Show BLOCKADE RUNNING canni by who helped to stop it th ol 01 tb rier smote the notch lorill ll rill ID 1 anil ft jon 0 arc the writer commanded the united connecticut on the block ad wilmington lon NC for fourteen month and during that period captured aud in four anno minnie ami greyhound all valuable cargoes and adjudged worth the con run ashore and destroyed four other blockade phantom IIer all cvrk and diamond alio boc kado runners would always dark nights to run in and out aud ortrun of tho moon nd tint quarters of the moon when it ct early and roo late this moon arrangement was always a matter of great concern to them then a tolerably high tide also entered into the calculation the lint blockade runner captured bj the connecticut was alie juno it was a bright pleasant morning off borc and out about seventy miles from wilmington when nt bay break aho wn chase was riven and in three hours eho was a ariso when the captain wm brought ou board lie was greeted with alio usual good morning with the additional remark glad to soo you to which do replied with an oath im not clad to you A week before tho juno lifted safely run n had discharged her english cargo on board tho usual confederate american cargo of cotton tobacco and turpentine and wa now bound to Ni Aau amont other letters found on board own fra in enlind in it tho captain described tho past the yankees at night and canceled to bo lucky in running out ut this ho would inform them apon hla at where ho would cloo and tend hla letter tho aid letter never reached england nor even maimu these blockade runners acro all english tl camera anil auro painted lead vv itono color to prevent their being at night when running cleao in along tho land tho iro and for burning the olt coal which always mado 1 inucci black moko thiu coald long dis linco ou in the lay time tho coald of conrao bo ficen before the vessel was visible e leavo beidl and wo havo read of alio llio excitement on board a whale ship produced by tho cry of tho iok out at iho masthead spout 0 A chalo in night bloat aro gotten for lowering with barboom bar linc and lancos on board of the connecticut when tho lookout man at tho masthead sang out black all waa commotion com every one wa upon his foot and nil oven a well a the chips bead acro in tho direction tf all ahcarn was and iho chhue A caire of thi kind once fit stevn lioi ira black wa dincov crol at and pursuit w u commenced and continued until after dark when the blockade runner waa lot tight of the connecticut however got within two allea of her making a aln of ten milen as it war to her to wap ho had to throw overboard nearly ill her carco which english gooda as hc wa bound in wo pad through and iv innumerable balea ond boxes during tho day omi of which wo perceived hoe this caused a wag ebli allor to if we crould get and put on of ciofi wa could run and catch fellow vv mill continue with tho further of jhb team cr which will tx found quite interesting suase bently ho to be tho tristam bbaney A has the threw all her cargo went into Ni binau nau alfed up hurriedly with another cargo and once more for wilmington rin abo blockade and ewt in in order to have th dark of the moon ho unloaded with great IL batth loaded with tho confederate bargo and tailed for when abc rut ho ws ducov artil by tha united states which aavo chaw cha w it soon be como tery ami tho lost erht of her but continual on the ane when the blockade runner wa lut tu in a few minutes a trumen don tokumo of black frooks from the oft coal cam into th ot the po alt on of the pequot and n minute tho WM up with the runar and tho Trw tini blody WM cantered she had broken town tho of her had bated the connecticut him 0 o lain thoc houri ahl hla m out of order nd he utne to adjust and it lar IM iad to hurry very touch to act nut ol 01 nd into dmd out ot wll in order to T the moon nd lh IM so the connecticut WM the caim ot the ot the rr am with lame cr go nl cargo lagather wire dud cd ajr the prue court to be north three boott ditc thousand dollar added to this was the cargo thrown overboard when chased by the connecticut making a great total loss to the camo A certain saturday night off the western bar ono of the inlets into wilmington was an exciting ono for the blockaded block adem and blockade runners aho there was no almo to indulge in saturday songs and revelries revel ries or to drink sweethearts and wives we knew hat blockade runners were expected for the tides and tho abato of the moon favored them tho moon went down early orders had been given that at that time every should have her anchor up with steam and everything ready for start the acs four in number connecticut georgia emma and buckingham acro swinging about and little used to keep them in their assigned positions they acro like restless race forsea awaiting tho order go the of tho deck was lying down apon his breast on the hurricane deck sweeping the horizon with hi glass suddenly he reported that tharo was something moving on tho water liko a blockade runner tho commander took a look and confirmed the report orders acro immediately given to start and move at fall two guns were at the vessel when she changed her course stood off under full and was lot of in this slie met willi the georgia which vessel started after her