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TUB WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WILMINGTON, a, THDBSDAY.-BEPT. 59, 1864. OCR T WKRTT -FIRST "VOlUflJB. The Wilmington Journal enters to day upon its Twenty-First volume. In another year it will have attained ita majority. For the eake of the country, of cor readers end of ourselves, we trust no untoward event may interfere to prevent that consummation, eince the capture of Wilmington, or some other cqaally unfortunate catastrophe ia alone likely to causa its sus pension or discontinuance. The Journal ha3 eo for weathered the storm, without being shorn of ita fair proportions, sUU maintaining ite e;z3, form atd amount oi reading matter. As for the character of that readlr g matter, it becomes ua to say little. We trust that it Las not altogether failed to meet the views atd supply the wants of its large circle of subscribers. It shall be our endeavor to maintain, and, so far as we Cic, to elevale its standard of useful ness as vehicle cf news and .organ of public opinion. May we not bespeak a continuance and increase of that support which has enabled ua to make the Journal what it ia t Tdk enemy has concentrated his forces and gaiced at the points of conciniralioa, bat be has not lhu3 gained &3 much as he has lo3t at the points he has abandoned in order to carry cut hia present policy. He his a part of Virginia oa which Grant's and Sheridan's armies are encamped, but upon the who!a, his lints do not in elude as much, certainly not more of that State than they did when Grant commenced his campaign in May last from the Rapidan. Sherman has taken Atlanta, but he has drained Alicsisslppi, Upper Alabama, Wes tern Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and a portion oi East ern Louisiana,"whiIe the Confederates aga in make head in Missouri, Western Tennessee and Kentucky, and the invincible Forresi bi.ls'fair soon to be upon his com mumcation3 in Middla Tennessee. He has taken the outer Forts at Mobile, bat shrinks from attacking the city itself. Let Us lock at the whclo field and give due weight to the gaits and loeat?, and we will see how in fact what we have gained ia one place more than balances what we have lost in another, while the general result goes to stow tlat military occupation ia cot conquest that advance in one section must be purchased by - abandonment in the other, and thai in fact the enemy simply hclds, and only can hold, the ground over which his camp3 extend and his guns range, as long as cur people are true to themselves and to their cau3e. Farbagut. The Mobile litbune of a late date Bays : "There ia not a word cf njws from below. Thej fl:et is inactive, and we hear nothing oi the movement "of troops. Farragct, as we judge from the Yankee papers, has gone to another station. It h bclirVtd that he has been ordered to try lu prowess at Wilming ton." Possibly. There is a thundering blockade tff here now, that is pretty certain, wbetbcr the man with the queer name bi3 asy'birg to do with it cr not. We credit it mainly to the real cr-supposed presence of the Tallahassee aLd sundry other mjsicrious s?a mongers. The Yankee ptip;rs even report the Florida aa amorg the vessel that have come into this port. Tha Macon Intelligencer of the 24h, says it has the rumor from a very ndicble source, that the Yankees occupied Griffin on Friday morning, the 23 J instant. We mu3t regard this as doubtful, tioce the telegraph says nothing of it. Bat although doubtful, it is not impossible. Griffin is on the Macon and Western Railroad, 43 miles from Atlanta, and 60 miles from Macon. It is 14 iniL-a toath of General Hood's form-r headquarters at Lovijoy'a station, Lovej y's station being 29 miles south of Atlanta. GrifSu ia the ccuc- ty seat of Pike eounty, and before the war wag a fliar- iahing town with something over 3.000 inhabitants. Los3 ot tue LYxx.-Laat Sunday night the fiae block ade-running steamer Lynx, belonging to Jens Fbazer & Co., and commanded by Ouptain Eud, crossed New Inlet Bar atd put to sea, bound to Bermuda, with a cargo consisting mainly of over six hundred ba!e3 ol cotton, one-half on government account. She also had $50,000 in gold on height for government. She had aomo few passengers. Just after ehe got out she was pursued by "the block ading eqnadron, by which ehe wag completely hemmed in. She Wita struck eight times, six times at or b:low the water-line. Finding the ship in a spiking condi tion, the Captain beached her seme five or six miies above Fort Fisher. The crew and passengers escaped with a portion ol their effects, and the vessel was burned to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy. The gold belonging to government wa3 saved. The enemy got so tfose as to fire a volley o musketry at the Lynx, by which one of the crew was wcucd:d. Fkbkamdo Wocd has come cut for McClellan. In a recent tpcech he declared his belief that McClellan, if elected, will entertain the views and execute the principles of the great party he will represent, without regard to those he may himself possess. We thought Fernando would find some way to came round. It looks as though McClellan was ..going to have a chance of election. Hia prospects have certainly im proved rapidly. The Democrats are centering upon him to a man, ah the dissatisfied are surrendering their dis3alisfaction, and many Republicans, aa well as Old Line Whigs, are coming up to him. Upon the whokj, there is much reason for uneasiness oa tha part oi Abraham and Wh. II. Seward. There will be but two camps, that of Li.vcolx and McClellax. Frijiost will cot be run, ceither will any bolting Democrat. It will be a straight cut fight. It will be bear and husband, and we do not know yet whether we care much which whips. Bat we thitk it beet to wutch the progress of events., Mb. Bkthtjkf, the Commoner elect from Robeson, who was so much icjured by the collision cn the North Carolina Railroad eom: day3 Eince, was at last ac counts at the Pettigrew Hospital in Raleigh, doiDg well. One of his legs had to be amputated. Urcs tho wliolo, we think i; something of a complixent "Rhea papers copy BDjtLiLj from our editorial cslumns, even whsu they give credit for it. Of coarse it ia stiilmore of a coaeplimeat wken they take anything lodily, wiilioul credit, and publish it u their own. Fcr this last and high est compliment, ourthaufca are due to oar respected co taiaporary cf the Chiilebton Mercury ia the case of a r&ther brief editorial of our cemmeuting upon an article in the New Toik Herald cf the 30ik ult., headed, The New Plan of Peace How to Divide the Boqth," which the Met-, wry not only did us the honor to adopt bodily as its own, but wh'h other paper in Savannah, Colnmbus, Mason, and. eliewhere, are also kind enough to copy, giving credit io me Mercury. There is a queer hx.tj about tuck tilnca naw. Wn finrt things published without credit in places where they could no cave