The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-14


s.~ Of s and 10 O'Clock.
,oss or The STEAMER DARE
phH rrLi. PARTICULARS.
&c are enabled, from conversation wltn
'..,,iu.nt officer who was on board, to
reliaole account Of the loss OF the
o., Dare Capt. Thomas B. Skinner, on
t'S, Snr,h Carolina coast, on Thursday last.
&c mr. VA, owned In this city. by the
n-", ~, mona importing and Exporting Com
1An, in Bermuda on Sunday, the Sd Inst,
- The following passengers Lieuts.
We. @ saroedsr, Otey Bradford, and A. G.
n's,,n. n, Of the navy; Major Ben. W. Flick
- syept of Virginia, and Messrs. George
,rs',seld. ~, Pat. Butler, VIM. A. Mountcastle,
Of Richmond; Kane, of Baltimore; Mostete,
o.chsrles,on, y aud Hamilton, agent Of the
n,,v She had cargo Of IS tons, oi
Inch % ,boa. 50 tons were for the State o1
Virginia, having cost over 92,Ooo.
IN Monday and Tuesday the weather waa
.,n.snt. but on Wednesday there vas
i'rb, rain and no observations could be Ia.
ssn aurinC the day. In the evening about 4
o,,,ock they got cast of the lead, which
.houed II fathoms of water About d
4 o'c)ock the Wilmington pilot took charge o'
Z me vessel, saying he intended to steer for
q Tocswood's Folly. She slightly scraped the
7 beach at Baldhead Inlet about 81 o'clock,
and was then steered along the beach to-
u,rds Fort Caswell, taking casts of the lead
Al the wav. At o'clock at night the pilot
E,boupht they had crossed Wilmington bar
and we're within mile of the fort, and an
Sehored for the night, waiting for daylight to
cross the "trip between the bar and the fort.
q When daylight came it was discovered
ssihat the pilot had mistaken the positions
aud instead Of being one mile from the fort,
I they were three miles, and between them
and il were three blockaders. One OF them
/ saw her, and Immediately gave chase, the
Dare running to the weft. After running
about an hour she lowered boat and sent
of six passenges-Messrs. Whitfield, But
lsr Kane, Mountcastle, Mottete, and Lieut.
sradford-who were landed about As miles
4 below Wilmington, N. c., aud shortly after
#ards reached that city. The Dare still
y 6ssoaiinued her course west, and In about an
hour discovered the Montgomery and Aries,
4 tvo Of the eneIny's propelIcrs, steaming after
her, They were sailing in parallel lines, the
n Aries trying to force the Dare out to sea-
4 The chase continued till IL o'clock, by
d which time the Dare had gotten away from
q The Montgomery, bat the Aries was gaining
4 on her.
& At this time 1t was found that the density
q Of the water In the boiler was increasing,
I sud that the vessel could not go for two
y hours longer 1t was then determined to
Il leach her She was steered for the South
q Carolina coast, about twenty miles distant,
4 and at half.past one o'clock was beached
q about six miles to the east of the Pedee.-
q The officers and crew were put ashore IN the
q boats While they were landing the pursu'
q Dg vessels opened on the Dare with shot
q and she'll They then sent foar armed boats
d 10 the disabled vessel, which, upon arriving,
we're flied to their utmost capacity with the
baggage of the officers and other plunder.-
q As they started to shove off from the wreck
y two of the boats were swamped and four
u teen of the Yankee sailors drowned. The
q uews of the other two boats then came
& ashore, and were Immediately gobbled up by
q the Confederate cavalry pickets, who were
d GEAR the beach. The number of prisoners
h taken was twenty-feur.
The fire of the two blockaders who chased
E The Dare attracted the attention of little
B bockader lying off the mouth of the Pedee,
and she ran up and threw incendiary shell
Into the wreck, and firing her aft. Our own
people had already fired her forward, and
rendered her boilers useless. 1t was sup
posed that much of the cargo Of the Dare
would be saved, as our cavalry pickets could
/ ride around the vessel at low water. Capt.
skinner remained at the vessel for the pur-
pose OF receiving her cargo. His conduct
and management of the vessel during the
chase Is very highly spoken of.
A Atelegram, received In the city yesterday,
says that large portion of the Dare's cargo
will be saved
On Monday morning the Ranger. block
ae running steamer, got ashore near VIII
nington, and was destroyed by her crew.
She was laden with Government stores from
Bermuda While she was burning the enemy
lFled to beard her, but were driven off by
'as coast guard.
a Yankee gunboat off Wilmington
grounded near LockwOod's Folly beach, on
honaay morning, and the enemy, not being
sa's 10 get her oil, blew her up: The explo'
"on vas heard and felt in Wilmington.