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J. Thompson Brown (search for this): chapter 6.47
t prudent to put into Christiansand in Norway. Time was precious — for there were pressing obligations pending. Moreover, the captain and crew were to be discharged after the lapse of a limited time. Under these circumstances, the passenger, Mr. Brown,. whose status on board was known only to the captain, urged him to put to sea on the least abatement of the gale. They had been out in blue water only a few hours when the vessel began to exhibit her powers of diving and coming up, after the s, as if for the amusement of all on board. But the engineers and crew, not amused by these fantastic tricks, as they were neither ducks nor fish, petitioned the captain to put back into, port. He, quite of their opinion, proposed the same to Mr. Brown but the latter, though in a minority of one, declined to accede to the proposition of the majority — the rule of the sea being the reverse of that on land under republican government — and expressing his entire confidence in the sea-worthiness <
Cary (search for this): chapter 6.47
he gentlest of breezes by the headway of the vessel, promised a happy entrance into the broad Atlantic. Man proposes but God disposes. The night was not half spent ere the wind blew and the storm arose, and at the dawn of day the Stonewall was contending against a gale and heavy sea, well calculated to test the sea-worthiness of the little craft, and try the faith of the stoutest heart in her capacity to weather the storm. Battened down, she was water-tight, and, although she was no Mother Cary's chicken to gracefully dance on the crest of waves, would, in her lazy way, receive them over her bows, in cataract form, and give them free exit through the quarter ports to their mother ocean. Romantic as this may seem, though not comparable to the grandeur of the Falls of Niagara, it was neither exhilirating nor agreeable; for, apart from these too frequent and overwhelming, visitations, the officers and men began to look upon them as an imposition, in compelling them to appear on deck b
Jack (search for this): chapter 6.47
st a severe gale. To run the risk of being wrecked on the iron-bound coast of Spain, should the hoped for port not be reached, was preferable to being swamped in the Bay of Biscay. From the best data available, under the circumstances, an imaginary position was assigned the vessel and a course determined upon, which it was hoped would lead into some safe anchorage; for any port in a storm is a sailor's snug harbor. Trusting to that little cherub that sits up aloft and keeps watch on poor Jack, the helm was put hard up, the close-reefed fore topsail sheeted home, and the little craft went off before the wind like a thing of life and proudly said to the foaming seas, follow me. They did follow, as though frantic to get on board, but however given to taking them in over the bows, the Stonewall refused them admittance over the stern. To scud so small an ironclad so little above the water's edge was a dangerous evolution, but necessity makes its own laws, and this was one of those ca
Thomas J. Page (search for this): chapter 6.47
The career of the Confederate Cruiser Stonewall. By Captain Thomas J. Page, C. S. N. [The history of the Confederate vessels which, despite great obstacles, made themselves the terror and the scourge of the merchant marine of the United States, and forced her powerful navy to treat them with respect, would form a most interesting chapter in the true story of our great struggle. The career of the Stonewall was a glorious one, and our readers will thank us for the interesting narrative of the gallant Captain Page.] In presenting this blurred picture of the Stonewall, its imperfections should be attributed more to the shortcomings of the artist than to the absence of intrinsic worth in the subject represented. The Stonewall, a small twin-screw ironclad man-of-war, was built in France by the then most eminent constructor in the Empire. Her tonnage, twelve hundred; armament, one three-hundred pounder and two seventy-pounder guns, and crew about forty men. Thus equipped, t
Stonewall (search for this): chapter 6.47
The career of the Confederate Cruiser Stonewall. By Captain Thomas J. Page, C. S. N. [The history of the Confederate vessels which, despite great obstacles, made themselves the terror and theld form a most interesting chapter in the true story of our great struggle. The career of the Stonewall was a glorious one, and our readers will thank us for the interesting narrative of the gallant Captain Page.] In presenting this blurred picture of the Stonewall, its imperfections should be attributed more to the shortcomings of the artist than to the absence of intrinsic worth in the subject represented. The Stonewall, a small twin-screw ironclad man-of-war, was built in France by the then most eminent constructor in the Empire. Her tonnage, twelve hundred; armament, one three-hperor — in the case before mentioned — an example he conceived worthy of his following. The Stonewall had not, at this time, been baptized with the ever memorable name she subsequently bore, for s
