The New York Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1863, Page 8

- B THE IRONCLAD FIGHT. {CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE). 4 The wgfven te ‘up aneher,” each click of the windies is re- ‘verberstod threugd his system, a eustle among the crew; @ rapid walk inereases the throbs of hie Dut ex: heart, The anchor leaves fer muddy #ed, the bell ‘to Me engine reom rings out the commanétef the pilot. ‘That bell rings with a decper and @ mere solemn wound: even the ‘busy crew feel ite influence, and in eu instant the ljatent powers of the Peat up steam, Low freed, geves Motion tothe screw, and ‘Me grim war yessel trembles.as she moves abead. The qwushing-ef the waters by the vessel as she ploughs aloug ‘adas another sound 10 make a sensation hitherto not ex Perieneed. Novwithstanding these betis, tho motion of ‘the veasoi, the rushing waters and all the other sounds «which may «rise are commen 10 every vessel, and bave ‘been meard a thousand times, yet under these cireum- stances they strike diflerently upon the ear. ‘uc vezsei is an trom-clad, and before we started our atue hatches were puton. All would be midnight dark- ‘wese below but for the large lamps which ligbtup the ‘@ecks and passages. Even these lights to him barn with | strange clare: he does not see the bright rays of the ‘gan which is shining 50 clearly overhead. The memories fail bis days rosh upon him, as if hurled at bim to crush out the future. He endeavors to repeat a short prayer, but a choking sensation checks his very thoughts, and he ‘feols as if he had fasted for days. His mouth becomes ary and parched, and his head aches, A most terrible eontiict is going ox between mind and body. He drinks a oanks water; but it is tasteless amd chills his stomach. feeis as if he would give worlds to be away from the »geene; yet withal he is auxious to engage the enemy. He ‘feeis confident of success, and has a feelng that he will not be harmed. Hhs hands feel cold and clammy, while his feet cringe with pain. A sudden order is given. Jt seems as if a thunderbolt struck him; he starts, and for an instant relapses, sweak und almost powerless, but instantly recovers him- ‘self and asks the import of the order. ‘Word js assed along quietly, ‘We aro close to the bat- tery.” A pause, The enemy opens bis fire. Yet onward wosteam. A shot strikes the vessel, ‘Why don’t we ref” he nervously exclaims. Presently the anchor is fet go, and tp a few moments the ponderons turret begins f revolve. The quiet which reigned supreme for some time past is now broken. Enseaaiiz the orders from the ‘Surret are beard, “Are you p>“ Aye, aye “Firel”’ Click goes the lock. snap the primer, and @mendous report, which shakes the whole vessel, gives peeenie proof that the engagement has fairly opened. the unpleasant sensations have vanisbed with that Feport, ani that weak, powerlees being becomes trans- “Fermed into a man, works with an epergy as ex- ‘frome as wis his weakness, and in an hour he ie trans- ‘formed from a trembling mortal to a death-deuling ‘Those not acquainted with naval men would attribute these weaknesses tom want of courage or bravery; but ‘@his ts not so, for 1 bave seen some of the most deter- amined, brave, and cool men so feoble from this working ‘of the system Seas a ablo sine ve ior @apport of a fri stanchion or r ig: yet ‘@hen the first gun was fired they were as strong as lions nd desperate as the hungry tiger, moving about with face begrimed with powder, and their flashing eyes be spoke the delight which reigned in their hearts. It te not an unfrequent oscurrence on board of a war ‘weasel to see a group of officers sitting around the mess table talking of the fortunes of war, speaking of their @esires should they be killed in action, The surgeon is questioned in relation to the probabilities of surviving gertain injuries—how many cases of certain operations ‘Reve survived, and a multitude of questions. If he bo a po Noe ry he always gives large doses of hope, and flied feel in great measure cheered. The men of war leave their littie keepsakes in churge of the doctor or paymaster for safe keeping, yet some modest and would-be brave ones, and others, from thoughtfulness, do mot make any outward show of these feelings; yet we doubt put if their papers were overhauled we should find geome evidences of their being men of tender feelings and eympathics. ‘@n the whole, this business of war Is strange, yes, passing strange, and I bave yet to learn where the plea- ‘sure lies. One suffers suspense, privation, ingratitude anda host of unpleasant things, all for glory, which at the Dest is a vain, fleeting show. TUK RERELS LYING IN WAIT. But to resume my notes :— Our oppanents manifested no signs of life. It is true a emblem of rebeldom drooped jaztly from a tlag in the rear of the fort; but not even the smoke of a camp fire betokened anything like resistance on the part of the enemy. Yet we well kuew that a desperate and de- termined foe Jay coucealed behind the colossal earth- ‘works we were rapidly approaching to, We could readily iacover that the enemy had not been idle since our last ‘visit. The great holes our shells had mafe were filled up and the work apts order for a bravedefence. The mist, Rewever, would not let us see as much as eve could wish to. At twenty-six minutes past seven o’ebock we were abreast of a target, which the enemy bad placed on the Yeft bank of the river for some —— unknown to us, as it bore no marks of practice. We pussed thoir mark; Dut yet they bold their fire, possibly supposing we in- Vended to run through the obstructions. CLOSK ACTION. At twenty-seven minutes past seven we anchored about six hundred yards from the fort and well over on the bt bank of the river. We could look right into muzzies of their guns. After anchor- img we went ‘‘to quarters’ and cleared the turret ior action. Just as we let go the anchor the @memy firod his fret guo, which was followed in rapid Baccession by four others. GENERAL ENGAGEMENT, ‘The gunboats now opened their fire from their anchor- age, about one inile and three-quarters from the fort. At = before eight o’clock our fifteen inch belched her volume of fire and shell; but the smoke which settled around turret precluded our seeing ite eect. The enemy the advantage of us, and blazed ‘Sway at us very rapidly. THE MONTAUK HT. At seven minutes to eight o’clock a ten-inch shotetruck Tragmssis. {wee ih the plot. Bouse, watching ‘with ts. 1 was in , watching w: ‘much interest ihe duel between the fort and the ‘‘cheese ‘box.’ but even up there we were not able to see the edect of our shot, while the enemy were rapidly hitting ‘up with their projectiles. SMOKE AND FOG. At a few minutes past eighto'clock the enemy and our- felves were obliged to slacken fire, on account of the deuse smoke, which, mingling with the must, veiled us each other's vision. While waiting for the weather (o clear up some of our people went outside of the turret, and, upon examfnation, found several shot marks, but everything was all right. Scarcely had they weached the inside of the turret before the enemy again @pened his fire with greater accuracy than before, and then we went at it again, firing as rapidly as circum- stances would allow, ‘TRE PILOT HOUSE STRUCK. About half past eight o’clock our pilot house was hit a tremendous blow by a shot. Your correspondent was at the instant of impact on one knee writing a paragraph in this note-book. The shock was somewhat severe, and af+ terwards be found that the at ruck close to bis bead, TP a ad f: ore citi 29 It unbalanced me, and I tumbled over against the side ofthe nurrow pilot house, when, to my surprise,1 was struck by a piece of iron bolt with the