Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-09-13

writing there is lot Of them around me
laughing and talking. and as happy as can be.
They say that their masters are much in
want OF many of the necessaries OF life
At9A. N. the drum and fife announce that
the Doctor is ready to receive patients, hear
their complaints and give them medicine
from piece Of sticking plaster to doze of
castor oil. The sick who cannot be soon
cured are sent to the Northern hospitals
Every ore here must be we'll in war times.
II All hammocks are scrubbed once a
month. Each man has one slowed away
clean at all times. They are washed between
four and eight in the morning So with mat
tress covers, &C., &c. No dirt allowed here.
Men always clean and well-dressed. Rags
not allowed. Il One Of the most public
places on board is the scuttle- -butt--cask of
water where man may get drink anytime.
There you can see advertisements like the
following:
OST. In the orechains gold chased ring the gift
- Of a dying friend The finder shall be literally re.
- JOHN THOMPSON, Foutop.
r ,OST., leg of pair of blue pants. The finder
IL will please leave it with Thomas Ring, -Naintop.
The Savannah's (priyateer) crew reported
in New York that they were badly treated on
board here. 1t was false. The officers were
by themselves on the after part of the gun
deck. They had their hands and feet free.
They could look out of the ports and see all
that any one could see. They had chairs,
table, books and plenty to eat. All this l
saw. l suppose they wanted to eat with the
| Commodore A canvass screen was sus-
pended from the deck and hung down as far
as the knee. They could lift it up and look
out upon the rest Of the deck if they pleased,
| Their captain was an ugly looking hound.-
The crew was kept in irons. Otherwise they
had good time. A sentry was by them, Of
course. ... ,....
| Lieut.. Bryant has gone to the Gulf in a
sloop of war. He has pleasing manner of
addressing the men. Lieut. Badger of my
division has left the ship and gone to Wash
ington. He was quite the gentlemen. q
There was any amount of running at Bull
Run. 1t was disgraceful. An orderly re-
treat would have been no dishonor. Now is
the time for men to volunteer. 1t seems to
me some are backing out. Every one who
backs out or resigns ought to have his name
published. Where are those who like to pa
rade upon Boston Common and to eat good
dinners? Sinking, many of them. There
is no mistake in that. * * No excitement
with us Notwithstanding the war rumors,
but shot will wake us up one of these days.
| could write any quantity Of hearsay which
does not amount to anything. Much of the
correspondence in the papers is of that sort
We will sail tomorrow or next day. 1t will
| be man-of-war's cruise. l shall stick to
the game until it is played out We must
expect to meet with great opposition and we
must expect to fight. y Il II Do not be
alarmed. have no presentiment. lam not
so foolish as to be supcrstitious. Yet think
man should have his business arranged
whether sick or well. l have always come
out right so far and if fall now it will not
be because thought so.
Have had four days stormy weather, blow.
ing and raining. Two Of our launches
| swamped along side. The crow is no more
During the gale, he elevated himself above
the rail and was blown overheard. lie was
picked up, brought on board exhausted and
soon after died. We have now neither crows,
| rats, cats, nor dogs on board. Il 4 Saw a
| balloon up about 400 feet above the Fortress
yesterday. 1t belongs to the Fortress. Two
of our men had fight on their own hook to-
day and are now in the brig (prison.) -
| think my letters are pretty long although
Of little account. am most of my time ON
the spar or upper deck and / am writing this
there with the sun shining on me, though
can get under the awning if like. This is
quiet place by the forcmast where my sta
ton is when not at my gun, and it is forbid
den ground except as we choose to admit any
who do not belong to it. Keep send
ing the GAZETTE. like it much. My CON-
nlimenfS tO the crowd ,--
AT SEA, August 31.-We got under weigh
and steamed out from Hampton Roads on
the Goth inst in company with the frigate
Wabash; sloops of war Cumberland and
Susquehanna; gun-boats Harriet Lane, Paw
nee and Monticello the tender Fanny; and
transports (side-whecl steamcrs) Adelaide and
George Peabody with troops; and two hulks
of schooners designed to be sunk in the inlet
to prevent navigation by the enemy's priva-
teers and to obstruct their commerce in gen.
eral. We arrived off the eneny's batteries
on the 9th in the afternoon. 8u.E ..1
2Sth, 4 A. NJ, piped up and breakfasted at
once, intending to land 1000 troops and ma
rines. Owing to the heavy surf we only
landed our marines and few soldiers brought
from Fortress Monroe. At z o'clock, having
got the fleet as near as we could we opened
the ball by throwing 10 second shells into
them from all the shipping, which was i'm
mediately returned by the enemy, who fired
solid shot, not having fuse for their SHE'LL
We fired until we drove them out of one Of
the batteries, which we knew by seeing our
flag flying from Tie flagstaff Of the battery
which our marines hoistcd as soon as the en-
emy fled. This was at II p. NJ. and we
thought we had made finish, but the Mon
ticello drawing light draught of water was
fired into as she nearcd another battery,
whereupon she returned the fire until she
was hulled four or five times, making seven
shots in her hull and having spar shot
away. At 81 P. NJ. we got the Wabash, Sus-
quehanna, and our ship into position and
had try at the Fort into which the enemy
had retreated on deserting the first one. They
returned our fire until 5P.M We then
steamed out Of range Of their guns and came
to anchor. o.3s
Goth, 4 A. M.-All hands to breakfast and
an hour to cat and smoke in. The evening
before the Commodore said he would play
with them the next day. You have proba-
bly, seen before this what kind of play it was
for the enemy. This morning we got little
closer in, as near as we could, and anchored
with cnrinpc IN our cable and b,,ourht ono