ROVER, One of the Banshee’s Crew to E. M. Arcbibald, February 12, 1864

Mr. Rover to Mr. Archibald.

Sir: I am instructed by Captain A. Haggin, of the schooner Sylvanus, of Nassau, that they were captured at Doboy sound, on the coast of Georgia, on the 2d of January, by the United States gunboat Huron. They were detained for sixteen days on board of her, and then sent to Philadelphia, and from thence to Fort Lafayette. They kept the crew on board of her in irons every night, and from Philadelphia to New York they sent them all in irons. They have not had any hearing yet of any sort up to last Sunday, and the captain is begging of you to intercede for them, for they are all British subjects.

I am, &c, &c, &c.