MONSIEUR GILFLEUR EXPLAINS The two officers and ten men that had been sent off to the Chateaugay after she got under way, had evidently been considered necessary by the authorities on shore after the receipt of the intelligence that another vessel for the Confederates had been sent to Bermuda.

A steamer had arrived that day from Liverpool, and Captain Passford must have received his mail after he landed from the tug.

Captain Chantor had waited several hours for the signal to get under way, and there had been time enough to obtain the reinforcement from the Navy Yard.
The officer in command of the detachment of sailors said that he had been ordered to follow the Chateaugay, and he had been provided with a fast boat for this purpose.

The steamer proceeded on her course as soon as the transport boat had cast off her fasts, and everything suddenly quieted down on board of her.

The distance between the Ionian and the man-of-war was soon reduced to about a mile.