, 1861-11-28
MASON AND SLIDELL At BOSTON,
Reception and Quarters at Fort
Warren,
Interesting Particulars OF the Cru:sa
Of the San JacInto,

AAANIES&AAs- 1za1l1Cu1Nf$ OF the Grns<a
OF tue San JacIMto.
From the Boston Post of Mouday.1
After Il long and stormy passage from N,.w
York, wliyh port she left ur Monday night
last, tic steam sloop-of-wa- SIR Jac;Yito. l,vy-
in:t on hoard those famous prisoners Of war.
MsSsrs. Mason and Slidci, reached the Roads
OF Fort Warren and canlv to anchor IT * Il.
H. Yesterday. The steamer May Q.etn fit
Tie city bcEvecn and O'clock Capt No
hlEl, the 7. 5. Quartcr!.laster, WAS tic only
person Oh board her, Z. s. Marshal keycs not
nelng present from some cause unknown.
tai; Nc Kim wcns on hQarI the Sar Jaciato
G. anoa. ~ @ Q @S!oek, where hetEas introduced by
Captan llkes to Mason and Slidcu, and tllcir
two Secretaries, Eustis and Mcfarland Tl,.
distinguished }siEty being ready t!,rv wIro
transferred, about II o'clock, to tho Nav
Queen, Nsld were, under All escort command
tI l'y Lieut. E;iirElX, sovn conveyed to 1h,
island. Uron their arrival within tslc Fort. s
Col Dimnirk ut once proceeded To bis quar-
trrs, where they wcre i'll waiting. THEY were
:lssi:1ed tfrir apartments, and III about half
an Eetir were Occupying them.
VI flit Arpc::rsnce Of sae prisoners we nlaC
say that Slftl"ll Is mut,l detected. He dors
aot ''e*: lis fortunes with rs br;lyc !: front Is
was expected On the contrary, Mason is
Ptc9l.:! OF airIncsS. "'il d:splays i daredevil,
don tca7e-t1 :veness that i somewhat ci,ay.,c-
1crlS@c OF re nan. So FIR LIS outward APP
- Gli11, Ill i]ITtlIlft,
'sramc." Marsha! Murray aud Dyr,ty Mar.
sllli s;tntitoru, WHO WIRE put on b,,:,rd 1t New
York. }y order VI the Governments, came M
to tie tify in Tie May Qaee':. having con,rIe-
ted tlieir scrylee-tle true character uf which.
however, does not appear, rs thry took M
part il! the business OF delivering up the
rtf'cls 10 Ccl. Dis.s:niek. Lieut.. FaiEf:lx, Of
Virginia. made the arrest, and he it was who
inttu..iivCd 1Iicnl 10 H.. confines Of Fort Var
rsn- Mcssrs. Murray and Santlford left Tor
New 1"-k last evening.
TIE Cruise AND CAPTURE.
Tit San Jaci,,1o, Il iirst .ltss screw steam
siocp mounting fifteen guns, lately at,:chttl
to thu T. s. African S'iuc,lrt,n. under tho COM
mand Of Flag Officer YIN. Inssl.n, left ST.
Paul IL L.ll.v o.. the l1.h Of August list,
or her return 10 ile United States in the fem
porHr7 command Ut Lieut.. D. IL. Fairflx, L.
= NJ who was ordered to ;.wli; III Fernando,
Po tl:t arrival OF Captain Charles Wilkes, L.
$. " On the 26th ii August, Captain Cirss.
Miikcs took command vi lis ship, Lieutenant
Fairfax returning tn his former position as
executive officer: We LIFT Fernando. Po on
the 23ll! August ::
On olsr arrival at Cien!nc:-os, VIC learned hy
The r:lrt7s tls;.t the T,les,tlnT.i lad run tht
blockade at Ciarlesto on and arrived Il; Hasana
after landing the Confederate Commission
| ers 1T Carde1laS, and that .lcy would I-sorced
| oycr Land to Havana. As snoE Us Capt.
Wilkr: heard Of it. lie determined 10 ,,1:s:c
tllC 4!ttuClI slill llltCitEt'l ttI Ititit!l 10
Charleston. Hc took, therefore. sufficient
coal To 2" on short cri,isc and left Cienf;.c-
EOs ull the 2G;i. Of Octoi,er, arrived ri Hlyau,
Oh the .etsl, and learned that tlle Tlleodo1l
had departed Mcssrs- S!idcll, Mason AMI
sNitr were still 1T Havana, boarding 1T the
Hotel Guiana, kept by Mrs. Brewer. One Of
our officers visited tfic 1lutcl with some OF his
friends, anal met Mr.. Mason III thu r,artor.
When Capt. Wilkes heard Of their intention
| to t:Ae I,;1=scGc in the British packet for
| Eurolt, ny conceived t':e hoi1 plan IL inter
ctEt the British mail steamer, and III ;:sc
| ttent u these four persons being Oil hoard.
| I" laaEe tls:ni prisoners. We filled up with
{ goal in great haste, Took in provisions, (as i
I lart III our daily r:tlons, for the crew were
exl:al'!t*d,) and left Havana m the IL inst
On tic 4tlt, Vt arrived Ut Key W.st, in search
| OF the Powii&tall or some ttl1vr STEAMER ID
| assist las III intrrctltinG tlc British packet.
