The New York herald., 1863-12-10


easy oae zbou coaadod the haads by the dozen o.
more y,lll,us who had matosed ther hesH plan.
There are grounds sapposing that these murdertag
pirates utend running the blockade with their prize
has sscertsined that ave hundred packages IN
voiced merchandise contained auoss bonded for Mon
treal, board The acquisition OF hef cargo.
which valuable one. and the steamer which woaid be
80 valuable 10 convey into Wilmington. would tempt
almost any determined band OF devils 10 hazard such
bold act and the city has been rui of mon who have
the blockade several mes is fair to suppose some
OF them hsveAad hand in the operation.
This affair should stir up the Navy Department 10 The
ssbilty OF the Alabama Georgia being u the vicn
ty, for il twill .be remembered that whom tho Tacony
made her raid upon tho fishermen tue Florida was not
far distant This may be preconcered thing 70 draw
large number OF chartered governu,ent gun
boats aud the regular prvaeers would like no better fau
than to capture half dozen more Of that class
OF vessels. The rebels would loudly sing thc
praises OF their corsairs, while France and Eng
land would taunt the ineDcency or ouf
naval vessels. II may be that these now unknown men
are portion OF the Johpsons Island rebels who. frus
trated their plans for n that quarter have
into this locality, where quietly they have planned
the capture OF this other vesso by which 20
make havoc upon the sea, and knowing full well II cap
tured they will ouiy be subjected to short confinement,
fed aud clothed well and then set adrft 10 make az
much mischief az lhey deem proper At any rate,
the blockade brought TO grief should net be
allowed 10 go at large when captared. .
As the OF the capture Of the Chesapeake
reached the Brooklyn Navy Yard Admiral Pauding aud
Commodore Radord set to work 70 nt out aeet 70 bo
pursuR Of the prize The Sebago Grand Gulf aud
vcssburg beng the most suitable and the nearest ready
for large gang of men were set to work 10 get them
ready as quickly possible. They worked upon
all night, and will DO or early hour this morning.
Other sells will be despatched soon as they can be
| got ready.
The vicksbu,g a vessel aud this Will be her drst
cruise and accordance with the expressed desire
OF officers that she should be sent special service
She has opportunity to do something. The follow
ing is a list OF her officers
| Liemenant Conaao.deT-Dan,el l.. Braiue.
Acting Master and Erecni,re OFcsr-Jas Fl Rogers.
l. Aciing Assi t1a Pdynaser-T. Z. Smith.
Acting ASsis:on S'Taeon-T W. Bennett.
Acting Ens'ensJ. H. Harris, r. g. Osborne aud ". Fl.
| Bryant.
Eagiaeers-Second Assistants A. Delius lin charged,
II. 2. Creeory Third Assistants ). L. Bright A. +.
| Hc',ng Masters Maies-Aaron Vanderbilt, W o. M.
| dAubigne and Robert Elder
CdJaoin's Ctcrk-Jas. ". Jones.
Pdymasfrs Clerk-Thos. A. Simonson. el
The Grand Gulf also vessel aud has only made
short cruise or Wilmington Annexed is list OF the
| officers Of the Grand Gulf l ..,,...sF
Commdndcr-George M. Ransom. 3s yi.i
Lieutenant and Erecaite OGre,--Frederck Rogers.
Ac,jnS Assiaanf Payrna aer--Ldwa ard r. Soushworth
4ofrD kasons-Charies II. Frsbie. Charles H. Cadieu.
Jchn Boyle aud Hans j. Ipsen., 3ni iDg.h !.
Engineess--Aoine Second Assstants George W. Shank
Gin oharge, Clmpbel McEwan Acting Third Assistants,
Samuel Y. StliDgs Bepiamn james aud joel n. Wheeler
Acting GunHer--B. G Belts. ~i
Actas Master's BcfesJames Courtney Thomas Mason.
Commanders Clek--WiIiam S. Dick
Faymaaer's Cycrk--Abert B. Giet jf ''t
Tho Sebago of the fastest double enders in the
service and as her list OF officers completed
iss
several other vessels will be despatched to-day and pos
siby the revenue cutter Miami AZ Boston, the Ticon-
deroga Hendrix Hudson and others were runored to
have sailed last evening .4
TbsNavy Department is awake, aud ia all rs watch.
funess it should not forget to warn the Wilmington
bockaders that the Chesapeake may come along asA re-
port that she is bound to Beauford Charleston and
thus get the weather gauge OF them Yet il Is possible
that having taken in supply OF coal from the she
alongside OF, she will goforth TO sink burn aud
destroy iuotensive merchantmen ~ n.H
The following strange story appeared one OF the
sation evening papers Monday thought Hrst
to be connected in some wsy with the Chesapeake AFFAIR
but the dates do not correspond and the Paapseo
quietly moored aougside OF her dock. IL 10 strange
coincdcn OF facts and may be possibly the dongs Of
some wicked sensaonst but be It true not in roun.
da,ou it might have been thrown from the Chesa
peaks; and the given wrong we'll as the dates
who threw it while half drunk 20 that the event
OF s being picked up would be but the orerunner Of
events to take place. .u.l.
TO The EDITORS OF
MoypAY, Dec. I, 1893.
Yesterday, about dark, pickcd up bottle in the
sound with white tied ab ut the neck and found this
paper. send II to you, thinking II might be OF import
put one Of my Tvs ashore Harlem and send
II to YOU will be in tho civ TO morrow aud will call
on you. j. WILLIAMS, Master schooner Betsey.
OS BOARn PATArsco, Sunday moruiug, daylight.
Last night about twelve o'clock, caDiain ohi-
GERS OF the Patapsco seized by baud Of rufaus
between twenty and thirty in number, who had taken
passage on board at New York
They all thoroughly armed and among their mum
ber engineers aud saiIngmasters who Immediately
took charge OF the vessel The had nearly all
retired ana all hands were completely surprised that
resistance was out of the question The captain and on
GERS we're handcJned and confined below as also were
all the passengers. shall throw this overheard iu
bottle
LATER
There has been great bnstie on dock. vessel Is
Alongside and cannon being traos erred vessel
The craft alongside steamer, and from what
0f her through my stateroom window is perced
cannon. From conversation overheard 7 gathered
that there two other vessels by. TO
with them Look out for formidable raid some here
TIL r LATE ST.