New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-23
III. nuiss<rer-slthough now secesheT-mlght
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aa i1d to take ,rd keep Cor biz own ute he hofes Of
esd bsss and bales II hey nov s'hoie ON the esc
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ruzo Gudr the orders Of Brig Gen Rufus S,Iton . Al
.nd they given their consent 'hst MI Eherfce 'hond
rso pop- hich belongs to The cover n-nt oil
lie Quilted s-.n conli-rs.iop Of hi, services t,ns rem
dsrsd and Of o, services be fendeted should they De
required s.ssg get the ssi steamer Oriental sro.t
aud The opoTty It h dertocd Aui agreed By W.
h~rlse is = b. received IN n'i accord and ssnsion I
any sud all cisns FOR computation igi sN't %
Of any Mud to be rendered b, hiu sud biz worsmen -
". A. FULLER q LiprIty-sL, y. 4.
JESSE ETHERIDGE.
went TO Cant. Etheridges hoUse. took a snack
of cold vietuas, ard learned tie history OF the
place while slowing away my grub There arc TWO
iamihes on the islaud, who subsst by fisLiog aud
wrcckirg. Capt. L. Il good Union man, out 'he
other iuhabi'an. who lives at Oregon Inlet IL gwen
10 Secesh procliviies. In 1916 there was heavy
eastefy blow for week, followed INN edia,ely by
n westerly gale of like duration. The waters had
been driven up the round ia such volume ihnt their
RELAX conpletelv submerged the island, sweeping
away To sea CAPT. Etheridg-'s house, goods, and
- chatteis except five slaves who stu i've Win
him, and IL was with great difficulty that tue ianily
.a,od tIrir Lies in their canoes. The Rebels blew
up the Liahr-House OF Body Ia and, The absence Of
! which ard the neglect Of the Government TO put
the Lmern on Haiteras Lght-llouse, have cast
away the Pocahontas. City Of New-iorS, Peerless,
! Palmero and eight other vessels. This negligence
IL, All Tie more cuIpabe from the fact that Gen.
Burnside captured at Newbern and sent to Wash'
iugtou the lantern and all the apparatus OF haierss
Grbt | hone Secretary Chase Will make note oi
| dis and have these lights speedily restored.
| After A hurried breakfast started with my boy
Tom ior Hstteras Inlet. THIS voyage oHgfs 10 pave
a chapter by tself Tor cannot compress Us MARIA
tive INTO he ordinary limits OF newspaper eomu"'
Iricltiou Ducis est mtm.0Tia Df0terJHgThn ndi0-
rVm-"Sweet il the memory Of past misiosiuDes;
but The proverb is As hilarious Is its more mote q
,uccessor Sweet aye the usts OF sdveTsi;y,' Tor
can AZ vet discover nothing sweet IN their recollte-
ton. TO sailor, the menger outline Of that day 2
work which / -bail wii'e VIII give an IDEA Oh 0iy
! thorough discomfort and supreme misery. 10 any
other person should despair Of describing them by
! any lAuauage which | can command
| 0nr canoe wac stii carried jb and mslnsail,
and stood NJ very handsomely with a cen'er-bosrd.
| lom T. toy Of sixteen, was born on CAPE God, qua
IL. OF cou &C. q sailor by in tincf. His parents mi
grated 10 Roanoke died il his infancy, and he Is an
adopted son Of Capt. EtheIdse. lie Is unusually
brigh, and rcsOue and lie making OF IA iine MP
master az sails ont of Nsw-York il spoiled by tie
accident Of lis isolated situation on Body Island.
| The breeze was freth when We started atd tne
gea' her did not look at al threaleuug bnt VIII
not do TO be weatLerWlse IN that hutllci Tor
IA gale OF wind ecu be got up ttefe az very
We were obliged 10 row and pole the canoe over
! tne sloals until We got into The sound. The wind
vecred about constantly, which increased ouF labois
scverelv, a. nv aching back and blsterinq hands
| .oon testified. When we reached New Inlet, We
could l,v our eour.e for Loggerbead lulet, when
WAS passed in short time tie |iLd wue ferhci-
| ir, every uomeft. Our sail could lie reeied by
sitting the spri;e, and making g-ofmntton sail
ofit tins reducing its size ust one bait. which Ion
often begged me TO do. | inyaratl; refused. ei.
t1ouch our iee gunn5l WAS rndeF water aGd Ion Ae IL
ll,ibrc lelftte DAY. Twelve miles further brought
M. ,oCti'ou-,,,a,ico the head OF tho STRIP OF And
on which Care Hsttcsss J. siiuaicd. fut m ietr,
aud went aehorc determined 20 ihse my ltnd IA ~
latoaid and 80 on horseback 10 the lniei. ipnnd
lLov,yer that ;be distance wLf forty miles, through
heavy sa0d, ieilcfiocA deep ana tu-l 1 was uVs
.ure Of renchinc he Inlet before night. dld no.
