New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-27
LIVELY SKETCH or 4 CRUISE
The following letter is printed in The B'S0i' COM
p,ercioi Advertiser Of the 2ith: -

ire sth of Jul, and Steamed out u sen - snd Ler
We took a tnrn M arolud Sewail = ROM hni ele"
"a a "a "p for The east As we were leisure
L. steo,ui,, along Inst at dUsk, we GlscoFeea er"l'
bealipg Gown toward us Ender luii sPiSIu " az
vase we han n short time hcloie VIE, 'ie",Ct p'o
- sorI CIR the big l0nch uiyO,-gGin, Hnd " was
- ,ritb q slell in range OF Light Home on
ra Henry tha tie Secossioalsis have pose asluh Oh
and don't LIGHT up - much "a Trey dld' " Wa re,
nortd tsre was a masked battery IN the yiuniiy, ana
We were far enough iuto shore to reach me aSais
slould they oIen us, bat mary" an open did they
When little forward of the light the strange sail
came in etween % and tie land, hug inB the shore
mighty close II looked rather suspicious, 30 word
WAS passed along the dsckteT she refused toanswer
q EAil or show "A hsht--tO Fire and away went IRE
shell whining through tie air directly over the vessel,
making the surroundings mnfical with Nankee Doodle
and such. TIE little ing then began to IesliLe-or,
IA few momente, the de,k was wGn lighted up ana
the hove to. She boarded end proved 10 be Inc
brig Young Greek, Of slon, bound from |hlf;ral'o
10 Baltimore. The captain hadn't heard about cur
fghring ike cats aid dogs st hone, IN what used
TO be called tie United States.
Tao next day, as were lesuTely steaning along
the cOas, Il No Oh Carolina, we were on ne looH-o'
for II Guerilns I'll along tbs Shore expecting every
morning 10 get a ding in the side. A W" nearea
little place called litiefas Inlet, below CAPE lnties
a God IOrRaken looking tuTbole we couI1 see HJin
great defiance what WE, apparently, sn encampboh
of the Rebels Several long rowe OF WOODEN ell 1c1e-
u 4
fag-sjaff Oar biz pivO,-guDs were Doked on OF the
poft-hol,s loaded and CHARGED with shell, and We
quietly sseJ slOng, ! took statioD ~ one rl Ie
Jorholes the gun deck, in cool place, 10 eOoiiy
look ppOn any cool proceedings thar mlg he gong Oh
with ine mniae gMse, 80 that conid oO-eNe
every thing. -,
TIE coast at this point Is range OF sendhills, and
AZ was looking hi point htle ext ec'eh 10 oeh
hornet nest zach! went three discct iIlum4DohS'
and boom! he sound came over the water nstn-
rally suppCFed 4tn OF July was over, IL was hos,
tile GemO4si raoB, anG Gi1nt mediate iobg DeiOIo
saw the bale iail ia tho water, probably nan way ~
us In about ore uiuute oar biz gnn let bhzze ana
obserye the shell aa with a bcG"ll sngiug "hl.,
it went home and .ell iuSids their iDtTentbrenl-
rather disconnected the ieTocior1 hie-eae,S ior We
could sec D utteTing in their midst 10 FaElo succss,
si,r ten shot some of them from our little rhed
L. pound bowiizer and the rest stOl, were let ny NJ
them. Give Iiled gun, aiier sii, ior long
Targe.
