The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-23
GREAT EXPEDITION.
Direct Accounts Of the Fleet,
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
SEVERE ENGAGEMENT.
-Four Hours HaI d Fighting and
Glorious Victory.
Slight Federal Loss.
CONTRABANDs FLoCKING IN.
Slight Federal Loss.
CoNTRABANDs BLOCKING IN.
VIOLENT GALE.
Irtcrc-tina Narrative Of tho Cruise, aud
Present Position o. the Uniicd "iate'
Forces
The Full Account Of our Special
Correspondent,


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rtl't4 hi'h as tANFtIN A''dIW' ana reliable
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health; Capt. Si'oIia, OF The gun 1l' lhs,
(supcrsplcd lv Can't. John E,l,.,.N and thtro
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Win Tie l"t'r ai I"r' Royal SIo leaves
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lhe b't"Nh'' h"' d''i excellent passage,
with l.asani weather all ilc WAY. q. the bearer
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pyW. "'''s'. VII" h'NN'' INC Natd' AMI gave
three rousiu- rh,.rs. She was erected On Sun.
dn, NIGHT L,. fla, A, lin. ,....l ri, .r
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Nh'i's'""' "'" aga" ~ Iu''I'7' M'hi"c'
The tNlClitun Wa expected To leave
Fortress Monroe, OiJh.r 2,,h. lut the
funl order Tor gr'iin, o. Ter way an not
not reach the fleet uu'l the NOV ..rs OF Iu..-
day, October 3Oth, when one after another the
vessels dropped down from Hampton Roads to
the mouth OF Che Ipcakc Bay. where thew were
arranged In The onicr OF sailing. Tho trIns-
ports were formed into tLr,. lines, ncror,lin, to
the brigade TO which ih,y were attached anl
the gunOoais covered the front, rear aai flank,
with the Wabash, ~ tlr lllg shin lnrliuf, it
the centre "a represented IN thn .ullDNin,s Al IA
The sight Of that ir't of nearly sky Nc-.rls.
some Of them The i'm - I'm tho MuH l. STANDING
out To sea on tia, ba'udrl October dn,, wa.
one not soon 10 In fjrso,tcu 4 was nearly
noon rs We finally moved OIL and he sun Shin
ing brightly in thc lrlh di.pollDI uyory cloud.
'6Tnging boldly mo relic. tho utlincs of the
twin Cipcs Of Henry aud CaJgl s, which guard
the passage 10 tie ocean from the shores Of
Virginia. ARRANGED in contract culruus
sire ching nlou' the channel for ~ mil, or more
We steamed passed. tspp Henry with colors Nv
ing from every vessel. a. decks crowded. viii
troops and The hluIy ILnius their livrllr.,
tuncs--cvcry man fall ct hope AMI good cheer
a. W put OFT into the OCEAN. II was AN un-
known world To thc majority OF the troops, who
might have iluci,l that ihc peaceful temper In
which tie sea In, met u was it, hihitual
mood. lffo hey had something yet to Learn.
Through "Wednesday and Thursday the ilect
continued quietly on It's way, overa smooth sea,
most of the vessels keeping well together
though the order IN which We started was not
entirely preserved, notwithstanding the faster
steamer, lliIh might lave made dpztu knots
the hour, dragged along al q four or five mile
pace, TO accommodate thu slower craft, During
the night ol "wednesday current u unusual
force driiLsd the bhlc out OF her o?nr,', and
early on thursday morning he S,r"' heavily
on ilstsns Sa'tt shoIl' d"h ;er'u' rect from
when ,ile LlsHship was TenloNiI' ley H months
S slhce, oy lnc N1I.h aroma rI''iH. IN" WALL
nhe e,r ,h o. '' sld aanh ul9n winch sho