Excerpt from The British Steam-Ship "Peterhoff" A Report of Her Seizure by the United States Cruiser "Vanderbilt" And the Subsequent Proceedings in the United States Prize Court, at New York, Before the Hon. Judge Betts I have to report for the information of the Committee, that the screw steam-ship Captain S. J arman, left Falmouth for St. Thomas and Matamoras on the evening of the 27th of January, and after four and a half days of rough weather and heavy sea in the channel and Bay of Biscay, the remainder of the voyage was without particular inci dent until the morning of Friday, the 20th of February, when we were boarded by a boat from a small schooner under the Dutch flag, which we took to be a pilot boat, but proved to be otherwise. Shortly after we observed a steamer approaching us, which, when she got near, hoisted the United States' flag. The Pcterhofl' had the British ensign flying, and was proceeding on her course for the harbor of St. Thomas. Close to the shore of St. John's Island, the United States' steamer fired a blank charge, and then a shotted gun. The shot passed the Peterhofi' 's bow some distance ahead. We had no sails set at the time, but the engine was immediately stopped. A boat from the United States' steamer boarded us while in Danish waters, as you will see from the following cross bearings taken by Captain J arman at the time, 8 A. M Buck Island, W. I N Hundee, N. W., distant two miles; Frenchman's Cap, S. W. By W. I N. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.