nut attached, ‘weighing about one pound), first on the shoulder and ‘on the knee. some of the other bolts were knocked out. The iron was, no doybt, of an inferior quality, and ad they been of the same character as those in the tur- ret such an event would nqt have taken place. In view of gach an accident, and suffering from the shock, I left ‘the pilot house. I feel satisfied that the pilot house 4a as strong as any part of the veesel, but the bolts will have to be protected from fiying inwards, which can be io a few hours, INYULNERAMILITY OF THE IRON-CLADS, ‘The enemy were hitting us every two or three minutes, ‘Dat in no wise doing the yoesél any harm. The remainder of my experience of the engagement is written notes taken below decks. eHOAL WATER. At forty-five minutes past eight, finding that we were $m fourteen feet of water, and that the tide would fali edout five feet more, we tripped our anchor and dropped soto deeper water about 1.400 yards from the fort. As we dropped down the river a lignt breeze sprang up, which, in a measure, brightened things up, so that we could see oar mark much better; avd the same breeze which did so much for us enabled the enemy to bit us more frequently. HELOW DECKS. The sensation below decks was far ‘different than that which | had experienced in the pilot house on Tues —_ for four hours and a hali and the two hours of to. The sound of our own guns was more acute aad un pleasant, and well it might be, when jt is taken into oon Sideration that the wi volume of sound from the dis- charge of each gun passed directly over and within a few inches of our heads, and the concussion passing inwo the system through the brain by the top of the head. 1 cannot say that it was pajoful, but it was far from pleasant, and, in addition to ‘this, you were scarcely over able to hear the word of mand when the guns were fired. To hear the offs say, “Are you ready?”— Fire’ takes off much of the unpleasantness of the shock: but below you do not have that warning. About half past nine o'clock the enemy was a little more reserved in his fire, fring ouly when owr port holes were turned towards the fort. Then he would “Jet slip the dogs of war,’ in hopes te get a shot or shell inside our turret, We fred beth guns on an average once to four minutes, which was quite often enough for the comfort of the enemy, as we were tearing down his huge traverses. and destroying his parapets; but they were of veh cokmeal proportions that it would take more time and ordnance stores than we could devote w the object. ‘THK WOODEN VRERRIA. The gunbow's threw in shells in fine style, while the mortar rchooner occasionally burst a shell im their im- mediate vicinity. The ¢ ny returned their fire with a Jarge 4 const mortar only, while they paid their greater Attention to the anoibilation of our litle tower of iron. They performed their part of the duty well; but we were Put together in too substantial arannner to be so easily ured up, even by accurate Gring and heavy blows. ‘Our due! waged with great warmuh and without, much variance in character (or some time, Finally, to me, it wae onickly and materially changed AN UNKEXD RLOW It wae just eX minutes past eleven o'clock. 1 was ng in the wardroom, and in. « salion with Br, sYton, when @ moet terrifie blow was struck upon oUF k plating dweetly over my bead. 1 was drivon with ‘oroe até a chair, end w hole om yatem abont two minuws perfeetiy paralyzed. 1 ry @ could scarcely obtain my breaib. | never +! sack Am luppleasant pe im the whole course of my Ife, it woe @ heavy shock to my whole ayetern. In fact it enemaded my expermnce in the pilot Ronse, ar hougbt i done wrong in quitung 1. And a euch thoughts slam’ came another tunately for me at least, about six where the (iret one struck. | Weak ax ve me a ehock, aud I waa forced to say ndewt eut of all.” [soon recovered red resumed my foten, but was nally in apprehension of baying the dome repeated. Fortuptely, however, itwar not. Shortly ie Lr. Browne) eur paymaster, vho Wook my But yet, in the mi ‘ day. Our gunboats threw io their shells occasionally, while the enemy’s ten-inch mortar in vain endesvored to land @ shell on their decks. in, the work bid fair to stand for some pon us, threaten’ sight; hours jonger, and our ammunition was too costly to be | but it would Nght up at intervals, showing us in a few | ticipations of seeing a ‘big thing on iron” caused more Commander J. L. Wornxy, U.S stexmer Montauk. Spoken, &c. NEW YORK HERALIy FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1863. ‘ing, and the an- used with such an object in view, and it was decided to | minutes a vast sheot of flames which shot upwards far | than one person to partake of a scanty moal. A lovely discontinue the action before noon, canopy above them, It was not long be- | morning, calm and clear, promised for the vessels that UP ANCHOR, 8 were burnt away, the | were to engage the battery every prospect of being able At twenty minutes o twalve the windlass was manned | hnge stack tottored and then fell over an to the port pad- | to see the edect of their privectils clearly. and the chain slowly hove in, and at seven minutes before | die box, stirring up the glowing embers, which rose THR Day: meridian the anchor was away apd we were drifting | and mingled with the darkness above the doomed vessel. ‘The syn rose bright and clear,and there was no fog or down the narrew river. The enemy, over our ‘THR BOBNING SHIP. haze to annoy the gunners an citer side. The tide did not departure, manned his guns and blazed away as lively as | Nothing but night, cen & darkened background to | serve for ns until daylight bad far advanced, so that he could; but at the best it was slower than earlier in the | the livid flames, gould huve added anything to the gran- there was ample time to prepare for operations. deur of the scene’ re Our weary watching was TAKING POSITION. how reapog tr romar and our earte eat with oy and ‘Tho gunboats and the Dandelion towed the work—the rigging caught fire in several places,and | fort in the following order:—C. P. Williams, THE RBCALL. Para Captain Worden recalled our little fleet, and ordered | torches seemed set, as it were, over a vast funereal pile, | Norfolk Packet. Thoy had housed their topmasts and them to steam down the river out of range of the enemy’s | We fired occasionally at her until it became evident that | swiftered in their forerigging, and stripped for a Ce ‘was bound inte Hampton guns and anchor. At a few minutes before one o’clock | wo could not add anything more to her speedy digsohi- bo it reminded me of times agone on the Missisai we were at our old anc! ‘THE SHOT MARES. All hands were on deck looking at the effect of the ene- my’s shot upon us, and it was not long before they were joined by others from the guuboats. who bad seen the shots strike us, and had come on board to see the marks. ‘Wo bear some marks of a heavy hammering, and yet we are as good as new—better, we think—as we show proef- marks of our invulnerability. ‘We were struck by the enemy’s projectiles as ful- lows -— Turret, times. Pilot bouse. Smokestack. Side armor. WONDERFUL RESISTANCE OF OUR PLATING. The enemy put twoof his shots quite near our port- holes, both being between the inner line of them. ‘The pilot house was struck by one rified and two round ‘The side armor is well marked ; but the indentations in no wise injure the veseel. The deck armor is badly scarred ; but no ill effects accrue from them, and it is belheved that the deck will | not leak at the point of impact. %& The voats can be easily repaired and the spars replaced. One of our spare anchors, which was lashed »t the base of the jacket of the smoke stack, was broken by