, 1862-11-11
TEE NEW CAPTURES S:e lsEI EES
STEAW EAk$s


Commodore Dupont makes The following
official report Of the capture Of the B:51iah
s1ea1ncrs Scotia and Anglia:
FtAssulr r 4nAsu. ronT I:oTA1. HAERon, S.C,l
UctObet -, 1Sia.
SIR: have the honor to report 20 the de-
t,art.neut the cspture on the 24th inst Of the
British ftcamer Scotia, BY tue United States
bark Restii ss. acting volunteer Lieut.. +. Con
roy. commanding, otf Bulls By.
The steamer Ta5 discovered at daylight
standing toward Bulls 1s1and. Acting rolun-
teer Lieut. Conroy Immediately got uader
Eeish With his vessel, aud at the SAME time
cent tHo armed boats to the leeward OF the
steamer, which tarced her to run ashore. He
then ran in with the Restless to cut her Gil md
ketp her from running ont should She Get OF
before the beats could reach h+r. WEen tke
boats got alongside. it was discovered that the
captain, An Old offender. named Libby, with 8
gentlemen and il lady. {ptss-ngert,) had LIFT
ttc steamer in an open b 3at; the crew wtre In
n este Of intoSica'ion, co taat they bec41uc
almost urmanageaoie, aa1 L{cut. CenroS Or
Ge.21 them to be transferred on board the
Ktt,less End fus in 1rcns-
I.Icut- Corn,y did not ucceci in gettsu. her
eli unit the morning oil TIC 18th, Curing
witch time fc WIS Compelled to anchor With
tue Rckaltss within gunshctt Of TIE pE!.s, ia
1,sntvct her, and at low tide his oxn vessel
touched hrttou, several times, tns sslthou,
s,aetaininS any material inju:r- H. repor:S
the luss by drowning OF JvAa Martin, seam ~
OF TIE Restless, and fireman OF the Scotia
in conss iuencs q the swain; ping Of boat it
tsyip., to Ee1 out haSs:r. lG gcttluS of tht
Scotia, and after ward in bringing her to Por
Royal, tie engineers of that vessel renderet
every assistance iu tn.ir poTer. f.- wnict
Lieut.. Conroy promised that they should re
cciVc comln .s:,1inn.
/ nay: further the honor to report the cap
ture. at Bulls Bay, on tic 3ssll, Of tne Dritis
sttafEtr AnElil hy the bCuts OF the Uu;t&.
States steamer FisS.
The nts1less, then under the conm1nd q
Acting Mister Griswould, (Li-ut- Conroy bt
irs Temporarily in comm1nd o1 the $50 !,
. i had discovered the steamer entering Dll:'
t Bay tie evening before; but, she h.siug pas:
. I'd 80 lnr to the ~indwa1d Of her, the Kestlcs
could not prevent her getting In, ard ha1
ing crly one Small boat belonging tn tie shi;
Actirg Master Griswouid did not think it pr;
| . dent to send htr in pursuit, but he :;st tt
Restless in a p@ sition to command TIL: cta.
ne1, ior the purpose of preventing the escaE
/ i; OF tEe steamer.
. On ,he next day, The Flag, Lieut. Conroy q
: board. on his wsy t. join his vessel, arrived
= the anchorage OF the Restless, aud Oh recei
inE the ABOVE Information, Con,noao
Strong, nnder The Ellatssc Of Lieut. Couro
ran the Flag c}osct 10 the o1r, which his yea,s
could not cfose, and dispatched four arn
% gpnbcats, urdrr Fl. utcuan,s Carpenter a1
,. Cocroy, i7siie 81 Bulls Island.
The stsa1ntr WAS discovered on shore ne
Il Jack Creek, about 1our NILS from the {
II traucc Of Bulls Bay, but WAS soon safely G
- o1-all OF her officers aud crew b:iu,
y buast, except TIC pi!o: and Six ule1a who i
c, gore to Charleston the evening p1cvious~ 7
H. crcw rendered every assistance in getting /
of Lieut.. Con1u5 then piloted the AnS
le out OF Bulls Bay 4fld over the bar
a-I Tue An; lia, when captured, was almost {
- Of coal, and was etnt By Captain Gordon,
s. nior officer or Charleston e srbor, to be 81
il plad- She is the tame vessel which atte'n
H. Cd, on the night Of the lSt1: Of S:ptem
al last, to enter Charleston nasbor by S4nfar
as Ch;llcl, but Was headed uu, though she .
H. ctded IL escaping in the darkness.
Va shah dispatch both these steamers No
LIZ as scum as possible. :.
y. Befure closing this dispatch, canaot.
70 bear calIirg the attention II the dep.rts1
10 the ens1gy aud activity displayed py act
ri. LIEUT. C8n1py Of the Restless.
H. L. Very RESPECTFULLY, your oaedicnt seyysn
+. Sc. puroSr, Rear Adullral,'
to Commanding S. A. B!ocbadin: S4uAdro