The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-10-21
From the Navy.
[. :. FLAG SHIP SAN JAcISro. !
K.vWest. Fla., ls sept. SOS \

KevWesl. Fla. ls sept. 1868.
En- RsPUBLIcsN:-We hsve Just returned
IRON short cruise. exciting, and profitable n
The way OF prize money.
Our seusdton hsve been continually on the
look out tor the Steamers plying between Mobile
sud Havana THEY generally run in the " darh
Of the moon that =. when no more thsn bal
1901 moon i- IN sight We left Key West OF
the OH sud cruisei Tor these fellows. On 'ht
norn.ng OF the 10th. discovered steamer l.
les distant under toll head OF steam. w
gave chase. and t Vas All even thing until the
tisht closed ~. Capt Chandler, OF this shll
thought the rebel would Try 10 double on Is 60
ring the night and so he ord. but cur course ~as
80 shaped that eariy ON the morning OF the l2tA
our friend Of the das before was 90 sight. Then
tnere ,eas iun We had al day before u, sro
xere determined To improve the time. Thu
gallant Old ship aussered the cal, auo
away we went AT shutdown We were ~itht
range OF our loo FOUNDER rife. This playthiul
! sent them A message To have too IN the shape of
T., shell. that kicked no the water but 4 few fee
from her stern. Yet secesh would not Yield. Be
| F. nd that the wster Wss shoaling rapidly, ano
rightly Judged that Ee could not follow bum muct
farther We let 90 our Auchor-manned thu
first cutter with armed crew and a bo~it1er.
under the command OF Lieut.. Com. . iackeu
bush. aud put on after him. In an hour the
rebel ran ashore eight miles TO the westward O.
the channel he sough' and the steamer d" Ala
oaua. With a valuable cargo, was prize to the
-bip Well. We ielt kinder good.
In the m-antime another one had been sight
ID The steamer Tennessee, from Ship l.
land. chased her, and a. she was betSeen the
| Tennessee and u, and escape impossible, th,
crex ran her ashore aud fired her. That va
me end OF she " Fox" another notorious block
ade runner. But this j. not al. On our return
10 our station captured the steamer Lzze
Davis, " another OF the tribe with a strong tau
lis resemblance to the Fox"
We call this very iar work, aud feel huge ove'
DOR success have conversed freely With the
officers and passengers, aud learn as follows
That one dollar of gold costs, in Mobile, tl2 Oo
1 Confederate money. Tea s. 90 per pound
Coffee. Sugar aud Molasses not TO be had at any
price, and all articles Of clothing are enormousa
nigh. Common boots 81 90 per pair. Iudgs
that the only hides they have are those insid,
heir own clothes. aud it strikes me that they
nave been essentially tann,d
They say that the people are greatly dissstis
ied with the Davis olgarchy, aud publicly de
noun,e The leaders They admit that their DE-
sire 10 extend their system OF labor vas ID,
cause OF the war. They charge Us with in:riug
ing on their rights and when asked them VII,
taey rebeled after being assured by Mr.. LIN
cola that he would guarantee all State rights
they answered that the leaders told thsm, " Lin
coin don't mean what he saw" Two of them
Mr. Adams, of the Alabama" and Mr. Davis
Of the Lizzie Davis" are well informed snc
candid men Il was a decided pleasure to meet
them
Many other particulars, OF importance TO th,
people of the loyal States. | shall endesvor tc
communicate at the proper time, say in Septeul
Der and October s64. IL il rumored here that
10 a few months the people are to decide ~hetb.
er this ia a Government, and worthy of support
or whether it be an incoherent mass Of petit,
, powers. The unders gned has an opinion OF
his question. with over t~o years war expert
-nce TO back il up lie proposes, God willing
70 use tongue and pen in favor Of the integrity
# our Democratic stem, aud the unquestion
able right and duty OF al Administrations o. up
hold the right and perform the duty Of holding
and possessing every inca Of American SOIL how
ever acquired. Faithfully.
A. c. WINTER