, 1865-06-26
DRECKlNRIDGE IN CUBl,
lie Crosses from Florida in 4
Small Open Boat.


tco'res'ondcccc of the New rosk ncr1ld.1
HAVANA, Juns II.
General j.. G. Breckenridge. accompanie5
BY bis a!d-de-camp Captain j. Wilson, hl;
faithful w1r servant Thomas, Colonel TayloI
Wood, and two confederate soldiers arrived
at Cardenas IN tht 1lth instant, III an onpn
boat Of about one ton bnrthen, from the coast
Of Florida This party, If er the capture OF
the INT Of the late republic. mads thelr
Way TO the st. Johns river, where they pro.
cured boat IN which they proceeded IN
thai riyer until thsy reached point due west
Of Indian river, near The head Of navigation.
At st. Johns, Colonel Taylor Wood Joined
The party, having been captured By the com.
mand Of General Wilson which captured tie
bn. be made good bis escape The same night
The small boat was hauled across the conn
Try 1rcm the st. Johns to Indian river, dis
lance OF twenty miles and launched for tbs
ocean. On reaching Gubc.t's bar, near tie
mouth ofthe river, Ibe boat Was beached, and
dragecd acrcas fand.spis sixty yards, and
launched in an inlet communicating with the
ocean. On this part Of the route Indian par
ties supplied them with scant provisions of
"cumty," Of which they made bread. For
cd to Ire on shell.tisb, caught along The
shore, and tustles' eggs, Of which they also
| laid In stores for their voyage across the Gull
| strenm.
| From The inlet near tho mouth of Indian
1ixer theT coasted south some flfty or sixty
mslee, when they bcacbed their boat to hunt
provisions. At this time United St1tes'
Eunbcat or steam transport running down
south between the shore and the Florida
rees Observed the party, and the commander
dispatched q boat from the vessel to ascertain
.yao Tho they were and what they were doing
there wps como excitement In camp. and
Thomas began to get his wenpous ready for
use. They were temporarily located on she'll |
ridge, between an impeuetfablc swamp md |
TIE Eaters Of the ocean, 50 that il they
tfst lbs ssn ahs9 boat ase5y shey TSn,d y@a gssIsh
cec1 determination ef 'Rough and Ready"
his grandfather, ordered his two men to|
launch the boat, which waa Instantly ACCOM-
plishcd. and the others having retired under
cover Of The b.uah, The two soldiers took to
15e CARS via WI N'Il," AID pulled for the
opc,eighth Of mile fran the shore. An ON
Ger In The stern feat Of the Gig, with a rev3!.
yer In hand, hailed the boat with the usna1
marlne questions Taylor Wood became In.
me diately the reughest 'loncshore wooasman,
wlecker an1 4 a., fshs rman that ever lived In
tb' + to live SONG bow they were hunt
IL and untll they could ind same
Il, they were subslsting ou-the
rather ~a-nN charity Of the Eea-stell.ish
dtiyen on shore and turtles cggs; they meant
to get as far as Indian Key, or possibly Key
West; they had boat.1oad Of papers. If he
wanted to see thcm." And tho ready bors
pulled forth thelr parole documents, which
were examined and found correct, HTha !
folks on shore we're Of the same class; had |
plenty Of pape1s--tbe Eame-and were tr7-
Ing to cook dinner, If they could fnd any
eggs or ebelfs.; wouldn't the captain like to |
go along nsho1e-Ae would be ptrftc{{y ,esl.
cos''s to the best they had, and their psners ;,
too! Their hospI.al1ty was declinci-tlc
dfctum tall right " vas uttered, and, "airc Il
70, my boysn-when away shot the g'c on
her return voJage to the steamer
aud halEstarved party breathed more I
freely after the interview, which had /
been rather tedious while waiting for the re-.
suit. That evening they left the shore. bur- ,
[Dg on board few dozen eggs, CAKES Of
cnnty dread. and few claus, 50 small that
They might pass for muscles. They reached
The Banks ID about thfrfy-six hours. haTfnr
:poaen one vessel and obtained q supply 81 +.
resh water the day following thsfr detarfure
rom the Florida coast, and met with 10 9th :
II Incident, though terribly perp1eted for
EaDt Of food, until they reached Csrdenas on
be morning Of the 11th-eight days-where /
heJ We 70 received By the people aud tbs an |
hottties with great kindness, we'll fed. T.ll I
efreshed aud sereneded IN the evening. {
The Indies wished to-entersain them In tn .lr /
lospitable homes, which was, OF necessity, /