The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1917-10-13
DARING SEA ROVER
An Audaoious Commerce Raider
Of the Days Of 1863.
READS CAMPAIGN OF TERROR.


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Hs Wrought, Had the Shipping Trade
sf the North In q State Of Panic.
The daring aud romantic exploits OF
the rowing commerce destroying cruia-
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and howitser to tine Iacony: Ine Cnss
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fne AraOeiia no Donoed tor &doNO
ana the Kate Stewart Tor $1DU0 ana
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dlty pfiS0nAs.
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err. ana the shipowners promptly, eur'
RED up the secretary OF the navy. Tucs
naval commanders at Newport News.
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dered to send out vessels to chase the
raider. which they did.
Meanwhile the Tacony. under her
new colors. captured the brig Umpire.
which. with her cargo Of sugar and
molasses. was burned on June Is
Five days later the Tacony seized the
packet ship Isaac Webb. Liverpool to
New York with $50 passengers -
board. and Read bonded her for 49,
600. The same day be destroyed the
fishing schooner Mica wber. The clip
per ship Byzantium and the bark
(soodspeed. both bound for New York,
were sunk on the next day. which was
June 81.
By that time there were more than
twenty Federal vessels pursuing The
Tacony, and the shipping interests OF
New York were almost in q state oe
panic.
Read now sailed northward and on
the coast a Massachusetts, captured
four fishing schooners on June %. The
following day be took two more. On
June "a hs held up the ship shatemuc,
from Liverpool to Boston, carrying q
large number Of immigrants. and bod