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The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Freak of nature. (search)
ch has been briefly noticed in our paper: On Thursday last, the 4th inst., Captain Higgins, formerly of the United States Navy, and now of the Confederate Army, and aid de camp to Major General Twiggs, fitted out the steamer Oregon, commanded by Captain A. L. Myers, and also the steamer Swaim, Lieut. Warley, C. S. N., commanding, for the purpose of driving the enemy out of the Mississippi Sound. The steamers sailed on Friday last, both well armed and manned, and proceeded as far as Bay St. Louis, where they filled up the bags which they had provided themselves with, with sand. They left the bay at 9 o'clock Saturday morning, for the cruising ground of the enemy, the Swaim taking the main land or side passage, and the Oregon the outside, and proceeded to Ship Island Pass. Finding no enemy in sight the Oregon proceeded to sea from Ship Island, and soon saw two vessels, and gave chase. They proved to be two fishing smacks of our own. The Oregon then returned to Ship Island,