a shot. ‘The flagstaff at the stern was shot away, the flag falling over the stump, where it remained through the action, and t{li taken down by our quartermasters, the staff on the pilot house, which bore the pennant, was also cut away, while the forward staf, with an ensign flying, escaped unharmed. That flag received nine holes through it in our first fight, ‘THR PERSONNEL. Our officers and men, as on the previous occasion, wero as black as the ace of spades, and allo: ws regretted that we were not able to continue the action to the final point where we could have proclaimed ourselves victors. But 1 am now of the opinion that an earthwork of the size and * character of Fort McAllister requires a very rapid and close fire to reduce it, and that grape, capister and shrap- nel should be freely used, RBAL OBJECT OF OUR ATTACK. ‘The truth is that our two attacks upon this work are but At intervals 3 and die out forward, a8 thefire king was rushing fore We hove up our anchor at seven o’cléck and stood sod ait ering oF the freake in his wo ig All this time | the river slowly, waitivg for the vessels to take ‘herr would entirely bide us , Patapsco and Nahant weighed or and started CERBATION OF FIRING. ahead, steaming up steadily towards the fort. Our little At siz minutes past eight o'clock we ecased »hav- | floet of lookers on eame up and took position just out of ing only fired fourteen times. We waited, watching range, in full view of the huge earthworks. about thirty minutes the burning of the steamer, and THE ANCHORAGES. then up anchor and stood down the river. At this time At thirty-five minutes after eight the iron.clads wero the Nashvillo was entirely enveloped im flames, the Airs up at about the following distances from the work:—Pas- dle boxes were fast crumbling away. and streaks of fire | saic, 1,200 yards; Patapeco, 1,600; Nahant, 1,900. Hese ee Tapenly making Mage qeerione ne wr Ge eS they anchored. ‘THE ENEMY OPEN FIRE. At fifteen minutes past nine the fog suddenly lifted, and In five minutes afterwards the enemy opened with two ‘we saw dense volumes of white rising up and min- { guns, followed by another in rapid succession, bitting gling with its sable neighbor; the cotton was burning, and the smoke was being borne Dy a air in the di- rection of Savannab—a warning to that cotton is | after eight the Para opened with her thirtecn- mor- not yet king. tar. engagement, or rather target ) now EXPLOSION OF A ONE HUNDRED-POUNDER RIFLE. ‘began. At thirty-Gve minutes past nine ‘THE MONTAUK. took place amidships, throwing oP At pine minutes after nine we anchored, having cleared smoke, which, when its ineatia was lost, spread itself out | the vessel for action, ready to run up if we were needed, like a bhage umbrella, It looked like steam, and quite a We had on board tain Upshur and his clerk and number who witnessed it pronounced if to be steam, | quite a number of the rs of the Sebago, whe came on +. 16 BI rome conreres shot. jan, from the fact that the outline of the hull was not | excellent facilities for observin, fir: The smokestack is well ventilated and looks somethin; eerloealy affected by the explosion. Our boys wero scattered rand yg? decks as passive like a pepperbox for a giant. The holes do not injure its EXPLOSION OF THE MAGAZINE. ‘spectators of an action in which they were very desirous draught. Io ten minutes afterwards a terrific explosion took | of participating; but as we had done some service be- place aft. The fire bad reached the magazine, and a | fore it was but that we should now do sume looking spark had, in a flash, set loose the latent power of untold | on. tops. Her hull was not able to withstand a shock like ‘TAR ACTORS. that, and a vast white volume quickly ascended aloit ‘The iron-clads fired slowly ,gradually getting the range, and spread out until it met a sufiicient amount of | while tho bummers promised to throw in some shells in a atmospheric resistance, when it mingled with the smoke | short time. from the burning hull. Tho mainmast was gone, the BUSY WORK. quarter torn down to the water's edge, and the huil riven The rebels were busy,and at intervals we could seo into countless fragments. Some little time afterwards | that they hit the Passaic pretty fairly; of course we the foremast fell, and the destruction was complete. Far { could not tell what damage was done, but from our ex- away over the lowlands the smoke spread itself as if | perience we felt confident that they could not harm her velling from their view those who might be watching | much. As the moments flew the practice from the iron- the annihilation of a vessel once lovely in form, graceful | clads became more accurate, the Passaic bearing off the in her motion and noted for her speed—a vessel built for palm for some time, when the Nahant camo up to the peaceful uses, but, by a band of desperadoes, turned into | mark, delivering ber shell finely and making some ele- 8 pirate (a bloodless one). The tide of life was at anebb, | gantsbots. At twenty minutes before eleven o’clock two and in a short time she would be Dut a macs of tangled | of her shells landed in the traverses, throwing up tho machinery and charred relics. sand to a tremendous height and filling the air with ‘THE WORK DONE SATISFACTORILY, clouds of earth. The crews of the veseels around us gave It was useless, of cour to remain any longer in range | hearty expressions. of their approbation by subdued of the epemy’s guns, Captain Worden ordered the | cheering and joud clapping of their hands. gunboats to withdraw from the action and cease firing. The rapid fire of tho iron-clads caused the rebels to ‘The Dawn used her one hundred pounder rifle once on | ¢lacken their fire from their three guna and an eleven-inch the Nashville as well as the battery, which, by the way, | mortar, which they had been working with great spirit. ‘was at onetime partially 5 A STRONG BREEZE. ‘The wind had now breezea up from the northwest and A REBEL TORPEDO. trial trips, and the practical facts elicited are worth mil- | While withdrawiog from action we passed directly over | gradually increased into almost a gale; but it had the three torpedoes, their Jions to our iron-clad fleet, as we hay valuable points, which are of vital importance in their fature aps a an losivienal would rhea missed an opportunity ining so much practical ywledge for a BLOCKADE STATIONS, During the afternoon we dropped down the river, this vessel and the Seneca anchoring off Florida Pass, while the responded ‘Wissahickon and Dawn anchored off Heli Gate and the C. | sense of having accomplished a just P. Williams below them, ready to start for Port Royal in We at the morning. except the lool eight 0% secured as if loaded for men or vessels; our crew armed to repel board- |, machinery or destroy her, We are now blockaders in evory sense of the word. Jearned many very , one of which exploded directly under- Wok een oa Sor, the smoke quickly from vi be The Patapsco pitched in her shelley, doing some execu- tion in the ert the work, just sxiiiiiog’ the parapet in their fight. Although we kept @ minute record of each within the limited space of our columns. It was ‘nd glorious saw such a beautiful sight Secesh stood up to their guns well down the river, and the gunboats | manfully, and their gunnery was by no means meagre. . At times the enemy would got reply for several moments, ARRIVAL OF CONTRABANDS, and when he opened afresh the guns would belch out from It is hardly necessary for me to write that all hands, At ten o'clock the Seneca discovered two contrabands | a different piace. Gur shells were doing tremendous exe. every ni were g0i ts, sought their needed rest early, and is fair to suppos® our