cccurrea. we thick we can bay wiih safety, that not one article in three, whether news items or edltarials, cop id from thia paper, is credited by the parties cosine. We believe that lLeeama is tho case wiih other papers. The Yillow Fevsr. The Augusta Constitution alist of Sunday says that this dreadful scourge Kerns to be extending ita ravages along our coast. It is re ported at Savannah as well as Charleston, and certain ly raging at Jacksonville nd St. Augustine, F.a. "We are pleased to know that, thm far, cur troops in South Carolina have been exempt fron its encroachments. Thb Chicago Convention adopted a non-committal platform, the object of which was evidently to conceal rather than to express thoughts or principles. It was looked upon as a sort of peace platform ; at least it waB capable of. receiving that construction. If the platform was thus ambiguous, the letter of the presi dential candidate, Gen. MoCliixax, mzb sufficiently explicit to satisfy tha most ultra-Union iat. That let ter declared the restoration of the Union to be the " one condition of peace," and re-affirmed the so called Jscksonian declaration that " the Unioa must be pre served at all hazards." It was said that McClbllak had accepted the nom ination but repudiated the platform, and that therefore Vallandigbam and others would repudiate him ; and so for a while the thing looked. There was and still is talk of a peace Convention, undflr the auspices of the Mrzart Hall organfzition of New. York, led by the Wo:-D3 (Bi5 and FsaxAJtDO,) of Mr. Mdllalt, of the Metropolitan Record and others ; bat this will all end in nothing. The Democratic politicians know that their on y caance for a return to ofSca and emolument i3 inJ perfect unity of action. Tbey may succeed in electing McClillan ; they know that it is too late to get out Democratic peace ticket in opposition to both the regularly nominated Republican and regularly nomina ted Damocratic tickets. u The cohesive power cf pub lie plunder " will once more exert its influence. -There will be many conversions and convictions during the next six weeks. McClellanism will become epidemic before the month-of October is half gone, and even the peace men wiil catch" the infection. The Cincinnati En quirer, an original peace paper, and Mr. Pendleton's confidential organ, denounces all bolting, and endorses McClellan's letter. The Democratic Convention of the State cf New York mot at Albany in that State on the 5th instant, re-nominsded Hobatio Srymoub for Governor, and adopted the following platform unani mously : Resolved, That the Democracy' of New Toik, through their representative! in Convention assembled, ratify and etdjTfle the nomination of Gen. George B. McClellan for President and George H. Pendleton lor Vice President of the Uclted States, and that we pledge to them the electo ral vote of tho Empire Bta'-e. Resolved, That the tatriotio principles declared by the National Deraocratio Convection, as nobly and eloquently exponDdeifiy its candidate for tbe Presidency, ia his re cent letter of acoeptance, embody a line of public policy upon which alone tbe American people can restore the Union, re esUblish constitutional liberty, give security to individual rights, and secure tha return of a permanent and hororab'e peace. Resolved That we heartily respond to the p'edgeofonr candidate, Gtorge B. McCkllan, that he will if elected, "exhanit all the resources of statemanshir to secure peace, re establish tba Union, and guarantee for the future the righ's of every Sttte ;" that with this pledge and the Jacfc Foniita declarations that "the Union matt be maintained a) all hazards," tht "It is th one condition of peace;" that ' without it no peace ai be permanent," we present him for the spflreqeB of tLe electors of Kew Yok, confldnt that they will accept him as the only candidate capable of restoring the Union under th? constitution. Resolved, That tie democratio party of the State of New York is, aa it hs always been, unalterably opposed 'o the rebellion, and that we recogni?) in the victories cf the na tional army and navy, and in the mnifest popular deter mination to chang the present adroiaiftration and return to iLe policy to which the Executive Congreps, and the peovle v. c-re eoiomaly pledged in the Crittenden resolution, as operative movement towards peace and Unioa. Besojved, Thit the admiafctration of Abraham Lincoln, by its nsarpations : its disregard of the coaatitn'ion ; hi vi;!a'fon cf personal liberty and State right : its resort to uii itary power to subvert civil authority ; ita temporizing ad cowardjy degradation of the nation ia its forei(u pol-i'-.y ; Is p;rvjraioa of ths war from its orlrioal object, an4 iu avowed determination to prolong it ; in tbe language of Abiahini Lincoln, to ccmpel u tho abandonment of sla very," jias Decome revomtionaiy in ua oharae'er. and in us onarac cr. anai r8 men of at l parties to r a ttdm.nistratlan which- hn ii Is tho du'y of the conservative ucr.o jn suusiitu'ing in its place a r ill eptk iu h cons-Kotion of the United fttatw and the laws paused in accordtfee therewith the rule of i.a d aty aud the liniititioi'3 of is power. Resoloed: That tho thanks cf the people of New York arc tendered to the soldiers and sailors of the State and of the Uri-. n, who Lave so no jJ? defended enr flag ani oar national y ; that we wi!l honor the liviDr, liberally and gpnerousiy care for the tick and wounded, and gtateluily cheri!i the memory of the dead. Resolved, Thai to Governor Horatio Seymour the graii iude ol the Democracy ia ever das. Ttey can never forger, that u r.i he who, iu the midt of oir dUsters, and ia the face cf an overwhelming adversary, was fere most in nplifiing the banner of constitutional liberty, -which he has since borne ucuailiad through every battle. That it was ha who, by his wisdom, arrested public discord, by hts firmness repelled aggressions upon Btate rights and per sonal liberty, and, by the- purity of his public life and the elevation of his purposes, exhibited la tha ruidH of gene rai corruption ana tacuoueness, the highest qnainieK or a stsib&maa acu patriot. No doubt the Woods and Vallandighax, Long, of Ohio, and Vorhkbs, of Indiana, " will yet fied a way of reconciling the eupport of AT cClellan with their own idias of duty as well as with their form er professions. But the mire fact of their doing so, should they be compelled to do so, is not the really im portarzt fact in thia connection. The really important fact is that the shrewdest politicians of an ambitious and not over scrupulous organization, anxt jus to regain power, anxious to catch the popular breezj, and to shape their course thereby, have found it necessary to sustain the position assumed ia MoClsllan's letter If the sentiment of the Northern people had advanced sufficiently far in the direction of peace, even with peace, even Southern independenc?, the peace portion of the North ern Democracy