Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-12-29
THE SAILING OF THE FLEET

THE SAILING OF The FLEET
lutsaey Morning, Dec. l3 6 a, Ill.
] Owing 10 the ughness of The eeu, although the
gale had very much saoalded ooc De0ra nigtf4li, il
deemed prudent, OF account vi It's cIads a0U
to eaii until Inc weather should become calm, ana
thus oh rec ion OF departure pospontd Till
morning. a lUoIe u, auuiUl sight than uampou
Road o., sncd las night 1t would be diff :ut
g.ue. .he u!l 1901 sIiiug ia a ciond.eas SKY, lis
sliveIy light Il cled myriad ray from the heavin
waters dark hu!is and LaperiDg spaIs Of
the fleet, ali saDd0g cut III sharp, we'll deh1ed cut
lines The Humorous brilliant signal h&hs displayed
from the various Ve6sel8-tlG AduEals fig ship cJn-
spicious among The gal0t th.org by lis bcihaa
ed lights-a reflected endless lnltrInngllng lines OF
lights Oh The danciu5 waters Tee cleaning Oayooets
OF the pacing seu,r4e6-a made up picture tu!l OF
rare beauty, quite beyond my power Adequately 10 de-
scribe. iE,n the st:nuda-hG mus cal bes OF the va
ships striking lac passing hour-bull answering
DELL End echOld back again Ga tia passing oIez:
boatsw MS whistles The tie and rollitg drum anG
other Kindred sounds ad led thrilling interest ali.
could net but l,e shade OF Sadness however,
while viewing tie noble et, to taiok how many OF the
gallant fellows it embraced mus, in ali pr obablty meet
death or fatal wounds their country service they
/ again returned to the peaceful waters OF Hampion
| Roads But the seems IS chaOged-the GLORIOUS
night mas given place 10 bright ana glorious day
The officer OF the deck has just unced general
signal the feet from the igshp Oar gallant Cap
tam consuI:s his signal book his quick eye in
ment catches its slgnifcance aid he announces the
order Get the snip under way aud to his guests,
" Gentlemen, Cft at last
Now comes stirring scene If the sight OF last
evening was inspiring the oae now presented to
gaze is vas ly mare So he noble flagship is gay with
brilliant sig nal flags The feet respond, first the
general sigaal, then the signals from the flag
ships of the various divisions There goes signal to
the masthead OF the grim looking Ironsdes Quickly
her iron clad satellites respond, and puts Of steam
nounce they all leaving up anchota and getting
under way.
The tail towering mass of the great frgates, and
soops OF swarming with blue jackets, bending
sails avail Of the breeze aud saVe coal for op
erations elsewhere.
Our own good ship is moving. Our blue jackets
heavng up the ancnor with viii, and their lively
tramp they go round and round shows they are not
10th to start. We are getting ready to tow the Moni
tor Mahopac As it is desirable to save the coal OF
the monitors they all TO be lowed except the Mo
nadneor, which bas proved such good sea boat tha
she is expected to take of herself. she has just
steamed up by us in gallant STYLE whilst We ar3 wait
irg to take tow the Mahopac.
The army ,rausports have ali gone. They slipped out
DUNG the night and wen out sHaward bv this time
out Of Hampton gallant syyle. bright sky
head :ayoog breeze and Smooth sea ha9 tho God OF
| CFF> CAPE eENHY Dec II Noon
close this letter hastily 10 order TO give to the Pilot,
who is jlst about to Eake leave OF us.
| Yours, &c, i. +.
THE FLEET oFF HATTERAs ON THURsDAY LAST.
New York, Deer i6-The steamer BolnipS Star. from
Nav orleans on the 10 h. arrived she passed of Hat
ieras Tbursday large fleet OF stsanles ee!g SCUM
cas-.
How HOOP WAS REcE1vED.-A correspondent wri-
TING from Hoods army under date Of December 9Th
says:
The ermy il beautifully supplied with beef Of the
heat qualify Euough is being driven along foot TO
feed the troUps to the Ohio River. There Is scacitT
of SALT but farmers are supplying it to the extent OF
their capacity
The loyal people were oiced all along the line Of
march at the sight of the grand old army and every
demonstration given that could be expected from pop
ulstion lorg oppressed Provisions of the best quail
iy are plentiful, and the We'd with each other 10
showing grateful attention Nice biscuits and haLl
we're cooked by bushels aud laid large tables and the
soldiers invited to come in and eat as they passed AT
Mount Pleasant old gentleman IL suppress the name
from proper motives but it will be published to the
world in letters OF gold hereater separated nis "shoes
from his larger hogs and told tie boys 10 drive them
into camp ard cook until they were satisfied. This was
done because be thought they were not being fed fast
enough at his table. Five porkers driven away
weighing from $50 to 800 pounds each. This is only
one of the many instances that were constantly oocuc
ring.
| FROM SAvANNAH.-A gentleman arrived in our city
| SatuI day who left Savannah "Wednesday. Every
thing was quiet up to that time
| Gen. Slocum marched 10 on Wednesday morning at
the head of about three hundred and posted guards
around to project property.
| No outrages bad been committed.
It is thought that Gen. Sherman will not permit bis
army to go into The city.
Il is said that Sherman intends to request all resi-
dents to take the oath OF a glance. Those who do
will be allowed to remain AMI their property will be
respected Those who reuse to do will be compelled
to leave, and their property will be conf:cated
It was thought by some that the rice and cotton
stored in the city would be taken possession OF 10 the
name OF the United States government and receipts
given therefor.-Aug. Chronicle.
The following testimony was given by DR.. j. W.
Brown, physician, residing in Kapkakee city, at
recent trial in Illinois: II judge toe defendant to 0e
insane from her viewing the subject OF religion from
the ostorc stand point of Christian exegetical analysis
and aggntnating the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of homoge
neous asoeticsm The court could not see the point.