Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-12


FERRoI, SPAIN March 10, 1865.
G,nv,r .aii-r NTH an Officer of The Stoner0!I-The
Rebel Or.cerS GEG Creb-.HeH Taken on Board a.
Ferro-TAe Stone.rGA Stia Weather BouRG-LSO-
l1fion of this LocGHt TIE United States ConSu.
lar Aqe,.ts at Cvrl..6 and Iero!, dc, DC.
had conversation this morning with an officer
of the Stone wall. Upon being introduced TO KIM
he said: "Well, sir / suppose you have come down
here to see this fgn, and yen will see little the
hardest tne you ever did. | know Commodore
Craven, and know here Is no back out TO hin -
AS for US, we came out TO fight, and We intend TO
go out in broad day light and challenge the Niagara
and Sacramento. We know there are seavy odds
against us in t way OF men and meta bat we are
prepared Tor the issue" Upon my asking him
what in particular lie was Sighting for he replied
'aLiberty! VI to the sIne Of the bre aking out Of
the war there was better Q mon man than i was.
But now don't believe any body can hate anEee
more" | asked him what they would do IN case
they succeeded in destroying The Niagara and Sac
ramento, as there were 10 ports open in the South
for them to 60 TO lie replied, "We'l force an
opening somewhere" | II the course Of the con-
VeTsatOn he remarked that "there was some Of the
best blood in the South upon that vessel; and his
entire air throughout, while being free from brag
gadocio was ctnddeut and defiant. Wien we part
ed said to him, 81 cannot, o. course, wish you
success in your approaching battle, but in other
respects you have my best wishes" he thanked
me and We parted.
There is now no doubt that Captain Page intend
ed proceeding to sea yeSte rday mernilg, add would
have done so but for the heavy weather. Every
thing was prepared for getting under weigh about
o'clock The officers state that il the Niagara and
Sacramento do not come out after them, the Stone
wall will go 20 the mouth of CorupEa hsrbor and
defy them. IL las also been stated here that Cap
tain Page intends informing Commodore Craven a
few hours in advance Of .Le time Of his departure.
or course there is q vast deal Of humbUg about all
these ruuOrs; but only give them to show the de-
fant tone and manner used by the Rebels 'of The
Stonewal.
seven Of The officers in the rebel ram were Off
GERS in The Florida, and her crew is made up in
.,eat part OF that OF the Florida and Aiabama.-
Whcn she came 10 here she had sixty nine men on
hoard From the best information Can gather,
she has now one hundred and ten. How this dit
ference is to be accounted for is mystery, the
authorities here profess TO have been paric ulary
careful not TO allow any men or munitions Of war
10 90 on board Perhaps, with the aid o { our gov
ernment they may be ale - solve TIE mystery
OF the fact STA ed there Can he no doubt. "A new
Admiral ct the port h just been placed here,
who has the reputation OF being heart and soul in
favor Of the rebels, and OF having aided the Stone
wall in every way in his power.
To-day the wind still continues, and there is no
probability Of the Storewall going to The men
are said to be exceedingly anX oIS +, get oat. Yes
terday they were engaged in ex cising nearly all
de- { and are already at it again this mornin,. The
Communication with Corfu ma, which is only nine
miles distant, is cut of on account Of Ii, heavy
weather, which prevea Ted the boat from going =
.4erdsv or to-day This iSoa.cS us from the wtli,
world, and, IN fact, this locality. this portion
Spain seen to be- ahtu ~S near The end Of o..
earth as possible. TIE vn' - q. mGnicati.n
between Corunna and Par - road o..
two hundred miles 20 I... ltai o.. =, .a-
Gent kiy rdom of th.. BE-. II hy ra. y
hrou-h J tr.1ue auc .-' -. whole j"4.ncy
..quir,Lc FL e, 90 ~ ...yS. \ railway from
l. ou 70 Uorunna has been survcr :, but, with the
slow way OF doing things here, will not probably be
completed within tie next twenty years. From
Coranua steamers run regularly to London and
The United States Government is represented
Mt Coruara by Ny. Ancrtona C. Futres, Consular
Agent. Mr.. Tuertrcs, although q Spaniard, has
spent rpoS: q his lite in the United States, and
speaks English as well ss he does Spanish. He is
IN amiable gentleman, and an active defender OF
our cause, aud has indeed been OF inme ase ser
vice 10 Ccmu odore Craven and our Diplomatic
REPRESENTATIVES in Madrid and Paris IN the way O..
furnishing them much valuable information rela-
tive to the mt v.mc Is II the Tebo! ram. l am in
formed thai al effort viii Ge made to create Co
runna INTO a consulate, and to have Mr.. Fuertres
Amounted consul, With a small salary As consular
agent he has no salary, aud there are no fees. At
Ferrol our representative is old gentleman
named Fernandez, who has been here twenty
wears, aud VI o has been exceedingly active in his
duties Since The Stonewall arrived.