would not btnnder the neceasity of suc cumbing so readily to those who regard Union as a primary condition of peace, etc., etc. We may rest as eared that when the Northern people are determined to hnve pe.ice, they will have it, and there will be no dif ficulty in finding parties and candidates to represent and carry out their views in that respect. That no purty has yet done so is proof positive that no sufficient ly stroBg'demand has been made upon any party so to do. The Fcderallorcee in tbe Valley were reinforced before the recent fight with Early by some two corps, say twenty thousand veteran troops, brought up by Grant himself, probably commanded by him. These trops probably came from Shebmam's army. He bad got an armistice of ten. days in which to send these men to Gka.nt, while at tbe earns time he accumulated stores and fortified himself at Atlanta against any at tack. All accounts state that the road3 North of At lanta were crowded with troops going Nortb from Shkk3an's army. The North Carolina General killed near Winchester was General Godwin not Goi do n. General Gordon was a brigadier of cavalry, and fell some months eince in the defence of Bichmond against a daah by tho ene my's cavalry. General Goswxx is spoken of aa a splendid officer both in appearance and in reality. Wiiktheb due to tha exertions of the Catholic cler gy, or to the better knowledge of the real state of the case, or to the cflcr of greater inducements elsewhere, or to the exhaustion of the ctntrifqgal impulse which every now and then causes tha Irish population -to fly eff at a taegent, even to the cuds cf the earth, certain it is that the Irish emigration to the Northern States has greatly fallen eff, if it has net vrholly ceased fcr the present. That 13 so lar encouraging, aa it cuts oil one supply of soldiers. If the Germans could also be kept at home it would be another good thing; perhaps they may be. Two patties, both claiming to have perfectly accu rate information in reference to Sbebkan's force at Atlanta, only differ the slight sum of sixty thousand in their resneslivs estimates. A "gentleman from Atlan ta, cool, observant and reliable," informs the Macon Telegraph that .Shbbman's force ia from 90,000 to 120,- 000, while a correspondent, signing himself "Grafton,'' puts it down at 44,000, soon to be reduced by expira tion of terms of service to 19,000 i hence the armistice. We do not know much about the matter. We do not think Shermax has half of 120,000, but we have no notion that his forces will be reduced below fifty thousand. He can hold Atlanta with thirty thousand, spare Grant twentj thousand, t d await reinforce ments, which will soon reach him from some point. It is reported that General Format haa been made a Lieutenant General. W are glad to aee that the u Hemphis Appeal," having beta driren from its base at Atlanta, las agaic- made its appearance, now tailing from Uontgomtry, Alabama. Tht Appeal Is cue of th besf papers in the Confederacy, and we are glad to se it published in any other town than this. It seems to hive be3 unfortunate, and its appear ance in any place seews to be an cinen of attacks and cap ture by tbe enemy. We trns- ihit Kont;oasery wii! prove an exception to" thi rale and thus close the. wanderings of oar retpeeted cotemporary. Tht A my of Tni'at. We had supposed that no doubt exieted in regard to the assignment cf General Bkacbzgabd to duty with the Army of Tennessee, but it would appear that still there is nothing dtSaitely settled, and that the matter, although certainly on the lapis, is jet in abeyance. We. make the following extracts from Southern cotem poraries : From tbe Charleston Courier, 26ft Inst. Distis GCi9iD Arrival Gen. Beauregard, accompa nied by Col. D. . Harris, Col. A. G. Rice and Col. A. Bo man, of the Oecerai's tafl. atrivtd in Clarientoa by spe citl traia cf the? Norths antern Fail Koad, eight o'clock Sun day morning. The Genenl wa met at the depot by a deputation of military officer nd citizeo, and escorted to the residecce of our fellon-cUiatfn, Mr. Tneo. D. Wagner, whose guoRt the Gei.cral wiij be dnrieg bi sta? in tha city. The General, we are ;d to state, is in excellent health and spirits, acd expresses, as bo alwajs has done, the most unbounded coritidfnre in cur injure success. He is very warm in his r rai-e of our army in Virginia, a:d especially of the heroic endurance of that portion of it doing duty i3 tbe trenches before Petersburg. We Isarn tha President Dvis and Gneral Beauregard had a long cobiuIuMou at Bnrkevilie, Ya., ias; wek, tee resolt oi whirb is &aid to have been highly gratifying, a.id trill probacy lead to the asiignment cf General XScaure gard the cmniitd of the Army of Tennessae The General wi 1 remain in our city natii further orders. Frcm the Charleston Mercuiy, 23th inst. Ganernl B.aurtgatd. Gacerai Baanregsrd and Staff arrived ia this city yester day. He due a not go cn to the army in Georgia immedi ately, bnt ia to remain here to await further orders. We poppr se the meaning of rbis movement to bs this : The President has gone to the army in Georgia to endea vor to arrange matters, teitfiouf pultmg Gtneral Beaure gard V4 command th.it is, to reconcile, if posiile. tbe army to General Hood's continuation in its command. If he succeeds, according t hie eutioiti on; Genera! B-anre-gard will bo returned to his command E2.r Pstersburg. If be fails, General Bau: eard wi.l be ordered to the com mand of the army in Gaogia. Oor deductions are drawn from the tca ; atid oor readers can j tdge of their cor rectness as well as we can. If we are correct in our inter ences, however, i: a: poars to ns tbey disclose, in the pro Bent emergencies, the raoit tremendous trifling. From the Augusta Constitutionalist. Gin. Be i ukeg at d . As onb!lo curiosltv is much exer- oined concornicg this dlstingnished lero, and more part c- nlarlar at present witii regard to im assumption cf com mand ia Georgia, we :re permitted to give tho sobttance of a brief ccliioquy cetvecn a gentleman and President Dav ia : Gkwtimax "Mr. rrt!sident we have beard here that Gen. Haod fcoa beu superceded. Is it bo ?' - PreSiDint "If ro, I have not heard it and do not know It to be to." Gsntlhmin. "Wd undsratand that General Beauregard wbb to ac&uaie couimanJ." Pbksidsnt. "Gen. Heaurceard will tnke any command and to Btrr re, his country, lie Will pass through Autuata in a few da 8. Tbe quidannca fre welcome to draw whatever conclu sions they irasae. Augusta Constitutionalist. I'etnrtitug to their Commands. The Mscoa Intelligence, of the 21at, says tbaS large numbers of cur soldiers who hare recruited from the fatigue, sickness uad wounds of tha lata campaign, are pasiing to the army, to take thr ir pieces and strengthen our barriers' spaicst the advance of the insolent Yan kee foe : Alradj theforoeof oar army h sccomu'ated to ingst foinvdble r-rortortiois, and by their bol 1 and defiant front have mad-i ti e Yark.