The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-04
CAPTURES MADE by THE FRIGATE CUM
RERLAND In HAMPTON ROADS

The Norfolk Herald Of April So gives tho following &C
count Of the capture.--
The steamtus Young America, belonging TO citizens or
Norfolk, wss employ cd by one OF merchants Wed
Dosday last a. go down 70 Hampton Rrads to TOW up
schooner called the Ann Colby, Just arrived from tho
West Indies with cargo Of sugar aud mosses board
consened to Norfolk The coDscnt OF Commodore For
steamug.
On getting to the Roadg the tug could not find the
scho ncr Colby, as she hai been By Flag OH .sr
Pendergrast, Y. = commanding ihe frga.e Cum
ana 20 proceed 70 New rJrk ana haI accosdingy left
Hampton Roads the advice Of Commodore Pendargraet
under the cicumsnoes, having al the forco and eject
OF ar order.
After locking around fo7 the Colby in vain tho steam
tug discovered schooner al anchor having her flag
hosted with the Cnion dO1n, signal OF disirees Tho
tug proceeded towards her 70 reader ass about
the same time boat from the Cunoerland was des-
patched to the schooner Tho tug h1 peusst
10 the schooner and ghon about 800 ysrs OF from tho
schooner and about The same dis from the boat,
and about mile or ncar from tbs Cumberland shot
was sed from gun in the boat NJ the rug witch passed
ever her. Ihctug then nftopped her engine Inmeda'ey
afterwards shot was fired al her By the CumberlSnd
herself which struck the tug tho forward gangway
and passed through her cuwarks both sdcs, bat otu
nately killed memo OF her crew.
The boat then took possesscn o. both the tug The
schooner and ordered the tug alongside the frgae their
crew were made prisoners and put under gu,r' on
board the Cumberland and st1 detained as prison
At The time OF tho capture there two pSsser
gers on beard Of the tug one o. whom was harbos mas
ter of the port Of Norfolk (Nr VIM Tee, Of Portsmoutn)
Those two passengers dofRine1 prisoners Until
the next day when they set ashore ~ Oil Point,
Upon heaIiag Or the capture OF the tug isg OF truce
despatched by General swynn 10 Colonel Dim'cs,
commanding at Fortress Monroe, % demand eYplana
ton IN his answer, which received late We inesay
evening, he replied that the capture made BY Flag
Officer PcHdergrast Tue next mo ming another Gag Of
truce despatched to Flag officer Penaergrsst 70 de-
maDd OF him an explanation In lis answer he justifes
this agant act Of war upon the ground chiefly that the
schooner (Which proved 20 be ths smith, Of Brook
Haven Conn. y was laden with munitions OF war
The manifest OF the schooner however, shew no such
munitions Of war, except "ien csrriages and ath2ugo
the vessel has since been searched, nothing has been
found that be called munitions OF war, J" excopf
these ten carragcs when Commodore pcndergrast In
sIsts intended for light artillery guns but which
may well be used for other purposes.
No guns weaponB of any sort were found aboard OF
her. The Geo. Smith regularly cleared from New
York April 2, 1851 for Wilmington, C., and she vss
detained on her voyage by heavy weather she had on
board cargo Of general merch lndse, chiefly herrngs
and salt fish, poughs farming utensils &c all consigned
| to merchants in Wilmington, n Q.
Of the principal motives suggested for the deten
tIon OF the tug doubt TO her guard boa
in which service she has been employed since ner cap
/ ture.