Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Congress
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams
Sir: You will herewith receive a summary of claims of citizens of the United States against Great Britain for damages which were suffered by them during the period of our late civil war, and some months thereafter, by means of deprecations upon our commercial marine, committed on the high seas by the Sumter, the Alabama, the Florida,, the Shenandoah, and other ships of war, which were built, manned, armed, equipped, and fitted out in British ports, and despatched therefrom by or through the agency of British subjects, and which were harbored, sheltered, provided, and furnished as occasion required, during their devastating career, in ports of the realm, or in ports of British colonies in nearly all parts of the globe.
The table is not supposed to be complete, but it presents such a recapitulation of the claims as the evidence thus far received in this department enables me to furnish. Deficiencies will be supplied hereafter. Most of the claims have been from time to time brought by yourself, as the President directed, to the notice of her Majesty’s government, and made the subject of earnest and contiued appeal. That appeal was intermitted only when her Majesty’s government, after elaborate discussions, refused either to allow the claims, or to refer them to a joint minis commission, or to submit the question of liability therein to any form of claims. The United States, on the other hand, have all the time insisted on the claims as just and valid. This attitude has been, and doubtless conlues to be, well understood by her Majesty’s government. The considerable claims which inclined this government to suspend for a time the pressure of the aims upon the attention of Great Britain were these:
The political excitements in Great Britain, which arose during the progress of the war, and which did not immediately subside at its conclusion, seemed to under that period somewhat unfavorable to a deliberate examination of the very have questions which the claims involve
The attention of this government was, during the same period, largely enclossed by questions at home or abroad of peculiar interest and urgency. The British government has seemed to us to have been similarly engaged. These circumstances have now passed away, and a time has arrived when it is believed it the subject may receive just attention in both countries.
The principles upon which the claims are asserted by the United States have been explained by yourself in an elaborate correspondence with Earl Russell and Lord Clarendon. In this respect, there seems to be no deficiency to be supplied by this department. Thus, if it should be the pleasure of her Majesty’s government to revert to the subject in a friendly spirit, the materials for any new discussion on your part will be found in the records of your legation, properly and duly prepared for use by your own hand. It is the President’s [Page 178] desire that you now call the attention of Lord Stanley to the claims in a respectful but earnest manner, and inform him that, in the President’s judgment, a settlement of them has become urgently necessary to a re-establishment of entirely friendly relations between the United States and Great Britain.
This government, while it thus insists upon these particular claims, is neither desirous nor willing to assume an attitude unkind or unconciliatory towards Great Britain. If on her part there are claims, either of a commercial character, or of boundary, or of commercial or judicial regulation, which her Majesty’s government esteem important to bring under examination at the present time, the United States would, in such case, be not unwilling to take them into consideration in connection with the claims which are now presented on their part all and with a view to remove at one time, and by one comprehensive settlement, all existing causes of misunderstanding.
In asking an early attention to the subject, it is supposed that you may, with propriety, dwell upon some of its important features, which, although they have heretofore been indicated by you, may nevertheless not hitherto have sufficiently engaged the attention of the British government.
In the beginning of the year 1861, the people of the United States had, by means of commercial enterprise at home and abroad, built up and realized the enjoyment of a foreign trade second only among the nations, and but little inferior to that of Great Britain. They had habitually refrained from wars, and especially from intervention in the political affairs of other nations. Mutual recollections of ancient conflicts which for three-fourths of a century had held the two countries in a state of partial alienation and irritation had subsided, and what was supposed to be a lasting friendship had been established between the United States and Great Britain; at this moment a domestic disturbance rose in our country, which, although it had severe peculiarities, yet was in fact only such a seditious insurrection as is incidental to national progress in every State.
In its incipient stage, it was foreseen here that the insurgents would, as all cases insurgents must, appeal to foreign States for intervention., It was supposed that their appeal, if successful anywhere, would be successful in Great Britain, popularly regarded in both countries in one sense as a kindred national in another sense as a rival, and in a third, by reason of the great expansion manufacture, a dependent upon the cotton-planting interest of the southern States, which were to become the theatre of the insurrection. It was foresee that British intervention even, though stopping many degrees short of actual alliance, or even of recognition of the insurgents as a political power, must nevertheless inevitably protract the apprehended civil war, and aggravate its evils and sufferings on the land, while it must materially injure, if not altogether destroy, our national commerce.
When the insurrection began, the United States believed themselves to hold a position and prestige equal in consideration and influence to that of any other nation; and it was foreseen that foreign intervention in behalf of the insurgents, even to the extent only of recognizing them as a belligerent, must direct and more or less completely, derogate from the just and habitual influence the republic. It was foreseen that, should the insurgents receive countenance, aid, and support, in any degree, from Great Britain, the insurrection might ripened under such influences into a social war, which would involve the life the nation itself. The United States did not fail to give warning to her Majesty’s government that the American people could not be expected to submit with resistance to the endurance of any of these great evils, through the means any failure of Great Britain to preserve the established relations of peace, amity, and good neighborhood with the United States.
The earnest remonstrances thus made seem to the United States to have fast to receive just and adequate consideration. While as yet the civil war undeveloped, and the insurgents were without any organized military force [Page 179] treasury, and long before they pretended to have a flag, or to put either an armed ship or even a merchant vessel upon the sea, her Majesty’s government, acting precipitately, as we have always complained, proclaimed the insurgents a belligerent power, and conceded to them the advantages and privileges of that character, and thus raised them in regard to the prosecution of an unlawful armed insurrection to an equality with the United States. This government has not denied that it was within the sovereign authority of Great Britain to assume this attitude; but, on the other hand, it insisted in the beginning, and has continually insisted, that the assumption of that attitude, unnecessarily and prematurely, would be an injurious proceeding for which Great Britain would immediately come under a full responsibility to justify it, or to render redress and indemnity. The United States remain of the opinion that the proclamation referred to has not been justified on any ground of either necessity or moral right, and that, therefore, it was an act of wrongful intervention, a departure from the obligations of existing treaties, and without sanction of the law of nations.
Upon a candid review of the history of the rebellion, it is believed that Great Britain will not deny that a very large number of the Queen’s subjects combined themselves and operated as active allies with the insurgents, aided them with supplies, arms, munitions, men, and many ships of war. The chief reply which her Majesty’s government has made to this complaint, has been that they apprehended inconveniences, from being involved in the contest, unless they should declare themselves neutrals; and, further, that they did, in fact, put forth all the efforts to prevent such aggressions by British subjects which the laws of Great Britain permitted.
Without descending on this occasion so far as to insist, as we always have insisted, that there was a deficiency of energy in the respect adverted to, you may remind Lord Stanley that, in the view which we have taken of the subject, the misconduct of the aggressors was a direct and legitimate fruit of the premature and injurious proclamation of belligerency, against which we had protested, and that the failure of her Majesty’s government to prevent or counteract the aggressions of British subjects was equally traceable to the same unfortunate cause.
When the municipal laws of Great Britain proved in practical application to be inadequate to the emergency, the British nation omitted, for various reasons which seemed to us insufficient, to revise these laws, and the United States were effect to maintain a conflict with a domestic enemy which British sympathy, aid, and assistance had rendered formidable, and in which British subjects continued throughout to be active allies, without any effective interposition by her Majesty’s government.
The claims upon which we insist are of large amount. They affect the interest of many thousand citizens of the United States in various parts of the republic. The justice of the claims is sustained by the universal sentiment of the people of the United States. Her Majesty’s government, we think, cannot reasonably expect that the government of the United States can consent, under such circumstances, to forego their prosecution to some reasonable and satisfactory conclusion. This aspect of the ease is, however, less serious than that which I have except to present. A disregard of the obligations of treaties, and of international law, manifested by one state, so injurious to another as to awaken a general spirit of discontent and dissatisfaction among its people, is sure, sooner or later, oblige that people, in a spirit of self-defence, if not of retaliation, in the absence of any other remedy, to conform their own principles and policy, in conducting their intercourse with the offending state, to that of the party from whom the injury proceeds.
Subsequently to the time when her Majesty’s government disallowed the aims in question, and determined to exclude them from consideration, a part of [Page 180] the British realm, and certain of the British North American provinces, became the scenes of sedition, threatening insurrection and revolution against the government of Great Britain. Native-born British subjects residing here, some of whom have been naturalized, and more of whom have not been naturalized in the United States, sympathizing in those revolutionary movements, attempted to organize on our soil, and within our jurisdiction, auxiliary land and naval forces for invasions of Ireland and Canada. The government of the United States, without waiting for remonstrances, appeals, or protests from her Majesty’s government, effectively put their municipal laws into execution and prevented the threatened invasions.
Thus we have seen ruinous British warlike expeditions against the United States practically allowed and tolerated by her Majesty’s government, notwithstanding remonstrance; and we have seen similar unlawful attempts in this country against Great Britain disallowed and defeated by the direct and unprompted action of the government of the United States.
Her Majesty’s government, we think, cannot reasonably object to acknowledge our claims, and to adopt such measures as will assure the American people that their friendly policy of non-intervention in the domestic controversies of Great Britain will be made reciprocal and equal.
I observe, finally, that the United States and Great Britain are two of the leading national powers in this age. The events of the last five years have conclusively proved that harmony between them is indispensable to the welfare of each. That harmony has been, as we think, unnecessarily broken, through the fault of Great Britain; nor does there exist the least probability that it can ever be completely renewed and restored unless the serious complaint which you are now again to bring to the notice of the British government shall beamicably and satisfactorily adjusted. Such an adjustment would be acceptable we think, to the friends of peace, progress, and humanity throughout the world while the benignant principles upon which it shall be based, being conformable to the law of nations, will constitute a guide for the conduct of commercial States, in their mutual intercourse, which will everywhere be conducive the international peace, harmony, and concord.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
Enclosure to instruction to Mr. Adams, No. 1835.
The following is an abstract of the claims filed in the Department of State by America citizens, native and naturalized, for damages sustained by them as the owners, mariner freighters, or insurers of duly documented American ships, captured and destroyed, or appropriated by the officers and crew of the steamer Alabama; and as owners, insurers, otherwise interested in the cargoes of such ships, or in charter parties, for the services such ships.
The several insurance companies named as claimants are corporations organized and doing business under the laws of the several States in which they are respectively located.
The ship Lafayette, (No. 1,) of 94568/95 tons burden, registered at Portland, Maine—where Clement H. Soule, Enos Soule, Francis B. Soule, deceased, and Alfred T. Small, of From port, Maine, and Hinchman. S. Soule, deceased, of New Haven, Connecticut, were the sole owners, and the said Alfred T. Small was master—sailed from New York, October 20, 1862 with a cargo of corn, wheat, and lard, bound for Belfast, Ireland; was captured on the 25th October, 1862, and burned with her cargo and stores—the Alabama wearing British colors at the time of the capture.
| The owners claim for the value of the ship and freight | $98,978 |
| Captain Small, for charts, nautical instruments, books, clothing, &c. | 513 |
| B. E. Clark, W. B. Astor, and J. B. Hart, constituting the firm of B. E. Clark & Co., of New York city, for 1,498 grain bags, claim | 4,496 |
The bark Elisha Dunbar, registered at New Bedford, Massachusetts—whereof William Watkins, Edward C. Jones, Caleb Anthony, George A. Dunbar, Ann H. Dunbar, and George A. Watkins, of New Bedford, and Benjmin Ellis, of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, were owners—sailed from New Bedford, August 25, 1862, with outfit for a whaling voyage of forty months in the Atlantic and Indian oceans. After taking sixty-five barrels of spermaceti oil, she was captured and burned, September 18, 1862, at or near latitude 39° 50' N., longitude 35° 20' W.
| The owners claim for the value of the bark, outfit, and cargo, and for the loss of prospective catching | $128,295 00 |
| They admit that they have received upon policies of insurance of their respective interests | $21,375 00 |
(Which may be claimed by the insurers,) but they insist that their claim is not impaired or diminished by their assignments to the underwriters.
The bark Parker Cook, of Boston, 136 tons burden—whereof Edward Habich was sole owner and Thomas M. Fulton was master—sailed from Boston November 13, 1862, laden with a general cargo, belonging to the said Habich, and bound for Aux Cayes. Captured and burned November 17, 1862, off the east end of St. Domingo, bearing S. S. E., about twenty miles distant.
| Damages claimed by the Manufacturers’ Insurance Company of Boston, as assignees of Habich and Fulton, for value of vessel | $9,493 35 |
| For value of cargo at Aux Cayes | 14,280 94 |
| For freight list, of the bark | 1,625 29 |
| Expenses of master and crew for subsistence and passage home | 180 00 |
| Charts, books, &c., lost by master | 485 00 |
The claims of the owner and master were assigned to said insurance company on the 26th January, 1862, in consideration of $17,100.
