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y H. B. M. Consul, Mr. Crawford, in full dress, and officially introduced by him to Capt.-Gen. Serrano, of Cuba. When Capt. Wilkes heard of their intention to take passage in the British packet for Europe, he conceived the bold plan to intercept the British mail steamer, and in the event of these four persons being on board, to make them prisoners. We filled up with coal in great haste, took in provisions, (as a part of our daily rations for the crew were exhausted,) and left Havana on the 2d inst. On the 4th, in the morning, a steam gunboat being in sight from the masthead, we all were in hopes that it would prove to be the Theodora, and orders were given to beat to quarters. Scarcely four minutes elapsed, and the San Jacinto was ready to receive her foe; but we were doomed to disappointment — it turned out to be H. B. M. gunboat Stag, bound from Key West for Havana. We arrived the same day at Key West in search of the Powhatan or some other steamer to assist us in intercepting the
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ut the day before, and I was therefore disappointed, and obliged to rely upon the vigilance of the officers and crew of this ship, and proceeded the next morning to the north side of the Island of Cuba, communicated with the Sagua la Grande on the 4th, hoping to receive a telegraphic communication from Mr. Shufelt, our Consul-General, giving me the time of the departure of the steamer. In this also I was disappointed, and ran to the eastward some ninety miles, where the old Bahama Channel costeamer, and in the event of these four persons being on board, to make them prisoners. We filled up with coal in great haste, took in provisions, (as a part of our daily rations for the crew were exhausted,) and left Havana on the 2d inst. On the 4th, in the morning, a steam gunboat being in sight from the masthead, we all were in hopes that it would prove to be the Theodora, and orders were given to beat to quarters. Scarcely four minutes elapsed, and the San Jacinto was ready to receive her
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British packet. There being another passage through the New Bahama Channels, Capt. Wilkes' plan was, that a steamer should cruise there, while the San Jacinto was cruising in the Old Bahamas, so that the mail packet could not escape our vigilance; but the Powhatan having left for Key West the day before, and no steamer except the Huntsville (and she caulking) being in port, our captain, nothing daunted, fully resolved to undertake the boldly-conceived enterprise alone. On the morning of the 5th, we left Key West, and running to the north side of the Island of Cuba, touched at Sagua la Grande, for the purpose of telegraphing to our Consul-General at Havana, Mr. Schufelt, to inform us of the time of the British mail steamer's departure from Havana, but received no information. From thence we steered for the Old Bahama Channel, about twenty miles from Havana, and about ten from the lighthouse of Paredon del Grande. The channel contracts there to the width of fifteen miles, and we cou
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ssrs. Slidell and Mason, with their secretaries and families, were there, and would depart on the 7th of the month in the English steamer Trent for St. Thomas, on their way to England. I made up mnstant, I respectfully report: That, upon going alongside of the English steamer Trent, on the 7th of this month, Lieutenant Fairfax went on board, ordering the boatswain and myself to remain in tyour order, and our transfer to this ship. We, the undersigned, embarked at Havana, on the 7th instant, as passengers on board the Trent, Capt. Moir, bound to the island of St. Thomas, the Trent bervants. The Trent left the port of Havana about eight o'clock A. M. on the morning of the 7th instant, and pursued her voyage uninterruptedly until intercepted by the United States steamer San Ja not very well miss the object of our search. There we lay off and on, during the night of the seventh, all our battery loaded, and the bulwarks around the pivot-gun on the forecastle removed. Capt
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use. There we cruised until the morning of the 8th, awaiting the steamer, believing that if she le usual time, she must pass us about noon of the 8th, and we could not possibly miss her. At forty minutes past eleven A. M., on the 8th, her smoke was first seen; at twelve M., our position was to tomas, whilst hove — to under our guns on the 8th inst., and boarded by you under my orders. I am, 1861. sir: At one twenty P. M., on the 8th instant, I repaired alongside of the British mail pe four gentlemen named in your order of the 8th instant were on board, and force must be applied toent, whilst hove — to under our guns on the 8th instant: I boarded the steamer in the third cutt to make the following statement: On the 8th instant, about half-past 1 P. M., I was ordered to der your command, on the day following (the 8th instant) in the manner now to be related. When t party of machinists. In the morning of the 8th inst., the officers and crew of this ship were anx
