The Portland daily press., 1862-11-01
BY TELEGRAPH.
TO THE
Portland Daily Press.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Burning of the Ship Alleghanian
by the Rebels.
Texas and Louisiana Slaves sold in
Cuba.
The Destruction OF the Rebel Salt
Works.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Movement of Rebel Troops.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 81.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81.
The tug Leslie has arrived, bringing the
seamen who were picked up in Chesapeake
Bay on Wednesday by the steamer Daniel
Webster. They state that they are portion
OF the crew of the ship Alleghanian, from Bal
tiinore for London, with guano. During Sun
day she anchored below the mouth of the Rap
palannock, where she remained until Tuesday
night, when a party of rebels, in boats carry.
ing about IS each, some in uniform, came out
OF the Pianhatank and boarded her. The cap
tam, mate and pilot were taken prisoners, and
transferred TO the boats of the rebels, and the
remainder Of the crew put ashore. The rebels
then set fire to the cabin Of the ship, and left,
taking their prisoners with them, and boat
containing about half the crew. Those who
were brought up state that they escaped by
reason of the darkness of the night. After
floating about until daylight they were picked
up by the Daniel Webster. The men on board
the mortar schooner No. I, some distance off.
saw the fire, and boats crew was at once dis
patched, who succeeded in extinguishing the
flames, but not until the after part of the ship
with miZZenmast was DESTROYED.
The Star says: We have reliable information
from parties just from Cuba, that the steamer
Blanche, on late trip from Texas to the port
of Mulatto, Cuba, carried in addition to her
cargo of cotton, quite a number of Texan
slaves, with their owners, who promptly sold
them to Cuban planters. Also, that secesh
families arriving from New Orleans and vicini-
ty, are bringing numbers of slaves. 1t will be
remembered that the Blanche ran her cargo
to Cuba under the British flag, which is said
for many years not TO have covered cargo of
slaves for the Cuban market. The Spanish
man-oi-war Blascoe de Garay is said to have
landed more or less of slaves entering the is
land from the vicinity of New Orleans
Commander Howell, of the gunboat Taho-
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reports to the Navy Department that on the
9th an expedition left ior the purpose of de-
molishing some rebel salt works on the main
land. The expedition consisted of four boats
from the Tahoma, and four from the Somerset
numbering in all ITO men. Two of the boats
had howitzers. Twenty or thirty armed guer-
illas We're put to flight by shell, shrapne and
canister, with which the houses, woods and
underbrush were showered The men then
landed, deployed as skirmishers on each flank
of the guns, and working parties destroyed the
boilers of the salt works. The houses in the
immediate vicinity were fired, and the boats
proceeded TO the next station. where they also
destroyed the boilers and buildings. just af-
ter leaving the latter place the cars came,
probably bringing reiniorcements. as the peo-
pie on the shore yelled and shouted. and fired
some twenty shots at this boat, but none of
them struck. The expedition was entirely
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burning TO the ground all the buildings within
their reach except two. No confusion was
exhibited in landing, nor any departure from
the instructions given prior thereto. There
was no useless expenditure OF ammunition, and
no one was hurt.
Acting Lieut.. Commander McCauley, of the
steamer Fort Henry, reports a second recon-
noisance up the Apalachicola river, and the
capture of the sloop G. L. Brockenbrough
which had been scuttled, and her cargo, con-
sisting OF 90 bales of cotton, destroyed The
launch from the U. S. steamer Sycamore clear
ed the river banks of gnerilias, killing a num-
Der OF them.
Maj. Russell, paymaster of the marine corps,
recently attached to Gen. McCleans staff,
committed suicide this morning with both
sword aud pistol while laboring under tenn
porary insanity.
Information has reached here from Perry
vile, Clark Co, Va, on the other side of the
Blue Ridge, up TO yesterday. There was go
ing on IN that vicinity an apparent extensive
movement OF the rebel troops, some proceed
ing on the Front Royal road, and Others down
towards Castleman Ferry and Shanandae
Springs. Gen. jackson was then at Perryvie.
His troops there are without baggage and
those moving on the Front Royal road also
seemed to have no baggage with them. There
was small body of rebel troops at Charles
town day before yesterday.
The fItment of contracts with the Navy
Department for construction and machinery of
some new screw sloops of war, has been de-
layed much beyond the time specified As a.
instance: the contractors bound themselves to
have everything connected with the machinery,
coal bunkers, &c, on board the Junietta. in
working order by the 18th of February last,
but two weeks beyond the present time will be
required TO complete the work.