The evening times., 1895-12-16


alongside. all IN seanIeffs costume. ana
upon coming Oh the Geek of lie 1aCony
presented revovers AT the captain and
mate and those cn de,k anu oT..ereu them
INTO their boat ami oo 4 hem 10 the tia renee
as prisoners. TLry Itokiali a ey hac. and
while aboard The piraic Tie schooner NJ. A
Shntiler came "a .Giig, Sra slo was irkt III
same manner and burned AT On1c. Soon
aIter, our sooner Nat stewart, of &C.
tons. on her way from hcy Nts'. III batast.
cane along, and was captured also. nut
having some passengers. mostly ladies.
aboard. was allowed 10 pT.eced. 5Iler ex
roring BCnG from II lie Captain Tor $1,000.
beng about lalf II ftr tCst. lie captain
oI tue pirate ikcGu, tI.en put on board the
Kate Stewart the crews OF ali tie other YES
sells and set lire 10 tie Clarence ana tcok
the Tacony tbarkl fer MS stlp aHu put on
The crew told Capt. Muhnay that the
Clarcnoc the day leicre WIS pursued bS n
United States gunboat and threw over
boar,f their guns. except assnIaii swivel.
ana consequently tLey lave. no arni;s Inent
on heard the hsrk 1aCony and could be
captured readily in ioits-cisht hours II
. a siean.cr wl,o It 81 es tth = a ss'.' "i'er
Ne submit Eistfn,osn,ttsse 10 ydn hat
such steps as NAV be Beecssdfy MAY ie
'fIini Tnsa loioSs number ql letters and
kilograms bearing on the saine subject.
Steamers were ordrred out t5'huut Tor tue
pirate. The Sewanee, the 1Nrawanda and
tn.. America ali sailed in st7Prcfi oil tliedan-
gereus vessel. aud it was'nniy after the
most desperate efforts that tne vessel was
found and captured ' --
CUTTING OFT OF THE GUSHING.
The Introduction to the cutting out OF
the Uuited States rcveDuerentter Caleb
Gushing gives an exciting glimpse of naval
warfare in the sixties. IL is5contained IN
the first part OF IA irttef from the coli
iettor OF cust.ms at for,asnd Me- 10 the
Secretary OF war: h
sir: / seut sou three kilograms today
giving you in brief the ieiidhig facts re-
spccting the cutting out pt the revenue
cutter Caleb Cushing, and 'nhw proceed,
according to Your orders by tciegrdph, 10
.rrport the facts III -Getaii Tor 1urthcr III
structions.' From a private and ihdIvid-
ual examination OF several uf the crew OF
the cutter, who Were on board, 1 gather
these facts, in which the testimony OF all
agreed:
1T appears that the comma nding officer
of the bark Tacony. fearing her capture,
made prize of the SCHOONER Archer, as
before reported aud removed his Drass
howitzer arms Sc, on board OF her, and
then burned the Tacony. The Archer then
bore up for the coast of Maine to escape
capture, aud came into our harDor on fri-
day. the 18th instant, at s p. m. passing
our forts as q fisherman Her object i'll Wis
itiIg this port was to destroy the two gun
boats building here and such other ship
plug as they could conveniently fire at our
wharveS.
ut is supposed that the second officer
came on shore and learuod of the death
OF Capt. Clarke Of the cutter. who died that
''Therc being but little wind to fan the
flames when set. they changed their origi-
nal plan and concluded TO cut ont the cutter.
AT about O'Clock a. m, alter the moon
had set, the watch on deck, hearing boats
approaching, at once called Lieut.. Daven-
port, but, as the watch returned on deck,
he found armed men pouring over each side
of the cutter, variously estimated at from
twenty-five to forty men. They instantly
seized the watch on deck, presented revolv-
ers TO their beads and threatened to shoot
them il they spoke or made any noise. The
watch were put in irons and sent below,
and, the main hatch being open, Il part of
the attacking party rushed below and
threatened to shoot the men asleep in their
hammocks or just awakiDg IL they spoke.
The men below were then ironed ard or
dered not to look on deck at the peril of
their lives. -Four men seized Lieut.. Daven-
port as be attempted to come out of the
below in the cabin and froned him, order
ing him to Keep quiet as q prisoner.
They then loosed her sails. hove up her
anchor. and made sail on her: but as the
their own men 10 tow her. They towed
her out of the northern passage to our har-
Dor. known as Hussey's Sound, whioi,
regret ir to say ls entirely UNPROTECTED by any
she was seen about five miles off standing
out to sea-"
JOHNSON'S ISLAND EXPEDITION.
Tho best thing in the records of the opera
uOns OF the confederate cruisers is the ac-
count of the Jolhson's Island expedition
A large amount of correspondence on the
subject has been obtained and reproduced
The first conception OF the plan Is found
recorded in these words of a personal letter
from; Lieut.. Minor, L. &. n, TO Admiral
buchanan. c. 8. N:
Early in February of last year Lieut..
William h. Murdaugh. of the navy. con-
ceived the plan OF raid on the Northern
Lakes, based on the capture, by surprise, of
the z. q. =. Michigan. the only man-of-war
on those waters, and on mentioning his
views to Lieut. Robert X. Carter ana N.Y.
SELF, need not tell you how cordially we
entered into them and endeayored by every
means in our power to carry them into exc
forts that the government was induced to
take any active part in promoting the expe-
ditiOn, though Mr.. Mallory, the secretary
OF the navy, was in favor ofit from from
the inception OF the plan. but money, or
rather the want of 1t, seemed to be the
cause of delay, which, however, being
eventually provided to the amount of
$50 900, we, together with Lieut.. Walter
Butt. one of our wardrooln mess on board
the old Merrinack. were at last ordered to
hold ourselves in readiness 10 proceed on
the duty assigned us. whAafsuddenly the
order was changed, 1t having been decided
in cabinet council that 0Np operations on
the lakes might einbarrass our relations
with England. and thus preyent the compile
ton of the ironclad and other vessels build
Ing for us in the private phiPxards Of that
country.
last clOseted with Mr.. Seddsii, Secretary