The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-21
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AaEal and Military Affairs Ia Florida
The Blockade Runners still Busy
The Harriet Lane at Havana, &C.

SCHOONER ~ h-s fEOIl I1HfaId, DONUU
for Matamoras ostensibly, by the
United States supply steamer Union,
Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Conway
in command, between Charlotte's Har-
Dor and Tampa Bay, on the 26th ult.
She had a general cargo on board, and
was brought in by Acting Ensign VIII
kins, as prize master.
Schooner Miriam, Ward master,
from Havana, cleared for New Orleans,
By the United States steamer Honey
suckle, Acting Ensign Seares command
ding, with general cargo. Captured
on the Goth ult
SIoop Oscar, on the lst inst, by the
United States schooner Fox, Acting
Master Chase in command, from St
Marks, bound TO Havana, with ninety
three bales of cotton on board
On the same day the schooner
Spunky, by the United States schoon.
er Beauregard, Acting Master Healey
in command, with nine bales of cotton
on board The Spunky has been sent
to Fernandina for adjudication.
With the exception of the case of the
/ Miriam these several captures are de-
void of interest, and the vessels and
cargoes will be condemned by default,
save the one named. She was boarded
two days before the capture, when her
papers appearing to be all right, she
was allowed to proceed on her voyage
/ She was, however, kept in view by the
Honeysucl1le, when, having altered her
course in manner to excite suspicion,
she was again boarded and brought in
here for adjudication. The case is to
be heard before Judge Boynton this af
ternoon.
The United States steamer Hussa1
left here. on the End inst with reinforce
ment of colored troops for the main,
land, where, ara not permitted to tell
Colonel FelloWes, of the second colored
United States regiment, has gone to
command in person. Brigadier Gener-
al Woodbury. and Captain Bawens, his
Adjutant General, accompany the ex
petition We are in daily expectation
Of information which will enable us to
judge Of the stuff the colored soldiers
are made Of
The United States schooner Stone
wall arrived from Tampa Bay, on the
4th instant, with eighteen refugees
rebel deserters on board These men
are of superior description to the refu,
gees usually brought here from the con.
tinent They are smarter in appear
ance, and, what is important, they
brought their working tools with them,
in the shape of serviceable muskets
This letter will be taken by the Uni
ted States supply schooner Rachel Sea.
man, Acting Master Potter, which ar
rived here on the 4th instant from Pen
sacola. Onher way here she captured
the British schooner Maria Albert, from
Havana, with an assorted cargo. The
prize was sent to New Orleans for adju
dication.
The bark Mary Stetson, Allen, from
Pensacola for New York, arrived here
on the 4th inst, with the loss Of her
mainyard, which, in falling, carried a
way her boats and stove her water
casks. Damages were promptly repai-
red, and she left on the 9Th inst
Key West at present contains a good.
ly number Of blockade runners. You
meet them at every turning. There is
no installing them for any other speci-
men of the genus kom0, for a blockade
runner can be as easily discovered "by
the cut of his jib,' as a Tribune man by
the shape of his hat and the fashion Of
his shirt collars
KEY WEST May 9, 1864
BLOCKADE RUNNERS IN HAvANA-EsCAPE or
THE HARRIET LANE FROM GALVESTON, DC.
Information has been received from
Havana that the Harriet Lane, which
was captured by the rebels in Calves
ton bay, on the lst of January, 1863,
has succeeded in escaping from that
port with cargo Of cotton for Havana,
where she is now lying. Her armament
has been removed, and she is now en-
ployed in running the blockade
On the 18th inst, as the United States
steamer Honeysuckle was running into
Havana, she found herself in company
with another steamer She proved to
be the blockade running steamer Mat
agorda, from Galveston, Texas, with
nine hundred and fifty bales of cotton
on board As the two vessels were
passing the Moro Castle, a man on board
the Matagorda held up a handful of
cotton towards the Honeysuckle, call
ing out derisively and proianely, "God
damn you; you didn't get these nine
and fifty bales" Whilei in Havana the
Union and the Rebel vessels lay as low
ingly together as a dog and cat that
had become accustomed to each other.
Another steamer, called the Isabel,
supposed to have about seven hundred
bales on board, has also got into Ha-
vana from Galveston
Among the vessels that contrived to
run the blockade of Galveston is the
Lancaster. Sac was chased by a large
steamer, and, as she had not reached
Havana on the 18th, it was supposed she
had been captured. Two shots were
fired at the Matagorda, both of which
took effect She escaped, however.