Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-09-11

her. Inc N. sllpped hef caOle ana the d.
course was soon changed. She had run tn,
blockade three times. - Spoke the Ar
|, kansas this A. NJ. from Port Royal for Phila
delphia.
| Ar ANCHOR orr FoaT CAswELL,
WILMINGTON, Aug. 3. 3
We are at anchor in the open Atlantic A
steamer, said to be ironclad, made her ap
pearance this p NJ. near the fort distant sew
en- miles. We Immediately made prepara
tons to receive her, but she disappeared be-
hind point of land. +*U. S. Gunboa,
Western World arrived with the mail from
Hampton Roads. ~ Much smoke by day
and glimmer Of fires by night on shore
probably from salt or tar works. = y
6th.-A rebel boat (ironclad and ram) was
in sight three hours to-day inside the bar
She fired seven or eight shot one Of which
struck about two miles from us. Practicing,
presume. = When the master at arms
wants any one who may be blacklisted il is
=" Come(calling the man by name) four days,
face the music This means that he is list.
ed for four days. Facing the music means
that the man must answer the bugle call for
blacklisters. y What is to be the uniform
for the day is posted on the scuttle. butt by 8
A.M OF late it has been, generally, white
frocks, white cap-covcrs, black neckerchief,
blue pants. - Lieut.. Fyfe has been exer.
cising the howitzers' crew this p. N. For
shore service they are on wheels For boat
service the wheels are removed. There were
forty men running the two howitzers from
stem to stern of the ship. Away they 20 at
word of command. Never mind the an
vii !" sings out the Lieut. Over goes the
anvil. The armorer's bench is knocked one
side. You rascals you want to make
confusion," exclaims the Lieut., but the men
understand that he enjoys the fun, and they
dash along, running afoul Of stanchions,
smashing spittoons, and banging things, all
to the delight Of the Lieut. and the Mime.
sofas generally. = One of our pilots has
been on board the enemy's ironclad She is
very formidable but cannot stand in a sen
way. She draws sixteen feet of water while
there is only fourteen on the bar Conse-
quently, she cannot interfere with the block
aiding squadron. They have another IRON
clad nearly finished. OF her we shall know
something by and by. I
7th.-Some Of our chaps manage to catch
few fish. have very fine one and have
beer chasing about all the forenoon trying to
get potatoes to fry with it. Shall get them
perhaps about the time the fish spoils. X
I'm Standing out to sea.
sth.-Came to at midnight. The Western
World, four guns, accompanied us, rolling,
pitching, taking up the whole Atlantic in her
course. She has been ferry boat, is a man
trap, and deserves place in Barnum's Mu-
scum. One of our gunboats fred into a
blockade-runner last night. The stranger
took to his heels and got clear. He was
close to and would probably have given him
self up, but the fools on the gunboat made a
noise and lost their prize in the smoke. There
are ten Of US blockading this hole. There
should be forty. hope we shall leave this
before the hurricane months, October and
November. However, we must not antici.
pate, but let the storm come down, and grin
and bear it, .......~ F.." ~. .. rl
i 12th.-Through our carelessness and the
want of ships combined two steamers ran
the blockade this morning. Three of our
lookouts who were aloft are in the Brig in
double irons for not seeing and reporting the
steamers before they were seen from the
deck. They should be seen from thirty min
utes to an hour earlier from the mast head.
- Ice brought to day by mail-boat
i 14th.-We learn that the rebel ram can
get out at high water. We are watching as
sharp as possible.
15th.-Brown's private opinion of the
moon: I" You see, man, there is mountains
and water in the moon, and the common
sense Of any man in this world cannot dis
pute that the moon is inhabited. 1t does not
admit Of doubt" ~ There is great appre
hension that the ironclad will come out. Ev-
cry caution is observed and every precaution
made to receive her. l thought when we
left Hampton Roads thst we were clear Of
these pests but we are in for it again.
16th.-At two bells, morning watch, q
strange sail was reported by the lookouts.
All the blockaders except ourselves were alb
sent. At seven bells, we fred signal gun
for all the blockaders within hearing to re.
turn. (The stranger was now close in with
the land). The Niphon, seven miles off, i'm
mediately wheeled about and came up at
pretty quick rate. At the same time we
weighed anchor and stood in toward the land
to head off what it was now decided was
blockade runner. She was under steam and
sail and was nearing her destination very
fast. After running in till VIC shoaled the
water to less ,5 the crews Of guns No. !, No.
2, and the bow -pivots were called to quarters.
BY this time the runner was close to the en-
emy' s batteries and was safe. We fired three
shot but as we cannot fire across the whole
Atlantic the shot fell short and the stranger