Randolph County journal., 1865-03-23
Correspe ndence Of the Journal.
FROM THE I2fTH REGIMENT,
HEADQUARTERS l2iTH REG'T lSD VoL's.,
Camp near Newtern, y. c.,

HEADQUARTERS l<1fH ltkC T IND. OL 5.
Camp near Newbern, y. c..
March ?. IsG5.
1 Our Brigade was aroused from it
slumbers at 1 o'clock, Monday morn
ing, Feb. 10Th, with orders to pre-
paie 20 embark IL the order llsel
was suggestive of IA life on tn
ocean wave, home on the rollin;
deep" "csrulean wave,, ,,E'lmermaid
" tn dripping golden h9iG' &c, tn
March winds come befdfotheir time
were equally suggestive 2r &c tail
deep heayings not lain down in sea
charts, and Tor which no doctor ha
yet discovered any remedy, unless i
be, stay on land. do not 90 nea
the water till you have leaned t
swiT," said the elder IIibernian tc
the ounger II You would wish tc
aN old sea sickness, do no 90 TO sc;
uatil YOU have crossed the Atlantic
say we. On the Goth we crossed tC
Alexandria, the Brigade stopping fol
the night at the Soldiers Rest, wherC
the government has expended 4 large
amount in the building and orna-
mentation of the grounds, and where
the coffee would have dls@usted Z
starving rebel, Qrtuyncd tLe stomach
of sai..maader Lieut.. Col. Neff
anil Capt. Teal. having a taste for
romantic horrors. and having nc
fears OF disembodied spirits, passed
ane night in tie foGil. al the door OF
which the landlord stood when lie
shot Col. Ellsworth.
On the 2lst ne embarked on board
the ocean steamer New York. y
The writer was invited by the gentle
manly Steward of the New York, p.
O'Grady, 10 examine the machinery
OF this "Oak leviathan." Mr.. OG is
thorough business man, infl' xihle as
one must be in his POSITION, but q
man of large synpathies, as the
writer had occasion to discover
To him, and to his little nephew,
Willie iiinIlley, one sick, mOneyless
soldier, Will meyer iai. 70 feel CRATE
ful
The New York is properly named
1t is certainly new, this being her
trial trip; and most of the passen-
gers confined themselves, while on
board, to studying and practicing the
various accents of the York dialect,
Il huge COAX. if you ignorant lands
men could but comprehend it. You
may approach it, by calling On your
apothecary for four doses of ipccac
in one, take ii, and ascertain, hy
count, in how many ways you will
be able TO pronounce YORK.
The New York is owned by Com
modore anderbiit. and when com
pleted, will hare cost Q La!f mil
lion of dollars. I6r machinery is
perfect, or as nearly SO rs human
ingenuity can make i. EQur me
chapical friends viii comprehend
something of her stupend0ns motive
power, when | state that her cylinder
is ninety inches G.! feet) in diane
ter, while the piston rod is ter inches
in diameter, and has play of twelve
feet Her sixteen furnaces consume
forty tons OF coal per diem and her
speed is made to vary from eight to
eighteen miles per hour. TO com
blete these statistics, the New York
is 800 feet long, her breadth Of beam
is 81 feet, her depth of hold n feet,
and her tuanagc is $500 aboard
this steamer, impelled onward 10y 4
power equal to that Of LOCO horses,
about LOO of Uncle Sans "brave
boys were huddled together, and on
the evening of the 22d, just after our
hearts had been gladdened by the
news OF the fall Of Charleston, we
were borne down the Potomac An
hour and half brought us opposite
Mount Vernon. There is but one
word necessary to describe it-diryy
1t looks like the wreck Of once
prosperous homestead, going To de
cav beneath the silent but irrestible
and remorse!ess touch of time.
On the morning of the 23d we
passed Fortress Monroe, rounded
Cape Henry, and were soon sailing
Ion the bosom Of the broad Allan
tic an expression that some one OF
Your readers may never have heard.
A light breeze caused the steamer TO
gently uldulate, responsive TO the
music of the pillows, as do maidcns
feet to the music of harp and tam
BOURNE. There were otter respon
ses, indeed, on board, not so poetl-
cal nor calling up spea pleasing as
sociations. Not to put too fine a
point on it, crockery rapidly rose
above par, and slop buckets com
manded premium. Officers, in the
midst OF jovial anecdote Snd play OF
wit, were suddenly reminded of pri-
vate business at their state-rooms,
and there were "cheeks all pale, that
but an hour ago, blushed al the
praise OF their own -manliness.-
With an in Inference 10 military e;
quette. far from commenGablc on
shore, line and field officers jolted
each other, without recognition or
apology. and the most staid ald
sober reeled snd staggered in maud
! lin awkwardness 10 their rooms -
Capt. Teal called at my room-in-
quired as TO my health fe,t proud,
honored; reached forward TO grasp
his friendly hand, but he cut short
on.. -. r