The New Orleans correspondent of the Charleston Currier gives the following interesting paragraph under the date of the 18th ult.:
We have a story in circulation, and it seems to be pretty well authenticated, that three officers from the federal fleet paid our city a clandestine visit, disguised as oystermen, on the 8th. What was to be accomplished by the hazardous adventure passes our comprehension, unless it was to communicate directly with the stationary spies here, of whom there are many, no doubt, and perhaps to witness the spectacle of the celebration of the anniversary, falling on Thursday, with a view of measuring our military strength. Before leaving, one of them dropped a note in the post office to a military officer, with whom he was formerly acquainted bantering him upon the laxity of our guard, and promising another call at an early day, under circumstances not constraining a masquerade.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, February 10, 1862, p. 2
We have a story in circulation, and it seems to be pretty well authenticated, that three officers from the federal fleet paid our city a clandestine visit, disguised as oystermen, on the 8th. What was to be accomplished by the hazardous adventure passes our comprehension, unless it was to communicate directly with the stationary spies here, of whom there are many, no doubt, and perhaps to witness the spectacle of the celebration of the anniversary, falling on Thursday, with a view of measuring our military strength. Before leaving, one of them dropped a note in the post office to a military officer, with whom he was formerly acquainted bantering him upon the laxity of our guard, and promising another call at an early day, under circumstances not constraining a masquerade.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, February 10, 1862, p. 2
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