_St. Lawrence_, British liner, iii. 129. _St. Louis_, Commodore Foote’s flagship, disabled, iv. 271; Captain Henry Erben commands, 289. _Sally_, purchased by first Marine Committee, i. 39. Saltonstall, Captain Dudley, i. 46; commands the _Trumbull_, 164; captain of the _Warren_, 283. Samoa, hurricane at, iv. 554. Sand-bar, lifting vessels over a, ii. 289, 290. San Diego, Cal., John C. Frémont takes possession of, iii. 394. _Sandwich_, American privateer, cut out of Puerto Plata by Lieutenant Isaac Hull, i. 329. _San Jacinto_, American frigate, iii. 380. _San Jacinto_, United States screw sloop, iv. 15; Mason and Slidell, Confederate Commissioners, taken to Boston in, 148. See _Mason, James Murray_. San Juan de Ulloa, a castle on Gallega Reef, Vera Cruz, fortification of, iii. 418. Santa Anna, Mexican General, landed from the American fleet at Vera Cruz, iii. 424; the American Government negotiates with him to return to Mexico, 427; escorted up the streets of Vera Cruz, _ib._; is recognized by a squad of soldiers and saluted, _ib._; again master of Mexican affairs, _ib._ _Santee_, Federal frigate, blockades Galveston, iv. 137. Saranac River, the British retire from, iii. 136. _Saratoga_, American frigate, i. 287; captures the _Charming Molly_ and two other ships, 292; lost in a hurricane, 293. _Saratoga_, American privateer, ii. 253. _Saratoga_, American corvette, iii. 137, 138; Macdonough’s flagship in the battle of Lake Champlain, 155. _Sassacus_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 456. _Savannah_, American frigate, iii. 392. _Savannah_, Confederate privateer, captures brig _Joseph_, iv. 88; captured by Federal brig _Perry_, 89. _Sciota_, Federal screw gun-boat, iv. 315. _Scorpion_, American gun-boat, ii. 292. _Scorpion_, American cutter, ii. 408. _Scorpion_, American schooner, captured by the British, iii. 110. Scott, Lieutenant-colonel Winfield, at Black Rock, ii. 275; takes possession of Squaw Island, 278; hauls down the British flag, 344. _Scourge_, American privateer, ii. 253. _Scourge_, American schooner, ii. 350. _Seahorse_, American tender, makes a gallant fight against the British fleet, iii. 233–235. Sea-power, American, in 1812, ii. 21; of Great Britain, 22. Search, the right of, on the high seas, i. 387; reaffirmed, ii. 19. _Seine_, French privateer, captured by the American schooner _Enterprise_, i. 330. Selfredge, Lieutenant-commander T. O., iv. 369. Selfredge, Lieutenant-commander T. O., Jr., at Fort Fisher, iv. 519. Self-restraint of Americans, iii. 303. Selkirk, Earl of, house of, surrounded by Paul Jones, i. 147, 148. _Selma_, Confederate gun-boat, iv. 380. Selman, Captain John, captures ten British vessels and Governor Wright of St. John’s, i. 203. _Seminole_, Federal frigate, iv. 163.