Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-10


GLIDING camp Of about six hundred cvnva'
descent soldiers.
But this was not the worse part Of the busl-
ness. The rebels, by the capture OF our iyrce'
gained possession d Fort Buchanan ana Fort
Scheme, and another smaller carthwurk further
down the bay. On these Qualifications were
mounted eighteen or twenty guns vi heavy
calibrc, several VI which were the flnc>t r.
lied pieces We had i'll this department.
Some vi the pieces We lost were those re-
Gently taken from Camp Parapct, others raised
from the steamer llIu>man. tilat sank III The
| bay last March. Altogether thl> Is one rl Tie
scycrcst blow, the rchcls have dealt III III THIS
part OF the country. In military circles B:i'-
shear City is considered Il place Of great I'M
pvrtancc. The fertilization, At tn!> point
commanded Berwick Bay. the .llctrnIa: Ia,
| and, III tact, ali Navigation from the huH u
the Attakapas country. The rebel l"Ite We
cncvuucrtI was under cvnunand I'll MaGru'
der, aud is var,uusiy estimated III from tea I"
| fifteen thousand. The rebels III iaSIh@ Dr''-
shear City captured quite nl amount y! quar-
tcrnlastrr anu collllnis>ary stores, IL we'll a.
considerable ammunition. The enemy also
came into the possession Of the rcr,olal bag
gage ui many vi oar officers and mcn VINO
HAD lett BrI,sncar City om their RAPID march
to Upelous;,s AlcXanurla, and Port llCd>"i.
NAVAL.
The Torn Of P1rtta,ti. .N,iae, ami Sn'fo"Md-
| ing Villages IN HtInic a tie -lPpra,""ce
u tro SappoS.d Irirut.ers-TMc -Nr"t"
Luttcd OUt-Thc Tucomy frlptte"'"9 -Nc~
Enyuad amd tie lunh,, .\arY Wm Gnn
mute out q az old .>p"r.
PORTLAND, Nc, Monday, jane -.
The alarm this morning WAS ocva,"ncd ~
soldiers seeing two >chooncrs below r"rt
| Prcble, acting as il they attended I" lnitac an
| attack.
| The garrison WAS beat to quarters, the
| alarm was sounded, and the people III the
| surrounding Villages were called out, and i'o-
ticc WAS scnt over To tie cay that t"p more
| rebel prIyatccrS were III sight.
| The vessels, however. proved To be only tw"
! fishermen, who were totally incapable "i doih-
any harm.
it is evident that the report Of the doing vi
rebel vessels in the BAY OF Fnmdy sprung
from the capture Of the Archer by the IacO-
ny, and the burning Of the latter
The rebels probably in their character 81
Cape Cod fishermen, na'ic reports I" Tie iI-II-
ins fleet there Of the terrible dUinE> "t i,'r
the intended raid on Portland.
IL Is also evident that there ar" II" rebel
privatccrs NOW on the cntst, unless, PERHAPS.
the Florida nr Alabama. which l. rather dvub.-
full.
We have every man in custody who joined
the Taconv, including the three from tic BY
zantiulu. 80 tlI,rc is no irutl! IL the reported
escape vn Saturday moruin: 81 Il bual-!V;l "i
men from the Archer.
The rebel officers state that they captur"t
the W. y. Shindlcr with Il Quaker ,.Im. mad"
OUT of II spar, ami they ran this Quaker .cun
out. rs il intending To lire on the ,nntlc",
when her CAPTAIN cried uut---"E"r Gods SAX"
don't fire | Surrcnhcr.'
the rebel officers also say several vessels
might have escaped ifthcy had not been fright
cncl at their little lIo"Itzcr.
PORTLAND, Me- Monday. June 22--::;:2"
4. MA general alarm Just aroused the
whole city with wild rumor, thai Il gInhoat is
landing men below the Fort. 1t must ol c"rir>',
bc hunbug, but two men came over from Cape
Elizabeth with the alarm.
