The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-02-07

The fat1sisc Expedition In a
Gale

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A Correspondent of the New York
Times writes ir,m iIa,tcrOs inlct as fol.
lcwss
The barometer ycs,efics went An sv.
tcnils, indicating a 'thancrm We
thcueit whtn affairs Werc a. Lud as th,y
ofudb'. chaSce fnUst Be 6rthe better,
lut Il seems, with all our experience oi
bad weather, we had not yet seen the
worst. Accordingly Old Boroos let oot
enothcr link, or rather placed some fresh
hands 20 the bellows, md IL day we have
certainly STAINED the windy ciimnx. II
commenced blowing yesterday noon, aud
hytwo o'clock p. NJ we Thought the rnlc
had eliminated. Mistaken mortnls! We
l,adnot been raised hcrcUboui, nEd this
accounts fcf our ineApcricncc. During
the nigh, the gale increased. knocking up
m ugly rhoppirg sea, and obliging III
tho vcss Is 10 let 40 both anchors and pay
cut oil thir chain. Strenuous efforts
were made 20 get the Admir,l over, bat
the stumrt proved aboitivc, aud during
the night tide another Intellectual irial
was made. II wBsa lraitlcss contest " ith
the rltmcnts, Dnd she remained founder
ing on the "swtsh." To-day aflnirs IN
the horhur nrc in jcplmablc state. The
severity II thr gale prevents all ccmmu-
ricatiun between the vessels Of the fleet.
The Adn iral " nearly oui ef water; her
coal is exhausted. aud no coal means no
W.T.. A vcssclw',h three hundrcd troops
tM,ssschuscus 2Jih } on board, within
q. man, hundic yards oi W.. has her col.
ors sct n The rigEing, Union down. She
j. probably IN the same condition with
omrsclycs--np wat ON hoard. Here
tvnes boat from the Cossack, covered
with the f'Hth ~ spray. She comes along
eide of the Admired, and the officer hands
G'n. nurnsidc rnrssare. II isa cry for
Nst'r. Six hundred troops OF the bisi
prnnsylysria R,'giment ON board, and
Xix reporters and no wntcr--not whisky.
The General rrads the letter with moist.
rnrd rye', ond frankly Informs the mes.
rengcr tha, their only fcr urcc n to 70
10 the S-u,h6cld for Il Il the gale con.
iinucs there will svon be water. Wotcr
nowhere, and not drop to drink There
irc, also, fnrs that tho Admiral nlny
knock n holr IN her by thi, rrnstint prun.
ding On the hard sand oi tie midway
r..wseh."
10 O'clock, aud no sign of the gale abat
ing; on The contrary, rihcrww . A. far
"a the cyc c,n disccrn through the drif.
ing is'sC the bay is ono broad sheet of
white lcn,n resembling plain OF newly
follcn snow. DARK clouds sweep down
from iha north, and, with their murky
,dCrr, sccm slihost TO touch the vessels
mpsiy ne they GO carccnipg by casting
their glo' my shadows over the Hc,t,
which swuys and stpggcrs under the
righty storm. a si,gle pcrson lr'c and
ihcrc srrcers on some vcsscrs deck hold
ing on by t,c rail W rigging, and few
scattering groups arr seen pacing the
bach, NJ IL in search Of Shelter from the
fury of thr blast The tents of the cath
Massachusetts,, which were, yesterday +,
ruthcd upon the beach, have all been
swept away, and tho poor soldiers must
bayc spout fearful night, exposed to The
rrlunc. Of the pi,ilcss storm; and yc,
there is . worse night bcfrc them, Re.
yond vh'rc their struggling forms arc
on s'rnlling on Tho bcach, the billowS
of Old Ocean brcak along the shore, tos-
sing the spray from their SNOWY crcsis
high inio the air II isa spectacle truly
rrsnd. Camps Wool aud Winfield, us
VOL ~ the Rhode Island Bntt,ry whose
rn- holt red horses and men were only
YESTERDAY ru' down on tho beach, must
have suffered fearfully,
Gen. Rursside, " hu thus far manifest.
cd HE accustomed chccrfulnrts aud re- an
luton under hll this load Of responsibility
wstrhcs the corccring storm from the
deck NJ the A,lmir,1 and seems weighed
down with these accommodating misior.
uinrs. Ills whole concern is for the
rrmy. Occasionally he is heard to cS.
Claim, In suppressed tcnrs, ."1ho poor
mcn, what viii they dol" No onc viii
wonder that such manis beloved by his
mon. hut he Is not the Almighty, to
siy 20 the windr. ne still" Nor a Mo-
s-s, with power to smiic the rock, and bid
the wstcrs To gush forth to supply their
vents. They must whit on Providence,
whose wsys are past finding out and WIN
"dorth ell things we'll" The General
snys he rests in The assurance that some
wise purpose will be accomplished by
tcsc strange sdverfitics. We are, he
tsys. M 20 many grains ~ send in the
hsrds OF the Almighty. The condition
Napoleon bcfurc Moscow, or the Oh
Massachusetts Go,ernor at the sclgc Of
L"wisburr. seem only fitting parallels to
his situation. Yet he seems as strong
hearted as on the dsy pn which he s,t
.sil from Annapolis With such lead.
~. let no one d spair Of the result The
hrayeps only ate vercsst--thc sun has
not gone out.