, 1863-07-07

Inc PORTLAND DdnY II Efs has lad peep into
the private diary Of one of The Tucony pirates,
captured on the 2Gth ult. It appears from
this Journal, that upon going ont Of Mobile,
while still chased By the hlockudfpg steamer,
the Florida pissed within half mile, OF q
large man-of-war that did not notice them, al
though they presented very suspicious ap-
pearanse, being whitewashed all over. But
for this criminal neglect the cruise Of the
Florida might have been stopped aud her de-
predatlous prevented.
June 1o;h they captured the bark Tacony,
and transferred themselves to her.
The journal 6ays:
h,ft, he, Iapt r, mustered ali hands and read 10
ne his Instructions from Captatn Mafftt, The pIan
al laid down wRs bold one, but must say a feck-
T.
eucceasful the Yankees would have opened their
eyes and thought h--l was certainly broke loose.
Time will tell what will be our late; as for me
hive = heart for every fate
"a tear for those who loycmc,
4 emile for those who hate,"
Friday, June 18th, we read:
To-day lowE and haxy, for US good weather, as
We nay escape the lookout Of cruize1. Yester-
taken prisoners. hope We Will Be lucky enough
to paes clear. I do not think NC viii be taken,
though the general opinion il that We will be
rakc3.
The writer's opinion Of the honor Of his
associates nay be inferred from his entry Of
june 18th.
This day misty and dull. Expect that the Yan-
ic1 IN cone. iftbcre M en tones = good f srscxs @
We will be able to give them good race, and when
dark conte we viii Flip them. lost q gold piece
tlought We lad got1d ofthc light dngeied d sentry,
but It appears not. Time may come when they
may wantny assistance. May b. they win ret it
IT, sos roqS Sas any e
made up their minds to be captured and some tcfsA
june Soih R. Mullen wss called ait and put
in irons because he was heard to say that he
'.1iehed Yankee gunboat would come along
and take us.'' The writer charitably regrets
that be did not meau what his words implied.
The same day 1eaac Webb, from Liverpool,
for New York with 500 passengers, WAS board
ed. The journal tays:
The eI.ie6 viii think it rather hard to meet tho
rebels before they hare landed in the Glorious
Lhion- When they 60 into the field they Will be
aptto smell h.-M iundeI Istand that =. prefcrs the
chage against Mullen and saTs he 10 in fear Of his
life on the dc! ~ long as h., H., Is at large. So
Nags the world.
June eth, the Shatemuc Of Boston was CAP
tu,td. With emlg1art passengers, and bonded
for $3.50, Goo. We close this notice IT prf-
,ate ]cg ty copying entire the record from
ture:
Thursday lJune IS. 1sGs-We dnd ourselves this
morning aboard Of the Fisher Poeher which We
eanrea lat agn5 oHE n9ys hsd long Pun TO
the chip, hieh they did not reach until late, and
md aftcr giving tt, N couple barrels Of aouIr,
ne ae%p to ts sss
AZ she came Under her lee Mr. B. told me not to
hiure lef; be then had al hands called to muster
ana informed US Il that We would 81 aboard the
that there were some twenty vessels after Us, and
thnt 1t hazardous for Us to Femafn aud that for
few days we Wo1fd keep the schooner, until We
cuu1d get eomcthtg fastsr for ua and too last for
them. All hands. Immediately got bags and
beds ready, also, all provisions that VIC needed,
and were engaged al hight in removing the neces
ea1y articles from the baTk, Eans, ammunition &C.,
nnd about two o'clock We dred her and took the
laet boat for new vessel which is very Fast one
IT, noe % g, IL
very email one. everything crowded and in eonfa-
sion: Tired and Ewfol sleepy. not having bnt IT.
M I'd as1esp
got up this morning We ventto work to put thnga
70 11ghts ltlle in our new hume; I re;kon .e
eat anu that Of good quality too. expect that the
6hatemutlwi]l get In Today, when we will ha1eour
!.smss Up asain on the e doinss Of the pirates Me
York to resist the draft: Old Abe will soon have
his Lands full, II rot fun enough with us; they
fe5 ;s e se1 99% s b
1ieve there 10 another expedition planned for Us,
il sossetsia;' NJ Yankee VIII open his eyes and
FRIDAY, June "a, 1865. Our ncw vesscl sails like
the wind but jumps the devil out Of countenance,
and tammed up here IN the h. I'D feel tho motion
seDslhlE n writing. We hare been steering al \
beng the first we hare seen since nc 1eft Fcrdi:
nhnd Noronah. We are low abreast Of Portland
nssd bslIs,e Thts osning e tex *ass bg} n9,s
short time. They say we are about f0rty miles
tom Portland. Would not there b. soms excite
n,cpt in Portland now II they but knew that We
we're 80 c1ose to them1 a Steamer would be out
We aTc hound on some daredevil expedition.
WHATEVER It II know the general inptessioa ! Il
Dor Of Portland, and thu take steamer: II We
are only successful We shall have ZONE glory and
hsvs then The 20: ont o. so%e ~ On th9
them esiYc+ good. So much for rivalry and petty
malice. Il We we're to get her to morrsw, she !.
we will get At present writing go P. m, re arg
abreast 1t seguin Island and light house, dlstant
about ~ miles; Portland distant about 90 miles
trr for would eoon have to get out Of her, he1
r,1ns being the only things, We could use, and
hcetdes shs being 20 vel knoTn: there % you'd q
this vessel says he has not voted in hfteen.Gears
and that in March 1t is the busiest time With fish,
T. aea gs pse @f e e h
aud we hare captured2l vessels Of al classes, f,og
s1.soo ton thip te thiF,y ton sehoonef- chal s
bark Wtist1ing Wind, and up to this day we havt
tw enty one vee=els IN al. 1lot counting the hrl&
Clarence. Binups has j1et told me The intention
1t into balls. II successful In the object, both tht
Government and the people Of the United State
will be somewhat ast0n1r he'd. II IL noble schem.
Mr.. Head is not promoted to Captaiucy, no mai
in the navy deserves II. nothing turns up asains
pe, this night viii be al eve1ltfai one In the pres
| 1ected with Us.