The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-01
RETURN OF TIE SALEM zOUAvEs.

THE TAKING OF THE FRIG ATE CONSTITUTION AND THE
STEAM FRIGATE ARYLAsD-tHE CONTEMPLATED
ATTACK BY THE REBELS FRUSTRATED BY HAND
FUL OF NOBLE SONS OF NEW EsGLAHp-sTArE-
AENr OF THE AFFAIR BY CAeTAIH A. r. DEyE-
REUx, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF TIE zoUAgE5,
ETC, RTC.
TIE salem (Sassschuse,,s) ZouaVss, numbering sx,y
four well drilled and splendid Dung men, under com
InaDd OF Captain A. r Depereux, Anchored or Sandy
Hook late hour SUNDAY night bringing with them
me srigate consstnticn, when they had noo,y ,ar
lied Away from the rebels in Annapolis hareor. rhey
steamed 10 The Bookyn Navy Ys,d on aoadsy after
esnt and arrived the Aston Horee durag night
shefe hsy intend remsaipg 10 reorait "a. seives for
about forty eight hours The other officers attached
ihis gallant eoTps twhose paesned before bat
ahch will bear repetition account courage
oi,playso by them at Annapois) frss Lieutenant
GEO. r. Austin, seconi Lieutenant 4. Bfeg ster ana
George D. Putnam, rnird Lieute iaot.
STATEMENT OF sApTAIs pEvsREux.
The following is the statement Of the Commander Of
the zoaaves reference 70 The OF himself and
from the time they efs up their return
70 New York, aud which viii be tousd very Il .erest
ing
We left Salem week ago last Thursday, having re-
celved q. twelve O'Clock nl,ut ore
Bcstun nine O'Clock morniag and ieiI
,nst aitern, on for >ew York. No left New York ~th
The kiguth regiment ct Massachusetts Let Fr1ly
week, AID arrived IN Philadelphia that pkot Ia Pnilt
Massachus. troops desiled my company sft
flank OF tie Eshsh regim nj ~ pr o.de tnil rsg
10 down H. havre a. trace Tor tho pu-p
ing ST. gae var land there issued
ssturda, morning, gosh INST, At twJ ocosg,
by The Genea, who saio he would f,lJw
with his regiment Tue authorities arraii
tho Bait,moreans woua take and etaer
,cutue her or carry ner away. Az We coad -
tnrough Baltimore, 1, down 1otts
TAKE poasesscn OF the place. 0y that geg u,
lpmriuu icatlon with Washington. General Butter nad
Lo.ice TIA. tue were already oa tnelr was
II tlayfp de npf
uAsyla lana We arrived IN HAVE dc Grace eaeiy
saturday Afternoon and TOOK p,see oi 100
Mary lsnd without any trouble. the regiment g,t
board The Maryiano left aavre do Craze saturday,
BY midnight We scre OIL Annapolis rbef n.1
expecting attack board the Constitution, IN The
Navy Yard, for three GA they missook u fer seces
-iop coming down from Baltimore nrst tneI
mistake soon SCI tight by ,ne sen og boat out "
boa Al soon rs 10 was uayfgbt we nay alongside
IN. Constitution, and commencea neaying guns
ne Mary AID 10 tighten her, 50 10 get her
he bar. By sunday A. ten o'co,k A. VI hsd Der
under way During oar OPERATIONS resiulent II
War, snders we've looking down tho
n.gnts ON the opposite sioe VI the creek; but seng ~
such ai,og sldo the Constitution tnsy
attack us We gjt down 10 tno b.r II QUE
o'clock sun ay, and the commanter Of Inc Ma iaaf
had forced TO take the ship The BAL r.n
be Cons itutlep ouno and then asked TIL Ma,
IN 70 Inc We had here for hes before
could get of. On Tuesday morning. slesm,gg IN
Oh, from Baltimore she soon came under guns
forced her 70 leai us of About the eams tine
the Boston, with The seveatn, OF Ncw York gut the
steamer Marylsna on The bar Daring ths gc were
the anticipated an attack At any noneat par
ucuiafy during the uignt. We had 20 be ait sni.
end CT provisions. The regiment started from
Philadelphia with only one days rations AMI thcy ha1
been three without x tiny aoy. We hat 70 reuiin
twenty four hours without water, which tho
much suffering. Ae the sovcnta, OF New
5urk 20. Ia, two other regiments dnembsrkei at an.
napoils and they held Possession OF the Navy Yard
snd of the town itseu They la meiiaely - work
10 estsbisn communication with Washington. We
ny the bay untl Friday last with nothing to
eat got provisions from tho shore Go In .ly
SnCuded 10 take aa the IN d-hipmon from tsa iool
there apd fetch them along to Now York officer
told that, had we been t~eaty hours hch ndhaod
polls and the ship C,nsttuNon would have been IN the
tanos Of seoessionieis All ibe tnne hid in
Annapolis harbot, and up TO our arrival here, Vi
only two meals day and those composed OF hard
cfs kers sat loik, until got provisions from
III, shore The feelings OF the officers u the Coustta
ton particularly Pheasant towards us as thoJ had
al respo sbity Of getting her into port and they
had either faiors men board, an1 al my did
ever thug from reong oreas to lboing The decks
here we're, additioa &c my company, ,sny Of
tappers and miners Coriy man), boi1naing 20 the
figb,h regiment, who hei,Td us In tho heavy work.
Win regard Captain ~ gers, Of the Consultation,
we left ibe Navy Yarn ia BrcokJ and got BOA the
tuphosi, I wisb " state that hs short spscn
remsrkpg how grateful no va. 10 and how pelsant
II was 70 that MT vi lsi andng al fare
thv men had done tho -ork without grun1lrg.