The ship Virginia, of 34674/95 tons burden, registered at New Bedford, Massachusetts—of which William Hathaway, jr., Joseph Wing, William R. Wing, and Mary C. Lace, the executors of Matthew Lace, deceased, viz: William Hathaway, jr., Edward W. Howland. and William Penn Howland, all of New Bedford; Richard C. Nichols, of Boston; Richard G. Luce, of Tilbury; Lorenzo Smith and Benjamin C. Cromwell, also of Tilbury; S. W. Carey, administrator of Le Roy M; Yule, late of New York; Henry Barling and Abram H. Davis, of New York; and Edward D. Mandell, of New Bedford, executors of Edward Mott Robinson, late or New York, were owners—sailed from New Bedford, August 26, 1862, on a whaling voyage, and was captured near latitude 39° N., longitude 34° W.
The owners claim for value of the bark and outfits, and of the fair and reasonable cargo which might have been taken, $153,950, subject to deduction for amount received upon policies of insurance, $13,550. for which the insurers are entitled to claim.
The bark Lauretta, 284 tons burden, of Boston—whereof Samuel C. Bailey and Marshall M. Wells, of Bristol, Maine; Samuel Lane, Joseph Teague, and Harriet B. Little, administratrix of Robert M. Little, deceased, and Joel Huston, all of Damariscotta, Maine; and William Ropes, of Boston, were owners, and M. M. Wells was master—sailed from New work, October 25, 1862, with a cargo of flour and staves for Madeira and Messina; was captured and burned with cargo, October 28, 1862.
| The owners claim for the value of the bark | $15,000 00 |
The ship Golden Eagle, of New Bedford, 1,120 tons burden—whereof Edward M. Robinson, H. L. Howard, executrix of B. L. Howard, deceased, and John A. McGaw, were owners, and Edward A. Swift was master—sailed from Howland’s island, November 23, 1862, with cargo of guano, bound to Cork for orders; was captured and burned, February 21, 1863, far latitude 29° 17' N., longitude 45° 15' W.
| The owners claim for the value of the vessel the sum of | $36,000 00 |
| For freight | 26,000 00 |
| Making a total of | 62,000 00 |
| The master for loss of personal effects the sum of | 1,165 00 |
The Nora, of Boston—whereof George B. Upton and George B. Upton, jr., of Boston, Massachusetts, were owners, and Charles E. Adams was master—sailed from Liverpool for Calcutta, February 18, 1863, under charter to W. E. De Matbos, the owner having no other Merest in the cargo than their lien for freight—was captured March 27, 1863, in latitude 23' N., longitude 26° 30' W., and burned.
| The owners claim for value of ship and freight | $80,000 00 |
| The master for one year’s salary | 1,800 00 |
| For clothing, books, charts, &c | 1,700 90 |
The bark Union Jack, of 48287/95 tons burden—whereof Charles P. Weaver, of Braintree, Massachusetts; Benjamin F. Delano, Frederick Chandler, Charles A. Cousins, Elisha H. Ryder, Maurice M. Pigott, Albert B. Low, William H. Haskins, Henry Pigeon, Otis C. Howe, John Howe, jr., Samuel Averill, and Edward Johnson, of Boston, Massachusetts; Norton Pratt, of South Braintree, Massachusetts; Luther Robie, of Nashua, N. H.; Louisa Wilde, of Boston, and John Atkinson were owners, and the said Charles P. Weaver, was master—sailed from New York, March 28, 1863, with a general cargo, bound for Shanghai, China; on the 3d of May, 1863, in latitude 9° 40', longitude 32° 30' W., was captured and burned, with cargo and stores.
| The owners claim for value of ship the sum of | $35,000 00 |
| For balance due on charter party, (with premium on exchange at Shanghai, where payable) | 6,000 00 |
| The master, for instruments and personal effects, stores for crew, expenses of passage and return to the United States, (with premium on exchange at Shanghai) | 2,720 00 |
| Charles D. Lewis, of New York city, for merchandise destroyed in said ship, (with profits equal to exchange on Shanghai) | 857 70 |
| Franklin Knight, of New York, a passenger, for loss of library, clothing, expenses, and damages | 10,015 00 |
| Byron Binninger, of New York, also a passenger, with his wife, for passage money, goods, expenses, and time | 1,782 83 |
| Charles H. Platt, of New York, for merchandise lost | 739 48 |
| George A. Potter, of New York, for merchandise, after deduction of amount received from Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, the sum of | 7,584 33 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers and assignees of H. F. Vail, for merchandise lost in said ship | 1,400 00 |
| The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers and assignee of J. Cutter Faller, of New York, on merchandise lost with said ship | 1,822 00 |
The ship Alert, of 39818/95 tons burden, registered at New London, Connecticut—whereof Samuel Church was master and part owner, and Moses H. Grinnell, and Robert P. Minturn, of the city of New York; Richard H. Chappell, Henry P. Havens, Francis Allyne, Robert Coit, Robert H. Glass, Thomas P. Williams, and John Clark, of New London; Mrs. Harriett P. Williams, of Norwich, Connecticut; Edward Church, James S. Rogers, of Montevideo, all native citizens, were the remaining owners—sailed from New London August 20, 1862, on a sea-elephant and whaling voyage to the waters about the Azore islands; on the 9th September, 1862, was captured off the island of Flores, and burned with her entire equipment and stores.
| Moses H. Grinnell and Robert Minturn, owners of one-eighth of the ship, and who were not insured, claim for loss of their share of the vessel and outfit. | $6,500 00 |
| The remaining owners of seven-eighths of the vessel claim for their interest in the vessel, outfit, and oil on board | 8,058 90 |
| Having deducted $13,300 received on insurance, which is claimed by the underwriters, they also claim for their damages, by occasion of the breaking of the voyage | 30,000 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as underwriters, on ship and outfit, and assignees of owners insured, claims | 13,300 00 |
The bark Conrad, of 34789/95 tons burden, registered at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—where John W. Field of that city, was sole owner—sailed from Buenos Ayres, June 7, 1863, lads with a cargo of wool, bound for New York, was captured June 19, 1863, near latitude 25° 44' south, longitude 39° 51' west, was armed by the captors and used as a consort or tender to the Alabama.
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as under writers upon the vessel, and as assignees of the owner | $10,000 |
| Also, as insurers of R. W. Ropes & Co., of New York, upon part of the cargo | 6,570 |
| The said R. W. Ropes & Co., for loss over and above sum received of insurers | 16,797 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers upon part of cargo, and assignee of William C. Kirkland & Van Sacks, of New York City | 37,205 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York, as reinsurers of the Sun Mutual Insurance Company upon part of the risk above stated, the sum of | 17,205 |
The ship Thomas B. Wales, of 59959/95 tons burden, registered at New York—of where Thomas B. Wales, George W. Wales, and Nathaniel W. Emmons, all of Boston, Massachusetts, were the sole owners—sailed from Calcutta, laden with passengers and a cargo general merchandise, on the 9th of June, 1862, bound for Boston, was captured and burned [Page 183] November 8, 1862, in latitude 29° north, longitude 58° west, (or thereabouts,) with cargo and stores.
| The owners claim for loss of ship, cargo, and freight, over and above the sums received by them from the several underwriters on policies of insurance | $39,811 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, as underwriters upon ship and cargo | 130,624 00 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company | 5,000 00 |
| The China Mutual Insurance Company of Boston | 9,200 00 |
| The Alliance Mutual Insurance Company of Massachusetts | 5,000 00 |
| J. S. Farlow & Co., of Boston, for merchandise burned with the ship | 911 40 |
| George H. Fairchild, a passenger, with his wife, and daughters, and servants, and for personal effects, stores, and expenses | 4,400 00 |
| Joshua B. Atkins, of Provincetown, Massachusetts, first mate, for charts and instruments, merchandise on private venture, wages, &c., the sum of | 1,450 00 |
The bark Sea Bride, of 447 tons burden, registered at Boston and Charlestown—whereof Caleb Eaton, Abriel Eaton, Elbridge G. Choate, and Charles F. White, of Boston: Rosina Clark, administratrix of James Clark, deceased, of Charlestown, Massachusetts: David E. Mayo, of Chelsea, Massachusetts; William Currier, Jonathan Kenniston, and James B. Kenniston, of Newburyport; Zenos D. Bassett, Elisha Bacon, William S. Russell, of New York; and Elisha Rider, of Boston, were solo owners; and said Charles F. White master—sailed from New York May 28, 1863, with a general cargo, bound for Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, was captured August 5, 1863, within Table Bay, and the owners claim in British waters, and became a total loss.
| The owners claim for vessel, equipment, and stores | $30,000 00 |
| Amount due them under charter party to Rufus Greene & Co., of Providence, Rhode Island | 10,500 00 |
| Charles F. White, the master, for personal effects, advanced wages, and expenses | 3,393 00 |
| Rufus Green, William J. Arnold, and Benjamin R. Arnold, for invoice value of cargo, $36,945 12, and for damages upon non-arrival at port of destination, $8,500–a total of | 45,445 12 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York, as underwriters of shares in ship, and freight and portions of cargo, to sundry owners | 29,300 00 |
The bark Amazonian, of 48058/95 tons burden registered at the port of Boston and Charles town—whereof Elisha A. Rider, of Chelsea, Massachusetts; David E. Mayo, Ariel Gove, Loveland, Rosina Clark, administratrix of James Clark, deceased, Maurice M. Pigott, Hiram Baker, Henry A. Baker, of Boston, Massachusetts; John F. Cunent, of West Lynn; James Merrill, Solomon Littlefield, Hiram Littlefield, Atkinson Stannard, Daniel C. Rogers, John R. Stannard, Jonathan Kingston, and George B. Merrill, of Newburyport, Massachusetts; Christopher Keith, Ephraim Keith, and Sylvester K. Small, of Chatham, Massachusetts; Zenos D. Basset, Elisha Bacon, and William Russell, of the city of New York, were owners, and the said Winslow I oveland was master—sailed from New York April 22, 1863, laden with general merchandise, and bound for Montevideo, was captured June 2, 1863, and burned, with cargo and stores.
| The owners claim for the value of the bark $32,000, and for amount due on a charter party of it to Edward F. Davidson, of New York, $11,000—making a total of | $43,000 00 |
| Winslow Loveland, master, for loss of nautical instruments and clothing, the sum of | 260 00 |
| David Mayo, part owner and former master, for instruments, stores, and advanced wages | 1,566 00 |
| The New York Mutual Insurance Company as underwriters upon cargo | 250 00 |
| The Commercial Insurance Company of New York, insurers of H. D. Cordova& Co | 3,385 00 |
| The same company, the New York Mutual Insurance Company, and the Union Mutual Insurance Company of New York as assignees and reinsurers of the Orient Mutual Insurance Company, against its risks taken on cargo | 8,156 00 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers of cargo for sundry persons, the sum of | 5,725 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York, insurers of cargo for sundry persons | 12,750 00 |
| Also as reinsurers to New England Mutual Insurance Company of risk on cargo | 10,000 00 |
| Franklin Insurance Company | 2,500 00 |
| The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company, as assignees and insurers of Henry D. Cordova & Co., the sum of | 3,385 00 |
The bark Lafayette, (No. 2,) of New Bedford, of 31023/95 tons burden—whereof William Lewis was master, Ivan H. Bartlett, and Ivan H. Bartlett, jr., and George F. Bartlett, of [Page 184] New Bedford, were managing owners—sailed from New Bedford May 20, 1862, on a sperm whaling voyage with provisions for twenty months, was captured on the 15th April, 1863, near the island of Fernando de Noronha, and burned, with the oil on board and stores.
| The owners claim for the ship and outfit | $24,000 00 |
| For oil and $80 cash on board | 10,475 00 |
| For value of the enterprise in the probable further catch of oil | 33,446 00 |
| William Lewis, master, for clothing, instruments, and goods in private venture, the sum of | 1,050 00 |
| George F. Bartlett, part owner, for goods on board for trading purposes | 500 00 |
The brig Kate Cosey, of Westport, in the collection district of New Bedford, Mass., of 320 tons burden—whereof Stephen Flanders was master, and Alexander H. Cosey, of Westport, managing owner—sailed from the port of Bravo, October 13, 1862, on a whaling cruise, and laden with whaling stores; was captured April 15, 1863, near the island of Fernando de Noronha, and burned on the 17th of the same month.
| The owners claim for the value of the brig, outfit, and oil on board | $27,800 00 |
| For value of reasonable prospective catch of oil | 1,820 00 |
The ship Sea Lark, registered at Boston, of 973 tons burden—whereof W. F. Peck was master, and Edward Mott Robinson, of New York, Samuel G. Reed of Roxbury, Mass, and Lyman Grimes, of Brooklyn, N. Y., were sole owners—sailed from Boston March 28, 1863, laden with general cargo, and bound for San Francisco; was captured May 3, 1863, near latitude 9° 30' south, longitude 31° 20' west, and burned, with its cargo, except such as was pillaged by the captors.
