The New York herald., 1862-11-07
fhe Case q George Henry Pfene, La1s
CoSxlaadeT United States Navy.
sis srreai .c The President Of the pa1ed sinie'
AM 10 The Secretary Of The Eavy.
TIE GasGsI Report to Rear Admiral Far
ragut Of the 0reto's Escape,
&C. 10, -
ss, rna knrHon on rnn nrN AI.p.

enclosed oox % the press 10 do me ,ottoe ssk
rs mcre shan be satisfied ~sh nothing lsss Yours So
aEo HENRY PRFBIB.
srrrsL 10 suR rREsrDESr or TaE usTED STATES
JJs,lEp srAlEs SrfAA hLooI UEiaDA,
or NoAnR, Oct, 10, lsA3. !
ro -rr rxsspRv1 UNITED s9NEs.-
SRI 40 not teAeyo you ~ou 4 ~ y teriena .nlusre
sry yet you bave done mo me most cruei 'nsGe
sp1 dismissed from service III which have ma sed
s.,ei years q ny lie wtnoat trial. without
bgsr ~ aud irsni ciant and ipoor-t etc evidence
.ea |. We assaiied my honor, winch dearer 10 me
Gasn Ao and ysu have caused 70 he Proclaimed shafl
failed o my a. Ase GLd csp-uEe vessel c
ne en- N.Y. emitted 10 erfcrt ne most ordinary
s,ts al oscar. THIS ntencs tnd ths olinen yen
haSc directed % read asseub ed OF every
oglaniss on M the navy ard entered usD the
aan prove nv every officer and man on board ,his
stip or aho present an the oetsion foerred to,
lhat dd dc my utnoe, ovortako, capture destroy
The oTe,o and tina, omttag no oety,l pcriorieed NY
wrale entire Gnay sAefeeseaY and fahie'y a. have
sver while IN tbe service
demand therefore fax aud full ard instant invest
ga all the circ bcule court OF inquiry,
2aa when acgoitt a. that my iunQeence shat be pro
cieimea the same manner as the se.teace has been
promulgated ard that The record of my Disgrace shall.
~ oacs order be expuneed from ne los books o. the
navy.
as osDaantor-n u Chsei the Army ana Navy ask q
Seo sns iustice which an sure scu Ssl grant V"g
res.rD,iuliy, yeur obclisn, servant,
GFo il2RY PRARl-E, Commander.
APPEAL 70 I'll SECRETARY o. Taa Navy,
ghllsn eTAgEs s14as sLooP UEEpA,
orr Moals. uos Z. 1862. !
sss-- have read IA uewsp per "gpetai odcf'
by yoarsef, by direction of tho PteSijcnt ii
fg me from lhc naey lor the neglect O aosy y leFi'l
tAe the armed steamer Orcto 10 the biochaot aF
Acoie said order STATING hat a,led e do my utiGcs
eyertake, carse y destroy said vessel, which -
Ery duty IL encon.ter anu "onted tne raiast Ordinary
duty committed cilcer" Spch i nct he Il .io,
81 the olhces O: this squadron, wiz knowing all
she circumstances, md am ready and able q Prove
I'D my duty aud whole duty ialTy energeticay and
sssaossiy aend the privilege o court Of inquiry,
anc, ,ins Zen circuu.ssalces kloyn
ston Of your ORDER pubic o. has been maze, and
a restorat,oH TO ths command.
have not wsitcd tor the reoe.p; OF tho ".tcia} am
o nay dismissal The disgrace t cled usor
xy huporeo name is more than can bear
ThoukA nnwiilEg % beast OF my own scrvicts rsief
ya 20 the records II lie Navy e arment Tor my twenty
years honorable service inc,adigg acte service
N The florida, Aexcn and present wars, as also On tbs
coast of CHINA sgans piraes Is u likely With such
reooTc 900 When ny commanding oheaI te Aaniirh q
she aadyon, says there mo want OF vigilance,
would is'i 70 exert myself 90 the utmost IL cbase o.
a3mg enemy,
do not understand what "p.ain and ordinary duty
osaltted.
do no, think that ehor yourself or the nressden;
sGd no me an trter'iopa ioasIee and h"isse action
been taken silly, under erroneous impteSa,ops.
therefore Gsk for fn and AR investigation beore
Of nsuiry court martial. and ht the tec-ion
sentence may be maie freely pabc you orders
Very Tcsyec u,ly your ob edient servant,
CSC EENtF FREBIsl, Cc1s.asnasr.
Hon GIDEON WGirs, Secretary Of the Navy, Washing
ssyio,AL sEfoRg 10 I.RAR ApasAL rARRAaur.
