El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29

leo. Two steamers belonging to the rev
oluuOuisrs. which had been bought N
Scotland, lay off VeracruE. displaying
no flag The Z. s. slOOp OF war Saratoga
and. when they responded BY steam
inE away, sent two tugs after them fun
Of 7marlnes--The steamers opened fire on
the tugs, and p men were killed and
The Saratoga. being a sailing vessel,
had found herself helpless in a calm
But Just then q most opportuue breeze
came up; she soon overlook the steam
ers. and captured them both. They were
sent to New Orleans as prizes. and were
turned over TO the United States mar
shat there. TO be condemned as pirates.
Both were taken over shortly after
wards by the Confederacy for war pur-
poses, and one OF the. renamed thu
lTcRae. because the flagship OF the Mis-
sissippi river flotilla-
The Manassas was originally a sea-
going tug She was rebuilt with a turtle
back, and armOred with rails. Her priu-
cinal exploit was the ramminE Cf the
Richmond. when the Federal fleet was
driven out Of the Mississippi river early
IN the war.
A fruitter named the Habana was
converted into a slOop OF war, ran the
blockade at Pass a LOutre Zone OF the
mouths Of the Mississippi, made he
way into the Gulf and the Caribbean
sea and did a great deal Of damage TO
Federal commerce
ROOseEelt's Uncle Confederate Ascent.
These of course. were only few OF
the efforts made by the South TO eX-
tempOrize and build up a navy Mean
while. in England. J. ID. Buuoch. an
eX-Officer Of the United states navy.
and an uncle Of Theodore Roosevelt.
acting as agent for the Confederate
government. built the slOOp u war
OretO, which got away from England
and did much damage as a commerce
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IN the neutral harbOr Of Bahia BY
Federal Warship, and taken 10 Hampton
Roads This. of course, was contrary
10 international law, and, when Brazil
United states government could not do
otherwise than acqulesce- Before this
could be accomplished however, an
army transport rammed her, by acc
DENT" and sunk her.
AIabama's FrighffuI Record
Bulloch also fitted ont the Alabama.
which. built in England was destined
TO make for herself so frightful a rec
ord as a destroyer Of Federal COM
merCe. Her pathway over the high seas
was marked as By tran OF IRE. and by
the smoke OF burning vessels She was
sunk, finally. by the = S. sloop Of war
kearSarge-
Several ironclads were built for the
COnfederacy in England and France
which. If they had managed to escape
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have done an immense deal Of damage
As IL turned out, only one OF them got
aWay-Lhe StOneWalL which was block
AIDED in a neutral port by United States
vessels Of war. and. again eScaplnS-
reached Havana only a short time be-
fore the civil conflict ended
The Georgia. built on the Clyde. in
Scotland. escaped TO the high seas, and
kept the ocean continuously tor Is
months. Though possessing neither
speed nor fighting capacity, she did a
good deal Of damage as a destroyer OF
commerce. Eventually she was sold oy
BulloCh at Liverpool, and was bought
BY British citizen named Jones, Wh1
made thereupon a contract with the
government 10 carry malls
between Lisbon and the Cape Verde Is
lands She was seized By a United states
war vessel Off the mouth iOf the Tagus
and the unfortunate Jones never saw
either his ship or his money again.