The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-16
Navy correspondence.
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Key West Fla % March. 1864.

L. = LAG SHIP IAN JALlNEO.
KEY West, Fla, % March, 1864.
FL ReDu5lic1n-Since ny last, we have
made a short but unsuccessful cruise. Were
sent out for the purpose Of catching the Cum
bsriand,n ship purchased In Liverpool BY our
English friends ard despatched to Havana, III
tending TO run for Mobile. Knowing that she
had very valuable cargo, and hearing that she
would be armed as privateer prior TO leaving
that em'nently neutral post of Cuba, We natural
~ felt litile anxious to take her. Well, We
didn't do il. but the a. De Soto did. and she j.
a beauty Built Of iroa, 2Ss feet long, Two en-
gines; she can easily make twelve knots an
hour
She left yesterday for New York, aud fancy
that very lev vessels have eqlsiled her speed
a. she passed out the harbor Vessel and cargo
viii sell for $50, 900, plump. 1t We lad taken
her, nv share would have been over $1,000.
The profaue OF our officers, when ;hey think OF
( our loss don't exactly s,esGr, but hear rum
bling. grumbHng sound that beiokens anything
but pleasure at the g De Soto's good luck
May be good fortune will attend Us on our next
trip-we shall start in a few days.
Quite an excitement was created here on the
22d February, by the arrival of the end Mass
Res'J, (colored). They relieve the 47th Pa
Vols in garrisoung Fort Taylor. Their coming
bad been rgmored Tor some DAYS. The 47th
has been here over sixteen months and abou.
two thirds Of them passed their time in drink
ing long range whskev and damniug TIE niger.
Sec Stanton has very politely requested them
20 make a call on Mobile. OF all the hundreds
Of regiments have seen in Two aud half years,
the 47th are best adapted TO active service
By all means let their desire for glory be graft
ed. We hope they nav reach Mobile, and stat
there
IL was fun 10 see the prauks of the negro pop
ula,ion here, when their regiment marched thro
the streets Old ard young of both sexes, acted
a. if tight but were in reality most emphatically
loose 'Bress de Lord hi yah yah, who
wouldn't be a soger man" and Ike exclama
, lions, accompanied by most extrsvagant ges
lures, were heard and seen by all. | saw some
! old women, whose skin seemed as il it had beer
stretched on over their bones, and tackled dom
, a. you would bail a carpet-who looked so gda,,
aud dry, that when taey walked past ! fully *
pected to hear them rattle these relics OF a bar
barous system were 50 tickied at the sight, tina
! thought they gave far more evidence Of agil
ny, than Of the possession Of An innate sense o
modesty Seriously, none but a beholder cal
I appreciate the scene. Cray headed darkie
: walked the streets with benignans smile and
, very polite bow for those whom they recognizes
] as psrtakers Of their joy-ihey seemed to thinl
that the millennium had only been adjourned 70
! "a week.
The face Of q soldier Of the 47th, looked mos
: ike batch Of pancake batter, that had reste
j 10y cold stove all night, in tact, sour. Oh
they had not the least objection to Grming III
, negroes, but "~hy in the devil are they not sen
. 70 the fronts" Such talk always ended in to-
usual variety of Oaths while the rcvilcd sOdie
vas quietly passing up the street, conscious o
his manhood able aud wiling TO fight for an'
sustain it, Il must not be concluded however
j that al Of the 47th are Of this class. 1t embra
{ C. those only who are tho descendants OF tn
burghers who sill " vote for Jackson" Many
! nearly all OF their officers have eyes, aud hav
seen that "to this Complexion it must come a
asst And honor them for their treatment 0
. / -.---- ~---sz-s5t--
The old residents here, rebel in their procvi
lies. those who, when the opportunity VS.
given them, refused to send Representative t
Congress and thus secure the possession Of lhei
-laye property "-uen who Ia consequence o
} such refusal lost their chattels they we're espec
iang indignant One Of them met me on th
streets and says there go your brethren.
as Yes, bat thank God aud the proclamation, the
are not your "property" Sir, the couu:r.
can't be saved until we adopt the Democratic
system" vas the answer.
Question" Then YOU are a Democrat"
Answer -" Yes, l am"
Own you tell me the meaning of tb
word?'
lie couldn't do it, Whether he has consulle,
Webster's dictionary or not, since, is problem
atical, but notice he does not approve of "sgi
tatiug" the matter.
The daugters Of these old reptiles are espec
ially rampant. One, beautiful young woman
SAID why do you think would even look a
an officer Of a niger regiment" She did, how
ever, and a very agreeable companion he proved
She asked who it was, and learned. Some on,
EFT the room ia a hurry. But mast stop writ
ing. Hastily, yet as near to reality as can &c
&C., you have Key West loyalty sketched, SINAI
portion, however.
Faithfully,
~ VUTN-nrD