UsiilD sTAlls STEAM StooF CNtzpA 4
on MosHE. Oct 10, 1862. I
sp-Having made fuD ani conplc,e writton
ah1ugh verbal reports of the chase or the rebel
eth vi September .ast and circumstances having
sod thai require 81 cd do 80, euhlt The tolioN ing
ese 81 tne Oueioa, Cyuea and Niuons, myself
Are senior oleer-a posiuon lad oceuliet sinoe The
i9,h Jf August when the sto IN II gate SDsQue-
hama ici. FOR Pc,sacoh for roa1rs. lue steam
sanboats Pinoia, hanasha and kepneb4c, asso
Ht ased ~ this blockade, wero also temporarily M.b
drawn and At ronsacos for rofaifs coal Thc small
ane reduced Orce lett ~ ny command was thus Gsir
bar, TO guard tie swnsh channol The ciNasa = the
nsthwald aDd westwarj, 20 siaru tie western
channels, and Lhe Ooeida oil anu TO the souiaward
- bar 70 guard ;bc main sup channels The
Oscnins previous Instructions n tae Cayrg = 50
~ TIE westward "a the moTnrg ta.c ock o. et Pos
and Horn Island passes, which vere nctessagg uuard
Cd get sfest 9eaf iicm Petit i-os, and
soon these Oh ects were accomplished. Consequently
ths Cayuga wac not 10 sisbt hen the oreto ran m
The evening p.esioas, also the chief enpip,sr
pslrcssnted 10 the very bad aud ieaky Con
Akon the boiler stating that aioe constant iise
of The donkey pusp necessary In consequence when
ebe engines were cot II motion. With Sonr ho<itrtion
si1rgh i, had been lhs custom 70 DO . v II, nj i.
ssssors tho b.ocsaao gave lin permission 70 haul
she fres under toer ihe next morning :, d7yght,
provided he would hurry up and erTu ete his -
fcse night. and ordering fGll pressure of
hep, 90 the rsDas.ss Boiler Abse, ncor a'ter
ssnt for bin Ia ssse tain how thu pyrres.g,
aLa reosiving satisfactory reply Congratulated my.
osif that tho work nearly accom- !sled end II
soryave minutes past three tTes under ,he
ope IN the sn,oF In ehass folly believed had
under both boilers he sse no; however able to obtain
working pressure or steam the boiler .ntn
return chase o. tho or,to 70 our anchorage
~ the bar, a hsf PAST seven IN the evening Ccnse.
1s;&ntly a
hall knots WIZ very much diminished, GndS Of
ssiy n seventy revolutions IL the culy
sSle 70 make sboui ,ary eight TO foy and estimated
speed sf seven knotp During the csss the steam
yen down from twenty tour 10 1iean poande
daysht O soon after, Gu lls 4th. square rieged
Wsnona, uDcer general instructions, went oct
Chase. ~ two IN the csoD'ng sneibe,
~ thirty I've minutes past three another sal
wss discovered " the sDuthwsrd and ward The wiro-
N standing towards Us ana apsrep,y 10, Deserving
he Att a.ltH han
Se signal Ia her ITO the st.anse sail aud by,ny
NE Command Chief intelligence. any. u nooe,
surn your sation.n fc scoordf Civ stood On 10 the
sIihward and westward, in the dirsct Of the strange
s. which proved 20 be sebconcr (lhe gachel seaman
and returning towards the Oneida 10 couuuncste
~hsn, az fvo minutes past five r. Nj sail was repo,t.d
frsn aof, bearing southeast hsif eat, uu 70
be steamer and reported from lOi The rusqu chaana
bot gvseray supposed % he the toapectcut klown "a
se at Pc sscos ana uomcnisruy expected Ts s,raoge
steamer whom discovered ssEdng for US with her
snree in lDe range and could sec she asl
square yarss forward, though hull down Al fifteen
ruice past nve We she burning biiuniuous cs
sId slight ysw IN her course showed me she bark.
aG.lno rfged Impressed With the idea hat abe IN
Ansish gunooat nspecny blockade made sigma
the WnoDa t0 chase al dcreiion.n ard rot the Oneida
smodateiy under aud stood towards her. thinking
would look more vgilant % the English msu-ogvar V
- ondrr way aas al quarters when We met IN. We
sordirgiy tursd awnings aud Of general quarters
soiofe we ~ rine range q the stranger and
Et~en minutes before We nred our hrst shot at him
The oBeda was sssered fof the pat bow VI the
STRANGER who, as We approached arn, continued 10 steer
directly Tor us and hosied an Fnslgn red ensign ~
ks already up a short coach whip or Bigbt p-uusnt Wa
could nov she earned quarter waist boats had
ssnsdsde % gus, with cmpions hammock nettings
pors tore and att and 10 fact, vors every .p,eaya.c
" being az kngrh dNiatGh guubcsl ! believe every
persnn oL board the Oneida Impressed uh this b.
49,, beng ignorant THAI the rebex had vessel ~ war ON
ts ocsap from tho delay Of the toaBaciats mar al
fena.cois vs DID MT receive u from her t the sth aud
gave s TIE hrrt ntDatioD had Of tn Ureps being
~ Clrdens- and Of No 2go's bsrlng en England.
When near the supposed Ol war ss put our hahn
rorfhwHi and westward, -, NJ h Law sba.s
shs I'm o. bin, az perrsIs lttle on her tort
eoS. he was stesmIng very RAPIDLY, aud when within
stn.s hundred yards perhaps nearcf the two vexsss
neaTy aben VI escA other hailed him but r.celying
answer, directed shot from the rne iorecase pvti
DO thrown his bow, then ber and ,l,o,,
tord cOse his fersfoot all ~ rapid saccs ssion Al
,heee gunr prodDced mrrcstn, gave direction. n,
IRE ht, aud almost simultaneously whole star
ocsrd battery discharged at hin The rst shot how
<s~ from tie sitS eIersp jnob py0t gus gDlua ius
ever his rail- between his fore and u,sinuaztr Az
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