Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-21

/ All saved Of my effects vas about S15 or 500
worth OF wOolen clothing. I asked Capt. Mafii
| Tor my ehTonOmetsY, B5t bsfOre lefl the FioIi-
/ dA, thinking that as h3 had got four from tha
ship, he might give it TO me. Bat he said he
had positive orders to keep all nautical instTH.
ments as contTabaDd Of war
The captain aud efiesrs treated us well, there
being With me Captain Brown, of the Baltimore
\ bark HenTistts, burned the night before. When
We were csptuTed her smoke was plsinly visible.
| We ware allowed the ward-r0om to 1.-Two and mess
IN. They (the captain and Cfieers) eppsared
socisble, but had The beariug Of q cold-biooded,
reckless aud careless set Of free-boOters. Thew
had already filed sll theiT available room with
the most valuable Of their steabHEs, and. az still
more valuable Articles came into their haRds, The
previous LOT MAS thrown TO the winds to ma l,e
room. The sailors, over whom no disciplins was
kept often got Yslnsbls things, to keep them for
their own use. Oas Of them got my watch
which was seen by oDs Of our crow OH board the
Florida, and, although it was sent for by Capt
Aattit, it was never restored.
The CiheeTs reported to us the sinking of the
HatteTas by the Alabama, the burning by them
OF the Jacob Bell, the Commonw eGlth the Star
OF Pesce, and the bark Lspwing, loaded with
coal, from which they supplied themselves they
said they armed, ms1nsd and sent her cruising
between s.. Paups Rocks ard Fernando De No
Tonha, TO supply them and ths AlAbsma which
was cruising further WESTWARD with coal, ss
well as Is make captures If she should fall in
with anything. The lst lieutenant Of the Flor
ida was Ia charge OF her. Oar vessel was the
thirteenth one burned by the Florida that cruise
AS soon as the Oneida Was well on fire, lcrs and
6it, they bore up IN chase Of q bark, which had
been ia sight for some time, and overhzuled hsr
She proved to be the French bark Bremonser
Capt DsstTenan, from Bordeaux 10 New Gale
donis, with Government stores.
Lieut. s:One, Capt. Brown and myself went
on board, and the captain consented 70 take six
OF Us, myself included, provided provisions were
sent with as, Is he had twenty passengers foT the
voyage, and nc would b3 apt 10 get short lie
was promised the necessary stores Six Of us
went on board Subsequently nine more we've
toTcibly put on beard, with only SIX tins Of
crackers and about sixty pounds Of salt beef
There was one female passenger and three chil
dTOn among rs. The captain was dIesdilly an
noyed at the imposition, and said he would write
to have MS Government take notice Of it, After
being on board siUdsys, without enough to eat
We arrived st PernsmbueO on the LIST Of May,
where the captain brought claim against me Of
four buadTed francs, and one Of fourteen hun
dTed francs against Capt Brown, f0T board and
detention.
The consul, Mr.. Adamson, refused 10 say the
claim or TO acknowledge Us as Americans, and
told the csptsin As he brought us thsre, he might
take us away sgsin do not know ms reasons
for 50 doing.
On our srrivsl there We found Capls Psrcigal,
OF ship Charles Hill; Adams, OF shiP Nora
Grant, Of ship Louisa Hatch, with Goals for the
French Governments Lambert, Of whaling
schooner Kingfsher, with sixty prisoners officers
aud crews ofsvessels buried by the Alabsma,
and al landed on Fernando del EeTonhs, leav-
lug on that island forty more, who were sent for
By the Brazilian Government
When we left the Florida there were fly pTis-
oners in IOas, all cOn6ned 10 the deck without
any shelter from the prevalent rain squalls Of
that locality. Let them hsve the prayers Of al
good people. JESSE +. PORTER,
Lsie Master Ship Oneida, Of New Bedford