Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-29

stoned for two months. Steamers were
immediately sent in pursuit, and two are
now Engaging her. The guns can be dis.
ttnctly heard here.
/ PORTLAND, June 81, 2.so.-Tbe Caleb
tCushing apparently came To- anchor and
took in sails and was soon after discovered
to be:on fire, aud at 20 minutes to 2 O'Clock
she was blown up with tremendous re-
port and nothing of her is now Visible from
the observatory. It is supposed she was
blown up by the crew. The steamer in
fPursutt lay off some distance when she
blew up.
Portland, June 81, $40 P. M.-The crew
OF the Gutter seem to have escaped before
she was blown up, in boats probably, to a
schooner near by, as the ForestO ity chas-
ed one down towards Green Island and
caught her and is towing her in. The For
est City had only IL Founders and the
Chesapeake only,6 Founders, but their in
tention was to run the cutter down at
once as they were no match for her 80
FOUNDER.
Eg-tsgal ANOTHER DISPATCH.
Portland, June 27, 6P. M.-Capt. Lis.
comb of the Forest City says he came with.
in gunshot of the Cushing half an hour be-
fore the Chesapeake came along. The
Gushing fred at the Forest City six times
without showing any flag Whatever. The
Forest City then laid to, waiting for the
chesapeake to come up. WhenTthe Ohesa-
peake arrived, after consultation it was
agreed to board the Cushing. The Ohes.
apeake took the lead, being a propeller and
also being protected by cotton bales. The
SHysEr a.. =
Chesapeake and Forest City became fright.
ened and abandoned the Gushing in two
boats and sent off in the third boat the reg
ulsr crew whom they had placed ia irons.
This last boat was almost immediate.
" picked up by the Chesapeake
The other two boats with the rebels aboard
steered for Harpswell shore and were Dor.
sued aud picked up by the Forest City, she
also picked upa small boat containing Mr..
Bibber who had been set adrift from the
Gushing. Mr.. Bibber and his partner were
captured yesterday by the rebels while in
a small fishing boat off Domer's Cave Is
land. Mr.. Bibber informed Capt. Liscomb
he was captured by the schooner Archer of
New Southport. The schooner Archer
came in last night and anchored below
Menoy intending to burn two gunboats
building in Portland, and cast out the rev
enue cutter Cushing and steamer Forest
City. This they found themselves very
much troubled to do, but at O'Clock this
morning they boarded the Cushing quietly
and seized small portion of her crew
aboard and put them in irons and made
their way out of the harbor through Hus-
sey's Sound. Alter passing the forts Capt.
Llscomb learned the intentions of the reb-
els and Immediately pursued the Archer
which was making her way to the eastward
es.rapldly as the.light breeze would permit
Capt. Liscomb captured the Archer ana
found rebels and Mr.. Bibber's partner
aboard. and toWed her up to the city. By
Mr. Bibbers report Capt Liscomb thinks
there are three more schooners with rebel
crews aboard on our coast destroying our
fishermen. The Archer had only one how
itzer on board aud the schooners were
probably lightly armed.
The Forest City passed suspicious
looking black steamer of Cape PorpoIse at
o'clock this morning when coming from
Boston which at first made for the Forest
City but afterwards kept to the southwest.
me Forest City arrived up about half past
4 o'clock landing rebel prisoners at Fort
PEBBLE.
Eight o'clock p. M-Four reporters lust
come from Fort Preble say the command-
ant there will not allow prisoners to be
questioned tonight. There are two rebel
officers among the prisoners named Lieut..
C.tM. Reed with regular commission from
the Confederate navy, late commander of
the Thcony and Eugene, and Il. Brown 2d
Asst Engineer of the Florida, detached
from Tacony. Two books were found on
the prisoners, one memorandum book
with instructions &C., which was not al
lowed to see, and the other an account book
containing in the back part a list of vessels
captured by the rebels. The Commandapt
of the fort informed me that it appears
from the memorandum that Lieut.. Reed
and his crew went aboard the Tacony about
the l4th of May. On the morning of the
10Th of June he seems to have burned the
Tacony and gone on board the schooner
Archer. Lieut.. Reeds last memorandum
says: It is my intention togo along the
coast with view of burning the shipping
in some exposed harbor or cutting out
some steamers. A police force went
into Fort Preble this evening to demand
prisoners in behalf of the civil authorities,
but tho Gommandant stated he should hold
them as prisoners of war subject to the
commands of the War Department
1t is reported by the crew of the Cusb-
ing that tho boats crew of ten men escap.
ed from her this morning. If this is SO
they may seize some other schooner aud
make more trouble. The regular crew of
the Cushing has been put in confinement to
wait an examination. u
Lieut.. Davenport states that between 10
and o'clock last night some suspicious
looking men dressed as fishermen came
aboard the Gutter and hearing an unusual
noise he went on deck to see what was the
matter when he was Immediately seized
by Ave armed men who pointed their pis.
tolls at him and said they belonged to the
Confederate navy. Finding resistance
irons with all his men. Both Lieut.. Reed
and Engineer Brown styled themselves as
officers of the Confederate steamer Florida
and said she was in the ofing.
The Caters crew refused to tell where
the ammunition was put, and this with
want of favorable wind induced the rebels