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at you will transmit a copy of this paper to the Government of the United States, together with your report of the transaction, to facilitate which a copy is herewith enclosed, We have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servants, John Slidell. J. M. Mason. George Eustis. J. E. Mcfarland. Captain Wilkes, U. S. Navy, Commanding San Jacinto. Reply of Captain Wilkes. United States steamer San Jacinto, At sea, November 16, 1861. gentlemen: Your letter dated the 9th inst. was handed to me yesterday. I shall transmit it, agreeably to your request, to the Hon. Secretary of the Navy, with my report of the transaction to which it refers. In reply to your wish to have any inaccuracies it may contain pointed out, I deem it my duty to say the facts differ materially in respect to the time and circumstances. 1st. The facts in my possession are derived from the log-book, (the official record of the ship;) and 2d, from the reports in writing, of all the offic
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neer Houston. United States steamer San Jacinto, At sea, Nov. 13, 1861. sir: In obedience to your order of the 11th instant, I respectfully report: That, upon going alongside of the English steamer Trent, on the 7th of this month, Lieutenangineer Hall. United States steamer San Jacinto, At sea, Nov. 13, 1861. sir: In obedience to your order of the 11th instant, I respectfully make the following report of what came under my observation on board the mail steamer Trent, whilst hoswain Grace. United States steamer San Jacinto, At sea, Nov. 12, 1861. sir: In obedience to your orders of the 11th instant, I have the honor to make the following statement: On the 8th instant, about half-past 1 P. M., I was ordered to ac Jacinto to New York. We arrived at St. Thomas on the 10th of October, and found the Powhatan and Iroquois there. On the 11th, the British brig Spartan arrived in port; her master called on Capt. Wilkes and informed him that on the 5th of October,
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the temporary command of Lieut. I). M. Fairfax, U. S. N., who was ordered to await at Fernando Po, the arrival of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. On the 26th of August, Capt. Charles Wilkes took command of this ship, Lieut Fairfax returning to his former position as executive officer. We left Fernando Po on the 20th August, cruising close to the shore for the purpose of ascertaining if any of the Confederate privateers had taken any prizes to that coast. Arrived at Monrovia, Liberia, on the 12th, and at St. Vincent, Cape Verd, on the 25th September. Seeing by the papers, that several Confederate privateers had run the blockade, and taken several prizes in the West India Islands, Capt. Wilkes determined to cruise about these islands, and to capture some of them before returning with the San Jacinto to New York. We arrived at St. Thomas on the 10th of October, and found the Powhatan and Iroquois there. On the 11th, the British brig Spartan arrived in port; her master called on Capt.
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e. Capt. Wilkes showed him a photograph of the Sumter, which he immediately recognized as the vessel by which he was boarded. Capt. Wilkes then advised Com. Palmer, of the Iroquois, to cruise immediately after her, the Iroquois being the fastest steamer of the three, and to follow her as far as Rio even, if necessary, at the same time the San Jacinto cruised in the West Indies and Caribbean Sea to overhaul the Sumter, in the event of her returning there. The Iroquois left St. Thomas on the 13th, and we on the 14th of October, in company with the Powhatan. Since leaving St. Thomas, we cruised in the vicinity of the Windward Islands, and visited Port Royal and Kingston, in the Island of Jamaica, the Grand Cayman, Trinidad, Cienfuegos, Key West, Lobos, Sagua la Grande and the Bahamas. Although for twenty months engaged in an active cruise for slavers on the West Coast of Africa, and much reduced in the number of her officers and crew, the San Jacinto has been for the last six weeks c
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with the important capture, fully determined to take part in the expedition against Port Royal, but, to the regret of all hands on board, we came too late. The Susquehanna and Alabama were off Charleston, and the Florida off Hatteras. After leaving Charleston Bay, we encountered strong head-winds, and our coal being exhausted, we put into Hampton Roads the next day, took in coal, and after battling forty hours with a severe north-wester, arrived at Sandy Hook, N. Y., about 7:30 P. M. on the 18th. On entering the Narrows, we were boarded by a steam-tug, with Marshal Murray and Deputy-Marshal Sanford on board. They delivered to Capt. Wilkes despatches from the Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, and Secretary of State, William H. Seward. As soon as Capt. Wilkes read these despatches, he turned the ship's head to Boston, where Marshal Murray was ordered to deliver the illustrious prisoners at Fort Warren. The following is a list of the officers of the San Jacinto: Captain, Charl
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