Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-09-17

Capt. Dillingham; of the ship Snow
Squat, which arrived at New York on
Tuesday from Penang, makes the follow
report;
July %, lat, 33 deg, min, and longi-
tude Is deg, As min., east Cape Good
Hope, bearing S Il. by +. half Il, dis
tant l60 miles, 3 IA o'clock P, NJ, made
a sail ahead, with which we came up very
rapidly, soon made her out to be bark
standing the same course as ourselves, un-
der whole topsails, we having royals and
top mast studdng sails set; set our en-
sign, which was answered by the Amerl'
can ensign; we run under her lee to speak
her; as we approached her we observed
no name upon her ern,whlch aroused our
suspicious we soon hailed "where from
and bound" which having answered, we
asked, "what ship" and received for re-
ply. 0beave to and I'll send boat along
side of vou,n to which we promptly re-
piled CAV, ay." At this moment her
three starboard ports were opened and as
MANY guns run out and upon us, we be-
INC abont a ships length from her. ct
course, we were now fully aware OF the
character of the stranger, and having a
smart shin under foot, were fully resolved
to surrender only when the last hope OF
escape was gone; requesting my "ile 10
return to the cabin, | ordered the helm
hove up and all possible sail made +; the
stranger now observing our movements
fred blank shot at us, which having no
effect was soon followed by solid shot
which fell short about 80 feet, AT the
same time the Confederate flag took the
place of the stars and stripes; we now
shot ahead of her, when she made sail as
fast as possible and gave chase after us.
1t soon became but too apparent that she
was too light for us, beng IN good ballast
trim while we were very deep; the WIND
in the meantime becoming light ana I'M
steady with every prospect OF calm.
We therefore, on consultation, deemed 1t
advisable to tighten the ship as the only
possible chance of escape, and immediate
ly stove several casks of wategs and hove
overheard considerable quantits>oI heaVy
provisions, and then reluctantly sacnSced
portion of the cargo. At about O'Clock
the chaser swung broadside to and fired a
shot at us, but without effect, and then
continued the chase. Soon after this, lind
ne we We're distancing him, we deslsted
from tightening the ship, all hands uniting
in thanks to God for HIS gracious dellv-
erance.
The bark was about four hundred tuns,
evidently eastern built, and quite new !;
had carved work on her stern, surmount-
ed by an eagle cabin on deck, set in a
half poop. In her present trim she is
very fast, and few are the India ships
that can outsall her. She was thorough
" disguised as a merchantmen, having
her ports closed and her fore-royal down,
as is quite common for vessels doubling
the "Cape," and standing to the north
west, that vessels might more readily
overtake her.
may remark that we kept an ensign
flying while daylight lasted. September
/, lat. q deg. % min, lon, 65 deg. 5
min 4 p. M, made a steamer to the
south west, under steam only; directly
after she made all sail and hau'ed by the
wind, heading about north, evidently de-
sirng to communicate with us. Not fan
cying his movements, we hauled by the
wind under all sail.
At sunset she was about SIX miles off
on our lee beam. and though she had the
appearance of British mail steamer, ye@
as her movements were suspicious we
feared lest he intended emitting us off. As
soon as darkness ohscured our movements
we stood in another direction and soon lost
sight of him.