The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-26
DIsIATCF RICHMOND VA SUNDAY JULY 26 1908


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| ready, and correspondence passed be-
tween the general and flag officer.
AS was the medium OF the naval
I part, / encountered quite hard time
OF 1t. on my nrst visit to convey
communication that II the steamer at
tempted to leave without the naval
cotton She would be sunk by the Yad-
kin" elected from the general an
ebullltion OF bad humor. After reading
the communications, he turned on mo
! aud In language not put down in any
lof the church manuals. ordered me
from his presence and stnted by way
OF reminder that H ever brought hin
another sul.ll communication he would
kick me out OF the Office. Well, / had
to grin and bear At. Not so with Lynch.
For a time he lost his Christianity, and
to make a long story short, Gent an
other communication, which simply
handed to the general and attempted
to make my departure, when he or
dered his orderly to arrest me. But T
had slipped through the lines bcfore
that official fairly understood the orr
der. In consequence of this second
communication General Whiting placed
q battery OF artillery on the water
street. with Instructions not to allow
any communication with the shore
from the Yadlin. The flag officer WINS
on board when this order was promul-
gated. and when he and attempted
to land, n sentry stopped us. Behind
at ferry landing-the flag officer brush
ed aside the bayonet pointed Mt his
breast with his umbrella, and We pro-
ceeded TO the naval headquarters.
Both parties were determined. and
the people OF Wilmington became
alarmed and sent delegatio to Rich
nfond and laid the matter before Pres
tdent Davis who ordered both Lynch
and Whiting to appear before him.
which they did. What transplred at
Richmond was never given out. Lieu,
tenant Wilkinson. OF the navy, was
given supervision OF the blockade run
ners, and the ship took out the naval
cargo.
The Raleigh was at last finished,
Lynch crossed the bar with her at New
Inlet early in 1864. and drove the yam
kee fleet. Returning. his ship struck
and broke in two. but the guns and
stores were saved.
Some time later the order to come
into fresh water having been disobeye1
by the commander of the North Caro-
lima, the worms ate through her bot
tom and she sunk at her anchors op-
posite Smithyille.
This left nothing IN the way Of ships
at Wilmington except the little Yadkin.
It was determined to convert some OF
the blockade runners into gunboats
and scourge the coast OF the enemy.
Two vessels were selected and armed
the Tallahassee, under command of
Commander John Taylor Wood. and
the Chfckamaugr. under command of
Lieutenant John Wilkinson.
Cruise of the Tnllnhasxec.
After several Intellectual attempts.
Captain Wood got to sea, over the Cas-
We'll bar, August S, 1864. 4
Passed five blockaders two of whom.
fred at him. and was chased by them
Passed and boarded several vessels who
proved to be neutral. On Angus u tn
about eighty miles from Sandy HOOK,
rrah A Boyce. ballast. pilotboat James
Funk: brig Carrie Estelie. loaded with
logs; bark Bay State. cargo wood; brig
A. RICHARDS cargo coal; schooner Cal Cal
August 12th-Schooner Atlantic, ship
tAdriatic. bark sullote. schooner spo-I
kane. brig Billow: schooner Robert "a.
schooner lamont Dupont. August
15th--SchooDer Mary "A. Howee, scEoon-
er Howard schooner Floral Wreath,
Restless. schooner Eta Caroline. Aus
gust l6th-Bark p G.. Alexander.
schooner Leopard. schooner Pearl.
schooner Sarah Louise, schooner Mag
a = !, CoI,< 4,
America, brig Neva, schooner Josiah
'Achom schooner Diadem, schooner I.
Ellis. brig Roam.
Woods then shaped his course for
OF coal and put in a mast. On his way
up the coast Woods entered the mouth
OF the Penobscot River. but finding no
vessels. proceeded to Halifax. where
days he burned sixteen vessels, scut-
tied ten. bonded five and released two;
total. thirty-three.
Wood Intended coming down. the
eaa a hs
at Halifax was such that he had to
abandon his Intentions and make for
Wilmington. with barely enough coal
favored him. and on the night OF Az
gust 26thS he entered the port. a fter an
engagement With the enemy's feet on
the bar.
went to sea Il second time, but we have
no official data. and nothing except
from the diary ct Midshipman Clarence
ports: October 2 7th-riat Tallahassee
is ready to so out and lying abreast of
ms In Cape Fear River. Novemberi
19th--Reached Wilmington a bout II "A. |
NJ. found Tallahassee safe in port. She
destroyed ssixsvessels, one Of which was
q brig. that we chased chs, second day
out. This makes thirtY-ntne vessels cap
tured by the Ta lahassee in ALL
Cruise OF the ChicknmauEa.
No official record OF the cruise Of this