The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-07-05
The Pirates of the Savannah,

The adventurous "citiZenS of South Caro-.
lina," who went utfrom Charleston in the
schooner Savannah. in search OF booty, sup.
piled with bran new Confederate flags, jeff.
Davis letter OF marque, number one, n big
IRON gun, aud some rusty cutlasses aud pis.
tolls, but who unfortunately fell in with the
bng Perry and was captured, reached this
port yesterday. AT fortress Monroe they
were transferred from the Minnesota to the
Harriet Lane, in which vessel, not as cap
tors, but cap,ives, they were brought to tins
city. The vessel went direct lrom her
moorings of the battery 10 the navy yard,
where she now lies III the stream.
! Information of her arrival having been
commu nlcated TO the United States Marshal
Murray, he obtained the necessary legal pa.
pers from the Cnl'cd States District A,tor.
ney, and made all hlS Arrangements To take
the pirates into custody. The whole force
of Deputy MarShals aud Detective officers at
his dIspuSal-AleSSrS Horton, Bofst, Mckay,
Lee, koSbrck. Divine, Detectives DevCe,
Sampson, Scasc, and Sergeant Miller, aud
five nen OF the liza Dor Police were detail.
ed for duty, each man being armed with hlS
revolver, and the Deputy MafShals wearing
their badges. AT two o. clock p. M, The
Marshal and his party went down TO the
Castle Garden pier, where the embarked on
tue "a oNtpHcUS' HHu IiOCctucu
to the Harriet Lane. The Marshal on step.
ping on board was met ut the gangway by
FIRST Lieutenant Constable, TO whom he
presented his warrant. The Lieutenant
conducted the Marshal aft to an enclosure
made OF an Old sail, and there formally IN
troduced HIM 10 the oficsIS OF the pirate
craft.
The Marshal, although apparently sur.
( prlsed al the distinguished consideration
with which these pirates were presented
politely shook the proiIeIed hand Of Captain
Baker. Placing some Of his men about as a
guard, he went up on the bridge where III,
= crew OF the pirates were stationed. hand
cuiIe1, and IN charge Of an armed guard
{ The handouts which they had worn wer,
4 now removed, aud by means OF others whicl
the Marshal had brought, the men wer,
y handcuiied together in pairs and transit lerret
to the steamboat, their baggage bein,
:, carried aboard after them by The crew 0
!. itoned, were next ordered aboard and tn
n pirate Captain. cordially shaking hands wit
:. Lieutenant Constable. said; GOOD bye
Sir! l hope we may meet again unde
plsasanter circumstances"
n The appearance OF the Harriet Lane, al
though she had returned from a cruise, wa
, very attractive, her clear decks sho W ing tha
the holy-stone had been in frequent use
a, and her bright guns neatly clothed anew
Q an1 thorough ship shape arrangement o
Geek, betokenlng the well.ordered man-o
war,
o. When the steamboat had fairly got ava
from the liarnei Lane, the Marshal, approach
nj ing the three pirate officers, ordered Delec
81. i've Devoe to l;on them together The Cal
tain said, "Good God, sir. YOU are not eolr
TO iron MEl-l am Captalnv But Marsh
no Murray immediately, and most properly 7
OF piled, al make no distinction, SIR, belwet
pirates. Mr. Devoe, obey your ORDERS.
'r' The first officer and purser, both Of whor
are very respectable men in appearance, al
made urgent protest against the indignit
but to no avail.
lly THE c"frAiS'
~ 7. Harrison Baker. the Captain. says he
' native Of Philadelphia, aged thirty sew
od years. he is a rather heavily built man,
500 little above the medium stature, OF lig
- complexion, prominent features. coats
ice sandy hair and beard, a "grey-eyed man
lay destiny" and has an cru ptlon OF salt.Ihel
ion beneath his full beard and moustache. 4
81, expression Of his face Is not unpleasing, a
~ ~ be is evidently man Of pretty fair intel
H gence, and one who has seen good deal
scH the world. He was dressed in suit OF bl
,..- flannel, his coat being decked with b.
cot. buttons, bearing the stamp of the palmet
and He has followed the sea, more OF less for
last fifteen years, sometimes trading W
cal the West Indies, and was well acQuain
with the Southern coast. He had not bt
OCH OCH TO sea, however, for the last two years,
~ being ashed what calculation he had mi
for The contingency OF his capture, and h
v, he viewed his probable fate. he replied, t
HIO as TO capture he had never thought of Il
re- for he expected TO dodge away from
blockading vessels, and as to his doom,
was prepared to meet it whatever it mi
h,s be. lie had formed no plan for disposin
his prizes in other countries, in case
ports Of the Confederate States Of Amel
were efIectually closed.
To use his own words, be had "expec
to make plans as circumstances require,
irs, Whether by that he intended to have
,HIo' public infer that, in case he could not I
'oro' his prizes into port he would have scut
them, and taken the Davis bounty Of .!
- head for every poor devil that went d.
with them, was not made clear. On
"a lPerTy and Harriet Lane, he said they
been treated "liks gentlemen," but on
Minnesota they had been kept 10 close
al6pemtptppdaEsnaza;. They had nsseI