Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-01-17


j. the res, cf US to Do ?' Poser. "Oh they
are Of no account, any yhov.' So the eve
ming passed pleasantly enough, but no
rockets yet, when We retired ! was wa
keued mex: morning BY the cry Of - Nan
over board. ~ ltwas We, dark, and could
hesr the waters sappiug against our stern,
then the hoarse, gllpins, gaspius of the
drowning msu as be swept rapidly by US.
There was a slight rush above, and the
hlacE .ilile boats out astern ot us-theu a
busky, salty voice. | ren ember the fr>'
''ms heard such voice.; was the
night wheu we arrived opposite Auuapolis,
near where We were now, las, spring A.
Ee came near tie Cous'i;g,ian. "Ship
aboy;" "TrausPor; from Perry-vi!le with
;rr.f-" "ll-ul under ny stern" The
'a''sr vas Tecu'!ar'y -ll'y, espcc;a l. as We
.lv her whole troai,iie rla og'. have
n,u,sl that hu.kinsss in ell sailor.-
Tli. bulky voice called og', Keep the lad
ur, keep 'as lad up" Ttea another just
q. hu,ky-jlst a mauly-"i'Ve got hiul.'
"iisare L,u Up" 'rg, your arm around
re" Then knew be vas saie.
During the morning, which was wet and
drsary, Gsu. Burnside went flying about
from ,Aip TO ship "a little boat II had
- e-muou cavalry hat aud gum coat
oar tasi ,l.sisi and ne cheerel hin, and
rs-l3 mark l4i L.s course among tile
'.-. tJ f-l s-----s.se cheers that greeted
..a
I..r.ir's set u9 At : o'clock +; qlar-
-I flsf t.F.r 'as sr-f brigade started
.I ... s eco f-c d -gu-sse5bd trl-
-lr.-..a .ara a. 0; started. ehesr,d lus-
..r. ....J --esrei ty ,hJ.e remaining,
as- every .4rl paying "Dizie.' What
a J.s1'.'l. sl.as 4 chip i. How proud
t-Hy Iok a. they trsast 'he waters Out
We g E,iy ia -ssPi,e OF the raiD-past
the HEhr-a0use-Fas' The suileu English
sLiP lm1l!Ie with her 5i Armstrong guns:
She made bad blood in our veius. Oae
could not bat feel i, a menace we have
sn army now-wi!l have a navy-,hat liz.
gcrInE bitterness against the British will
break eruptive. There was glare in cur
eyes as We passed into the bay. BE- two
o'clock We made Cove Point aud passed
the mouth Of the Pa;uxent river. Theu
soon We lost sight of shore. The sun sauk
according to calender and my watch 4.50
o'eiock-ihe moon vas directly over US
the SKY mottled, ard along the west, long
d-rk streaks extended over the orange glow
Some one repeated the sailors saying,
masser-l Ky aud mare.' tails,
Mase seas high. and Io~rr sails
That is as near as remember it. Just af-
ter sunset we pissed the mouth Of the Po-
tomac, A; the request Of Mr.. Bently, re-
porter for the Philadelphia IuquiIer,
furnished complete list Of our Company,
with their places of residence. The object
is TO be able 70 furnish statistics with ease
aud correctness. The other Captains fur.
nisbed them also. | went up to his state
room, and while there, Capt Bsune; came
to the door, - Come out, gentlemen, wish
TO show you something beautiful" He
took US to the stern. The moon still dar.
keued, the waters ike dark green glass
the wake Of the ship, as straight as an ar,
row, boiling, white with foam, extending
out until stopped By the gay bow Of the
Dragon Indeed it was beautiful. The
Captain returned with Us, and gave a sue
cint history OF his Ife-master Of ship
10 the Persian gulf at IS years Of age
three times around the world-22 years at
Of the Mnoi Ledge light.
BY accident at Boston when
1t toppled into the sea, carrying with 1t
bis all, books, charts, the collection of 22
years Of sea voyases-snd row at ID years
Of age turned ou, 20 the sea again, and
Captain of Que Of the best vessels Of the
feet. "By Il o'clock to night, gentle
men, we will be in Hampton Roads" He
said however before be left, that be had
carried troops in all parts of the world,
but he had never seen as we'll behaved set
If men as the Penn'a 5lst The reporter
old me he bad heard Gen. Burnside say
hat cur regiment was credit to the Ex-
oedition. "In Hampton Roads a, Il
'clock, gentlemen said the Captain.
% | went to bed, expecting to wake up
t Old Point Comfort Bnt We forgot the ,
ailors' saying, ".Mackerel sky and mares
ais" We walked up to fud the beat !,
topped, the fog SO thick yOu could not >
ee 80 PAGES, dripping wet, drippiOg-such
morning as Dickens loves to describe. .
We had our dinner about half past II,
GIFTED our pipes and went Oh deck Soon :
e saw the mas,s of vessels looming !,
trough the fog, then the red light-boa,, =
I'D the Rip-raps, and Fortress Monroe. :,
S We went past the man Of war, the sal
rs manned the rigging aud cheered. We =
turned the cheers aud our band played