| There l":ing another passage tlE'nutei the
| NV Bahama channels, Capt. Wilkcs's p!an
VIE, tls::t steamer should cruise flltr.. while
/ tie San Jacinto WAS cruising III the DID BahA-
Mas, :" that thu n;ll packet could NOT escape
oiT Vigilance; but the P.,Wi,a1:a1t having left
fer Key West the day before and rln steamer
except 1ilc Huntsville {tlld size caal:liugl bring
! i'll port, our captain, nothing tlHnntel. tlllfy
Resolved TO undertake tAc ioltliy-concvivcl
enterprise alone Or the mornin: ri the 5;Il,
| w l'lt Key West, ard running to lht north
side ct tho island Of Ct1:a VIC stecrel tnr the
! Old E:i;.lsla Cilannrl, auuut 20 miles cast Of
| the nor,h side Of Cui,a, 240 milcs from Ha-
yana, and about 10 from the lighthouse Of
| Pareduu dc! GraEdc- The channel contracts
| there - the width Of Il, miles, and Nc could
! moi very well miss the object OF Our search
There VI laid OIL and on, during tile night Of
the 1tl', all our battery loaded, and the bull
warks around the pivot gun nn tile fore
| castle removed.
| Capt Wilkes iss.cd IN order to Lieut. D, "
Fairfax, our executive officer, 10 lave two
| hoats ready manned anu armed 10 board THE
British ls,ekct is s'o!i Us slo *!.t.l l,. ilu,e
to under our guns, and in the event Of M:=5rs.
Mason, Sllticll, Eustis and Mcfarland bein. On
board of her, to make them prisoners anL send
! fltn Immediately OH t.oard tl!t San Jarinto
and also to offer in hi: name, to their taitlilies
| lis cabin, N tie event they sht>ui determine
to tahea !s:ssa-e 10 the Clti;fd Stats in TIES y!
Jaeinto, assuring them thar all the attention
| and cnlAi',Tts We could command would !,.:
placed their service. :ind viuscd til. orl..
with TIKI following remark: II trust that all
those under yonr command, in executing this
Important anu delicate daty. Will con,luc:
themselves with Ill tile tlei:cacy and kindness
| Nhirh becomes our naval service III :accu--
dance With this order, Lieut.. Fairfly had the
s2cr1I:; I'D t:i5tl cutters af Ill: shi! manned,
| armed, and kept in readiness, he having the
| command Of the enterprise
III the morning OF the Still inst, the officers
and crcw IF Eis ship were a!lSiously and I'M
/ patiently lacking out f,r tlla nlai} stc:,n1vr.
iuHHt 1U:7p> I'M luhhOut III tIfc nllSL-licaA re-
I ported Il slnoiic ls from 1 steamer fronl tllt
westward, aid :lbu1lt Il ILL.,. size was vie!}i.
| fTo'l the deck. We wcrc 1ll ready for her
}.:i t. quarters AID =.)un rs sin. was within
seat1' ot oar GUNS, every gun Of our starhtrsrd
battery was trailictt upun l1vr. \ shot f;uiil
u1lr pivot gan was iirt Il across utr bow. She
hoi-;rd Eliy1isi! colurs, but sl:uwetl IN G:srn,
sitiol. IL slackcil tier speed cr lsca;c ~. We
| ]it:srca the "Star S1%a-i.d Banner,'' and rs
su''n IL sire was cl''~" 1;lon us 'lrr, Il shell
! ;.cros> Ecr buu:, which !'rn1tylt llrr tu. Our
Captain IIailtd htr and sail lie wu.ltl send 4
l.oat m board. and ordered Lieut.. Fairt;,x to
tuArd her; liz wlnt i'll TIT scccntl cutter; y,
tie s:tli4a lille Lieut. G-rrr v*= Ill ready III
tlle third cutter to shove truln tlc lW-l
sidr si.,,uld lis assistance be rc4ui:e-:
On conl;n.. a,ollr-id. tic }a.'e:set, L;:.ut
FarElx ordered :.c o:I,cr Officers TO re.,,sin in
come necessary. and went Oh board ainne,
Tie Captain ii ;lic mail s.c..1n.r refused 6
sl:oE' Lis pal'ers and Passenger list, knowing
very well the object vi our visit and the char
aeter and mission o1 tire four @eutlcnc,. ain,ye
named. But 1Ir. Mason h.li:- re*or;,i1>.i- :;
part Ut the armed cr;w WIS ordered from TIT
hDat and cane On hoard A1essrs. Mason and
SfldcllqEcrc then persuaded 10 come Oh tc,art
the San J:einto, IGt declined, and said thai
111cy would only yield by force; Mr.. Sl.lcl
making tl.e rt:1l:r r. t!::t - :. would resiu:r,
considerable force to take him oi, hoard IL,
San Jacluto,'' Lieut. Fairfax then ortlcTc.
Mr.. Houston to return to OUT ship anc
report that the Confederate Commissioner;
were on board the. mail steamer sut
/ refused to come on board the S.tn J''
cinto by other means tlan forcc: Lieut.
Greer then showed off md went alongside
the Trent, sent his armed crew and marines
op hoard. and stationed them at both ssAn..
ways. md then, after ''gcntie appl!cl
ton Of force, thr four gentlemen were takei
in the second cutter and conveyed On board o
| rur ship. They were received by Captain
Wilkes at the gangway, and shown into hl5
calm Two otlier boat: were then sent or
board to remove the Luggage, and the ladic;
having declined tie hosFiralitie= offered them
1T 3::5i0 We parted company from the Trent.
During the time our officers wcrc on 'oirt
tue Trent, the British passengers expressed
their syu'pathies with the sccedr1 States II
tie strongest possible manner, and our officers
were much abused and Threatened by III.
crowd; they were called pirates. robbers ant
other opT-obriou= cpithcts. expressing srt'at
satisfaction at our loss at Bull Run and Lees