The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1862-09-24

Uhder the title Of The Cruise Of the Confcl
crate Ship Sumter the August niisnber u ths
CorIihill Magazine IA London publlrztio } con
lains the private Journal of az ofter OF Ia. 4.
uoph vessel. from the day she -. pat int,
comm ssiun nntl her crew rcrs paid OF Al
GitT4liar IN April izs-- The following porto .
are Of isiescsi:
On the 9th of November fne Sumter arrived
at Port Royal Martinique; bas being nlrabls 4,
procure cOzi II tlszs port. they LETT Il on ii,..
18th Tor ST Pierre, whittier she pks followed
by the IroQnois Her e-cape from that xesrsl
on the I'D ~ thus rel1teds
Every preparation having beea saaas. r.a-
ship being IN good sailing arm portion of
her stores PLACED on the spar deck 20 be hove
overboard 10 tighten her. m case X Nas ncces-
sary precisely the o'clock gnn Vas frsd
she slipped her anchor and steamed slowly cut
10 sea. keeping close under cover pf the lznd-
Scarce had ber propeller rrsolvei = duz~n
times beiore = blue light appeared a the mast
heal Of the only Yankee siIip IA g,1rt Then
second signal ~<s displayed ga shore ami
then sllOrner- The eIl<ule wzs stopped The
Sumter was nov abreast Of tIie french w4T
steamer which under the gains lie iorr,
but nothing could DC seen Of lne IroQnois
The engine again sfarTei onr shp
motilg very slowly and sfiH closely hnz-.-irs
the land. When Iiearsy opposite tie southern
poiir. the lrOquois seen bearing down up-
on u; buf We were 80 completely under
cover Of the land. II was not likely that size
saw us- The Sunter's prov ras turned m the
direction Of the other point. bur afterwards
she ran closer into the harbor. all The time
watching every movement Of the Iroqnois
Seeing that she Wa sfili watching the souih-
ern point. the Samter shot across 10 the rlorfl,-
ern point AZ her fullest speed. Just before she
reached the point. vessel was seen little
zAe4d OF her. The engine was again stopped
10 determine the character u tins craft The
darkness was intense that II was impossl bic
to make her ouf al irsf
A hlundefing QuzrterInasfer pronounced her
70 l's an arm ed steamer; alter minute of aiiz-
lous suspelse. size As fransiorIhes into = rzil-
ing ir.gxfe. ly1sg bfnaslside oii; and finally
wien We were ~ In0mentary expectation OF an
attack. she p owed fo be harmless lirIie fore
and aiI h''oner- About quarter OF an hour
was lust m making OUT this vessel Tue cir
gslie was a,,alu set IN motion AMI M lev IN n
utss the Sumter WAS rounding the point Al
ter sne passed Dia-noti R.,cz siie gave the
l4Iai = wider berth. healing isr Ihe open So
ETel ~ this nlofurnl cffuIl s-.rces real. Il
dat the wiie-aw1ke Captain P4ln1er c.snid b.
ioIicd 80 easily D.d he &ait nisti n1ornrn;S
watching the souihern point OF d. he give
chase 10 imaginary 5umf-rf Il viii b hard
to convince hiIn nov that the rebels did not /
leave 81. Herre either By the overland or the
underground route
IL should have been stated that large and
brillishf light. which was placed nsrern of the
SUMTER ~ the window Of = bnilding near the
Cathedral. every n,g1t after tie arrival Of the
lroqROIs. was hauisd down soon a. the for
Iaer got under way Four hghfs. seemingly
on h.g sraf wee placed one abors anorher
On ; houseiop. supposed % be that of the
United States cOusul; .ft.r being displayed