In a couple of hours after the capture of the Escambia, the two prizes sailed for New York.

Captain Dinsmore expressed his thanks very warmly to Captain Passford for his courtesy and kindness at parting.
Christy had visited every part of the two steamers, and talked with the officers and men, and especially with the engineers, and he discovered no elements of discord on board of either.

Hungerford and Pawcett were transferred to the Escambia, and committed to the care of the surgeon of the ship.

Both of them were suffering from fever, and they were not likely to give the prize master any trouble during the passage, which could only be three or four days in duration.

Baskirk and McSpindle were required to make all the speed they could consistent with safety, though Christy hardly thought they would encounter any Confederate rover on the voyage, for they were not very plenty at this stage of the war.
It seemed a little lonesome on board of the Bronx after the two steamers had disappeared in the distance, and the number of the crew had been so largely reduced by the drafts for the prizes.