Show THE STEAMER 1 VIRGINIUS tim THE sf steamer eamer which promises dorival to rival the fai famous ata Ala alabama benna in historic celebrity is a side ide wheel steamer she was formerly called the thy pir Vir gitl giri was built on the clyde clyd e and when launched nas vas pas described as one of tile the most api d vc vessels ever constructed her ber lines being most symmetrical and her engines of comparatively remark remarkable able abie power during the Ameil ameli american can civil war she for a time successfully ran the southern blockade but was eventually captured at mobile laden with cotton she slid was wag taken to newyork New York transferred to tile the revenue service but was afterwards sold at auction to mr isaac roberts of new york and subsequently to mr J as F patterson 1 of the same city and was fitted up as a privateer and blockade runner in the interest of the cuban insurgents with tons of cargo she drew but eight feet of water she took two cargoes from venezuela and landed them safely in cuba the first in july 1871 near santiago de cuba the second in july u last on the bouthern coast though bhough flying the american flag she has not been in an amen amed american can port since 1871 at colon she lay idy tor for some time closely watched by the spanish war vessel pizarro but was protected by the american minister to columbia when captured she was commanded by captain joseph fry a native of louisiana a graduate of the annapolis naval academy and an old blockade runner |