The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-20
The Pirate TalIahassee.-The Cap.
ture Of the AdriatiO near New
York.

Messrs. Il. =. Morgan 4 Sons, OF ~ south
street, New York one-third, however, OF
the vessel was owned by the captain, Mr..
Moore, the first mate being I. F: johnson.
July, with full cargo, carrying on board
also 1853 passengers, about one-third Irish,
and the rest Of various nationalities. All
went well and the ship had favorable
passage until nearing port on Friday
morning about five .. M, the Tallahassee
ran across her bows, hailed the Adriatic
and ordered the captain to- heave to, In
0beying which order the pirates main
mast was carried away. laile al
\. The Tallahassee Immediately sent boat
full Of men, q most ragged ragamufan set,
armed to the teeth with cutlasses and pis-
tolls, with orders to bring back the Captain
Of the Adriatic and his papers. Captain
Moore accordingly went on board, and was
at once informed by Taylor, the command
his ship Captain Moore naturally express
ed his hope that such thing would not be
dene, stated that he was part owner aud
wholly uninsured, and above all, that the
ship had in all over two hundred passen-
gers (emigrants) on, and that such an act
would be most cruel and inhuman towards
them.
Taylor replied: !" can't help that, Cap
tain !; am sorry for you, but can't help
it. That's packet ship, and precisely the
sort of ship we want to burn, in order to
bring this war to an end by destroying
your commerce. That's an American ves-
sci, and that's quite. enough TO determine
its destruction Although Captain Moore
had his bills Of lading they were not even
looked at, and he was informed that he
must return on board at once and prepare
his passengers for removal Seeing that
all further expostulatiOn was useless, the
captain returned and informed the pasSen-
gers of the state Of affairs, and that each
would be permitted to take as
much of their baggage with them rs they
could carry in their hands.
This information was naturally received
by the unfortunate passengers with the Mt
most CONSERVATION, many of them leaving
in the luggage they had with them, the
savings of a. lifetime and much of it Of
such nature that 1t was impossible to re-
move 1t in the short time allowed, the wo-
men filling the air with their cries and pit
eous cntreaties, but all in vain. Meantime
the newly captured pilot boat James Funk
had laid chase to and captured the bark
Suliote, Capt. Panno, from which it took
bonds for 5000, and ordered her to heave
TO and receive the passengers Of the Adri-
attic, who, by this time, had filed the b Jats
Of the pirate and the Adriatic, having been
that their luggage should be sent after
them, promise it need not be said that was
never meant to be fulfilled.
The captain was then ordered immedi-
ately to leave the ship, which he refused to
do unless compelled, the mate remaining
with him, whereupon the b0atswain Of the.
Tallahassee, who is said to be b New FORK
ma n, called on his crew, who, with loaded
pistols, forced the captain and mate into
the boat, and, having set fire to the ill
fated vessel, steared for the Tallabassee.-
On arriving near the pirate the captain and
mate were refused admission on board,
and, being put into one OF the Adriatic's
boats, rowed back to the burning ship to
secure some provisions. The flames were
forecastle, consequently they were only
able to secure two small bags of bread,
which they took on board the SuliOte.
On reaching the Suliote, they found 200
people on board . barQue Of 400 tons. deep
~ laden with coal, without any accommo-
dalton for such q crowd, who had to remain
on deck, and with only one barrel Of bread
then set sail for New York, while the Tai
lahassee steamed OF to the Southeast. The
first night was passed on deck without any
serious discomfort save such as arose from
the excessive crowding and 4 scanty sup
ply Of food. In the morning of Saturday,
q schooner was hailed, boat semitic beg a
cask Of water, which,. on the situation be-
ing explained, was gladly furnished.
About IL q. m. the u. s. steam frigate
Susquehanna, supposed to be in active pur-
suit of the pirate, was discovered lyinglike
log on the water. She hailed the Suliote,
and inquired If she had the passengers or
crew OF more than one burning ship on
board. On answer being returned, the
captain and pilot of pilot-boat No. "a,
which had also been captured, were re-
Quested to 70 on board. On being told OF
the course taken by the. Tallahassee, the
captain Of the Susquehanna declared his
intention Of making ior Bermuda, and Civ
ing the pilot dispatches for Admiral Panld-
ing, and Captain Moore four bags Of bis
cult for the Suliote, steamed away, and
left the bark to pursue her course for New
York. a
Sandy Hook was reached at last, and the
Suliote anchored of the bar about half
past s. The rain which shortly after COM
menced, and was so welcome to the coun-
try generally. to the poor passengers on
board the Suliote proved but an aggrava-
ton Of their misaries. The accommodation
Of the bark was limited to one cabin, cal
culated to hold about six persons, and
when thirty women had been crammed
into it, there still remained abou. LOO Of the
crew and passengers exposed TO the dri-
wing storm. OF course all were speedily
wet to the skin. and though an effort was
made to construct an awning, to Keep of
the rain, il was attended with little bene-
fit, for the canvass not being properly
stretched. retained the water, and, at last,
was precipitated by its weight on the heads
of those beneath it, amid the shrieks Of
terror at what they fancied were the waves
circling around them.
The men were at the pumps all night,
the sea, calm as it was, constantly washing
the decks; indeed, had the least wind or
swell prevailed, one-half the people must
have been washed overheard. At last
morning dawned, and tug coming down,
the bark was taken down the bay and an
chored on Sunday morning about half o
mile from the battery. Itmight have been
supposed that when within hail Of New
York the sufferings Of those on board
would at once be brought to an end. This
was not 50, and to tho disgrace OF Castle
Garden it should be known that though
Captain Moore made repeated applications
to the persons in charge there. stating with
perfect truth that all the \ provi-
sions were gone, the people were tamin-
ishing, that the water was reduced to one
bucketful Of muddy settings for two hum
dred persons, and the children were al
most dying Of thirst, and that he would
himself willingly nav the expenses of 8