vessel but a brief story is to be tlld.
| Shc mounts 6 guns, was built at Mystic, Con
%, ctDut, and has been IN commission only since
December, 1868.
is 5-gun scrcw.seamer, built at Philadelphia
and launched in March 1864.
"oNoNDAGA"
This vessel is four-gun iron clad Of l25 tons
burden, which was built at GreenpOint, New
| York, and put into commission March d, 1864
! She sailed from this city for the James river
hotilla the Dist day Of the following April.
"ooMMoDoRB BARNEY"
This vessel, which was originally named Ethan
| dRoH is a side-wheel steamer Of jl3 tons, and
carries seven guns. She participated in the ac-
tiuus Of Roanoke Island, WintOn, and Newb5rn,
N. c., and in the operations upon the Nanse-
mopd river in the spring of 1862. On the 4th of
| August she accompanied the iron clad SungaD}On
In "A reconnaissance Of the James river ana was
penetrated with more than thirty projectiles.
"MoBsE."
The Morse was originally the Marion. She is
| jl3 tons burden and carries guns. She also
| took part in the operations in North Carolina in
| February and March, 1862 and assisted i'm cover
ing the cmbarkation OF United States troops at
the evacuation Of West Point, Va, June l. 1868.
"HUNoHBAoK,"
Is a side wheel steamer carrying seven guns. She
also participated .iu the engagement mentioned
above, and landed naval battery aud joined in
the attack upon the cnemys works at Roanoke
Island.
"RurAw."
The Eu,q,o, side.wheel, was built at Baltimore
! in S63, and was offered to race with any side
wheel merchant steamer Of about the same ton
mage She is 97i tons burden.
"YoUNG AMERICA"
This vessel was captured from the Rebels by
| the Cumberland, In 1861 and has been employed
as a despatch boat in and around Hampton
Roads. She is large tug-boat, and carries two
guns.
r is side wheel, and has eight guns. Was built a
: the Philadelphia Navy Yard, aud was launched
4 November l6, 1861. She was one of the steam
Division of Porter's mortar flOtlla at New Or
leans, April, 1862 and, after the taking of th
city, went up the Mississippi TO Nlcksburg.
( "DELAwARE,"
, side-whecl, guns. Was employed in the opera
tions in North Carolina in the spring of 1852, an
was attached TO the Neuse river expedition il
4 December of the same year.
: MENDOZA"
" was built at New York, aud launched Jdnuar
Q 81. 1868. Is side. wheel, carries ten guns, and
3. S7i tons burden.
The Darn, which is screw of four guns an
u 39l tons register, was engaged in the two attack
= u, on Fort McAlster in January 1868.
COMMODORE NORRIS"
Was engaged in the PamuDkey expediio
" Jar uary 8, 1863, and at West Point the foAowin
l. April.
y The Zouare is a screw steamer, carrying tw
y guns, and is one hundred and twenty seven ton
GENERAL PUTNAM"
The General Putnam is a side-wheel steamer
,r one hundred and thirty-three tons burden, an
l. Carries four guns.
le COMMODORE PERRY"
&c was engaged in the operations against Roanob
at Island, Elizabeth City, Newbcrn, Hamilton, an
GAINESVILLE, N. c., in 1862 Is side-whe
steamer, carrying six guns.
ID "sTErrING STONES"
"a Side-whcel steamer, five guns and Is 22G tol
~ register. She was engaged in the NansemOr
- river operations, April ID, 1868.
,yI, "CACTUs."
The Cactus was fitted at New York for the We
Gulf Squadron, is side-wheel, Of l76 tons, al
auies one gun.
le The Daylight is q screw-steamer of 6S2 tor
She engaged Rebel field battery in Lynn Hay
bay, Virginia, and took paIt in the attack al
,ts capture of Fort Macon, North Carolina, Ap
be z6, 1862.
az MOUNT WASHINGTON"
he is o side-whee steamer, with five guns and
he 800 tons burden. She was at the Nansemo
Ter river operations, April, 1868.
nd "CRUsADRR."
RS. The Crusader was one OF the hTst vessels
,ip enforce the blockade OF Southern ports; she ii
screw steamer, carries nine guns, and is 5i5 to
register. Piloted by Robert Small (colOred), a
bo accompanied by the Planter she ran up the Nor
n0 .nD EdistO river, into Wadmelaw Sound, as far
~" Simmons Bluff, where they fired into Rel
enCAmpment and destroyed ii, June q, 1862.
.on GOAL AT FIRST COST-COST PRICE ,
pus - Stockholders g7S per ton--Immedate Denyery-C
The OF best Qualy.-shafes each emitting 70 one and
nts tons hrst cost every rear FOR twenty years and 70
dividends OF profits nom the surplus coal, may now