The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-06-15
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Portland Daily Press.
MORE CAPTURES BY REBEL PIRATES.
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
Several New Pirates on the High Seas.
Reports Of Several Masters OF Captured
Vessels.
MORE CAPTURES BY REBEL PIRATES.
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
Several New Pirates on the High Seas.
WASHINGTON. June IL,


from Newcastle, Del.
tender to the privateer Florida has made
six captures OF merchant vessels, OF which she
burned four and bonded two. The captures
were made between the eth and 18th insts.
The following are the names of the vessels
captured: Bark Whistling Wind OF New York,
loaded with coal for Key West; Brig Mary
Alvira of Boston, loaded with government
stores and bound for New Orleans-the vessel
was burnt in lat "a long. rs; bark Tacony,
of Philadelphia. She was captured on the 18th,
and was bound home in ballast from Port
Royal. The Tacony was turned into priva-
teer In place of the tender, whose name was
Clarence of Baltimore, and was also prize of
the Florida's. Schr. M. A. Shindler, of Great
Egg Harbor, n. Y, bound from Port Royal to
Philadelphia, in ballast. She was burnt on
the 18th. Schr. Kate Stewart, of Philadei-
phia, which is now here. This vessel was
bonded for $1,000 and released. Crew of the
Mary Alvira reported another vessel, name
unknown, was also bonded and released. The
Tacony, NJ. A. Shindler, and Kate Stewart
were captured in lat. 81 Is, long. IS 05, only
40 miles from Cape Charles. The Kate Stew
art was released in consequence of having so
many ladies and passengers on board. The
prisoners of the other vessels were transferred
to the Kate Stewart, with the exception of the
crew of the Whistling Wind, who were sent
to st. Thomas in a Danish vessel few days
before the Kate Stewart was captured.
PHILADELPHIA, June Is.
Capt. w. G. Mundy, late of the bark Ia
cony, captured by the brig Clarence or Priva-
teer Coquette, makes the following report;
On the 18th of June, 8 O'Clock in the fore
noon, when about forty miles off Cape Vir-
ginia, in lat. 81, long. 81, was spoken by brig
Clarence, Of Baltimore, who said she was
short of water and wished a days allowance.
OF course l hauled to on this appeal to hu-
manity, and their boat, with officers and six
men, Immediately came on board. They told
me they were fifty-five days from Rio De
Janeiro, were bound to Baltimore and were
entirely out of water, and would assist me in
passing to the boat. While taking the hatch
way off, was confronted by the officer OF the
boat, who presented pistol at my head and
stated that the vessel was his prize, TO the
Confederate States, and ordered me TO leave
for New York. Immediately after, or while
transferring my crew, the schooner NJ. A.
Shindler came up and was quickly hauled TO
and captured. While transferring the crew
of the latter, the schooner Kate Stewart came
along, but she having several lady passengers
on board and being an old vessel, was ransom
ed on giving bonds in the sum Of $1,000 We
were then all transferred Oh board the Kate
Stewart. The privateer then transferred the
guns, ammunition, supplies, &C., from the
brig Clarence to the bark Tacony, and set fire
to the former, as well as to the schooner M.
A. Shindler. We were then released the
privateer standing off to the southeast.
The brig Mary Alvira, Capt Crabish, was
also captured on the 9th inst, in lat. "a 25,
long "a %. She was bound from Boston to
New Orleans, with commissary stores. as
certained that night before we were boarded,
that the Clarence threw overheard four guns,
ia. If
lead color in sight, which she supposed TO be
a cruiser. She had only one gun, a IL FOUNDER,
left. The Tacony, which is now being used
as privateer, is of 375 tons burthen. She
was painted black, faulty rugged, has light
spars and one starboard quarter boat. A brig
and a schooner were in sight when we left
the pirate. The schooner made away. The
Tacony was in ballast. She left Port Royal
on the It'll, having carried coal to that port
for the Government.
The commander of the pirate is Charles w.
Reed, of jackson, Miss, who represented
himself as Lieut.. commanding the vessel. She
is light built, man light complexion, and not
disposed to be communicative. We were,
however, treated with all the consideration
possible, under the circumstances.
NEW YORK, June IA.
The ship Bucephalus, from Bahia May 10th,
arrived to-day. She has on board Captain
Weaver and Family, of bark Union Jack,
Capt. Melcher and wife, Of ship Dorcas Prince,
Capt. Peck, of ship Sea Lark, and Capt. Phil
lips, of ship Dictator, all captured by rebel pi-
rates.
The British bark Castor had arrived at Ba-
hia from Liverpool, with a cargo of coal and
ammunition for the pirates, the pirate steamer
Georgia being in port at the time. The au-
thorities ordered both vessels out of the har-
Dor, when they left for the southwark.
The bark Webster, from Boston, arrived at
Bahia on the l4th escaping the pirates.
Capt. Phillips, of the ship Dictator, says he
sailed from Liverpool April 9th, with cargo
of coal for Hong Kong. On the 18th, in lat.
Is north, Ion. 81 40 west, was chased, captured
and burned by the rebel pirate steamer Geor-
gia. He was taken on board the Georgia,
when Capt. Maury started for the island of st.
Vincent, Cape de Verbs, where he arrived on
the Both of April, but one American man-of-
war being seen in the harbor. The pirate put
on full steam for the southwark, and reached
Bahia on the 18th of May, where they were
landed, Maury giving Capt. Phillips his instru-
ments.
The Georgia is a common iron vessel, 22O
feet long, 80 feet beam, brig rugged, full poop,
has very large smoke stack, and is said to be
able to steam fourteen miles an hour, but this
is doubted. Most of her crew were mere boys.
Capt. Peck, of the ship Sea Lark, states that
he sailed from Boston March 2Sth for San
Francisco. In lat. "A south, long. 20 west, saw
a large vessel on fire and stood up for her.
When about two miles from her he saw a
steamers light and put about to the eastward
and escaped On the Sd of May, in lat. 90
south, long. 81 20 west, saw a sail and discov-
cred her to be a steamer trying to intercept
us. The wind being light the pirate came up
showing the American flag, fired gun and
ordered us to heave to. and was boarded and
made a prize TO the Alabama. Capt. Peck
was sent on board the pirate, and his officers
and crew were placed in irons, and the captain
was not allowed to speak to them. The pirates
took the chests and trunks of the crew, as
much of the cargo as they wanted, and then
burned the ship.
Capt. Melcher, Of the ship Dorcas Prince,
states that he sailed from New York March
18th for Shanghae. April 26th he was chased
and captured by the pirate Alabama in lat. Z
80 south, Ion. 81 35 west. After removing a
quantity of provisions and putting the crew in
irons, the pirates burned the ship.
Capt. Melcher says he was on board sixteen
days, during which time the pirate chased and
boarded every vessel in sight always chasing
with the American flag flying, and stating to
foreign vessels that he was United States
gunboat in search of the Alabama They get
plenty of newspapers from outward bound YES
sells, and are thus kept well informed. The
Alabama arrived at Bahia May 18th, landing
there over eighty captured seamen and officers.
The pirate Florida was then at Pernambuco.
The schooner Philip Bridges arrived here
to-day from Port de Paix, and reports that on
the Sth inst, in lat. SO 26. long. 10 0S, spoke
the schooner Alfred III. Partridge, Of New