The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-12-06

EXCITEMENT OF BLOCKADE RuNN1Ne-The
Columbia Caroinian gets from private letter
the following spirited description of late pas
sage through the blockade. The writer, as
passenger was part Of what he describes:
The Hattie, Capt. Lcbby, left Nassau on Sun
day, the goth inst, for Wilmington, bnt lowing
to heavy gale Of wind from W. N: W., failed
to make her usual quick time. On Tuesday,
just before daylight, she was Lroughtto anchor
about forty miles from the bar, where her Capt
hoped to lay till dark, unobserved BY the enemy.
The morning had scarcely dawned, however,
when she was deserted by two OF tho blockad-
ing squadron, who Immediately gave chase
The Hattie slipped her anchor cLan, and took
the desperate chance cf attempting to reach the
bar. In a second she was speeding across the
water like thing Of life, the Yankees in hot
pursuit, $50 you really hope TO reach the bar ?"
asked the Captain, as the shot and shell came
~hizzing about us in every direction II will
either reach it,, was the cool reoindcr, cor die
game" The struggle was to put ourselves un-
der the guns of the fort, which soon came in
sight. "More steam, boys?" shouted the Cap
tain, "and VIC will be safc.' "A little LONGER
and We were near enough to sec that the bat
teries Of the fort were manned. Last of all
came the shout fro m the artillcrsts on the fort
perfectly unscathed, after an exciting chase of
five hours. It was the greatest feat in blockade
running on record.
MOVEMENTS OF BLOCKADE RUNNERs.- The
papers of Nassau in the Bahamas, dated Nov.
!: 10th, give the following movements. at that
port of rcbe, blockade runners
On the 31st ultimo the steamers Chicora
and Syrcn, from Charleston, and the Arm
strong, from Wilmington arrived on the 7th
instant the Coquctt and Druid, from Charles
ton. and the Little Hattie, from Wilmington,
arrived {; On the 10th the General Cnch ar
rived from Charleston. The Willio' the Wisp
returned to port on the 9th, cnd the Wild Ro-
veron the 18th, the latter having been chased
by a Federal cruiser. The Owl and Stormy
Petrol, from Bermuda, and the Plarlnigan,
from Halifax, had also arrived, having been
chased off Wilmington. The Bertha Julia
Armstrong, Plarmigan, Little Hattie, Owl and
Beatrice had sailed to run the blockade.
Curious H1sroR1cAL FAcr-DuTing the
trubIcs in the reign of Charles I, a country Girl
came to London IN search of place as a ser
want mad, but not succeeding, she hired her
self to carry out beer from a warehouse. and
was one Of those called tub women. The
brewer observing a good-looking girl in this
low occupation, took her in his family as a ser
want, and after short time married her. lie
died while she was young woman, and left
her the bulk of his fortune. The business of
brewing dropped, and Mr. Hyde was recon-
mended to the young woman as skillful law
yer to arrange her husbands affairs Hyde,
who was afterwards Earl OF Clarendon, finding
the widows fortnnc considerable, married her.
l'y this marriage there was no other issue than
daughter, who was afterwards the wife of
James II and a mother. Of Mary and Anne,
Queen Of England
IMPORTANT ANNouNoEMENr-CuxN OF