The New York Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1863, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 9694. Arriv, ef the New Branswick and McClellan. Highly Important from the Lower Mississippi. Attempt to Pase the Rebel Batteries at Night. THE ALBATROSS AND HARTFORD SUCCEED. Blowing Up of the Steam Frigate Mississippi. Terrific Cannonading---Feu d’Enfer--- on the Hiver. OUR SPECIAL REPORT OF THE SCENE. NAMES OF THB KILLED AND WOUNDED. MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY. Important Results of the " Operations. The Supplies of the Enemy Cut Off, from the Red River, Arkansas, Texas and Western Louisiana. BURNING OF THE BIO BIO, key Ree ae. ‘The United States steam transport New Brunswick, Captain Winchester, from New Orleans 23d inst., arrived here yesterday morning. Adyices per the New Branswick report the return of Gen. @rover’s forces to the vicinity of Baton Rouge. Three bun- dred and fifty’ bales of cotton, twelve to fifteen hundred ogsheads of sugar and over three thousand barreis-of ‘Molagses wore secured, aud much more can be readily obtained. Captain Youngblood, chief of General Gard- ‘mer'pataff,and five membors of the rebel signal corps ‘Were captured, Youngblood says that the rebels have ‘e force in reserve which can readily be thrown into Port Badeou or Vicksburg. At latest accounts Geveral Dud- ley’n brigade was encamped at the head of Prophet Island. General Grover's headquarters are on the cross row! lead tug from Taylor’s house to the Bayou Sara road. Welearn that the steamship Bio Bio, which arrived ‘4 New Orleans on the 22d inst. from New York and Mavana, was totally destroyed on the morning of the 24 by fire, together with the passengers’ baggage and her cargo, while lying at the wharf. The origin of tho fire is voknown. ‘We have a full avd detailed report of the movements of ‘the army under Major General Banks, with the intention @f supporting the operations of the fiect. The wilitary foreee approached to within two miles of the fortifica- ‘Mons of Port Hudson, but for reasons detailed by our cor- Teapondent did not come into action at all, General Banks, however, made a thorough reconnoissance of the ‘eountry and obtained much valuable information, with a ‘view to future operations. The whole army returned in Gafety to Baton Rouge without any other casualty than the wounding @f Colonc! Clark.» We have not room for ‘the publication of this report to-day, the naval operations eocupying our space. ® ‘The United States steam transport McCiclian, Captaiv A. T. Gray, from New Orleans, aiso arrived yosterday, ‘with mails, passengers and $63,258 in specie. She left ‘she mouth of the Mississippi at seven A. M. on the 28d met. THE NAVAL OPERATIONS. Our Expeditionary Correspondence. Usiven States SLoor or-Wak Ricawonp, Orr Prormet Istaxo, Mmmasirrt Kuven, March Li, 1863. Port Hudson, the rebel stronghold on the Misstsipp!, ‘was atuacked by the Union fleet, under command of Ad wiral Farragut, last pight. The result was a partial suc ‘ees, an the flagship Hartford ang the gunboat Albatross Buccecded in getting past the batteries, end are now, in al) probability, blockadii] the entrance te Red river. ‘The Richmond, Genesee, Monongahela, Kineo and Sachem Dad to return, for reasons that will be fuily stated in this letter, Te was not intended that the vessels should peas. Atmong the casualties is the total lows by fire of the sloop-of-war Mississippi. Bot let me begin at the be guaning. wat Was LONG REVMOTRD. For sone inouths past romore have been prevatent in New Orleans, among Unionists and vecresionints alike, #u intention to make « combiaed attack both by land and Dy water on the rebel stroughold of Port Hudson. The reocoupation of Baton Rouge by @ portion of the forces wader Major General Banks, on that offloer’s taking con mand of the department, coupled with the advance of General Weitzel’s brigade to Berwick Bay, together with ertain movements of the squadron, seemed to give form end consistency to the supposition. The