The New York herald., 1864-09-06
Newspaper Accounts.


SEIZURE or ThE PRIvArkER GEORGIA.
lyYom the London Shipping Gazette lcvening paper),
LONDON, august 24-2aoP.M
The supposed capture by federal war steamer OF the
Georgia tsl, formerly 10 the Confederate service but
hsev publicly disposed OF 70 an English merchant 81
liverpool mas produced considerable excitement among
underwriters, who contend that theaet Illegal,
demand the Immediate attention OF the government
20 the seizure.
REPORT OF TIKI sSIzURs.
The following this morning received by the Sscre
sary Peuinsnar sad Oriental steam Navigation
Company in London ~
rc IHE MANAGING DIRECTORS pESssuLlR AND ORIENTAL
Sr.AM NAVIGATION CokFANY:-
6KSrSsKN-I beg TO report arrival Of this ship at
the above port, all well, at uine y. NJ. this day. Fine
weather bas been experienced throughout the pas
sage on the 10Th instant, at two 7. ~, Great bur.
We passed cllse to two sc.ew steam vessels,
both under steam, but hove 10 with their heads
shore The larger Of these evidently American
sriS frigate, ana was nyiug the federal nag The
Smaller Engsn built vessel, Of about seven bun
ared 10 eight hundred tons any dag flying and
was deeply laden. On her stern was written 10 waite
letters (Gpparenty quite recently done, Georgia, Lv
erpooi" she was brig rigged, with bowsprh and Jio-
boom and had black uunel placed rather further Tor
ward than N the generality Of msrcnan steamers
Heavily laden soats we're ireqoently passing from ,he
smaller 20 the larger vessel aud observed IN one that
Ia transit at the time Of passing underthe siern
Of the rgalc quantity Of ssimen's chests aud bedding
roe frigAie had tackles boih or her yard arms
and she hosled her pinnaco out soon after We
passed. her. Preparations also appeared TO DO
yOop OF The smaller vessel several ohces
can nava uniform, aud a number Of men, evifentiy
belonging to the srigate ali fully armed The larger
shp appear be upwards OF th Thousand tons iu
Ysged, with two black tunnels, with white band SIX
foot from the top she bad large sdeo eagle on her
stern, and altogether appeared very like tho American
screw steam irisate Niagara. Boats we're rassing be-
sween the ships ss Icing a. We could discern thcm Tho
sea was very smooth and the weather tine. am, kc.,
GEORGE c. SpARkts, Commander Elora Is 81.
TIM GEORGIA,
win be rocollocted, was for length of time engaged
q . Confederate privaeor she arrived al Liverpool
few months ago ard publicly sold TO Mr. Bates, ~
shat port, for 5000 or 1000 was subsequently
taken up by tho Portuguese government for the
apcs or Liverpool, Lisbon, 20 the Azores and
back and appears she was IN transit TO those ports
when her capture was made, with her cargo. she was
insured AT Luyd's on policy not free from capture
IFrom tho Dublin Freeman's Journal, August 25.l
Private leegrams received at Liverpev announce that
cruiser Georgia, bound Portugal landed her and
ssnt the ship 20 New York.
LANDING or The cEEw OF ruE GEoRaIA.
LyxRrooL, August "a, 1864.
mart-r Withyconbc) and thirty " tho crew
q the steamship GeorEa have been landed st Dover by
ths federal steamer Niagara.
The Latest News.
Losoos, August 40 1904.
Ths capture of the pseudo privateer Georgia by th
DATED states frgsis Niagara created excitement
whatever
THE FLORIDA ON A cRuIas.
The priya'ee- Florida sailed FROM Cruz, 1onerf
On ibe atb Of August, on cruise.
THE RCsAkHNyo AGAIN IN COLLISION
TLusHSo, August az, 1894.
The federal corvette Sacramento put IN here hi
srcnins, having becn IN collision with she swedis
Aeboooer Victor, westerman, from Antwerp for stock
bsin, which sustained considerable damage.
sketch OF the Unitcd states Frigsto NJ.
asara.
mo Niagara, Commodore Thomas T. Craven command
ing, who has recently captured the erprvatccr, Of
rather pirate built BY the iamsntsd George steers
sA Brooklyn in 1888 During carly part of The rebel
xoa she actively employed tho blockade and Il
Pensacola hrbcr. She Was the flagship Of Flag once
WIN. McKsan. she returned from that service TO Bos
snn whore she arrived on The 18th OF June 1s62 Her
sss vas dkmaptlsd, and her spar deck removed an
~srsd and her sies pierced for guns tbs, she car
vssl twenty four esvepnch guns bsr gun deck, an
swcavs one hundred FOUNDER rifles on her spar deck
sAs was over year IN the hands Of the ship cUpsn
ssss the cbarlsstown Navy Yard, and aimest
1Dus; engines placed IN her, and In al oos
49, M avo ahl ~