Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-01-22
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A Voyage with Rebels ~Maury,
Ferguson, and others on Board
The Arabia----Whal Ttey Said
Aud How Jtey Locked.

thO diaDiH w nat ~! Cai'
Aud How Jtey Locked.
A correspondent of the Bosto.
Commercial Bulletin, who crossed th'
Atlantic in the Arabia With ..'the reb
ell Mau1y and dozen of bis fellow
traitors gives the following account
Of she incidtn ms Of The voyage:
At HnIifax there came on board
twelve or thirteen rebes, OF Soul h"rn.
erS if y OH please, headed by that al Oh
traitor and scoundrtl NJ. I. bTaury,
firm rly Lieutenant Of the Uuiled
States Navy, and for whom so much
was done by orr Gov rpment ior
many ,ears, aud WHO was at one
, Time one OF 1.-The most conspicuous
Oificsrs in our navy and is now bound
to England to !eud his Influence anG
aid in carrying out in So called
neutral county, one of the most ne
iarIous and wicked modes Of warfare
ever counitnnced before Is a civil
lied people, viz: the fitting out AMI
tquirment.o o! gun9oafs, rs they Call
them, calculated to prey upon our
comm, rec, aud not unikeiy to at
tack some of our Norlhern prrls.
| need hardly say, in passing,
that rhe rebels Iave KEEP pretty much
by themselves since they came on
bo'fd, though tbey are quite talkative
with The English, while they scarcely
d jgu to look at four Yankees
who ale ;mspg The cabin passengers,
and have been Oh the qul riFe, and
watching their movements all tie
while.
Besides Maury, w,rom they style
"Commo1ore," there is NJ. jor Fefgu
son, who is represented as being dis
bnrsing agent or TREASURER oflhe So
called Confederacy, ard who Is to ray
the bills contacted for the ships, &c.
THIS man is accompa anied by young
fellow who is 10 net as. his secretary.
Then there is an ugly,Hicked: piraticai
looking person, with piercing gray
eyes, and long flowing browu and
gray heard, perhaps fifty years old,
whom they call "Captalu." =" His name
is Campbell, as learD, a Scotchmnn
by birth, but long resident OF the
South, and | think, by lis appear
aGce, be may have be- a a lil5t al
Charles on or Saw nnah. Tits per-
son is to take commasd Of one Of the
gunboals; aud pity any unfortunate
crew that may Ia.l within bis heart
ie,s gra.p, # his face is a fair indexof
The SOUL within: ] understand thai
he hls been successfully ng'ged of
late in running tie bl9ckaIe at the
South.
vi b this party are two black-lair-
ed, dark-eyed, olive complcxioned
men, whom, | thiuk, may be called
Fr,nch Creolrs. Ole OF item, tie
elder, perhaps forty five or fly years
Of age, is said to be Colonel Lamar,
late Of the rebel army, and 81 prisoner
in our hands at The first battle OF
Bull Run. lie has !he air oil person
of education end Refinement, and yet
has a most wicked glance Of mingled
scorn and contempt, ready TO met
the Yankee whenever be ventures
near him. His companions name
| have not as yet been able to ascer-
tain; but he appears SO like the one
| have described that have thought
that he must have been a bro, her
What part these parties are to play,
| am unable to divine ] have an
Impression that they are men of for
tune, largely interested In all the
work of their as s;ociates, and who 1is-
it England, where they may have
plac, d funds long ago, 20 render al
TO the uaholy cause.
Besides these, there are thee or
four other uuprineipled, seedy:lookiDg
individuals lone quite boy, who is
represented as Midshipmaa 10 the
new SERVICE, whose name | have
been unable to learn although am
told that one Of those persons, and
one of the worst. Appearing OF the par
ty,is Charleston merchant, aud Isl
on his way to England 10 buy goods
to smoggtc into that city OF vicinity.
MIR. Maury is accompanied by a
son, pleasant. smiling youth, per-
baps II years Of age.