PORTLAND. Monday. June ID \. M.-Thr
alarm was entirely l;,.sr. There j, no vessel
III sight.
All the bonds given hy the Captains 81
carturtl vessels Ia the commander "f the
pirate Tacony have been found un board ri I'll"
schooner Archer. and are now in the p.'SSc~-
sion Of our authorities.
WHO SURRENDERED, 10 QrAHEE Guns.
PHILADELPHIA, Moniay, June 29.-Captain
Munday of the Tacony, who WIS on board al!
her when she was captured hy thc brig Ga
renee, says that it WAS the captain ut III" Nate
Stewart and not Of the NJ y. ShiuilcT. that
surrendered To the Quaker guns Of the pirate,
and who cried ont. "f"r Gods sake don life
| surrender
ANOTHER PIRATE REPORTED on THE COAST.
PORTLAND, Me-, Munday, June 29.-h di>
match from Rscklaud says the schuUncr Juila
Frances, Captain Walton, VI Friendship. re-
ports that OH Saturday morning she WIS board
cd by Il boat from Il bark answcrlm" the iui
lowlIn. description: large bark, painted
black. with Il poVp-dcck, heads vi ma-ts and
ends of yards painted black, stern mo!dn=
lirht color. They inquired ior Boston papers.
and said they had been on Il short cril!>r. Ga
being questioned H. t. where they Were iruEI,
they answered that Cape Sable bore North ~
miles distant on Friday morning To fur
thrr questioning a. to where they wrr"
bound they replied Boston, but they would
like 70 be- un tIcurgcS Banks the next day. -
From, the above. the Captain vt the julius
Frances thought her Il pirate.
The Portland Buardv i Trade ar" taking ic-
tive measures relative 10 the coast dcicmcc>.-
Adiutant General lIod->lon i here organizing
militia to -arr>vu FONT, Georges and >c;!iu-
neil.
The crew OF the cutter Caleb Gushing have
been released, being cXhoncratrd from "i.srnc.
From the New York Tine
HOW To CLEAR THE SEAS OF rRiYATEEE>
The adventures of the rebel prlvutrrr la
cnny along the Atlantic >caboar,l, almost IN
| Sirht of our hlrbur>--tiic Impumty with
| winch she captured and burnt tho numerous
craft she encountered, until her victims mum
bcred almost, if not quite half Il hundrcd-
and finally, the facility with which She WAS
! nhlitcrltcd from the face ul the >r;., ami the
| d,urrr 70 our commerce not lr--cncd, hut
! only transformed tu another shape. II play
thc mad prank in Portland harbur, which WAS
50 near Il complete surccS>--Inust orcn the
! minds uI our rcupIc to lcw views Of the ,li!-
| cutjes Of our situation. and lead tp different
conclusions from those hitherto prevailing ~
70 the best mode nf protecting ourselves AT
| sea. ..
The privatcrr rac"ny j. Il recent nnI wholly
m,pn,u,nrc,l rebel craft Tn first We hear
1
of her she springs, full armed INFO the midst
of the lesser craft uf our coast. ami plumbers
and burns with an audacity ami prodI=ai de-
structivcness that aprlls our >hPpers AMI
ronCnundS the national authorities. The
Navy Department makes haste to charter and
dispatch Il half dozen of the best vessels 1t
can command in pursuit. Boston capital, nj:
hictcd 10y the lrvatccr's ravagc<, offers Il
bounty ui Slo,00O for his capture. The en-
tire seaboard, from Port Royal 10 Portland
is aroused and hy minute descriptions from
the officers and crews Of captured ships, the
bold rover is 81 advertised that it can hardly
fail that the many sail that swarm in pursuit
will pure the sea of the offender. With this
thought the country conso!cd Itself for the
singing insult Of the Taconys outragcs.
Vain houc. The rebel c"mmaH':cr of the
Tacony had wit equal t" his audac1ir lie
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