Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-11-07
A Fohting Chaplain,

Sapt. lsitics OF the zVth neg l., III let
ter to the Valparaiso Republic. under date
of Oct. is. says; s-s.i.as - +
- We have been engaged this week, in
throwing up pintrcnchments, The first day
extended from the Fort to the Atlantic,
end from the west side Of the Fort to the
Pamlico Sound. The bank is near one
half mile in length. four and one half feet
high and ten feet thick at the base. entire
ly enclosing our encampment and render
ing the position almost impregnable. The
work is pierced by three embrasures for
! field artillery. We have one twelve
FOUNDER, one brass Dahlgreen Howitzer.
ard two brass ten Founders. commanded
| by our chaplain VIC. Porter. -.
!. Under date OF the 22d ult., the same
writer says; 'as- esasssis
| The storm which has been raging for As
hours, still continues. and the old tars say
that the usual run Of a Halteras blow is
60 hours. The wind is bowling and the
surf Of the Atlantic is dashing with all its
mighty terror upon. the sandy beach, in
the awful darkness, within few PAGES oi
our tents. IS
Lieuts. Gilbreath. Carr and myself have
been sitting in opr tents reading the papers
received by the welcomed Spaulding, and
smoking some very fine cigars. Until the
violence OF the storm changed the subec,
the capture Of the rebel schooner off the In
let. few days since. was the theme o
conversation. and asit may be interesting
to some of your readers in the far west. es
pccially upon some fearful stormy nigh,
like this. to while away the lonely mo
ments, give it just as it occurred:
j "A sail was seen approaching the Inlet
showing no colors, Capt. Gordon "smcll
ing rat. ran up the secesh colors in TIT
fort. and the schooner did the same Sht
came boldly up to the bar. the tugboa
"Ceres, ran out to tow her in. The Cap
tain of the tug Immediately boarded her
shook hands with the seceshers and said
Il thought when saw you coming dowl
that had prize" "No indeed" sai'
he. pointing to the doomed rag. under tha
flag will die. Well. said our brave he
ro "you have had good luck in getting in
"Yes," SAID the seccsh but 81 suppose
the d--n Yankees want to come down her
6ou can shell the very devil ont of them
"Yes," said our Yankee. eve can shell
the very ID out Of them" "Well that
good, l hope we may be able to take ever
!. d-n Yankee on this coast" "Yes," wa
the reply. I'VE are taking about one sal
: a day and some are pretty fat ones too.
By this time they had rassed through til
Inlet into the sound Turning to Mr. So
cesh he said, do Jon see that gun-b boat (
! the seaward? well. she belongs to MS. it
the Stars and Stripes. the pride of III
Southern Yankee feet "And you too
her, did you?" inquired. sccesh.-"Wel
that's too d--n good" Eyes, we fetcLe
+ her IN you Sec" said our Yankee, turnin
Ito Mr.. secesh. "About the 2Sth of Au
gust, the d-n Yankees came down her
,, and shelled the devil out of these Fort.
, and all these gun boats. since that tim
have been here to to tow in boats. l al
one Of your d--n Yankees! comman
that snn-boat. and you are, am happy I
say. my prize"
The mans feelings can better be imaeir
: ed than described. Instances not milk
= this frequently occur. and, many valuabl
, prizes have been taken, but are now falin
off, - ~
The storm has somewhat abated, an
the steamer sails at eight bells. On
, schooner at anchor. capsized last night.