, 1866-09-20
THE REBEL NAVY,
Arrest OF John G. BrnIne for Murder
on The High Scas-Onc OF tho Stcunl-
ship Chesnpeakc's Officers The Col11-
plalnant.

on me DlGn ecaA-Onc Oh sne aAcutu'
Snip ChesnpeaAc's oneef" INC COM"
fnn,a,r % T Jo,,n @ c. , Bn,ine , Of tho iiefanct c.
s. H. WHO in Decembcr. 1863. bv rue de- |
m,crrs cnntnrcI the Crnn,well Steamship
York 10 PoItlauj. vas himself captured at |
seven O'clock on Saturday evening, In the |
vicinity Of the Wall House, WiIliaiisburgh, !
where lie has been boarding unmolcstel. fhe
rss. nrton "ds u.s. InJ Ifntc1 M States Mar.1ai Iars
Ns"lcr * Tie instance If yIr. Jan,es ,iohn-
anI3 ~. snI;,anr ~ the ishes,neasc Whn
wns m ioari ff,c ycssei when urin ShatFsr.
thc scconG % en1;nc.r ,ros kiijei hv one Of |
Brainc's men. johnson, when Brairc vas
lis inno;,as,s u towari1 m he nsisoner mud tamnt-
"a ~ MN hI,icrip 1 RreineF Vas tns.cn hani.
cntIsd' to tic Forthwith Precinct Police Sta
| tion. ~
tcsyirw rcf!Gf I,! the n1te wv vesterav Pais,nr
INN The prison ward to Inc corridor in front
s.ftI, III nafs tho rnnnrfer cu,n1 IN one
Of them n tall handsome. Inanifstiy inteili-
cent man. nnnarcntiv nhont th;Ttv ycars Of
"m aa,iips ini nos an'l we'll lt Slmed % mouth
onf c1ia thc rcner.l exnression of Ills coun.
tcTancc heinT niras.nt rather than othcr.
Wise. lie wis fauitiessiy attired In da1k
"nrn,onts and had the ar md eas,. cTcn in.
= f3knr 81 1f hrhd m.
fIcmon Thr i3norkeener intimoted tint The
sn5ir;ano1 was ~ nta;n Rra;ne' T1nr rsnortcr
then nnnrnnchri The rratfnr md made
/ known fhe object nf hfs visit. CanthIn
lion 10 ,nate Ericf statement Of his com
nI;c;tr in fhe affair which resu]ted in the
! Snsti of Shnffnr very reality rcniiei, that he
had not and thcrefore rave. ia reply to In.
tcrrogatorics, teri brief account Of tie chesa-
1ollows Riiov 'As s"os - "+'~'' - ''7
In ncccmhcr. 1858 Bratne came to VII
1;amshnr,,h- Int ala nut torry long: for
nhnmt a Ecek hefore tbe canture Of the chesa.
nrokc he sailed Oh hoard that vessel. with
nnm,n'ss,on ~ ~ i'cntensnt IN t1c fnni,crat,.
S4atss narr. ~ 9ri,;le m fl,is nm t,e conceireJ
he t3csirn III canturinr Tie vessel. lie next
1an1 ~ 81 Iohn1a = r. sShcrn his cnm.
,naa1ir an1 "r5v Envtsn II. iherc er, f.G 1",sh.
mcn on''1 h Tis own words .."s ,soaa tirntinr
nen nc - man me Wnn.s ;, sIn ,hen same t5rnnrF,
Roston IN I'd New London. 10 Now York. IN
der orders rom the Confederate States Navy
Department with lis men. Arriving at four
fhe same aay on bosr Tie h. a M s
r Pier No. II. North River He says that the
f asscrtion Which has frequently been made
/ that he enlisted meu from New York and
Bruoklyu Is utterly untrue. On the same
: day tley vent on board they sailed. At
! unUut LWO O'ClGck uc&t uuIulESss DIsAalic uuu
! his confedcrates captured tho vessel of Cape
: Cod, His men had nll been instructed In
: their roles. Guards wcrc placed ut various
i points.
# Their instructions were not to shoot any
8 but such MS refused to surrender. The sec
T. ond engineer. Grin ShnfIcr, It appears, when
l. called upon to surrender, was below oiling
j the machinery. On hearing the demand he
!. responded by firing upon Brainefs Second
# Lieutenant. Three shots were then dig
It Charged at him, anu Ae was instantly ki!iee
n Some of the officers, according to Bralne's