New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-02

The New York papers teem with accouats OF
the daring feats of brave little privateer, the
jeff. Davis. She is playing game which, if CON
tinued much longer with like success, will be as
disastrous to American shipping interests as was
the defeat the other day Of Abe Lincoln's army to
their military glory.
The following will be found to well repay
perusal. 1t almost carries US back in imaglna-
ton to the days of Paul Jones, and of the bold
Baltimore clippers which swept the seas OF British
merchantmen during the war Of 1872. We copy
from the New York Herald:
Capt j. G. Pifeld, of the brig John Welsh, cap
tured on the 9Th inst by the privateer jeff DAVIS
Capt. Coxetter, arrived in New York on Sunday
morning the 14th, in the steamer Empire State.
His statement is as follows: &c.
We left Trinidad de Cuba on the 23d OF June,
bound for Falmouth, England, having q crew CON
sisting of myself, mate, six seamen and one boy.
Our cargo consisted of 275 hogsheads, "a tierces,
| 2S barrels and 436 boxes OF sugar, the property
| of Salvador Zuueta, Spanish merchant of Trni,
dad de Cuba On Saturday, July G, we saw sail
ahead early in the morning We were then IN ati-
tude 6S deg. As min. N, longitude go deg. 30 'nn'
| W. Between and O'Clock A. NJ, we made the
! sal! to be brig standing to the southward under
| whole sail At this time the wind was light from
W. s. W., and we were steering E. by N. with
studdng sails set.
| At $50 the privateer tackled and stood N. W, at
the same time setting French ensign, and from the
| fact of her having French-cut hempen sails we
supposed she was French merchant brig In an,
swer to his colors set the stars and stripes, and
thought no more OF the stranger. At O'Clock,
to our surprise, she fired shot across our bows,
when we took in the studding sails and hove the
John Welsh to. We then supposed her to be a
French man-otwar brig but her ports were clio
sed and the guns covered up, while but few men
were to be seen on her decks. She came within
musket shot Of u.s. and lowered boat which was
manned by eight seamen, and contained Lieut.
Postell, late of the United States Navy. Just be
fore the boat came alongside the French flag was
hauled down and the Confederate flag run up. II
about two minutes afterward the armed crew wai
on our deck. After inquirng after my health
Lieutenant Postell desired me to show him the
brg's papers. invited him into the cabin, ant
after showing them, stated the cargo was Spansl
, property. Said he, "You are our pr'ze, anc
the Spaniards had no business 10 ship their cargoe
. in American bottoms" He then came on deck
and ordered four of my men to go in the privateer
, boat and told the remainder OF the crew to paci
3 up their things and stand by to do as ordered
h They Immediately set to work and broke out tht
ships stores and took about eight months provl
r sions on board of the priVateer, leaving onl
q enough to take the prize crew back with the yes
Il sell This occupied about five hours. was trans
u u ferred with the remainder of my crew on board
the privateer, and they took my boat and ser
theirs on board of the John Welsh, as mine wa
the best. A prize crew corresponding in appear
: auce and number was then put on board in charg
If of Prize Master Stephens, and she was ordered
Y go South but was not allowed to know OF he
Q | destination.
q THINK they Will palm themselves OH as lue gem
q inc crew if they fall in with the Federal cruisers
q After the work Of transferring the stores had bee
d completed, Col COXetter mustered all hahds Ill
O and said to them, " Boys, if you molest the cre'
n of that brig their things to the value OF rop
" yarn I will punish y0u to the utmost OF my poWe
:. Do you understand? Now go forward" Inrnin
m to the officers he said, Gentlemen, desire th'
r. you do everything in your power to MAKE the sta
of these gentlemen as agreeable as possible" u
v then invited me to dine with him in his cabi
IL while nv mate was taken into the officers mes
~ 1t was pleasant to dine on board a pirate Off o
% own stores After dinner sail was made ont fro
- aloff, where two men were kept stationed mig
"a and day. She proved to be the Enchautress, Cal
4 Devereaux from Boston, bound to St. Jago. Il
H. same maneuVers as had been practiced upon
ke were gone ih,vus il " iii, nlvu tae uXoentou tu
~ the negro cook was left on beard, and Mr.. Smi
formerly Savannah pilot was put on board
en- prize master. The vessel then headed South.
at night was furnished with New York papers
IS, the I'd Of July to peruse. They had been tax
"a. from passing vessel. On Sunday, 7th OF Ju
Id we had prayers in the morning, and at noon CT
to tured the schooner S. j. Waring, of Brookhav
I l.. l., with a valuable cargo on board. bound
At Monteyideo. Two Of the crew, the cook and {