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be added that she lsA schooner. has one deck and


has very handsome mess and state rooms ait.
VINO PURCHASED HER-HER PRESENT OWNER.
When the auction took place sne was purchased
by Mr.. Isaac Roberts, son OF Mr.. Marshall %. ROO
erts, for $4,000 ~ According. to the Custom
House statistics OF this city she Is now owned by
MI. john II. Patterson, oil Warren street. IN TINS
city.
The year 1870 FOUND the Virgin at Hoooken,
waiting Tor a purchaser, and ia the spring Oh tae
following year the Cuban patriots oi TINS clty
thought her an eligible vessel ior blockade run,
bat on account Oh her small draaght OF water
VIZ, only eight feet when loaded with 4ov IONS oi
cargo, which gave her unusual lacilioes 10, aSt ru
General Quesada's trends accordingly agreeu W
purchase her and she was lifted up az Leroy slrees @
wharf apparently Tor a Legitimate voyage 10 Inc
Spanish main. Her principal on tntters anu equip.
pers were Messrs Pollock Van Waaeher, OF ives.
cruise All bills we're paid by Mr.. Patterson, and,
all being completed, the iorner oiookaue runue, n
started soutn nying tae stars and stripes Her
capta,n was one Williams, who lett her lew
months ago, and VINO is now residing IN the a,
Spanish man with his family Her crew ,s metS rs t6sm an
most exclusively Americans, the majority % 'nen
be,nu marred men. Since she lett this port III ISL
she mas never been back here
HER SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITIONS.
| on the 10th day OF July, 1871, Brgadter General
Rafael Quesada, having left Puerto Capeil0 lew
tiago de Cuba Rafael As brother OF the celebrated
General Manuel de Qutsada, now residing IN THIS
city at No l46 East Thirty street. ana TO
whom the honor is due OF having obtained large
funds and resources for the aid ol struggling Cupt
In South America ana the concession o DelIiseTcHt
ri hts for the lone star dag. The expedition landed
near Santiago de Cuba, above menuoneu was
boldly dlsembarked in the presence OF spanish
man-oi-war, which innocenty lay out put
few hundred yards from the CUBAN
cruiser. Alter disemoarking the men and
material or Quesada had TO march nearly
800 mics through the unbroken forests OF Cuba,
the narrow roads and passes oil which were helu
by thousands OF spanish troops Every gun ana
cartridge was safely delivered to President Ces-
pedes.
The second virglnius expedition, also COM
manded by the gallant young Quesada, ~ iresh III
the minds OF the readers oil the HERALD, II having
the southern coast or Cuba on the 7th OF that
month. The bold attitude taken by the CON-
mander of the United states war vessel Kansas,
and likewise that OF the United States Consul at
that port, when Spanish war vessel threatened,
in insulting correspondence TO those officers, TO
capture the Vlrginius ut that spot, are likewise
well remembered by the readers OF the HERALD.
| The question Will be asked wny more expeditions
were not despatched but IL Is easily answered oy
stating that arms and war material were wanting,
and tnat the Central American repuoscs-Wno
| sympathiZe, body and soul, with Cuba-are notably
poor but they all gave TO the best OF their power
| Several times the Nrginius had TO lay up IN Walt
ing the Magdalena River, in venezuela, for long
periods, awaiting funds TO pay her crew ana lhe
receipt OF arms, &c, from the United states. Her
original crew nearly all LETT her IN these trying
times, except Cautain Williams.
HER PRESENT CAPTAIN, Mr.. JOSEPH FRY.
This gentleman Is a native OF Louisiana, ana our
ing the late war made several bockading trips as
! commander. He formerly commanded the steamer
Agnes. MIR. Fry Is well known South as an excel
1 lent seaman and fearless man. He left New
York about iour months ago on the steamer Atlas
! for Kingston Jamaica, TO take charge OF the Nir-
| gInlus. he has recently been living at Albany, IN
! this State.