general demand of the poople of the West, too, for the reopening of Ubeir great @nter vighway for the transpertation of ther | produce to the urvai marketa, and the abnolote necessity for the removal of all Obstacles w a traffic on which the prosperity of the Uvited States mainiy de pends, strengthened the belief that an expedition on alurge: scale wonld be fited out at a# curly « period ay porsitie, alier the rising of the river, to destroy the biockwle thar has been 0 long matutained at Vickwburg, and tor» | shorter poried at Port Hudson, aod, by cutting off all | communtoation by way of the Ret river, and depriving the rebels of the supplies received by them tarough this | searce, brenk the backbowe of the rebellion (nh the Seni Went aud adjacent sections, Thin general expectation is ib ovueBe of being realire ‘The pore at Raton Rouge bas been largely reinforced iat Your Correspondent at Laat place Will Inform you more ot Jength than it is porsibin (or me to do of the movements the army in connection with the campaign jext entered — upon 168 my task bo arm of tbe service, HOW TE Kum wer © browiele (be the on mmat., it was pretty generality cows in naval Cirolew (hot the greater portion of the squadron at New Orlaws was about to proceed up the river, aud it was believed ¢ the Object wes lo CO-OpERALY With the army at fst Rouge w the tou Of Port Hudson, ‘The bret vow nel Lo levve was the Eesex, im couseqtionce o het low rate of fpeed: and, 4s the Richmond i anything vat o fart ehip, the Admiral gave orders fer ber tobe the next ie notion, Accordingly we left on Monday, the 9th ina., At inf past tem A. Mf. Lmiring the wight, while we jay at snebor,abont forty miler up the river, we were poue! by the Hartford (Ragsbip) and one or two other rome belmging the squadron, As there was nb harry we anchored again on the following night, welghiny hy moon i igb) on the morning of the Lith, and arrived at Haron Rouge ot half past one in the afternoon of the same day APORARANCE OF THR BEATE CAPITOL, Un weartug thy town the Liackened ekeleton of th Invite! —rajestio (haagh in cuins—wax the roet str opicet (ht presented itaelf to the view, vosttly ing to the work of desolation which this unhappy rebellion has seat tered Unroughoot Me land; for there can be very tithe ondeh Wonk MAIS “NEY Sona SP MAPSLY Dulldipgs re | pene to be shot away—toch ‘the pride of Fotisiana and of ber once planter princes—- ‘wae the work of a secret rebel incendiary. And now the white tents of the loyal soldicry became visible on every available open mpace, and the soldiers themecives Degen toshow in thousands, testifying by their ges- ‘tures the pleasure they felt at the presenee of one more powerlul voesel-of-war, #0 soon to unite with them in the saticipated attack on @ place that is said to be more for- s@idabie even than Vicksburg itself. PREPANATIONS YOR THR ATTACK. Th woun began to be evident that we were aot to be per- mitted Ww “ground on our beef bones” where we iay at anchor, off the Arsenal buildings and barracks. On the 12th the preparations made on board tne Richmond fur- nished outward and visible signs of a most uomistakable mature that we were soon to proceed to a place where broken heads and more nerious casualties were to be the order of the day. The two twelve-pounder howitvers which had been mounted on the poop deck and the forecastle respectively were hoisted up and placed in position in the fore aud maintops, and their places eupplied with two nine inch Dahigrens, taken from the port broadside, as they were not necessary in their former pogition, for the reason (hat, as our starboard side only wax to be present- ed t the formidable batteries at Port Hudson, that side alone would havo to be fought, In addition to the star- board broudride'of nine-inch gaps, the Richmend, in con- sequence of thie arrangement, gained, in addition to her thirty pounder rifled Parrott on the poop deck, and her eighty-pounder rifted Dahlgroo on her forecastie, a nine ined gun im lieu of a amal! brass howitzer on