Europe (search for this): chapter 6.47
rth sea. She was built with the knowledge and sanction of the late Emperor of France, and on the eve of her completion and readiness for delivery it was rumored that she was designed for the Confederate Government. Every ship then being built in Europe acquired this reputation. This rumor reached the ears of the Emperor, and he was officially informed, from high authority, that if this or any other such vessel should be permitted to leave France and fall into the possession of the Confederate under way when it became known that there were other difficulties and dangers than those she had just escaped that beset the Stonewall. The intelligence of her arrival was not to be confined to Ferrol. There were here, as in every other part of Europe, curious gentlemen, whose avocation was to find out other people's business. The wires soon flashed the news of this arrival, under a novel flag, to the American Minister at Madrid, who forthwith protested to that Government that the admission o
Austria (Austria) (search for this): chapter 6.47
could not condemn — the surest course by which to satisfy the complainants. This occurred previously to the action of the French Emperor — in the case before mentioned — an example he conceived worthy of his following. The Stonewall had not, at this time, been baptized with the ever memorable name she subsequently bore, for she was not then a Confederate vessel; and, after much circumlocution, fell into the hands of the Danish Government, at the time, be it remembered, while Prussia and Austria were at war with Denmark. How this occurred is not pertinent to this narrative. We can only conjecture that Prussian spies were not so wide-a-wake as had been some other detectives. She was taken to Copenhagen under the direction of Danish naval officers, in order to witness and test her capacity as a sea-going vessel. Her performance in the North sea some-what dampened the ardor of these hardy seamen of the North, for they looked upon her as being more of the amphibia kind than of that<
Denmark (Denmark) (search for this): chapter 6.47
te vessel; and, after much circumlocution, fell into the hands of the Danish Government, at the time, be it remembered, while Prussia and Austria were at war with Denmark. How this occurred is not pertinent to this narrative. We can only conjecture that Prussian spies were not so wide-a-wake as had been some other detectives. She was taken to Copenhagen under the direction of Danish naval officers, in order to witness and test her capacity as a sea-going vessel. Her performance in the North sea some-what dampened the ardor of these hardy seamen of the North, for they looked upon her as being more of the amphibia kind than of that class of vessels in whi sea-worthiness was not favorable. Her good qualities were ignored, and her disposition to act the part of the leviathan exaggerated. Moreover, the war in which Denmark was engaged was speedily brought to a close and the services of such a vessel were no longer required. In a word, that Government wished to get rid of her; and a
France (France) (search for this): chapter 6.47
The Stonewall, a small twin-screw ironclad man-of-war, was built in France by the then most eminent constructor in the Empire. Her tonnage, the was built with the knowledge and sanction of the late Emperor of France, and on the eve of her completion and readiness for delivery it was that if this or any other such vessel should be permitted to leave France and fall into the possession of the Confederate Government, Mexico sitive on this Mexican question. His policy there was unpopular in France, and he was not the man to long debate which of the two to choose wcharge of a Danish merchant captain and crew, she was dispatched to France. Before leaving port a Confederate navy officer, who was curiousd the invitation of the builder's agent and took passage in her for France. She had scarcely got fairly into the North sea when the weather, engineers. She weathered that gale and arrived off the coast of France in clear weather and a smooth sea, where — a very singular coincide
Norway (Norway) (search for this): chapter 6.47
the vessel throughout — her armament, gun-gear, projectiles, naval stores, &c.--for in her construction, equipment, &c., she was quite unique. Pleased with the appearance of the vessel and all on board, he accepted the invitation of the builder's agent and took passage in her for France. She had scarcely got fairly into the North sea when the weather, always boisterous in those latitudes in the winter season, became so bad that the captain conceived it prudent to put into Christiansand in Norway. Time was precious — for there were pressing obligations pending. Moreover, the captain and crew were to be discharged after the lapse of a limited time. Under these circumstances, the passenger, Mr. Brown,. whose status on board was known only to the captain, urged him to put to sea on the least abatement of the gale. They had been out in blue water only a few hours when the vessel began to exhibit her powers of diving and coming up, after the fashion of the porpois, as if for the amuse
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