-e (ieacral more cau ious and lws de tno!ieratire ihaa he wa a fw weeks asro, when flisbsd1 wiQ lniJ j,, Bad Intoxication of vio'ory and conqnest. 1 erirlt of return soeros to to generally diffused thronffh ont rto conary. The idon. h:.s becoms prominent toon? people tb: the fail oamain 'll be very active, ardtberu Is a cheerful and buoyant ."looefuilners extant, peivading every io'nJ, t' ar. oar movfineuts will be crovned with soc cees, and slat tj-.e ic;.liit. puemy will b driven from hifl present Mronfrbold. To rfi.-.ct 'Lis desir3bl rrsalt rqd'r"t thu a5!iiitce of e very mm ";-.o can and shonld do ihe dg ties of a soldier, and now tht the spirit of enthniasm has so thorouRtly imbued th. country and the influence of ex ample i u'gia rnr r--crn!ted sol r.s to repair our h:ther to attenuated iai;ks, there is a j.oi attrie ive and pror-if-iiig prospect for our succcsb than hi been presented dcring many months heretofore. let there are maay laggards, to whem the example of! their br Ave comrade a pau wiih Btiriiog eloquence. They will sorely not wait and listlessly idk away the gold en opportunity ttat will certainly brtn? victory asd placet tolip, whilst iheir comrades are bit-tHog with weak Indom itab? 1'ues agaict tho df(.picabi Jankee. The example of o&r brve sold'crs oa the fiifd appeals to the manhood and cour tge and the honor of evtry man who has tbe pride ot a soldier ard who h p-5s to be honyied acd respected as: a veteran sui vivor cf 'he war. Than surely no true a" d acd brav9 soldier wiil liBtleslr andculpaby remain away from his duty at this perikui moment when his presence is 99 imperatively demand ed by Lis co.npaoiooa cf the battalion cr regiment They are expected aud reqr.irsd to repair promptly to their commands, and engage in the momentous operations that will be mado duna ti e autumn esmpahja. Oa their pre sence d'pends tho defence of the e .aatry against the far ther ir,ruds of too cne:av on their prowtai aad conrag d;penda the result, whethef our lovad country la to be fur ther mu'ilated, desolated &u& destroyed; or thit the prond. Yankee shall b;- harU'd froia bis lofty summit of power and. cast abaid iit the dmt of the earth, he hai so foully con taminated with hia exrerable preaenoe. Tbeo let thers be nooelaj. The soldiers of the South only reqaire to kartw that thy aro needed to shield their country from ihsf-rther adranca of the enemy, and that tLe future promises brightly for our arms, to mate thezn rash to U.e r places and Sght agaia with the valor and. bravery tht has ever mar teed them and madi for tham a name uesurpaed iu leveed or biatory ; a nams that will live when thj mold of antiquity shall hide from view aBd memory, their leBscr wars that at insfgoificaat ia com parison lo tkd preent. Thb presence ol Yellow Fever at Newbern, under the name of " Congestive Chills " is announced by the Washington Chronicle. Hi rg fu 111 'et4. The " local " of tbe Macon Intelligencer commooting upon matters and things ia and trounJ tbst city sys : The present excess ol population in the city and the out rageous pt ices we aro required to pay for t verytfiing and the course that the selfish pursue reminds us very forcibly that the ratu e of the human family la well p cartay td in the description of A riO fS THB TEXCZ. Did yon ever observe when a pig in the ftji&f Ben'.is forth bis most piti ul shout, How all his neighbors betake themselves-SencB To punish him ere he gets ont ? VThat a hubbub they raise, so that otraw afar May know his condition, aud hence Come running to join them in addingjirscar To tbe pig that is fsst iu the fenoc. Well, Bniie are not all the creatures that be, Who fled themselves sticking between. The rails of the fence, and who strive to get frees. While the world is still shoving them in ; Who fled that the favor they meet wiih depends Mot on worth, but on dollars and cents ; And 'tis few that will prove themielves friends To tho pig that is iaet in the fence. Weitb Oak River, Four Milhs abovr Swaneboro', Sept. Iltb, 1864 Mkssr3. Editors : Oa the 4th of this month I found in a creek, known as " Hadnot'a Creek," the body of a man cut eff at his lower ribs, all below that being goue. 1 got all the people together that I could, took it up and had it buried. It had been in the water some timti, a it smelled very offensive. No information could be ascertained as to where it came frosu This morning, while talking with Mr. E. W. Peile tier, I heard an alligator catch one of my hogs; I caught my gun and ran to the scene of action, and foand the alligator wirh a large bog of mine in the creek. I shot acd killed him. On getting him out; I found him to be one of the largest I had ever seen ; he was also uncom monly full. We cat him up and found ia his stomach the foot and leg and the lower part of the trunk of a man. These parts doubtless belonged to the same body of which the upper parts have already been iound. Where the man came from, or who he was, I have no means of ascertaining. It is believed that he was a deserter from our side or from the enemy's, and was cauzht by tbe alligator while trying to swim the creek. We also found the hoofs and leg bones of a cow, doubtless the remains of a cow which lately disappear ed from my pisture. J W. Btabtlikg BriccBS. It is said that a Methodist preach er in Southwestern Virginia, in riding around his circuit, lost his way and stopped at a house for some directions An old lady came out, and, after giving him tLe desired in formation, asked him if he had any news He said he haf not ; and-asked her if she had any. "Yes," said she. " There was an exerter come alense here this morn in and said that the Yankee was a mortifyin over at Blacks burg, and Mr. Goslin's criltur company come along and drove 'em away. He said the new is had come on the veltigrass tsire. to Chriitiaaaburg, that the preserves was all called ont and the State of Virginny was 10 d vaeexnatea ; ana wniie he was telling it, tho jrot?o fan guard cqjbo along osd interest Wau'i From the Bichmond Dispatch, a be Crals of tbe " Talltiasse.l . SECOND WEEK J Sun dat. 14th. This mortintr we Deain our second week at eea.the "Tallahassee" still in good sailing trim, with coal enough to Iaet eichj or tea daya. lbe injury done to our upper works, the low of our mainmast, to gether with some repairs needed upon the engines, make it necessary ror us to run into some por witum w days Halifax, probably. We have a lew prisoners on ooara io-oy ina ciu cers and crew of the Lamot Da Pont. They are most ly from Delaware, but still are genuine Yankee?, Upon the quarter-deck is a large pile of baggage belonging t thesi few men, and I contrast their treatment wilb my own when ft prisoner in tbe hands of tha enemy Everything was taken from me, even to an old and much-worn tooth brush tbe last article in the world lo steal acd not evta a change cf underclothing al lowed me. Weather thick and foggy, with light breeze