Posted on 12/20/2023 6:05:16 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
HALIFAX, Saturday, Dec. 19 -- 10 o'clock P.M.
At one o'clock this afternoon the steamer Chesapeake and the prisoners on board of her were delivered over to the Government.
Upon the arrival of the boat containing the prisoners at the Queen's Wharf, the excitement became intense.
The prisoners were immediately seized by a boat's crew in the slip and hurried off by the crowd in attendance.
Upon the Government officers moving to arrest the prisoners, under a warrant, they were seized and held by prominent citizens, and rendered powerless to perform their duty.
The crowd finally succeeded in getting the pirates off in a small boat, which forthwith moved down the bay.
The affair causes the greatest excitement throughout the city.
What course the authorities will pursue in the matter it is impossible to say.
HALIFAX, Saturday, Dec. 19.
Tremendous excitement prevails here this afternoon in regard to the steamer Chesapeake.
She was delivered over to the British authorities to-day, but upon the landing of the prisoners upon shore, they were rescued by the citizens.
LATER.
The excitement is increasing.
The Federal vessels Niagara, Dacotah, Anna and Ella, Acacia, and Cornubia are off the harbor.
The pirates are now all at liberty, scattered throughout the Province.
The Federal gunboats are preparing to leave. Some will take their departure to-night, and probably all of them will leave before Monday.
HALIFAX, Saturday, Dec. 19.
The following is the statement of First Engineer JOHNSON, of the steamer Chesapeake:
"After we left St. John the first port we entered was Shelburne, where we arrived on Thursday night. Here we took in ten tons of coal and some wood. The next morning we left for Lahore River. Seeing a steamer off the mouth of the river,
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