The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-06-29

O'Clock saturday morning, wnen coming from
Boston, which first made for the Forest City,
but afterwards kept away to the southwest
The Forest City arrived up about halfpast
o'clock Saturday afternoon. She, as well as
thusiasm by the citizens. She was armed with
two rifled l2-pounders, with thirty soldiers
from Fort Preble, and 100 volunteer armed
citizens. She did not get near enough to hit
the cutter, and the cutters shots, though
coming very close, fell little short.
The steamers would undoubtedly have car
ried the cutter by boarding had the rebels not
deserted and blown her up, as all on board the
steamers, sailors, soldiers and citizens, were
anxious for the hand to hand fight, having
nothing to match the big guns on board the
cutter.
The rebel prisoners, twenty-three in num-
Der, were landed at Fort Preble. The crew
of the cutter were brought up in the Chesa-
peake, and are held until the matter can be
Investigated.
The search on board the Archer revealed
the fact that the rebel crew was none other
than that of the Tacony. The Archer was
captured by her on the 25th, and the Tacony
was burned soon afterwards, all her armament
and stores being removed to the Archer.
By the log book of the Tacony, which was
found on board the Archer, it appears that the
Tacony was captured June 10th, lat. "a 81,
Ion. 76 40.
On the .23d of June, the log book states
that she burned four vessels and sent all the
prisoners to New York.
"June 24.-Burned ship -, from Liver
pool for New York, with passengers, and kept
charge of her during the day.
25th.-Burned the ship and let her go. AT
T.30 captured the schooner tArcher). At
A. M. removing from the bark to the schoon-
cr. Finish Mt 2 A. NJ, everybody being on
board, burnt the bark Tacony. Stood to the
N. W."
This is the last entry in the Tacony's log.
There is also journal OF the S. s.. corvette
Florida No. 2, commencing May 9th, which
says:
AT 4 P. NJ. the brig Clarence was put in
commission as the Florida No. 2 The follow
ing is a list Of the officers and crew I'D Lieut..
G. w. Read, commanding; I'd Asst. Engineer,
"a
Quarter Gunner, N. B. Boyd; Captain, A. G.
J. w. Matheuson; Crew, Joseph Mayer,
Charles Lawson, j. p. Murphy, Robert Null
Ter, James Mcleod, j. Robertson, A. l.. Dray-
ton, George Thomas, Alex. Stewart, Michael
Govman, Robert Murray, G. w. Dolvin, Hugh
Mechanics, Frederick Walton, James Golfer,
Daniel Morse, John McNary.
Received from steamer Florida one howt-
ger complete; six rifles, thirteen revolvers,
ten pistols"
A memorandum book was found contoining
Instructions, which reporters were not allowed
to see, as it is thought to contain important
evidence for Government An account book
was also found, containing in the back part
list of vessels, probably captured by the rebels,
as follows Jacob Bell, Star of Peace, Oneida.
Commonwealth, Kate Dyer, Lapwing, Col
cord, Henrietta, Clarence, Estelle, Windward,
Consa Ann, Aldebran, Byzantium, Isaac
Webb, Shatemuc, Whistling Wind, Tacony,
Godspeed, Mary Alvina, Arabella, Umpire,
Marriage, Florence, Ripple, Elizabeth Ann,
Rnfus Choate, Ada, Alfred Partridge, NJ. A.
Shindler, Kate Stuart, Archer, sloop, Wan
derer
The following is list of chronometers
found on board schooner Archer Bark Ia
cony, going; bark Whistlng Wind, run down;
brig Umpire, going; brig Clarence, going;
ship Byzantium, going; bark Goodspeed, 60
ing.
1t appears from the memorandum book that
Lieut.. Read and crew went on board the Ia
cony about the 14th Of May. On the 18th of
June he seems to have burned the Tacony
and gone on board the Archer. The last
memorandum Of the lieutenant says:
"It is my intention to go along the coast
with the view of burning the shipping in some
exposed harbor or cutting out some steamer"
On discharging the cargo of the Archer
ger which was on board the Tacony was found
on board, together with arms and ammunition.
The officers In command of the vessel were
I'd Lieut.. G. w. Reed, who has commission
In the Confederate Navy, dated Oct. %, 1862;
Sd Asst. Engineer Eugene II. Brown, who APP
pears to have reported to Admiral Buchanan
on board the Florida, Oct 10, 1862
An examination OF the crew of the cutter
disclosed the following facts:
Between ! and o'clock Saturday morning,
two boats filled with armed men boarded the
cutter on both quarters simultaneously. They
were armed with revolvers and cutlasses. The
watch on deck, when they heard the oars APP
preaching, called Lieut.. Davenport, who was
asleep in the cabin. He was oyerpowered by
four men and ordered below; the watch was
also ordered below, and the men below turned
out of their hammocks and placed in irons,
rebels standing over them with revolvers and
threatening them with death if they made any
noise. One of the crew tried to escape through
the fore hatch to swim ashore and give the
alarm, but was caught and secured. The
rebels at once proceeded to make sail, hove
up the anchors, and placing two boats ahead,
towed her out through Hussey's Sound, thus
avoiding the forts. The lieutenant and crew
Of the cutter, twenty in number, were kept
below in irons until they were ready to set fire
TO her, wien they were put into one OF the
cutters boats with their irons on; but on be-
ing requested, the rebels threw the keys of the
handouts on board the boat, and thus enabled
the sailors to release themselves, and pull
away from the cutter. The stores, flags, ar
mament, &c, of the Tacony were on board
the Archer. Among the flags was a burgee
with the name of Tacony upon it.
Lieut.. Merryman, who was appointed to
take command of the cutter, arrived here
Friday evening. He went down in the Forest