The sun., 1864-11-02
The Capture Of the Roanoke.
Full Particulars Of the seizure.

Captain p-cv, late the commander Il the New
York and Havana steamship Roanoke, .ccompa.
MED by Pu'scr I = Ilawlcy. and the crew of tho
vessel, orrivca here yesterday from p,rnrl', cu
board the ,chooner liound. Purscr iIawlcy isyors
us with the following detailed account OF tie sei1.
I'VE u the Rlanokc b. the relel pirate Braue sui
his confctcfatcs.
The Roanoke left Havana on the ooth of scptcrp.
tor, at hali-plst three y. NJ, and on .iiiu, half
Nay out oi TIE hailor was hailoi b. thrce lsoat,
containing passengers. Among them WA lcu.
terant Bfsnc o' the 'tontedcratc" scryicc. hut hs
was Loi known 70 us IN that chAractcr at the time
Every thing went On n usual tC4ri tic II, amer
until about ten J.. NJ. when several pistol sLOts
weio fired bv tie rebels AMI tho Passengers ON
deck were ordered telov. The captain cfici OH
aud Cbc! oI uccr having tCci LIHlc pr luu era,
the prliCf p-ogcolcl - secure ne oii = u1ccrr
The carpenter had surrendered, but managed g. got
back ~ Lis room aud took one of has TO dcicud
himself WITH when he was shot la the bead: he then
druTtci a." axe and ran through the engine room,
where lie Vas shot ~ twicc-oue of the balls tsi-
Ing effect IA the arm Of The second assistant en-
Sinerr. rue carpenter then ran on decl, to tho
l'ut-housr and icll rom lose ii blood, when he
wa shot again, having no lcsq than ii, halls in
lin. Aror securinp all the crew except the 'Ic-
men AMI sailors who had gone tp work, the pirates
permitted thcm - pruccei as usual. Thcy had
eng nrcrs among them, AMI one of tho passengers
acted NJ sa,lin2 master. The coursc wac taken for
Bermuda, and We arr vel "a thai Island the tth
ui OciOaei. about T. NJ, when the Confederate
flag was ho s'ed, aud signal msic for pllut. who
came on hoard. and tho steamer taken " Five
fath, IN Hul. and anchored. Braine went ashore
IN the ploi-Ooat about l.. NJ, sud returned about
o'clock the next morning. with some cOu'slcr-
stes q portion Of whom remained On board tho
steamer and we proceeCcd scaward until tho night
Of the jth. They then stood OIL and on until tho
9th. when they spoke q hus, carryin; light at her
topmnN head, and ordered her 10 lenye TO. They
then ent boat on board lhc brig, which y owed to
ia . laI rI,alt \ alp
on hoard for thD steamer. On she murn.lg Oi the
Tth the . rates c"uIn.ced taking ont the coal and
provisions in the s'cn'Ltr's hoail bat ss the sea
was rather rough they could not accOmpl's sh much,
HAVING taken o. bD ard only Gftecn tons u. coal and
al the provisions. The steamer then gave chase to
b. brig, which was expected 10 take oil the passcn-
pers--thc signal beng black bah In the topla
anu Light in the topmas' head but the vessel did
not prove to Ire tho right one She then stool of
~ another vessel whiCn wus found to tc the ono
looked ioI, and about 10 l.. N. the passengers and
bag. lgc commenced going on board II her Tbs
transfer WAS competed anout 4 A. NJ. OF tho Sth,
The brig ttcn made sail iOr St Georse's but
as there ~ y "a si.e again went !utu Five
fIthou u 20 aud alch.r'si Ahou! +. ". tthe
passcn .crs and crew ~ the steamer remaining on
Loord The bTg al night, tnc uur7ef and frat ofl-
/ Ger aclt shore 10 see tio tn'ted StsttB Con-
sui, the captain drew being unwcll. hiplica-
ton rnndo to tie Jrtcs & have tue pirates
ar cs.od. la TIE meantime they put on the coal
brlr Gx bales OF cotton, and about 3 T. NJ. tue
steamer set on hr, Lieut.. Braine ana crew
leaving III her boats, aud would have been lost at
sea but for some Fishermen, who picked them up
aud took them ashore, when they were arlestoI
Gud after mock Tlul were rcc sol Tie Oh crew
Of the stcaI4ur we're Iry, led tor ~ the American
consul, who did all ~ hs power TO make them
comfortable, procured he plGasgo Oh the schIIu-
cr Hound, winch sailed isoIu bcTnulI ou tue 18th.
| The amount Of il.uGE on board tie RJILOIe when
| captured tas been oycrst4toi There we're but
'cu,ccn thousand dollars in srccauacGs and four
thousand dollars in gold n blari Inc report
| previously rcuatcc Il q Captain Drew was made
aware oi thc probable ,itlrc ~ has schooner was
erroneouJ. lie bad 10 such iE'ormatoa."
| Tie following ae the principal oEceys Of the
| r. smoke;
Caplan-F. A. Dr,w; chef OHrcr Z lwari
! Net ls, Engineer -IL7s. lie sg.u5; PIracI-f. r.
/ H.nley,
lie ol.,ors and crew @! the Roanoke, after their
cap,Gre we're placed IN irous- a. u!sLt hu, allowed
then lib,rty duriu' the day. Tie urubcr Of men
actually caga ci in the capture bat ten, but Il
was evident that many othcrs o' the passengers
were n league with them. Tho wtu'c uuuter Of
persons on hoard o. the vessel ".s lO:-5O officers
and crew and e pIsscpgcrs p rt.o4s .i TIC CARO-
Of the ,anoke h,d Lccn laado. on the Island and
h!ldca The authortca wc-c at WORK searching
for it, an4 had llrcGdv succeeded "a unc'rthng
several valuable packages OF seslr- sugar, &c
The mails among which was yal44y!c Lag !rom
Ecy West, were not disturbed.
Another Pirctc Fi;tirg oI, for Operations
In tho .uii.
The plan Of soizng steamers sa'l.rs from un''ct