The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-14
THE REBEL PRIVATBERs,

A Fleet Sf Rebel War Vessels Preparing
Co Prey on our COmmercc-D Description
Of % Suspected Confederate Cruiser
Preparations Tthe Navy Department
United states Revenue Vessels TO Cruise
Nay and Night. sc.
From a variety Of sources we hear of priva-
tecrs preparing to make o dash upon our ship
ping. Our latest adyices from Wilmington lead
MS to believe that t will not be many days before
the new prvatccrs HairE Ei.th. and one or two
Others including the Tallahassee, will be out,
and at work on their mission Of sinking, burning,
and destroying our uuarmCd merchantmen.
Already one is reported TO be on our northeast
ern coast. What vessel she is, and where she
came FROM has not yet been ascertaiuod.
A correspondent Of the Boston Journal who
was on board the steamer Frauropi4 on her last
tIp from Boston to Halifax, gives the following
particulars Of her adventure with vessel sup
posed TO be a new Rebel priyatcer
81 have to communicate the important news Of
new Rebel priyateCr OF this coast. She Is uu-
doubtedly one OF the new ones, not yet known by
any acts, just out from Wilmington. The tide of
the Bay Of Fuudy had set in so strong rs to cause
us to make Sea Island nearer than usual, and tu
this fact we probably owe our escape. From Sea
Island we lay near course to Cape Sable,
running inside BAIL rock. When off the latter
place We NleNoNtlNN NllNh We NAlHNNtA 10 he "a
barquc bearing down for us, but it soon proved q
steamer though not under steam, trying TO head
us of; but from the fact before named, rs we had
the inside track, we were not long in getting in-
side Of the three leagues necessary for protection
Dnring the chase she showed first the English
ensign, next two others In quick succession, which
we could not make out. She chased US well into
land, and when t was obvious she had missed
her prey she wheeled about directly in the path
She came. She was barquc-rggcd, painted lead
color. smoke stack and a Uum size vessel
since arriving here | have further proof or
her being priyatCcr, as the Bermuda stcamet
arrived yesterday before us, and IL was MOI
her. and there is no English mln-Ot- war at
present known to be in that vicinity. Southern
sympathizers here claim that four Of them
will soon be atloat upon their work Of destruc.
ton. She had evidently counted on getting
between us and the shore, aud thus hay-
ing an of. shore chase to her advantage, bnt
the positions were fortunately reversed, and we
escaped. | think, in common with others, that
she will coal from some American vessel coal
laden, bound from Cape Breton to Boston or
New York, which she may capture, and then be
ready for extensive mischief. This is evidently
her first appearance, though she may have made
captures, the knowledge Of which you may have
received ere this. The wind was blowing north
east at the time, and her manWuyres were such
as no merchant vessel upon regular course would
have pursued"
The Southern papers intimate in a confident
manner that the day is not far distant when our
merchants VIII meet with annoyance ana loss NJ
the hands of these bold adventurers, which they
claim can run out and into Wilmington at
pleasure.
Our blockading yes Off Wilmington must
bCstir themselves anSKecp bright lookout for
these craft, and in case Admiral Lee should let
them slip out by him, the Navy Department has
proposed special flying squadron TO pick
them up.
We are unable at present to state what prepa-
ratiOns have been made but suffice 1t to say that
never since the war began has the department
shown so much foresight as it has in statOning q
number of vessels NJ certain points ready for
service. The next time the Rebel ensign is found
at sea OFF our coast, il will not have the chance
to fly as impudcntly as on former occasions.
The class of vessels detailed for this special
service are not hail ferry boats and chartered
craft, but regular war vessels, O,ccrcd by regu-
lar naval officers and manned by well drilled
scamen. Among this number we may mention
| the I0HdeTbW, PdUtUCECt, I0ScO, and others
! These vessels arc strung along the coast from
| Maine TO Virginia.
The new collector Mr. Simeon Draper, has
| issued orders to the Revenue Naval service t,
! have sufficient number of vessels constantly
| cruising around the coast, to prevent the depre
| datiOns on American shipping by privateerS
| which were so prevalent while his predecessor
was in office. These vessels are to sail day ant
night at all points of the coast. The order ha
given confidence TO the merchants that they MAJ
! safely engage in the cOasting If not the occlI
| Tade.-NGc York UOrid.