| Edward M. Robinson, owner, claims for the value of uninsured interest on ship, stores and freight | $37,250 00 |
| Samuel G. Reed, owner, for his uninsured share of outfit and freight | 12,937 50 |
| Lyman Grimes, owner, for uninsured share of outfit and freight | 4,312 50 |
| The Mercantile Marine Insurance Company of Boston, for insurance paid on shares (one-eighth) of Lyman Grimes in the ship | 5,000 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York, for insurance paid on share (three-eighths) of S. G. Reed in the ship | 15,000 00 |
| To Clark & Wilbur, and W. H. Taylor, on cargo | 3,720 00 |
| Ebenezer B. Phillips, of Boston, as owner of part of cargo | 4,320 00 |
| The Metropolitan Insurance Company of New York, for insurance paid Robert Morris & Co. on part of cargo | 2,000 00 |
| Locke & Montague, for goods on board, the sum of | 458 98 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York, for loss paid to D. F. White, of Boston, goods to the value of | 450 00 |
| Holmes, Goodwin & Co., of New York, for goods to the value of | 3,656 00 |
| Dimon Hatford, of Malden, Mass , for goods to the value of | 4,707 00 |
| Hostetter & Smith, of Pittsburg, Penn | 71 00 |
| The Washington Insurance Company of Boston, insurers of W. Winson &Co., on goods | 11,675 00 |
| Insurers of Charles Soule, jr., on goods | 3,300 00 |
| Moses Ellis and Philip L. Weaver, of San Francisco, on merchandise | 11,929 20 |
| Robert Morrison & Company, for goods over and above insurance, (received $2,000 from Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, and $2,000 from Metropolitan Insurance Company, of New York) | 1,444 00 |
| Van Winkle & Duncan, of New York, on merchandise | 698 30 |
| Daniel L. Perkins, of Oakland, Cal., on merchandise | 530 00 |
| Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, of New York, as insurers of cargo of R. Morrison & Co., and others, the sum of | 36,968 00 |
| The New England Mutual Insurance Company, as insurers of sundry owners of merchandise | 12,174 00 |
| John Wesley Brittan, Alexander Dunbar, McDonald &. Kimbal, C. Eldridge, of San Francisco, (J. W. Brittan & Co.,) merchandise | 6,517 |
| George Osgood and James Burgess Stetson, of San Francisco, for goods (Over and above $1,000 received for insurance from Merchants’ Mutual Insurance Company of San Francisco.) | 1,718 50 |
| Lewis Hatch, of Boston, Mass.; Isaac Hatch and Jacob Hatch, of San Francisco, for merchandise | 1,077 |
| Pio Bisagno, Bartolomeo, and Luigi Bisagno, of San Francisco, for goods lost | 735 |
The Talisman; of New York, of the burthen of 1,23772/95 tons—whereof D. H. Howard was, master, and George Warren, of the city of New York, and Eben B. Crocker, his partner were (by register at that port) the sole owners—sailed from New York May 2, 1863, laden [Page 185] with coal and general cargo for Shanghai; was captured by the Alabama on the 5th June, 1863, near latitude 14° 47' south, longitude 34° 7' west, and burned, with cargo and stores.
| The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company, as insurers of merchandise lost onboard, as assignees of John L. Martin, of New York, $175; of James Spear, of Philadelphia, $860; of J. Cutler Faller, of New York, $4,234,making a total of | $5,269 00 |
| The New York Mutual Insurance Company claim damages, as assignee, for insurance paid by it | 15,094 00 |
| And for insurance on ship of Crocker & Warren, to whose assignee, Francis Skiddy, was paid | 10,000 00 |
| Antoine Daniel, a naturalized citizen of Phlipsburg, Me., for loss of personal effects, a private adventure of merchandise on board | 1,455 00 |
| Columbian Insurance Company of New York, as insurers and assignees upon cargo, of W. H. Fogg & Co | 16,907 00 |
| Upon freight, also, of W. H. Fogg & Co | 2,591 00 |
| The Washington Insurance Company of Boston, as insurers and assignees of Stephenson, and upon the property of Crocker & Warren, the sum of | 10,000 00 |
| Mrs. J. H. Thayer, of Williamsburg, N. Y., for loss of money, time, &c., of minor son, William, on board | 1,000 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, of New York, as insurers and assignees of Warren & Crocker, on one third of ship | 20,000 00 |
| Of James Jewett, on goods | 6,200 00 |
| Bogert & Oakley, on goods | 973 00 |
| Dehon, Clark & Bridges, on goods | 2,300 00 |
| P. S. Forbes, on merchandise | 19,500 00 |
| Westray, Gibbs & Hardcastle, merchandise | 1,100 00 |
| Backlin & Crane | 17,607 00 |
| Making a total of | 67,680 00 |
The Winged Racer, an American ship of 1,76744/95 tons burden, duly registered in the port of New York—whereof George Cumming was master, and Robert W. Taylor, Henry W. Hubbell, George Ashton, and Edward H. Gillian, all of the city of New York, were the sole owners—sailed from the port of Manilla October 8, 1863, loaded with hemp, sugar, indigo, pearl shells, and cigars, bound to the Port of New York. On the 10th November, 1863, when within three miles of North island, a Dutch possession, the Winged Racer was captured by the Alabama, and, after being plundered by the crew of the latter, was set on pre and totally destroyed, with the cargo and stores remaining on board.
The owner claim damages as follows:
| For the value of the ship at the time of her destruction, exclusive of her stores and outfit | $60,000 00 |
| For value of her freight | 22,095 00 |
| Robert W. Taylor and Henry W. Hubbell, part owners of the ship, were owners of part of the cargo, and claim damages for the value of said cargo, at the port of destination, at the time it would reasonably have arrived, but for its destruction in transitu, (over and above the sum of $15,000 received by them from insurers and freight,) to the sum of | 233,844 81 |
| They state that the Pacific Insurance Company insured, said goods to the amount of | 15,000 00 |
| George Cumming, of Brooklyn, master, for his personal effects, merchandise loaded on his account, the sum of | 2,784 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as assignee of Youngs & Co., for insurance paid on cigars and indigo by said company | $20,118 00 |
| As assignee, &c., of Youngs, Smith & Co, for insurance paid on fifty-five casespearl shells | 2,720 00 |
| of Parsons & Petit, insurance paid on indigo, sold to arrive | 300 00 |
| of George Ashton, part owner, for insurance of one eighth of vessel | 6,000 00 |
| and one-eighth of freight—making | 32,138 00 |
| The Columbia Insurance Company of New York, as reinsurers and assignees of the Pacific Mutual Insurance Company upon cargo on board | $5,000 00 |
| The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim as assignees and insurers of Henry W. Hubbell, upon 15000/150179th of hemp and sugar destroyed on Winged Racer | 15,000 00 |
| George W. Thompson, of Portsmouth, N. H., first mate of the Winged Racer, for clothing, instruments, and other property, besides sickness and expenses | 980 00 |
The ship Contest, of 1,098 tons, duly registered at New York—whereof Abner A. Low, Josiah O. Low, Lucius Hyde, jr., Ann D. B. Low, Thomas Vernon, A. Low, and Edward H. R. Lyman, of New York; Joseph Z. Robert, of Rye, N. Y.; Nathaniel B. Palmer, William H. King, of Rhode Island, were owners; and Frederick G. Lucas, master—sailed from Kanagawa 14th October, 1863, laden with rags, cotton, tea, and other merchandise, bound for New York. On the 4th November, 1863, about latitude 5° 14' south, longitude 106° 50' east, the ship was captured by the Alabama and burned, with her cargo.
| The owners claim damages for the value of 53/90 uninsured of the vessel | $26,500 00 |
| And for freight | 30,522 38 |
| —Whereof $20,000 was insured and paid to them. | |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York were the insurers, and had paid upon 37/100 of the ship the sum of | 18,500 00 |
| The owners also claim damages for the destruction of cargo, which was mostly owned by, and all of which was consigned to them, to the amount of its value | 61,500 00 |
| Less the amount insured thereon and paid on abandonment to the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company. | |
| Frederick George Lucas, master, for his books, charts, nautical instruments, clothing, merchandise, shipped on his account and venture, expenses of maintenance and passage to the United States, and for loss of time | 4,638 00 |
| Oliver Bryan, 29 South street, New York, for merchandise lost, in Mexican dollars | 180 59 |
The American bark Lamplighter, of 360 tons burden, duly registered in the ports of Boston and Charlestown—whereof David Howland, David Hinckley, and others named in the ship’s register, (a copy of which was filed with their memorial 29th July, 1864,) were the owners, and Oring J. Harding was master—sailed from New York 9th October, 1863, laden with a cargo of tobacco, and bound to Gibraltar. On the 15th of October, 1863, the bark was captured and burned, with her cargo and stores.
| The owners claim damages for the value of the bark | $18,500 00 |
| For freights, (3/40 by those who presented claims of $3,780,) say | 50,040 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York, as insurers and assignees upon the freight of Bassett & Nickerson | 5,000 00 |
The American ship Charles Hill, of 699 tons, duly registered at Boston—whereof Charles Hill and Charles J. Hill, of Boston; John Currier, of Newbury, Connecticut; and William Lambert, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire were sole owners, and Franklin Percival, master—sailed from Liverpool, February 12, 1863, laden with salt, and bound to Montevideo. On the 25th of March, 1863, near latitude 1° 23' north, longitude 26° 30' west, was captured, and totally destroyed by fire.
| The owners claim for the loss of the ship | $32,000 00 |
| And the further sum of (on the cargo on board) | 11,735 33 |
| Making | 43,735 33 |
| Frank Percival, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, master of the Charles Hill, claims for instruments, books, clothing, money, &c | $1,542 60 |
The bark Amanda, a duly registered American vessel—whereof Thos. J. Stewart, Timothy Crosby, John H. Crosby, Benjamin S. Crosby, George Crosby, Anna L. Crosby, Joseph H. Wheelwright, and John B. Foster, of Bangor, Maine, and Sarah H. Pendleton, administratrix of the estate of Charles U. Pendleton, deceased, of Searsport, Maine, were sole owners and Isaiah Larabee was master—sailed from Manilla, laden with sugar and hemp, the 18th of September, 1863, bound to Queenston, Great Britain. On the 6th of November, 1863 about 125 miles S. SW. of Java Head, the bark was captured by the Alabama, and burned with her cargo and stores.
| The owners claim the value of the bark and freight, in the sum of Subject to a deduction of $2,500, for insurance, as below stated. | $68,000 00 |
| Isaiah Larabee, master, claims for loss of primage and personal effects | 2,039 30 |
| Hiram Emory Swain, of Frankford, Maine, first mate, for clothing, &c | 690 00. |
| The Merchants’ Mutual Insurance Company of Bangor, as insurers and assignees of the interest of Joseph A. Wheelwright and Catherine McG. Foster, part owners | 2,500 |
The American bark Tycoon, duly registered at the port of New York, of 717 46/95 tons whereof William Warren, D. Gookin, Wm. W. Wakeman, Matthew Bird, Charles Dimon John B. Dickinson, Andrew T. Stewart, of New York city; Frederick Dimon, Norwalk, Connecticut; and Jonathan Godfrey, of Southport, Connecticut, were sole owners, and Edwa Ayres, of Wilmington, Delaware, was master—sailed from New York the 19th of March 1864, with a general cargo, bound to San Francisco. On the 27th April, 1864, in latitude [Page 187] 10° 55' south, longitude 31° 25' west, the Tycoon was captured by the Alabama, and, after being stripped of such stores, spars, and cargo as the captors desired, was set on fire by the latter, and became a total loss.
