Newbern weekly progress., 1862-01-28
Special Correspondence of the Inquirer.

On Saturday night, the 11th Of Jan. 1862,
<hr Burnside Expedition sailed from Hampton
Roads and as it moved out Of the haTbor in
the bright moonlight, it seemed to bcspeak in
ats grandeur and apparent periectlon, 'he most
magnificent results.
Fortune seemed to favor the effects Of the
ACCOMPLISHED commander and his brave sol
diers, during the first few hours sail. The
canes were made under steam and gentle
breeze. The waters Of the Atlantic were quite
calm. Sunday morning found the swlftest
steamers in sight ef Hatteras light, and many
wore over the bar at Hattcras inlet By dusk
On the others came until the morning dawned.
when Gen Burnside edetermincd to LAY to-"
until the arrival Of Commodore Go!1sheHonh,
in the steamship S. r. Spaulding accompanied
bv the necessary gunboats pilots, &c,
Duriug Sunday morning storm gathered
and the wind blew terrific gale from tn
Northwest, with severity only known in the
rerion of HattcraF Fortunately for the feet
asa whole. it had got inside Of the bar at Hat
4eras Inlet which served as q slight break wa
Tar against the bllows Of the Ocean, and in an
ordinary storm of reasonable duration, vessels
would be safe while laying here to great ex-
tent But the gale blew with sRch violence
that upon two separate occasions during
two whole days and nights, no commu-
nication could be had between one vessel ald
another.
The S. R. Spaulding arrived on Monday
about noon, having bad heavy weather, and
placed Com G0dSborough On hoard of the
steamer Philadelphia Having taken on q con
81 lcrable amount Of freight at Fox Ee>s Monroe,
for Port Royal and BE tuIort it necessary
for the Spaulding 10 proceed hither and she &C
cor,liugly landed her Hatteras freight and
mails, and went steaming of, leaving the fleet,
as evcry one thought to ride out the storm in
safety.
More vessels arriving al The Inlet, bel onging
to the expedition, it was deemed cxDediert TO
take the gunboats and light draft vessels
through the Inlet, the "swash" channel and
into Pa1nlico Sound. This work was nearly
accomplished when the storm came on with
increased violence and it was impossible to
bring the pilots FROM the transports into the
Sound.
It was at this time, wednesday. 10th inst
that the gunboat Zouave, one of the staunch-
est vessels of the feet dragged her two anchors
and was dashed against the beach with such
force that large hole stove in her and
she filled rapidly. An attempt was made tc
pump the vessel, with little success, and hea
battery and ammunition, with ballast and
stores, were cast overheard, bat the wa
ter gained rapidly, aud the crew found il
necessary to abandon the ship and take to the
life boats. These men were all saved bu
the Zouaye sunk, and II is presumed went tt
pieces.
{Davy Jones must be a lucky dog and s
great friend to the Feds. They having taken
great pains to furnish his 'locker" with such
vast quantity Of their valuable war material.-
DAY BOOK.)
The water, stores, hospital and other ship
stood out some miles at and mary were n
doubt saved thereby. Some of these vessel
have arrived III the Inlet safe, and others wer
arriving when the steamer Eastern City left.
The steamer City of New York arrived at tn
inlet on Wednesday. She left Fortress Monro
with the bomb boat Grapeshot in tow, but, il
consequence of the heavy sea, the hawser parte
the stern OF the stes mer. and the canal boa
sunk after Two on board of the latter ar
said % have been drowned
High priced food to feed our Hatteras shark
on thou yh they had as live feed on the thous
ands Of Hessianx Gen, Burnside has sent then
DAY Book.
Besd IS this, she had considerable quaint
y Of bay, oats and bssns on beard, Whe