The owners claim, for the value of said vessel, the sum of.. The Jabez Snow, registered at Newburyport, of 1,07333 tons burden, Jabez Snow Franklin Spofford, Henry Darling, Enoch Barnard, Joseph R. Fulsome, of Bucksport' Maine; George H. Peters, Wm. 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 Monte Video, 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 For loss of wages, primage, and profits on goods not issued.. Making a total of.... $3,500 00 3,100 00 6,600 00 The bark Nye, of New Bedford, of the burden of 200 tons, Joseph B. Baker, [15] *master, sailed from the port of St. Helena on the 25th July, 1862, bound for New Bedford, laden with sperm and whale oil. On the 24th of April, 1863, in latitude 5o south, longitude 320 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 3 95 $700 00 1,000 00 650 00 The ship Levi Starbuck, duly registered at New Bedford, of 376 tons burden, whereof Edward W. Howland, Thomas S. Hathaway, Caleb Kempton, George Barney, and Cornelius Howland, jr., executors of Cornelius Howland, deceased; George Barney, William A. Gordon, and Wing Russell, all of New Bedford, were owners, and Thomas Mellon 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.. Geo. Barney et al., executors. Thos. L. Hathaway. Geo. Barney (Mutual Insurance Company) William A. Gordon, in Commercial Insurance Company, assignee. $13,200 00 4,800 00 2,000 00 1,500 00 1,850 0 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 the 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.. Isaac Sherman and Henry C. Wybert, of New York City, for goods lost in the ship Dunkirk, the sum of.. $1,514 64 607 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.................... SHENANDOAH. $15,450 00 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 tons burden, registered at Bangor, Maine, whereof Eliab Wright Metcalf and Samuel D. Thurston, of Bangor; Phineas Pendleton and Wm. G. Nichols, of Searsport, Maine; Phineas Pendleton, 3d, and Wm. 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, [16] 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. For value of charter for voyage The master, Wm. 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 Wm. McGilvery 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. 95 The bark Isabella, of 315 tons burden, registered at New Bedford, Massachusetts, of which Thomas Knowles, John P. Knowles, Joseph Knowles, Wm. 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 S. Winslow, of Dartmouth; Reuben Nickerson, jr., of Easthaven, all of 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 toward the Arctic Ocean, and in latitude about 64° 50′ north, was captured, plundered and burned, with her stores and cargo. Loss by breaking up of voyage The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, of New York, paid on fire policies on bark and outfit.... The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company claim, as insurers of 174,600 00 1,000 00 16, 800-00 The bark Aliva, of 57389 tons, registered at Searsport, Maine, whereof Edward Staples, of Stockton, Maine; Wm. McGilvery, of Searsport; John M. Lane, Joseph Cook, F. and P. Pendleton, Lebbeus Curtis, Wm. F. Black, Woodman Cronin, and Robert Porter of Searsport, and Benj. 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 260 45' west. The owners claim, for value of bark and outfit.. For freight under charter-party The master, Edward Staples, for loss of primage, wages, and personal effects $68, 000 00 15, 000 00 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 9 $12,000 00 2,500 00 The bark Edward, of 274,3 tons burden, whereof Thos. 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 370 45′ south, longitude 11° 50′ west, about forty miles westward of Tristan d'Acunha, and burned. The owners claim damages for value of bark, oufit, 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, 38935 tons burden, registered at San Francisco, whereof John C. Merrill, D. C. M. Ruer, Alfred Tabbs, Geo. H. Moore, Wm. 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, 4865, ond burned. [17] The owners claim for value of bark.. Boats and other outfits. Oil on board.. Estimated damage in loss of future catching of oil. 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.. $35,000 00 20,000 00 7,087 50 218, 125 00 20,000 00 The bark Gipsey, registered at New Bedford, of 110 tons burden, whereof Thomas Mandell and Sophia Ann Howland, of New Bedford; Edward M. Cleveland, 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 the western shore of Behring's Straits, and burned. The owners claim for value of bark.. For whaling outfit... $20,000 00 40,000 00 Oil and bone on board. Value of prospective catchings. 