each deck ‘So much for offence. The defensive precautions taken were not less admirable. All along the etarboard side splinter vettings were placed inside the bulwarke. ‘This Retting was made of stout ropes, Tho design was to diminish the danger that is always to be apprehended from splinters, that oiten, in a naval engagement, do more damage w the men at the guns thao the cannon shot themselves. With regard to musket bullets, very Nittle danger was apprehended from their penetrating the balwarks, which consist of solid timber Sfteen inches in thickness. ‘The splinter netting was carried up so high that, wits the ald of the tarpaulins that usually cover tho hammocks, reaching up to the bottoms of the boats hang- ing to the davits, it would require animal equal in agility to monkeys to board the Richmond; for, be it remarked, the boats themselves towered above the nettings aud the | tarpaulins. The spaces between the several boate were also protectod by the saliors’ hammocks, lashed together and placed in 4 perpendicular position, in order to pro- tect the men working the guns from the enemy's mus- ketry, A similar arrangement war made on the poop deck and the topgailant forceastle, where there is nothing bat a siight oven rail, Ip addition to those significant preparations (or « bldvdy egnflict, ail brass work and everything merely orna. mental projecting above the deck, and liable to besbot away,to the injnry, perbaps, of the men at the guns, were removed. Only such things ae were absolutely ne- consary Were pormitted t remain. tn short, the ship was cleared for action. THR ADMIRAL VISUS THE RIC MONY. Admiral Farragut, who exercises a vigilunt eupery ision over his entire command, came on board at half-past ten ‘on Friday morning, the 13th. He wes accompanied by Fleet Captain Jenkins. ‘Une Admiral expressed himself highly ploased at the preparations that had beea made Genera quarters were then called, when, almost before the drum had ceased to beat, every man wag in bis place, ‘The exercisos consisted of boardiug aud repelling board. ers, aud Auch was the precision with which all the evolu tions were gous through as to impress even a tandsman who might have witnossed the scene with the conviction that any insane Mtcinpt on the part of the rebels @ hoard the Richmond, or any of our vessels as well fortitied and manned, would meet with well merited puni ahmeat at tho hands of our gallint seamen aad marines, atl AWRIGE Farly the save afternoon the signal fer the squadron to weigh anchor was hoisted on the Magship, and at four welock ali the ve-sela moved off, The Hartford took the lead, pasting the Richmond, which wag anchored higher up the river thay any of the other vesseln We were alg juseed by the Monongahela, which vessel we fer lowed ‘The Kineo came next, and the Missiastnya | brought op the rear, The Kesex bad gone up two or | three days in advance H Slowly the squadron proceeded np the river, The | scone was a lively one, and war sggeetive of matter for | rave retlection, How many living, sentient beings io that synadrou, throng whose bearts the wari blood coursed gladly, would be stark aud stuf in death ero the Yovrning Nght, or lay mutilated op the bed of suffering ' Such » retloetion, however, did not seer to be very pre valent fo the ship, for the merry laogh, suggested by the play of wit or the relation f some ludicrous adven tore, was not lees hearty Umn if uttered while on a party of ploosure. In fnet, the dauger in whieh alt on bourd were 60 400m 16 be involved uever seemed to enter ito the minds of any. It turned out, however, that we did not attempt to pass the batterion twat might, # the squadrou cane tom RNChor about wx oF ohyht Yort Hudson, according to the pilot ARTIEUAL WOONIIGHT ‘There was one remarkable feature in the preperat hy tor the expected fight that I Chivk especially worthy of votioe. That js, ihe whitewashing of the decks, gun ca riages aud the combings of the batebes un beard the Jchwmond. The idea suggested itself to Captain Alden on passing