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The Daily Dispatch: April 30, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Nassau (search)
took place on the arrival of the small boat at one of the wharves. The fences and cotton bales around were covered with a swarm of Nassau negroes, who received the Yankees with and Black committee the faces of the crew, while the officer in command was evidently nervous and nonplussed — During the stay of the boat at the wharf, the darkles indulged in such cynical reflections as these: "Golly, how dey'd put out if de 290 was in sight." "I wonder if day's heard from Charleston?" "If Cap'n Maffit was here hold sick dom in two minutes" A big negro on a cotton bale, surrounded by his tatlelitre, gave a stentorian version of the Yankee national air of "John Brown lies a mouldering in the grave, " only he altered names and phrases to suit his disgust for his Northern auditors. He also produced "Dixie" and the "Bonnie Blue Flag." When the officer returned and the best pushed off, cheers were given for Jeff. Davis, and three tremendous groans for old Abe-Lincoln. The Yankees retorted not