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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 27. capture of the H. Middleton. (search)
hey were all transferred to our ship and interrogated separately, and from them we learned a good deal of useful information. They stated that they had been compelled to ship to avoid starvation. From one of them, quite an intelligent Englishman, I learned that two pirates escaped from Charleston last week, during a storm, which is very probable, as the weather was thick and foggy. One was a steamer, called the Gordon, four hundred tons burden, and formerly ran between Charleston and St. John's River, Florida; she carries two fore and aft pivot guns, and has the reputation of being a fast sailer; the other is a schooner of one hundred tons, called the Dixie, carrying one gun amidships. We regret the escape of these vessels very much; we do every thing in our power to render this blockade effective, but our efforts are fruitless without the aid of light-draught gunboats, which can run into shoal water; and until Government sends such vessels here, small craft can run the blockade wi