antagonists were not us as yy ee Lala hen I that at 4 bt Nashville that exposing our wi say Allister told the in of the v! be must | up into the air quite a distance. elock re t al our. battle hatches are | take his vessel away from thei hy it ‘and sent boats in to getthem. They left | cution in the sand, but for some time we thought without in | tne fort amidst the confusion of our attack upon the | damaging any guns. Finally a fifteen-inch shell from the ry Nohast exploued ‘under one of the rebel guns, throwing it the REBEL GUERILLAS, into action; our guns are | run the blockade, go up the river and take out About this time Captain Drayton, of the Passaic, and as he Id not bay Lieutenant Commander Miller were on deck looking at ve ers, and everything ready to slip our cable and goabead | her because that damned Yankee iron-clad | the firing. A picco of something hit the Captain under one fani,” We do. not ‘cow t 5° er iving there, e he ng the moment ‘may at- com! tempt to annoy us; but I think we can give more | with these.orders the captain ‘than they bargain for. Bio Ocxscurs River, March 1, 1863. wo shoal Usirep Srarzs ST2aMER risen} Spot which Steen 0s 8 At sa See seven ee ee: This | to the annoy them. In compliance | of his eyes, he went inside of the turret. A couple of tried & woek to revel soldiers, taking advantage of the exposure of the officers on the iron-clads, fired at Mr. Miller, the dalle poate Og Of course he deemed it prudeat veek iter inside, and did go. Mr. Rufus Mm , our brave and skilful pilot, obtained ‘imortar por! Passaic, but surely the fire did its | schooners up the river, placing them in full view of the | Weehawken, Patapsco, Nahant, Catskill. The Quaker City, and and Mary Boardman sailed of the fort was firing at us, stopping only when the fog ition. At twenty minutes Heoilles, saree ps the ‘The returns from several towns in the Second Congres- from vi fe close te the Passaic, when she let slide an eleven-inch mame and that of Mr. F.S. Stalkneckt are mentioned as shell; which fell short of thefort. At fifty-five minutes | Counee! for the plaintiff. I take the earliest opportunity which escaped from the bursting of her boilers. It pro- | board to witness the econe; and as we lay ahead of all the | T8® Sarrwxicnre.—Mr. Jerome Buck is to deliver a lec- Dably was the explosion of the one hundred-pounder rifle | vessels ing the iron-clads, our turret top offered | ture before the shipwrights, at Irving flall,on Friday, gun tired on both sides, it would be too voluminous to | ~.....---.~- , bang, smoke, fire, sand; and I guess but few ever | sum nuszs. the guns, and his good markmaaship was the McAllister on afterucon, was struck by an eleven- y re, ee ee Oak enna a evs, “fach morver shell, wiih hit et fairly om dock -aumiog | sh, Areahestauiting Pan, geen pe snd landed here By and sui were visible, giving, of ely a indentation on ‘ber deck. cracking the plates. but doing | , 24—The Achilles. Guilagher, which arrivet here yesser: , but a very smal mark to fire at, peparce! ixmem. It seems almost impossibie to in. | {8% from Philadelphia, had thrown A part of her miro of FEORRCE, mortar these wonderful clade. - was ever apparent to the officers of Fort Sebs- | Upon the arrival of the Montauk at Port Royal the Ad- ton. Feb 22—The American Coben it must have been om thie ocoasion, as wa did while | miral seat the following lever to Captain Worden, which trom Gali Saar te Nending we seanee stich ment on more ast ee Ee ee ce ee mites Wan rene toninaanre aienanenes Ine Sena and brought into dock. Off yesterday, \owed up it wi ‘they turned their attention sutéers’ Fiseame Wann, ownguns, and crack, slaua, whix:z-2-2 from the enemy's yest wich were soriealy annoying Pont Rovat, 8. C., March 1, 1863, ins opportunity, for mpectt ane coaesp eee Feb, 24 shot, the combined acises forming a ‘their rapid and accurate firing. If they Sm—I have the pleasure to Serene the receipt of | Treat, of Yarmouth. N 8, which y ‘cate. ‘7 er beard with suc’ composure Dy 60 many mea they would not have fired a single shot at us, | Just after the sun went down the Daffodil arrived, tow- Zoe ieresting seners of Danenses, 28, informing me of | her paseege from New York to to asprose owe ‘who felt themselves perfectly safe. peans powder and projectiles and die- a heme rc ceernmee at (he hosanian ‘This vessel. after ude for the noble, manver in wick you rescued af r fire was much more rapid than would 5 ry we ae they take into consideration the enormous weig! the Nashville we ceuld discover no of i re- | chee, had been, accord! the Dent the sea, you lay b; ior tiny ours aan nate a of our ce and stores; but our boys were in thei was to be eoen; and, as bunting is schooner | receive, to dr bouts touk ue safely on. om element, ana seemed detighted at the idea of giving the , they probably took it on til to- | merce, nder you our zraceful thanks for the Rindmege ey rebels a dose of large shells. Every few minutes a shot | when they hastily departed. of her dest: attention we received from you in our destitute condi strike the turret {air and @ perfect J am, of pe re ae ‘ais and serinerame board Zoot ship during the peonage jo. thle pari fragments would fall upon our fron : “Try it again, want of a breeze awa’ smoke from our that | manner 5 , a : Tt eee eee uody would say. “Lat ber Tp,and be. | €Uns was seriously felt, 20 as to onavle ws to 900 the effect. ‘a3 a reserve and see | rable result, nee rn ante tip Arbert, ——.,’’ ejaculated another, And so on, till at last it be- After firing our o> round we wero the iron-clads and ‘‘ bummers.’? Every- | ed from a) fog sal fi aaa f eame ap old story. to cease firing, #0 as to see ‘the fire was doing Ing permitted to at | thus added gu! more about Nov 20h git ibe Rg ben not packers THB REBELS SUFFERING. Nashville. rejoiced | well earned reputation. You will also convoy to your offi- | heard from. — Of one thing we felt pretty certain, that was in the ‘THN PIRATE OW FIRE, ‘to think | corsa and crew my commendation for their good conduct, Whalem early part.of the acsion the enemy ware welinn sora than gratification we were enabled to see a very fifteen- neh cal ue thie secnsicn, bat during the previous attacks At St Helena Jan 23, burk Osceola, 24, of and for New ‘one heavy gun; but vow they were reduced to one ten- | dense volume of black smoke from the forward fe hope for fine weather and | of the Montank on the fort, and services generally | Bedford, with 1,040 ap, put in for medics! advive. inch columbiad. of the vessel, and in a couple 6f minutes thereafter | # clear morning, operations | im the Ogeechee, which have brought so favorably to wii A on big on Leonking Skitt, of Westport, with We could oc 727,07 COR ma saris srore diatunctly viable, forcing their way up ay notion, by reading this communication to them on the | Ludlow, Be Rag tiarbor fata Hives Pia ic 380 oe aad 'e could see that the parapets were severely injured creeping until they reached nearly con: it oceasion I remain, respectfully, your | wh on be r 1 Oiicer, f¢ while the huge traverses bore deep marks of our shells, smokestack. ‘The fog was slowly creeping were on board | obedient servant,” S. ¥. DUPONT, Rear Admiral. Featmenty a fd ald 20th 1B bark Mensooges, Chiller aks morn! ew nd la 20th: 22¢h. ‘bark Messenger Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, rd, 100 sp 30 wh (and ald 18th), po! On Friday ali the fron-clads bad returned to Port Royal | _ Shin Napier, Kenmeuy, hence’ 3 days for Houg Kong, st aod the mortar vessels: terv: 3 N. ion at Ww: r reamn@ in--a: intervals: dicing 84 4 sh) Goncbers -Croan6 Gaya feat, Zéndon ‘for Onwolta ys On Saturday some intoresting experiments were made | P4h 17, lab as N. lon 17 W- om board the Woehawken with infernal machines and | Ju Pacn's! EA saa aa uiays ders ta band ones, At present Ido not deem it proper to Ship Donati, from Shields for NYork, Feb 14, )at 49 30, low describe any of them. They were gotten up expressly for | 13. the Tebels, and they will indo time find out what, they sphbln Seth Sprague, from Antwerp for NYork, Heb 16, 1at are and w! ey are for, res ¥, March 8.