New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-23
wxECn OF rmR ORIENTAL.
Departure froua Eew-Hork stT""oihs "
1Y,c Ehin- rcriIoms Voyage 40 "a SnroN'

foRTgEss MlvVUT Mednei day My ~ n, -,
Having PROCEEDED thus far ON my Journey ~
RoyGl South Carolina, will write IN account -
devious route and give narrative oil 'ne sup"
of the steamer Oriental. This Governnei" 'i"H't"'
left New-York, Thursday, May ID al - o''o'A
m laden with Government Quariernas'ei al.
Comu;s,ary stores. including large 1u'h,'
ordnance There were about 20 passengers Oh o''.'
go, an, were Rria..Gen. Rufus SAXON ohi'eu
$50 .r,,v the new Military Governor OF south
C.r,,;,s and Of the military Department Oh toc
CT. ., ooo,onanied by his staff, aud large numoer
= ot,,cbed 10 different regiments IN that De-
| -, ,,bo had been sbfent on fuilougn. SIX
-, s,,oeons were with Gen. Saxion, having
heep ASSIGNED to the duty of looking after the healh
g tho "con,rabands" in The Islands about Poii
ROYAL. A large number Of priva,es and not-coH-
n,is.ioued officers were also returning to JOIN their
resno,;ve regiments. There Were three ladies ON
board-sirs. Tuzo, mother of Capt Benjamin J.
Tuzo. commander of the Oriental; her cousin, Mrs.
Fr,,si aud Miss Leigh of Nsw-York City, accompanied
hy her father. MI g. c. Leigh, of the leaders Of
the ii ilauhroIc organizations for the temporal and
s,,,,ual ,elie of the new freedmen OF South Caro-
linn The first night Out Of Ne~-iofk was 81
foegy that the stean.-wh-tle had TO be blown cor
stani'y md several vessels were Observed burning
bne-ligits for pilot Tue water wac smooth, anu
I the weather fine the next day. When Capt. IGhO
walked nm his reckoning az noon, were l7o Illes
f,om : ndy Hook ] was IN bis ttaie-.oJm al the
time ana re observed TO me that has cOriiasses hu
been ndusted Just before lie lett pofi, to overcome
the difficulty caused by the local aitracion OF the
ship. ,yhicu WAS built OF iron. Capt l. rei1aFked
bt he wished they had let his compasses alone, Us
th.v had dobe them moIe harm than govd. me SHIP
HAVING got threequarteT5 Of 20 III 10 Tie eastward
of her c0urse, wnlch was then altered accordingly.
Tne de-psea lead was KEEP. constantly gong tiiat
afternoon and evening. At 10 O'Clock that hIgh',
/ E,irar Nav IL. | g,t "a cast Of The isad myself,
yyii,ii gave ~ latLOme. At III O'Clock Capt. / ~"
I..de ~ iaihOMs when he " turned IN -AaNlAE
been up the W. ole OF lie previous Ighi on "ccoh'
OF the ttitk weather. / heard HIN give orders
10 ihe MAZE who had the watch, 10 Acep the iet
g,iu.. to keep her mp three-luarteTe o. point
more and rgliculriy not 10 let the steamer get To
,he leeward Of her course" lie gave further dlree-
io,s ID be called at - o'clock, and sooner II there
was auy chance Ia he weather, which was then
mild and pleasant, with Gght wind aud 'itie sea.
I,e moon Was lust riding bnt was partially Oh
scuIed and frequently wholly cloufed up by small
Lla,k clouds known in that latitude, aaony seauen,
AZ gull-neads." 40 III o'clock was awakened
from a sound sleep by Violen, c0ncnsriVn, which
was almost Instantly repeated. The engine was IN
u,eli.trlv checked aud reversed, which prevented
me steamer from pounding upon he beach, Wnere
abe md struck TIE pussengers OF course, al rushed
hurriedly on deck ~ wat la happened. lheft
tiLl5 MarlCI AZ putting Oh ruptlHHpis 'tNs"
lug and tbe Ladies' appeared 10 great ad'aiiage
y thout the encurbrauces OF hoops Il cctcrd. Inc
mat as nuJ sud. ,ientiy clear 20 make oui nueh,
y,n reached The decA; though hue OF VIII
was ulainiy visible al tGies, night ahead, md the
roar,p OF lie break IL sll.ssd that we were IN
:eariui proximity 10 shoals. Capt. lrho Judged
Hat We were II little 10 tue nortl ard OF
IoFce1hesd lne', though another oid sea tathip on
board. Gar johnson, thoeghL We were on WIN
blr S.OIs. Subsequently We i,aTued That Capt
= Inf "a rs.. of = ont bat
named sloais 10 dr iron IhnC was not al AL com
iicrtinE al me iiue. 1 must give The passenger
generally credit Tor beLgyI themselves Nish greu
good slnue, under these tying circumstances, 81
though a lew o. the officers were very ne!vCns "a
tle Idc II being wrecked 40 ccceshcch, ~eIc lIc!