| The owners claim damages for the value of the ship, with her outfit. | $64,000 00 |
| For freight and primage | 24,559 78 |
| Making | 88,559 78 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York were the insurers to different mercantile firms and individuals of goods shipped on the Tycoon, and described in fifty-five bills of lading. It paid the parties insured, upon the abandonment to it of such goods and claims for damages, the several sums insured, and claims, as the assignee of them respectively, sums to the amount of | $121,896 00 |
| De Witt, Kittle & Co., of New York, claim for goods shipped on their account. | $9,885 44 |
| For commissions on freight lost on said bark. (2½ per cent. on $24,559 78) the sum of | 613 99 |
| Commission on goods consigned to their firm in San Francisco | 550 00 |
| Making an aggregate of | 11,049 43 |
| Edwin Deming, of Hartford, Connecticut, claims for goods shipped by him (uninsured) | $1,170 50 |
| Locke & Montague, of New York, claim for goods shipped for their account | 2,037 95 |
| George J. Brooks, of New York, for goods shipped | 1,598 67 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers and assignees of sundry parties, on goods destroyed, and of the charterer, R. M. Corley, of New York, paid | 16,859 00 |
| Charles Mann and Ezra H. Winchester, of Sun Francisco, claim for goods | 5,578 28 |
| John Taylor, of San Francisco, for goods lost | 1,658 00 |
| Joseph Pollock, of New York, and Leopold Pollock, of San Francisco, naturalized citizens, for goods destroyed | 655 75 |
| Abraham S. Rosenbaum, Joseph Brandenste in, of New York; Moses Rosenbaum, of San Francisco, for goods | 4,978 25 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company, as insurers and assignees upon vessel, and freight of C. & F. Dimon | 5,500 00 |
| Upon cargo of J. C. Dayton & Co | 4,855 00 |
| Of Hall & Macomber | 275 00 |
| Of F. Hortsman &Co | 2,000 00 |
| Of Robert Taylor | 4,500 00 |
| And of L. McMurry & Co | 3,150 00 |
| Coffin, Redington & Co., of New York | 3,166 42 |
| Hostetter & Smith, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, for merchandise | 3,934 43 |
| W. F. Brittan & Co., for goods | 5,325 74 |
| Pacific Mutual Insurance Company, as insurers of goods lost in the Tycoon, and assignees of Franklin Carter, of Quiney, Massachusetts | $2,400 00 |
| Of J. Hiller & Bro , New York | 623 00 |
| Of H. Cohen & Co., of New York | 5,200 00 |
| Of Schloss Bros., of New York | 300 00 |
| Of W. H. Toole, of New York | 2,906 00 |
| Of John Keys, of New York | 602 00 |
| Of Frederick Victor and Achiles, of New York | 3,030 00 |
| Making a total of | 15,121 00 |
The duly registered American ship Sonora, of 70763/95 tons whereof John W. Cushing, William Cushing, Nicholas Johnson, Elizabeth Le B. Mills, Thomas Pritchard, and William Pritchard, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, were sole owners—sailed from Hong Kong, in China, 26th of November, 1863, bound to Akyab, in British India, to load with rice, or general merchandise, for Europe, under charter party made with C. F. Webert & Co., of London—was captured and burned near latitude 3° north, longitude 101° east, in the Straits of Malacca, on the 26th of December, 1863.
| The owners claim damages for value of ship, the 30th of May, 1864 | $55,800 00 |
| Also, for the value of charter of ship when destroyed | 33,244 44 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company claim, as insurers and assignees of William Cushing | 30,000 00 |
Texan Star.—Samuel Stevens and John Atkinson, of Boston; George L. Rogers and Samuel B. Pike, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, allege that they were the owners of the American-built bark Texan Star, which they sold on the 9th of December, 1863, to March Biddle Currier, of Maulmain, for 70,000 rupees, current ill the British East Indies; the ship was registered at Maulmain under the name of Martaban, 707 92/95 tons burden, and mortgaged by the purchaser to the memorialists for 80,000 rupees, payable, with interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, on the 10th of January, 1864.
The ship sailed from Maulmain in command of Captain Samuel B. Pike, 12th of December, 1863, bound to Singapore. On the voyage, 24th of December, 1863, the ship was taken by the crew of the Alabama, set on fire, and totally destroyed, with her guns, stores, &c.
The mortgagees claim reparation.
Golden Rule.—The Panama Railroad Company, a corporation created under the laws of the State of New York, claim damages for the capture and destruction by the Alabama of the bark Golden Rule, of 25475/95 tons, registered at New York, said company and David H. Hoadley owning both ship and cargo.
The Golden Rule, on its way from New York to the port of Aspinwall, or Colon, in New Granada, was captured on the 26th day of January, 1863, by the Alabama, in latitude about 18° north, and longitude 75° west, and, after the removal of a portion of the cargo to the Alabama, was totally destroyed by burning, with the residue of the cargo remaining on board.
| The damages claimed by said corporation are, for value of the Golden Rule and freight | $16,000 00 |
| And for that part of the cargo belonging to said corporation | 1,406 00 |
| Peter A. Whitebury, of New York, master of the vessel, claims for the loss of his clothing, nautical instruments, and other personal effects | 850 00 |
| And in behalf of John Cassidy, the mate of said vessel, for loss of clothing and nautical instruments, the sum of | 200 00 |
| The Commercial Mutual Insurance Company of New York claims, as assignee of Wm. H. Knoepfel, for money paid by it on insurance of merchandise destroyed in the Golden Rule | 728 00 |
| The Commercial Mutual Insurance Company, the New York Mutual Insurance Company, and the Union Mutual Insurance Company, (all of New York,) claim, as assignees and reinsurers of the Orient Mutual Insurance Company, who, as insurers for $4,000 to F. Probst & Co., of New York, of goods destroyed in said ship, had accepted an abandonment thereof, and reassigned one-half their claim to said Claimants, the sum of | 2,000 00 |
| Charles W. Bond, of New York, late firm of Jansen Bond & Co., for goods | 3,353 66 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company claim, as insurers and assignees of Le Roy & Co., of Hartford, Connecticut, upon merchandise | 700 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York, as insurers upon cargo, and assignee of Ribon & Munoz | 9,020 00 |
| J. Hochendorf, jr., American merchant at Lima, assignee of Homer & Hochendorf, for merchandise | 7,098 60 |
| The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company claim, as insurers of merchandise and assignee of John Keeler, of New York, the sum of | 800 00 |
The ship S. Gildersleeve, of 847 tons, of New York—whereof J. H. Brown & Co., of the city of New York, Silvester Gildersleeve, Henry Gildersleeve, and Cicero Brown, of Port land, Connecticut, were owners, and John McCallun was master—sailed from Sunderland England, to Calcutta, laden with coals; captured and burned, with its cargo and stores, of the 21st of March, 1863, about latitude 12° 10' south, longitude 34° 55' east.
| The Commercial Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim damages as insurers of three-fourteenths of the hull, tackle, &c, of the ship, (valued at $35,000,) for cash paid by them on abandonment of the assured, the sum of | $7,500 00 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers of J. W. Brown & Co., upon their share of the vessel, paid on loss | 10,000 00 |
Ship Brilliant.—Joshua Atkins and Edwin Atkins, of Brooklyn, New York, and George Hagar, master mariner, of Boston. Massachusetts, claim that they are the sole owners of the ship Brilliant, of New York, a duly registered American ship of 83921/95 tons, which sailed from New York 13th September, 1862, laden with grain, flour, &c., and bound to London in which said owners had no other interest than their lien for freight. On the 3d October 1862, the Brilliant was captured near latitude 40° north, longitude 50° 30' west, by the Alabama, and, after being plundered by her officers and crew, was set on fire and total destroyed.
The owners claim damages as follows:
| For the value of the ship | $75,000 |
| For amount of freight | £3,415 9s. 8d. |
| B. E. Clark & Co., (W. B. Astor and J. B. Hart,) of New York, for goods | 3,211 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, as insurers of John A. Atkins & Co., upon the freights | $18,000 00 |
| The New York Mutual Insurance Company | 9,245 00 |
| George Hagar, master, for loss of his personal effects, and for expenses of return | 1,250 00 |
The bark Olive Jane—whereof Robert Kallock was master—sailed from Bordeaux 24thJanuary, 1863, bound to New York, and on the 21st February, 1863, about latitude 20° 17' north, longitude 45° 15' west, was captured, Pillaged, and burned.
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim damages, as insurers and assignees of C. Mellette & Co., and also of C. A. de Vivier, of New York, on merchandise | $767 66 |
| The Columbia Insurance Company claim, as insurers of cargo, assignees of Charles Lord & Co | 800 00 |
| Of B.E. Clark & Co., on ship | 2,069 00 |
The Anna F. Schmidt, a ship of 78469/95 tons burden, registered at New York—whereof Henry B. Trumbly was master, and Charles Williams, of Framingham; George C. Lord and Charles H. Lord, of Boston; George W. Campbell, of Bradford; Moses J. Milliken, of Newburyport, Massachusetts; George Wise, Robert Smith, jr., of Kennebunk; and Moses M. Batter, of Portland, in the State of Maine, were the sole owners—sailed for San Francisco 17th January, 1863, and on the 2d July. 1863, about latitude 25° 29' south, longitude 37° 46' west, was captured, pillaged, and buried.
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim damages, as insurers and assignees of Van Winkle & Duncan and Daniel Palmer, owners of merchandise destroyed with said ship | $2,050 00 |
| The owners claim damages for her capture and destruction for the difference between the value of the ship and a charter party made thereof to Nathaniel Winson & Co., of Boston, and the sums insured thereon, the ship being valued at | 30,000 00 |
| And insured (by war policies) for $22,000 | 8,000 00 |
| The Washington Insurance Company of Bosson, as insurers and assignees of China Mutual Insurance Company, reins france on ship | 5,000 00 |
| And of Winson & Co., on cargo and freight of ship | 6,560 00 |
| The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company claims, as insurance, &c., of Charles Williams | $8,000 00 |
| George Lord &. Co., advances and captain’s effects | 10,500 00 |
| On merchandise of Howard & French | 1,300 00 |
| On merchandise of F. Price & Co | 1,000 00 |
| On merchandise of Thomas C. Lafavor | 265 00 |
| On merchandise of E. H. Baker & Co | 600 00 |
| Making a total of | 26,665 00 |
| Pio Bisagno, Bartolomeo Bisagno, and Luig Bisagno, of San Francisco, for goods lost | $2,094 30 |
| Metropolitan Insurance Company, New York, as insurers, &c, of Nash & Fogg, cargo destroyed | 3,300 00 |
| Corton, Hall & Co., Boston | 700 00 |
| Manufacturers’ Insurance Company, (reinsurance) | 5,000 00 |
| Moses Ellis and Philip S. Weaver, of San Francisco, California, for goods lost on board | 11,535 92 |
| Levi Stevens, Colin Clark Baker, and Judah Baker, of San Francisco, California, for loss of commissions on goods consigned to them and lost on board, and for collecting general average of ship, (repaired before loss) | 3,244 42 |
| Limon & Hubbard, of Maiden, Massachusets, for losses on board | 905 36 |
| Charles W. Bond, of 78 Cedar street, New York, of firm of Janson, Bond & Co., of San Francisco, for merchandise | 670 00 |
| Lewis Hecht, of Boston, Jacob Hecht and Isaac Hecht, of San Francisco, for merchandise lost | 391 00 |
The American ship John A. Parks, duly registered at New York, of l,04648/95 tons burden whereof James A. Cooper was master—sailed, from New York 11th of February, 1863, fund to Montevideo, and was captured, pillaged, and destroyed by fire on the 2d March, 163, about latitude 29° 15' north, longitude 38° 20' west.
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim damages as insurers and assignees of Alexander S. Howard and Eldridge F. Rollins, of Boston, on their share of said ship | $6,563 00 |
| And of Nesmith & Sons, of New York, on merchandise destroyed | 1,200 00 |
| The Columbian Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers of Walsh, Carver & Chase, on advances for ship | $3,500 00 |
| Of H. Cooper, jr., on ship | 3,938 00 |
| Of A. H. Howard, on ship | 7,500 00 |
| The Washington Insurance Company of Boston, as insurers of Peter Cooper upon one-quarter of ship | 10,500 00 |
The ship Emma Jane, of Bath, Maine, of 1,096 tons burden—whereof David C. Magoun, —— Clapp, and Francis C. Jordan were owners, and F. C. Jordan was master—sailed from Bombay, 6th January, 1864, in ballast, bound to the port of Anchove for orders, and was captured 14th January, 1864, in latitude 8° 6' north, longitude 76° 10' east.
| The owners claim for value of ship | £10,000 | |
| And for value of charter | 5,462 5s | |
| The Columbian Insurance Company, as insurers of Magoun & Clapp, claim upon ship | $20,000 00 | |
| And of C. C. Duncan on vessel | 5,000 00 | |
The ship Rockingham, of Portsmouth, 976 tons—whereof Albert L. Jones and William P. Jones were sole owners—sailed from Callao 24th February, 1864, Edward Gerrish being master, bound to port in the United Kingdom, to touch at Cork for orders, and laden with guano. On the 23d April, 1864, about latitude 15° 53' south, longitude 30° 44' west, was captured and burned.
