Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-10-02

We Aepl uiVSs VI sic tiuao n o. AtsWSS
narrow escape for us. Had we eremainsaon one
hour longer at Anchor, I think We must have
lost the ship. This morning il is 6ne, sunny
weather, smooth sea, and we are heading in
shore, all the square sails furled, the wind
blowing ahead. 6
29th.-Arrived at the old ancorage last eve
at 6;o'clock. The u. s. Sloop,ofwar Iroquos
arrived with coal schooner in tow. We are
now taking in Goals from the schooner
This is a strongly.fortified place. There will
be tearing work in takingit It should fall
for it is almost impossible to blockade it, on
account Of gales and the batteries
/ SOth.-Coaled all last night. Came on to
blow this morning. Were compelled to Lot
the coal schooner 60. Got under way and
stood ont to sea. Are now well off from the
land and hove to. Had to leave our boat.
swain and forty men On board the schooner,
we left in such 9 hurry. ssss,,s
8lst.--As, the wind has gone downto a
fresh breeze, we keep in sight Of the inlet
and Fort Fisher and other batteries. Every
now and then we sight the Nphon, Nanse1
mond, Iroquois and James Adger n : blow
high or low, here you see the Stormy Petrol
or Mother Carey's chickens as tho sailors call
them. They do not appear to light at all. J,
4 Sept. 2d,--Whole feet at anchor, the line
extending about eight miles. So Lieut..
Fyfe says that his little town Gin Ohio) is the
most fiourishing town in the State, having no
less than seven distlleries
4th.-Weighed anchor at9 A. NJ. Every
one thought we were going in to make an at
tack. Although no orders were passed, we
felt SO sure that we were in for brush that
some Of the quarterg gunners gotsdown ram
mers and sponges. We laid off and on about
an hour when word was passed to secure the
anchors. That meant sea. We then began
steering E.sby N. which will take us some
where north, probably Hampton Roads.
During the suspense, most Of our chaps look.
ed sober enough. 1t will make any man
rather thoughtful. As to myself, / keep a
stiff upper lip and do not manifest any feel
ling. As captain Of gun it would not ans
1 wer, since the tendency would be to dispirit
the crew a 9 men) of the gun. anticipated
nothing but victory but as have said the
suspense just before an attack makes one
thoughtful. | am trying 10 show you that il
is all humbug about men "spoiling for a
fight" 1 have seen plenty Of such men
where they had fair trial and would not
give SIX cents for q ship load Of them. When
a man has orders to fire away at his owndis
cretion he cares little about the enemy s shot
or shell. II is Hurry out the Egurrl'
Ready" Fire !" etc. The excitement
browns all feeling of self. - We need
repairs and may go to Boston though proba-
bly, not. y / think an expedition will be
got up for North Carolina. II would be a
| big one with monitors in abundance That
isa hard coast TO blockade as you have to
| lay i'll the open sea and the first N. e. wind
it is up anchor and stand off from that in
hospitable shore, to keep clear Of shoals and
/ batteries.
j 6th.-Of CaperHatteras this a 4. NJ, the
crank.pina Of the shaft broke The English
of thatis. We are completely disabled as far
AS steaming IS concerned. We Immediately
made all sail. Wind dead in our teeth.
Must make zgzag track and the timo Of
our arrivalin Hampton Roads is uncertain.
We have just tucked ship. The boatswain
pipes all hands to tack ship (caange .he
course Of the ship.) GI,
FIRST Lieut.. Hard, leel Let go tacks and
sheets ! s(She slowly comes up in the wind. J
y Main topsail, haul! (Tbe after
yards swing round) Let go and haul ! (The
fore yards come round. Trim aft the jib and
staysail sheets Down with the fore tack i
Haul aft che fore sheet Haul out the bow.
lines Lay up the ropes etc ,etc. (The
ship is round on the other tack Such are
part Of the orders in tacking ship. 49,
i is time Of public worship. Lieut. Fxts.
Come, are not some Of you chaps going to
church Some Of you ought to go. There
/
are only FIVE or six down there. You can 90
down any of you whether it is your watch
on deck or not. - When we broke down
this morning everybody liked 1t, as we might
possibly 20 north for repairs and get run
ashore. = No more ~shes to get up,,' says
one. /" That win stop tho coaling," says an
other. For New York" SAYS some one
l'eIse, ETC., etc. ss,s.9 '1 IS
7th.-We are ont af all kinds Of fresh pro-
visions. The Admiral's table I suppose has
preserved meats, &C., but we are not all ad,
pirals With big cabins and big pay; conse.
quently cannot afford to lay in 4 stock of
Lewis 4 Co.'s Theoretically sealed cans con-
tanning fresh poultry, fish, and vegetables,
BY all that is good, 1t makes me hungry to
write about these sealed cans And sardinss |!
| leh! sardines ID the middle watch, eaten with
10. 8. navy breadl Eshellinyest in / boz Of
these little fish y soon 3sxs arrive It the
Fort, | boltanywsy @. 4 sttion Of .sss
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