Evening journal., 1898-07-07
PRIZES FOR SEA CAPTURE.
and Crew Of BIockndInE SqundrOna
Daring the civil War.


In the civil war many of the union
cruisers and blockaders made captures
which enriched their officers and gave
real bonanzas to their crews. Thus the
gunboat Amanda, when she captured
the Swan. made S2o2, POS available for
distribution. The gunboat Augusta
netted a round 100000 by making a
prize of the British blockade runner
Princess Royal; the brig Bainbridge
also took a hand in the capture Of the
Swan, when $202, ,29s was set aside for
distribution. The cruiser Bienville
earned S202,0 for her lucky officers.
and crew in the capture OF the Stettin
and si5O,oOO more in the capture of the
Patras; the frigate Brooklyn, one Of
Farragut's lighting fleet, got Sl67,4o4
for catching the blockade runner Mag
nolia; the sloop-of-war Canandaigua
caught s147.774 with the slippery Cher
okee; the gunboat Cimerone was in
great luck with her S450,O00 prize Alta
lanta; the Circassian, a captured BLOCK
ade runner herself, earned a cool qual p
ter of a million when, with Uncle Sans
blue jackets on deck. she overtook and
seized the Minna.
The sloop-of-war Cumberland, that
ill-fated but glorious ship which after
ward fell a victim to the Merrimac, was
one of the six craft that shared the
capture of the S230,000 Hiawatha. The
smart little gunboat Flambeau took one
100000 prize. The gunboat Hunts
vile shared in the si67,OOO Magnolia;
the Iron Age captured $2sO,0O0 in the
Robert e. Lee; the Iroquois share of
100000 in the Merrimac. The Mag
nola took the Memphis. which, ship
and cargo, made S51o.914 available for
distribution.
The Mercedita, now an ungainly coal
barge out of Boston, shared in the sl67.-
600 distribution due from the Magnolia
as its confederate prize. The double
ender Octorora netted S330,000 when IL
brought the Victoria under its guns;
the great swift side-wheeler, the Quaker
City, one of the best ships which the.
union navy absorbed from the mer-
chant marine, earned S13s,00O in the
capture of the Amy Warwick, S150,O0O
in the Douro, and a share of S145,OO0 in
the Lily; the Rhode Island, another fast
side-wheeler merchant cruiser, took
$500, ,264 out of the blockade runner
Cronstadt. There were few richer
prizes than the Ss5o,OOO which the r. r.
Cuyler, another merchant cruiser. cap
tured in the Kate Dale.
The Santiago de Cuba, still another
famous merchant fighting ship, and one
OF the fastest Of the union cruisers, was
an especial terror to our bloclkade-run-
ming British brethren. It took about q
dozen prizes. The richest Of them were
the $136,OO0 Columbia, the S174,OO0 Bri-
tannia, and the S33O,0O Victory. When
the Somerset captured the Circassian,
a fine, fast iron craft, the courts decreed
100000 for prize money. The South
Carolina, built at South Boston, q
stanch iron propeller, which before the
war used to run between Boston and
New Orlenas, helped In the capture OF
the s167,OOO Magnolia and a dozen 9th.
er lesser prizes. Even the numbering
old Supply, a store vessel, and a sailing
shipat that, made prize Of the Stephen
Hart, a $50, 900 capture.
Thesloop-of-war Susquehanna earned
100000 in the Ann; the double-ender
Tioga shared IN the S33O,O00 Victory:
the 0o-day gunboat Unadilla caught
1921 900 in the Lodona and a share OF
the 100000 prize money due for the
Princess Royal. The Vanderbilt, which
that patriotic millionaire gave to the
service-his own private yacht-took
s373,O00 in the PeterhofP; $4,000 more
was earned for distribution when the
swift Atalanta fell prize to the stout
monitor Weehawken. Boston Journal