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim value of ship in their own right as insurers | $40,000 00 |
| And as assignees of William Jones & Son | 50,000 |
| Making | 90,000 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company, as insurers of William Jones & Son on ship | $15,000 00 |
| Ariel.—The Columbian Insurance Company claim damages for loss of cargo of the steamer Ariel, destroyed by the Alabama on the 7th December, 1862, as insurers and assignees of Ribon & Muñoz | $8,500 00 |
| Manchester.—The Columbian Insurance Company claim for loss of ship Manchester, destroyed by the Alabama 11th October, 1862, as insurers of B. J. H. Trask, jr. | $10,000 00 |
| Henings & Gosling, of New York, for wheat destroyed in the ship Manchester. | 6,646 32 |
| The New York Mutual Insurance Company, as insurers on ship | 7,500 00 |
| Palmetto.—The Columbian Insurance Company claims, for loss of the Palmetto, captured by the Alabama on 3d February, 1863, as insurers of C. & E. J. Peters upon freight | $500 00 |
Highlander.—The Highlander (Jabez H. Snow, master) sailed from Singapore to Akyab 26th December. 1863.
| The Columbian Insurance Company claims, as insurers of E. D. Peters & Co., upon the ship | $15,000 00 |
| Of same on freight | 6,000 00 |
| The Metropolitan Insurance Company of New York, as insurers of Edward D. Peters & Co., of Boston, upon the ship | 15,000 00 |
The Dorcas Prince, of New York, an American vessel of 700 tons, Frank B. Melcher, master, sailed from New York for Shanghai, 13th March, 1863, with general cargo, and was captured by the Alabama on the 26th April, 1863, about latitude 7° 30' south, longitude 31° west; was plundered and burned, with her cargo and stores.
| The Columbian Insurance Company claims, as insurers of N. L. & G. Griswold, on ship | $5,000 00 |
| Ditto on freight | 5,000 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers of N.L. & G. Griswold, upon cargo | 12,000 00 |
| Ditto of Brooks Bros., on cargo | 276 00 |
| Ditto of H. W. Gray, on cargo | 750 00 |
| The New England Mutual Insurance Company, as insurers of N. L. & G. Griswold, on ship | 5,500 00 |
| Ditto on freight | 5,000 00 |
The ship Louisa Hatch, 853 tons, registered at Rockland, Maine—whereof William Grant was master, and William McLoon and Charles W. McLoon were sole owners—sailed from Cardiff for Point de Galle, laden with coals; was captured on the 4th April, 1863, about latitude [Page 191] 3° 13' south, longitude 26° 12' west, off Fernando de Noronha; the coal was put on the Alabama, and the officers and crew landed on that island; the vessel was then destroyed by fire.
| The owners claim for value of the ship | $65,000 00 |
| Loss on freight to Pointe de Galle. | 15,000 00 |
| Provisions | 2,000 00 |
| Chronometer | 250 00 |
| Making a total of | 82,250 00 |
| Crenshaw and Wave Crest.—Peter & Co., New York, claim for grain bags, destroyed with the Crenshaw, the sum of | $638 80 |
| Same firm, for losses on the Wave Crest, the sum of | 1,095 00 |
The ship Express, of Boston, 1,07372/95 tons—whereof William S. Frost was master—sailed from the Chincha islands on the 5th March, 1863, laden with guano, and bound for Antwerp, under charter of Seccan & Co., of that city, and Seccan, Valleviano & Co., of Lima, Peru. On the 6th July, 1863, about latitude 29° south, longitude 31° 40' west, was captured and burned, with cargo and stores, log, register, and mail.
| The Washington Insurance Company of Boston claim, as insurers of Richard Jenness, upon ship | $2,000 00 |
| On her freight | 4,000 00 |
| Of Daniel Marcy, on ship. | 6,000 00 |
The Courser.—Schooner registered at Provincetown, 121 tons—whereof Silas S. Youngs was master, and Henry Cook, Sylvanus Cook, Jonathan Cook, Alfred Cook, Samuel Cook, Eleazer Cook, Silas J. Youngs, Isaac F. Mayo, George A. H. Lewis, John H. Mayo, Joseph Mayo, and Thomas Lewis, of Provincetown; John, James, and Leonard McKenzie, of Essex, Mass., were owners—sailed from Provincetown 12th March, 1862, bound on a whaling voyage to the North Atlantic ocean; was captured near the island of Flores 16th September, 1862, and burned, with her cargo and stores.
| The owners claim, for the value of the schooner, outfit, &c | $12,462 47 |
Weather Gage.—The schooner Weather Gage, registered at Provincetown, of 10072/95 tons— Where of Samuel C. Small was master, and Harvey Cook, Sylvanus Cook, Jonathan Cook, Samuel C. Small, Samuel Cook, Charles H. Dyer, Isaac W. Mayo, Jno. D. Mayo, and Joseph Mayo, of Provincetown; Leonard Ware, Ebenezer Arthur, Henry A. Baker, and Hiram Baker, of Boston; John, James, and Leonard McKenzie, of Essex, Mass., were owners— sailed from Provincetown 4th August, 1862, bound on a whaling voyage to the North Atlantic ocean, and, on the 9th day of September, 1862, near the island Coro, was captured by the Alabama and burned the next day, with her cargo and stores.
| The owners claim, for the value of the schooner, outfit, &c | $10,220 50 |
The schooner Starlight—whereof Samuel Whitman, Seth Whitman, Daniel Eaton Lufkin, and Lemuel Whitman, of Deer Isles, Maine, were owners—sailed from Boston the 7th August, 1862, in ballast, with passengers, for Western Islands. On her return voyage, 2d September, 1862, was captured by the Alabama and burned.
| The owners claim, for value of said vessel, the sum of | $3,500 00 |
| Chalmer S. Dawes, as charterer, and for value of provisions | 725 00 |
| Samuel H. Doane, master, for books, clothing, watch, and specie | 330 00 |
| William Williams, for chronometer | 250 00 |
The Jabez Snow, registered at Newbury port, of 1,073332/95 tons burden—Jabez Snow, Franklin Spofford, Henry Darling, Enoch Barnard, Joseph R. Fulsome, of Bucksport, Maine; George H. Peters, William C. Peters, and Joseph B. Ellicott, of Boston, Massachusetts; Henry D. Brookman and John W. Brookman, of New York, sole owners—left Cardiff, Wales, April, 1863, laden with coals for Montevideo, under command of George W. Guin, and on the 29th May, 1863, latitude 15° south, longitude 34° west, was captured and burned.
| George W. Guin, the master, of Bucksport, Maine, claims damages for wearing apparel and personal effects, merchandise belonging to him | $3,500 00 |
| For loss of wages, primage, and profits on goods not insured | 3,100 00 |
| Making a total of | 6,600 00 |
The bark Nye, of New Bedford, of the burden of 200 tons—Joseph B. Baker, master—sailed from the port of Saint Helena on the 25th July, 1862, bound for New Bedford, laden with sperm and whale oil. On the 24th of April, 1863, in latitude 5° south, longitude 32° west, was captured and burned, with her cargo of 425 barrels of sperm, and 140 of whale oil.
| The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company claim, as insurers of Daniel Baker, upon catchings on said bark | $700 00 |
| Of Joseph Baker | 1,000 00 |
| Of Frederick Howland | 650 00 |
The ship Levi Starbuck, duly registered at New Bedford, of 376 3/95 tons burden—whereof Edward W. Howland, Thomas S. Hathaway, Caleb Kempton, George Barnay, and Cornelius Howland, jr., executors of Cornelius Howland, deceased; George Barney, William A. Gordan, and Wing Russell, all of New Bedford, were owners, and Thomas Meilen was master—sailed from New Bedford October 28,1862, on a whaling voyage to the North Pacific, and on the 2d November, 1862, in latitude 35° 40' north, longitude 56° west, was captured and burned by the Alabama, with her outfit and stores.
The owners claim damages to the amount of $229,312 50.
They were insured as follows:
| George W. Howland | $13,200 00 |
| George Barney et al., executors | 4,800 00 |
| Thomas L. Hathaway | 2,000 00 |
| George Barney, (Mutual Insurance Company) | 1,500 00 |
| William A. Gordon, in Commercial Insurance Company, assignee | 1,850 00 |
The Dunkirk—whereof C. Peters and E. J. Peters, of the city of New York, were owners, and Samuel B. Johnson, of Blackhill, Hancock county, Maine, was master—sailed from New York for Lisbon, September 30, 1862, and on 7th October, 1862, in latitude 40° 23' north, longitude 54° 30' west, was captured and burned, with her cargo, &c.
| Captain Johnson claims for his share (one-half) of freight (after deducting $2,000) recovered for insurance on entire freight, goods, and expenses | $1,514 64 |
| Isaac Sherman and Henry C. Wybert, of New York city, for goods lost in the ship Dunkirk, the sum of | 607 60 |
The ship Benjamin Tucker, of New Bedford, Charles B. Tucker & Co., owners, was captured 14th September, 1862, and burned.
| The owners claim for ship, outfit, and oil on board, and for damages by the breaking up of the voyage | $124,000 00 |
The bark Ocean Rover, of Mattapoisett, sailed 26th May, 1859, on a whaling voyage, and was captured 8th September, 1862, off the island of Flores, and burned.
| The owners claim for ship and outfit, oil on board, and damages for breaking up of voyage | $104,000 00 |
The brig Altamaha, of Sippican—S. C. Luce and others owners—sailed May 14, 1862, on a whaling voyage, and was captured 13th September, 1862, and burned, off the island of Flores.
| The owners claim for value of brig and outfit, and damages for breaking up of the voyage, the sum of | $15,450 00 |
Shenandoah.
The following is an abstract of the claims filed in the Department of State by American citizens, native and naturalized, and by corporations organized and doing business under the laws of the States in which they are respectively located, for damages sustained by them as the owners, mariners, freighters, or insurers of duly documented ships of the United States, and as owners, insurers, or otherwise interested in the cargoes of such ships, or in charter parties for the service of such ships captured and destroyed or appropriated by the officers and crew of the steamer Sea King, or Shenandoah:
The bark Delphine. 70535/95 tons burden, registered at Bangor, Maine—whereof Eliab Wright Metcalf and Samuel D. Thurston, of Bangor; Phineas Pendleton and William G. Nichols, of Searsport, Maine; Phineas Pendleton, 3d, and William McGilvery, of the same place; Henry Darling, of Bucksport, Maine; Benjamin Carver, H. D. Brookman and John N. Brookman, of New York city, were owners—sailed October 12, 1864, laden with machinery and ballast, from Gravesend, bound to Akyab, and was captured December 29, 1864, in about latitude 39° 20' south, longitude 69° east, and became a total loss.
The owners claim as follows;
| For value of the ship | $56,000 00 |
| For outfit, expenses, and advanced wages | 15,000 00 |
| For value of charter for voyage | 8,000 00 |
| The master, William G. Nichols, for loss of primage, expenses of self and family in Australia and return, and merchandise | 5,100 00 |
This claim, so far as William M. Gilvery is concerned, appears to be subject to a deduction for$2,000, received by him on insurance by Columbian Marine Insurance Company of New York, which that corporation will claim.
The bark Isabella, of 315 6/95 tons burden, registered at New Bedford, Mass.—of which Thomas Knowles, John P. Knowles, Joseph Knowles, William O. Brownell, George Barney, Slocum Allen, John A. Wood, and Thomas H. Knowles, of New Bedford; Deborah D. Goddard, of Boston; Hudson Winslow, of Freetown; James Winslow, of Dartmouth; Reuben Nickerson, jr.,of Easthaven—all in Massachusetts;. Henry Burding and Abner H. Davis, of New York; and Edward D. Mandell, of New Bedford, executor of Edward M. Robinson, were owners; and Hudson Winslow was master—sailed from New Bedford, September 29, 1863, on a whaling voyage, to the Pacific ocean. On the 26th of June, 1865, while beating through the Behring’s straits towards the Arctic ocean, and in latitude about 64° 50' north, was captured, plundered, and burned, with her stores and cargo.
| The owners claim, for value of bark and outfit | $60,000 00 |
| Oil and whalebone on board | 27,765 00 |
| Loss by breaking up of voyage | 174,600 00 |
| The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company claim, as insurers of Hudson Winslow, on outfit and cargo | 1,000 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York paid on fire policies on bark and outfit | 16,800 00 |
The bark Aliva, of 573 80/95 tons, registered at Searsport, Maine—whereof Edward Staples, of Stockton, Maine; William McGilvery, of Searsport; John M. Lane, Joseph Cook, F. & P. Pendleton, Lebbeus Curtis, William F. Black, Woodman Cronin, and Robert Porter, of Searsport, and Benjamin Carver, of New York city, were owners; and the said Edward Staples was master—sailed from Newport, England, October 6, 1864, laden with railroad Iron, and bound for Buenos Ayres; was captured, pillaged, and sunk, October 29, 1864, about latitude 16° 40' north, longitude 26° 45' west.
| The owners claim, for value of bark and outfit | $68,000 00 |
| For freight under charter party | 15,000 00 |
| The master, Edward Staples, for loss of primage, wages and personal effects | 3,817 43 |
The bark Susan, of 134 tons burden, registered at Sag Harbor, and enrolled at New York whereof C. H. H. Meyer, of New York, was sole owner, and F. W. Hansen, master— sailed from Cardiff, Wales, September 26, 1864, laden with coal, and bound for the coast of Brazil; was November 10, 1864, stripped and sunk.
| The owner claims for value of vessel | $10,000 00 |
| And for freight money pending | 2,500 00 |
The bark Edward, of 274 14/95 tons burden—whereof Thomas Knowles, John P. Knowles, Joseph Knowles, John Knowles, 2d, John P. Knowles, jr., Charles Hitch, and Jonathan Brown, native, and Antoin Joseph, a naturalized citizen, all of New Bedford—sailed from New Bedford August 2, 1864; was captured December 5, 1864, in latitude 37° 45' south, longitude 11° 50' west, about forty miles westward of Tristan d’Acunha, and burned.