Lhe forts below last ¢pring on witnessing the ef. feet by nightof the durk splinter netting on the white grovnd of the bulwarks. It brought out the netting in void relief, rendering ( a# viwible as if the rayso! the moon shone full an it Alden, and he ordero@ a spot on the deck, which tay deep ju the ohade, to he whitewssved, Tits anne, he placed on Mat spot @ dark object, which beenme quite visible, though on ty ying the experiment herore the whitewssh % the object sould not Be Aeon. The conmequewce was, Captain Alden on that cecasion ordered a general waite. washing. The same plan wax revortad to on the uight of the jth, as { have already stated. The success war starting. Staud¥ ot grape wad canister, whieh had bern pinced ip convenient positions, and other neoeksary ar tieles of a dark bur Hrat comld not be seen before, were now so plainly visible that it was enay to lay habds oo them in «moment. Benites this the eutire deok partook of that quae! (Momo: familiar to all whe have wen the effect of enow oo the ground un a winter's night. vie an wlvaniage not t be overiouked, and ie enbanced by the fret that i does not benefit tre | neeet degree. ‘There wax one «joe thal pt. Aldab did net ave wRitewashed. He eondnoted ine to the place sud bade tas observe the ditterence o the | Ofiect prodared On a oll oC rope when pla the dark | apot and when removed a part of lock that bod been whitewached. The illusion was 80 great soar whew | pinced on the whitened deck | wtwamt ex + a Abadaw east Crom the coll of rope } N siuery oF THR aT TMMi 1 we wougbed ad encber at the ay hight yeoter tok Corel A Pork bud y Wier ae, AbOUt bwe Miles abowe i ais Fares, Alvatros® and Sachem tying chor , and dios to them gix mortar boate WAY Baceoreet ih potion, Pre cabning dower earh of thet running auder the tGatterter landing trem wwe tn ab SW MONEE Ae WATS TRY TREN KANE At Oalf part one o'clock a eignal gun was fired { bart ly alter te mortar boate, oF ay they are famiiverly tered in the weou the batteries with Ue view of The <telte, however, mostiy beret aul there to fuppoee ther “ld y cae Pingly arpurently ane 2s tryiny ti high in the «i id any triad secuned Us ax before thee mone nin the meintop of ther Riek ig in the back of the wool which was ecevsjoned, doubtless, by the reoonpoimanes y by our troope whe bad airaneod frum Haton Rego for Unt parpowe, and for cresting & divermed in favor of the fleet Tite we OPN ge Whilh the ror their appearance Bm of the gans a the * por > ing wut w be taken advantage of, Acourdingly the havax opened fire, throwing 2 four founds, A pumber of the Crew ait sitne of the officers immediately left the protec tot of the two «idee and wont voteide 0 withers the ro | gult of the she hey were fred on by two piece of | field artery, but withoor doing them or the vasest any damoge whatever. The tebely were dintinatly viiile | from the tape of the Rickinond 1Hit URLALD CORMENPONDENT IN CONREL TATION Said an offers of the Ryehmond to me," Whore ate you yourself during the fight?" “Anywhere,” Ut 1 ean be out of the way of the m and yet geo all that i gong on. yend You % getup to the main oF fore top,” wae the rejoinder“ Bat the mast hap- tings to happen, you know. where will the Ikna'o correrpondent and bis report be)" © Well, you murs take your chances,” Ee OCG oop D meri rae); ' { ' | | | sh A sodden Qenght strack Capitan | NEW NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1863. THE APPROACHES TO PORT HUDSON. Scene of the Naval Attack on the Night of March 14, 1863. scribe what is done, badly wounded, I should fust like to (ERALD readers are to be enlightened about the chief engineer, come down with me inio (he engiae room.’ I bave come here, not to nice littie arrangement | decidedly demurred, the opgine room 1 would see nothing, am of the botlers. At last Onvienns OF Te GEISER, YORK HERALD. © five of the with a gap bere the high blutt beg: Bi ries were in powition: batierion are by no means to be despised: for in such a narrow part of the river they are just as effective as siege gus, especially 0& the: bandied with far groater facility than ord- opwards, the regular fortideatious commence. They seam to consist of three dis- Moct ranges of batteries, numbering *everal in each range. Is dves not seem, however, that either of them mounts a of very large calibre. The river now begins to trend the west, forming a faint representation of a horse ‘shoe, in the hollow of which the town of Port Hudson is situated, It is right in that bollow, and just below the town, that the te sitaated on the highest bhuft. to be mounted there in caxemates, | aay appear, bocating tbe flasher from these guns revealed nothing; but the flame from the muzzles showed that all beyond was ta obscurity—precisely ax would be the case with guna in casemate. The other guns, on barhette, or peering through open embrasures, revealed, when fired, something of the Jay Of tbe land behind and around, though but for amo: ment. Above the town are other batteries, only tess for midabie than those just below. Beyoud these the high Diu gradually subside luto the general level of the sur- rounding country. Right opposite the principal batite- | i rhea, om the right bank of the river, in the point of land on which the Mississippi grounded, in consequence of which she had to he set on (ire aud destroyed. THN ACTION COMMIENCI, The return of the rebel fire by the Hartford was Promptly followed up by a hot fire from the artiliery econ of the rebels. and yuite @ bri#k action ensued be shinond, guna, ween them, scone, a4 viewed from the. was both brilliant and spirited. The flashes of Doth on shore and avioat, were incessant, of cannon kept up 4 dearanimg and almost ucessant sound, Great jadgment was bere necessary to prevent the fcb- mond from running into the Hartford, and, in fact, to keep the war yoswels generally from rannuig ito each aia We And now war heard «thundering roar, equal in ‘volume to « whole park of artillery, This was followed by a rushing sound, mpaniod by a howling nolwe that beggars deseription, Again and eguin Was the sound repeated, tll the vast expanse of heaven rang with the aweful minstrelyy that the mortar boats had opened fire, soon convinced on casting my eyas aloft. Never shall | forget tie sight that then met my satoniahed vision Shooting apwards at an anyle of fortytive degrees, wi small giobes of golden flan jure ether—not steady nie, but corrurcating, like the fitful gleam and anon invisible. Like @ flying , the terrible miasilo—a thir ith np and ati! ap—higher becomes much slower, till. on toen-inch shell—neaure ite aud highor, Tes thghe reaching ita utrmont altitude, ity contri | coumteracted by the varth’s attraction; it describes a Parabolic curve, and down, down, itcomes, buratiog, it | may be, erost roaches terra firma, bat probably alight ing in the rebel work® cre it explodes, where it scatters death and destraeetion aud, But while the mortar work the Kasex was ally io ne Heet, bat remained 1"? duing admirable sory idle, Unmanagea the head of with ber heavy 1K RICHMOND IN ACTION AN this tine the Hlebmond had to bang Wack, ax A\ fal Farragut seemed to be eo eoamored with the apart in which he waa engaged as tobe i no barry to pay by. Once or twice, in conequence of the dense colunm of ein ke that vow rotted over the ri ur bowsprit was almost over the taffea\l of the Hartford, aud there was an incoasant eal) on the part of Seeond Lienteuant Terry, who commanded the forward part of the ship, to stop the And here officer behaved im the most chivalrous manner engines. fight or to be killed, but to 4 1 eyinmander—Win. H. Macomb. engagement, cheering on the men pet Bakes to be killed, | “peewee CommandrWen, H. Dave, yy helt how the | “Going Masere-Bobert %. Wyatt, Win, Hanson, Corno- | gunk like inet, though Pequtred to , the battle of | iia M. Marchant, fhdvce them to'pectorm Port Hudson?” Very cogent reasoning,” here pat in } geriny Assistant Laymorler—Houry M. Hyde, ‘The Richmond bad hy (hist mo * Bherofore, Mr. —-.you had botler | Acting