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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IV, Issue 204, 9 December 1864, Page 1 (Supplement)

The new Confederate cruiser, the Tallahassee, has committed dreadful ravages among the commercial marine of the North. She is an iron steamer, schooner-rigged, of English build, a very long and narrow vessel, with a crew of about 100 men, and carries one pivot gun, three forward guns, and a brass-rifled gun of large calibre on the hurricane deck. Her commander, John Taylor Wood, says she can steam 16 knots an hour, and has crossed the English Channel, 21 miles, in 70 mins. He boasts that in a few weeks he had destroyed 50 vessels. Ho remarked casually that as his ship was very fast he preferred not to fight but rather to run. On the 20th August, while coaling at Halifax,, the Tallahassee was ordered away by the English Admiral Hope, and left steering eastwards on the 20th August with coal for a few days only.

While cutting bread and butter for mo, my hostess complained of the difficulty of keeping the bread thawed. ‘ And yet,’ she said, ‘ I put the loaf in the bed, and wrap it up close, as soon as ever the boys turn out.’ Alas! for a weak stomach. However, it was that food or none for me then, and I had to overcome all qualms. Little did I expect that in my own house any such mode was used. One night, however, near the same time, my brother, who had lately come from England, wanted supper in my absence. The two servants wore gone to bed, and upon searching the pantry he found no bread. In the morning plenty was on the table, and ho asked how it was that none was to be found the night before. The girls’ reply was, “ Oh! sir, we always wrap up the bread and place it in the foot of our bed at night.” . Moreions life and JVork in, Nmnfrmndland