St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-27

the noted English bockade-runner Herald.
The officers and crew had left in theil
boats. and landed on Smiths island in the
dark of the night
This steamer had been running between
Bermuda and Charleston-had made ten OF
twelve successful trips and had paid fol
herself several times over. She had
changed her route to the one between Mas
sau and Wilmington, which proved bad
luck as she was wrecked on her first trip.
And now came up the question of common
sense versus law. The Connecticut had
CAPTURED A SCHOONER
laden with salt-a cargo not worth more
than three or four hundred dollars. BY
throwing the salt overheard five OF six
thousand dollars worth of valuable goods
could be taken from the Herald and put on
board of the schooner, which was done.
This would naturally be deemed common
sense But the law says that no person
in the navy shall take out of prize any
goods, or any property, before the same
shall be adjudged a lawful prize by COM
petent court"
This proceeding was duly reported to the
navy department., but nothing was ever
said in the way of approval or disapproval
thereof.
The chief engineer of the Connecticut
was Jealous, patriotic man, and was well
up to his duties in every particular. In the
hard chase of fifteen hours, as has been de-
scribed it occurred to the captain to STEP
down into the engine and boler-rooms to
take survey of things. When he arrived
the chief engineer remarked: Captain,
these boilers have now been run many
months in chasing blockade-runners, and
are getting tender. They are under heavy
strain to-day, and / advise you to keep on
deck" The captain replied that if there
was any danger he didn't know why he
shouldn't share it with the engineer.
'But," said this official, ''your particular
post of duty is on deck and mine is here.
| shipped for this. and if the boilers go, il
is my privilege, and my duty, to stick to
and go with them" Upon reflection, and
deeming discretion the better part of valor,
the captain left and went on deck. The
boilers L am glad to say did not burst.
Love and matrimony once came in as in
cidents in the course of this blockade SER
vice. Ports and towns may be blockaded,
but loving hearts can never be. although
hard-hearted parer is sometimes attempt it.
When the Greyhound was captured
vessel and cargo adjudged by the prize
courts to be worth half million of dollars
among the passengers on board was the
noted Belle Boyd, who had been prisoner
before in the war, in the hands of Gen.
Butler, and had been made somewhat IA
nous by her general department., hel
speeches and her pertness. The Greyhound
was taken to Boston, was adjudged
A LAWFUL PRIZE
and was condemned Belle Boyd, with the
other passengers and the officers and crew,
were released and permitted to go where
they pleased. From Boston they all went
to Halifax, and from thence to England.
The prIze-master of the Grey Hound was
young volunteer officer with the rank oil
acting-master in the United States navy
and rather good-looking fellow. 1t seems
that while on board of the Greyhound to-
gether, he and Belle Boyd became greatly
interested in each other. and their feelings
ripened into atfectionate friendship. After
they separated at Boston, a fervent cores
pondence was commenced and continued
between them, and they became engaged
He resigned from the Federal navy and pro.
ceeded to England, and they were married
in Liverpool. Subsequently she wrote an in.
teresting book about her life and adventures,
in which she gives a graphic account of hel
courtship and marriage, with all attending
incidents. Her career was certainly full Of
the most eventful, heroic and romantic
features; a career softened and varied al
the same time, and which showed that
hearts could be captured as well as block
ade runners.
1t may not be generally known, or may
have been forgotten by the public, that
Belle Boyd was the daughter of Gen. Boyd
of the Confederate army who died while a
prisoner to the Federal forces. He pos
sessed vast estates in Virginia, early EN-.
braced the cause of Southern independence,
and was soon entrusted with generals
command. His daughter Belle enthusiastic
ally embraced the same cause, followed
her father to the field, and accompanied
him throughout his campaign. On two
occasions. like modern Joan of Arc, she
heroically led on the troops to battle. She
was, however, captured in skirmish, and
was prisoner for thirteen months-as
previously mentioned. Then she was ex-
changed for Gen. Cochrane. who had been
made prisoner by the Confederates After
all these years remember her second cap
ture and its results with amused interest.
j. J. ALNfY, Rear Admiral U. S. N:
Washington, D. c., Dec, 1885.