The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-09-23
The Surrender OF the Pampero.

TIE CHASE BY THE CUTTER JACKSONVILLE pErES-
ton OF TIE rAMrEEo At sAGEsoSvs i'll, ,s
We indebted to the potenes. of one Of the officers
Of the cutter for the following interesting letter
giving account Of the recent chase Of the Pampero
US. REVENUE CUTTER Jackson,
JACKSONVILLE, (FLA,) Sept. IA, 1881. J
Msssrs EpiToRs DOUBTLESS there are many errone
Gus reposts in circulation relative to the Of
this vessel and the steamer and perhaps your
numerous readers may feel some interest In correct
statement Of facts Per nit me- therefore to give them
they actually occurred On the 3oth ut received
information through the Collector of Savannah that the
steamer Pampero had been lowering the coast
of Georgia and requesting immediate pursuit and
capture Of her IL possible. The jackson was In few
m.oa aSsp way thu
Warsaw os abaw and st. GATHERINGS Sounds, and ada
cent waters without getting the slightest clue Is to the
Whereabouts Of the Pampero On the I'd instant In
ming through St. GATHERINGS Sound, grounded at the
mouth q waidburgs creek whore We remained twenty
While at anchor the 4th in sapello Sound waiting
for pilot discovered steamer running down the coast
10 the souihwafd which we took to be the Same day
received information from the Collector at that
the Psmpero at Jacksonville, Fla, and requested
to datey to the st. Johns river and ascertain il
ON the 7,h, at IL 81. arrived OF the st. Johns, and
Lieut. Davenport despatched with boats crew up
O'clock p. NJ Will. lying to OF the St. johns bar dis
covered steamer coming out Of Nassau river, some
eight to ten miles to the porthward made all sail In
chase At that time the apparently learning
the character Of this vessel seemed TO be little
fused or tewildered, altering her two three
LINES IN many minutes, out uuhly look nef course
directly 10 windwsrd the jackson In full chase having
her four points to esward four ave miles dis
tsnt but the dull sailing qualities Of the old Jackson
and the want Of en- eighteen FOUNDER enabled her to
low and half miles distant When at
the n.agest point fired shot from medium twelve
FOUNDER which fell far short Of her After getting
tircy out Of reach TO windwaId she bore up for st
Johns river undcr steam and SAIL which che passed
p NJ aud stood directly up the river the jackson In
pursuit Being compelled to stop Mt the bar for pilot
lost sight OF the Pampero (such she proved to bc
Up. NJ ran into the Sc. Johns river and anchored for
the night pilot being unwilling to take up the river
In the night time. Next morning. Lieut.. Davenport
turned and reported the Pampero passed up by
Jacksonville at o'clock the night previous Dropped
the jackson up the river to q more commanding posi-
ton for the purpose Of preventing the Of tine
should she make the attempt
On the morning Of the 18TH received information that
the Pampero had been surrendered TO the Collector
at jacksonville At his request the cutter has been
brought Up TO this place and anchored the r. to
prevent rrcspture, which the Collector Is apprehensve
Of
We have been crcdbly informed, had not been for
the boc sdpg Of the river by the Jackson the Pampero
would have surrendered to the civil authority
Could have spared the TO have sent boat expe-
oiton ia pursuit Of the Pampero In all probability We
pould have been the lucky ones
IL the rsmperos hllibusters, had known the small
Of physical force doubt very much the Pam
pero would be In the custody Of the Collector Of
Jscksoayillr