| The owners claim damages for value of bark, outfit, oil on board, and breaking up of voyage, (protesting against diminution thereof by reason of $19,875 received by them upon insurance) | $189,806 00 |
The bark William C. Nye, 389 35/95 tons burden, registered at San Francisco—whereof John C. Merrill, D. C. M. Ruer, Alfred Tabbs, George H. Moore, William How, Charles. Hare, and P. H. Cooty, of San Francisco, were owners, and P. H. Cooty was master—sailed, March 27, 1865, from the port of San Pedro, on a whaling cruise, in the Arctic ocean; was captured by the Shenandoah June 26, 1865, and burned.
| The owners claim for value of bark | $35 00 00 |
| Boats and other outfits | 20,000 00 |
| Oil on board | 7,087 50 |
| Estimated damage in loss of future catching of oil | 218,125 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York as insurers of the Union Mutual Insurance Company of New Bedford, for the risk on ship and outfit | 20,000 00 |
The bark Gipsey, registered at New Bedford, of 110 tons burden—whereof Thomas Man dell and Sophia Ann Howland, of New Bedford; Edward M. Cleaveland, of Nantucket; and Edward Mott Robinson, of New York city, were owners, and Orlando G. Robinson was master—sailed from New Bedford May 28, 1862, for the Pacific ocean, on a whaling voyage; was captured June 26, 1865, in latitude 64° 30' north, distant five or six miles from western shore of Behring straits, and burned.
| The owners claim for value of bark | $20,000 00 |
| For whaling outfit | 40,000 00 |
| Oil and bone onboard | $10,663 75 |
| Value of prospective catchings | 49,075 00 |
| The master, Orlando G. Robinson, for merchandise, fins, whalebone, whale teeth, &c | 7,211 00 |
| The first mate, John Callen, for whalebone, tobacco, clothing, and instruments | 1,200 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York, as insurers of bark and outfit | 14,000 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, insurers of bark and outfit | 10,000 00 |
The ship Hillman, of 382 84/95 tons burden, registered at New Bedford—whereof William. G. Taber, John Hunt, deceased, Henry Tabert, James Arnold, Robert Tuckerman, William. J. Rotch, Joseph Brownell, of New Bedford, and Mary E. Gordon, of Brooklyn, New York, were owners; and J. A. Macomber, master—sailed from Honolulu May 2,1865, on a whaling voyage in the Arctic ocean; was captured June 28,1865, within the headlands of Cape East and the North Cape of St. Lawrence bay, and burned.
| The owners claim for value of vessel | $20,000 00 |
| Outfits, $40,000, and oil on board, $10,489 75 | 50,489 75 |
| Value of reasonable prospective catchings | 54,675 00 |
| John A. Macomber, master, for fins, shells, instruments, books, clothing, and expenses | 962 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance. Company of New York, as insurer of sundry owners on ship and outfits | 21,500 00 |
| As reinsurers of Union Mutual Insurance Company of New Bedford, on ship and outfit | 4,750 00 |
The bark Congress, of 376 tons burden, registered at New Bedford—whereof Gideon Gilbert Allen, F. E. Stanbury, Joseph Clark, Pardon Tillinghast, Jonathan Smith, Eliza W. Allen, George Homer, and Frederick Homer were owners, and the said F. E. Stanbury was master—sailed from New Bedford, June 3,1863, for the Pacific and Arctic oceans; sailed from Honolulu under command of David D. Wood, the original master being sick, for the Arctic ocean, and was captured June 28, 1865, between the headlands of Cape East and North Cape of St. Lawrence, and burned.
| The owners claim for value of bark and outfit | $56,000 00 |
| Whale oil and bone on board | 33,845 00 |
| And for prospective catchings | 53,075 00 |
| Daniel D. Wood, master, personal effects, &c | 982 00 |
The ship Isaac Howland, 399 2/95 tons burden, registered at New Bedford—whereof Edward D. Stanbury Charles R. Tucker, Sylvia Ann Howland, and Thomas Mandell, of New Bedford, and Edward Mott Robinson, of New York city, were owners, Jeremiah Ludlow, master—sailed from New Bedford, October 19, 1864, for the Pacific and Arctic oceans; captured June 28, near the point of Cape East and North Cape of St. Lawrence, plundered and burned.
| The owners claim, subject to abatement for insurance, for value of ship and outfit | $65,000 00 |
| For oil and bone on board | 48,554 00 |
| And for prospective catchings | 53,075 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers upon ship and outfit | 16,250 00 |
| And upon catchings | 7,750 00 |
| And as reinsurers of the Commercial Mutual Insurance Company of New York, on ship and outfit | 14,000 00 |
| Jeremiah Ludlow, master, personal effects | 710 00 |
The bark Catherine, of 384 42/95 tons burden, registered at New London—whereof John Hempstead, James Smith, Thomas W. Williams, Henry P. Havens, Robert B. Smith, and Mrs. Eliza B. Edgar, of New London, and Samuel Willetts and Grinnell, Minturn & Co., New York, were owners, and Wm. H. Phillips was master—sailed from Honolulu, April, 1865, for a whaling voyage in the Arctic ocean; was captured June 26, 1865, in Behring’s straits, off Masenka bay.
| The owners claim for oil, about | $18,328 75 |
| James O’Donnell, of San Francisco, 4th officer, for goods, &c., have in catch | 3,800 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers of ship and outfit | 11,676 00 |
| As reinsurers of Ocean Mutual Insurance Company upon ship and outfit | 15,000 00 |
The bark Waverly, of 327 8/95 tons burden, registered at New Bedford—whereof David B. Kempton, Peleg Slocum, Frederick Slocum, Stephen N. Potter, (deceased,) Wm. J. Rotch. Benjamin B. Covell, Rudolphus Beetle, and John A. Rodgers, of New Bedford, and Gideon [Page 195] Richmond, of Dighton, Mass., were owners, and Richard Holley was master—sailed from Honolulu, April 12, 1865, on a whaling voyage in the Arctic ocean; was captured June 26, 1865, in Behring’s straits, and burned.
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers of ship and outfits | $31,250 00 |
| Richard Holley, master, personal effects and expenses | 1,732 00 |
The Susan Abigail, of 1599/95 tons burden—whereof Shed &Wright were owners—sailed from San Francisco on a whaling voyage April 27, 1865, and was captured and burned in the Auyder sea.
| The owners claim for the brig, outfit, stores, and merchandise on board, | $41,123 37 |
| And for estimated season’s catch destroyed, and profits of trade in ivory | 225,848 37 |
The bark Covington, of 350 25/95 tons burden, registered at Bristol and Warren—whereof Charles T. Childs, Shubal P. Childs, Guy M. Fessenden, of Warren, Rhode Island; John L. Jenks, of Edgartown, Massachusetts; Thomas L. Jenks and Samuel Talbot, of Boston; David S. Wilson, Thomas G. Wilson, Henry R. Wilson, and James G. Wilson, Baltimore, Maryland, were owners, and John L. Jenks master—sailed November 22, 1864, from Honolulu on a whaling voyage; was captured and burned June 28, 1865, in Behring’s straits
| The owners claim for the value of the bark (less $12,748 75 received upon insurance policies) | $17,251 25 |
| Loss of outfit, stores, and cargo | 25,110 25 |
| For prospective catch and profits | 61,506 90 |
| For effects, &c., of John C. Mosher, mate | 514 00 |
| Charles Smith Downs, seaman, for share of oil, wages, clothing, &c | 889 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Iusurance Company of New York, as insurers of bark, catch, &c | 15,000 00 |
The D. Godfrey, Samuel W. Hallett, master, from Boston, October 6, 1864, to Valparaiso, with general cargo, burned November 7, 1864, in latitude 6° 25', longitude 27° 15' west.
| The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company claim, as insurers upon merchandise on board, of the Ames Plough Company | $863 00 |
The bark Nimrod, registered at New Bedford, of 34067/95 tons burden—whereof William Gifford, of New Bedford; Nathaniel C. Casey, of Nantucket; Nehemiah P. Baker, of Falmouth; Luther Potter, Josiah Sherman, Wanton H. Sherman, and Isaac R. Gifford, of Westport, were owners, and James M. Clark was master—sailed from New Bedford, April 15, 1863, bound on a whaling voyage and fitted for forty-eight months; was captured June 25, 1865, off Indian Point, in Behring’s straits, and burned, with cargo and stores.
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers of vessel and outfit | $28,000 00 |
| The owners, protesting against any diminution of their damages by reason of the receipt of insurance by them, claim for loss of vessel and outfit, whale oil and bone on board, and damages by breaking up the voyage. | 238,280 87 |
| Wellington Weaver, of San Francisco, late first officer, for personal effects, share in the catch of oil and bone, and in prospective catchings | 8,500 00 |
The ship Euphrates, of 364 49/95 tons, registered New Bedford—whereof Edward W. Howland, Joseph Grinnell, George Barney, and Cornelius Howland, jr., executors of Cornelius Howland, deceased; George Barney, in his own right; and Frederick S. Gifford, of New Bedford; Abraham R. Gifford, of Westport, Massachusetts; Andrew Howland, of Boston; and Henry Grinnell, of New York, were owners, and Thomas B. Hathaway was master, sailed from Honolulu, April 29, 1865, on a whaling voyage; was captured June 21, 1865, near Behring’s straits, and about 15 miles northeast of Cape Madeus, with cargo and stores.
| The owners claim, for value of ship and outfit, oil and whalebone on board. | $67,813 50 |
| For damage in breaking up voyage | 100,875 00 |
| Of the owners, Joseph Grinnell and Henry Grinnell were insured, and had received payment of their losses to the extent of | 9,750 00 |
The other owners had no indemnity or satisfaction.
The ship Edward Casey, 357 23/95 tons burden, registered in San Francisco—whereof Charles Hare, of San Francisco, was sole owner, and George D. Baker was master—sailed from San Francisco, January 22, 1865, on a whaling voyage. The ship and outfit, having cost $42,982 20, was captured and burned April 3 1865, in latitude 6° 50' south, longitude 168° east.
| The owners claim for loss of ship and outfit and breaking up of voyage | $109,582 70 |
The ship Abigail, 309 75/95 tons burden, registered at New Bedford—whereof Laren Snow, Oliver Crocker, George O. Crocker, Pardon Tillinghast, of New Bedford; and Ebenezer F. Nye, of Picasset, Massachusetts, were owners, and the said Nye was master—sailed from Yokohama, April 13, 1865, on a whaling voyage; was captured and burned May 27, 1865, off Cape Oliver, in Okhotsk sea.
| The owners claim for bark, outfit, oil on board | $61,543 50 |
| Damages by breaking up voyage | 169,849 20 |
| Ebenezer F. Nye, master, for loss of goods on board | 12,505 00 |
| James F. Taber, mate, for private effects | 610 50 |
The bark Josiah Swift, 454 7/95 tons burden, registered at New Bedford—whereof Jireh Swift, jr., Frederick S. Allen, Oliver Crooker, George O. Crooker, Thomas W. Williams, Pardon Tillinghast, Jas. H. Howland, Abraham Dellano, Allen Case, Joseph Clarke, Nancy S. Billiogs, of New Bedford; Humphrey H. Swift and William A. Russell, of New York, were owners, and Thomas W. Williams was master—sailed from Honolulu on a whaling voyage April, 1865; was captured June 22, 1865, off Cape Thaddeus, in the North Pacific ocean, and burned.
| The owners claim for damges | $223,587 50 |
| Thomas W. Williams, master, private effects | 963 00 |
| James O. Aveline. first mate | 180 25 |
The ship General Williams, 419 33/95 tons burden, registered at New London—whereof Charles Barnes, Henry R. Bond, Acors Barnes, William H. Barnes, of New London; William Williams and Harriet P. Williams, of Norwich; George C. Benjamin, of Boston; and Grinnell Minturn & Co., of New York, were owners, William Benjamin, master—sailed from Honolulu, December 22, 1864, on a whaling voyage in the Arctic ocean; was captured and burned June 25, 1865, near island of St. Lawrence.
| The owners claim damages by her destruction, (over and above $44,673 20 net insurance received by them) | $40,503 85 |
| Wm. Benjamin, master | 1,215 00 |
| Asa Benjamin, first mate | 270 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers of ship, outfit and catchings | 23,792 00 |
The bark Favorite, 293 43/95 tons burden, registered at New Bedford—whereof Farman R. Whitwell, and Hannah Whitwell, of Fair Haven; Thomas G. Young, of Portland, Maine, Anna E. W. Richardson, of Nunda; and Georgia W. Moore, of Brooklyn, New York, were owners, Thomas G. Young, master—sailed from Kanagawa, April 28, 1865, on a whaling voyage in the Arctic ocean; was captured and burned June 28, 1865, while beating up Behring’s straits.