Surgeon—Granville B, Sioux? rebel fleld batteries, whjo 4 all But’ to this | Ading “Charles H. Baxter. along thought that we would open fire irom our bow guns, because In | Acting Find Amistont Engines —Jobn Cabilt. on the topgullant forecastle, aud that, after ducharging d could describe | Ae nd dststant ‘Knginoor—Charles fH. Harrab. | a few broadsites from the starboard wide, tho we nothivg about the fight, and there was the risk of belug | “eiing Phird Acistont Dnginerrs—Christopher Nulton, | tion would be wound up by a parting compli scalded to death to the event of a alot being pat nto 008 | gichaol MeLanghlin, Henry Wobster. ment from our sera ehawery To my suprise, brilliant idem struck me. We | Ed autor’: Maice—iohn Oonner, Raward W, Halcro, | however, we opened at ance from aur broad Why vot | Warren J. Crosby | ide und. ‘The effect was starttion, ax tt were about to fight ovly our starboard gums. at the breech of the afer port gua’ & Commeonder'sCler’: ei oort M. Warne. sbot coming through the starboard after port el Nuarl ley, Jr. Waid Rt ues "papers. trough, vel. beams | re eee ecco, glance from the gun it would strike in a diagowal direc. Caplain—J. ¥. Mekinstry. tion. [ told some of the officers this, and thoy aeemer Lieutenant Commnader—Janes Walters, to approve of the iden in that position, and the neque! will Show. show that there is a Providence that takes care of though we may not Know how. However, I di¢ pot place myself perhaps it was well that} did nat, we Tmention there facia in order to take my Ftation on the Wipgaliant fogecaatio, At uine o clock P.M. precisely a red light wae toleted on the Admirals ship: it wax (he wgnal for all the wemnels the merry fife wus heard oo the Ricbmoud, ixpiriting the men at cepstacn—the bars of which w weigh anchor. In jamorliately thelr regular tramp round aud roned. old Virg ly, an pin Teal, wreak ending There ie an whieh things mg off int had been rosy shipped pomething ety weeording to custom, wi The tune wae the redone in the Bavyaud iy the morvhan: service; but ip one is this diferente more marked than targe number of men, whe tramp aft, Relding wk ung how the ple Was unoe tap of th avlemn ob beating tw britiy and merrily. Astern more which the chain i# attached, their Tootstepe Low the wry-nneked p.pe ISDETAGIDgLY VarTOn I soon aweigh, and the fichae river inthe wake of the Haptic ard, sectunpanied by wurtera, at firet alow and tus the same sunnds were heart from Une othar vesiele gectins nuder weig & deadly comiict was at Previous io wenghiug alougedle of tie T w the port side the port sid the following oF the Kichuuend , towin, tow ing, ung. Tho follows haar A Captern Fle darwt: ra dame Captain of Marinze—dobe 1, Surqem~—Win, M. Kir bane oh ormron, It whe s solemn moment, for al! Knew thot GUPLING OF TIDE WAN Weems 108 Lie Albetyon the west side the Genome md, ane the Kisww tv ihe fleet pact ap . vowing tbe Albatrows pernee: the Monongahela, the Kine, the Mire\ssippi avd Missides)o) Wau the whipyer wane lovely ee Dight: Dna th stars wore Alighuy obpoured, J there, with a thiv yell of feecy clouds, Tho names of the gallant officers of thene vessels are wae tne od Sachem follow. the fleet. it On YIN OF THK HARLEOWD, inavid G, Farrage =. Palmer han M. Foity manling—Sn &. Kimberly Pagmacer Non. ¥ Meredit Linienania—John . Wateon, 1. 8. Tysen Pint Lindenan of Marine —join H. iigbee Aeeisint surgeom—Jox. Hayy Rear Admiraps Secrelary—F,( iahandan, Acteng Mev, L. Petergor. Ps Goodwin Engineer in Chief —Jan, Be Ky wba Barign—K. 0. Hazeitive Scound Agnatan’ knguwers %. Latch, Pletéber A Wie, Third Acsctant Kaginee 0 M. Wordhard, A. K, Pultm , inwe Degrar, Th. 1. M4 on, Jak, Ke Speight Midshipmen —sotin H. Reed, Rear Adatrai's Clork— nya gatimaice—Jonn \. Holbrook Hoaloonin Jax Walker Carpenter, §. SUinwor Gunner — soli |. Sinem Water's Males Trott, 1) Fi dodeow, A Wervee ek Pe) Cwrmander ere. th. Acing Wenge- 5H. Acting Mewrr's Ma'e ©, Hart dane DingineerA. Ue S Washburn Dubois, « Harris. W. Mare: Acting Ascisdtaw Surgeon—W 