Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-17
NASSAU TO wIL1EaNGTeE.


4 TFis BasgssH these f,ss SsssssisN Csfis5-Lifs
azS Higk Prizes n Bilsiagtoz-HoJe ihs
Citg is DefsHged- TssstslOzE Of an EYs-Wt-
Rsss.
The New York Herald pubHshsa the follow
ing, accompanied BY large msp Of Whining
ton and its defensss:
We publish below an interesting statement
from . military gentleman, who has rsosntly
returned from Wilmington, North CATulins Civ
iug some valuable information concerning his
Impressions IN that psTl Of sseessia. The state
nens IS ssrss snd plain, but Graphic, having
bean written while the scsnss detailed we've be-
iug enacted. L is accompanied By a vel exc
euJed msp, sRd supplies soHs points OF iuierna-
sioa that raust be Of value SO our governmental
ard military authorizes:
Having urEsus buEinsss IA NcFth Csro,iRs,
concerning t5s sH4iEs Of deesssed rsLstIvs,
tClk, toward ths cless Of August last, passsgs
for NssssTf, New Providence. % Trm the blOck-
sde theues 70 Wilmington. In EHgiaud, It was
slgays kept Vory secret if aTv vessel, net fer
lhe rebel States, bat even FOR Nassau, was sbORt
ta start on account Of the numerous detectives
whom the Uaited Ststss Government now en-
Dioys in the British Kingdom How great.
therefore, was mp Rst0HishmsHs when, arriving
ia the port Of Nassau, 1 ssw, wsving irsm i've
u
CoafedarSta States There nobody made a seerat
Of the blockadiBg business; for svea ne smallest
interest lives ard exists Hpen It. Nassau, lying
ia a picturesque situasion on the coast OF ths
island of New PrUvidsucs, gives q hsalthfHl i'm
sressisp: but Il loses very much Of its bes7Ev on
! nearer approach. Tns fhssf hotel sho Vic
toriA, from which we have q b2agtiful viag OF
tbs city and port, vas throngsd with 5suthsrn
IA lies sns gsntlemsn Nassau owes hundreds
Of sailing vessels and steamers te the bloedY
sysF; asd more than oae negro is prsyiBg that
.hs South may be powerful enough % r'siss ths
North At least few Yeas longer that tAsy
might becsns nghf Tich; and taInk ihsy viii
become 50.
The nsxt day was going to oRs Of tie rebel
States agent, Major Louis Hsliigar, s very com
slaisant gentleman, who, for tive hundred dol
lars in gold, gave me passage on tbs - 10
Wilmington Msisr Holligar, is Of Danish Or
igia, educated in Germany, speaks four lan-
guaEes dusntly, aud is in every sgaTa thoT-
oush brsd gentleman. Two nights later We
steamed away from Nassau. The vessel wss
made to run twelve 70 fourteen knots, aRd vas,
ike al the others, painted gray. Every eHs of
tbass blockade TuuRers has constantly TWO msn
IN the mass-bswsrs with sFy-g laHsss, Whs I'm
msdistsly signalizs tie leass 5asPieisas thing,
The crew commonly consists ct one captain,
thrss officers, four engihsezs, foTty-fvs Erem6n
snd sailsra Each nan receives fortF-t two dol
lars in gold per mouth, and fsTiy-two dollars
bounty at ths close OF every mp. The ofaesrs'
psy IS between two aad four haRdFea dollars
per month, with soHss PeFqutsitss allowed EL-
capt this. the crew is paid in Hassaa OF Bgrmu-
ds, and the pFsPrisacr Is obliged 70 givs t5sR
free passage some, If eithsg sick OF taken psis-
ensTs to New York. and discharged there.
There are also two pilots On bosTd each YES
sel--ens for the Bahama isiand8 aRd ths other
for Wilmington, s3eh rsesiTing for 8 trip S150
in gold Wine, ais and spirits are opsn daring
the whols day for passengers and C1cers. Tka
esbiRs are msg1iReszt, win exeelleus Eccou-
msdasions, because ussTly all tha steems1s hsd
bssa mail steamships IN England and Germany.
Olhsr ships are not used, beesass i is Necessary
that they should not draw more than eicht or
nine feet Of water s. fsRnd, Whsn arrived
in WifmiRetoa, an Old cqusiutases, ths steamer
Hsusa, on which. in times Of peace, bad rnads
different voyages besTean Lubsek and Rga;
bus it was diffiealt 70 recognise EeF 10 her gray
uniform Tbs freight consisted, as usual Of
general carzO-a good dsal Of ran, WiHs and
.chanpagne which Is sold ss enormous pTisss.
A tss Tabsllfous SaathemeFs do not very much
ike their iuTeatisa Of peach and apple brandy
We passed tas Bahama islands, as the pilot
iszghingiy remarked, without sssing 0ns Of
these s1inipressRt . cruising YANKEES. There
meEo 4HAf hAlEe1 ueAa1- ttt21l-4elAA ia NGGTu Ga-
side nv sslf-thTee very hsRdsons young ladies'
from Bsltinsre, who we're going y sea sEsir kus-
bands in tks rebel aEmy--as least, 50 they said.
I Hsver thought before that any lsdy il tha
world could hats 50 deeply. 50 fsresly; bat
Ehsn.I heard these bssutitRl young wsnan
inwArdly tells happy that l was not YAakse
We we're rapidly cutting our way through the
waves and the third night st eleven O. o'cioSE, we
arrived nssr Cape FesT. The ship bad already
run the bioekads at different times, aBd 50 there
was no great anxiety on board Thsre was.
however, not 0Re light on tie ship. and from
tbs bridge, where the captain, the pilot and my
saif were standing WAS 3 regular chain Of men
9 the helm, so that every word passed surely
and slowly
'fas esstafr had asked me 10 say near lin,
becsuss I, as sn expeIieBcsd Gfhser, e8uld per
hsuE givs hiul sons COED sdVies aneut the ens-
1ssss fra II We shCnld come m any collision
,7;fb ths damned Yankees" The excisemsn.
was. Notwithstanding, gFsati he masses Of Jog
sp she river; tho engine ggoaulng and wAseEine;
mr own eonselUusness OF koiPiessness; the
young ladies, recently % courageous, now