The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-04

Fort Fisher which had fallen, and an- chored with a hawser off Smithville. He sent the pilot ashore with orders, in gone about ten minutes, when he re- turned with his wife and children and reported that the enemy was in full possession. The men were standing by with tackle, and immediately hitched on to the boat and swung it aboard with its precious burden. Captain Moffett had man stationed at the bits, and as soon as all were safely on board passed%he word to cut the haw- ser which was done, and the ships head swung around and she stood out to sea- Three or four other blockade runners entering port that night, una ware of the enemy's possession of the fort, were captured as they were in the act of drinking their wine while jolli- flying over the delusion of having sue cessfully run the blockade.
 Captain Moffett returned to St. Georges, Bermuda, where he coaled up his ship and cleared for the port of Havana, Cuba where he took in car go for the Trans Mississippi depart ment. Safely running the blockade into the port of Galveston, after dis charging his cargo, he loaded up with return cargo of cotton, which was | the last cargo of cotton, carried out of l the port of Galveston during the war. He returned to Havana and laid there some time, and was ordered to take the ship to Liverpool England, which he did, and his vessel soon went to the | bone-yard. These blockade runners were useless as merchantmen, because they were too light-that is, their ca pacity was too small and they con stunned too much coal. They were speedy, and were soon out of the reach of any war vessel.
 Tn May, 1864 was in command of the blockade runner Annie, a govern ment vessel One Saturday night four teen of us attempted to run the block ade and twelve of us succeeded in get ting in. had forty boxes of lemons and ten boxes of oranges for the hospi- tals, eighty thousand dollars in gov ernment gold, arms, bacon. pig lead
 iron, and valuable stores. In 1863
 when the Confedsrates were hard UT M l Charleston, $. C., ran blockade tc the port of Nassau, where he pur- chased large fore-and-aft centre | board schooner and loaded her with salt, clearing her from the port of Mas, sau to the port of Baltimore, his pur- pose, being, of course, to run the block ade in Charleston. Captain McMillar kept two logs-a false log and true I log; his false log showed that he was | between Cape Hatteras and Cape Hen. l ry when he was really off Charleston | He dropped both his anchors over. board, damaged his sails, and appeared very much surprised when he sighte 1 the Federal fleet off Charleston He appealed to the Federal admiral for as.
 sistance. He, being a kind-heartet
 man, supplied him with anchors an6
 sent a sailmaker and his crew aboard and repaired his sails. Captain Me. Milan spent two days with the Fede.
 ral fleet. When he went aboard the
 flagship he bade the admiral good bye
 and thanked hlm for his kindness
 The admiral offered him a towboat tC tow him to the windward This wa! what the captain didn't want, but ht couldn't refuse it, so he was lowed short distance, when he got rid of tho tug, hoisted his centreboard, and com
 menced drifting back into the fleet
 As soon as he drifted as far as ht
 thought safe, he dropped his centre
 board and ran the blockade. AfteI
 loading up with cotton, he attempted
 to run the blockade out, but he wal
 captured. The admiral said T hay,
 got you now, my boy. You played m,
 a sharp trick, but I viii treat you well
 I will send you to New York And ht
 did; he treated him we'll"