Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-02-23
. E!OCktD.r'S I.s>T H,N.

The ';cn,nr:,"'s'" ',~''Iso and i.:,'si 'ai.-
tur- ut ,le Confederate >t-n;:,"r I'll
saru:'-
1T W., about c'cvcn "'r!n-k in the
fortno II som" time = '"ny in The I:i!! "f
ISii.;-iI lh,. month i October, Il: nix
it WIS ( nj ran !hr ",.'-r;:l Ill" i,a'ir
in t.:.l-s--:nn II rror. al c"uI--amI
OF the steamer IL anna. with 4 car" %
arm anal amman ti"m f"- thc "nfcds'r-
ate os" n;u"Ii:-
The speaker WIS - IL" 'ipn;-~i~th.
squarr-rri It nan. l..iiI dep st eyes
and Ict .r:rs.n',! features
II have reed ;,.t 81 -,':';nt in h" NHs5-
dtg N...>. .ronliuUcd, ''"f IN -tril>-
in, ,i.-~.. 1t :. L ami tie Story q I'll" re-
n,lrkahi,. ,S.aI" # "nff'd' rat
stca - ri al,cS IN WIS III COM
maud ui sh.t ~hip at the me.
I h. r,I'n ter r.c,-.u.z.d nj one. an
Oil Sava.i.aisilU. :,,l.;I5n ha.l"~ "
Austin " .in i nov la lac Government
cmplny and y hu i,,...y,' :. MANY ti.ri /
in adventures IA tin az. h:Tt ':,m "';t
W thou a ear --I"u had 4 narrow
e., 4 {. Captain. hut tell - som thing
about tie :t,:.i.-.
.:~ / said. it WAS some tim" II the
fall of les; | hrd made l-,ir or i've
successful 1r.pS from Havana. bring
in,r arms and munitions a. VA but tslS
il, pretty MA Il Vo -. Il III" up- ii-c
Su~auuN. ~ vil5rh tii.' " !t"r II thh =. 5CS
rv:cr.-I to a. the p ivatc !. wa' Il
staush. lri'u-Nu;lt iron vc-S !, " iii 4
capacity for from !. 't-'to 50 ila,c~ of
cotton AID with an Average SD eel oi
abo;lt fifteen knots IN Euur- : Ii" W:;S
built in / n-'an,!, on the 'lyd'. IL Il
bio -kasI,' ruuur~. and lay how III IN .
water. with her long ia X mall hardly
visible except II hl' al day Igh,- She
was 4 on. - fgc. iun- bk th.Tl ! Team,
and .iu-- Il new VI sci lei. h "4Ia!
to auV thing III u chase E'' / ia
vaua with crew Of t"' n'k--"E'-n
men. well o.liccrcd by men who hncE'
their uS!ncSS- We had god Wc:t;h.'
and caIcu!:.t Il to make land iu~id" the
blockade under cov,r # night. between
one and three o'cls k III the mo, II uE.
Howe "r, = luz k would have it. an a.
cid, mt 1t ~ca. The giving away Ci : ne
of our ma hin. " detained lis several
hours. and Brought lis to land in or"n
dak H. rht. about ~ II clock in the morn
ing. By this time We Were Ill plain
sI.rh: OF q bl ckadc squadron. hu, a>
vet we We're unr5Scrvrd
The entrance tnIhc harbor wa He'd
with wUn-.oatS- II WAS II ar the close
o tn war. and the blockade n other
points on the coast having been III - 1t,
all the Federal c-ui>crs were Con>"n-
trat,d ut Galveston. The situation was
n perilous one. and there WIS but on"
thiner left to b, done. If we could eyaGc
the enemy until uight.all. Hndih II PASS
the squadron and enter the harbor un-
deserved we would be all right. Cali
ing the men ali t. the bridge | gave
them tn ir orders. and the ship was
soon beading toward land- We >tood
well to the eastward close under shore
with the intention OF sccrrtlnr ourselves
until night We were Yet ONE distance
out and haulin III rapl!y. VII II anout
cirht o clock | discovered 4 cru scr
bearing down on us. All hope of max
inc Land wa, then abandoned, and the
only chance IL escape Wa Il put to
sea Having ull coni:dence N NY IN n:
and knowing the Sreei OF ny Sm4', |
did not fear the result.