The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-01
Additional Pa rtictl ars of the DcstructtO IN
OF the ship Winged Racer.

Additional Particular Of the Destruction
OF the ship Winged Racer.
From the New Bedford Mercury, Jan 80.
laying ut Angler Straits OF Sunda) and occasionally
being on shore happened 10 be there when Captain
Cummings late o. ne american o sn WaseS
together with ET lady, child and nurse and portion Of
the crew. the ship having been burned by the Alabama
the 1lth day OF November. The Alabama appears TO
have just arrived IN these waters.
Captain Cummings informed me OF the whole affair
also did his lady II appears that the Winged Racer had
had uniavorable winds and squay weather and had
been thrashing about some time, that the captain
was completely EXHAUSTED and both OF his officers being
laid up sick, and seeing no prospecs Of gaining any
ground during the night and the appearance Of The
weather denotng dirty night, he determined ,si
Island (situated the north side Of the Strss) natl
morning he shortened soil accordingly. Al this time he
steam and on getting the ship she fred gun and
ran up St. Georges ensign. Capt. O. still kept on his
Confederate flag. The Winged Racer was then boarded
by Al oaccr irorn the steamer. who informed Capt Q
ina. ms @ vas s &c ao "a al mnch nrn
e. then ordered TO repair on board the Alabama i1
medately with bis papers He did So end on arriving on
the Alabama's decs lie greeted by old acquant
ship whose ship (,hc Amanda had been
burned four days previously by tho Alaoama Just 70 the
a telescope lying his sky tight, and they would rot
allow him 70 lake syen that but LETT i @ DO bnrned
into the presence OF the world renowned Captain
Semmes, WHO in this case, think, has proved himself
thing approaching common pirate. However, pro.
ceed Captain Semmes took Captain C's papers and cOoy
told him he had been looking out for him for the
last week, having obtained nevs Of the ships where
abouts from an English ship, which be had spoken.
He then overhau!ed all the PAPERS, after which nc
freight Among other things Captain c. told bin that no
lad twenty thousand sesars ard that they wero his
VIII ysa Capt then went On deck where rein,
behed most orderly SGT Of follows, apparently
a no M lien a1a e
q about stores. He informed them what ye considered
necessary, and was then taken or board his own ship.
II was now about six y. on Tuesday, November 10,
1893, blowing flesh aud ralnirg The rilage then
mencedahey taking Goals. rope. oil. leads and lines,
sails provisions Of all They struc, the nlzzen
royal yard and took that. and in fact everything
they wanted, They tAcn inenced with the captains
'ants and ali charts the library, and fret ao.
everything OF any vare Mrs. Cummings had opera
glass; hey got hold Of that. but requested them
respect for iadys wish for they returned IL to her
They only allowed 20 take trunk TO each person
Va naes contained in four trunks they obliged to
leave behind have omitted mentioning that after they
steamsr, they laid hold Of two beautiful bsats and
ptched-aclually pitched them the side "a life boat
ard suuchl. Tho Winged Racers had TO got up ell
the stores and the Alabama pitched them into the
boats which proceedin. caused thorn 10 leak badly,
much as to Keep two men baiirg with bucket the
greater orton Of tho time. The officers OF the
then called for liquor but Captain G. could obige
them he carried any liquor for the cabin use,
although 10 had little to give lis men IN bad weather
this they got at and became intoxicated fral,y get
ting into the boats this state. However, Captain c.
offered them some segars. and in few minutes they
spread Lie Eows. aud the men rushed in and out
the loxes, which pitched upon deck and hen into
the boats with the whole ot During the robbing tho
cers kept telling apt G. ana lady not to be fright tened
get excited they would give them plenty OF time to
get INTO the boats ard Clear tho ship before they set
her FIRE but they had got all they wanted
the order Issued, ''si hands into the boats" It
about 2.30 A. VI. wednesday, tho 18th
OF November, aud blowing fresh, dark and rainy
weather with nasty, wicked 10 king squal rrewpg IN
windward However they pefccying the order TO be
pcrcptory, had At once TO comply. ThciCapains child
oply two years old, taken from his little
by hs pocr mamma, and handed the side INTO the
boats IL such night and at such hour, and above all
into boat that stove badly TO keep two
balirg constantly.
Confederate horc TO be recognized
by any Christian country II she allows her officers TO
commit such base acts with impuntyS This was bad
enough but since they do such they quite capa
bic OF doing After they got Into the boats they
were called upon 10 shove of quickly the ship was
fred and the pirates wautd TO get board their
steamer. In fact they had fired the ship before the cap
taip left the deck SO away tey went, cas-. edr IL
drown and they might FOR all that the pirates
cared However they not far from tho land they
mado their way thher and got shore all right aud bad
the awfully grand sight Of seeing noble ad beautiful
ship In Games ali night. At daylight they patched up
their boats and got OF TO foreign sh? that in
sieht Tho captain and biz wife, child and servant
beard the British ship JULIA and we're landed bore
portion Of the crow also came here N Spanish bark
about time. Tho remainder OF the boats pro
cecdcG 10 ratavia where there Is an American Consul.
Aud here Tho captain IL poor man. with about one quar-
ter oil his propertyproerty that he had been perhaps
years In accunuiatns ard now may have 70 begin ire
AGAIN at his age all through the dssardly, humanity
and brutal conduct OF a man who has proved himself
nothing but pirate. u is not the owners Of the ship who
suffer these cases, for they are insured but the
captain and Others belonging TO the ship, u be robbed
surrey can 10 nothing less han piracy.
AN ENGIrsH GENTLEMAN