The New York herald., 1864-09-06
her s1e snd treble her effectiveness she stood when

really Tor
pany with tue Engsh line of battle ship Agamemncn 10
the Atlantic telegraph expedition, when sue was com
nanasd by Captain VIM l. hudson. since deceased Her
Aexl service convey large number OF captured
negroes Charesto0 G. 10 Liberia On TINS cruise
she was oommsnded by Captsin John s. Chauncey On
her return she lay e the Bro kiyD Navy Yard FOR
several months when she Was lifted up Tor Inc especial
purpose Of rrying home tho Japanese ambassadors
she left New York the Both u June, $780, md arrived
Jeddo the 9th OF November having touched s ate
Porto srande s. Paul de Lcando An Ter Eatava and
Hong Kong She returned 10 Boston, arriving more on
the 24.h Of April 1861. She ordered from there TO
this city. arriving here the 2Sh cf the same mouth
Here she was hastily l.ed Out, and on the otn o MAY
ls6I sailed hence the blockade on Charleston s0e
arrived there The 10th Of May and in nine DAYS Alter
was In Havana From there she went 10 Fort Pickens,
and thence to Mobile She remained IN those waters
ipthe attack upon Pensacola, when General
Bragg Attempted 70 reduce Fort Pickens and IN several
minor ugagemsps she was ordered the south west
Pass h August or that year and the time the nag
ship of Flag Ohioer VIM. W. MoXean She remained 10
aha, vicinity until Flag officer Farragut went down.
and the Gulf Squadron WAS divided into two tiviHions
She then wont TO Mobile and from thence 70 Apaa
chcola and Key West While here she received
orders 10 return home. she left Key West on the
xtb OF June, 1862 aud arrived al Boston on the l2th
A. Boston che surveyed and ordered 10 be cut
down and now armament put in her Although protest
cd against by large number OF experienced naval ocers
and sbpbuders the Navy department ordered i done
When her armament anu stores on board the dead
lights ia her side, which admitted light into IDS ward
and berth deck only few inches above the
water line while ner ports coud not be opened III sea
way such as is frequently IN hsrbor. In
hsr passage 70 Gl0ueser her gun deck avasn, and
IL was be opinion o. all board that her armament
musl be changed beor she could 80 10 sea- Yet IN the
face " all this shA sent 90 III pursuit 81 the
CHESS peaSe thai she could be removed from Gouces
Ter and nay be ordered 10 New YORK 70 have her arma
ment changed without attracting public attention.
she was put into commission on the lath q ocoper,
1893, AMI sailed in days afterwards Tor Gloucester
not successful that operation, and 10 have been
ordeeed to Boston in few days On her arrival at the
Brooklyn Navy ard her gun deck battery Q, esvcnincn
taken out tbe ports sealed up and the vessel
very much ligh eDed by removal Of extra stores, &c
On the 18th Of March, 1854 she sailed from here IN quest
OF no disabled lisan neof battle sbiD Re Gasnntuomo,
Captain lsloa. SHE returned 20 New York after
successful cruise the I'd Of April she was then fed
for foreign service she remained In our narbor few
weeks and then despatched special service in
que; OF the p,vacers the coast of Europe sne nas
visited Antwerp. aud has been actively cruising since
The following Is q list OF her oficers:-
9o,aaaodoye conl".ar,,din0,-Ih n. = Craven.
Lfc1t,RGn--Lioyd Pheuix.
Cttef Eagtaegf--Wm. Roberts,
Assistant saylson--Sam W. Abbott
PasmastsJ~-.Iames III. Wstmuugh
CkGT!1in-Wm. A. Hitchcock
Acting Aistsrs--Francis NJ Green, Jacob Kiunball.
AG,Ins Ocyrs-Fi 81 Lieutenant Jos 4. Baker Second
Lieutenant, l. z. frepch
Eny,gns-Rchard ! Chew Henry J. Blake, p. +. Har-
rington Wm. BAN noridge Hon.
EaJine,rs--First Assistant, Oscar III. LRcsey Second
Assistants. Fred Brown, James Butterworih, Nm h.
Harris Third Assistants, Fred sohooer Jasper H. Da-
Bo Ifssoasn-Geo. smith.
Glnncr--Eugeue Mack.
G0rbGsfsr--N Nicholas Mayer.
SalEsGtey--Aex. W. CssselL
CogsnasdoTe's CteTk--S Bradhurst Clark.
Fauaasters Clesks--s N. Coleman and Geo. ". Len
deve..
A6ino Rostr's AG,.s-Henry Clay Leslie, Chas. B.
T. Atkinson, Bernard haRil
Sketch OF the Pirate steamer Georgia.
The Georgia left 6reenock on the I'd Of April, 1862
under the name cf the Japan. Subsequently she as
known as the Virginia but in reality she has always been
the pirate Georgia she Ia iron ship, with very nos
lines speed, about six hundred (Brsh regis
ter, with engines OF three hundred horse power Her
originally shipped for Two years. a, very hgl
wages and il s2d she bound for the China
From Greenock the Georgia proceeded TO the coast
France where from The British steamer Aar, Captain
Beck took board her guns, ordnance stores &c
then hos,e6 the rebel dag On reaching the cruising
grounds Georgia, having been passage pn. in
excellent fighting trim, began her piratcal career
Al the time OF the sailing Of the Georgia sho was
owned by Thomas Bold, an Engishman, OF the frm o!
Jones Co., Of Liverpool England. On the Esd day OF
June 1862 The day succeeding the which abe had
destroyed the r. W. Seaver, iha Eaglishman, Thomas
Bold goes ise cus6m House at Liverpool ard states
Thai the Japan, Georgia, had been sold 10 ctber
parties he desired her British register might Dc
cancelled and OF course the smmodatLg British oii
cal cancelled thc ssid rtsh register Mr. Ibomas Bold
OF the firm a. Jones Co., OF Liverpool nothing else
than British piraahis term Of piracy extending from
the time lie began " The Georgia uut tho 23d day
soo and captured the snid Thomas Bold, of the arm Of
Jones { Co, o' Liverpool, was alder and sbettor OF
pirocy,
The Georgia the 2btn Of April iuaugursied her
career ny burning The ehip Dictator Next she el in
with aud bonded tie ship George Grswod, on the Sth %
Mey, 1863 On the I3A Of the month sno arrived
al B.his remaining there until the 2sh wnen ehe took
nor departure. On the Isl OF juno she burned The ship
Amszouia and ia twelve days Afterwards destroyed the
ship Good EOpe. Sbc captured tho Constitution
and 2sth orJue she troyod the civ % BATH On
the 10th july 1868 9Qrned tie ship prace Q. Wales
The lbn o. August iS93 she arrived al s. smons Fay
Cape OF Good Hope % toe g9th she sailed tnonce ard
thr next besrd or her or Kingston Jamaica On
the 31th Of October 1858, she arrived ~ ChcrDourR,
France ON the eth OF April, 1864 she was Ia Bordeaux
aud presently sne turned mp in England wnero she is
said 10 have bee. s0d her paid on and her stores
sold al nGction.
She was unluestiouably bound on a piralic1l crulss
when captured by the Niagara and arc OF hf opinion
she you'd have % 0f lhe West India Islands 70
~ out AZ matters stand she will DC here IN few
days and tnen shalt learn the particulars OF hcr cap
Our Parts Correspondence.
PARIS, August %, 1864.
Departure Of he Kiao y spain-Decih Of Princes