The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-18
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No sooner isths Alabama al the bottom of the
ocean than The fofida eemnences 10 Gil the
Nansre hihd With dfead. The New Yorh papers
ara iali OF seeouats OF her exploits. The barks
o'eesiani. 0en Berry, Gsconda, siinda, aud the
se6aoerr Margaret Dsvis, have been bufacd by
her sihee 'hr 9ta. The schooner Howard was
tona,d. THE officers af the F.ofisa ayc dssclib.d
a. very seatlemsny Ia making their csptnte. ta,
stfy saaey, one of them having .ent hi. love to
Abe Lincoln sy one OF tho captured crew. The
capture which has created most sensation is thai
at ,he g eclfie Spark al $40 ton steamer innnins
between New YORK and New Orleans, with an
asastra "a s. worth . soa GOO. ,sshs left New
"drshs satasdsy, sad "aa caught hY,hs FatiJa
The nest day asoat o'cIack II Is supposed sl,e
has been taken To Nassau Ihe ,aIsAias Is the
statement of capi a.aham. her comiAg ader
vessel hove Ia sight oa our =las6oard bow,
Naich sppaafed IL be n bark riyred vessel stand
lag by the wand on shore, but afterwari (at abaut
i.3-l proved to be u long, low, Takfsh- loos fng
steamer, with sharp cuiwater standing directly for
our bows 10 cut rs OF, whea she h al snt within
about iatee mites az theTeabeuts as near as can
remember, she hoisied sha British lag Stiii ap-
proaching us With great rap dIty aud when she
had got Within Twelve hundred Yards of us she
hsuied down the BRUSH Il X and ran as The Iebei
ca!ofs al the same lime size Gtft riil; shot
Was no fcspeas1 I" this, she bred a o.s shot
actoss our t"aB, which passea a1Iess ous
td+r stay. The shot did 40 natai and We
st,il continued on "of course @hei the Third and
last shot was bTcd CT u.s. aLe pa ssengoTs began
20 couspIsa, aad cry oli that the ship would br
sunk u VIZ did not atop her So, 8aaiag that
lhete WAS no chance for escape tom the pirate,
nIach against my VIII, ordered The solots down,
and had tha -usines stopped la a lew moments
after, we Wrie haied by a boat from the vessel,
which pIosed Ia be ihe Florida. Cgpt. Morris com
n,andine. The officer IN charge OF the baat, 1T
Stone, stepped on boutd cur peasel, and, la v-,y
polite and gentiemahiy manner, told me that he
bad orders ffom captain Morris t0 deliver ma
aud my ships papers safely oa board tue
tioLlda complied at once, as bad no other
aiteTDatise, and went Gu board the FInfiia, where
delivered my papers Ia Capt Morris, who then
u derej H,e to ietufn on board OF tuy sip and get
my boats ready 10 transfer my crew ami passen-
gets, with ai taeir baggage and personal effects,
On board OF the Bfitish schooner Lane, which he
had iast halted giyt ag the captaia seven hundred
ani tweaty dollars tn gold TO IKE the passengers
aud crew of my ship, with IunSs, &c, 10 New
forE. Alter tiIis We all wen: on board OF the
sch IOner, which was bound for New York from
BaIIacOa, w /, with n cargo of fruit, Rnd we
safely arrived In New YORK about Que O'Clock this
morning lfussday}.
The officers oi The EiecsIic aparS describe the
armament OF the Florida rs fOii0ws; she carii,s
Hine guns VI heavy caliber, va. one i2O pound
nns pivot quo, one bc pound rif1s bow chss -
b5 pound stern chaser, ItHe, ana three 64
pOuuu IITSs on cdEH Side. tftt JcCk Snt NSff
neat, In mIn af-war IA hion, and cverythihs looks
clean and thin In the outward EYE, as tar az uI
informant, capt Graham, cou Il ST
The Commanding Onicer TT the fi5,tfa, Captain
Morris, is d. scribed rather an elderly man, oi
iae personal appearance, with hair and whlskeTs
heaIiy ~hi.e LienIenaHf Stone and ali ths other
hft.cers OF the Florida, Captain Graham describes
being The MGsi gaHiegdnlY set OF cuithTOais
he ever niet One of the jnHiof officers iold Cap
tain Graham that he was L san of GBeral Emory,
now commanding at Ns.s Orleans under General
Canby. lie sent his respects to Ills father, with
the remark III It he Was IA heafly ss BUCK, and
al biz rebei as tver," which message will be
faithfully delivered, .ontt The 0ifoers dii
n0l touch any private property Of any description
aiming The capture, Ioi you'd they allow the crew
10 abstract anything. lieutenant Stone, OF the
irtei vessel, said 10 Captain Graham, ''fs will
show yUn Yankees that Rot such baIba
Iians as you Try 10 make us out"
There were uA board of The Hectic Spaik three
United Staies "hiceTS, respectively Colonel, a
young gIadu Ale ifoG West foint, aiid u naval
o1ticef shey surrendered their swords 10 4 apt
Mofs, hut he woIld not receive them, but iold
Them THAI they should Keep them He tuen pi
rolled iheGl, aud prts~ntei "a ch with his cLts ds
.isite anc a button of his coat
TIE Officers of the E!eeific fPark say that When
they wfE3 overhaded by tn3 r orida they were
making nine knots an hour, aud were they in
right trim they confident th.y coad make
Twelve En1ts an hour, but that The Floiija would
sii u Dave tue advantage, Gs shs Wts making fiji
teen kBUts, with but niie pounds al sie5n IA
sing boiler, when she caught The Electric spa d.
hef otffcets boast that she makes fifteen Knots an
hUuI under canvas, wiinnut j puund of sieam;
also, that there Is nBI Il vessel IN the t"iied
states Eavx able ~ sail with her or bring hrr %.