The New York herald., 1863-06-16

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Stewart she geuad shas shess were several Adses on
boarl Nut q tAs sAms ts reqsag che captain 70 give
bosds " q 0oo the conmaa6ss Of the privsseer. says
Captain league appeared 70 b much eKssperaed % &C
count o Information be had roCevcd that OF bis
perty Jackson. Mississippi had been burned BY the
Union forces. He protested that he would burn every
United STATES vessel that met With having clearance
from tho ports not belonging 70 the rebels
Statement OF VIM. 3. Allen,
Deputy Collector Of Key West, who, with his family.
were passengers on board
The schooner Kate Stewart Of Philadelphia, league,
master. was captured on Friday. June n, at nine
A. M BY tender 10 tho privateer Florida formerly the
0reto In hat 81 deg Ie min. North. longitude rs deg.
min wcst only about foty-avs mies uortbesstery from
Caps Charles. Tho privsteer 70 brig) wac discovered
about eight O'Clock In the morning. directly on tho vessels
oourss hove co. with American nag Onion Jack, n.y.
Jog. Near hsr we're also hove 70 bark and schoonsr
Az the Kate Stewart passed under tho brgs stern she
was hailed and ordered to heave TO- and at The same h.
slant her pors were raised. exhibiting gun. Captain
league At once hove to thinking tho brig 10 b United
states cruiser and be was ct once boarded BY crow
from the privaseer, who took possession In tho
nsme. Of The Confederate government. Captain
league was at once ordered o. board of tho pri.
vateer with bis papers, and there. 10 cooss-
qusnos Of the number OF ladies and children, he
had board passengers, hs vas allowed to fansoh
bis vessel BY giving bond FOR seven thousand do,ars
payable thirty days after ratification Of treaty Of
peaos between ths Confederate States and tho uptsa
States He was also required To- take board twenty
four composing the ocsrs and crews and two pas.
seugers Of the bark schooner mentioned above so
prizcs), and Of brig taken prize on the 9th instant
Captain Teasue short Of water and provisions and
informed the captain Of the prvseer who promised 70
send board the Kate Stewart but failed 10 do %,
probably wishing to be at out OF sight Of the two
vessels which he set re al the Same time he sent his
prisoners on board the Stewart. At quarter-past
eleven A. NJ the prvatecr hosed signal for the Stewart
proceed and at the time she stood of 10 the east
ward leaving tho two vessels In flames. Al O'Clock
p. NJ the Kate Stewart standing toward the Delaware
Breskwater was completely out sight OF the privatee
and the burr ing vessels. Nl
The Kato Stewart took from tho privaeer the officers
and Of the brig Mary Alvra Of Boston, Frohock
master. bound from Boston 70 New Orleans. with
sorted cargo She was captured ON the 9th inst, at
half-past eight A.M latitude "a Il North, longitude
"a 20 West and burned the same day. Also, the
officers and of tho bark Tacony, pf
Phadslnhla, Nunday, master. two passengers and
eight seamen bound from Fort Royal 10 Phiadelphia,
n ballast. Also, the ocers and crew OF the schooner
NJ A. shndler. Of Great Egg Harbor Ireland, MASTER
and six seameu, bound from Port Royal n ballast, 70
Philadelphia.
The last two vessels captured the morning
the Kate Stewart. The escape OF the Kate Stewart
owing wholly the fact that sbs had ror passengers
four ladies and four small children We're not for the
helpless condition OF these passengers. this vessel
would hare shared the fate Of the others. The
rebel captain (who gave his name a. Read of
Jackson, Mssissppl wanted no encumbrances OF the
kind on board bis vessel While the prvateors were ID
possession OF the Kate Stewart they very polite
the passengers assuring ladies and children that thsy
should not be harmed and that they need give themselves
no uneasiness. ,,
The privateer was named the Clarence, OF Baltimore,
and herself PRICE She was captured the Florida,
while her passage from Rio with 200 bags Of coffee
and other merchandise. She fast sailer and hada
crew Of about forty men when she made the captures
After making these captures the prvsss transferred his
Dag the bark Taoony and the Clarence consigned
to the flames In less than hour after the Tscony
captured her removed from her stern and she
10 doubtless going mission Of destruction in
place Of the Clarence. a4,- seUA|
Copy Of endorsement on register OF the schooner Kate
stewsrt.- rt .
The schooner Kate Stewart this day lno date ap.
pears on tho eudorsemcntl captured BY the Coo
federate bark Florida No. g. and bonded for the sum
of thousand dollars payable 10 the President Of the
Confederate States thirty days after the ratification Of
treaty OF peace between the Confederate States and the
Un tied States Of America.
CHAS ". READ, c. 9. n, Lieutsuant Commanding.
List Of passengers the schooner Kate Stewart from
Key west:-Nrs league and child (famiiy Of the cap
tain); VIM. g. Allen, Esq, Acting Deputy Collector
Of Key west and Mrs, Allen and three children; Hugh
Daley ESQ.,, and lady, from Key West, their way
homo 70 Gasgow Scotland Mrs. Glass, blind lady,
sidsnt Of Key West her way to the Eye and Ear In
Urinary at New York.
The C0mma ander OF the TaeoMy.
Charles william Read, who commands the pirate To
cony ID second lieutenant 10 the rebel navy, and Is
citizen OF Jackson Miss. He entered the United States
naval service the 2oh OF september, 1855, and was
commissioned n the rebel service the 18th Of APRIL
1851 and, until joining this ship, attached 10 the
defepces Of the Mississippi river. He . mdshipman
OF tie fourth class in 1885, He graduated At the foot
breaking ou. OF the rebellion be the head OF his
class in deserving his flag and going TO the enemies
| OF his country.
Another Rebel Privateer Seea amer.
The United states gunboat wachusett which arrived ai
Philadelphia Saturday reports lying alongside Of the
new rebel privateer Robert Lee for several days. The
Robert Zee from Wilmington N c., and had the
secesh flag hoised, consisting OF q white ground, with
blue union containing red cross and thirteen white
stars between the spaces OF the The Robert Lee
regular rebel vessel, and Is fully Manned and her
onlcers are but partially uniformed The wachusett
not allowed 10 leave Bermuda until twenty ous after the
Robert Lee had sailed
The Rebel Privateers.