3. SIn65M Acting Ar ant Pasymaster—Ai. |<. Martin thir! Aaiten! Buginers—3, 8 tars Ld. 4. toyd Clem, HH Sincke CRE OW TH Ho TH Comaander amen Maen . Lieutenant Commandir—A. B.C avatoge (leiibed) Lieutenant Wa ward Torry Coptown of Marence— A100 Rateony Acie Knsiy Avail ton Birt! Aamitent Binyinee Dhurd Aas! ont Fagin Charles E. Emery, \ior D. Ford. Acting Mester’: Mave nn |) Marpt Kon Hey? ori We 1 W. Moriey Wilken Con Boatswain —jenve |. hoate Guanner—Jamen Vay Sadbmaer-Heary 7.8 master Cpams Clark De OM, booker J Crepe, ond 18, GO. WW, Dawe Hobart Weir, John Jammer Weer ‘un all, Eventually I elected Wo | | } Belden, ( Liewtenane WW. Thome. Surgeon—D, Kindleborger Aorist Pawimnuter Acting BasiygnaG. Vt. Vow Barwon. “Acting Master's Mates. B. Rowe, W. 8. Arnaud, G. vrbes Parker oy, H.W. @ Mount rinell, Robt. expected: but beyond thin 1 really exp eonveniwnce from the newion. | The Unpleasant fo the ear, and the jar to the quite unappreciable. Ht may interest the informed how a broadside ie tired from a ver J wae told ov hoard ye Richmond that all tue go sometimes fired off sMtiuitaneonely, Uuemgh it is nat gual course, as It xtraing the whip, Last night the broad wides wore fired by commencing at the forward gua, and tiring all the rest Off 1p rapid ruccesion. ay fast alot ae Ube Ceking of a wate, The «fleet was grand and boreitic and, if the guns were righlly peinter2 diffienit nia im 1d not fal uch Lypnee—@.¥. Rots: Second Avsistants, J. Frilly, the dark by the way—they ox iu oarrying Hh. Oink, Third Assintants, 1.6. Pastwick, Kd, y, | death ard destruction arnoug the enemy Gd. Wineetl, P. J. Langer Of course we did have everything ourown wa, Bouttawnin—W, Brown. for the enemy poured jn bis shot and #hell a thick wat Caunern). 0. Plotober Over. aboat astern, al! aronnd ne ORTIOT® OF THR NRO Mirsiles, the himsing, Seren Licstemant—¥ HE * howling! of which | rival Amutant Surgem—A. 8. Oberly, | mot be sayponed, however Pryineas—Secoud Asmistant, & W. ¢ : Third As | wide guns were the tools prinerpalty stants, |. Maghiin, (. F. Hollingsworth, C. |, MeConnell. | with our bow and awr ecbaeers were idie Acting Mesdare—Oiwer Cotoury. TL. A. Bee | We soon opened with onr bow eighty poonder Datleron Acti Matee—W. §, Keon, Jobn Rartot,.te., | whieh was [otiowed up not tong after by the guns mtr WH, De | giving evidence to the fret that we Lad passed pume of Aeting Ans SPN Warner. | the hatter, CLAN RORY WAN OURAN: Conanetnste. While seuled on the ' fla davit.” ov the topguilunt Aasittane Surge | forecasts the Marttord and the Richmond blazing away Acting Vauntoer Hiewenantl AG \aeetord, | at the time-a teat fourfol wail arose from the river Acting Mosteree| My ongitations we nein te Varker aud MR. Snyder hat the big etauds « worse Lo than a five foot Awan wlio tana € of getting hie while tat and { iw the ing ap of che wr. OC course the snpes j Acting r - J. Hf. Mannin fact of verwels belouging 40 the porvine baw} “Auting Rnginaers—birat Avsistant, J 1 jug auch a laege crew in eommparinnn «with | Astintant, W. IT Manning the complement of men on vowed » merebAil } — gertug tty ane ion, 27 | veeeei, Then the cuperior discipline of the wevy must 6 toting Bn iga-—A T Reynolds | taken mie acooant. On beard 2 morebagt vessel anchor} Actag Me Sole. ¢. Vellives sed L. ©. |: #8 weighed morte in silence, although semerumes wevg | 4 Bapineerteon ¥eastor, James R. Wall nad | iavoluuteored Tho process ie slow, ton, and te ar. | Geo. ©. M. Woile Fangement for keeping the cbaie clear ax it wmwinle tt 6 NS rE a olf frorn the capstan i very jeaperfect,<wd necesmarily | py the nay wae a tore malier Off the bey #0. This duty veually vive 96 One man, Whe ware | were allt their queriers siready—I ascended the top hinwwolt Hat on the deck veyood the range of the ewstaa | poses ep y seroma Fak — Fs bars. man ol war, however, the job be tone wa | felt an the prohabriitie being whot and « opeaping i chert sun an oyun rtek of going under by a wound in the it eurtned to Ine a matter of some Accurately dle