Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-11-07
o jEt rest from the other CAMPS.


Ana rs a. Manassas are quiet, and there IA n. D.
an engageme at present though matters mas b
lew hours. O""nge IN
thing int rest from the other camrs.
2 Departure of E2essrs. Bjason ond sIdrI
iiv'i tn Havan"-IIow they Reached Cuba At.
Fer some time past, the papers of the in,pro,H"
he INDUCING In sly hints as to the whpreahuaVe
Aitssls. Mason and Sdtll Ne have hitherto roI d
fusion TO their movements but, the causes wb;T %
duced our retcancc being removed, We may NOM H.
oat IndiscEeuon narrae the facts OF their embarl,
The Commissioners having resolved to make ,LalOO
ture OF running the blockade of Charleston H e Ven
ture &c bra,iop selected for the experiment the Ma
and swift little steamer 1heOdOr0, VIII IN was thucA
cot ready Tor sea With all spatch The
having been completed they embarked ljr,Ia H%'o@
midnight, on Fridiy, October 1lth. The pertv ~ 'oe
senger5 who we've starting on this very pnnsn, pas
somewhat bozfdouS trip consisted OF the olowinr aug
sons: PET
| Hon. j. n. Mason, of Virginia. Mr.. Nacr,,.-
(7e,Ge9ry to MIR Mason) Hon John Slidol 90 Td
saaa NJ SHdeIl Miss Mathijde Slidell, Miss d. Lu
Slde, MIR. Eusis (Secretary to Mr.. SlidaII1 Mrs Ee
It's, who is daughter Of Mr. Corcoran, the Wob hpS
ton ker now in Fort Lafayette, Gel. lie Mu uuS
LrIsaDa the Inventor OF the grape shot revolyer wi
two or three Other gentlemen, whom it will be hc W.
| b. pr, nt not to name. ."
ne night pitch dark, and about midnight ail,
rain began falling which rendered the chances Of b
Ac eclsd by the blpckateIs exceedingly slim. S
4 one O'Clock Saturday morning, the bastv ro,
byss ana God-speedyou's having been said the S SV
{ ne heodora were loOsened aud she eli led DOM VS
hub1r Oh her important mi sion. AS the Ste,ma,aU F
d Fort Sumter, every light board was -xtnoniS p
nd away SHE went, right through the tDcers oS ~
h!-ckad =, far out at sea. "e
o. Ife evening Of the llth she reached NacYo,
safety wnete, had the opportunity been favorabeo,
The Commissioners would have disembarked hnt "
lei ql.i04, they ascertaleC that the English staan
c0un> eng with that point, touched at New YoE
4 However gratifying sight of New York mioh G
been under cher circumstances, the Commissioners ~
tcrdined in tits instance to togego the pleasure
80 the IdcodOra Left Nassau and steamed awav "a
waid5 Cuba. GA tie 10th inst. she arrived at Ca,5o
MS where the Commissioners landed The news t.
= Southern steamer had arrived with Messrs Msso"
aud SI,deIl on board, which was tlegraphed from C
Geaas To Havana scarcely credited at the hts
pl CT. Dui when, the 18th inst. the TheOdorn cm
up tne ha Dor OF Havana, displaying the Confdgats
Il 8, tie qlayS were Immediately thronged with tbO
and8 Of wondering spectators, and most cordial and
enthusiastic reception given to the adventurous n
tie craft. he Yankees in Havana, WERE as matte,
OF course much dsgrInted at the welcome given otbo
Ihe0d0yG. But on The other hand the ladies Of Havo
GA p~elafd splendid Confederate flag tor the steame
wh ch vas presented to the Captain with a. proprstq
cerem0nies. The ladies OF Matarzls also took advg.
age Of he chance TO send hither splendid flag for the
Hampttn Legion.
The Steamship Columbia, formerly Charleston
vessel, tu in the armed service of the Yankees
was, at tie time, ii the harbor of Havana. Luckily
however, she was not ready to put to sea. Her con
sort, the Ky tone State, had gone to New York with
SoutLern steamer, loaded with a valuable freight o.
AID munitions, aud which, unfortunately, had bea
cal turld, while edlavoring to make the run to Tampa
: Fla.
So tie 1hcodora left the friendly port of Havana p1
moeatd, and with freight of coffee, sugar, saleue
S." thur, acids Lead iron, shot, block TIM etc, ql
Ct,y in -, we don't say where-bringing nun
her OF C!ariestOnars, who had reached Havana hu
SOU amp,oD, about The same time the Theodore mad
her appearance.
1: 5 ascertaned hat the Yankees keep fast yat
: constantly plying between Key West and Havana sin
ply for the purpose of gaining intelligence of
+ movements
The 1Heodoro is a private vessel, and is unarmed
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