This one proved to be Captain Mainhill, with whom the owner of the Bellevite was well acquainted.

He was a wealthy and patriotic man, though rather too old to be engaged in active service for his country.
"I thought you might be representatives of the Southern Confederacy, and I was rather shy of you," said Captain Passford, as he took the hand of his neighbor.

"I should not have been so cautious if I had met you last evening." "We have been looking for the gentlemen who were engaged in this attempt to capture the Bellevite," added Captain Mainhill.
"I hope you have found them, or some of them," replied the owner.
"Only a single one of them; and he is badly wounded.

We have scoured the river for miles without finding any trace of the enemy.

I think they landed on the east shore, and went over to the railroad, where they probably took the first train that came along," replied Captain Mainhill.
"Of course, they saw the Bellevite going down the river, and perhaps they have gone down to New York to finish the job they begun here," suggested Captain Passford.