When she git off dar two mile she done stick in de mud," answered the negro, pointing in the direction of the bar.

"Den de little steamers from up the bay take off de loadin', and she done come in." "With what was she loaded ?" "All sorts o' tings, massa; guns, and pistols, and close.

Dis nigger help take de tings out ob her." "What is she doing now in the bay ?" "Loadin' wid cotton de steamers fotch down." "Where does she lie now ?" "Jes' off de ole Fort Lafitte, whar de water's deep." In less than half an hour the party reached the locality indicated by Job.

The officer could see the steamer which looked, in the gloom of the night, as though she was a craft of about five hundred tons.

She was moored in the deep water so far in that she could not be seen by vessels in the offing.