, 1865-08-05
JUDAH r. BENJAMIN IN
HAVANA.
How he Got There. How he was Ship.
wrecked and How he Caacc Near
SIarY1uws


Correspondents OF the N. 7. World.l
HAVANA, July %.
After variety of sea adventures, Bhip-
wrecks in small 6oalg-preeerTntio by mira
cles-in three different embarcatlons. the
sack Of Benjamin was found, the cup delly-
rowed from his brother, Or somebody else,
not In Egypt, arrived in HAVANA on the 25th
instant, In Q small schooner called the Brit
annin, the Hon. J. ?. Benjamin, Secretary Of
State of the late Confedetacy, and, although
Britannia no longer ru'es the waves. the
little schooner brought him safe, after 10
al sy days . ef T9ysDg yn sIa saf Rxa au
EARLY in Msy he eepa1ated from the Presi-
dent, Dayls, near Washington, Georgia, for
the purpose OF making his way TO Nassau
and the Hayann from snme point on the
Florida coast. He was 10 attend TO come.
public business at these ports. and then to
via Matamosas aud Texas. He travelled d.
1ect]y fouth, through Georgia md Florida,
On horseback, disguised rs farmer In search
of lands on which to Bett1e, and paesed
through the country without exciting suspt
cton Of attracting attention, until he reached
The loHer tjde Of the Peninsula Of Florida.
He Was informed that no boats were
and went thence to the Gulf shore, where
after months delay he succeeded In getting
a ships yawlboat and two men who were
willing to E1sk their lives upon the sea In It.
The open boat was about fifteen feet in
length, In which they coasted the peninsula
nntil they reached one Of the keys of the
Flcrida reef, where they succeeded in pro-
curing beat somewhat larger, but still an
open boat, in which they put to Sea to cross
tie gull stream, and fortunately reached the
Biuiues upcn the Banks, after passage Of
sixty hours. On Monday, the 1ota Of
July. after an unsuccessful attempt to
reach Nassau, II which he was baf-
er, he put back to tho Blmines. Ga
the 18th he took passage from the Blm{nes
Tor Nassau in small sloop Of nine tons bur
then, loaded With sponges (which the grest.
estsl; and On Friday, the 14th, this sloop
1oundered at eca, when thirty mites distant
from the nearest land. The vessel went
down 50 rapidly that be With the colored men
jump into skif In tow Of The sloop before
she sank. In this boat, With l1ghE mast,
sails, ard compass, and their on1y provisions
pot OF boiled rice, which the negroes had
cooked for their b1 kfast in this lsaky and
overloaded boat, and having but one oar,
calm and vessel IN sight, by din: Of ener-
getic sculling, they reached the light-hous
Teestl at S P. H., and we're cordially received
bv Captain Stewart, on board the Geor-
gina, Ter Britannia Majes.y'a lighthouse
Yaeht, and we're warmly and 1nosE cordially
entertained. This vessel was on an official
tour Of lighthouse inspection upon the
BapEe, and at the request Of Mr. Benjamin,
retu1Ded him once more to the Blmiues.
There Mr, Benjamin chartered another YES
sci {sloop) on the ss5th Of July, and arrived at
NAssau, Friday the list. On Saturday, the
asd, be sailtd On hoard :ho good schooner
Britannia, and arrived 1t Havana on the
e5th, safe and sound.
His whole tip has occupied the best part
OF three months, ont CT which thirty daTs
have been passed At sea in miserable open
bcats; at least twentsg-two days In the
smallest craf's that float.
Edmund Kirby Smith, who never did sur
render.-hlmseli-.a1riTed yesterday IN the
Barcelonia, faithful to what he conceived his
duty to the l6st.