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The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Florida on a Frolic. (search)
a Frolic. --We find the following in the Mobile Evening News, of Friday last: The Confederate States steamer Florida came up to town about 7½ o'clock this morning, and now lies in the stream not a bit the worse for her brush yesterday morning, which is more than the enemy can say for himself. As far as we have been able to ascertain the particulars of the affair, they are as follows, and from a reliable source: About 9 o'clock yesterday morning, (4th instant,) the Florida, Capt. Welles, C. S. N., came in sight of a large three-masted propeller, inside of Horn Island Pass, and put after her, first signaling to the Pamlico, which was in company, to turn back. The enemy showed some disposition to fight, but after exchanging a few shots, concluded to try her heels, in which she had a superiority. The Florida however, pursued her for about three miles outside the Pass, when she relinquished the chase, the sea being too rough for her to wore her guns with effect. Durin