Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-02-04

the annoyance Of cur Captain.
PANLICO SoUND Jan. %.
Well, boys, are you cujoyiug your,
selves this morning ~ ayes, sjr, h.w i,
your heal;h 2" Feel bretty bright
they weren't dey'iiu' me round las,
night" Wewgre sitting on the hurricane
deck Of the LITTLE steamer pau-uxent, from
Philad. For the third time We had been
iu, on there, from the Cosslck while wor-
king the latter Of This was the frs: fue
day we had hal for 4 week-a real sum
mcr day-the wind had ceased to blow at
Hatteras. Capt. B.uue,-a sLort,rei
man, with gray hairs, weather beaten, but
hlnI.iug his boat a. easy as t9y-hld
bsen sent By the Government, With the
Patuxnnr, aud other vessels, to Port Roy
al-,hey put into Haticras ogius to stress
Of weather, "a sorry pat 1t was, 20 them J
they were just the boats Gen. Burnside
needed, and he impressed them. Several
days Cap. Benuet had worked with Us, but
this was the only one we met with real
success: Well, boys, said he, eve are
getting along Ike some people 60 to
Heaven-wo get there By degrees. We
been branch pilo; sixteen years, and run
this boat five years, but | never saw such
weather a. Hattcras as all last week. |
put in here for want Of coal-ari they've
been dew lin me round ever since" His
description Of his interview with len Reno
(who threatened him With a court martial
for running bis boat aground) was comical
especially in his manner Of telling "Drat
it. don't know anything abou; this har-
bort changes every day-slnd shoals
an old chum told me abou, the tide here,
and | wouldn't believe him m-why," says
he, and gave bis quid of tobacco an extra
grind, "Hheu it's high tide its low water,
and low tide it's high watcr-I never saw
such place" He never moved without an
order, and appeared to have court martial
always before him. "NOw, young man.
drat it, where's that young man-what's
his namc-young man, ,whatll | Do ncxt?"
be would inquire Of Lieut. Morris who had
charge Of the boat Itwas fun to see him
dance on the hurricane deck, as we would
crash around among the boats, a. some
critical moment, "Hard stsrboarj there
nobody about? haul hard your bow-line.
drat it, nobody ,here?" His boat is almost
knocked to pieces, ard requires the incest
management.
When We were first taken of the Cos
sack, she went up aud turned around to
try the FIRST shoal Of the channel-the
Captain put on steam aud went at the rate
Of 20 miles an hour. Two schooners
escaped destruction by hair breadth
The captain of one came rushing out, dis
habille, evidently having been scared out
Of bed-held his breath, hair on end, fin
gers sticking straight out, until the danger
vas over; then be cursed and swore, until
be made verylhing else stand on end,
,tru'rDg up and down his deck, apparent .
y forgetting he was sans ca'yf'e The
,ec1ud mate said be had been on the Cos
ack six years, in the worst storms of the
VI Iaine Coast, but never felt as be did then.
len Reno was on the Patnxent with Us,
nd fairly danced as the Cosslck went
ver. She lay aground there until the
lex: tile-thcn We got up to the last bar
this iook three or fouT days. When up
0 the last bar, we all felt she was safe in
on- in. The Pioneer was then aground,
ut moved just as We got fast. She moved,
,e cheercd, aud we watched her until she
rent CALAMITY into the Sound. Tuesday
ight, about o'clock, little feet of tug
cats came around us. Our meu were put
n the Eaion-baggasc on anotber-wa-
n blown out of her boilers, and despe-
lte effort appeared to be iu prospect. Il
as ycry dark, and i. looked black and
-cary. GOOD night, old 'Co-saoks, "
1T Captain said, as We dropped asicrn.
hen, there was considerable noise, coufu-
ID, yelling, Sc, to get the tugs fast We
.cu dropped further asteFn into the deep ,
drhaee,. There were two decks, c's-
Cd Eve LuaIfsi OF u5--yast IoJm