The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-02-17

1 Hof'hci' WI tiic W"i"i 'uein"oii w
saw the towering summit OF the great
! volcano, Orlzaba, rearing lts hugc Dl'Ik
lar above the varlegated clouds that
enclrcled inc settlng sun. Lying TO-
well on inc land, we watched lof our
PRIZE, ana inc very next AFTERNOON, 10
our great JOY, we saw hcr Standing our
ol the roads, accoinpahieh Dya u nshl
'golctta, or coastlng schooner. Inc
WIND was ilght ana southeffy' ana as
soon as we observed herJ we holsted
thc American nag, ana male sail on
,he iafpoard TACK as II s'anoihs HI
EWhen we got wen 70 ,"ihdwara OF
them, we put about ana gave chase
ihey instantly observed thc mahmlVre
ana crowded all san, tlie ORG hoialhg
,oh her course put the goietta wore
; round on the other taek, and bore up
1 'or the iand. me brig Ws q capl'al
a,.' t ..,ah anu ,noua 80 - b ,bo An,o to'
.iiFpo" 80 lar. -, ~ ne 30 80, % n,,h
I t.r h.r TN a ernn;no, vora 49, VI ond M
r;nh. arn.oa ;n Thn All moan rasa
III ~ 49, u,s s..,,..a ~. " a,anI,oas si,, ' sn
! that we could easily see the chase, now
y about n half mile to leeward. The
HEAVY dew that Is 80 remarkable in the
Bay of CampeacLv anr on the Ala.
crane Ranks. hec,n to fall, saturatinp
tand trickIing down our rirpiur, and
vetting the decl, ne tborourhlv as a
shower would have done The soft,
southerly wind signed through the cor
dage, laden with the sweet smell OF the
land, and all seemed. so peaceful that
il appeared like sacrilege to disturb
the tranquility OF that glorious night,
, This was, however, most eitectnaIiy
. done by the loud report OF u gun on
, board the brig, anG the harsh whi1zlng
of the ball over our lleadS, another
shot almost immediately following the
first.
1.-THE ball has opened said Captain
, wainwright, smiling.
..Yes, hy nnco. it has opened as
. rcpltoi Ham. as another shot went
q CRASHING through our main boom.
! look out there. Paul said Bill,
t ,civc them shot
81 fr,d ond ,,o ro,ort or orr lono
, NINA .nannlnr ron,, on, sLorn and dis
b. ,;nn, nn',Ln l,nn ri,,h, hrcoyo rho
! shnt howrycr w,s inrfrc,,,I strkino
| IN, wo,or unlor IN, hrig,s conr,rr (
y"v wnr, werc oyrhor%nd vithont IN.
, ;r,,. =, ,i,ho,. ,,ssJ ,nI ,bo brio w,s
{ .ry;I,ntIy r,st canine. now u,al on,
r,a;msoii wns disabled rho c,rpcn,or
l w,s usino cvcry rxcr,iou to rct = new
I,,,i,, h,E,r r;rp,,I in recover onr lost
5 "rnmpd whom = ncky shot Of min,
r,rri,L owav thc hrir's rorctopmast
| wh;,h IN ;,s fall hrourht with il th,
b m,;nt,n Gallant mast and living lib
I hnnm Ne now ranidly came up with
her. nnd in l,qg thon another hour, du
ring, which time the Mcxicaus WORKED
their six Founders with perseverance
{ and bravery, we drew within pistol
. range. Our howitzcrs were loaded tc
;ay ula*zlo with langragc, in prepara
= ''"" '."'" contest at rloge opartnrs. and
= our ire co''uh0lhG, hef malil'inaS'
went presently ny ,he poaro' AS we
ranged oloh2S'o'' t'ey gave Us u VOL
iey from 'heir Suial' ar,nS' t,i. ana Il onofS'
! oil Sfape--'he la''er Ni'''h% TWO o' o."
men ana "oui,os'S hve more -" net
the smoke oil thIs discharge cIeare,
i away, we perceived The MeXlcan5 col
dentai9 dfefftai WI Wl,tlh tlhs s starboard Quarter, cyl
, as soon AS we came in contact M,
captain took our helm himself and os
, we came tooother suddonly mt If hard
nort ~ =, ~ onn u"' ".t III p"I IL Ia. ,
"po,'' 80 VIA, our quarter 9"Hety JUST
.ouchea hers oelore we again Separa'
led. Al 'h'S moment lom EATON, inc
gunner, gave them the contents OF both
hoWltzers, doing terrible execution
for there were at least thirty men