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company claim as insurers and assignees of the owners for loss paid on vessel and outfit | $40,000 00 |
| Thos. G. Young, late master, for loss of private effects | 1,498 25 |
| The schooner Lizzie M. Stacey.—Francis M. Ashton, of Salem, Massachusetts, late an officer of the schooner Lizzie M. Stacey, destroyed by the Shenandoah near latitude 1° north, longitude 28° west, claims for loss of wages, books, expenses, and personal injury | $3,050 00 |
| Ship Nassau.—Mrs. William C. Paine, of Boston, claims for her share one-eighth of the ship Nassau, burned in the Arctic ocean June 28, 1865 | $10,000 00 |
The bark Martha.—Joshua L. Macomber, late master of the bark Martha, of New Bedford.
| For personal effects, &c | $3,175 00 |
| James Bowden, first mate. | 700 00 |
| Charles H. Smith, second mate | 625 00 |
| Ship Sophia Thornton.—John W. Thompson, late chief mate of ship Sophia Thornton, of New Bedford, claims for loss of personal effect, expenses, &c | $674 00 |
FLORIDA
The following is an abstract of the claims filed in the Department of State, by American citizens, native or naturalized, and by corporations organized and doing business under the laws of the State in which they are respectively located, for damages sustained by them, as the owners, mariners, freighters, or insurers of duly documented vessels of the United States, captured and destroyed or appropriated by the officers and crew of the steamer Florida, and as owners, insurers, or otherwise interested in the cargoes of such ships, or in charter parties for the service of such ships:
The Red Gauntlet, of Boston, a ship of 1,038 tons burden, whereof A. H. Lucas was master, and Francis Boyd, of Boston, was owner, sailed from Boston, May 22, 1863, laden with ice and general cargo, for Hong Kong, China, a portion of the cargo belonging to said Francis [Page 197] Boyd, and the remaining capacity of the ship, after reserving room for coal for ballast, was chartered to Everett & Co., of Boston, for the outward voyage, for $12,000, in Mexican dollars. On June 14, 1863, in about latitude 8° 30' north, longitude 34° 40' west, was captured, the cargo plundered, from day to day, by the officers and crew of the Florida, and the ship and remainder of the cargo burned June 26, 1863, in longitude 47°, latitude 29° north, or thereabouts.
The owner claims, for himself and his underwriters, as follows, viz:
| For value of ship and outfit | $56,000 00 |
| For value of part of cargo belonging to him | 9,294 79 |
| For value of charter on outward voyage | 18,624 44 |
| Including exchange on —, less value of homeward freight | 25,000 00 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company, of New York, as insurers of Everett & Co., on cargo | 9,000 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, of New York, as insurers upon cargo of Thos. B. Everett | 4,200 00 |
| Same company, as insurers upon cargo of Henry P. Blanchard | 1,000 00 |
The ship Commonwealth, of 1,275 6/95 tons burden, registered at New York—whereof George S. McClellan was master, and Nehemiah P. Mann, Nehemiah P. Mann, jr., Adrian J. Mann, of Boston; Messrs. Charles L. Colby, of the city of New York; Gardner Colby of Boston; Thos. Hastings, Henry Scudder Thos. M. Hastings, Albert Dunbar, of Brewster, Massachusetts; Frederic Dunbar, of Yarmouth, Massachusetts; Geo. Cogswell, of Bradford; Wm. N. Boston, now deceased, of Boston; and the said Geo. S. McClellan, were owners—sailed March 19, 1863, laden with general cargo and government stores, for San Francisco; was captured, plundered, and burned April 17, 1863, about thirty miles south of the equator, in longitude about 30o west.
| N. P. Mann & Co. claim, as owners of one-fourth of ship and of freight | $22,250 00 |
| The Metropolitan Insurance Company, of New York, as insurers of Dunbar & Colby, on freight | 2,000 00 |
| Geo. J. Brooks & Co., of New York, for merchandise | 1,235 00 |
| Dimon Hubbard, of Malden, Massachusetts | 635 50 |
| Thomas Emery’s Sons, of Cincinnati, claim for merchandise and premium of insurance | 4,488 20 |
The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees upon cargo, as follows:
| Of E. &H. T. Anthony | $353 00 |
| Dunbar, Hobart & Co | 4,637 00 |
| Hertxog & Co | 5,000 00 |
| J. B. Newton & Co | 2,000 00 |
| Zorn & Co | 60 00 |
| Kennedy & Bell | 6,891 00 |
| H. W. Bragg & Co | 1,141 00 |
| W. S. Bancroft | 1,000 00 |
| Willet C. Ward & Co | 2,583 00 |
| C.H. Benedict & Co | 4,050 00 |
| John D. Wing | 1,400 00 |
| N. Kellogg & Co | 397 00 |
| Hawley & Co | 1,000 00 |
| Kelly, Mott & Co | 484 00 |
| Charles W. Crosby | 1,870 00 |
| Robert L. Taylor | 4,000 00 |
| Roes, Dempster & Co | 7,227 00 |
| Brewster & Co | 1,445 00 |
| S. Hausmann | 1,600 00 |
| Demas S. Barnes & Co | 1,200 00 |
| J. H. Cogghill &Co | 3,500 00 |
| C. H. Grant & Co | 500 00 |
| Charles W. Crosby .& Co | 7,150 00 |
| Mitchell Vance & Co | 300 00 |
| Kelly, Mott & Co | 2,216 00 |
| Making, in all, the sum of | 62,044 00 |
| Robert Morrison &, Co. claim, for merchandise | $6,394 20 |
The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees upon property, as follows:
| Of Morris Speyer | $1,855 00 |
| W. S. Toole | 1,100 00 |
| William Seligman & Co | 7,500 00 |
| Cornelius Comstock | 2,818 00 |
| John Keys | 291 00 |
| Making, in all, the sum of | 13,564 00 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers of merchandise in the Commonwealth, and by subrogation to the rights of Josiah Macy’s Sons, of New York, for $1,287, and H. Dopmann & Co., of New York, for$1,600—making | $2,887 00 |
| The Columbia Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers upon freight of Dunbar & Colby, $10,000; of same primage, $2,000; of same cargo, $5,000; B. Marche & Bro., cargo, $428—making | 17,428 00 |
| Van Winkle & Duncan, of New York, claim for merchandise lost | 893 09 |
| Hostetter & Smith, of Pittsburg, Pa., claim for merchandise lost | 2,072 09 |
| Coffin, Reddington & Co., of New York, claim for merchandise lost | 3,342 63 |
| Murphy, Grant & Co., of New York, claim for merchandise lost | 15,288 77 |
| Van Antwerp and Mapol claim for merchandise lost | 714 18 |
| Emanuel Rosenfeldt and Jacob Rosenfeldt, of New York city, claim for merchandise | 18,744 96 |
| J. Heller & Bros., at New York, and M. Heller & Bros., at San Francisco, (one firm,) claim for merchandise | 4,008 24 |
| James de la Montauga, of San Francisco, claims for merchandise | 1,375 15 |
| Jacob Zack, of San Francisco, claims for loss | 1,253 96 |
| John Taylor, of San Francisco, claims for goods | 904 88 |
| John Young Hallock. Miles B. Carpenter, Harry C. Parker, and Christian Christiansen, of San Francisco, claim for goods lost | 2,948 80 |
| David Nichols Hawley, Walter Nichols, and George Thomas Hawley, of San Francisco, claim for goods lost | 8,496 19 |
| Thomas Day, of San Francisco, claims for goods | 5,316 69 |
| Charles William Armes, George Willis Armes, and Richard B. Dallahu, of San Francisco, claim for goods lost | 1,903 61 |
| Joseph Pollock, of New York, and Leopold Pollock, of San Francisco, claim for goods destroyed | 253 80 |
| Edward Burke, Benjamin and William Franklin Whittier, of San Francisco, claim for goods destroyed | 1,745 94 |
| H. Cohen & Co., of New York and San Francisco, claim for merchandise | 5,222 35 |
| John E. Louer, of New York, claims for goods lost | 474 18 |
| William Heller, of New York, Louis Sacks and Martin Sacks, of San Francisco, California, claim for goods lost, (subject to reduction of $4,192 for insurance) | 9,683 00 |
| The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company claim as insurers upon ship Commonwealth, of Harry Scudder & Co. | 5,000 00 |
| Of Dunbar & Colby | 17,500 00 |
The American ship Jacob Bell, of l,38056/95 tons burden, registered at New York—whereof Charles H. Frisbie was master, and Abril A. Low, Josiah O. Low, Edward H. R. Lyman, and Harriet W. Bell, of New York city; Susan D. Brown, of Princeton, and Frederick F. Cornell, of Somerville, New Jersey; Frederick L. Washburne, of Boston; Edward King and William H. King, of Newport, Rhode Island, were sole owners—sailed from Fou-Chou, China, November 8, 1862, with a cargo for New York; was captured and burned, with the cargo, February 12, 1863, in latitude 24° north, longitude 65° 58' west, by the Florida.
A. A. Low & Brothers claim, as owners and assignees of the ship and cargo, as follows:
| For value of ship, ($10,000 only insured) | $22,783 00 |
| Merchandise, (on which $45,000 insurance) | 4,922 30 |
| The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company claims, as assignees of A. A. Low &Brothers, on merchandise | 10,000 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers upon cargo of Jacob Bell, and assignees of Pickering, Winslow &Co., of Boston | $1,600 00 |
| Of Williams & Hall, Boston | 5,600 00 |
| Young & Emmons | 9,000 00 |
| Bercklin & Crane | 8,312 00 |
| Weston & Grey | $93,563 00 |
| Frothingham & Bailey | 3,000 00 |
| Oliphants, Son &Co | 3,808 00 |
| Amounting to | 124,883 00 |
| The Commercial Mutual Insurance Company of New York claims, as insurers of ship and cargo, and assignee of A. A. Low & Brothers on three-twentieths of hull, &c | $17,500 00 |
| Mrs. Martha N. Williams, of Utica, N. Y., claims for furniture, books, and clothing, and other personal effects, (in gold) | 1,653 18 |
| Charles W. Johnson, minor son of John W. Johnson, American missionary at Swatow, claims for clothing, &c, (in gold) | 200 00 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and by subrogation to the rights of sufferers by loss of the Jacob Bell | 22,11000 |
The Oneida, an American ship of 420 35/95 tons burden, duly registered at New York—whereof Thomas S. Hathaway, of New Bedford, was sole owner, and Jesse F. Potter was master—sailed from Shanghai January 24, 1863, with a cargo partly as freight and partly on owner’s account, and was captured April 24, 1863, in latitude 1° 40' south, longitude 29° 10' west, by the Florida, pillaged and burned, with cargo and stores.
The owner claims damages as follows:
| For losses on vessel, valued at $25,000, deducting amount paid by underwriters, $15,000—less premium of insurance, $1,802—$13,198, making loss on ship. | $11,802 00 |
| For loss on cargo, after deducting the sums paid by underwriters, less premium. | 73,542 24 |
| Loss on freight list, after deductions | 1,294 37 |
| The Metropolitan Insurance Company of New York claims, as reinsurers and assignees of the Baltimore Marine Insurance Company, on the cargo | 5,000 00 |
| The Washington Insurance Company of Boston claims, as reinsurers of the New York Mutual Insurance Company upon cargo, of Thomas S. Hathaway | 5,000 00 |
| The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company claims, as insurers of profits on cargo of T. S. Hathaway | 10,000 00 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claims, as insurers of cargo | 42,179 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York claims, as reinsurers of Sun Mutual Insurance Company on cargo | 30,000 00 |
| The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company claims, as insurers and assignees of Thomas S. Hathaway, on the profits of the ship | 20,000 00 |
| As reinsurers of Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company | 3,300 00 |
The American ship Star of Peace, of 94 30/95 tons burden, duly registered at Boston—whereof Charles Hill and Charles F. Hill, of West Roxbury; John Currier, jr., of New-buryport Massachusetts; and William Lambert, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, were the sole owners, and Francis M. Hinckley was master—sailed from Calcutta December 8, 1862, with cargo, bound for Boston, and was captured by the Florida, March 6, 1863, in latitude 15° north, longitude 54° west, plundered and burned, with remaining cargo.
| The owners claim the value of the ship and outfit, $56,500; for freight and cargo, $27,384 | $83,884 00 |
| The Washington Insurance Company of Boston claim, as insurers and assignees of Charles Hill, on ship | 6,000 00 |
| Of B. H. Lisbee, upon profits on property of ship | 8,000 00 |
| Henry DuPont, Eluther DuPont, Lammont DuPont, and Eugene DuPont, of Wilmington, Delaware, claim for cargo | 22,000 00 |
| The Commercial Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees of Curtis & Peabody, of Boston upon merchandise | 10,000 00 |
| As reinsurers of the Orient Mutual Insurance Company of New York | 3,815 00 |
| The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees of E. J. DuPont, DeNemours & Co., of Wilmington, on merchandise | 5,000 00 |
The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as assignees or subrogated to the rights of parties damaged by the loss of the ship, as follows:
| Curtis & Peabody, of Boston, upon profits on merchandise | $8,000 00 |
| B. H. Silsbee, upon merchandise | 8,652 00 |
| E. J. DuPont, DeNemours & Co., of Wilmington, Delaware | 15,000 00 |
| The Manufacturers’ Insurance Company of Boston, (on reinsurance) | 10,000 00 |
| In all | 41,625 00 |
| The Columbian Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees of Charles F. Hill, upon freight and vessel | $10,000 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company claim, as insurers and assignees of J. S. Farlon & Co., Hiram Hutchinson, Young & Emmons, J. G. Wild, and W. H. Goodwin, T. Salter, Frederick Dan, Dana & Co., George M. Baupond, and W. C. Codman—in all | 109,749 00 |
| The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company of Boston claims, as insurers of John S. Farlon & Co | 2,500 00 |
| As reinsurers of China Mutual Insurance Company | 10,000 00 |
The ship Electric Spark, of Philadelphia, of 810 tons burden—whereof William J. Taylor, of Philadelphia, was owner, and John C. Graham was master—sailed from New York, July 9, 1864, bound for New Orleans with a full cargo, and was captured by the Florida, July 10, 1864.
