The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-24

tured her in ffty.ive minutes after leaving port
without casualty Of any kind. took the ship
to Bermuda, but hndiL e It impossible 10 procure
coal Tor her with which might run her into a
Confederate port for the purpose of having her
condemned, set Gre to her on the morning of
the 9th ot October after having transferred her
crew and passengers, with their effects, to brig
which had been sent out to me for that purpose
by our agent, Major Black.
OTHER ORDERS, AND now THEY WERE EXECUTED.
In December was again ordered TO report to
the Navy Department In Richmond, in person,
tor further orders. j sailed from st. Georges,
in Bermuda, IN the steamer Owl, commanded
by Captain Matiit, who landed me Charged with
important dispatches from Messrs. Mason and
Slidell), at Windy Hill, S. c., whence reached
Wilmington on the 18th, and reported to the
Commodore of the station. Leaving Whining
ton without delay reached Richmond on the
2Oth. remained here until the 2sth of Feb.
ruary, when received orders 10 proceed on
cruise to the North Pacific. But as the Depart
ment had no ship TO give me, was to rely en-
tirely on my own resources for the means of
putting myself afoat had been promoted to
the rank of a First Lieutenant Commanding.
Ny nrst object, of course was 10 get out of the
country, through the stringent blockade. For
this purpose proceeded, with my crew, by the
Mechanicsville pike to Matthews county,
where 1 procured canoe, and sailed up
Chesapeake Bay as far as the Patuxent river,
with the hope OF capturing vessel in which 70
get oUt upon the high seas, where all would be
PLAIN sailing. On the lst of April boarded and
took possession of the schooner ST. Mary,s,
without firing shet. found neither chart nor
sextant on board, and but twenty gallons Of
water; but, as good luck would have It,, there
were some cooking stoves among the cargo and
with the aid OF these, and some old musket bar
rels, rlgGed an apparatus by means of which
was enabled to dlstil about three pints of fresh
water, per day, per man. On my way to sea
captured the schooner Emma, from New Jer-
sey, bound from Norfolk to Philadelphia with a
cargo of pine wood. ] released her on a ransom
Md md mt NV vNric nrah ~ hor
after having paroled them. On the 18th of
April spoke the English barque Stillela, from
New York for Matamoras, the captain of which
being Maine Yankee, was enabled TO drive a
trade with him. He was generous enough to
exchange one hundred gallons OF water for
twenty-five gallons of whisky. learned from
HIM that was sixty miles from Abaco light
(the reader will recollect that had no lnstruo-
tions of navigation on boaId). On the 10th of
April | ran my little craft into Nassau, New
Providence, and remained there until the
2lst, having in the meantime armed my tiny
man-of-war. Proceeding to sea, | cruised in the
WiRdward and Turks Island passages until the
latter part OF May, when / shaped my course to
Portau-Prince. Thence l proceeded to Port
Royal, Jamaica, whence learning that the war
was over, took my vessel around 10 the north
side of the island, where burned her. ] sent
my officers and men to Liverpool. where i soon
afterwards followed myself, and in July, 1865,
they were all paid off at the office of Commander
Bullock. On the faith of the Presidents procla-
nation of May 2 1866, which pardoned all Off
GERS of my grade, who had not been in the old
army or navy-and l had not been-I returned
to the United States, and was residing IN Savan
nah, Georgia, where / had engaged in business
| when / was arrested, | have been prisoner
since the 18th of September, 1866, and not one
of my Southern countrymen has called to see
me. l cannot think that it is their intention to
| desert me, though must say it looks very much
like it. l am perfectly destitute of money and
| clothing, and have no means at my command tC
pay counsels fees. By publishing this, sir, yor
| will greatly oblige one who has tried to do hi
duty 10 his country.
remain, very respectfully, yours, etc.,
| JOHN G. BRAINE,
Late 1st Lieut.. Comd'g, G. s. Navy.