The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-06
!. Cruise Of tl1s NashyilIe.

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Cruise Of tns Nashville.
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10 ~ 1etsvs # tAs DtspessA: send you >
bfisf aeeo0At Of onr cruise In the Mash VILE
siaee Lowing the ''Laad Of Dixie" hoping it
may - Of interest to those who have watched
Ne On the pssilous voyage.
We ran the blookads Of Charleston harbor
on the night Of the 3sth Of October last The
Federal war-stsamers Flag and Susquehanna
Icy Just outside. but the night being intensely
dark No passed close beside them without
being observed. Shaping our course for tn .
Bsrnuda Isles, we arrived there At 2 p. M.
on the seth, and came to anchor in the har-
Dor Of 1t. George. We learned on our arrival
that Tie Yankee steamer Connecticut had
j.st Left the harbor and had gone out to look
for a.. Regardless Of her, however, we took
in supply Of coal and went to sea, stssrin G
for Southampton. Emf. The voyage was rough
and stormy and our ship became much strain .
cd and lsaky. owing to the gales we encoan .
tered. On the night Of November 9th while
lying 70. head on to . Tremendous sea, We
received considerable damage, the storm car
rying away part Of both warehouses, the bull
warks on either side, and portion of the hur.
ricans deck forward the port wheelhorse.-
But we rode out the gale in safety, and despite
the heavy weather. ploughed steadily on our
way. Tuesday, 18th, Captain Pegram disco.
verod . sail ID the distan &c, and on making up
to 1t, encountered the Yankee clipper ship
Haivie Birch. from Havre to New York, in
ballast. We Immediately boarded her and
took possession. bringing her papers and crew,
with their baggage, on board The ship was
then fired, and we saw her burned to the wa.
tors edge. The Harvis Birch was clipper,
l.SOO tons burden, and valued at Sl60O00.
On the morning of November 2lst, at 8
O'Clock, our voyage came to an end, and the
Nashville anchored In the river just OF
the southampton Docks. The English frigate
Daun tlsss was lying at anchor in the stream,
and saluted u rs we passed by dipping her
ool0rs.
As far as we are able to Judge, the Englis h
seem to sympathise with the South; nat, Al
nsutrals, they positively refused to render rs
and to give such aid as was necessary to rem
der the vessel sea-worthy. immediately upon
our arrival, the crew OF the Harvie Birch,
were released. Soon after the Nashville wai
rough ovefhauling. Everything passed on
very quietly and oil hands, fore aud aft, were
allowed TO 60 ashore, and had a jolly time at
the different places OF amusement and with
the xiris Of amsrrie England"
In the afternoon, January Sth, there was
considerable excitement, both On shore and
on board, on account OF the arrival Of the
Yankee corvette Tuscarora. John Bun'a
dignity wac fearfully aroused At having one
Of his ports blockaded, talked much OF neu.
trality, and looked rather sIspieiously upon
the Yankees. One day some OF the crew OF
the Tuscarora were seen prowlng around
oar ship, but they were ordered off by the
police and were not allowed in the docks
again, except to pass through, and then they
were closely watched. Nothing OF m uch i'm.
portance transpired during the remainder OF
our stay in Southampton. We often heard
from the Sumter and at the last accounts she
had captured anddestroysd over twenty Yaa'
kes ships.
preparatory to running ont. The whal vea
and docks were crowded when the smoks
from our stack was seen, and with pilot or
board We steamed dowL the river. At p.
ID. We passed the Tuscarora at Cowes. The
Yankee had been ordered not to follow US TO,
twenty tour hours, and the British frigatee
Shannon and Dauntless had on full head
Of steam and everything in readiness TO ptsch
into him II he attempted It. We ran safely
other Yankee not far off, but as the night
was dark and hazy we were pnnoticed BY
her. We felt very s&fe as the Nashville raI
out to sea, and the crew hauled everythip
taut on board to the following song:
The Tuscarora IL snOry,
Her Captain Il . srszy man;
His name 10 Craven, and his raviug
| For the Maahvills, dashed his p an"
| Undoubtedly, If he had not been quite &C
eager for Us, it would have left him In bet
| ter state of mind.
On the morning Of the 4th we were far on,
vas also stormy, with neavy head winds all
tho way. On the l4th inst while lying to,
riding out hurricane from the nor west, we
had to pat on and run before the wind TO the
ed throug Il the gale in safety, and arrived 9,
the Bermudas for the second time ON Thurs.
day, the 10Th inst. We took on board about
two hundred tons Of coal, and i've passer geri
nom q Con ederate schooner that ran ashore
on the west end Of the island. The Captain
l Of tho schooner being acquainted with thi'
| Fort, offered to pilot as in. and Capt Pegram
! thinking this the safest place to enter, laid
| our course accordingly on the morning o.
George, the second day oas-the 2Sta-W'
| captured and destroyed the Yankee schooner
Robert 0ilhllian, from Philac elphia, bound
TO St. Domingo. She was 40 tons bu rden
nearly new, and had an assorted cargo; the
whole was valued at ga. 600. The Captain
and crow, consisting Of seven men, all told
were taken on board.
trip. One morning 1t daylight Cape Look
out light was visible. bearing NNE We ran
In towards 1t, and soon the blockadins
steamer bisnvin s Wa s seen Sea,,ns io1l
ine due North for the entrance 70 Beaufort
We heisted the Yankee nag and steers in q
direct line for the blockader but when w
Cd down the 'sStars and Stripes and hoistsd
the Confederate nag" and made direct 70,
tho bar. Seeing the mistake, The Yankees
started in pursuit and ared twenty one shots
At us-ail Of which, except one, were poorly
aimed, and that fell short. we fred once
but the range being too long, the sho, fol-
short. Straight into the harbor the Nash
VILE ran, greeted a. We passed Fort Aacor
By the HEARTY cheers Of the soldiers. We an
now safely moorsd under the guns Of the fort
and-glorious though t!-oncs more in tn.
land Of Dixie" OcEAN RovBR.
The Destruction of Cotton.
The following bill was reported In tn,