Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-02-17
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OFF PORT ROYAL, SC, Feb. S


OFF PORT ROYAL, SC, Feb.S.
Three weeks will elapse, tomorrow,
since |, along with other deluded victims
of our country's circumstances, first took
the plank for our present destination. l
meau the embarka,ion at Beaufort, North
Carolina. Three dreary weeks, like pigs
in pen have We rolled in our berihs,
trusting that providence would deliver US
from SO great bondage. Ten days, We
lay in the harbor at Beaufort, awaiting
embarkation Of the rest Of the expedition;
then, two or three more employed in
steering our tub to Port Royal S. c.;
and now, for more than a week, we have
laid at anchor here in Port Royal await
ing orders to disembark. Our passage
down was rough aud stormy, the ocean
swells frequently sweeping our forward deck
and fingiug the spray over every thing and
everybody on it, whileRen aud officers at
convenient distances and in every concciv-
able position, clirging to the railway or
whatever they could lay hold on, kept
"heaviug up Jonah" to degree ,ha.
would have terrified the ancients. For
my own part, my phlegmatic disposition
was little too much for it, and though
once or twice felt little unpleasant,
always managed to keep down my victuals.
Sam Cu.kaden said ha only wished for
two things in this world: "One was to
get ashore, and the other to shoot the
rascal who wrote q life on the Ocean
wave" Despite his rough usage, be never
lost his good humor, and between every
strain and upheaval managed to get off
an original joke.
The first brigade of our division is now .
disembarking-and in day or two We are
to be landed on tho Isle Of St. Hclena-a
pretty reward for our long services to the
country. l hope, however, that our ban
ishmeus will not be, like Napoleon's, for
life. 1t is one Of the largest of the group
of islands about tho entrance, and abounds
in everything good to cat imaginable
oranges, figs, LINES, oysters, ct cet., too
numerou, to mention, not forgetting ne
groes. | think We can survive it for
time-say few weeks, until Gen. Naglco
is ready to lead US against Charleston, or
some other place, where, as usual, We will
have the satisfaction of being beautifully
licked, if not entirely chawed up. The
best gunboats in our navy arc with Us,
Fiz, tho Ironsides, Montauk, Pas.aic,
" Weehawken-and several ships of the
inc, including the Wabash, kennebeck,
md a number Of other smaller craft. A
eige train is to accompany US, and it is
umored that we are to have charge of it.
Goodbye Secesb if l get one Of those
hundred pound Parrots pointed on Charles
on, anywhere within three or four miles
II the city. I'll touch her of, l will, if
t blows the whole place, men, women, chill
Irsn and babies included, to the other side
+ sun down. Pm getting desperate,
m. | would be one Of hundred to
tay hero while the army goes on aud
axes Charleston, would, if it .itai,ed me
0 double rations and al extra allowance
pipes aud tobacco
A friendly quarrel between Genrs Ma
lee and Foster of the one part, and Gen.
iun,er of the other part, respecting iuris-
lction wi,ain the department, has arisen.
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