Newbern weekly progress., 1862-03-11

srSHi 10 sympAibise With the Sauth but, as
ncuirsls, the, positively refused 70 rendrr us
ANY assistance. except 10 supply rs -ith coal,
aud TO give such AID a. vas neces<lry 10 nm
der the Vessel sea-worthy. Immediately upnn
an arrival, the crew Of ihe Harvie Breh, we e
released Soon after the Nashville vas hauled
into the dry deck and received a thorough
orrrhanling. Eycryihing passed OF very
quietly and all hands, fore and al, were allowed
10 90 ashore, and had jpIly ti,ns-s, the dc.
Ierynl places Of amusement and with the girls
Of "perrie England" sTl
In the afternoon, January sth, there was
considerable excitement, both on shore and-on
board. on account o. the arrival Of the Yankee
corvette Tuscarpra. John Bulls urgnity Was
ieartully aroused 81 having one Of bis ports
blockaded, talked much hofneulraiily and looked
rather apieiorsly upon the Ysnkees One.
day some Of the crew Of the Tuscarors were
seen prowling around our ship, but they were
ordered Oh by the police, and were not allowed
in The docks except to pass through, and then
they were closely watched. Nothing Of much
Importance transpred during the remainder Of
our stay IN Southampton. We often heard
from the Sumter, and nj last accounts she
bad captured and destroyed over twenty Yam
kee ships
On the I'd Of FEBRUARY: we started our fres
preparatory 70 running out Jhe wharyes
land docks were crowded when the smoke irom
-FOUR stack was seen, and with pilot on board
we steamed dewn the river. At p. NJ. we
passed the Tuscarota at Cowes. The Yam
kee had. been ordered not to- follow Us for
Itwenty-fonr hours, aud the British frigates
Shannon aud Daualless had on full head oI
steam and everything in. readiness to pitch in.
to hitn il he attempted 1t. We ran safely out
to sea, passing, as 1t was supposed, another
Yankee not Car oil, but as the night WAS dark
we were unnoticed by ber. We felt very
safe as the Nashville ran out to sea, and the
crew hadIed every hing taut on board 10 the
4 following song; fs
"The Tuscarora Ia sporer.
Her Captain is crazy man;
His name is Craven, and his rsving
For the Nashville. dashed his plan .
Undoubtedly, Il he had not b en- quite 50 cage
for MS, it would have left him in better state u
mind.
Gu the morning Of the sih we were far out :,
sea. The "hOmeward bound passage was alst
stormy. with heavy head winds a the way
On the 18th inst, while lying to. riding out
hnrrycahe from the nor'west, We had TO put Of
aud run befofa the wind to the south'ard, Il
, keep from swainpiug. We assed through th'
gale in safety, and arrived at the Bermudas 70
the second time on Thursday, the 10th inst
Z We took on board about two hundred tons 0
. coal. and hye passengers from a Confederat
schooner that ran ashore oil the west end Of III
. island. The Captain Of the schooner being nc
quain,ed with this port, offered 10 pilot us il
aud Capt Pegrmn, thinding THE the safes
9 place TO enter, laid ouracourse accordingly o.
4 the morning OF the 2ith. After leaving th
bari or OF 81 George, the second day 0nt-th
18th I'VE captured aud destroyed the Yanke
: schooner, Robert Giihiliat, from Philedtlphi,
bound 10 S, Domingo. Sho WAS $40 tons bu
den, nearly new. and had an assorted cargo
Z the whole was vslIel at $25.000. The Capiai
d and crew, consisting of nien all told, were take
y on hoard.
And NOW | come TO the best part Of our triI
= One morning at day light Cape Lookout ligl
D. was visible. bearing n n. Z. We ran In 4
10 wards it, aud soon the blockading steam,
Bienyia WAS seen bearing four points off o,
E stsrboard bow, and we steering duo North e
. the entrance e. Beaufort. We hoisted n
Yankee flag and steered In q direct line &
: the bloeka5er; but when we got near enoue
!. - $50 kRsSiegf HAULED aaxn the ..Sia
thag." aid made direct for the barr Seeing u
mistake. the Yenktes started in pursuit al
70 Cred twenty one shots at us--nl Of which, e
cept one. were poorly aimed, and ihst 4
short We fired once, bus the range beil
le Too long. the shot isll short. Straight into d
o. hRrbor tie Nashville ran. greeted ~ we pass
- Port Macon by the hearty cheers Of tho -
y diers. We are now safely moored under :
to guns of tho fort, n d-glorious Thought Ion
I'd mora in the land Of Dixie 1
- OCEAN ROVER,