She took on coal and provisions at Baltimore, pretending she was going to
Philadelphia, but she has not yet been heard of at that port.
A steamer answering to her description has appeared off Barnegat, taken on
quantities of arms and ammunition, and about a hundred men, among whom it
is supposed was General Carlos Roloff, the insurgent Minister of War.
The little revenue cutter _Manhattan_ was ordered out of New York Harbor,
to arrest her; and loaded with arms, and with four United States Deputy
Marshals, she hurried off in chase of the naughty steamer.
She made all haste to Barnegat, having to make her way through heavy seas
that tried the nerves and the stomachs of the passengers.
When she arrived, there was no _Laurada_ in sight; that saucy vessel had
made the most of her opportunities, and was a hundred and fifty miles down
the coast. The marshals got nothing for their trouble but a chilly trip
and a bad attack of sea-sickness.
It seems that the secret of the expedition was ferreted out by some
Pinkerton detectives, who are in the employ of the Spanish.
These worthies heard about the expedition, and hired a boat and went out
after the _Laurada_.
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