10,663 75 The master, Orlando G. Robinson, for merchandise, fins, whalebone, whale teeth, &c 49,075 00 The first mate, John Callen, for whalebone, tobacco, clothing, and instru 7,211 00 ments The Columbian Insurance Company of New York, as insurers of bark and outfit 1,200 00 14, 000, 00 The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, insurers of bark and outfit.. 10,000 00 The ship Hillman, of 3828 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 as value of vessel.. Outfits, $40,000, and oil on board, $10,489.75. $20,000 00 50,489 75 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 re-insurers 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 Allen, 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 Saint Lawrence, and burned. The owners claim for value of bark and outfit.. And for prospective catchings Daniel D. Wood, master, personal effects, &c. $56,000 00 33,845 00 53,075 00 982 00 The ship Isaac Howland, 399 tons burden, registered at New Bedford, whereof Edward D. Mandell, 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 Saint Lawrence, plundered and burned. The owners claim, subject to abatement for insurance, for value of ship and profit For oil and bone on board And for prospective catchings... The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers upon ship and outfit $65,000 00 48,554 00 53,075 00 16, 250 00 And upon catchings. 7,750 00 14,000 00 710 00 And as re-insurers of the Commercial Insurance Company of New York, on ship and outfit. Jeremiah Ludlow, master, personal effects. The bark Catherine, of 3844 tons burden, registered at New London, whereof John Hemstead, 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., of New York, were owners, and William H. Phillips was master, sailed from [18] 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, fourth officer, for goods, &c., have in catch 3,800 00 The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers of ship and outfit.. As re-insurers of Ocean Mutual Insurance Company upon ship and outfit.. 95 11,676 00 15,000 00 The bark Waverly, of 327 tons burden, registered at New Bedford, whereof David B. Kempton, Peleg Slocum, Frederick Slocum, Stephen N. Potter, (deceased,) William J. Rotch, Benjamin B. Covell, Rudolphus Beetle, and John A. Rodgers, of New Bedford, and Gideon Richmond, of Dighton, Massachusetts, 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... Richard Holley, master, personal effects and expenses. $31,250 00 1,732 00 The Susan Abigail, of 159 tons burden, whereof Shed and 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 35035 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 Edgarton, Massachusetts; Thomas L. Jenks and Samuel Talbot, of Boston; David S. Wilson, Thomas G. Wilson, Henry R. Wilson, and James G. Wilson, of 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)...... Loss of outfit, stores, and cargo. $17,251 25 25, 110 25 For prospective catch and profits.. For effects, &c. of John C. Mosher, mate.. Charles Smith Downs, seaman, for share of oil, wages, clothing, &c... 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′ The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company claim, as insurers upon merchandise on board, of the Ames Plow Company. 95 longitude $863 00 The bark Nimrod, registered at New Bedford, of 3409% 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... 9 8,500 00 The ship Euphrates, of 36448 tons, registered at 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 fifteen miles northeast of Cape Thaddeus, with cargo and stores. [19] *The owners claim, for value of ship and outfits, oil and whalebone on board For damage in breaking up voyage The other owners had no indemnity or satisfaction. $67,813 50 100,875 00 9,750 00 The ship Edward Casey, 3573 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, haying cost $42,982.20, was captured and burned April 3, 1865, in latitude 6° 50′ south, longitude 168° east. The owner claims, for loss of ship and outfit and breaking up of voyage.. $109,582 70 The ship Abigail, 309 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 Ochotsh Sea. The owners claim, for bark, outfit, oil on board Ebenezer F. Nye, master, for loss of goods on board 169,849 20 $61,543 50 12,505 00 610 50 The bark Josiah Swift, 454% tons burden, registered at New Bedford, whereof Jireh Swift, jr., Frederick S. Allen, Oliver Crooker, George Crooker, Thomas W. Williams, Pardon Tillinghast, James H. Howland, Abraham Dellano, Allen Case, Joseph Clarke, Nancy S. Billings, 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. |