WASTE a minute in larlcyiug, but put out iutO tie
,uud asgin having iny course across 10 bS hihhi-
ke. wte,e wac told could get ahOIse anc pub on.
W soon Zoe. silht OF band, had 40 colIas, ald ioin
did not know the way any better than my rcH' 40
cap iAe imJX OF oar dhcult riGaiioi, ihe vino
-o.n increased 10 gooi doabe.resied tops@i gale,
he rsin rcnr,i down ttrg diehcLin ", hd TIE io<
/ slrt IN 20 thick that W. could fcfreiv eee bail
q dozen ehirs' lcruhs. Oar canoe 20 I'm tie cqIlb-
rfa ui the seI Ht every Othcr JUMP. A. ION "hr
lr-bf .ni my weight was iG,t 90, lgj iIlA taAc
iha fi,ie9, while ! ,t GA no v,dEe. tnn"c!, via
I'M. lea dnurirg ou loaId, thLi mLklag e. tou 81
wofne. Oltuggcr something aisr ine inf-i"n 81 me
.,u.i pa sc4 leland native ofn was t"is toe ii1
uol II a. alarmed except i,r his canoe "nEn he
here, rhrd ne now md tbeu, 60 save from carsihing
by I-iilnQ go The sheets; but iAOugtt oi my tbiy-
wrecked fcl0 W-Iassensers Oh thai etsYialc beach
odd held on Ihe gum do.'h. Moreover mao Tie
good lip Oriental a4d her clever "a tiih constantly
! In ms miid'- oye and Sbile would hDi, iui moGey
ron a second h.ai Ike he long ard dangerous one q
that day ystI wou Willingly gerea' 70, should lcces-
81 eVera.an require the preservation ~ sJtpi mud
n shin and master he csie lnlied occs-loniiiy, ana
then blew mp again in hifGl gusts, with lncrorcd
violence; 10 that although az times oar canoe made
~ tic rate OF ten kuOts, got We were twelve nouns
] in Qo.np from 81 to 20 miles Tom was superb all
ia. DAY. When the gusts caue on would sins out
10 him, Mind yOur iui, Tom and other similar
ora .ls suited 10 the eAigeucy; but I'D ter hiways
had answered before Lis prompt AYE, aye, Sir, '
reached nv carr. Once oily I'D be gct nervous,
! and then il was Tor BIZ darling csnoe. As squGii
struck u~ with more tnun usual force he cried ont,
eogp ciisp, and lotiiSe, Better let her CO. nr -
! J Only GucWered:
"Iiow il your mast! What sort Of s,ick bayo
you goi
boot Roanoke piue, Sir.
| And yor steI.-bcw j. that Q"
! "INo good hardwood clea's, Sir thoy cant
| citizen veil hold on. Tom: for while she crack
fae holds ald wien she break, she goes; ana we
l,4a' turn over wAie 1 koep here on tuc gunnei Tor
| 400 C1'lIy"tT.
/ Ard 80 We Le,t on until We rcncled Big Kin
hekc.i. when | iumred ashore, and raw a lazy
Qr0uJ OF the abonpinal- OF the place-orty, bare
! looied, stupid, lnd 20 slow u getting me a horse
s1mewhete ia the Ina ash' lClthough / offered $50
/ f.rn Ills uaej, tha. gave them up, and pat 10 sea
scain fOr Iiflle kinnekeet, where l Lad sim
/ liar cxfe ehce, when leit them IN disgust and de-
,,ai. and IT he'd ont Tor the trd tine across She
Sou.d. TIE iain was ince -siit bul the wind blew
hmofe stenCy and We went bowling along AZ n fear
NJ rae until toward night. by greatest aPlrehen.
sion was that / should sweep before TIE wmd aud
.ea OFT into tie broad Atlantic for the fog and rain
made 10 difficult to sec at al. Al Up. H., We made
the shipping night ahead, which | clll good land