went TO the SPOT, or away (which ~ god,
as Il did some dsmHgand TWO Of our shell, The resi-
falling short. There is something perfectly sIendld 10
srht Of the discharge OF one o these large guns, ana
,rticuIrly 10 zee il buret. II takes Ia Rue " tau-
orr Ron down, ~ we'll al the rediire lombard
ments ever seen in the NetrOpoi an. We KEPT ON The
" even tenor Of our way" convinced tbat we mad
seryed tl'e ascaliy Tar STATE fellows ng!. iSniy
wished we had been two mice, instead OF three from
shore and we could have - whole bfO1Csioe al then
that would have set them oump-te-doc die dolue
On Thursday we rsn toto the hsrtor of Care Fear
On ono side OF the mouth OF the river 10 iiiile town
called SuithsYle, on "a point OF land OF Which 10
situated Old Fort Cre"well. IL - dilam1atea Oid
concern built q brick, and now occupied by the Coh-
fdersie troops. The Secession nag we could see ny
inn from the staff and also 10 several places IN the
village There il lighthouse on the other side Of the
Tyer which amt lighted now az much 80 A. Uss, snd
from this alO hoat,d stsesh ray. We took tLo ra-
Gals BY surprise as we dropped anchor. Such hub
bub AZ id confusion as we could notice goiug on on
,hors horremen reiiug ~ fol- .t md ragged, coat
ess and hagless soldiers drawn up N bne Oh nc rd
| leach sweating away, while We had cool breeze,
and took survey OF the Whole affair win as much
cOmpOsure so II We haG DEN ChlOS ING dlSh " I.e-
| cream at hcAIthuPr.
DuIIng the afternoon two little steamers came down
from Wilmington which IL IL miles the ryer, Load
eli wih soldiers tha We could res diSemoatk ond set
over TO the Ii1bthouss and the Fort. That night our
men eIeu OF their guns the spy deck ready Tor any
emergency. Ii was rumored we were to make an At
tack and WA astonishing " he 1nOer Of voun-
ter. among he crew redOy for service Berthe IN the
department were d; a premium. heard one Old tar
sav he would give Inessnh;e who belonged 10 one OF
the boats all his grog ard tobacco for The cruise II be
woulI l1t HIN 20 in the lucky mans place. Such Was
the Jirit Of fight displayed
One WHO haa never s,en q general quarter on board
Of man-of-wnr ut such us IA this, canuo, apprc
csts tho scene OF the next morning At o'clock the
drum heat 10 quarters. Think Of il ia less than
twelve minutes every hammock-and We swing 10
was ashed in the net iugs and every man was A. his
post IL Is always quick woik for the eycs and fingers
aud on this occasion IL was couiiy so-for really
expected il was preparatory TO az attack. IL s one
OF the freaks OF captain 70 SEE how quick the boys
can do thing but you can excuse me on such ocea-
| siOnF.
%The lsughable Incidents Of losing care sboes tobsc
CO. kniges aud almost cner se, are tie talk OF the
crew for days sfterward. Az for tie subscriber,
have boy who does my hammock butiness, but thh
LigL; bad taken a cooler berth under The shace Of
big gun the deck. consequently he couldn't lind mo-
IL is imperative on every man. on tbis occasion, TO bash
Il nuf ia - 0f al
rather awkward, ] acknowledges still, better than
bali my ighbOrs, and was Ola hand sinco that I've
been pfae,iciDg on hammock lashng, and am now "a
bully boy as tie bu,iness.
We lek the BAY at O'Clock and steamed ont, To the
no small qualification OF Sssesh friends, doubtless
who had been most awfuly scsred--if nobody wasn't
hurt Il was all done fors scare, and there IL d0nbt
the portion of North Carolina ia tis vicinity in
GREAT state Of fermentation over the appearance Of
big msu-ot-war.
A. we came out into the sea- or along the coast as
daylight appeared we eslied ssh ahead. We made
quick time for it--supposed we had ga big thing.
As we neared IT, We hrsd shot sefoss it, bows but
no attention was rad TO Il. After getting litl
nearer. boat was lowered and went OIL to her, but
10 spd behold her rails all set, but nobody
On board The crew bad taken the small boat aud
gone ashore. We took ell the lcose tlings lying around
as abe In ballast with sand-two bags Of corn
comprising the proyisonscut,ied her and set fire to
her. She was the schooner Mary OF Washington, a.
we learned from Der papers, &c.
We arrived here yesterday. Found the frigstes
Wabash aud Valdali1 here on blocksding duty. The
guuboats leave tomorrow for Philadelphia, by which
this letter goes. Where 20 from here we can't
tell but expect further South in day go. The
blockade is well kept here; sti there brig yes
to-day before came it il said that went into the
hartOr by hugsIpg the shore closely. The city, Fort
Sumter, and surroundings We can distinctly see. IL
must be pleasant tor The +. h. Vs. in the city to look
out On usl
l,rue tar AtE ~ d Y nILE AnApIA