“That the rebels anticipate a speedy peace is evident from
the fact that an officer of the Steamer R. R. Cuyler, when in Havana a few days
since, met a friend, who had recently read a letter addressed to a sea captain
in Nassau by the owner of the vessel which he commanded, a prominent merchant in
Charleston, S. C. The captain wrote to
his owner for advice as to what to do with the ship. In reply the Charlestonian said – ‘Do
nothing; peace will be declared in less than sixty days.’ This statement, coming as it does from the
very fountain head of the rebellion, is certainly significant, and taken in
connection with the reports made here almost daily by persons from the South,
goes far to confirm the opinion expressed a day or two since by Flag Officer
McKean, who said that three months would end the war. God grant his words may prove true.”
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 12, 1862, p. 1
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