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Lt.-Colonel Arthur J. Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States, March, 1863. (search)
March, 1863. 2d march, 1863. I left England in the royal mail steamer Atrato, and arrived at St. Thomas on the 17th. 22d march, 1863.-anchored at Havana at 6.15 A. M. Where I fell in with my old friend, H. M.'s frigate Immortalite. Captain Hancock not only volunteered to take me as his guest to Matamoros, but also to take a Texan merchant, whose acquaintance I had made in the Atrato. This gentleman's name is McCarthy. He is of Irish birth — an excellent fellow, and a good companion; and when he understood my wish to see the South, he had most goodnaturedly volunteered to pilot me over part of the Texan deserts. I owe much to Captain Hancock's kindness. 23d, 1863. Left Havana in H. M. S. Immortalite, at 11 A. M. Knocked off steam when outside the harbo