mint Q ul.le prisoners. aud one OF these shoulder
strtuIed aentry gi.t lu-eif Win a lile-prctorcr,
ANA held lw0 more in edct band. Tie laoies DE-
ported Themselves brWely tirOug1ou. tho whole.
7 ind Gen. raXion and tbs Staf-nOt one Of whom
were sailors, oy,cpt Capt Aforementioned acooi-
nc-s and Judgment that completely won the heare
OF tie few old safe who were gu beard. When
the steamer thumled 80 heavily that il sscMto
gIohrhe that we should have to take TO the boats
Of which We had Elk small Oner-uot enough 20
c.rry quaItof Of "a Gen. SaAion quietly gath
lered lis Sur and 4 few Other trustworthy ,.en
about im ia his state OOn AID said thu. some oi
the crew were r. hsrd feI I've lad shout q dozen
"packet rats regular " bla k-ba!lets and we
must Sc that tie lacicf ana Old went lifs, aLd
ut there must he 10 CIO~dng oil the hOaiE-bc
reret,on Of the Arctic and other similar dssetere.
Shallu titles uud TeyO,yeI were got IN readiness,
hut fortunately there Vas occorion for teir u5r
We fen. up roche Is, burned blue lights and fired
r,.iuutc guns for while but lot 10 re- ponce. ]
went with Cart Juzo, IN his gig. eoOn aiior we
struck aud pulled around tie s1ip to zee how nuch
water we TAD. and to take little nearer look al
tue be k5rs. Iiese last, however, appeared. TOO
formidable To- approach olostlg IL tie ~ t ard
. soon ICtnmel on LOaTd, after having ascef.intd
That We were nearly aioat. bead aud sarn ara hmg'
ing OuCWLcre Leaf the ceA.cr. ttl'. no WoiAcd
The chip bead o. aud thCn LOT cat hedle asiefH,
with pht haWser, which t,ld hcg IN good position
10 pet oil wien The tide should rise. We truck
wien tae tllc Was about an hOIr ebb, aud were 10
hGle Thai he hfst ID aley wOlid enable Us 40 eci
OF ugi II this we wele nlskeB az We were on ehlif-
lug 4., ts'mds ,hei by day gii', had 70 'h,g0ng ~
inb,dtd tie ship that s'c ~ casily ou her port
nde without 'Aumilng. Inc rc'e" VIE ti'ii 70
much ont Of wafer lAat D. oid us 10 -Oou what
.Ntr In hlckng ier oil and wien Wc ti.ed u hetYc
lie slip of by Tie C2pNan We found tiai wl LAD
40 lOluug g.C H3 To- our kedge, which W. broust.
~ ft home VITA ere. At g." ul"-t non 81 ten.
SaNton, We commenced a. out an liOII lcl-le day
ignt 20 throw overheard bales OF hay bag & cats.
noNoo OF bread, oaitricg"s &c, in order 8" 90,
everything dear 10 WORK "a The barrels 81 hcei inc
pork, TIE ordnance, ana giter heavy cargo, should
u ic'oe ,,c.sary t. iylieu the snip TO te ncr Oh
al 81 IA tIcc Tic idea WIS gOOd a0d umcly, iu'
proved Vi 10 avail, tie b.p at Mghwat.r was 100
hand aud f-s. aground 10 b got oil by ally fIDh
meaus AL on bolid we're kept in a constalJ state
y Of ucrou- anxiety erd upense nuii d. il' should
enable us tO eli. cover C1r exact position We were
Ir great d)ulf whether the dark "hYiOpnd o. tie
u ture leyCud the foam OF tie breakers, was land
or ocean, il the latter, lie psJtpec was gloomy IL the
extreme. Daylight solved the problem, and we
/ found thit we were within ,hips length 0, hare
saud beach very bold, Win heavy sun breaking
all along tie SHORE. The country was wholly bar
zen OF vegetation, being nothing Bat af,rp Of rand
miles l,ng aAd from q0arter 10 haii mile IN
width. Clqt. Iuzo 8ud n.ysclf went ashore day
iigh,, ~ a hio-bOat tuat swamled ~ 5000 a. she