The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-05-13
THE REBEL STEAMER FLORIDA.
What she did at Tenerife.

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On the morning Of the 2s,h. ~ha. sbo'd
crest our ae.onished visions bat a rebei
flag OF fabulous dimensions, floating at the
peak Of a steamer anchored about thon.
sand Yards distant from N. directly be-
tween Va and the town Of Furchal. Al
sbou, 9 AM. We a.c.risined her TO be the
Florida She arrived on the evening o
the 9th, al 1880 n. after . passage Of
eighteen DAYS from Brest.
On The ooh of February. the comman>
der of the Florida, Lieut. c. NJ. Morris,
lac e he L S Navy,) made call upon
tie governor Of the island. A short time
Afterwards, our acting consul, Mr.. Rob't.
Bayman, called upon the governor, and
entered = protest in the name Of bis gov
ernrnah, agans, the Florida coaing The
govsrusr promised him Jour consult she
.hould have 20 supplies there Of any kind.
How fa he KEEP, hi. promise the follow
ing will show: The rebel called again
upon the governor and told him hat coal,
o. least 40 tons Of it, WAS necessary sup
piv, a. bis .aip WA high. and needed /,
for baIiAs. The governor Told him rs lie
Che rehe) came in without it. Ne ,houghs
he could 60 TO sea without it however,
II hsll.st was absolutely indispensable TO
him, that he wa 1t Iib~rty TO lake a.
m.ny stone. from the beach As he liked
Our consul iSk',nsd the governor that
The pirate Wa just A. sea~o'thy without
Goa =, with it; seeing she had nearly ..
much .ai', in proportion, A. he st. Louis.
and that she bad a propeller wheel for ri
eng up her ian, it va. proof conclusive
that on ordinary occasions she did not in
tend TO use it, and that coal WA not nee
e.ssry supply for 'uch = vessel. any more
than shot, shell, gum, or powder. q. it vas
nothing more than furnishing her means
OF oH~nce and defence, and without Goa!
We would be e9unliz"d.
The governor ordered the reh.l out of
tire port, but the rebel commander told
him he would re: % until he rereiv.d :.
few tnhs Of coal the governor then told
him. a. be bad not 4 sufficient force on
the i>l~nd 10 enforce his order, he would
authorize The commander Of he ST. L"ui.
10 enforce it for him. (hs never gave any
-nch order; if h. had We should have car
ried II out to the very Lottery The rebel.
reply could not lesrh. TIE outside pres
cure upon the governor wa, too great, and
he gave her permission 80 lake enough to
take her 10 the nearest port. providing i,
did not exceed 20 ton.
think the scales where it Wa. weighed
must have been well xressed." a. the
twenty ton. Io.ded six large lighters :
HE consul then protested against this.
telling him that 1t was against the in-truc
ton. be received from hi- government.
(shs.e instruction. we're delivered by an Of
hcsr from the ship TO the governor Of Ma
dei'a. "a the 22d of February. and sent in
care OF Commander Prebie. bv 1he Portu
gue.e minister Of state, the duke Of Loo
Loo. and that he might a. well give him
enc hundred and twenty tone, since moth
inK was easier than for Mr. Biandy cal
coal merchant and rebel sy,npa,hizer liv
ing here to give the pirate an order to
any OF hi. vessels which he might NEE, A.
sea. For nv part c.nno, see why be
sould not 60 arous the world 10 spite OF
any such hindrance "a ,his-,or if he can
get enough in every port he goes to to
csrry him TO the next, what more does he
want
Immediately after we ascertaineG her
srne character ION The m ,rning Of the 2Sth)
We hove IN on our cable to fortv>fve ia h.
oms, tina. being AS little scope as we cod
rlde by, "s our anchor lay in thirty three
fs'homs; we also loaded the small a,us
This Was all We could do under the cir
cumkance.. II appears that several re
ports reached The pirates while at anchor
of FunchaE. ;ha. we were going so take
her where she Was After size received
her supposed twenty tons of coal, she
made preparations for sea, and so did we
but The very time that she l4f, Fnnclal, On
the night Of the 20 h at $50 P NJ, it WAS
a cnini, and we cauId do nothing.
Our awkward and useless position in
this instance, will aosn afford a s,rikinc
illustration 10 the navv department., Of he
value Of vessels such ~ ours in such ca
-as
On 'he morning Of March fs., a light
breeze sprung NJ. and as we learned ,he'
the plraie had shaped his course for ihi.
port, E. Santa Cruz" we got under way.
After SIX days beating We arrived at this
place, and upon our arrival we learned
that the pirate had been here, coaled, and
went to sea The day previou. to our ARR
val, (G'h Msrch)
], is reported ,ha, she has gone to the
East Indies. find che has not been AL
tered at Brest. as reported for now she
answers her former description exactly
| examined her very closely. She slows
her hammocks. As the kearsace and other
boats of her class, bur here the resem>
blance ends. She has a sharp-pon,ed
head, long, low bo~spri, aud ib-boon,
long ewermasts. shor. ,opmas,s and top
gaiIan,-masts, and long mas'heads, all of
which are ve'y slender; is bark rugged,
two tunnels, one forward Of the other both
forward If the mainmas;, Her mast.
have more rake than anv Of our gunboats
have ,een. She has wire rigging Her
armament consists Of six 32-pounder guns
Of A. cwt, in broadside and two 100
FOUNDER Bleak y rifles as pivots, and, a..
cordlng TO report, III men on board, Of
which deserted =, tunchsl. They repor,
The crew As English, Irish. Spanish. French.
snd Portuguese and only one American.
he officers are al southern men bu, one
who Is an Eng lishrnan, acting as an snpi-