Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-11-16

compelled 70 yield, and bec7minR ssdem'd
der foot getting especially In the way Of
sailors, whose charity foI Eea-sick passengers,
more especially when those passengers are
soldiers, Il BY no means abounding. In truth
ali the compassion given to a sea-sick indi.
yidual by him whose stomach is qualm proof
Is Of the seme slightiug sort bestowed on an
Acquaintance who has the tooth-aehe, OF the
isvor-and.ague. Il Is one Of those minor
maladies that provoke no pity, though they
make the man, for the time the most miser-
able OF mortals.
The soldiers, on Saturday morning were
especially most vehement in their delermin-
alton never to 20 10 sea again. Some Oflhem
had been very badly frightened. One sol
umnly avsrred that, give him 9 musket and
40 rounds Of cartridges, and he would sooner
undertake to hnd his way home through the
whole Southern country than return by wa
ter.
''ROUOH WEATHER, SIR"
Accidentally to-day got at the gauge Of
rough weather, as set by the Stewards De-
partment, the cooking force of the ship,
which is original and curious. 1.-THE wealth
er is not rough, Sir, until the saucepans
jump OF the galley, Sir; the tea-kettles Hy
about the place as If they were shot out Of
gun, Sir, and the ship rolls the ire out OF
the CRATE and all over the foor then, Sir, it
is rough weather, Sir"
THn ATLANTIC AS A POLICE oFFIoER.
Again has the Atlantic, which is acting as
a sort of huge, good-natured Police officer
(like Inspector James Lsonard, transformed
into an ocean steamer, turned back. This
time, however, with no alarm Of noble ships
gone ashore among dangerous reefs, or OF
perils of any sort whatsoever, but simply to
keep the vessels in their appointed positions.
And this she does by singing out TO one
Through the trumpet of the lst Officer to
i'fall back little" to 'put on more steam
and keep up to her plsce;" by running close
/ up to another and saying (through the mild
voice Of the Captain, on this OCCASION that
lit would be as well to sheer of little to one
side to her station"-of bowling at some
great bully of q steamer (lst Officer sstrum-
pet) that is hurrying along, perfectly regard
less of everybody else, to 'lend helping
hawser" to some little brave beauty Of gun
boat that is pluckily doing her best, but
spite of her pluck and her best is slowly fall
ing behind all the while-snd not unfre
quently the Officer Atlantic herself collars
some staggering little ferry boat, or some toss
ing and tunbling gunbost, and having drag
ged her up to her place in the caravan, dis
misses her with the admonition Through th'
hearts of all the passengers now, 'now dC
your best, and get along anyhow you can
only be on hand when you're wanted.
THE WINFIELD SCOTT AND THE STORM.
No vessel in the feet suffered more or wa
in greater jeopardy than the transport Win
field Scott, from the storm. Heavily loaded
and not calculated to weather safely thr
fercsness of such gale, her position wa
eminently critical. From the deck Of thu
Bienville it was easy to see the activity o
the men in tossing overheard their tents an;
muskets, and everything that was of move
able character, to Tighten the vessel. Sh
had on board a portion of the Thirteenth
Pennsylvania regiment, all together fou
hundred and fifty soldiers. At length sig
nal was given to our ship to heave to ami
save her, the signal indicating that she wa
leaking, and likely, at any moment, TO sink
Promptly did our commandment respond Il
the appeal for aid.
As stated above, the storm was at its mos
furious height. Tho waves rolled mountain
high. 1t did not seem that any small boa
could live an instant in such a sea. "Wht
will volunteer to save the Winfield Scott p
asked Captain Steedmsn. "l, l." shouted {
score Of voices.
| Three small boats were at once lowered
and quickly in them some thirty brave mel
our crew, willing to risk their lives to saw
tbe endangered crew of the leaking ship
Two of these boats were swamped, and alst
one of tie Winfield SCOTS small boats Tn,
scene was ono of intense excitement. From
the Bienville hawsers were thrown out, anC
Scott that the outhead of the latter ran init
our quarter. Taking advantage of the prox
unity, some fifty soldiers leaped upon The
Bienville. A few were not successful, th,
leap was one of death. Three were crushed
in the collision, aud their Ifeless bodies fell
into the engulphiEg waves below. The
jump for life, the crash, and wild shrek and
splash in the water of the inanimate forms Of
the killed, were he work Of a moment. The
whole was scene of tragic interest, and one
never to be forgotten BY any who witnessed
it. It was feared by the officers of the Bien-
vile that our steamer might become endan-
gered through our proximity to the Winfield
scott. Finally, with good fortune, the leak
age of the transport was stopped through
throwing overheard tents aud guns. The
storm began to abate, and our steamer was
enabled to withdraw from her side.
TIE ARRIVAL OFF PORT ROYAL.
The first of our feet to reach Port Royal
harbor was the gunboat Bienville, which ar
rived on Sunday night. Others followed in
quick succession, and at 10 a. m. of Monday,
when the Atlantic came in, there were 20 of
the feet in sight either coming in, or actu-
ally at anchor. The climate here is noted for
its geniality, and to-day it is warm enough
70 make summer clothing indispensible-
Even anchored, as we are, many miles from
the shore, we have been visited by numerous
gaudy butterflies and pretty birds, which tell
US OF perennial Summer-making the eyes of
the soldiers stare in wonder at what to them
IS such a strange November sight.
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