The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-02
STRANGE WORK AT SEA.

THE BARK scIo FIRED INTO BY A GUNBOAT, SUPPOSED
70 Blk TIE R. b. FORBEs-sINGULAR ACTION ON THE
PART or THE Observation-Disclosures OF THE
CAPTAIN AND CREW, ETC.
By the arrival Of the bark sco at this port from Lon
don, have report Of the firing upor That vessel con
nected with mysterious Of the officers of the
gunboat, rst boarding the bark and then firing into her.
and afterwards explaining why the order to fire was
given The following is the statement brought by the
bark Sco:-
The bark Solo, Captain Follansbec, arrived at this port
yesterday the LIST inst, from London and makes tho fol-
lowing report
Wednesday, August %, at 6P. NJ Sea account. South
shoal bearing N. N. W., distance thirty miles, Saw
steamer northeast Of at 945 r. NJ. She up
port quarter and hailed u.s. the usual questions being
asked, "Where from, :" "Nhcre bound and Where does
the bark belong? all Of which questions were answered
by Captain f. They then said, report the r. B. Forbes
bon south on cruise Captain +. then inquired re-
spcctng the in the United States He was informed
that there plenty Of prvateers around there and
that several vessels had been taken, and then re-
quesed Captain F. to send his boat on board to which
Captain F. replied that his boats were on the house
They then said they would send theirs. The
bark, at the time, was steering west, making
about one knot per hour, with gh wind from s. SIC
Captain F. then brought his vessel the wind and took
in the lower studdng sails In about ten minutes the
steamers boat came alongside, The officer of which
mot ny Captain f. in the gangway. He said-''Captan
Gregory sends his compliments and wishes you to come
on board the Forbes and that he will detan you long,
Captain f. replied, "Give my compliments to Captain
Gregory, and tell him that never leave my ship at sea-
unless am obliged to do so" His was that Cap
tain had better CO. that the Captain orders
Captain F. said, ''No; but he could look at
his papers If he wished to, which he did
and wished Captain +. good night He then
returned to the steamer. Captain +. then heard orders
given board the steamer TO shot the guns almost
Immediately a shot fred at the bark Captain +.
then hailed the steamer and inquired what lie to
derstand by IL, when reply given, "aye e!o
and Immediately another shot fired, which away
the foreopsa BRACE and passed hrogb the lorctopsa
officers that paid the previous visit, with
captain Gregory's compliments and wished to know
II captain +. had any Goals 10 spare. Captain +.
rephed that he had none, and the inquiry if the
vessel was IN ballast was answered in the affirmative
Captain then inquired why they fired into his vessel
and answered that Captain Gregory thought they had
not shown him proper respect in backing the main
yard. Captain f. rejoncd that If he was pr,yateer TO
say as his vessel unarmcd and he did not wish to
have target made oil her. They said the steamer was
cruise and had sailed from Boston the Sunday prev ions
The boat then left, and the steamer the barks
bow and hailed inquiring If they had hurt any ono or
done any damage, and any assistance needed The
answer was they had shot away the foretopsa brace
but required no assistance, ana that Captain r.
would report them when he arrived in New York He
then said said he took the bark be enemy irving TO
escape and that he did wish hurt his friends but
they were In their c0untrys service and fighting their
countrys battles Captain replied good, requested
returned by the steamers She then steamed awav
southwest, which Captain very glad 10 see as he
still held suspicion Of something wrong.
Captain f. is not positive to tho steamers being the
propeller, Two pipes two mass and square rugged on
foremaSt