Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-02-01

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enjoy,d by thousands who never before were
at sea The wind was blowing from the shore,
and the whole ocean, as lar as We could see
was coversd with white caps, and waves hun
dreds Of fest in Length were hurled into the air
by the gale, and sails were being taken in all
around Us. When, in the midst of this CAV
scene, lie captain OF our boat ordered all on
the upper decks to go below, from state rooms
and all, which tended to Tighten many OF
our boys, aud they had not been there many
minutes when a big sea rushed into the stern
window and washed two OF the boys entirely
out OF their hunks on to the floor, and cry
went the rounds that she had sprung a leak
Yoa can imagine what followed for a few mo-
ments, better than pen can describe. when
you consider that it was the first experience of
most on board.
Thus we pushed towards the inlet
through the breakers, with the wind increasing
all the while, at the expense OF the uneasy
and to the pleasure OF those who had conf
dence that we should safely weather il to our
harOor The inlet was narrow and five or
six steamers crowded in together with the
wind dead ahead. AS We sailed in. Gen.
Burnside stood upon the flag ship Picket
watching the approach OF his ileet all of which,
as tar as we can learn, have safety arrived
though one ul the steamers with a whole repi.
melt on board ran on the bar, but was
drawn off without harm Some of the COM
mon ferry boats cam safely through, and this
evening finds us safely anchored within the in
let. We arrived her about noon and the flee,
continued TO increase till evening, and such
blow as we are now experiencing is sell
dom known Some of the boys, now that
we are over the bar, are willing to swear that
the heaviest timbers opened so that they could
put their hands in. and declare that they had
rather so into hall dozen battles than to 90
round Cape Hatteras again. Many times your
correspondent was asked why he was not
sick, and his reply was, that he did not
wish 10 give such an insult to old ocean
as to throw to her such rations as we
had been fed on for the past week, and
he was not sick, but enjoyed every mo-
ment of it, and can il truly say that it was
the grandest scene he ever Witnessed And
now the question arises, where are we going
whilst none OF us are able to answer any bet.
ter than when we were leaving Annapolis
but must patiently wait ior further orders,
which, perhaps, we may get in the morning.
You have got an account of only what occur
red in one steamer, but that will interest you
most, it relates to the twenty fifth The
companies which were in the steam propeller
Zouave have also arrived, and are anchored
near us, and though the wind is blowing a
gale, we hope to have comfortable night,
GALE AT HATTERAs INLET.
TUESDAY MORNING, Jan IA terrible
night we have had, and, while 1 write, all is
contus ion and nearly dismay. Fifty-one Yes.
sells, all within stones throw of each other,
have dragged their anchors during the
night, and are pounding and beating each
other, About four O'Clock this morning we
were all awakened on board the New York
by being struck by one of the steam gun.
boats, carrying away the railing of our upper
deck and part Of one wheel house, making
terrible crash, and the wind had continued to
blow so strong from the shore that it had
swept the water out of the inlet so as to
daylight we learned that the Zouave, on
which were two Of our companies, Ii and D,
had sunk, having stove hole in her bottom,
which proved to be the case, but she is not
entirely under water, and The soldiers have all
been SAFELY taken off, Just before breakfast an.
other gunboat, on which was the Massachu-
setts tweny-third ran into the stern of our
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state room deck, and staving in all one side
Of the cabin, doors, windows, and all, hur.
rying the band without any notice, from
their quarters, making such crash as to
alarm many on board. 1t was kept from
pounding US TO pieces by pike poles held by
fifteen or twenty men. Thus we were ex.
posed for several hours, with a steam gunboat
on each side of US, and the wind blowing a
continuous gale, with anchors all tangled TO-
gether.
This morning are to be seen in the inlet
and outside seventy one vessels, thirty-fve of
which are steamers, constituting the Burnside
feet, and we cannot tell whether they have
all arrived The large steamer City of New
York, loaded with provisions for our expedi.
tlOh, is now on Tue reefs at Inc entrance OF the
inlet, and is beating herself to pieces. She
cut away her foremost and her mizzenmast,
and has thrown overheard part Of her cargo.
A box of raisins just floated by us. All
this is within our sight, and you may imagine
that it is an exciting scene. The wind
is changing to the north east, and it has been
raining some through the night. Had we been
on the cape last night instead of Sunday, we
might have been wrecked You no doubt will
hear, through a rebel source, that we have
been wrecked, and that our whole fleet las
been disabled but we trust that better news
is in store for you, and that this storm, to us,
is but precursor OF " hat the rebel traitors
are to receive at our hands
EXTEMRoRE Suffers.
One or two circumstances, which occurred
after we left Annapolis, creating much excite.
nent on board, have been overlooked. Soon
after we sailed, forty rounds of cartridges
, were delivered to each man, which looked
more like preparing for fight than any other
) move since our enlistment, and all were in
high spirits, that chance to show what we
could do was so near at hand. But another
+ scene, which came near resulting in fight on
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