The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-11-05
NEW YORK SATURDAY, NOVEMBER s 1864

hv- led by the rcbcl pavn,ecr Olus,cc, Lieutenant
w. H. w.ri commanding who told us We were
pri,c to the Confederate States, and orlcrcd us TO
GO, our clothing and 20 on board the steamer
which we did, when tty imme .istcly SC;
our weasel FIRE, and went ia cbas'
on another vessel which was IN Gght, but niyht
coming On failed 20 find her. We weic kept on
board until the 81 iuat.. when, In lat. A9;l?, long
- we came tp with the schooner A. J BIRD, Can't,
French Of and from Rccklsni, for wasl In ,ton,
u G.. with cargo of lnic laths and rotatoes
The crew were ordered on board the steamer and
the aohconer scuttlci. There WAS also In 81 rht at
the tune the schooner y. +. Lewis, Capt. Lee, Of
AMI from Portland, for Philsdcphia. with q general
CARO- which was disposed ofin the same manner ss
TIE Brd. She then run for another schooner which
was close by, and which proved g. he ths schocus
Antelope, Capt. Dobson, from MStanzAs Tor New
York, and to which vessel we were all ransf, rrcd
- 10 nunier, aficr ri. ming the usual parole Capt
Walker had his wife child and sister. and also two
lAssflgerN who were sl sctycC "a. ke IAt plf atcs
t'o. rpsseson Of oil the nsutcal Instruments an
every thing elss Of value that they could get thor
bands on.
The olur'ee Ia an iron scrcw steamer. I,lOo tons
lurthcu, 22o feet long, schooner ussed, two ~. ke
sacss two Screws and is very fast, she IL psinte
whito, and run out Of Wilmington. N C. on the
nlght OF 30th uit. In passing by the gunbosis on
blockade she received n shot w her bow which
wcnt entirely through her, but done nc otLUr dam
asc. Several of the cap ives IN c0nvcrsa.Lln with
the crew learned that thcTu are at present four
Hoancrs of the same class the coast, all " which
are out of Wilmington, " L and II Eu..lis build.
The BARK Empress rLerc,n, carturel ~ above,
was built in Mathew GO. Va, years old, 3l2 tons
burthen. and owned by John ~ Zsndc', at B.l,i-
piorc The schooner A. j. Bird. was lis tuns bur
then, , years Old and owned by John Bird and
others at Roct'nnd. was valuei at s16,oN. The
schooner y. r Lewis was iS3 tons bnrthcr, 10
years old, and owned hy y. Whuo and others a,
Portland. aud Stark W. !.cNls of New York. Tue
aJu ns aud oi all the shove vessels have mr.
rived NJ this port in tho British schooner Antelope
all well
THE TALLAHASSEE.
Dhiiadelph,d, Nop. i-rhe L. !. steamer Gs.
lena las arrived oS tho Break water, from Key
West lor rcpsirs. She passed Lewes yesterday
morning, and heard nothing OF the pirate Tala-
hascc. The report o'a pirate being on the Della.
ware BrcskwAter has No, been traced 70 any res.
tle sources, and Is not generally believed. The
Kvss,So BULLETIN says:
q. Gustav Smith, Engineer OF this Light House
District left loves si o'cluet ysster.y morning,
aud Ut II At utus there had been no report there Of
pirate being ut the BIeskwateI which IL ip sight
fiom Le~es. lie totally discrcdlts the ruInor
Moreover, the United states gunbnat sassacus
double-ender, was in Le~es, having arrived there
on "Wednesday night. II any pirate had been 10
the ncighborhooi, she would have beon afler her al
once. The whole story may be set down
cnard.