The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-26
THE SOUTHERN PIRATES.
Their WORK OF DESTRUCTION.
List of Vessels Burned and
Bonded.
ONE MILLION TONS CAPTURED.
&c. &c. &c.

there have been steamers 70 ships 43 briggs 81 bark
ss schooners in all 275 vessels Of nearly 600 tons
N the aggregate captured We add short account
q each vessel fitted ont behalf Of the South Tho
nrss Southern privateer
THE sAvANNAH,
Ssnneriy pilotboat No. T. schooner Of 30 tons She
saied from Charleston about June l. 1891 under com
nand Of j. Harrison Baker, and captured the brig 20
seph, bound from Honduras for Philadelphia, wath
cargo Of sugar, &c. She accompanied the Joseph 20
georgetown bar, and on June was captured oy INC
united States brig Perry and sent with prize crew 70 new
York where she subsequently sold she carried ono
eighteen pound gun and her capture created much ex'
etement ct first held az prases snoagn
THE SUMTER
No built ~ C H. and w. N. Crump in 1857 and called
The Habano afterwards the Afonzo She was $50 feet
hong so feet BEAM 10 depth Of hold drawing feet
inches and 500 tons burden, guns crew about 1oo
men She left the Mississippi river ON the 3Oth June,
I00I under command Of Raphael semmes aud captured
several prizes which were sent into Cenfucgos but
srscoa and left: July 20 1891 at Porto Cabel!o with
prixe brig AbbIe Bradford teeased; August 70 she
Haranham and October 10 among tie windward Islands;
November arrived at Martinique, and November 70
was 70 % p Ss @ q ~ wss n
q Gibraltar January 49, 1862 where she remained some
Ssur months, watched by United States cruisers until
eeoape becoming hopeless she sold TO English
asa
PRIvArBRR JEFF. DAVIS. CAPTAIN CoxRTTRR,
Was fitted NJ Charleston and in June 1884, captured
10 bark Rowena; on July she off Nantucket, and
next heard Of about eight hundred miles east OF Cape
Florida where she captured ship John Crawford and
Anally was wrecked on st. Augustine bar August II,
ls0Q, having captured seven vessels
M PRIvATEER j.. o. NIXON
f',ed out at New Orleans, about August 1881 but
che blockade prevented her from doing much damage
THE CALHOUN, CAPTAIN WILSON,
vae . steamer formerly the line between Charleston
ard Savannah, and with the Joy and Music was fitted
n n New Orloana
formerly the revenue cutter Aiken, was sunk BY the
vas destroyed Pensacola September 3D. 1861, by
armed expedition In boat sent from the United States
bbeckaae forceG
was fitted out at Wilmington in 1851, and made 1--WE
SCHOONER sALLIE.
snSs e bsrss,on oe,oSer 10 isSi making two
captures
THE NASHVILLE, CAPTAIN R.. P. PsoRAA,
,~aotsgnery in SponoId Tfestons line Of steamers
Sss~ssn New York ana Charleston, and Charles
sSsn The beginning Of the rebellion under command OF
Gseson October &C. 1861. svading the blockade, and
sstvsa - Southampton November 20 having captured
1ssssss5 1894 he United States steamer Tuscarora
esae from pnrsuing her BY the British fgae
sa.saon February a. arrived q bermuda; lefs slth,
- blockade March lS she left Beaufort and the
nah was At Nassau Her career was mainly rs
h1sckade runner and she was finally blockadcd and
bnrned by United States iron clads near Savannah.
THE ALABAMA
vas built Brkenhead; 640 tons 220 feet long, 80
leot BEAM IL feet depth Of hold engines 800 horse
pswer She left the Mersey July 20, 1862; arrived at
Porto Praya August TO- On Sunday, August "A, Captain
Raphael Semmes assumed command; hosting the Con-
Ssderate Gag she crused and captured several
Ne vicinity Of Flores Cruising 70 the westward and
ss Of Ssw
ward arrived the 18th Of November at Port Royal
Martinique On the night Of the 10th she escaped from
The habor and the United States steamer San Jacinto
and on the oath November was at Blanquilla coaing
On December captured the United States steamer ARIEL
N the passage between Cuba and st. Domingo On Sun
Aay January H. $685. sunk the United states gunboat
Hatteras on Galveston, and on the 30th arrived at ia
Ssres she arrived the 10th April Fernando de No
Bonha and on 18th Nay al Bahia where on the 18th,
~ was joined by the rebel steamer Georgia Cruising
neay the line, thence southwark toward the Cape Of
0eod Hope, numerous captures were made and on the
1nst june 1858, the bark Talisman was commissioned
Jolly anchored in saldanha Bay, South Africa
ard near there, the 9th August, joined
ssns day anchored at Table Bay. September To-
1oo0, II st. Simons Bay awaiting Goals October
the ne ira ssy o and up ,cnsy 20
0aeapore December n, 1855, and making number
= vsy valuable captures, including the Highlaadsr,
.Se1ssrsS he sarE Tycoon and ship Rockingham. and
,ssa - .ss ss:sh.a Sy ne United U steamer
4sasasse the bassls resulting her destruction
sSsg sn ths 18th sfJane, lseA
wss formerly the 0ssso and in August 1861 under
-ssssss Nassau Sas beng released she into No
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ss:sssS q Ssssa Sssruszy a, 1893, IN latitude =
~ lenssssds = ~sst shs captured the ship Jacob
- sSsp Crown fslns, z latitude south, onsitade "a
Ysss, end chssss The unissd sssss Steamer Ericsson
On July 10 she captured abe steamer Eecuc spark in
' = s:r. :.a K. ssa q he Ica.
- shs hashor Of Bahia h veil known, and her career
'eoeea m her sinking in Hampton Roads
THE BRIo cLARBNCR
- captused.by rebel steamer FLORIDA Mayo 1889
- and two ofncers, under Command Of Lieutenani
a, n issi,uds 81 10 sort6, Longitude rs west, The
GunA &C., were transfeHed 10 the Tacony and the
Q1rsnos burned, ~ well the schooner N A. shndleY
TEE rAcoSY, LIEUTENANT READ.
e9penrsd NE brig Umpire latitude 81 81 NORTH Longitude
0k1, june "a; sshng boat l. A. Macomber, OF Nor
1ssl hight ship Isaac Webb latitude 70 IS norsS ions
80 $50 ship syIan,e y, and bark
unrsneo forsnce nshing vessels Elizabeth Ann Rufus
Choats and Ripple June a. and destroyed by her
ossw, who left In the schooner Ascher and sub
ssqUsntly captured by IN expedition from Portland
- rHg GEORGIA,
Gnauerly called the japan, cruised N the North and
oOu1h Atlantic in 1863 capturing nre vesses She
9 Hrtiah vessel 1tisd out like the Alabama, from
Byhish ports
The Echo the BOSTON the Conrad, The Tuscsrora and
the 81 Nicholas each made one or more captures IN 1861
end 1853
TIE RETEJBUTIoN
captured shrse vessels early 1862 and was Afterwards
sold In the Bahama
THE TALLABAseEE
nads two raids from the port OF Wilmington, ~ e., 10
1eD4 capturing and destroying nearly thirty vessels
S1mhsr hang 6shinR vessels ON August ID, 1884 being
Mahin sx miles Of Nantucket ghtskip, and ran hack 70
v,lsn'ngton
THE cHICEAMAU0A,
mn4ef eonmsnd Lieutenarf Wilkinson, left WHINING