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Alexander was at this time in charge of a schooner, steering boldly up the Chesapeake. The weather came on equally and very bad; and seeing suspicious movements among some steamers, he concealed his men in the hold of the vessel, placed his brother-in-law at the helm, and he himself on deck disguised as an oysterman, he ran into Annapolis and anchored under Fort Seveni. At daylight got under way and stood over to Chester river. Here a terrific gale threw his little craft high upon Eastern Neck Island. He then, in disguise, boarded the steamer Arrow, got the papers and saw the account of the Colonel's arrest; then placed the main body of his men under the charge of Lieutenant Blackiston, with orders to him to make the best of his way to Virginia, across the Bay and through Calvert county; which Blackiston succeeded nobly in doing. Alexander then, with his brother-in-law and two men, started for Accomac, down the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Everything went on swimmingly until his