from southeast, which hauled later to south southwest. At 10 o'clock, all hands called upon tbe qaarter-dxk, when service wuiread bv Comaander Wood. From Meri dian to 4 P. 2d.f thick and foggy ; the air chill and damp It ia quite cold for August, acd the atmosphere p aiaiy mdicaeg our progrtes northwaru. jjunsg iat: day rain lei!, wiih thunder hud lightning. At 3, the log lightened up, and we exchanged coiors wttn an glieh ebip. From 4 to 6, weather foggy; winJ hgut from northwest. A iittle after 0 ia tha evening the fog lifted again, and the masthead lockout reported a sail oa tie port bow. Course v3 changed accordingly, and at 7:40 overhauled the Americuu ehip James Litthfied, cf Ban gor, Maine, with a cargo of Cardiff coal for N?w York. After coming-to, Lieutenant Ward was sent on board with a priis crew to take possession nci stand htr on our c jurse. This coal was just the kind we wauled, aud LaptaiQ Wood bopid to Uke some on board : bat tne eea bting too rcuga to lay alongside, atd tbe transfer in email boats being a lorg and tedious j jb, it bad to bo abandoned. Mt-au while the nhip had been turned, and was tow goiog northward, iue steamer following. aoout; y cr'clock, the fog came up suddenly, and completely hid her from our sigbt. W e werein great danger 01 1 osiog siht 01 her altogether, but steamed oa in her direction, ringing iLc bell aLd blowing a fog horu. In a short time we heard the ship's' bell in aDssrer, and mads her liht. A hawser was carried to her to prevent such ac cidents in future : acd while the crew were removing tht stores and preprncg for d3tr notion she was toing the steamer. ;Ve got v-rij- iittle from her, the captain and nxite being allowed to take evf-y thing they want ed, even to a roll of carpeting thit was cn tee man ifest. At 10, the fog again cleared atd the moon shone cut. The ship looked s p!endidly in the tight, her tall spars and white sails gleaming iu the moonlight. About mid night she was scuttled and abandoned to her fate. Af terwards, steered due north. Monday, 15th. Two or thrse nail in sight at day break. The schooner Mercy A. Howes, of Chatham, Massachusetts, was first captured. She Md been for lour months in the By of Chaleur fiahing, asd was now returning with a full cargo of cod and mackerel. We supplied curseive9 with nsb, took the crew oa board nod scuttled the schooner. At 7:15. started the engines figain and stood north wcgs by west. Licht breez.s. Sea eraootb. At 8 A. M. spoke Nova Scotia echooner Sophy, frcm Turk's Island, with sale lor Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. fl&viog a nuuiher cf pii-oneis, they we-e permitted to board this vessel a&d arnnge for passage home. The captain paid be was a very poor man, but would do ell be could for them, onct asked, aa a favor, for same pre visions. Quite a quantity of beef, pork and hard breod ws seot ou board, together with half a keg of tobac co. I be crews ot the pnz?s .Limit Ua I ont, James Litilefleld and Mercy A. Hawes, were sent eff, with three boat loads of boggsge aod per.-ocal tfieots. At 9 o'clock, captured echooner lloward, bcl'.ning to Bridgeport, Connecticut, acd j iat from L-ipe BretOD with a cargo of coal?. This vessel, it will" bo remr.m- btred, was captured oy this " Florid, febo.it ex weeks ago, and bonded by Captain Morris to take sixty three prisoners to New Toik. This br.od di'J not protect her, however, and Lientenant Benton was sent on board to remove stores and set htr on fi'-e. She wts a nugniG- ctnt v ssel, thej ctb;n elegaeuy luted up with passen ger accommodations, and everything about her clean und in excellent order. When 'we left her, tbe flsme had reached the masthead. Midday. Very warm, considering the cold chilly nights ami daya just psst. The sea i3 n3 smooth as a river. Captured tbe hihing schooner Floral Wreath, of Georgetown, Maine, juat returned from four mouths, fishing in tbe Golf of Sr. Lawrence. There was over three thousand dollars worth of cured fish on her, just ready for the market. The captain, named Chandler Jewel t, was a genuioe Yankee, and the los3 of his yes sei went very hard with him.. He repeatedly declared be " wouid rattier ua bis wife than that scboocer." Ibis was thought to be a joke at first, but he repeated it eo often we saw he was in earnest. The vessel was worth, perhaps, one thousand seven hundred dollars. Iu these fishicg crafts ecme eight or ten men are enga ged, and fish on shares. One-half the fun goes to the vessel, and tbe remainder is divided among the crew. In tbi3 case, tberc were seven men befcide? the captain and owr.er, and, allowing one-half, or ooe thousand five hundred dollars to the veaeel, we see that each man would receive a Utile over-two hundred dollars for lour month3 work. Thia is "called a profitable business by these rough, simple people aiocg tbe coast, and is their oly dependence. By breaking up the fishing trade we destroy the great industrial pursuit of tbe New Eog l.tnd coast. The Floral W reath was a good spermeu of the fishing vessels tbat swarm every year on tha batks in the Ga'f of St. Lawrence and the Bay of Ci a leur. After cutlit-g tha masts away the schooner was teattkd. st At 3 P. M., took fishing schooner Restless, returning from the Gulf of St. Lawrence vith one hundred and seveuty-five qiintuls ot green liah codfish fcr cargo. She wae homeward bound, ata wuhio one day's sail cf home. These rcnh, hurdy fishermen area timid stt, aod show much terror when taken on board. Several have shed tears, and others, with facss deatbly" white, remulously aak, " wht wiil be done to them?" Boat swain Casaidey was pent wi:tb a crew to d!?troy this schooner, aod take to the boats, while we pursued another three or four miles ahead, running cfl before the Wind. She had been warned by tbe Howard, upon which we rent our prisoners?, and' which we saw com municate with her. Alter a short chaso we overtook her the schooner Sarah B. llarries, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, just returning from the Gulf of Canaio. Several men pat on tbe Howard had changed into this vessel, as she was bound to their home?, and tbere being so manj oa board. Captain Wood bonded ber for eiht thousand dollars, and Eentofl all our prisoners. She was bound for Portland, Mrune. At sunset, came upon the Eila Caroline, a small Gsbing schooner from Portland. She had sails down, and laid at anchor, all hands being engaged in hauling in fish. vVe got some fine freeh fishhalibut, haddock and cod a quantity of ice and a few provisions. The master, or skipper, as they are called, came over the side tremblingly, acd walking up to Captain Wood, pulled hia forctbp and put his hat under his arm. Captain Wood said, "Well, captain, I must take charge of your schooner." "No ?" said he ecqairicgly, "Oh I you would'nt do U tat I'm a poor fellow only a fisherman, sir." "But you arc the very fellows we are alter," was the repy. 1 'he poor diivil locked