Washington telegraph., 1864-01-13

~ oAfIohE OF TIE CHEsA
% zee. Ill. Il. Cromwell g. Co:-Ste,mer
~ 'peaNe was captured twenty miles Il. n
y. oape Cod at l:30 A. NJ. on Monday
niie' by rebels who left New York AS mas.
ssngers Second engineer killed ond thrp,n,, 80
overboard9 Chief engineer and MAJ V"a mr9wn ,psn
Iapt- Milietts ahd crew were lanlsd at ST.
John this morning
From United States Consul, 81. John.
SECOND DISPATCH.
ot. Johns, n. B., Dec. 9-The steamer
chesapeake, Capt. Willett, from New York for
,of'iand' Ae., was taken posse ssion of on Sun
uay norn'hg iaSt, between and 2 clock, by
s,A cen Confederate passengers. The second
e"Si ot The steamer shot dead and his
oo9y thrown overheard. The first mate was
oadiy wounded IN the groin Eleven or twelve
shots were fired At the captain
hi'ei oelhg overpowered, the captain was
put IN irons, and the passengers were notide
that they were prisoners of war to tn. Con-
I, defate STA es of America. The steamer came
Oh u ar'ridge Island at about l o'clock this
morning.
The crew and passengers, except the first
engineer, were put board boat and sent
to this city.
The steamer then saii-i in an easterlv di-
rectloI, a was subsequently seen alongside e
ano her vessel. 1t is supposed that she took
on BOARD supply of coal from her. The at
e~N~ 'NNn PihSt apou tMeHIy-Oue mile. OF Cape
Cod. Capt. MIllett and the passengers per the
Chesapeake, are now at the Mansion House.
The steamer and cargo were valued at one
hundrei aud eighty thousand dollars.
The steamer sailed from New York on Sa-
turdly, at 4 p. NJ, and was one of the regular
line plying between New York and Portland.
II will be recollected that it was the Chesa-
p axe that captured Capt. Rec aud his party
when they attempted TO run away with the
cutter Cushing from the harber of Portland.
The World adds the following:
lie stcamsr Chesapeake is propeller of
go tons burden, owned by II. d. Cromwell OF
this city, and built in 1853 by j. A. Wester-
welt. She is schooner rigg.d, built of oak, n as
eleven feet draft of water, direct acting en-
/ glne OF 200 horse power, one cylinder of forty
inches, and forty-two inch piston. She is a
/ splendid boat, and was always a very popl lar
one on this line. She is the vessel that chased
! Capt. Reed, of the Trcony, A. the time Of his
famous iOlay IL PJrllaIl hirb y, Juas % ,
and succeeded in capturing his vessel, til c
! schooner Archer. Her sails are small and can
not be depended Oh. Her value is over sixty
thousand dollars, on which there was no war
! risk. 1t is not known whether her cargo was
/ Insured.
! The cargo consisted of sugar. rags, cotton,
aud large number of packages of prov:sio n :
and general merch Iudise, 1t is believed that
a considerable part OF the cargo was consigned
TO British subjects resident in Canada. She
only carries about thirty tons Of coal, suiIi-
. cient for the round trip.
/ Two guns, each 6-pounder. one of brass
and the other of iron, formed the armament of
the Chesapeake. 1t il now ordinary pre-
caution for vessels going out any distance to
carry one or two guns. There were also few
small firearms, consisting of two or three mas
kets aud few REVIEWERS. the attack seems
to have been SO sudden and unexpected that
any attempt at resistance was useless 1t is
not known whether there was any powder on
board, but probably not much.