The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-12-26

ANOTHER CHESAPEAKE AFFAIR.-The
Morning Star brings as passengers Capt.
JAS. Nichols and Walter Grenough super
cargo of schooner JAS. l.. Gerety, which
was captured by pirates the second day out
from MatamOras.
Capt. Nichols reports that he left Mata-
moras, Nov. 16, bound for New York with
a cargo Of cotton and six passengers. On
the night of the 18th, about II O'Clock, the
Captain and two men on deck, one at the
wheel and the other aloft, the six passen-
gers made an assault on the Captain with
reviewers, knocked him down and threat
ened to shoot him if he made any noise.-
They took him forward and locked him in
the torecastle, putting guard over him.
-Four Of them then went aft, and the mate
hearing the noise on deck came UP and
was taken in the same manner and put in
the forecastle with the Captain and crew.
Mr.. Grenough, the supercargo, in at
tempting to come on deck, was kicked
down into the cabin and two shots were
| fired at him, but fortunately did not hit
him. The pirates confined him to his
berth and kept guard over him,
with orders to shoot him if he attempt
ed TO make any resistance. After keep
ing them in confinement for eight days
they put all hands into the small
! boat, and told them to find their way to
land the best they could. They landed Cd
| the coast of Sisal, after being two days and
| niggts at sea. There they got passage to
Havana in a Spanish brig, and the crew
were sent to New York by the schr Horac
G. Bell from Sisal.
| The six passengers had paid their pass
age to New York from Matamoras. Their
names were Z. r. Hogg of Baltimore, j.
| Brown of Canada, James Clement, Kelly,
| Brown and John Wilson. This Wilson
| was mate with Gordon the SLAYER, and he
! says he was in the Tombs in New York for
| four years and ten months.
They say there are four other parties in
Matamoras waiting for vessels and chances
like this, and they are sure to get them.-
This same party expected to have had
steamer al Matamoras, but it got away be-
| fore they had their plans laid. After they
| had put the Captain and crew in the small
boat they hoisted the Confederate flag, and
| fired off their pistols rs a salute, saying
that they had authority from the Coincide
rate Government so to do. When asked
where they were bound they said to Ba-
lie, Honduras, where they could sell the
vessel and cargo.
The vessel was owned by Francis Gerety
of New York, and the cotton consigned to
Shepler 81 Con-. Y. Tribune, 2lst.
! A COURAGEOUS WoMAN.-A knaye,
| blaeke ned as a negro, entered the house OF
Mrs. Hubbard, in Dayton, Ohio, few
DAVIS ago, and, presenting q pistol to her
|
whatever silver and jewelry there was in
the house. The woman went up stairs,
professedly to comply with the demand,
| but really to get a loaded revolver, which
she cooked, and, returning to the room,
levelled it at the fellows head, at the same
time politely requesting him to vacate
the premises. The cowardly scamp obeyed
without delay.
A soldier belonging to an Iowa Regi-
ment, at the battle of Lookout Mountain,
coolly sat down on a rock during the thick
, est of the engagement, to wait for ms
gun to cool off, as he had fred it very Of
ten and effectively. The boys who were
fighting around him deliberately ceased
their firing, and waited until he sung ior
them an old and familiar song-"Root,
; Hog, or Die''-which he is said to have
sung with such humor as to make all mer-
nv and iorgetful of the fearful scenes tnat
surrounded them. When the song was nm
ished, they reloaded their guns and enter
ed the fight again, doing damage 10 mo
rebels.