The Washington herald., 1914-08-27

/ York with coal, burned: schooner Car
roll. East Machias, Me. bonded FOL
! $4,000 payable after the Confederat,
States had attained their Independence
and used as a cartel On which to send
prisoners TO New York; pilot boa, Will
il m Bell OF New York, burned.
On August u the Tallahassee, cruising
on Fire Island-where some of her pris,
oners were put ashore-took the schooner
Atlantic. Addison. y. Y, which wa.
burned; the ship Adriatic. London tc
New York with immigrants, burned
bark Suliote. burned: schooner Spokane
Calais, Me. burned: brig Billow. salem
Mass. burned; schooner Robert r. Pack
er. Bath. Me. burned.
On August l3 the prizes taken Were
the bark Glsnavon, Thomaston, Me. from
Greenock for New York. scuttIed:
schooner Lamont Du Pont, Wilmington,
Del. burned.
On August Il the ship James LittIefeld
Bangor. Me. was taken and scuttIed
The next day the schooner Mary A.
Howes, Chatham. Mass; Howard, New
York. from Cape Breton with coal;
Floral Wreath. GEORGETOWN. Ne. and
Restless. BOothbay Harbor, Me. were
scuttled, and the schooner Sarah B.
Harris OF Dorchester. Mass. was bonded
The prizes on August Is were bark p. c.
Alexander. Harpswel. Ne. schooners
Leopard, Boston: Pearl. Friendship. Me.
Sarah Louise, JOnesport, Me. and Mag
nolia, Maine fisherman All were
burned.
On August Il five prizes were taken.
They were the brig Neva. East Machias,
Me. bonded for $3.50; schooners North
American. Now London. fisherman.
scuttled. Joseph Achom, Rocklaud. Me
burned; Diadem and d. Ellis. Fishermen.
OF Harwich. Mass. laden with .mackereI.
released.
Cold Welcome to HALIFAX
Need OF coal now caused a cessation
OF operations and a run to Halifax.
Here Capt. Wood found II VI. S. Dun
can, Rear Admiral Sir James Hone in
port. and FASTENED to call on lim. The
British commander was in his cabin
He did not rise. or offer his hand. or re-
quest his visitor to take a seat. Cant
Wood stated that he wanted coal he
was Informed that he must deal with
the lieutenant governor. Sir James
then questioned him as to his instruc-
tiOns regarding the treatment of neutral
ships and dismissed him without ex-
tending the usual courtesies OF the rort
Capt Wood found the lieutenant gov
ernor, Richard Graves Macdonald no
for the Tallahassee to take enough coal
TO carry her TO the nearest Confederate
port.
Officers from the Duncan visited the
Tallahassee and judged that 100 tons of
coal would be enough for her On sus-
piciOn being aroused that Capt Wood
was taking more than that amount eleven
boats crews were sent to the TaIIa-
hassee under orders 10 enforce the IN
loaing of any excess that might have
been shipped. Capt. Wood, coming or
from a visit ashore. found the bl Ie-
jackets there. He could show that he
had shipped but eighty tons, and the
sailors withdrew
The Confederacy had an active agent
in Halifax and through him forty tons
more were put on board, presumably
without the knowledge Of the authori-
ties, and on the night of August Is the
Tallahassee sailed from Halifax. having
been in port forty hours
On August 20 she took a prize. the
brig Roam, of Philadelphia. in ballast;
but as cruising was not possible. for
want OF fuel. she was kept on a course
for Wilmington.
Arriving on the bar on the night Of
August Is, the Tallahassee ran through
the Federal biockading feet. exchang-
ing shets with two vessels and escap-
ing undamaged into the Cape Fear
River.
The next morning she steamed up the
river to Wilmington and tied up at a
dock. Late in October she again PUT to
sea, this time as the c. S s. Olustee
Her cruise was brief and she took but
few prizes. A long chase by two Fed
eral vessels and want Of coal drove her
3 gain into Wilmington, and there her
career as a commerce destroyer ended.
Her crew were paid OF, her guns re-
moved and the Confederate govrnment
ordered a form OF sale TO be made. to
the vessels identity, in ,rder
that she might be used as a blockade
runner and have the privilege of a Brit
ish port in the Bahamas. She after
ward ran the blockade under the name
Chameleon. At the end of ,he war she
was taken to England and was seized b.
the British government and turned over
10 the United States.
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