ready to sink through the deck, but managed to get into his boat again, acd pulled off after his dunage, He was allowed to take everything he w. nted small bouts. lines, -&3., and then bis cr&it was ecuttlsd. The skipper and "his three men were put pnto their email boats and towed down to the Sarah Harris and turned adrift. We saw bim safely on board, and steamed a ay. The appearance of several mirages of remarkable beauty anc' distinctiveness have afforded us some pleas ure. Tbe log clouds that hang low upon the water. play fantastic tricks with the sails beneath, cr in them. Sometimes a fac simile of a vessel is seen reversed upon a cloud, apparently high in the air ; sometimes it ap pears cut in B&If, one pari -towering, like a marble col- nmn, one encored iee iu tne air. eometimas, again, they look like little toy boats floating a few feet above the surface cf the water, and then, when the mist is thick and tha vessel near, it looms up largely, making a fishing schooner look as large aa a line-of-battle ship. 1 was much interested by the strange tricKa 01 these phantasmagoria. Tuesday, ICte. Spoko a Nova Scotia schooner a an early hour. At l o'clock .overhauled barque P. C. Alexander, of H&rpswelf, Maine, bound to Glace Bay for a cargo of coal. She W8S a fine barque, of two hun dred and eighty-two tons, aud valued at twelve thousand dollars. VVe got a few provisions from her, but noth ing of any value, and then set her on fire. I got a fine piece of East India coral (from the cabin, which I hope to get safely home as a cariosity, I have also a piece, of sponge still attached to the rock upon which it grew and in the process of formation. Both are interesting specimens cf nature. Later, overhauled echooner Leopard, of Boston, from Cornwallis, Maine, with wood. George Cowley, mas ter. Burned. Schooner Pearl, of Friendship, Maine, fishicg craft from the banks of Newfouodland, with a cargo of fish. Kufus Greyer, master. Barned. Schooner Sarah Louise, of Jonesboro,' Maine, with wocd for Boston. G:orge Dobbins, master. Burned. Schooner Magnolia, of Friendship, Maine, fisherman. Owen Wircapaw, mastetv Burned. Schooner Sea Flower overhauled and let loose on cotdltion cur prisoners should t e taken into some port, there being at this time a large number on board. Amocg them was a genuine Yankee girl, some seven teen or eighteen years 0 age, who was cook on htr fa ther's vessel. Sbe wa3 a good looking, black eyed girl, who, after her first fright was over, was not uwilling to, give her smile3 to a few rather handsome "pirates" who seemed disposed to converse with her. One of these gave up his room to her while oa board, end this she insisted upon putting lo rights befo e leayig, saying she had "allers been accustomed to work at home." The miles were much friebtened wren first taken, but when iSiured thev would be well treated and eoon returned, begat to develop thdr Yankee traits : speakin? in a very load tone of voice, with a nas-l tviang cursing, using slac-g w ord?, aud very peculiar idioais, they caus ed U3 no little amusement. Oae expression was com mon to all, 1 e . "to home" ttey speik "of goiug to home." "when I waa to borne." &e. They spoke 1 f their wives as " the old woman," and the man who said he a.-.n!,1 ,-Afh r Iww ilia wiffJ hro hi MC.hoOner" Wd8 not the only one who showed iieguUrity in his conju gal re la lions. 'That boat was all I bad in.tbe world," sail one "ocd I've put fi?e yours bard work in it. Now it's al gone. 'Yts, I repl'el," ard your people have destroyed not only what we buve gaiced . in car whole liv;3, but our ancestors for ov:-r an hundred yewe." Tbey acknowledged tr.etrutb, but could not see why th :y sbonld be wade to sutler for whar. others ha i done Singular enough, we h ive not yet 'oand a single man who would acknowledge hi.ns-Jf a Yankee. Tby inva riably claim to be Somaern sympathiser?," "allers have bcea freindly to tbe .South'' ad were opposed to the Government to Lincoln and tbe war, and a majority claimed to have been threatened with fro '.hers aod tat f .r thtir secession proc ivi'iea. I presume they thought w$ btiifved tids gammon, aod hoped to get better treat ment by lying. It made very ii.ile difference, however, what politic; 1 cey bad or profess;-' 1 ona vas treated as well as auoiuer, and ail ds prisoners of wat-: Ali tb. ee vessels wre tufcea whiie ruaning dewn the coast of Maine, and the last three or four near the Is land of .Marteaisus and Monhegan io Penobscot Lay. We run cioee to Msrtcnica, na saw the people on shore watching our raovi"m:at?. 'The day waa epent cruising troucd these Islands, cnl buraing vessels marked our course, f o wards night, Mr. Tyntms, our chief engineer, reported 'the cai fast going, acd in cr to get & ircsb supply to continue our operations among the fishsrm-jn, Caotain Woad turned for Halifax, and at dark we were dasbiaar ou aULirtcen knots an hour wards Cape Ssbie. Wkdnefdat, 17th. At G o'clock, when I wo'scywe wore ou Brown's back, about forty mil-. a from tie Cpe. It was a dull, smoky day, the-sea calm aud .the tiir cool. . Althrugii in tbe middie of August, an over coat was not uncomfortable. Saw several fishermen in the- distoLC. but dii not turn from our Course to pick then up. Oae corait.g iu cur way, w.-s cipturcd the fislrit.g pch "oner Norlb Ain -riC'i, i-i Nev London, Con nt.'Cticuf.Did Maiuwari );?, maater. We f?ot soma fr&h Ssh h.iib'io weighing sixty to seventy pounds, eom ice, acd a few pro.'iiionf, iben t-cati!ed the veaeel. At 9, csptared brig Neva, of Eist Macbiae, Maine, from Lycgaa b y, C. TJ , co Nev7 Yurir, wit a a cargo of coais. Bonded sor scventten thousand fi?e hundred dollars and prijjnera cut on bord. 2 wo o'clock. Matte tho Nova Scotia coust above Capti Sable, uad uurio? -he Jay skirled alvpg it, just oear rnougri to diaiioguifh the huuss, villages and'ferts by lbs shore. A hrge steamer, siusding to tbe south- wfird, passed us at o, P. M , but wj had tco little coal to civ-j coaa.?, evta if ruvot naa rot b' en so near. At 4, P. M., cap'urtd schooner Josiah Achnrae, of Rockiand, Maine, bouud to Caoa LTreloa for coals. l'bere wm no:hrc:g 0:1 tha vwcl of value to ua, and she was burced as eooa the piisonei'3 zid their b?5gage could be ruirfoved. Towards 5, the air grew heavy ud eome rain fell.