The Portland daily press., 1864-08-19
Doings Of the Pirate.

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Schooner Sarah B. Harris, Capt. Delano, ar
rived at this port yesterday morning. She
was captured and bonded by the pirate Iaiia-
hassee, last Monday. She brought some forty
men of various vessels that had been captur-
ed and destroyed. Among them are the
crews of the sch. Eta Caroline of Portland,
Can't. Poor. and SCH Howard of n. Y, Capt.
Bahrt Both we're scuttled and sunk off Cape
Sable The former was fishing vessel aud
the latter was loaded with coal Capt. Delano
also brought in the crew Of the fishing sch.
Restless of Boothbay. He reports that the
schs. Floral Wreath, Capt. Jewett, of George
town, Maine, and Mary f. Howes of Chat
ham, Mass, were sunk.
Capts. Poor and Bahrt, who were on board
the Tallahassee for some time, report that she
is Clyde built steamer OF about 100 tons
propeller with double engine and fast saier
she is very long and narrow-is high out OF
water-had two masts, but one was carried
away by the Adriatic-is painted whte-has
l4O men-carries four guns, a l00-pound rife
parrot amidships, two 30-pound rifles, and one
24-pound howitzer-she is light built and can
not be strong-is commanded by John Taylor
Wood Virginian. Capt. Wood Is a tall,
spare man, of dark complexion, very heavy
whiskers and mustache, has been a colonel
In the rebel army, and was formerly in the U.
S. Navy, and is said to be the maa who de-
streyed the U. S. tugs, some time ago, at the
mouth Of the Rappahannock, and U. S.
steamer near Newbern. She has not large
amount Of coal ON board and has, undoubted-
ly, gone into Halifax to replenish her supply.
From Capt. Chandler NJ. Jewett, of schoon-
er Floral Wreath, we obtained the following
facts:
The Floral Wreath sailed from the bay of
st. Lawrence on the 1lth inst, bound for
Georgetown. On Monday last, about two
O'Clock, Cape Sable bearing Z. n. E., distance
about forty miles, discovered long steamer
alongside fore and aft schooner. The steamer
left the schooner aud started for brig at the
windvard. The brig showed British colors
and the steamer altered her course and started
for the Floral Wreath. She had the Ameri-
can flag fying-came along side the +. w.
and asked Capt. Jewett where he was from
and where bound. On being told he ordered
the schooner to heave to. He lowered his
boat and with 4 crew went on board the
schooner, and proclaimed that the steamer
was Confederate craft, at the same time or
dering the captain and crew OF the schooner
into their boat. Capt Jewett went below to
. collect his things, and when he returned on
deck the masts had been cut away and the
vessel scuttled. The captain of the pirate
steamer had been asked If he would not bond
the vessel. He replied, ION no condtions.n-
The crew OF the schooner were not allowed TO
take any thing but their clothing, which they
gathered up, got into the boat and went on
board the steamer The American flag was
then lowered and the Confederate flag hoisted.
The steamer then started for another yes
sci at the n. f., which had just hove in sight
Got up with her and found her to be schooner
er Restless Of Boothbay, Capt. Levi Blake,
from the bay of ST. Lawrence, bound to Booth
bay with cargo of fish. He then left her
and steered n W. for another vessel which
had hove in sight. On coming up with her
she proved to be schooner Sarah B. Harris of
Portland, from the bay of St. Lawrence for
Portland, with cargo of fish. He ordered
the captain to come on board with his papers
and took the vessel in tow. Then he went
buck to the Restless and picked up the crew,
that schooner having, in the mean time, been
scuttled. He then bonded the Sarah B. Har-
ris for $1,000 and put the officers and crews
OF the various vessels he had destroyed, on
board Of her, and allowed her to proceed on
her course to this port. The number put on
board of her was about fsrty.
After puttingthe men on board the schoon-
err, the pirate steamed for schooner that was
at anchor at the southwest, boarded her, cut
away her masis and scuttled her. He then
brought the crew of this vessel, which was
the Eta Caroline, Capt. Poor of Portland,
on board the Sarah Harris. 1t was then
about dark, and the pirate steamed off for
another vessel he saw in the southwest.
The Captain of the pirate paroled all the
men of the vessels he captured.
When the crew of the Floral Wreath ar
rived on board the steamer, they found the
crew Of the steamer Howard, of New York
there. The vessel was loaded with coal and
bound TO New York from Lingan. She had
been scuttled and sunk that morning.
Previous to capturing the Floral Wreath
the pirate had put thirty men on board an
English vessel bound to Yarmouth, n. S.
One of the crew of the Sarah Harris knew
the Captain of the steamer. His name i.
j. T. Wood Of Fredericksburg, Va, and he
was formerly on board the U. S. irigate On
tario.
Capt Jewett states that while ON board the
Tallahassee he was treated in a very gentle
manly manner by Capt Wood, with whom be
had considerable conversation. The pirate
captain enquired good deal about Portland
saying that he meant to visit the port HI
also made enquiries about the harbor of ST
John, and other places. He stated his deter
mination not to fight, but to trust TO the spec,
OF his vessel, which he said was faster thai
sny other craft ahoat, at the same time boast
ing that he could get twenty knots an hou
out of her If it was needed. His plan was Il
scuttle and sink all the vessels he captured.
Capt. Jewett aud his crew were kindly pro
vided. by City Marshal Head, with passag
home in the cars yesterday.
A dispatch received by the collector, fror
the American Consul at Halifax, n. s., lstl
says the Tallahassee has just come into por
HoNEsTY.-A clerk in a drug shop, e
days since, took some coppers out OF his pool
ct and observing one that resembled "arm
and navy cents" was about to throw it ava