Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-29
From the Richmond Dispatch.
Ths Cruise OF the Tallahassee"
TSECOND WEEK |

The Cruise Tallahassee"
[sECOND WEEK
SUNDAY, 141H-This morning we begin our second
week at eea the Tallahassee" still in good sailing trim,
With coal enough to last eight ten days. The injury
done to our upper works. the loss of our mannas TO-
eether with some repairs needed upon the engines make
it necessary for us into some port within ie"
days-Haiax, probably.
We have few prisoners on beard tod4y-ths eff
GERS and crew of the Lamot Du Pont. They are most
lY from Della aware, but still genuine Yankees. Upon
the quarterback is large pile of baggage belonging
% these few men, and contrast their treatment with
my own when prisoner in the hands OF the enemy
Everything was taken from me, even to az Old and
nuch-worn tooth brush-the last article IN the "ord
10 steal-and not q charge Of undefciothing al
lowed me-
Weather thick and foggy, with light breez5s from
southeast, which hauled later to south southwest at
10 O'CLOCK all bands called upon the quarter deck when
service WIS read by Commander Wood. From Merl-
dian TO T. H., thick and foggy the air chlii and
damp Ii is quite cold for August, aud the atmosphere
plainly indicates progress northward. during the
day rain fell, with thunder and lightning. at ), tie
tog ghtened up, ard exchanged coors with an Ea-
glish ship From to 8, weather ioggy; wind hight
from northwest
4 little after in the evening the fog lifted again,
sod tie masthead lockout reported sail on tie port
bow. Course changed accordingly, and at 7:4O
oVerhaued the American ship ames Ltlshed, CT Ban
COR, Maine with cargo OF Cardiff coal for New OK
After coming to- Lieutenant Ward was s=nt board
oCr curse. This coal was just the kind We wanted, and
Captain Wood hoped to tske on board but the
being too rough 10 lay alongside, and the transfer
10 small boats beng long and tedious d. It had to be
abandoned.
Meanwhile the ship had been turned, aud was how
goug northwaEd, the steamer following. About
o'clock, the fog up suddenly, and completely hid
her from sight We wefein great danger OF loslng
sight her altogether but sseamd in Ter direction
ringing Tic bell aud Glowing fog horn. In short
time we heard the ships bell in answer aud made her
light. hawser carried to her to prevent such ac
cdens in future aud While the crew were removing
The stores and preparing tor dst action she Was towing
the steamer. y gC T.~ little from her, the captain
and icing allowed TO take every thing they want
ed, even to roll OF carpeting that Gu TIE man
ifest.
At TO- the fog again cleared ard the moon sbone cut
The ship looked sptenddy in the night her tall spers
and white sails cleaning in the moonlight. About mid
night she scutled and abandoned to her fate. AT
ter awards, seered due north.
MONDAY, l5rH-Two or three sail in sight at day
break. The schooner Mercy A. Howes, o. Chatham,
Massachusetts,, first captured. She had been for
tour months in the Bay Of Chaleur fishing, aHd was
returning with full cargo of cod and mackere.
We supplied ourselves with fish, took the crew on board
and scutted the schooner At 75 started the engines
again and stood northwest BY west. Light breez4s,-
Sea smooth.
At 8 A. M spoke Nova Scotia schooner Sopty from
Turks Island, with sal! for Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Having q number Of pIi,onels, they wee permitted to
OOar0 tHis VeSStl aFF'fSe EOlne lu1
captain said be very poor man, bat would 90 ell
ne could for them, and asked, favor, for pre-
visions Quite quantity Of beef pork and hard breed
scot Oh board, together with halt keg Of tobac
co. The crews OF the prizes Lsmct Du pont, james
Lttlefeld and Mercy A. Halves, were sent Cf with
three boat loads of baggage and personal elects.
At O'clock, captured schooner Howard, belonging
to Brids port, Connecticut, and 1s5 from Cape Breton
with cargo of Goals. This vessel, it will Do remain
bered was captured uy the Florida" abo,t SIX weeks
endh nv Cant r, 4,l, O;
prisoners to New York ibis b0ud did not protect
her, however, and Lieutenant Benton sent On board
stores and set her hre She YVES II 1gaif
cent vessel the cabin elegantly fitted up With passed.
ger accommodations, and everything about her clean
and 10 excellent order. When we lett her, the fl sme
had reached The masthead.
M,dd0g.-Very warm, considering the colo chilly
nights anu days just psst. The is smooth
river. Captured the fishing schooner Floral Wreath,
of GeorgetoWn Maine just returned from tour months,
fishing in the Gulf of ST. Lawrence. There over
three thousand dollars worth of cured fsh her. just
ready for the market. Fhe captain named Chandler
Jeweft, genuioe ankee and the loss of bis
sci went very hard with him. He repeatedly declared
be would rather Be his wife than that schooner
This thought to be joke at first but be repeated
it SO often be in earnest. The vessel was
worth, perhaps, one thousand seven hundred collars
In these fishing crafts some eight or ten erga
ged, and fish shares. Onehslf the fjh goes to the
vessel, and the remainder is divided among the crew
10 this case there were seven besides the captain
and owner, and, allowing One.half, thousand five
hundred dollars to the vessel, we see that each
would receive little two hundred dollars for four
months work. This is called profitable business by
these rough simple people along the coast and is their
enly Dependence By breaking up the fishing trade
destroy the great Industrial pursuit of the New Fog
land coast. The Floral Wreath good specimen oil
the fishing vdsses that swarm every year the banks
in the Gu;f OF st. Lawrence and the Bay Of Ola
eur. After cutting the rnasts away the schooner was
sc1tted
Ats P. ~, took fishing actooner Restless returning
from the Gulf OF St Lawrence with hundred AID
seveuts five q1nta!s OF green sh-codfsh-fcr cargo
She was homeward bound and within one days sail Ct
home. these rough hardy fishermen timid Sc t.
| AID show much terror when taken on board. Several
have shed tears and Others, with faces deathy Whit
remClously ask, what will be done them :" Boat
swain Cassidy cent with a 10 destroy this
Schooner. and take to the boats while pursued
another three four miles ahead running of before the
wind She had been warned By the Howard upon
which sent our prisoners, and which we saw CON-
municate with her. Alter short chase we overlook
her-the schooner Sarah 3. Harriss, of Dorchester
Massachusetts,, just returning from the Gulf of Canso
Several put the Howard had changed this
vessel as she bound their BONES and there being
50 many board. Captain Wood bonded her for
eight thousand dollars and sent Of all our prisoners
! She was bound for Portland, Maine.
At sunset, came upon the Ella Caroline, small
! fishing schooner from Portland. She had sails down
and laid at anchor, all hands being engaged 10 hauli6g
in fish. We got some fine fresh fsh-halibu haddock
and cod-a quantity OF ice and few provisions The
| master, or skipper, as they called, the
side tremhlingly, and walking up to Captain Wood,
pulled bis foretoo and put his hat under his arm.
/ Captain Wood said, "Well captain, mus! take
charge of your schooner"
"No'" said he erquiringly, ooh you wouldn't do
Il atm poor felow-only fisherman, SIR"
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