and drove her off continuing in her to enter tho emma met glicr ind drove hec off she was faster than most of our vessels and as it was dark she could soon run out of sight but alio was not willing to give it up she had now stood well over toward smiths island think mg she might get in by running close along the land and now for the fourth time she attempted it when tho buckingham espied her opened her guns upon her and drove her off As wo sec or licar anything anoro of her that night we supposed she hail gone out to sea to try it perhaps another night as was frequently but at daybreak tho next morning lo 10 and behold was tho steamer hard nud fast ashore she had been forced off and shoved over so many times eliat alic biad got nearer alio land than she calculated and had run badly ashore attempts acro made by our vessels to get her off which was found 0 o bo impossible A few daya after a gale of wind camo on which broke tho vessel to pieces sho was found to bo the noted english blockade runner tho officers and crew had left in thair boats and landed on smiths hi the dark of tho night this had been running bc charleston had madejek or twelve success had paid for herself several times over sho had changed her route to the ono between nassau and wilmington which proved bad luck us she was wrecked on her first trip and now camo up tho question of common sense versus law tho connecticut had captured n schooner laden with salt a cargo not worth more than three or four hundred dollars by throwing the salt overboard five or six thousand dollars worth of valuable goods could bo taken from tho herald and put on board of the schooner which was done this would naturally bo deemed common sense but tho law says that no person in tho navy shall take out of a prize any goods or any property before alio baroo bo adjudged laffal prize by a competent court this proceeding was duly reported to the avy department but nothing was ever said in abo way of approval or disapproval thereof the chief engineer of the connecticut was a zealous patriotic man and was well up to his duties in every particular in alio hard canso of fifteen hours as has been described it occurred to the to step down into the engine and boiler rooms to lako ft survey of matters and thing when he arrived tho chief engineer remarked captain theu boilers have now been run months in chasing blockade runners and are getting tender they aro under a heavy strain today to day and 1 addiso you to keep on deck the captain replied that if there wa any danger ho know why ho share ft with tho engineer but said the oni cial your particular post of duty is on deck and is ecru I 1 shipped for this and it tho boilers go ft is my privilege and duty to stick to and go with them upon reflection and deeming discretion alio better part of valor the captain left and went on deck the boucha I 1 am glad to say did not burst iopu and matrimony once came in as in abo couro of this blockade cavico cr vico forts and towns may be blockaded but loving hearts can be although hardhearted hard hearted i sometimes attempt it when tho greyhound was captured and cargo adjudged bytho arizo courts to bo worth halt a million of of dollars among the passengers on board was the noted ballo boyd alio had been a prisoner before in tho war n the hands of general butler and had been made somewhat famous by her penceal deportment her speeches and her tho was taken to boston was adjudged a lawful friio and was condemned ballo boyd with the other and tho officers and crew acro released and permitted to go wherever they pleased from doton they all went to halifax and from to england the aruo mastor of the greyhound was a young volunteer with tho rank ot acting master in tho united states navy and rather A good looking fellow it that whilo on board of the greyhound together ha and ballo doyd became greatly interested in each other and their feeling into after thea separated at a fervent corre ras commenced and continued between them and thoi became ho drori the federal havy and proceeded it england and they acro in she brot an interesting book about her life am in which h i graphic account of her courtship court thip an xa arriage all attending incidents her career was certainly fall of tho most eventful heroic and romantic features a career softened and varied at ho fame time and which showed eliat hearts could be captured as well blockade runners it may not bo generally known or may have been forgotten by the public that bello boyd was tho daughter of general blvd of the confederate army who died while a prisoner to tho federal forces he possessed vast estates sn virginia early embraced the of southern independence and was soon entrusted with a generals command ills daughter dallo enthusiastically embraced tho samo cause followed her fiaher to tho field and accompanied compa nied him throughout his campaign on two occasion like a modem joan of arc sho heroically 1 cd on tho troops to battle sho wan however captured in n skir and was a prisoner for thirteen months as previously mentioned then sho was exchanged for general cochrane Coch ranc who had been mado prisoner by the confederates after all years 1 remember iier second capture and at results with amused interest rear admiral almy in courier jar ml |