The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-13

hay. whpre they arrived anu c1He a'""s
eide about 10 p. NJ, aud We at once c,m,
mcueca transferring her cargo'o tue wv
THE CREW ssCrREe.
xo having been able To engage crew w
me seyStimate manner. We then haa 70 o'a"
nm n written agreement, giving " mu..
Of ,s,e official legal form an we ccu'u, SUI
,hen assembling the whole crew resu " Owe,
m shcm. IN which the voyage was @esct'oeu
az ,eotng 10 Havana wDd 0Frin2 tue
,,s,,.n advance wages and aNotx,ents 10
gives and mothers. aRd then called upon
,.c, IN come forward and sign. MOST oi
,be,, dtd ION, but some twenty or th'itv
retosed. however, managed to get crew
~ ninety.seyen all told; seventees OF them
had never been to sea before, ana man. VI
those who had were decidedly "bad
lot, We did not get this matter finally
settled until 2 A. NJ. add then II was dow
inc hard from southwest and dhsck WIN
rain. We hove up our aachor al eoce. ana
at ESQ A. NJ. left Moetfra bay, ana rs we
knew that the American trigaie Tsiscarora
had been cruising in the southern entrance
Of the channel for The last three dsSs WIN
the special intention OF tatercepllnS US VI
we succeeded In getting out OF liverpool
we went north. Again we had very mar.
row escape, for six hours ai'cIWare' AZ 0
A. ~, the TuscarOra came into Moehfa pay
looking for Us, having receNea lniorhl,''on
throuct a spy who had escaped on shore
the precious day and sent telegram TO Mr..
Adams ut once. Although the weather
was bad we made rapid progress through
the night. sieamiDg thirteen knots Ier
hour. and the following morning the wea-
Their changed and became very bne. and yo~
may be SIRE we felt much pleased win
having not awav so successfully. AT . i.
NJ. we hailed fi.hing.bOat of The entrance
TO The port Of Londonderry, into w"ieh we
put the pilot and the Confederate eomnls-
sioDer. " no had accompanied us 30 far, ana
tbcn steamed ont into the Atlantic bound
for Praya bay, In the Island OF Terceira.
ono Of the Azores. On the second day
after leaving tue Irish coast the wea-
thpr became vefy bad, but the $3.50 ="
nroycd herself an excellent seab0at and
verv comfortable. During our zine days
massage we were employed in getting things
into their proper places and finding out The
character and capabilities OF oar crew. Al
though we had amOngst our large number
many that were almost worthless. yet we
had many very good men, and soon sue.
ceeded i'm getting something Ike order ana
discipline on bOird. Among the best and
most reliable OF the men were eight SIYan-
nah pilots, who had formed part 81 The crew
of a bark which bad run the blockade OF
Savannah and arrived safely in Liverpool.
~ PRAYA BAY.
must now tell you that the armament,
with ammunition and about 900 toLs OF
| coal had been dispatched about a month
previously from London, in bark which
had been purchased for the purpose, the
master having orders to proceed a. quickly
as he could to Praya wand cruise about in
| the peighborbood if he found that the
steamer had not arrived, and also having a
code OF private signals prevl0u'ly arranged
In order that each might recognize the
other. As it happened | got there
FIRST, ard during The week that
eIapsed before the bark came in we
were fully occupied in getting every
thing on board into good working order.
Prava bay j. on the east side OF the Island,
and as may be supposed, quite unfre-
quented locality. the settlement being no.
thing more than fishing village, having
about thousand inhabitants. or course, a
! Portuguese official boarded Us Immediately
after ancholng, and desired 10 know who
we were and why we came there instead OF
proceeding to the proper port on the other
| side OF the island. | asked him into the
cabin, and after setting wine AID cigars
before him told him that she was gun
boat built in England for the SpaniatdS,
aud that We were taking her TO Ha-
vana for delivery. He evidently did not
believe much Of what told him, excepting
| that she was 4 gunbOa,, and quietly re-
marked that we had a larger crew iban
seemed necessary just to navigate the vessel
10 Havana. TO this replied that the vessel
had TO be delivered within certain time,
and that most OF the men Re saw were
tradesmen. who were there TO complete
work that was unfinished when we left.
| lie then told ne that be hoped would not
allow any Of my men 10 90 on shore, as they
had no soldiers in the town, and | as
sured HIM that l did not intend to allow
such thing; that | had only anchored
there because the machinery was little
out Ct order and after The engineers bad
made everything right we should proceed
on our voyage. | also told him that |
would be very much pleased il he would
arrange with some Of the townspeopIe to
| sell me fresh meat, vegetables, fruit, and
| fish, for which would pay him or them in
| English gold rs they were brought on
board each day. This at once put him into
|
BILE business to he done be became quite
| friendly, and before leaving assured me
that we should not be mole>ted, and asked
! if be might bring a few OF his friends
| on board in the afternoon 10 look at
the vessel. at once assentcd TO this, and
accordingly in the afternoon entertained
about dozen ot the inhabitants with cham
payne, cakes, etc.. and sent them all on
in "A Onn1 no
were very anxious, as we did not know
what military force was on the island or
what men. of-war we're in the harbOr, aud a
we had no papers Of any kind, not even a
port clearance or register, we could have
been seized by men.ofwar of any
nation, and consequently a good lookout
was kept night and day and stern always
ready, and also always prepared TO slip the
cable and be of. for had determined
that il any attempt was made to seize us,
aud especially by a Federal cruiser, would
do my best to run into Lisbon and give the
snip up to the senior English naval officer
there. Happily, however, We were not dis
turbed; and the only demonstration made
against It's was by he Portuguese aithOri-
| ties, who, We observed 90 the second day.
/ mOuhtcd three guns about eighteen
! pounds on small and partly ruinous fort
close TO the town and within quarter OF a
mile where we lay, and for the rest of the
time we observed that Il soldier was always
| stationed there.
THE VESSEL ARMED.
| After beisg at anchor six days, the next
morning at daylight sailing vessel was OBJ
served in The offing, and you may be sure
| she was anXiousy watched and every pre-
| paratioR maze for ruDring away II anything
looked suspicious. AT last We could s@n
that 1t was a bark steering In Tor the bav
| and having signal flying. This, Of coarse,
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