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The Daily Dispatch: January 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], The wreck of the steamer Vestafull particulars. (search)
The wreck of the steamer Vestafull particulars. The following account of the wreck and destruction of the blockade runner Vesta is taken from a letter written by our quondam correspondent "Bohemian," who was a passenger on board upon his return from abroad: Sunday, (Jan. 3d,) was wearing rapidly away as we lay off the town of St. Georges, steam was up, and everything in readiness for departure when the order should be given. It was a little after 4 o'clock before the anchor was weighed, but in a short time thereafter we passed along the town, winding among the little islands, down by the scowling black-mouthed guns of the fortress, straight through the narrow pass which opened out into the broad Atlantic. On we went over the heaving waves, farther and farther from the fast receding shores; dusky night-shadows gathered over the sea, deepening every moment, until the land grew dim and indistinct, and the "still vexed Bermoothes" was hidden from our view. When the stars come