—To-day wo left Port Royal. ‘The fol- | 11'gy Wooo" (Ams bound W, Feb 16, lat 96 45N, fon Jewing fron-claiis were in port, vis:—Montauk, Ship Anglo Saxon (Am), Peb M4, lat 47 58 N. low 9.19 W. Bramley Moore (Br), 26 duys from Liverpoo) for San Pyhark JC Miekéin trorn ‘Clon wW. for Boston, Mareb rl 2 Nickel rom mt ues for ‘ten, ) Jat 3820, lon 73 40. wie % Foreign Ports. ALpnoRovGH, Feb 21—-Of, Black Swan, Podger, from Hare Ungen for Bristol, Anrwuny, Feb 18—In port ships Australia (Pruy). Gott chalk: Germania (Brem),Hohorst, and Carla (Aust, M Yeh, for NYork, unc: Matrone (Rus), Lipp, for uo tast of Feb: Prus barks Cores. Rose and Wiltieimine, Bugdahl. for do, une: Aust brigs Seka, Glavich. for do from Ist 115th Maren. Arturo, for do, unc; Br schr Champion, for Boston from eb Ericeson %, four hours ahead ‘ua, ull bound for New York, except the Ericsson, which New Hampshire Election, Coxoorp, N. H., March 12—P. M. sional district received since this forenoon brings Mr. Rolling’ majority down to s0 small a figure, that it may 10th March. require the official returns to gettlo the question, ae ci Feb 23—Arr Ann E Thompson, Simpeon, NYork (: for Briatol). ard from H. L. Clinton, Eeq. wed rey nk, he Seem Raat: Seem, q 0 THR EDITOR OF TRE HERALD. In one of the papers of to-day I read a report of the do- cision ef the Judges of the Saprome Court in the case of Hart ve, Kennedy , Superintendent of Police, in which my ‘ork. Bruxkanaves, Fed 20—Arr Shi New Ovicans. Sid 19th, Vandalia, Patten, N¥ork; @orlolan, Stee! grave, and Elise & Mathilde, Nowdenbodie dor a Put to sea irom the Lighthouse 19th. Ainerika, Meyer, fox ‘ork. * Buxnos Ayres, Jan 16—Jn port bark Ta:isman, RuMe, fm Baltimore arr Ist, ;. Ouxmaven, Feb —Arr Saxonia (*), NYork, Cr: Feb 20—Sid Al Baas, NYorx. ‘TTK, TZ, ork. Campuxas, March 4—Arr brig Ben Dunning, T. Ble 4th, brige Alon Rowelly Boyd, and J Hathaway, Townace a + Crxnruxcos, Feb 28—Sid brig Nantasket, NYork. Duct, Fob ad are Liverpoul, Cumborlain, New York foe Tor London; iichtandcr’ Spoor, So fordor Rhine? %, lander, ‘s a e. London for NYork (and ‘all proceeded): Guiihaidt: Reebarg NYork for London; Daphne, Havener. Manila for Jobanne Wilhelmine, N¥ork fur do (and anchored); Bilen 3 ‘or Baltimore rec:eded); Onesphorus, Curd: NYork /er Londou. soothe Pussed by 224, Avby Brown, Wilson, from Hamburg for Penarth Roa:s- Dovxx. Feb 20—Off, Sophie Theodorine, Hornbostel, from Ostend jor bakes 23~8id_ Ei J Jellies, Fanmoutu, Feb. 2% mma Jane, Singapore; Kurland, Selmar, NYork: E Crshing, Plumer, Nantes. Guascow, Feb 43—Arr Scotsman, Patterson, NY ark. Greenock, Feb 20—Arr Escort, Fuller Moulmein. Put back 2ist, Palmyra, for Boston, disabled. Gatway, Feb'22—Air Linus, Evans, NYork, Gintantan, Feb 16—Arr Petres, Sturges, Palermo (and #l@ 17th for Philadelphia), Cld 16th, Hydra, Harrianen, Poma- ron, Strong E galis 17th. Gexoa, Frb 18—Arr Laila Rookh, Fulton, Ardrossan, Axvorr. Feb 2)—Sld Oresund, Coliundt, NYork. Havana, March 5—Arr schrs Henry Elliott, Dougias, Roe- ton; Ocvan Runger, Lewis, Portiund; 6th, brig ‘Frintelens Havencr, do; achrs Relief (Conted), Smith, Mobile vim Ma: ; George, Gilchr'st, Belfast; Windward, Patridge, Port Tan Sid 5th, bark Chas Keen, Swan, NYork: 6th, bi brose Light, Stahl. Cardenas and Philadetphi Hatch, Cardenas: Experiment, Gilbert, NYork: ‘schre HE Cushing, Cock, Carienas; Enoch Pratt, Gould, Newport via. 18, Sid ith, ship Martha Bowker, Goodburn, Sagui t, Luscorad, Cardenas; Gth, Caliturnia, Cann, ‘oot, Feb 41—arr Kitule Floyd, Dearbor 2d Australasian (a), Cook, doy Arkwri Bushire, Card, do; Achilles, Gulagher, Ph wanda, Jutios, do; Martha, Cann, do: 23d, a Dollard: and Cultivator, Russell, N¥ork: sath. W land, Deean, ‘Phiadelphia; 25th, Carrier Dove. Jackson, ‘Yor! Sid 20th, Jane, Dawson, Portland: 2ist, Gloire, Shaw, NYorks John Kopler, Rake, do; 244, A Boaningrs, ‘Haehe: In the river outward bound 26th, Benjamin Adams, Chases. moire, Cvomb., and. Thornton, Weil for avon: McHenry, Smith, for Sate (cid 234)y ti, Thele bee oy noe ae Calcutta; Orten! a a Hill, NYorc; Francly B Cutting, Hasdeu, do: 22d, Australey sian’ (n), Covk, do; kite Floyd, Dearborn, de; Tonawanda, ‘Wonbor, Pebdl—0ld Highland Chief, Barstow. Nowpors n; Bade hen, Shields'and Aden iand slé: from Gravesend 22d); Shakespeare fFet ork ; Venice, Leman, Newport and Catcutta; Egypt, Holmes, Car. aise ton. Eat out 264, Blandt Art Gravessad Bt Selamat Empire, isibersn, Bom Onpoxpmrey, Feb 25—Arr Bohemian (s), Poriiand for Liverpool. Jan 16—In port brig Alfred, Bullock, freen of correcting this error, as I would not desire to deprive the counsel, Mr. Gunning S. Bedford, Jr.—who alone 80 ably conducted the case for the plaintiff—of the credit due him. HENRY L. CLINTON. New Yorn, March 12, 1863. the 20th mstent. Subject—'*Henry Eckford.” If Mr. Buok handles the subject with skill the ehipwrights will be delighted. Henry Eckford was a splendid shipbuilder, and New York lost when Constantinople gained the ser- vices of this naval architect. AxotHeR Loyal Mesnina.—The metropolis is full of loy- alty. There isto bea great meeting at the Academy of Music to-morrow evening, to inaugurate the Union League. Governor Johnson, of inessee, and Governor Wright, of Seg are tospeak. There will beacrowd. Go early. Tux Navionat Union Leacus.—The Joyal Union League ‘will hold a grand mass meeting at tho Academy of Music to-morrow evening, when the League will bo inaugurated with appropriate ceremonies. Tickets of admission for ladies, as well as gentlemen, will be sssued, so as to pre- vent too great a number from crowding the Academy. Among the speakers expected (o be present are Governor Andy Johnson, of Tennessee, and Senator Wright, of In- Tux Drow To-Nicut.—-Tho last drill of the Seventh regi- ment, under Colonel Lefferts, takes place this evening at their armory. The occasion will be one of considerable interest, drill will commence about seven or half. past seven o'clock. New Mason ror tHe Tarrp New Yorn Cavaury.—Cap- tain Small, for some: time connected with Third New York cavalry, has been chosen major of that regiment. SHIPPI CLEARED. Steamehin Columbia, Marten, Havana and New Orleans— Bpofferd, Tileston & Co. ‘Ship Wm Tapscott, Bell, Pireepont—t b Tapers Frothingham. Mowtxvin1 ber arr ih Cy ee pre ATAN: 2 ae le mare ' ire Adela, Snow, Mackiga; MaNSaniLLa, Feb 26—Arr brig Hancocl, Gibbs, Sante Cruz. Naw Rous, Feb 22—Arr Portia, Ryan, NYork. hig tings Feb2—In port bark John W Andrews, Haré- og. ng. mourn, Feb 22—-Sid V! , Bondon. oman Biart 253, Praak' Flat, Polly: from London few QuxKxstows, Feb 21—Arr Baltic, Torgensen, NYork; 26th, Ship Emerald, Luce, Taverpool—Howlan Ship Wisconsin, Scott, Liverpool—W T Frost, Bark Fortitude (Br), Booth, Giasgow—Murdoch & Smythe. pane Marietia (Aus), Vallusching, Antwerp—Holmboe & a pitrk Jane Lackey (Br), Lackey, Montego Bay, Ja—Geo F julley. Bark West Wind (Br), Allen, Havana—W W Russell, Bro Qoncettina (Ital), Gisrdina, Bavana—N H Brigham. Brig Guavana (Brem), Behrens, Bremen—E Paver stedt. Brig Lisette (Dan), Spleron, Lisbon—Funcb, Meincke & Wendt. ‘ Rog Hadding (Nor), Lange, Marseilles—Holmboe & Bal- chen striking heavily. Aseo8n as she was found fast every- | arifie, and, oa unerring aim upon the would-be Fremad, do; 25th, City of Manchester (a), do