: The owners claim, for damages.. $223,587 50 963 00 180 25 The ship General Williams, 41933 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, 1862, near the island of St. Lawrence. The owners claim damages by her destruction, (over and above $44,673.20, net insurance received by them) William Benjamin, master.. Asa Benjamin, first mate... The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers of ship, outfit, and catchings..... $40, 503 85 1,215 00 270 00 23,792 00 The bark Favourite, 29343 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 Thomas G. Young, late master, for loss of private effects. THE SCHOONER LIZZIE M. STACEY. $40,000 00 1,498 25 Francis M. Ashton, of Salem, Massachusetts, late an officer of the 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. Joshua L. Macomber, late master of the bark Martha, of New Bedford, for personal effects, &c. James Bowden, first mate. Charles H. Smith, second mate SHIP SOPHIA THORNTON. $10,000 00 $3,175 00 700 00 625 00 John W. Thompson, late chief mate of ship Sophia Thornton, of New Bedford, claims, for loss of personal effects, expenses, &c. FLORIDA. $467 00 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 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 For value of part of cargo belonging to him Including exchange on less value of homeward freight. $56, 000 00 9,294 79 18, 624 44 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 Thomas B. Everett 4,200 00 1,000 00 Same company, as insurers upon cargo of Henry P. Blanchard. 6 The ship Commonwealth, of 1,275 tons burden, registered at New York, whereof George S. McClellan was master, and Nehemiah P. Mann and Nehemiah P. Mann, jr., Adrian J. Mann, of Boston; Messrs. Charles L. Colby, of the city of New York; Gardner Colby, of Boston; Thomas Hastings, Henry Scudder, Thomas M. Hastings, Albert Dunbar, of Brewster, Massachusetts; Frederic Dunbar, of Yarmouth, Massachusetts; George Cogswell, of Bradford; William N. Botson, now deceased, of Boston, and the said George 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 30° west. N. P. Mann & Co, claim, as owners of one-fourth of ship and freight The Metropolitan Insurance Company of New York, as insurers of Dunbar & Colby on freight. George J. Brooks & Co., of New York, for merchandise Thomas Emery's Sons, of Cincinnati, claim, for merchandise and premium of insurance. $22, 250 00 2,000 00 1,235 00 635 50 4,488 20 The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees upon cargo, as follows: The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees upon property, as follows: J. Heller & Brothers, at New York, and M. Heller & Brothers, at San The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers of The Columbian Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers upon Coffin, Reddington & Co., of New York, claim for merchandise lost.. Emanuel Rosenfeldt and Jacob Rosenfeldt, of New York City, claim for James de la Montanya, of San Francisco, claims for merchandise 1,375 15 1,253 96 John Taylor, of San Francisco, claims for goods. 904 88 John Young Hallock, Miles B. Carpenter, Harry C. Parker, and Christian 2,948 80 David Nichols Hawley, Walter Nichols, and George Thos. Hawley, of San 8,496 19 Thomas Day, of San Francisco, claims for goods 5,316 69 Edward Burke, Benjamin and Wm. Franklin Whittier, of San Francisco, claim for goods destroyed.. Joseph Pollock, of New York, and Leopold Pollock, of San Francisco, claim for goods destroyed.. Charles William Armes, George Willis Armes, and Richard B. Dallahu, of 1,903 61 253 80 1,745 94 H. Cohen & Co., of New York and San Francisco, claim for merchandise. William Heller, of New York, Louis Sachs and Martin Sachs, of San The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company claim, as insurers The American ship Jacob Bell, of 1,38055 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 Princetown, and Frederick F. Cornell, of Somerville, New Jersey, Frederick L. Washburne, of Boston, Edward King and Wm. H. King, of Newport, Rhode Island, were sole owners, sailed from Foochow, 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 and Brothers claim, as owners and assignees of the ship and cargo, as follows: For value of ship, ($10,000 only insured). $22,783 00 94,922 30 [22] *The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company claim, 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.. Of Williams and Hall, Boston Young and Emmons Bercklin and Crane 9,000 00 Weston and Grey.. Oliphants, Son & Co 8,312 00 Frothingham and Bailey. 