Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-04-03

ision (the brother ol our E Fe laW-
yer and > West Point and
picked crew Of sixteen ms lsd ol
on The expidilioia 1he5 HtAd
schooner, The Ee0feeqnNa |AInacre.
sailed for the paluxpnk. asiea af
NIillstona Landsne Here za. a.
suninxa Disguise, t0ck ii isie
Mary Washin9ton for Be' s. Get
the money called for b. 81 q The
duty being hazazdoas. h< allow
no one to ae60npany nisa HE Ai.
exsnker, neanwhise, miiA RA-
nnmn, was q nf0akf& fa f' NfN
mhese u m0aI8 III i8sned 81 Col. Zar-
vona. and iOgelhef they would cross TO
New Castle and 20 thenee By steamer
to Philadelphia. This was ten days aE
ter the capture ofthe SC. Nicholas.
AS bad luck would have il. IL so hap
pened that one of zarvona's fellow
passengers .on the Mary Washington
was Capt. Kirwin, who had commanded
the 81. Nicholas at the time of ifs cap
ture- He had been released and was
now on his return home. By another
evil conjunction. il happened also that
Lieutenant Carmichael, with . squad Of
mens was returning by the same boat
from the arrest OF Southern sympathi-
ger named Green, OF st. Mary's. Klr-
win, therefore, lost no time in inform
ing Carmichael of bis discovery. The
latter advanced to meet Zarvona. who
made Immediately for the hurricane
deck. There, placing his back against
the wheel-house, with two small Tevol-
yers he defied them all. The captain
Of the Mary Washington interferred,
and begged that there might be no
bloodshed aboard his vessel, promising
solemnly to Zaryona that he would not
stop at Fort McHeHry on his way up;
but he broke faith and stopped there.
Carmichael informed Gen. Banks Of the
prize he had aboard, and requested that
a company of soldiers be sent on to take
hIm. This was done; but when they
came to look for Zaryona he could no
where be found. Every imaginable
place of concealment was examined.
The search had lasted nearly two hours,
and they were about to give il up,
thinking perhaps he had gone overheard,
when a chambermaid pointed TO bu-
rcau. Zarvona was there. At the
first opportunity, quick as thought he
had opened the upper drawer and kicked
out the bottom: kicked out also the bot
tom of the second drawer, and getting
in had closed both. The drawer had
excited the suspicious Of - lid hyI
refusing to open when unlJ1ss The
weather was warm, and Ear ona was
exhausted when found. He would
have died there without betraying his
hiding place.
Some say il was Lieutenant Will
liams, afterwards General Williams,
who had been Zarvona's classmate at
West Point. that captured him. How
ever this may have been, Immediately
upon his capture he was placed in
cell at Fort McHenry, to the right of
the saIiy-port, ahere Ross Winsns was
afterwards confine3.
In the meanwhile Lieutenant Alex
ander, apprised that they were looking
for his craft on the Susquehanna, and
thinking Annapolis safe place, ran in
there and anchored the Georgeanna un-
der the guns of Fort Severn. He lay
there that day and the night following.
Next day he sailed for Chester River,
but the pilot ran him ashore between
Eastern Neck Island and the mainland.
Not hearing from Zarvona, he boarded
the .4rvow from Kent Island, expecting
TO find him. He then learned for the
first time of Zarvona's capture from the
newspapers. His men were immedi-
ately divided into two squads, the one
remaining under the command of Al
exander, the other being placed under
Lieut.. Blackiston. Tie latter took boat
across the bay and escaped; the former
with his party tried The Eastern Shore.
One Of hIs men, Samuel II. Owens, was
recognized by relative OF his, Judge
Spence, who betrayed him. That night
the place where they were stopping
was surrounded by company OF mill
tia under Lieut.. Colghan, and the party
were taken in charge and placed in the
county Jail. Next day they were sent
by steamer 10 Fort McHenry and locked
up with their leader Zarvona.
Colonel Zarvona made several at
tempts 20 escape, but failed through the
treaehery Of those who had promised TO
aid him. Prison life was sirksome enough
10 such adventurous spirits. The wealth
er was warm and their cell was small.
The door was allowed to be open dur
ing the day and till nine o'clock at
night. But eertsin lanee-corporal inn
prudenlly attempted 20 close Il one
evening at $50. When informed what
were the orders Of the commanding Of
ficer, he replied that ADAM rebels have
no rights, and again attempted 10 close
the door. Thereupon Zarvona and Al
exander fell upon him, and, N ihe Ian
guage of one of the participants IN the
fray, "beat him like the devil" The
guard were slow to rescue the corpO-
raj, as he had somehow made himself
obnoxious 10 them also. For this ad-
venture the two prisoners were placed
in an underground cell and kept on
bread and water six weeks Their
guard consisted Of companies | and X
Of the Second Artillery, u. S. Army.
Every one Of the men were approached
with 4 bribe of $500 in gold, but, TO
the credit Of the old service BE IL said,
not one would accept. Indictments
were found against the prisoners fOr pi-
racy and treason, and they were kept