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The Daily Dispatch: January 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
pleasant to be fired at with hard cannon balls, without any chance to fire back. I wish to say, however, that no one on board displayed any symptoms of fear. Capt. McGowan, and the pilot, Mr. Brewer, were probably especial marks for the Morris' Island battery, since a good shot through the wheel-house would have been most disastrht back. Soon after crossing the bar of the Charleston harbor, on our homeward coast, we met a fine sailing vessel, the Emily St. Pierre, of Charleston. Captain McGowan stopped and hailed her. "Where do you hail from?" said he. "From Liverpool," was the reply. "Whither bound?" "To Charleston." "What f" "You can do what you like," replied the other, with a voice which seemed to be tremulous from some cause or another, "you are the stronger party." Captain McGowan concluded that, inasmuch as he had not at present a commission from Government, he would let the Emily St. Pierre go her way, but declared that if he had his