| The owner claims, for the value of the vessel, her outfit, and coal | $166,000 00 |
| Edward Anthony, H. T. Anthony & Co., claim for merchandise | 1,708 51 |
| The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company of New York claims, as insurers upon cargo | 48,153 00 |
| The Commercial Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers upon cargo | 350 00 |
| The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees of Isaac Hobart, of New York, on cargo | 48,153 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York claims, as reinsurers of Mutual Insurance Company, on cargo | $40,000 00 |
| Of J. R. Bassett, on cargo | 900 |
| 40,900 00 | |
| Samuel Perry, Charles S. Perry, and S. B. Potter, claim for merchandise lost | $2,455 09 |
| Tuthill, Miller & Co., of New York, claim for merchandise lost. | 898 32 |
The ship Avon, of Boston, of 946 44/95 tons burden, duly registered at Kennebunk—whereof Hartley Lord and Henry C. Lord of Boston; Daniel Cleares and John W. Deering, of Saco; George Wise and M. O. Matting, of Kennebunk, Maine; and Alfred Howes, of Dennis, Massachusetts, were the sole owners; and the said Alfred Howes was master—was laden with a cargo at Howland’s island, in the Pacific ocean, for Queenstown, Ireland, for orders, and thence to a port of discharge; she sailed from Howland’s island December 31, 1863, and was captured by the Florida March 29, 1864, plundered and burned on the next day, with her cargo.
| The owners claim for value of the vessel, $80,000, and for freight on charter money, $50,000—making | $130,000 00 |
| Alfred Howes claims for loss of primage, money, chests, instruments, &.c | 3,000 00 |
| And H. C. Flynn, mate, for wearing apparel, &c | 500 00 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim as insurers, and by subrogation to the rights of Hartley, Lord & Co | 9,000 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers upon cargo of Gliddon & Williams | 7,000 00 |
The ship Crown Point, of 1,098 82/95 tons burden, duly registered at the port of New York— whereof John N. Grist was master—sailed from New York April 9, 1863, bound for San Francisco, and on the 13th of May, 1863, about seventy miles northeast from Pernambuco, was captured and burned, with her cargo, by the crew of the Florida.
| Fuller, Lord & Co., of New York, claim for merchandise lost | $5,280 28 |
| S. Morris, Locke &, Montague, of New York, claim for merchandise | 1,675 74 |
| The Commercial Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees of John Chadwick, of New York, on merchandise lost | 2,000 00 |
| And of Jay L. Adams, of New York, on merchandise lost | 2,800 00 |
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers of cargo, and assignees of Searles & Williams, $315; Weis, Keller & Co., $4,162; Brewster & Co., $625; C. Floyd Jones, $522; Ross, Dempter & Co., $2,137; J. B. Newton & Co., $1,000; U. S. Bancroft, $550; Stephen Prichard, $3,000; Scholle Brothers, $2,600; Kelly, Mott & Co., $854 ; Robert L. Taylor, $1,200; R. W. Ropes & Co., $300; J. H. Coghill & Co., $1,780; Eugene Kelly, $21,499; E. N. Kellogg, & Co., $812; George Howes & Co., $8,000; Fleisehmann & Cohn, $176; S. Straus, Brothers & Co., $8,500; Freeman & Simpson, $1,300; Charles W. Crosby, $2,091; Underhill & Co., $2,091—making in all the sum of | 63,453 00 |
| William Ward Peck, of Brooklyn, New York, claims for goods lost | $1,091 68 |
| Dimon Hubbard, of Maiden, Massachusetts, claims for merchandise lost | 1,308 98 |
| George J. Brooks & Co., of New York, claims for merchandise lost | 415 91 |
| Coffin, Reddington & Co., of New York, claims for goods lost | 2,906 92 |
| The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company, of New York, claim as insurers and assignees of John Keys, of New York upon cargo | 198 00 |
| Thomas Emery’s Sons, of Cincinnati, for merchandise lost | 3,534 30 |
| The Metropolitan Insurance Company, of J Yew York, claim as insurers and assignees of Roberts, Morrison & Co., on cargo | 1,700 00 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim damages by loss of Crown Point, as insurers of merchandise subrogated to Steinway & Sons for | $375 00 |
| And J. M. & J. N. Plumb, all of New York | 5,244 00 |
| In all | 5,619 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers of freight of Henry Cook | $15,000 00 |
| On cargo, of Neustadter Brothers | 4,100 00 |
| L.P. Rose | 621 00 |
| Clark & Wilber... | 3,254 00 |
| L. McMurray &Co | 900 00 |
| Holmes, Goodwin & Co | 7,250 00 |
| Dunbart, Hobart & Co | 2,162 00 |
| Clark Wilber | 1,272 00 |
| Making | 34,559 00 |
| Van Winkle & Dunn, of New York, claim: or merchandise lost | $168 77 |
| Coffin, Reddington & Co., of New York, claim for merchandise lost | 2,906 92 |
| J. Heller & Brothers, of New York, and M. Heller & Brothers, of San Francisco, claim for goods lost. | 7,378 59 |
| Lysander Button, of New York, assignee of Robert Blake, of the same place, and in his own right, claims for merchandise lost | 1,137 25 |
| James de la Montanya, of San Francisco, claims for merchandise lost | 5,590 43 |
| The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company, of Boston, claims, as insurers and assignees of F. Pierce & Co., on property lost | 2,500 00 |
| Of Curtis Peabody on vessel | 22,500 00 |
| On reinsurance of Manufacturers’ Insurance Company | 3,000 00 |
| John Young Wallach, Miles B. Carpenter, Henry C. Parker, and Christian Christianson, of San Francisco, claim for goods lost | 1,772 14 |
| David Nichols Hawley, Walter Nichols Hawley, and George Thomas Hawley, of San Francisco, claim for goods lost. | 6,255 03 |
| John Wesley Britton, Alexander Dunbar, McDonald Kimball, and C. Eldridge, of San Francisco, claim for goods lost | 2,491 57 |
| The California Mutual Marine Insurance Company of San Francisco claim, as insurers of goods lost, and as assignees of Camerons, Whittier & Co | 3,398 30 |
| And J. R. Coghill & Co | 350 00 |
| D.J. Oliver | 6,337 00 |
| Joseph Pollock, of New York, and Leopold Pollock, of San Francisco, claim for goods destroyed | 932 28 |
| Abraham S, Rosenbaum, Joseph Brandenstein, of New York, and Moses Rosenbaum, of San Francisco, claim for goods lost | 6,758 20 |
| H. Cohen & Co., of San Francisco, claim for merchandise lost | 5,685 74 |
| John E. Louer, of New York, claims for goods lost | 384 00 |
| William Heller, of New York, Louis Sachs and Martin Sachs, of San Francisco, California, claim for goods lost | 9,604 61 |
| David Alexander Scrmisen, Robert Seckin Scrmisen, and Daniel Bussier Phillips, of Brooklyn, N. Y., claim for goods lost | 307 00 |
The American schooner Aldebaran, of 189 41/95 tons burden, duly enrolled at the port of Brookhaven, and afterwards registered at the port of New York—whereof Nehemiah Hand and Robert W. Hand, of Setauket, New York, were the sole owners, and the said Robert W. Hand master—sailed from New York February 27, 1863, laden with a general cargo, and bound for Maranham, and was captured March 13, 1863, about latitude 29°16' north, longitude 51° 10' west, by the Florida, plundered and burned. The cargo was certified to belong to Packenham & Beattie, English merchants at Maranham, and was insured in London.
| The owners claim, for value of the vessel | $20,000 00 |
| Stores | 500 00 |
| Sail and sail-cloth | $1,698 85 |
| Wages advanced | 160 00 |
| Master’s personal effects | 738 00 |
| Expenses coming home from Scotland | 450 00 |
| Other expenses. | 70 00 |
| In all | 24,556 85 |
The ship Southend Cross, of Boston—whereof Benjamin P. Howes was master—sailed from Bella Vista, Mazatlan, in the Gulf of California, on the 2d of March, 1863, laden with a cargo for New York. On the 6th of June, 1863, she was plundered and burned by the Florida.
| The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company claim, as insurers of Baker & Morrell, on ship | $30,000 00 |
The brig William C. Clark, of Boston, of 328 tons burden—whereof Benjamin R. Redman was master—sailed on June 3,1864, from Machias, bound, with cargo, for Matanzas; on the 17th June, 1864, in latitude 30° 5' north, longitude 64° 30' west, she was captured by the Florida.
| The New England Mutual Insurance Company claim, as insurers on said brig, of Pendleton & Rose | $5,000 00 |
The schooner Rienzi, of Provincetown, Massachusetts—whereof Gideon Bowley and Joshua E. Bowley, of Provincetown, were owners—sailed from Provincetown June 1,1863, on a whaling voyage in the Atlantic, and was captured by the Florida on July 8, 1863, about seventy miles southwest of Martha’s Vineyard, and burned, with twenty barrels of oil on board.
| For which vessel, stores, and oil, the owners claim damages | $8,487 00 |
The bark Lapwing, of New York, of 590 11/95 tons burden, duly registered at the port of Boston, Massachusetts—whereof Eben Bacon and William B. Bacon, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Daniel G. Bacon, of New York city, were the sole owners, and James Bolger, master—sailed from Boston March 9, 1863, laden with coal, provisions, and other merchandise, for Batavia and Singapore. On the 28th of March, 1863, about latitude 31° 31 north, longitude 32° 30 west, was captured by the Florida, and became a total loss.
| The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees of D. G. & W. B. Bacon | $30,000 00 |
| And on 25000/33875 ths of certain merchandise belonging to the same parties | 25,000 00 |
| Making, in all | 55,000 00 |
GEORGIA.
The following is an abstract of claims filed in the Department of State for the capture and destruction of duly registered and documented vessels of the United States, by the owners, mariners, freighters, and insurers of such vessels, and of the cargoes thereof, or otherwise interested in such cargoes, or in charter parties for the service of such ships, which ships and cargoes were captured and appropriated or destroyed by the officers and crew of the Georgia, formerly called the Japan, a British vessel, fitted out and manned in British ports:
The Constitution, of 99788/95 tons, a ship registered at the port of Philadelphia—whereof Joseph Welsford, of New York city, was sole owner, and Joseph Webster master—sailed from Philadelphia April 27, 1863, laden with coal and bread for Shanghai, China; was captured June 25, 1863, near the island of Trinidad, in latitude 20° 30' south, longitude 29° 16' west, plundered, and kept by the captors.
| The Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers upon the said ship and upon freight | $12,500 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York, as insurers upon ship and freight | 10,000 00 |
| As insurers of Joseph Webster on cargo. | 3,500 00 |
The ship Bold Hunter, of 79761/95 tons burden, registered at the port of Charlestown and Boston—whereof Paul Sears and Reuben Hopkins, of Boston; Rowland H. Crosby, of West Cambridge; James Smith, of Cambridge port; Alexander H. Childs, of Barnstable; Solomon Taylor, of Yarmouth; and William M. Batson, of New Orleans, were owners; [Page 203] Rowland H. Crosby, master—sailed from Dundee September 10, 1863, laden with coals, and bound for Calcutta; was captured October 9, 1863, about latitude 19° north, longitude 20° 35' west, pillaged and burned.
| The owners of fifteen-sixteenths of the ship claim, for the value of their interest | $50,625 00 |
| The Washington Insurance Company of Boston, as insurers of Grace Batson, on ship | 3,000 00 |
| The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers of the ship and freight | 7,000 00 |
| The Columbian Insurance Company of New York, as insurers upon ship | 16,000 00 |
The ship Dictator, of 1,293 tons burden, registered at New York, whereof Charles R. Given was sole owner, sailed from Liverpool April 6, 1863, bound to Hong Kong, China; was captured and burned April 25, 1863, in latitude 25° north, longitude 21° 50' west.
| The owner claims, for value of ship and outfit | $90,390 00 |
| For value of freight | 16,180 00 |
Good Hope.—Jasigi Goddard & Co., of Boston, claim, for destruction of bark Good Hope, the value of the vessel, outfit and cargo, and damages for breaking up of voyage, $110,000 00.