for Liverpool. ‘THE NASIIVILLE TRIPS TO ESCAPE UP THE RIVER. ‘ , 81d 224, Evening Btar. Robinson, (f , thing was dono to lighten her; but, despite all their of. | guorilias, fired, killing his man. The other scamp ske- i; Laguayra and Porto ing Star. (from Bulima?, London. On Friday, 27th ult, a: about three o'clock in the afver- | forte she stuck, andia that, predicament we found. and daled in short order, probably crawling on is, hands velinS Posten finn. bain oo sg ca Oe | oaRenDsn. Rov so -Hendy for gem, 8 Gilanrwere, MS pee belpprrpr aaprvicge tia nn hota yet Ber cxnoo oF ma sags. canlstor was given them, which ended that Wind of work. | BuELotve (ir) Jahnton, Brvohne, PR—Hre. Bonk Co. | ror Qurisan tx Feb 3e~Arr Hanae (1), Von Santen, S York bd ¥ - 7 op rag She had five hundred bales of cotton on board and three DINNER, ng Heeplen, (Bs Batoce, ome ares b a Scu.ty, Feb 22~Off, Fosca Helens, from NYork for Aw- dense black smoke of the Nadhville behind the forest ef | lady passengers. Her armament consisted of ‘woods which shuts out Fort McAllister from our view. It | Her crew were on board when the was not long before the ke Dlacker and showed fort. They say that Major Gailie, Rac omg that the vessel was moving up the reach. She had not | was his good marksmanship which enabled them to ow ape pipe. afford General Seymour and Captain Deane oppor 10 day, in fact mueh better than we had expected, from Ber C8Cnpe PPTs MeNTTAe Ht nity of visiting the work, & eer | oy head aches eo with watching and the noise of the At twenty-seven aifd a half minutes past seven o'clock PREPARATIONS OF THR MROW-CLADS. fiaing that | must close for the night | wo fired our Sifteon-inch gun again with a ten second Everything @ full of bustio and wetivity, AM the iron Tam now oa board the despated boat Da(fodil, bound to shell, which landed plutap iato the pirate, betwoon bor elads are being stripped for the fignt except this yesea!, | Port Royal, and from thence to New York, foremast aod paddle box, [¢ exploded beautifully, and which i being put in order for soa, ae eho i= not going up PR MONTAUK AT PORT Noval | there was no doubt in our minds thas we ahou!t econ see to the battery to ight, simply because oor people know Weowsepay, March 4.—The Montauk arrived at Port hee in flames. This was only our Mth abot, and ifthe result fall wott how to werk their with ease and calerity Roya! ¢ ha been convoyed around by the dees not show good guttnery, pray tell me what in ta he ortly after four o'clock the Pareaic (senior vessel) Flambeas, Lieutenant Commander Upshur. 1 loarg by considered a standard’ Agting Master Pierre Giraud got under way and toed up the river, followed uy ike wer tbat the Passaic, while dropping down from Fort reconnoissance; but she, of course, was unable to get up close, on account of being injured by the fort, whose guns were known to fire so accurately. Tum QBNECA FIRES AT KER. Bhe threw five shells at her; but they fell short. She | partment do not show its appreciation of returned wit! ‘was aground, probably will ry haze the best of lookouts kept an owl’s eye in the direc and on Tuesday morning they propose to go up to For! tion of what we deemed a sure prize in the morning. But | McAllister, just to put their guns’ crews in active ex- | past three P. few of us slept very soundly through the mght, as we | ercise. We shail probab gratify’ sf el ‘The Nabant’s people went to dinner as quietly as if not under the fire of the enemy; and after dinner they came outon deck to take @ good look at their target. Secesh tried hard to hit her with their mortar, but did 2 5 Jost attack on the fort, used to sight the guns, 2 Be proceeded far, however, when she suddenly stopped, | us so often. We experienced a material change in the | the heartiest commendations from the spectators, who firing yester through this medium we now know | were upon our turret and ou all elevated points of which wo attributed to her striking bottom. Wo watched | {hovJe "we were struck only six timesout of over | the coher - her with indescribable feélings for some time; but, asthe | forty shots they fired at us; they struck us twice onthe | The Mattano came up from Fort Pulaski to see the fun, tide would not serve for us, the Seneca was sent up on a | pilot house and four times on the deck. and added to our large number of lookers on. ‘We felt satisfied with our day’s work, and trust the De- ‘THE FORT BRING RAPIDLY DESTROYED. that feeling. It ‘The outlines of the fort, which early in the morning bad presented such regularity, now began to assume an ‘TORM. entirely different aspect. Huge holes were clearly dis- 4 man on board Se veaeet cornabie, and it did not 100k like the work we saw in the \t glow of the morning's sun, 4 aa THE NASHVILLE. fashville’s iron wheel, rims and steam chest were to be seen, giving evideace of the excellent guonery of ca ie oe gaa eed of ise, and if the is ta Prai - nae their services, I ‘would not give much for their notion of be A ting off, duct. The officeraand erews of the vi getting Off, a8 | serve much credit for the sterling Manner in which they | the Montauk and the watchfulness and dashing character she went on the bottom at full speed and top of high pave now, for the third time, us up. We slept * ber gen commantior, the besve and gallant 5 spen' omewhat easier On Saturday night, moré so than we orden. Altogether it was a sp! wigl bse Mig eee aecarpteguenpr ian have done in several weeks. , as I never again expect to have the pleasure of seeing. ‘was noticed by all our Jookouts that the usual rebel signal ARRIVAL OF LOLADA AND MORTAR VESSELS. WITHDRAWAL FROM ACTION. lights at Beulah and Coffee’s Bluff were not burned as fre- ‘Te-day the ‘puntato, Patapeco and Nahant, (iron-clads,) At thirty-two minutes past three P.M. the NaMant quently as on previous occasions. Amida night of light | Sebago, Flamboau ‘wooden gunboats,) C. P. Williams, | withdrew the action, having accomplished all she , Para and Norfolk t (mortar schooners) have arrived, | desired to do in the way of exercising her guns’ crews mrenies ~l pages i and 1abricating her working gear. ‘At Afty-Ove minutes . the Patapseo followed Passaic |, and the to Port Royal on Tues- | some little time afterwards. They all down the Ae ae cee es day morning to get ready for ons, and when Fiver, (he reteie fring very eepialy as they were anzious to destroy her and end this tedious block- | the other iran-clads have hada little practice they wil! | quietly went away from ade. Tesurn to the depot of the squadron. ‘Tar vassstc’s BXPRRIENCEA ‘vuR stant. FORT M'ALLISTER TO RE A TARGRE. ‘They hit the Passaic several times, landing a ton-inch On Saturday morning aN hands were called at four Fort McAllister is worth nothing to us exceptasa target, | shot on the top of her turret, whole and aninjured. They and their firing will serve to inspirit the guns’ crews more | also:bit ber fair und square oa her deck with an cleven- o'clock, and at twenfy minutes past five our anchor wa8 | than firing at a harmless targot;aside {rom this it i¢ not | inch mortar shell, which, strange to say, did not do any weighed, and we steamed up for the scene of operations. | worth the powder to blow it up. material oe of course fractut the armor. vi in behind, should this vessel go away } It struck between the ,, wil We had a scanty and hurried breakfast of coffee and | 1 propose ts remain te the fourthengagemeut of iros- | uot injure our iron-clads in any tanner possible. he | Strong W gaice on ibe passage; lost the foreyard and aplit T begin to think fou can: not suoceed. The accurate firing of the Nahant elicited | Pumarejo. sterdam. SuvKna, Feb 3—Arr Will 0’ the Wisp, Hunt, Boston. Br Jac Feb 