Tho EHxa Drum was lato in her arri
val on tho fishing grounds, and having,
under orders from Washington, reported
to the commander of the Tonnehaha,
the United States Teasel in charge at
that place, her captain and crew went
vigorously to work to make up for lost
time. They worked so vigorously and
with eyes so single to the catching of
fish, that on the morning of the day
after their arrival they wero hauling up
cod at a point which, according to the
nationality of the calculator, might be
two and three-quarters or three and one
quarter miles from the Canadian coast.
In consequence of this inattention to
the apparent extent of the marine mile
tho Eliza Drum, a little before noon,
was overhauled and seized by the Brit'
ish cruiser Dog Star. A few miles
away the Lcnnehaha had perceived the
dangerous position of tho Eliza Drum,
and had started toward her to warn her
to take a less doubtful position. But
before she arrived the capture had taken
place. When he reached the spot where
the Eliza Drum had been fishing the
commander of the Lennehaha made an
observation of the distance from the
shore, and calculated it to be more than
three miles. When ho sent an officer
in a boat to the Dog Star to state the re
sult of his computations the captain of
the British vessel replied that he was
satisfied the distance was less than three
miles, and hat ho was now about to
take the Eliza Drum into port.
