Washington telegraph., 1864-08-31

ANOTHER SEA ROVER Eastern papers
another Confederate privatrer-"Thc Tallahas-
see''-which has appeared off the Eastern coast
and is carrying CONSERVATION to the shipping
interests. We give few extracts:
New York, Aug I3-The pirate Tallahassee
which has Just destroyed 4 number Of vessels
on our coast, IL an iron steamer painted white.
with two smoke stacks, two screws: Is about
23O feet III length. - feet in beam, and draw $
obout feet of water
Her hull is marked Tallahassee of London.
1864, and her engine is marked j. 4 W. Dud-
gron, London.
She il fore and aft schooner rugged, and
mounts three guns. Her crew consists OF about
120 persons, including officers. Mn Of all n;,-
tiouaiiti, are represented on board, most of
whom are said TO be- soldiers from Lees army.
She is said to have run out OF Wilmington
about six DAYS ago, without having been seen
by any Of Admiral Lees blockafrrS.
She has quite a quantity of cotton on board
to protect her boilers, and there four barrels
of turpcntinc OH deck to be used in firing veg
sells
She is commanded by John Taylor Wood, {
s y.
Surgeon Shcppherlson says hc was one of
the Chesapeake pirates.
The crew are dressed i'm RAGS and tat;rrs. and
they are hard-locking set. The chief cngin-
eer says he is of Boston, or WAS born and
brought mp in that city.
The last seen of the pirate she was steering
southeast, with th: pilot boat JAS. Funk in tow
as Il tender
All OF the officers and crew of vessels captur-
al by the priyatecr Were parocd. and signed
documents not to tak mp arms against the re-
bels until regularly exchanged.
Sandy Hook Sunday noon, Aug. 1.-THE
boatrnan Of the Associated Press at this point
landed here and furnished the following copy:
| have boarded barquc Suloc, of b. lfist Me.
from Cow Bay for New York. She was cap
turcd 90 the 18th INST, off M0ntlnk Point, -
miles distant, by the pirate Talldhas see The
pirates boudtd her for $4,000, and put on board
of her 800 passengers from the ship AdIi1tic,
the latter having been burned by the pirate.
No water or provisions were given them. She
also had OF board Mr.. Callahan and crew of the
pilot boat VIM. Bell, No. u, which vessel was
burned on the 18th.
The Sulotr reports seeing q vessel burning
on the night of the 18th.
The pirate stated to some Of the captured per-
sons that he was coming into New York harbor.
Lewis Sampson, pilot, reports seeing on the
lot h. % miles off Mohtauk Point a brig burned
bottom mp. 1t was no doubt the Carrie Estcllr
Can't. Hamburg. At the same time the pirate
Tallahassee came close aboard, with the Union
ensign flying. and after passing hoistcd the
Confederate flag. On the same day and Mt the
sano hour the Sirenc and pilot boat burned,
maine and n4lmber unknown
The pilot boat Ezra Nye arrived here, and
reports that on the 18th, oil Montauk, she saw
the pilot boat Jas. Funk, leave ship on iir.
and afterwards suspicious steamer took the
pilot boat in tow.
The Ezra Nye stood off but afterwards went
to tho burning ship and found it was the Adfist-
ic. from London 70 New York. Two foreign
barks were close by at the time, to whom It " as
supposed the passengers Were transferred.
The Tallahassee was afterwards seen noar a
large ship.