Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-08-18
A NEW REBEL PRIVATEER.

tesgaphic report published Saturday informed ou
readers that rebel prvatrer called the Tallahassee
and commanded by John Taylor Wood the Confederate
navy had appeared off Sandy Hook Friday aud captured
and destroyed several vessels The pilots and Of the
pobcat James Funk of the captured by tae
Tallahassee have arrived in New York and published the
following narrative Of her operations;
'The piot-boat james Funk left New York August 10
with tho following pilots beard: Messrs Yates Fryer
Smith, and Handrew. At nine p nj. put Mr. Handrew
on board Of the brig Cora
son Thursday morning, at half past seven, Fire Island
bearing northwest distant thirty miles discovered steam
or steering west Krpt off for her aud coors On
approaching her We perceived that she w the pennant
and Union Dag On nearing us she stopped. Thinking
she wanted pilot We hove our yawl out and Mr. Smith
and two went alongside of her As soon as the yawl
got alongside of the down thu Stars and
Stripes and up went the rebel flag The pilot aud men
who We're IN the yn~ were aiken on board prisoners
and they lowered two bonts full Of armed men, who came
aud t,ak possesoa OF the plot-boa the name of the
Confederate States.
Before taking us he had captured the schooner Sara
Boyce, OF Great Egg Harbor, bound from Boston
Philadelphia, At nine A. NJ the privateer captured til
brig Carrie Estee of Boston, hound Ia New York She
was burned AT eleven A. M she captured the barque
Bay State from Alexandria to Boston aud burned her also
At one p M captured brig A Richards, of Boston, from
Gace Bay, c. B bound to New York She was burned
also At three p M captured schoonsg Atlantic of Ad-
dson, aud burned her At balpast three o'cl ck she
boarded the schooner Carroll East Machias bound
to New York. She was released signing bntds for
$40 00O she taking all the Of the captured vessss
to New York Ali of the prisoers were paroed and dur
Ing all of this time the plvate9Esmon would ve
any thing to eat or dr0k August l2 of FIRE Island fl
teen OF the paroed men left he schooner Carroll row
boat and steered for Fire Island Inlet where we were
kindly taken in tow by the yacht Lily Csut Johnson who
brought us into the inlet"
CAPTURE or THE SHIP ADRIATiC.
Captain Moore of the Adriatc gives the following facts
in regard TO the capture of his by the Talahassee
On the 7h of July ne left London with one hundred aud
slxy-three pass Dges and full cargo AT Ave o'clock
on the morning OF tho 18th instant in latitude 400 40 lon
gtude lo 40 he ordered to heave to unknown
s,eauer. His vessel was boarded, and he informed
that prize 10 the Confederate Tallahassee
md would be burned he barQue Sulote Of Belfast
from Cow Bay for New York having been Ist previously
captured when thrEyf miles from Montauk Poin aud
med tor five thousand dollars the passengers and crew
Of the Adratic were placed board vi IeF The rebels
gave the passengers such te tCle that they forced
TO leave naariy al tuer baggage board the Adatc
which burned, together with the ship. The captain
says that rounding 10 his vessel close the p
rate that be carr ed away her ,inmat and If ths wind
had been little stronger the probability shat he would
have sunk her After all the passengers had placed
board the Suore there was scarcely standing room
and had there bseh gale of wind, even heavy suna
The lives Of twothirds Of those board wo i'd ndoubed
have been lost the Suiotes decks were even with
the water.
REPORT OF CAPT. REED
Capt Reed, of the brig Biow. before .sporred cap
tured by the Tallahassee 6a- arrived at Boston and gives
the following particulars of his interview with the pirate
captain:
wag two hours and half on board tho Talshassee
She had pivot Rna three forward gums and one brass
rifle gun oi large cabre the hurricane deck She had
aso several spare The captain John Tay 0r Wood
was que tree ana uureserved IN his talk TO He ssd
he could steam sixteen knots per hour aud had crosse
the British channel (tw-ntyone mills y ia seventy two
minutes He would not ight be said, uness compelled TO,
aud pfeierr5d 60 Iun as vessel was fast Hs also
averred that within week be had destroyed fifty
nd lku rfy Ia
destroy ed sixteen SAIL namely, three ships two barqus
and he rest hermaphrodite brgs aud schoonss Ons
the ships the Adrlatc, of New York, captured the
day be took my vessel He added that he would
sacken up the coastEg trade that Uncle Ahs would
be glad ~ make peace de asked about th, Nan
tuck light at aud aft. rwards sad recurring & his
dergns, hat there ahIat than Florida and
Tallahassee meaning of course Confederate ships Of smi-
lar character TO his and those "Uucle Abe" had
better look out for Capt. Wood appeared very aEabe
and said he was doing what was net pleasant.
rnE BAR1UE ATLANTIC.
The barque Atlantic, arrived at New York yesterday
reports that she boarded by the Tallahassee
13n instant She placed tas captain aud paasrn.
gers of the barque Genavon board. he latter was
frem Ardtossom Tor New York, aud burned by the
pirSte,
STILL FURTHER DePREbATIoEs.
YARMOUTH, IN C.) AUG 16 The schooner Sophia,
from TURKS Island, las arrived to-day with the crews Of
the following vessels sunk by the pirate Tallahassee ship
Litteied Of Bangor Maine, from Cardiff for New Yors
Dupont, OF Delaware, sunk l3tD in lat 40o lou. lc1
schooner Mercy A. Howe Gf Chatham sunk Yesterday ia
lat 43o. Ion CO. After the Of the above vssseIs
put board the Sophis The Tallahassee sunk four
other schooner one Of which the J. IL. Bowen ol
Gloucester. TIE smoke oi the steamer was seen th,s
morning in the direction Of Sea- leland.
| TWENTY FIVE VESSELS DESTROYED
| THoMAsroS, ME AJG. IL The rebel steamer Tai
lahasre lhursdBy destroyed twenty five vessels "A
Mattnlcus Rock she 0as manned mostly by Nova SEQ
TIA men After sending the and passengers Of she
yes" destroyed into Friendship by sIal craft, she
sieered in All easterIy dirccuoR.
| DESTRUCTION or SIX MORE VESSELS
| BosToN, AuG IA despatch from the American Con
sular Agent at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia tn this city
tha vessels were dest yrd by toe pirate Tallahassee
on Monday six miles lrom Cape sable. Thirty neu a
the were landed at Yarmouth drstttuts c,ndr
ton. The pirate was il sight on Mon lay morning.
Secretary Welles promptly issued orders for the dis
patch of vessels from New York Hampton Roads ant
Portland IN pursuit of the pirate Several have left New
York despatch received last night from Halifax re
ports the Tallahassee of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION
| The Louisville Journal Of Tuesday says: The New
York CONNIE ether Esstsru nsnArS