, 1864-08-17
THE PIRATE TALLAHASSEE.
THE CAPTURE Of THE AD7IATlC
NEAR HEW YORK.
a Thrilling Chapter Of Danger and
Sufferlug.-A Statement Of the
Officers

The AdSiatic WAS fine Tcraet ship Of 1 200
tons. the principal owners being Mess:a.
New York; one-thrrd however Of the vessel
was owned By the captain, Captain Moore,
the first mate being l. F. johnson. The
Adrlatic left London on the 9th of July.
with tull cargo, tarTJing on board also 16j
passengers, about one-thiEd Irlsht and the
ind the ship had a favorable passage until
| nearing port on Friday morning about tive
q N. the Tall4haseesaran ,across, her bows,
hailed the Adriatlc and ordered tue capt=in
to hsave to, In obe5ing which orier the
pirates Hatnmast wus carried away.
full OF men, Moet ragged rug ggmutIlu set,
armed to the teeth with cutlasses aud pls-
tois, with orders to bring back the Capt4in
& the Adr'auc and lis papers. Cap.ain
aloofe accordingly vent on hoard, and WIS
~ 2nee f1ata 1nt9.med By Taylor, the commander
ship Captain Moore n uturnlly expressed
Ills hope that such a thing would not be
done, suited that be WAS part o oxnsr end
wholly uninsnred, and above all, that the ship
fgrants) on, and that such an net Woull be
mast cruel And f1hua1an to oWards them
Taylor replied; IL can't help tnat, Capt ain !;
anl sorry tor ron, m. cau't he IN It. Tuat:s
packet ship, aud precisely the sort Of ship
Ne want to burn, In order to bring this war
That's an American vessel, and tn .t's quite
enough to determine its destruction.' Al
though Captain Moore Aal his bills Of ladlng
they we're not even looked at, and he Wis
informed that he must return on board at
cnce und prepare his passengers for removal.
Seeing that all further eIpo5tulation was
useless, the captain returned and informed
tue passengers OF the state of affairs, and
that each passenger would be permitted to
take as tnuch OF their baggage With them as
they could carry in their hands.
Tnfs Information Was naturally received
b5 the unfortunate passengers with the n
most CONSERVATION, many of them leaving
In the luggage they had with them, tue say
ings if lifetime and much Of it Of such
natnre that 1t WAS impossible to remove It
In the short time allowed, the women filling
the alt with their cries and piteous eutreat.
captured pilot boat james Funk had laid
chase to and captured the balk Su tote, Capt
Panno, from which It took binds for IS, 900,
md ordered hnE to heaYe to ann receive the
lime, had filled the bouts Of the pirate and
the Aeriattc, having been induced to leave
80 .quick1y by promise that their
luggage should be sent after them, PROM
ise it reed not be said that was never meant
to be fulfilled.
to leave the ship, which he refused to do uu-
less compelled the mate remaining with him,
wheseupon the boatswain OF the Ta1lshas-
sec, who Is said to be q New York man, call
cd on his crew, who, with loaded pistols,
forced the captain and mate into the boat,
and, having set fire to the nl-fatea vessel
steared for the Tallahassee. On arriving
near the pirate the captain and mate were
refused admission on board, and, being put
fIto one Of the Adriattc's boats, roWed back
tn the burning ship to secure some p1oyiE-
Ions: The flames were then coming out Of
the matches and the forecastle, consequently
they were only able to secure two small bags
OF bread, which they took on board the Sui
tote.
On reaching the Suliote, they found 200
people on board barque of 400 tons, deeply
laten with coal, without any acc>mmoda.
deck, and With onls one barrel Of bread and
three casks of water. The Suliote then set
sail for New York, while the Tallahassee
ea!ued of to the Southeast The first night
was passed By the passengers on deck With
ont an, serious discomfort save such as
arcse from the excessive croWdfng and
ecsnty supply Of food. In the morning Of
Saturday, a schooner was hailed, boat sent
to beg cask Of water, which. on the situa-
tion being Explained, was gladly furnished.
About Il 4. NJ. the U. 8. steam frigate Sus-
the pirate, was discovered lying like log
On the water. She hailed the Snltotc, aud
inquired If she had the passengers or crew Of
more than one burning ship. On board. On
answer being returned, the captain and the
p'ltt Of pilot boat No. "a, which had also
6es9d n 6ens td ot tss 10 GO
by the Tallahassee the captain Of the Susque-
.haha aeclared his intentsoo Of making for
B. rmudu. and giving the pilot dispatches for
Admiral Paul6ing, and Captain Moore four
bass OF biscuit for the Suliote, steamed away,
and LIT the bark to pursue her course for
New York
Sandy hook was reached at last, aud III.
5ullo,e anchored of tue bar about 4 past S.
Tie rain which shortly after commenced,
and Was so welcome to the country generality
to the poor passengers on board tue Suslote
proved but an aggrayatfon Of their mise rios.
The accommodation Of the bark vas limited
to one cabin. calculated to hold about six
pezeons, and when thirty women had been
crammed into 1t, there still remained about
1G0 of the crew and passengers exposed to
the driving storm. OF course all were
speedily wet to the skin. and though an ef-
fort was made to construct an awning, to
keep oil the rain. 1t was attended with little
benefit, for the canvass not being properly
stretched, retained the water, and, at last;
vas precipitated BY Its weight on the heads,
OF those beneath It, amid their Bhr1eks of
terror at what they fancied were the waves
circling around them.
The men we're at the pumps all night, the
eee, calu As IL was, constantly washing tIe
decks; indeed, had the least wind or awel1
prevailed, one~half the people, must have
been washed overheard. it last morning
dawued, and tug coming down, the bars
was taken down the bay aud anchored On
SUI day morning about half mile from The
battery. It nut sht hare been supposed that
when Within hail OF New York the slaesinss.
OF those on board would at once bu bronsht
to an end This was not 30, and to The dia-
grace of Castle Garden It should he kno4a
that thout Captain Moore made rep ated
applications to tho persons IN charge th IRE,
slatn with p. rfect truth that all the proyt-
sions were gone. that the people wera fsm-
lso.1g. that the water ao rcdIc3d 10 one
busaettIl Of muddy ssttlsnss fo1 tw& tra,