- A dense mist L.in'ra over tho water. Two licfitbcnses visible on the chore, and a long iico of sterile .coast. Barometer fatiirg. Wind northeast, with proepfct of a etorm, lianniiig along the coac-t, vve fecw two small fishing schooners a few iciitis ahead, which, a? eooa as the flames of the Achume" blazed up in eight, turned in shore. We pat on full steam-aod soon came up with them, end just in time t.see the crews q botb take to their small io-its and pull towards a little island a few miles away. Tbe schcoiiers were entirely deserted. We headed cfl tbe boats, and orderirg one back, brought the other alongside. When asked why tbey forssck their vessels, they replied tbey were .afra;d we would kill them all. Indeed, the7 were very-b&diy frightened, and hard. iy one out of a doz.u men was uble to talk intelligibly. Tbe schooners were the D, Ellis acd Diadem, of Har wick, Mi-B:ar:U;eM5, returning from a fbbiog trip in the Bay of Caaleur. Such & pack of cowards I never siw eome were crying and a-kicg if tbey were to be killed, or what wis to be done with them. All dis claimed any connection wilb toe war, and vowed they had aiwajs tt"n oppojed to Abolitionism and the Gov ernment. This mforinalioa w9 volunteered, and, with Puritan solemnity and air, they called, with impious frequency, upr?n God to ritnfss the truth of their dec larations. Tbey were Mtthadist Protestants, and boasted of their piety. Oaa suid, " I hope God may strike me dead if I ever had anything to do with the war." . "Bui," &aid 1, t: you carried a torch iu that Black .Republican procession in liar wick. How came that ?" "Ye yep," he stammered, "butldid'nt meaa acy-thh-g by it." lie to'd the truth, becausc ha was tco much confused to tell a' lie. Tie prisoners were paroled aod to!-i lo git in their boats and make n straight course fcr horns. Obtained a Portland pacer :bs mornining in which we are culled " pirates," aLid a lotig list 01 atrocities committed by tbe ere W' of the pirate "Taliabassee" given to the public. The numb r of direct, unmitigated 1 1 t . 1 1 lies eraoracca in mi3 account or our aoins 13 mosi as tonishing. 0.:e mau e?pecialiy, who, to my personal knowledge, was treated kindly on board, publi&bea a "stunner." borne sttries told by the late Baron Mun- coausen aod generally considered difficuit of belief, were simple exaggerations compared to toe stories of this martyr. His clothes were stolen, his hat tfi'reu from his bead, his boots from h;s feet, and, horrible to tell, he was given nothiog to eat bat meat and bread. When the captuin of the Howard was with us, there was a Herald on board containing some falsehoods of this kind, and they were ehowa to him with the remark that all prisoners bad received tbe same treatment given him. ne replied, these stories were invented by the press re porters, and often without seeing tbe person whose statement they give. ITig own case was an example. When taken by the "l lorida," he jwas returning frcm the W est Indies with a cargo of fruit, Captain Morris purchased some pineapples, lime?, oranges, &c., and paid him in geld more than ha would have received in greenbacks in New York. He told tha reporter Cap tain Morris had got some pineapples from him, and the next mornkg the paper appeared with a card, s;gned by him, in which it was stated the fruit had been stolen, along with many other things on beard, af terhc bond had been executed. To correct this falsehood, the cap tain inserted a card the next day, giviog th3 true etory, saying he had every reason to be thankful to Captain Morris for his kind and courteous treatment. A few hours alter, ho was waited on by a man in the confi dential employ cf the Government, and told if be wish ed to keep out of i?'ort Lafayette he had better hold hia tongue about that matter. Of course he was careful how he told the truth thereafter. It is truly amusing to see how e&ger all these people are to be paroled, and they askovcr and over if it will potect them frcm the draft. They fold their paroles away very caretuliy, and look upon them like bank bills. "This is worth $350 to me," said one ; "I would not take a thousand fo rmine said another. One skipper declared if it would protect him from the army he was willing to give his vessel for it, and the captain cf a bonded ves3el brought his whole crew on board for the purpose of obtaining paroles. It is ridiculous, indeed, to hear them converse about the draft and their fears ol being takea for a soldier. At dark, wewere still running along tha coast, and about sixty miles from Sansboro Head, at tbe entrance. Went on under easy steam to make it at daybreak. Weather thick and foggy Wiud northeast and ris ing. Bohemias. Thus3j?ay, 18th,-Mornicg came, ia cold and wst, the dense fog tnat bucg heavily ovr tlejwatcr Jack ing only the name to be a shower. We made Sambro Head at an early hour, and Ihen ran alonoc the rock 7 coast towards the mouth of the .harbor.- Presently e saw a email boat coming through the mist, and a uheerv Irish voice asked if we wanted a pilot. To be Bar We did and a red-faced weather-beaten young fisherman clambered over the side. At the entrance- to the har bor, or rather Chebucto bay, we stopped to fi,c tho guns, the law prohibiting, or, at least courtesy forbie dirg, ns going into a neutral port with shotted guns. A regular branch pilot now came off to us and took the ship from tbe fisherman, w&T was oily permitted to take in vessels when no pilot was at hind. He wts sat isfied, however and went on his way rejoicim: with two or three pounds of tobacco in his pocket. , Being wet and disagreeable on deck, we saw bat little of the scene ry in going up the bay. Getting Bbort glimpses throc?h tbe open ports, we saw the shore was well cultivated and dotted here and there with little white village There are also some fine farms that stretch back from the water the green pasture lands covered with Rhecn end cattle. It is eight miles only to the city, ard in k-sz tban an hour we were anchored off the town. For seine da8 back tbe Yankee papers have be?n filled with the doiogrf of the pirate "Tallahassee,1, ar.d a large number of small boats soon surrounded th? Bhip, filled with curious individuals anxicua to see what sh-i was like. A few frieud3 were permitted on board, but a majority were refused, and had to be content with ua outside view. Several boat loeda of Yankees were pointed- out to us ; probably sent off by the Yankee consul for the purpose of gaining informal ioo. About 9 o'clock Captain Wood cillcd upon the Ad- mtral, Sir James Hope, and upon his return we were permitted to go on shore. Halifax is a city of some forty thousand inhabitants. The houses are built principally of wood, and have an oir of age, although the maia portion of th: town U comparatively new. Along the bay is the bush tea p;ii-. tion, atd back open the bill the residence of tb m t chants and the military. The land upon which the city is built rises rapidly from tho water iiiio a bill, crown ing which is. the citadel, a strong acd beaviiy nrine 1 fortresd, prottcticg the town nnd commanding the lur bor. At ths present time the garrison consist ol th-; sixteenth and Seventeenth battalions, with e'etoch ments ot the Royal Artillery. In tha harbor h St. George's island, also heavily fortified .and garrisoned uy the artillery. Halifax is quite a business tovn, anJ storei and warehouses increase with great rapkli-y sh tbe trade annually enlarges. Its fine barber gives it many natural advantages. It would be sup'trfluoui to enter into a detail -jd cescripwos or me io-vu in id.s diary, and