New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-08

From the Richmond Examiner We take tho fol
lowing authentic account Of this brilliant exploit

From the Richmond Examiner We take th' fol,
lowing authentic account Of this brilliant exploit =
ER1,11A<r A,;n EnuA>-u' ExlLolr.-Tic follow
ing account OF the aiu;- OF the steamer st. Mich
olas, and the subsequent capture OF thlce prize
schoOnera which We have tr0m an OIL .PT WLO was
a PRINCIPAL actor in the dasjum eNui0t, sounds
more like all episode from some romantic and
highly wrought novel than 1i&in statement OF
facts which the eallantYH Of handful OF brave
men have accomplished almost under our o'seTva-
uOn:
Col. Tlomasap Richard. native Of e. MaTy's
county. Mdrya having orgauj. ID, III aud about
Baltimore, tru~ty band OF i.naves, to act &s i'll
dependent gucrillHS or prlVateerS, as TIE cast
might be, proceeded. in disguise, to lhiialv 'i.
and procured a supply OF arms. Al~the arrange
ments having been made, on Friday night last he
went aboard the passenger steamer st. Nicholas,
bound for Washington, i'll the disEnise CT French
lady, carrying the arms for his party in his trunks,
! Some half dozen of h19 l1"N HlSC came aboard,
near the same time claiming 10 he recruits gong
| to Washington to join their regiment. At the ap~
pointed hour the boat got under way, no suspicion
| being excited by the French lady. who is said to
have used lNr fan and c0Queted with her eyes like
| a native PurSiPnne,
When the boat touched at Point Lookout, Lieut.
| George w. Alexander came aboard with another
| small squad Of InuayeS disguised as passengers
| also for Washington. making the number OF Epus
fifteen, exclusive of Col. Thomas and Lieut.. Alex
ander. At midnight, when still off Point Lookout
| the Zouaye signal was given, the trunks were
| thrown open the meu armed and in five minutes
the St. Nicholas was in pos~cssi9r of Col. Thomas
and his gallant band, So quietly and swiftly was
the work done, that the passengers were no
aroused from their herhs, and were astonishcd t.
learn next morning that the boat had changed
Captains. Col. Thomas ap R"hard delivered The
boat over to Capt. Ho,!ius, Of the Virginia Navy
who was on board, and she Was run tc" Coma river
where q Tennessee regiment was expected to have
been in waiting to reinforce the Houaves and II
proceed on an Important expedition. Not finding
the regiment at the designated point, tie St. Mich
oas stecred for the RappGh@n1oek. On he
way, she picked up three sonooncrs, whose aggre
gate value, with their cargoes is estiraaed at thEe
hundred and seventy-tiye th0usaNd dollars. The
were laden with coal, coffee SEd ice.
The steamer, with her prizes in tow, reache
Fredericksburg Sunday night Such Of the passer
gers as were not regarded with picioE had bee
either put off at Cone river, or brought on to thG
city, according to their selection.
OF the prisoners thrty-nine in number, cousis
ing of the crews of the St. Nicholas and the thre
schooners, nine were left "a fredericksburg an
twenty brought on to this city and deposited
Howards factory, now used as a Confedera,
prison.
Such are, in brief the facts cf this daring ar
successful adventure aud for tie truth of the na
ration we freely vouch, having it, as VIC have SAT-
, from an officer who helped to plan and conduct
successful issue this most brilliant enterprise