93,563 00 3,000 00 Amounting to. 3,808 00 124,883 00 The Commercial Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as in- Mrs. Martha N. Williams, of Utica, New York, claims for furniture, books, The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and $17,500 00 1,653 18 200 00 22, 119 00 The Oneida, an American ship of 42033 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 For loss on cargo, after deducting the sums paid by underwriters, less premium.. Loss on freight list, after deductions The Metropolitan Insurance Company of New York claims, as re-insurers and assignees of the Baltimore Marine Insurance Company, on the cargo. The Washington Insurance Company of Boston claim, as re-insurers of the New York Mutual Insurance Company, upon cargo, of Thos. S. Hathaway The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company claim, as insurers of profits on cargo of Thomas S. Hathaway. The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claims, as insurers of The Columbian Insurance Company of New York claim, as re-insurers of The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company claims, as insurers $11,802 00 73, 542 24 1,294 37 5,000 00 5,000 00 10,000 00 42, 179 00 30,000 00 20,000 00 3,300 00 The American ship Star of Peace, of 94188 tons burden, duly registered at Boston, whereof Charles Hill and Charles F. Hill, of West Roxbury; John Currier, jr., of Newburyport, Massachusetts; and Wm. Lambert, of Portsmouth, N. H., 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. Of B. H. Lisbee, upon profits on property of ship The Washington Insurance Company of Boston claim, as insurers and assignees of Charles Hill, on ship $83,884 00 6,000 00 The Commercial Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees of Curtis and Peabody, of Boston, upon merchandise Henry Dupont, Eleuther Dupont, Lammont Dupont, and Eugene Dupont, of Wilmington, Delaware, claim for cargo 8,000 00 22,000 00 As re-insurers of the Orient Mutual Insurance Company of New York. The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers and assignees of E. J. Dupont, De Nemours & Co., of Wilmington, on merchandise 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 and Peabody, of Boston, upon profits on merchandise. E. J. Dupont, De Nemours & Co., of Wilmington, Delaware The Manufacturers' Insurance Company of Boston, (on re-insurance) $8,000 00 8,652 00 15,000.00 10,000 00 41,652 00 [23] *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.. The New England Mutual Marine Insurance Company of Boston claim, as insurers of John S. Farlon & Co............ As re-insurers of China Mutual Insurance Company. 109,749 00 2,500.00 10,000 00 The ship Electric Spark, of Philadelphia, of 810 tons burden, whereof Wm. 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; was captured by the Florida, July 10, 1864. The owner claims for the value of the vessel, her outfit and coal. The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers upon cargo. The Commercial Mutual Insurance Company of New York, as insurers upon cargo.. The Pacific Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers The Columbian Insurance Company of New York claim, as re-insurers of Of J. R. Bassett, on cargo.. $166, 000 00 1,708 51 48, 153 00 350 00 48, 153 00 $40,000 00 900.00 40,900 00 Samuel Perry, Charles S. Perry, and S. B. Potter, claim for merchandise 4 $2,455 09 898 32 The ship Avon, of Boston, of 946 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. C. 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 char- Alfred Howes claims for loss of primage, money, chests, instruments, &c.. The Sun Mutual Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers, and by subrogation to the rights of Hartley, Lord & Co. The Columbian Insurance Company of New York claim, as insurers upon cargo of Gliddon and Williams. $130,000 00 3,000 00 500 00 9,000 00 7,000 00 The ship Crown Point, of 1,09883 tons burden, duly registered at the port of New York, whereof John N. Grist was master, sailed from New York on the 9th of April, 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.. $5,282 28 1,675 74 2,000 00 2,800 00 And of J. L. Adams, of New York, on merchandise lost. 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; Rob. L. Taylor, $1,200; R. W. Ropes & Co., $300; J. H. Coghill & Co., $1,780; Eugene Kelly, $21,499; E. N. Kellogg & Co., $812; Geo. Howes & Co., |