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Rh ance, and the Underwriter. 6. Pelot's capture of the Waterwitch. 7. Glassell's torpedo attack on the New Ironsides. 8. Davidson's torpedo attack on the Minnesota. 9. Semmes' admirable management of the Alabama. 10. Maffitt's dash at Mobile and his after exploits, 11. Read in the Tacony, and his dash in the Webb. 12. Capt. John Wilkinson as a blockade-runner. 13. Brooke's design for the Merrimac, and his rifle-gun. 14. Davidson's torpedo bureau. 15. Catesby Jones' cannon foundry. 16. Jackson's powder-mills. 17. Whittle's running the Nashville from Beaufort to Georgetown, S. C. And let it not be forgotten that the Southern naval officers developed the two great offensive and defensive weapons, the ram and the torpedo.