I paes it by with th3 few remarks already made. lhe people generally are very friendly to tbe South, but in too many instances I can but thick it an iuter esrtd friendship. They derive great benefit from south ern trade, and, undoubtedly, are hoaeat in their sympa thy and id their admiration for Confederate valor. A few men cau be mentioned who have done a great deal for cur cause, and have shown their sympathy in some thing else besides empty words. Amocg theso are j)r. W. J. Almoo, Dr. Slayter, B. Weir & Co , A. Kiiiu, and Mr. Piilsbury, editor of the Journal, vruo has ta ken a strong stand in our favor. Dr. Almoo, especial ly, has done ail in hi3 power, -and we were indebted to bim for many kindly acts. Through his energy ve ob tained a mast to replace the one lost, and his whole time while we were there seemed devoted to m. I bavc reason to b very grateful to him, and many other Con federate cfScera can say "the eame; for he is never weary of good deeds. A Eon of Dr. Almon ia an es teemed surgeon in our army. The archbisaop, alu, i:i very friendly to U3, and his heart, his hou3. aod hi.i purss, have ever been open to needy Confederal. The British officers are unanimous in their expressions of friendship ; but I notice a great change in thdr feeing. Policy seems to control them, and tha fear ot their Yan kee ne-:ghbor3 is evident. I bad an acquaintance 1.1 tha Seventeenth, Captain , who, wbea I was ia Halifax last winter, waa very warm and opnn ia b;3 sympathy for our caase. Now, I couli but notice tLe cautious manner ot bis expression. There is a change in the fee-ling plainly seen, owing probably, to t!u course of the Government, which grows daily iuhiic.d to U3. The colonial administration is controlled oatirt Jy by Lord Lyons at Washington, who is, aj is w. :l known, completely under ths thumb of tho Yankee Minister of titate, Mr. Seward. In every. iiidumcu where the governor of oce of the colonies, or oiher Liph official, was friendly to the South, be has been removal and another of tLe Lord Lyon3 school appointed. Thid is seen iu all tbe Canadian appointments ; in tha remo val of Lord Melgrave and the appointment of Dr. Rich ard McDonald, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia ; the removal of Admiral Milne, and of Governor Biley, of Nassau. The appointees are in every instance strong ly against U3. Dislike of slavery i3 ut the bottom of all this, acd, also, fear of the Yankfees. Every day ii becomes more and more evident that we have no hope from any lriendly feeling in England or her colonics. Friday, 19th. Went ashore about twelve today, but bad been there but a ehort time before an order came to go on board at once, &a tjjere wqs a rumor of soma difficulty with the authorities. Ever since our ar rival the telegraph to the States had been mooopohz d by the i mericau Consul, Judge Jackson, and 11 ww understood that Lord Lyons had telegraphed a very emphatic order to " send that vessel to sea." Daring tbe day, Judge Jackson had mada a requisition upon tbe Government for the steamer, demanding viiy mod estly, tbe crev end officers be d"!iverfd up iu chains. Ibis demand was laugbed at ; but still affairs began to look sarioua. Tbe " Tallahassee " was on the Dartmouth side of tbe river taking in coal from a brig, and nearly all h";r' officers were on shore. Earfy in th j evenicg, without a word of warning, several armed boats and hunches were sent down, to us with orders to go to si a at o--cc, and forbiddiog 113 to talre over' one huncrcd tou3 01 coal, enough, it was eaid, to take tbe vessel into tbe nearest Confederate port. A naval officer waa put oa board to see that all dispatch was used, and the bjati anchored alongside. This was rather gallicg to cu: pride, aod entirely unnecessary, for a simple Older from tha Admiral would have been sufficient without all tr.L armed display. AH bas'.e was now used to get tl.e ve;s;l to sea. Nearly one hundred" tons ot coal waa taken cu boar'?, and a small qaantity of oil an- engineer stores, a'oso fulely necessary. About dark we bauled out into tbu otrpflm, ocd only waited the return of a guard party, sent out to look up som-3 runaways, to go down the oay. Throu 'h the attention of Dr. Almon, we got a spar and hauled it up on the deck, ready to ship it aj soon as we arrived in eodw port where we shou"' be permitted to remain long enough for the purpose. About nine o'clock the guard returned and reported twenty-seven men miasiDg, evidently enticed away from the ship by Yankee emirnries. Judge Jacks ju hid a band in it, and it was remarked that this waa not thj first time he has been guilty of such dirty work. We could wait no longer, and, after dropping tha naval of ficer into the boat, got under steam and soon left the town behind t.3. Of course re were much disappointed with our treat ment in Halifax, and it was little expected, since so much friendship had bien expressed by the pec pie. But they are hardly responsible lor the acts of tbe Gov ernment. . Perhaps we expected too much ; at any rate, despite our condition, the law, custom or sympathy, we were peremptorily ordered to sea. I learned that the Queen's coun32l decided while we were thxre that tbe vessel of a belligerent power has the right to go iuto a neutral port and remain long enough to mike all ne cessary repairs, take in coal, and twenty-four hours af terwards. Considering the feeling against us, 1 doubt it Captain Wood had sjen fit to beg permission to re main, it would have been granted. . Whiie in Halifax, we saw the Yankee paper.3, con taining accounts of our captures, and learned tbe ex citement regarding us. Several vessels have been acnt out in pursuit. A Washington telegram says : " Thtf (first information of the depredations of the pirate Tallahassee was received by tbe Navy Depart ment, on the 12th instant, after office hours. Secretary Welles immediately ordered the following vesIs ia pursuit, namely : Janiatta, Susquehanna, Eolus, Itoa toosne, Dumbarton and Tristam Shandy, ou th 3 13.h ; the Moccasin, Aster, Ztntic, R. R. Cuyler and Urand Gulf, on the 14th ; and on the 15th, tbe Decotah ani San Jacinto. These were all the vessels available ia the navy." All thess. steamers, and more, starting out daily, alter one small vessel, short of coal and sadly iu want of re pairs I British neutrality ! I stood on the deck, in the moonlight, thinking of tha strange neutrality that works only against one side, and that, ptrhap?, tbe weaker. About 11 o'clock we crossed tha bar and raa out to sea, the lights on Sambro and the opposite point visi ble on either hand. In two hours' time we were Ur from land. Saturday, 20th, Clear and calm. Sea smooth. We run due ease for several hours until well off tho coast, then turned direct for Wilmington. In tbe even ing captured schooner Boan, of Salisbury, Massachu setts, froia Newbaryport to Long Bay, OapaBretou,
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