The New York herald., 1864-05-19

by M In 1862. About dusk Of that sams
INTO the old shipyard. walking about Suddenly two
strange men jumped up from behind some timber lyiua
near, made OF TO the river, plunged To- swan on 20
small exin and padded To the opposite shor0
before the surprised soldiers made any effort 10 capture
thenl Thinking u very suspicious processing, ahsy
hack from tho the mystery explained by nndns
four torpsdoes all ready for exploding They were az
milton is, the two mon were waiting until should ba
dark then they meant TO plant them In tho river dfectN
we moved we should have been tolcrably certain 10
be blown up But, thank fortune tho dlabolcs p'a9
was frustrated II was Determined 70 tess ons 1s
them, TO sec what execution u would DO; 20 y
was fixed under the edge Of old wharf and string
lcd from hs spring to shore One OF our omoers' OF
signal from the captain pulled II. An instant more an4
the ar was full OF lying mbors pieces going Sky
or seventy fest up In the air, accompanied BY heavy
After that sight abundantiy satisfied AZ 10 tho
capacity for mischief Of these truly Internal inventons
vessel striking OF them would stand an exceed'ng
good chance OF being blown pieces, and 1t would
no doubt be attended with considerable loss Of lie.
After tnat You may be sure vigant watch was sepg
up on the shores aud every procanon taken 70 guard
against such disaster. After remaining four days AZ
the point steamer up with orders to evacuatd
| the place imme edately, tho whole expedition being q
fent to divert the rebels attention from the real ona
| Of the orders tho troops striking tents,
and embarkng transports and early the next morning.
all loft the place. However, destined ID
get back Yorktown without another adventure. About
ten miles down the river came up TO the gunboa4
| Mystic. Captain Wright came on board and reported
having sent a boat 10 TO Nsh ne, near the Shore and
when opposite large barn tho wsre fred on by tw0
men instantly The 9ueras skedaddsd for na
woods, and tho boat returned TO the ship On hearing
the case Captain Babcock determined TO destroy the
barn and contents after firing three or four snot1
from hundredp pounder rifles, the boats from bot
ships called away. Crews, fully armed, pulled for
the shore burst open the building and began ptng WOOD
saturated with turpen.ine, against side 10 ordor ID
mako work Of il. while these proceedings wercl
house near by declaring that shots had been nrod
about the place all Yet oil satisfied that tho
be found, although there lay the dead body. Just aa
the waters edgo silent but eloquent testimony 70 tn
Mr.. OHcers good Mr. Sailors don't burn our barn please
don't burn It," But when the flames began 70 rise ~
apm s
woman apparently trying " see how near sesuS
with eSoa escuas,oo, such ' q. You
.vilains. "Rascas In fact every epthes In the New
beard iAs' a. the Ship ship. bali mile from shore Finally
string OF the performance one OF our officers tWasstan
o 70 sS%' sne hous. % me agan nnS. more
the men carting OF both screechi
..hss showed ah.r. h.@ see0 W.
badly burn she house also; but orders forbade H.
attack did not come from there 90 ns ~ rnos
rade. The burning OF even tho barn wl hope prove
lesson to these river citizens that they cannot nrs
outrage Of the kind will provoke devastation o. the
After hosting up our boats we proceeded oowG
i she morning without further incident
the following Is . list Of the ohcers Of the gunboao
Morse
l Lieutenant Corsmandet-Charics A. Babcock.
Acting Aniatant Pdpmdster-Heury Russell.
/ AehA0 AssistGn Surgeon-WilliamJ j. Donor
j Acs~0 Rnngns-Adolphus Dennett, John T. AcTryl
Robert N. WagstaT and william Dunno.
Enrney-Acting First Assistant, Thomas Divine; Act>
Ing Third Assistants, Timothy Flanders Thomas McNell
| and George G. Rogers
l Captains CIerk-Charles Levins.
| Poymaster's C1erk-Robert II. Allen.
Ptios-Wm. v. N. Wright.
/ MOVEMENTS sUrPLY AND TRANSPORT srnAnKRs.
II mn
tecr Lieutenant Edward Conroy commanding, arrive
al Hampton Roads to-day tho nth nst., from tho Eas
aud Gulf sauadons On the 27th OF April tho UnoF
captured the English schooner o. K.a noted blockade
rvnneron the coast OF Florida. On the 18th inst III
Union spoke the transport herrmac, bound south. o.
the 18Th inst. of Charleston she spoke the Hanspor
Caha wba bound south and on the 10Th inst on Whining
ton she spoke tho United states supply steamer Admiral
bound south. Tho Union leaves for New York thi
| evening