If there was to be any trouble at all in completing the capture, it would be in this department.

Everything was in working order, and an engineer was on duty, for the engine had been used in dragging the casks under the bottom of the vessel.
Beeks was directed to arrest the men on duty, and the engine was handed over to Sampson, who had been brought for such a position if the expedition needed him in that capacity.

But there was only an assistant engineer and several firemen on duty, and these were disposed of without any delay.

They were all conducted to the wardroom, where they were disarmed and a guard placed over them.

A couple of sailors were detailed to serve as firemen, and the work of taking possession was completed.
For the first time the lieutenant had an opportunity to examine the prize, as she would be if he succeeded in getting her out of the bay.
She was certainly a fine little steamer, and, with the heavy gun mounted on a pivot, she would have been capable of doing a great deal of mischief among the unprotected merchant ships of the nation.
When he visited the cabin, he found two colored men there, one of whom appeared to be a very intelligent fellow.