Mobile Register

July 6, 1861

Page 2

A RECAPTURE—The capture of the Hannah Balch, reported under our telegraphic head as taken by a Southern privateer, is thus explained by the Raleigh Register, of the 29^th ult.:

The “Hannah Blach,” an hermaphrodite brig was captured recently off Savannah by the United States ship “Flag,” Lieut. Parton. She was just from Cardenas, and laden with 150 bbls. of molasses. Her recapture was made by Lieut. Crossan, of the steamer “Winslow,” North Carolina navy, on the 25^th instant, while on her way to a northern port in charge of the Yankees.

The following, from the same paper, referring to a previous affair, furnishes a probable correction of the mistake by which the brig was described as a transport:

On Sunday afternoon last the North Carolina steamer “Winslow,” Thomas M. Crossan, Lieutenant Commanding, captured off Cape Hatteras the schooner “Transit,” Knowles master, last from Key West. The prize was in ballast, having sailed from New York for Key West with provisions, shot, etc. Having landed her cargo safely at Key West, the “Transit” was upon her return North when captured. She is a fine schooner, of 195 tons burthen, and belongs to New London.

[transcriber’s note: bbls is abbreviation for barrels]

[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]