New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-30


abstract of which by telegraph printed Tuesday
UNITED STATES SLoor.or.wAR ST. LOUIS
fuscHAL ROADS, MADEIRA, Z
March !, ls6i-I! a. 10. }
SIR: The Florida has succeeded in getting 10 sea-. ]
shall follow at once though hopeless Of catching heI
out of port Nelson said the want of frigates in his
squadron would be found impressed on his heart am
the want Of steam will be found engrayen on mine
Had the St Louis been steamer, would have anchored
alongside Of her. and, unrestricted by the
hour rule my old foe could not have escaped me- The
Governor true 10 his declared intention would only
allow her 10 take board twenty tuns Of coal-suf
cien to take her TO the nearest port Her commander
plead for sixty ns next forty asserting that he needed
that much 10 ballast his vessel The Governor told him
at the suggestion Of Mr. Baymnn. that he came in with
out IT, and he thought he conld go without it, but i
ballast needed. there plenty Of stone on the
beach that he might take.
AS il was supposed that she would go to during
the night and certainly in the morning and had al
intimation that in passing US. she might pour Ia 4
bruadside shotted and cast loose my guns, and had
stationed loohouts all the ship and in the tops
c"~--5 the officers 10 extra vigilance. and was re
peatedly on deck myself 10 watch, and zee that my
orders were executed The night dark and squsly
isaFida LAY close into the beach, and under the
ns all this yigilance she cfept He And RStM nl.tsnd
ward and her departure not discovered until the
moon arose. a few minutes since. blockade runner
the JuiA which arrived In the afternoon, reports the
Kearsarge as having lett Cadz three days ago destina
ton unknown. The Florida gHve out they were going
10 Cadz Goals but think not and shall 60 direct
10 TcnCre hoping II 90 not ma hcT tnCrc, 10 put tnt
Sacramento on her track.
The prevailing winds would not permit me "a get "a
CadZ from Madeira In 20 do her any injury. even
II thought that port her destination.
The authorities here have done all they could Ia has
ten her departure and prevent her fun supply and dc
not imagine that the island will be troubled by the pre-
sence Of Rebel vessels -ofwsr very soon again.
waited on the Governor 10 inform him Of her intention
20 ship men tO complete her He assured me that
il Should NOS be allowed though II might be done clan
destinely which he could not help have reason 10
believe that she made addition 20 her crew. and
know from the statement of gigs crew that three Of
the men she brought with her deserted Her crew II
described ~ me made up Of Spaniards, Frenehmen
and Portuguese, with few Englishnen, and but one
American. Her first lieutenant IL Thomas A. Dornn,
formerly midshipman In our service.
notice change in the appearance OF the Florida
since last her except tina. now she has yards on
her ainmas then she had none, and she had changed
her blet.head for shield surrounded by scroli.work
in which IL borne the arms Of the Rebel states My
men have been wild IN fight and drew the shot from
my guns the day she In. fearing that In their
element they would fire into her without orders. and
break the neutrality Of this port Ono thing is certain
the Florida does intend to fight unless the chances
are largely In her favor for she skuked away from the
Old 81. Louis.
am very respectfully your obedent servant,
gro. HENRY PRTBIT, Commander. u. =. n.
The Hon. GIDEON WEILEs. Secretary Of the Navy,
Washington, ID. {.