26—Si4_ Br beg Boe ow ome ¥, Jan9—Sid Ella £ Badger, Hi wn, (Latest via Queenstown. Avr from NYork, Carviina, Blizabetb, dna Votuni Arr from Philadelphia, Rosara, at Liverpool. UPxa fog bec nel nl at PortLayr. | he Latest Arr from NYori. Alvion, at Hong Kong: Nubia, at Anjters, Rilen, at Bremerinven; Gen Nowell, aod Chelivaham, wi Havré: Pennaylvanin. ai Galway: Annie Fiz, at Sligo: ive biem, Pilot Fish, Patriot, Gem MeClelian, Arab, e rier, at Liverpool. Arr from Keston, Wild Gazelle. at 2. Arr from Portland, Omega, at ‘Arr from Ban Francisco, Lotus and Oyclone, at Hong Kong. Arr (rom Havkow, steamers Fire Cracker, and Pembroke, at Sbanghae. American Ports- BOSTON, March 11—Arr ba: timore; schrs 3 Bird, Perry; Star, Col Ellsworth, Rowe, Elizabethport; n . hina: Hornet, Buller: Hydrangen. "Morse; Gramie State, Baker; Ann Elizatetn, Baker; Dablia, Chaee. and Hateht, Bearse, NYork. Telegraphed, bark Howlan Barta cae Canter ined Puce, Beret wi ui ‘eat Coast of % a Wilmingron,. Del; schr« BC Knight, Hewen Port Roget BC Clara Bien, Gray, Philadeiphia; Wiliam Thomas, White, NYork. Ale a bark Fury, Ray, Gibraluar and & ; Br brig Sen a ae Clara Pickens, Rich, New Orleans—Murray & Neph. ig St Marya. Denham, New Orleans. Sehr Jentie (Br), McDougal, Rio Grande—Brett, Son & Co. Schr Matilda, West, Santa Martha and Carthagena—M J de Schr ( Antigua—G & J Knox & Co. {othr BA Deliart, Cummings, Beaufort—Miller & Hough- ett. Schr Reindeer, Norton, Philadelphia—Ht B Rackett. Schr C F Young, Packard, Elizabeth; Sehr J Wesley, Cooper. WeilfleetCrowell & i Sebr Ann Eliza, Krabel, Gloucester—H C Fisher. Schr Lottie, Hammond, Borton—s W Lewis & Co, Schr W T Conquest, Li ham. Bioop Blackstone, 4 Bteamer F Cadwallader, Pierson, Baltimore. Steamer M Stevens, Dougherty, Baltimore, Bteamer Beverly, Pierce, Philadelphia, . ARRIVED. USateam gunboat Quaker City, Commander J M Frailey, Port Royal aud Charleston Bar, March 8. mahip Doure (Br. of Liverpool. prize). Acting Ensign ¥ DeLuce, Was captured by U 8 gunboat Quaker City, eicamnnip Mary Sandford, Morrill, Port Royal, 0b Bteamad) mn |, Mor bh oul with mde Mand passengers, to Adame Exoress Co. Has hed tt, Bon & Co, e. Ez strong NE winds. rehr Grape Bhot, Snow. Bal- Ship Carl (Bram), Otten, Harre,B4 dave, with mer and & 7 Finkharn, ‘Sid, wind pasnengers, ¢ Dancan & Had w the | NE, NW and W, hi 4 in the Reade ee. oth ‘nets iat ‘et. lon 6937, ® brig: HOOTHBAY. Match Seri sohrs Brook, Perrt; R B Pitts, Paul; ata, E Parker, Fitz ald, Rokiand, 3 . Shaw, Cutler for i: ip Meptavere, ander, New Orleans, 11 days, in bal- it. to uarterma re Paul. (brik), Sachs, Dublin, 62 days, in bal- lat, mo Fan hr Melaeke EWendt. Had heavy W gales; wove alwarks, «plit sails, ac. K Sulla. Cobb’ Cof Busksport), § Malaga, Feb 1, passed Gibraltar 34, ih Teale oR P Buck's Go, thas had York: It Paine, Jones, N¥ork eet Riot BRISTOL, March 10—Arr schr Am Reynolas, NYork for Providcnen; sloop ‘Temperance, Davie, Bometyer Tor ‘ork. CASTINE, March 9—Arr schrs Orovimto, Osborne, Win- \epert for NYork; Idaho, Coombe, Belfast for Foiledeigh ‘ALL RIVER, Net W—Sid_ schrs Jobn Crockford, omas “hard tack,” and all were in excellent spirits and brim- | Ciade in these waters. was bit thirty-three Limes, and I have the same old story | sails. hi Davia, NYork: ith, sehr fal of pleatant expectations of success. “Tewil afford the new ands in the use of Atteen inch [ {0 write—'"Nobcdy Hart, ind no damage done.”” 1 could | Sehr WMtuentia: Goan Pailedetpin. CRORE’ March Yoksr wre 8 F King, Senden - OUR BACKERS. guns an opportunity to learn many things of importance | not have been made to believe that these vessels could Behr J Wesley, Cooper, Elirabethport for Wellfleet. nen, Calais for NYork: @ W Carpenter, Hutchinson, Baiti- : Kod intorext to em. ‘There is nothing ike practical ex. | withetand shot, ehell and torpedoes, used in every con: | Sehr M8 Partridge, Hix, Klizabethbort for Boston MB uegles, MeMiian, York for Si The Seneca, Wissahickon and Dawn came up after us i0 | perience in these as well as in other matters. ceivable macner, until I saw with iny own eyes the re- | Schr Gniv Ron, Johnson Bi for |, Snow, Rockland for NYork; Union. line, as on our previous trips. Up we steamed slowly, as I have no doubt that the rebels will boast of the | sults. It is wonderful and strange. | = ee aes, im bey vty? Ping pnd John saan, Ly thore was a haze and we desired to keep clear af any now *| sirength of thelr eurtbworks: but lt them boas. Uthey | | Yaakcodom i quiet Pisce, ot atl vad gealon, which | iaamer Faniy Caawallacer” Hetagn Balimere Frei and Carrie A Finan Farner, § ’ . » . . Me! faghington. x or NYork; Pitt obstructions that the rebels might have put down; for | Practiceour big guos upon.’ I guess, after what'they | now brings us untold results. All honor to Bricssom. and { Steamer alles. i eeeees eee port for Philadelphia: Lote, into there were some signs that the enemy bad been down the | saw on Saturday morning, they will bave a ‘big disgust’? | praise and distinction to the gallant commanding officers Steamer ® Stevens. Doucherty. Baltimere. Rattler. Bearse, NYork, river some days ago. of ‘damned Yankee iron-clads,” as they are pleased to | and crews of the bcp tad batteries. ont pemer aR Ly ay Mier hy wv eee schra Mary Nowelk ’ call them. 1 visited all the iron-c! evening, and found their iteamer Tacony, Bly. Reed, . OTR ANCHORAGE. To-day the rebel tug Columbus has been dowd looking | people in excellent spirits at their experiences and the | mad ng oe — wREWSURY PORT, March 10—Sid eobr Kosruth, Lee, At five minutes past seven o'clock we let go our anchor | at the remains of the Nashville, whose dying em- about twelve hundred yards below the fort, and yoered | bers give out a faint smoke, which we can readily see out fifteen fathoms of cable, and in two minutes there- | to pick up something of valuo, or more probably she has oe tear down congratulations they received from anxious inquirers, They were tired, it is true; but forgetting that Fort McAl- even from our present anchorage. Perhaps she is trying listat was only a target, they wanted to go up again in the ‘ork, NEWPORT, Murch 7—Arr echre Nicanor, THjnks. Carte ‘nas; Charlies A Stetson, Rich. Provincetown =, Philadel phia; Prize Banner, Rich, Boston for Balumore; Ripley, Vow ter, Beveriy for N York; Sarah M Sherman, Aherman, Pro- for Ph Lalla Bark B mbul (Dutch). Bark Montezuma. BAILED. Vidence for do: Adelaide, Crowell, do f ter let Jeven-inch shell at brought down a party of curiosity seekers. jer General Seymour and Duane, of tho hips Catharine, R Cushman, RA Hiern, Templar; barks oa 4 “J Span! F band oe om be , herd Lek we “ rey one RR, corps of engineers, who spent most of their time ov board Clenfueson, Fenelon, Jape Taabelin, Meridian: eaten Eewin’ Pall Ri ae. ee ee sigs and Geen. "Taee me, and fast, at about | yoxsay, March 2.