The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-13
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Tho schooner Mobile, commanded BY Captain doves.
arrived hero Tuesday lAs from Mobile. mo passage
lasted fifteen days, and rendered remarkable b.
Circumstance rather series Of circumstances or no
binary NATURE that occurred when sonocaer or
the coast Of Florida and within sight of tho American
shores This nothing Iea than tbs British war
steamer SHx running up against tho schooner W abe
within hang distance Of her and thsn firing seve
ral Mimic ride shots directly into her. Aser this the
schooner was boarded By IN English uoutsssnt
and boats crew. consisting Il six nss from Tho steam
or. Tho Lieutenant held most overbsarisg interview
with those board desning 70 notice any go 10 par
cular although his questions answered by tho cap
TAIN and he len The vessel ass having made strso ex
animation Of the sohsoasrr papers AZ the ons the
Mobile In ooataot With ~ Brshers there wcre,
bes6es The regular sunber q hands beard The wife
Of The captain end ~ two daughters an< Possengcr
Two Of hs Drew were % eenS struck By OF tho
rife bues which passsd them that In The words Of he
oap&Ah "tAsy felt the wnA created - b Passsd their
faces md heard IT, vhis lead cad plainly tAas
Cd 70 DO within neh q tAer ears" Ne better Idea OF
this Outrageous azl quite uncaed fer aAr DO OBJ
tanned thaa 10 oennsDsosssd By tho aoccuHt which ws
took down non Tie Aps Of Ne caption, which tho fol
Al she time ars saw The British vessel on The horisoa
could NOT unase out what she then about IL
O'Clock in the day Judge abou. twenty ave
or thirty miles from Sad Key, o. The Florida
VA vessel parted Win w. Tho wind vas blowing 70 the
westward and running 70 the north ward under
double reeeed msnsa foretepssi and three jbi, WITH
breeze just sufficient keep our vessel ia nping ca
ward. The daJ very clear, and took my glass al
O'Clock 70 euacavor mako oat what the stranger Was,
ance could not yet however, discover much that
she steamer great was The distance that sepa
rated US; put rs oooio ho on0es "1oa snow SAL,
bull, suspected that she wS steamer, bound from
C1ca Key West OF some Southern port Az this time
my watch on deck was xpred, and retired 70 my bed
room cabin for the purpose OK refreshing myself
with little sleep. Besides my usuai crew - one pas
senger nom MOBILE board, my family, which Coz
sts o. nv wife and two daughers ono Of whom Is ave,
the oher eight years old Alter going 70 my cabin
the strange looking vessel newer cost me and
was sound asleep a. o'clock, When my eldest dAugh-
running and shook me % as 70 arouse me
out Of my sleep in . moment When i opened
TIA. vessel dOiDsr ana appeared 70 be very
much frightened jumped up and looked out Of tho
cAoin WINDOW, and saw that the vessel WAs steamer
bearing down upon me, and almost within speaking dis
tanoe. She . bark rgged sidewheea sseamef l
thought she going 70 asteru, 30 came On
about ssmssSng 80 that could be ready any
thing kshe stranger might hvve TO say On reaching the
S oouS no see any sOss1 syss
the sAss (elesoope) to take close look 1t her;
but could not sec sny thing unusual about hsr and nver
suspected that she Of war See was now within
less Than nusket shot Of Az had done looking ct
her thought heard something that soandcd like mus
ket or revolver shot, but did not feel certain whether
not A minute or two Afterwards thought heard
other crack but lovkng 70 there vas any SMOKE
nose Though. heard proceeded from the ssppinE Of
rope mast Of vessel and thought no more
about for the moment During all this time The vessel kew
bt airing down and might have spoken easily
kept my eye her closely, and now ssw her turn
r,und and DISPLAY the British ensign, which, up % this
time was concealed behind calls, 70 ieeward now
thought that perhaps she going 70 alter her course
little ges q US, when . rifle bullet was nred
from the war vessel Al u.s. and passed betwesa two Of
this shot nred had bacEed my mAinsa, and ny yes
sci lying whom tho Shot Vas fred nov took nin
tor pirate because thought thAt VA vessel would
fire into merchastman without first firing shot across
the bows OF the mefchsntman, At boast hrng gun
Az now lowered boa. into the water and Il the
fred two more rife ehsts 81 as One o. thoso
passed near ose Of the mates and anosher ma who
ere sitting On bale OF cotton u n lying the
dock tasy felt the wind that the bullet created a.
passed faces and heard s vhz seoud and plainly
thas seemed 70 be within an Inch Of theE esrs Inc
ether struck tie vessel nearly audships, jus abAit
the forechannes. Tho boat now rapidly ap-
proschsS cur vesse and saw that there six
md an oeSosr in her In tho meantime had compelled
my family 70 retire 70 the cabin, ana my wife, who hard
ali The shcts thai we're bred Va. almost state o. hys
terics she aAd my eidsst daughter received sach
shock - they viii forget and from the Effects Of
which they have not sscs perfectly recovered. Wnea
deck stood for a instant looked al round hin In
naughty had time before he spoke = consider
.h., be BOXED MA ne vss AL TIM sssrclsss .s0 4
muoh his movements - his looks He seemed 70 -
sscss thirty i've forty yeAr. Ola aad VI: drsssea N
upuu bis shosldesu he did desn 70 notice any IN
particular, but rosred ost IN rough tone Where are
ssid he. l s.svsrsd, aTo New YORK. He mon sad,
"whai port DO Yea bstosg 0s" "ksv York J" Iresaned
He 10. p.assa nons.t looked v.sy d..t, saa u
appointed about sonetAng He nov said, What
. the Hsmber Of your crew ! thought for
senssr, besides myself and my family are all .ha. wers
board my vessel before you came here" ~ want 70
said hs 70 tho c:s
enough 70 wah but ser telling him that my family were
on board he followed straight in whers he knew tney
kept my cearaDoe paper In my He examined ali
the pagers vcry closely, and then he sad, "5hov me
s e mo but l..ss. 70 Sa sr y
examined n his sansfacton, hesaid, "Where Is your
register did mot expect that be would 20 70 Gar as
this with the matter, but was dsapponsed- SAIL, III
have no register American coasters are bound 70
oATy any register they sai under coastnG license"
.s se o n Sos. N rssus he snsnneS
quietly and then laid down on table that vas near
him. "Rave you got hroughr' said He returned an
awful look OF me- but he did give any reply Before he
embarked bis boat 70 sail away the following converse
| ton took place
Captain Hovss-why AID you nre into u0 Did you
| take IN for q slavcsf
English Deptsnani-why did zoe no. hesvs TO when
/ you saw . man OF war 70 leewArd Of your
Captain Howes-Bos could know that a man Of
vNys We accustomed 10 meet spanish and American
vesseas in these vsaers and they never interfere
with
| Fnglsh Ileuteuant-wss not The pendant enough N
show VOC that We vero q man Of wGf
o. pain Bowes-I did not sec your pendant. Ihsve
been In this Gulf twenty ycars add upwards, and have
been frequeuuy passed By Spanish and American war
vessels but 4 have never been treated you have
treated me until now II h something new N me 70 be
bearded In The way you have done. u was very strange
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