The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-11-10

coHMtMprR OF TIE pRryArlRR cHicrA

TIE COMMANDER OF TIE PRIvAfIEk cHfCkA
Z asd HO% WiifInsoa, D. Is. M, com
manding the .privaseer Chickamanga, -waa
born In, and was appointed . midshipwan
from the State Of Virginia. He entered the
service on the 18th of December, l847.-
On the 9Th Of November, 1850. he received
bVed ssates 1aty..s hlS55 he Vas q attach.
ed to the Coast Survey. He was ordered
in the latter part of that year TO the sloop
Sarstoga on the home station, where he re.
NAMED until November, 1857, when he was
ordered to the Norfolk navy yard. In 1866
he was attached to the Coast Survey. At
the breaking out of the rebellion he was
still attaehed tothis service and on board
|of the steamer Corwih, undet Instructions
He was one of the first to enter the Con'
fedarate naval service, his commission a
first lieutenant in that service bearing datf
June 10, 1861. During the war he has
been on special duty in connection with
naval defenses along the Southern coast
He stands number twsnty-one on the Con-
federate Naval Register.
The chekamaugs is probably the block
ade runner Edith. which ran into " Whining
ton about the time the Tallahassee returned
to that part after her raid few months
ago It was announced not long since that
the Edith was preparing to come out under
a new name. .....,s..., ts..'.s
\ !. The discipline on board the Ohickamauga
is represented to be of the lowest order
The prisoners taken from the vessels de,
stroysd were al required to sign parole
The following is copy :.,r-.,sy. 81
90 Confederate Steamer obichamauga, at
Sea. Lat 1910, Long. 70.-Tbe under
signed do hereby agree, in consideration Of
boing released as prisoners Of war by First
Lieut.. j. Wilkinson, Confederate States
steamer Chickamauga, not to serve by land
or water, or take up arms against the Con-
federate States Of America until properly
exchanged. Signed, C -"
Witness-E. Courtney jenkins, Captains
Clerk"
SKETCH OF THE coMMANDER, OF THEoLUsTEE'
Lieutenant W. H. Ward, of Virginia, en-,
tered the United States navy the l7tt Of
February, l84a, ;havinabeen appointed from
Ohio, of which State he was then citizen.
He graduated at the Naval Academy, and
warranted as Master ia September, 1856,
while attached to the sloop Of war st. Ma
rvs, Of the Pacific squadron. He was COM
missioned as lieutenant September 9th,
until l659, when he returned in the st.
Mary's. In 1850 he was attached to the
Water Witch, in the Home squadron. His
last service was in the Macedonian, in 81 =,
when he resigned and went over to the reb
els, who commissioned him as lieutenant on
the, 18th Of March, 1862. He, has, since
theswar been serving IN the rebel feet on
the James River, in the iron-clad Rich>
mond. His first commuand is the Olustse,
and he is now burning and destroying un>
armed vessels on the coast, having begun
his work of destruction week since.
CAPTAIN sEMMEs AFLoAT.
The government at Washington has re-
ceived from our consul in Liverpool dis
patch to the effect that the screw steamer
Sea King, designed for the pirate Semmes,
sailed from London .ostensibly for Bombay,
on the 9Th ult. The Sea King was built at
Glasgow during last year, and is very fast
She took from London a large supply of
coal and . crew of forty seven men, and it
is supposed she will be met and taken
command Of somewhere al sea by Semmes,
who sailed from England some time pre-
vious in the Laurel, with officers, men and
guns, which. latter were no doubt intende d
fer transfer to the Sea King when the yes .
ola should maat. RI, u. -.