—We ave not bed a lovelier day | the Montauk today, say that the fort is one of the | Thackery, ¥ RNevina, Julia Arey, West, Wm Creevy. NEW LONDON, March 11—Sid schra Buena Vista. Baker, twelve hundred yards distant, a good mark, as the sequel | since I have beeb here. The following vessels are lying | strongest earthworks they ever saw, and wonder at the Lawrence, Romance, eas Alton | pobre Dream (Hr) £10. | and Jane, Comstock, N York. ‘eon weap wer atthe seine tyra row tomer’ | ema arene atryat tenn | Os 8 fry, in Manat, atachne | atten Bee ga eon Gay Ee re 4 lron-Cladls, wi “abucks"” ) and, Mi . x " brig Be Ths tues wok seem pattery firea | Montank, Commander Jobn L. Worden. Of the officials was, the’robels may rest assured that wo | Wind at sunset NW. py ye ay etre ao. ‘erate rie ree Ae wend * Passaic (senior vessel), Captain Percival Drayton, are much obliged Yo them for the use of the fort as a tar. ger. \ Bort Royal: Blondel Avery, Pro- ree guns at us, and in thirty seconds thereafter another Nabant, Commander J en. . When we go up e it we wil Y jow it Lorn, vincetown; jowley, Smith, Provincetown; Kimait, ene. But we did no Patapaco, Commander Daniel Ammen. we sarghiy ure tous, ‘The Neshvillois gone up in smoke | ,.Sit2 Sauces Wares, Deartern, hence tan 91 for Late Paine, Wellileet; Trans, NYork, Below a Dutch yretncimipethg oly ars flbereerte snap tye K Wooden Vessels, and flames, and we don’t care if they build up sand banks | wasn good ALM ship of 1248 tons register, and ult at Tho- | brig. amd m brig from the West Indies. Cid barks Onward, the battery in the hands of the three gallant gunboats, | — eshago, Commander Beaumont. reaching up to the clouds; we shall not bother them, | maston in 1885, rom which port she hailed.) 7, Grangemouth; Piles Pi vines Becca: nes who threw their ebelis into it in splendid style. Seneca, Lieutenant Commander Gibson. ‘The Nabant and Potapeoo srore not bit, astheenemy de | Bank Canoutnn, Packard, from Rewensts for Maranham, erveote ‘Amik, Port Royal: Mary Patterson, Goutreye d iv a was aes ‘ r ichols, THR MONTAUK mI Wisvahiekon, Lieatenant Commander Davis. voted their whole attent! lestruction or crippling pots ediny vob by " Es ide erties orrived at an Tg fraser) We Hunter, Baker, Pensacola; Martha Niehois, Dawn, Acting Lieutenant Barnes, of the headmoat vessel, the Passaic. At eleven minutes past seven fired our eleven-inch gun, Flambeau (despatch boat), Lieutenant Commanding Up» It is fair to presume that the garrison were somewhat the shell failing a Little over the Nashville, In just five | shor. minntes afterwards the enemy hit our pilothoure, fair Dandelion (tender) ,——- ——, WG GUN PRACTIOR. At twenty-two minutes past seven the fifteen inch gun | Locust Point. tired out, and were glad to see our vessels leave, so that they could rest and ri damages; but we were deter- ir Vessels. mined to trouble somewhat, #0 we placed } and square, with an eight-inch shot, which broke in two | orto Packet, Acting Master Williams, the. Para and Norfolk Packet {m position, and picces, one falling on the turret top and the other on deck, | ¢. P, Williams, Acting Master Lawreuce. during the night intend occasionally to throw in'afow doing no damage and producing no unpleasant sensation | Para, Acting Master Thurber. shells, to let them know we are upand doing, and to prac- whatever. Army Veewls. tice mortar firing at night. NUMBER OF PROJRCTILER FIRED. We have firea from the three iron ciads and three mor- Delaware, Captain Cannon (having Brigadier General * | tars three hunired and twenty-one projectiles, all shells, Seymour end Captain Duane on board) was fired with a ten second ehell, which Innded quite George Washington (army packet vessel). The enemy has thrown two hundred and seventy-seven close to the Nashville. The fort banged away at us; but The three jast named vessels ure down bere for parposes | projectiles, all solid excopt a few shells from their not connected with naval affairs. The Delaware brings they did not exhibit such careful gunnery avon previous | the army officials ax mero lookers on, while the Locust It has been @ furious cannonade on both sides, Tex- firings. We poi! no kind of notice to the sgampe bebind the piles of and, a8 we were bent on the * int towed down the Passsic, and the George Washington ected to see a heavy Cail of rain this evening; but the rvice Bere 8 conDeotion with movemneate not reper Right ja cloat, and a bright silvery moon is beaming out wing up of | here to enumerate, None of the wooden gunboats will en- | upon the placid waters of the river. Every few minutes the would. be pirate. gage the fort, but possibly may up the mortar | Lbear the boom of our mortars, a bright flash, and see rT nATR CREW. schooners into their fighting positions, Captain Gibson | the twinkling ae he Gnd as eg! ene ‘ st eleemne Gann ae . will euyerintend the work of the mortar vessels, while | then, reaching their zouith downward pursue their course Ry the way, when wo went up first we noticed quite @ | th4 eobago, Wissahickon and Dawn will be in reserve, to | until’ they fall and explode ih and around the fort. I number of perso » her dock, bot alter two or three rings they were not to be reen = They had a full bead of <toam OD ber betlers, aad she was blowing off furtously do any duty whien may be assigned to them, ‘Thik morning the Dawn, accompanied vy the George Washington, paid a visit to the Green Island battery, to learn mers,” one of theit projectiles failing qnite close to the Para. Our mortar vessels made some very fine practice ht that the enemy fired twice atour “bum. | PORTLAND, March 10—Art schra Lizzie W Dyer, Mo- Du Philadelphte Florence, Can ‘kland for © Fone ramen ‘Cheapent Sherwood’ Nore. Cd br eu Monroe; sohr Thomas C Bartlett, Spear, Geo PROVINCETOWN, Mareh 11—Thb U8 gunbont Tabin Foe) in oe of steamtug Waipol arrived Se at & o'elnek lant evening, PROVIDENCE, Maroh Il—Arr steamer Sea Gull, Keo ney, NYork. Sid schre Lanrel, Mekariand, Phiiadel Cariton Jayne, Rowland, NYork ; sloopiF reierie Brown, Car do. PAWTUCKET, March 11—8ld sobre Richard H1(}i, Suslth, Philadelphia; Exchange, Kelley, NYork. SOUTH DENNIS, Marca $<In port sob a Bird, Berry, and Star, Gage, from Baitimore for ton, wal Om wind. STONINGTON, March 10—Arr sehra Fair Dealer, Com, Blizavethport tor Boson: Aon 8 Salter, Bish to nw Ware. ham; Allen M. Brown, Reirea, do for Fall Crowell, do tor Providenre: Daniel B. Marti», Washington, NJ, for do (and all remain in port Lib) Gro Hannts, French, for Key West, while at anchor inthe: North River was run inte by whe Buens, Vista. of % ‘away bowsprit, head rails, &, The schr Fan vet ite damaged, OnteNtat, Dolley, of Digby, for Kingston, Ja, whe oon ‘n the Lower Bay came in collision with a ship at anobor in Quarantine, carrying away bowspril, &c, and returned for repairs. Born Ewa, Jones, of and from Baltimore for Alexandria, with a cargo of hay on government account. took fire in her deck lond, from the galley, in Chesapeake Bay, 10th inst. an was run ashore on Cove Point, The deck load ‘was destroyed and the «chr much damaged. ress o. Senn Pixta—Saybrook, LT, March 11—Schr Pinta, of 209 {one tnd Ahan pa board}, took tre from ‘ihe fopeonsde on boar), ron ba ty Kh rift from the dock uurned to the water's about 10 o clock last night. She was eu ‘and floated into the river, where she dg Bostox, March 12 (by tel)—8hip Old Dominion, from Liv- erpool for Boston, pat into Provincetown this’ afternoon, | Jesteing and with lows of main and mizen topmasts, rudder, | head, de fewrort, Rf, March 12—Schr Carthagena, with a cargo of coitgec on pod machinery, (rom New Bedford for File n'a Reef, on the rocks, and liea A DISEASES OF TH consuliing hours from 910 2 0’ hia. ere near Bt | ine bed po on. Assistance has gone to her. po & CADWELL, 00 | vis, Jan 18—The ship Pioneer, Montgomery (before | [AVE AND BAR—DR. CADWELL, DOU: | reported), way lost ona reef about 1d miles trom Camman | Osinton place, Bight, Freee ee erecinaltel Felanda, Java Sea, bound from Manila for England with a | twenty years past devoted ear No f diseases of tho jon or opinion, © r and crew reached oof hemp and sugar, The m hve rts abe will prove a here to-day, and from what Capt Mr total los Thenacoune, Feb 25—The brig Bam! J Ch [AVE Dx, MARGULIES, PHYSICIAN AND OCULL silSStn Rohan rte foe Cnet YER iahamse tne Prince Alexander of Heawn mainland Boof Mort Stone and bile Empress of Ae Fevers cenaaited nee in London 00%, Feb 2—The Br ship h Lavenroo. fr ship Ne ay © Mow York for Newport (grain), was fail 1». from |