Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-06-23
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C0SY.
PHILADELPHIA, June iS.--G.ot. I'm. G,
Mundy, late Of tbs bark Tacony, csrs1ts,i by
th. brig Qisrsncs, CT the priystee7 ycqG...s
makes the following report:
On tie 18th of June, At 6 O'Clock A. NJ ,
vasn about forty miles off Cape Virginia in
lss 81, lon. IS o.. l VAS spoken by the big
Clarence, OF Baltimore, who said she waa
short of water and wished fos day g slew
snce. OF couIes hsu'ed to on this sppeal
to humanity, and their ocat came alongside
| with an officer and six men, who immediately
came abc.:d. Tasy told ne thu5 wore SIS
days fror Rio de- J.naiio. were Bound ~
Baltimore and wsre entirely cut of water,
and you'd assist ma in passing it to the boat.
While tnkiDs the aftor hatch eff was coa-
| frnn.ed S2 ths ih:s: Ct tho Sost, who pre-
scntsd pistol at my head and stated that my
vessel vas hlspEize, . prize to the Con fedrente
S!asos, and ordered mo to Leave for Men
York. Immediately at.es, or while transfer
ring my CROW, tho schooner NJ. A. Saindloc
ca;ns up, and was hauled % and caotuSed.-
While transferring tho Crow Of the latter,
| tho schooner Kate Stewart cane along,
out shs haTiag several lady passengers on
ooa'd, aud bslrs IN old vessel WAC reasoned,
on giving bonds In the sum # $1,000. We
were then all transferred On board the Kate
S;sTart. The pirates than transferred their
guns, ammunition, supplies, IT,, :rorI tbs
b i, Clarence to- the baek Tacony, aid SGT
i'e to the former yosssl a5 well as to tbs
schooner NJ A. Shindler. We were then 1e-
lessed, me pirate standing of t, tho sorsa-
esus. Tns big Mary Alvirs, Capt. Oroaich,
wES also Captured on the 9th irst,, in lat. "a
dag. "A min long. Il deg. % min. Sic was
bound from Boston to New Orleans With
ctin lissaFy stores. i a3ccrtained thss the
nigct before we wore boarded, tho OareTcc
to eE overload four guas in consequence OF
seeing st.smer painted load color IN Sight,
| which SIC supposed 10 BIO cruiser. She BAD
only oce gun, - FOUNDER, left. TIE Taco
| ny, wifi n is now being used AZ , privateer,
Is OF 3I5 tons burden. Sac is painted black,
WAS faulty risgsd, has lgh. spars and oao
| sshtb0aTd quarter boat. A schooner and
brig zero In sight wien we left tho pirate
Che schooner made away. The Tacony was
io ballast. She left Post Royal on the Tn
Instant, having carried coal 10 .h.. port for
the Government. Tho commander Of the pi-
rate ID C1al. W. Reed, Of Jackson, Misss
si99:, who represented hinuelf IS tia lieu.cn-
| an! commanding the vessel. He is light
Quilt nan, light complexion and not disposed
TO be communicative. We were, however,,
treated with all the consideration possible
uoder the circumstances.
ENERGETIC ACTION At THE navy YAsD.
ORDERS were received at tho Navy Yard
yshterdsy morEi"g to Il. out all the vsssels
available with tho 'usmo.t dispatch. The
carpenters, ssi!msksrs, riggera, and Gparm7.
kara Ho!e summoned 5na set 10 work.
Til, Cause is aatod to be the presence OF
,ome fifteen rebel privstco,s of the coast
Watching for vessels coming in snd going cuE
Of N,w York H4i boz. There wac consida.s.
bic sxcitemsn. in consequence.
Tha iroH-clsd steam fcigato Rcsnoke ia to
b. pa. in commission today.
DESCRIPTION OF The CAPTURED vEssrS.
Ba,k Unioa JOCK, of Boston, built At East !
Boston, and launched ia November lsst, was
1872 tun5 resi: tor. S.iled fem tnis port for |
Sasl2 has, On tic 25 b OF March lat; crossed |
the equator in sbgut 30 W. iorg. Same night |
saw tuning ship 70 tho N. W. In lat. !
40 g., :org. 80 90 W., wss csp'ured and
brraed by tho p:ivatsc7 Alab:ma. Ssmc
day Clay 81 the ship Ssa Lark was also
t,asn .rd burned. May IL, WIS landed i'll
Bahia, May IL, priva.scr Georgia arrived at
Bahia, End innded the crew Ct the ship Dis
f.tc-. Ga the 16h, tbs American oa.k
Ws5a!ar, Of and f;cm Boston, arrived a,
Bahia. Same date, took p ssege to this port
in the Ehgii3h shin Bucsphslus. Capt. Bake.
Lat. 26 80 long. 81 spoke ship Brew ster, from
Calcuita los days, bound to Boston.
MORE nEBsL PILATES.
Pom TIE N,z Bel iori ss,nl,rd, Junel9J
Oapt. Wosb, of tho bark Snysns, arrived
:. chs port lsst evening reports having
spo'sn, M.y 7, in latitude degreos aud SO
minutes south, ion si,uds 81 degrees 80 mia-
utss west, British bark Ag;ippina, from
Swansea for Pe.nambuca, with o cargo Of
coil, probtniy 'atcrdei for tho pirates Ala
bauia and Flor ia. The csEtsin Of tho Eng
lisn 7assel rofoIlod thss e 70 dayo previous,
while nsar 40 Island Of Fernando de Moron
IA, they hal be,n boarded by boats crew,
from tie clipper ship Lspwing, Of Boston,
who reported themselves as belonging to the
Oiniedera!o steamer Florida, which WAS then
lying at Fernando do N9ronha repairing, and
that they hsd taken two other ships With The
L,pwiDg, and fitted them ou. al p-ivateeIs,
with wooden guna, and thoy were cruising
from the R icss Reef to three degrees east Of
fernando de Noronhe.
They s!so reported that .hoy had taken
t=c slips, which were bucnei. Tao captain
Of the Agrippins expressed strong secession
sentiments, and from app ssrcnces on board
hes, Capt. Webb has good resson to think his
coal was fer the Florida and "a tee Lspwing
had cstgo Of coal when taken, the Florida
had taken supply from be., snd tho Agrip.
p;ua had been sent further sou h. The cap
tain stated that he was going to Parnanbuco
far orders. The crew told tho third mate OF
of tho Smyrna that they shipped to e. from
Swansea to Trinidad direct, AMI back to Eng
land; chat they lad been cruising about Fer
nsrdo de Norohs for week, chains bent and
both snchors cff the bow, and they were sus-
picious that something wac wrong.
THE PalviTzEEs.
Tic io!.oRi5s ia tho report of tho Captain
Of the bark Inca, arrived at Liverpool from
Talc.hua7a:
May 18Th, in latitude &c north, longitude
| ~ west, spoka tho bark Regatta, from Mon
tevideo for Liverpool The Captain Of said
vcssol told mo that he no had On board four
sesmen. part Of the crew Of tho American
bark HsIrietts, Of Baltimore, which vessel
WAS captured and destroyed pear tho eq1a-
| tor BIZ the Confederate steamer Florida.
| THO Captsin Of tie Rega:ts, being short Of
water, asked mo to receive TWO Of tho men
cn board ihs Inca, which l sgreed to, and
she sent than on board. Their nimss aye
| YIN. Evans and Henry J. Wagner. These
men state that while they were on board the
FIorid. (about "a hours) ghs captured and
burnt tho American ship Oneida, from China,