seat on the © foretanet eves behind she port the . pounder Dabl,reu, alread wae nO wor tu © splinters, Unewe freitfal on mm naval warfare. The Hartsord steatned vory* Slowly followed by the Hehmond however, did wot pet awe Auchors seomed 16 have got fuul of Inge bronght down by | the Hart the force of ford bad to hang beck wu iking Koehmond t her White the after the sterenmeaee He river bout He Captain Herrier, why Us the hall of fe What «Admiral Then y « ehte Ohe Adnotra " ander tie maher laweigh aed ware pod the ude ame them, Gur progee had to be amwidd the t vbrewet of ity Juarter, ancl aney they were aparkling a ve were peneloy the prot ft danger on pune Ue lipection entire elit site whore rabel bowts ae wae aterworde the int that jwepared to Vrosently & of the otver recht ie hoger all the batterion arcade Bea y of the hie, Pina tone ayed, Be the river wom trie, ay eouely shore, aimed retornin, from the 6 “me The AAmire\ by gerne! for al) the vow Jonriy a0 Iaperions roe 1 rerinoe my atainre by Hers to the port side two foreoantle beng the — pine-ine a the Marburd side other ub + the mneuny, amtnooks, wh thet position beew work before me om OF wound) The other vow very quickly The coasequente wa for the wtragyim te be very careful tow r ont two red inte aw 1 ape the au rreat. " we flewt wae © ray th he river ae 4 W the orarinity ‘ awe m 4s ef n tha f Lome. ok Veep het I . fonr tar ews, whee 7" mg. aod ware we ight alead, Woo, Nghia wer anor le coves Wore expertly yive WOTTH Penny twe ance Ore War peer on Uh a Wie below the tow Prout of the ua thet *. 4 baw got by ry ied many 1 ited Patent the mortar b oo rewh poaming % the ‘og & Temnent ; 4 - naionsd of “0 nee Uureh m the asval manner spe wered by & at the Magitord tae comin ot i Oa eee oe Hinded to. The wtarhourd whieh might be vot doath » the river * some of Ubeir wh alemg thee A tittle farther on & third tan nded high Inte, @ to short. jog but one head, meat to save it, Wig « Comforts: mh dawit,”’ a spar tbat parent from the re) ne ameath ju on hore, onghty iow, there broken etowty asian, ab cones At te fas Three of tour gan fred op in raph wuecenrion Letified to the sine om beth widow hep on the bear Habiy from the ry woe ‘Man Oy ecboard + unrew bit rope. | firnt on oar port bow doutly overboard Genesee, then suet | beip'” +! Help! ob. tie! | gut Lieutenant Terry follow, whe could mist him in toch « eteait” We were ty | action. ewery man was at his gon, w lower a boat would ba foly. i fact, it couid pot be dene with any bope of ie men wan evwiently failing ecto for hel me to renene Bim, and AUN) sending up that wailing ery effect ‘he terrible currant of the ‘tor him, and he, without doo 06 Of thee 1 rie ACO ee alter (his feartu! incident / rt a at with # beard aetorn that the Menongebe.s © Mineeaippl, were in ploof two haadred Other Uecklerk, At Ne two humds od action, The Monongaliela carrier a ¢ pounder rified > | feat {credited the muudere Le the bomtners, recalled my experience it fr and the opening ot Gre (rom s creck. Ali Loan wy i#, the uote was eplendia, The ac tow now becasue general The roar of canuon was thoes | sant,and tbe fagues from the guns, together with Mme Aight of the sbeUs from the mortar busts, made mp a oom bination of aound and. wie peweiie to deserive, To | add t the horrors of the night, while it coutribated to wards the eohancement of « certain terrible beauty, dense clouds of amoke began to envelope the river, aut fing ont from view the several veswele and confounding them with the batteries, It wae very diffenlt te knew | how to deer to prevent ron nobe perhape right | Under @ rebel battery of Inte «consort. Upwards and up wards rolled the ymoke, ehutting oat of view the bewat Pecaring the wei evemy 6 throughs Une -*pmipealie nyandence on the fase woe likely to 5 he He COROqHER oa folowing sy Nea arly nw het om the he mid lope lant b ters loreeastle ealted be port gu The nn wae got ready sven to be dieeharged, whew 4 "Fold on: you are ahout We on how tact for the wes . sty orm & be ’ ty we ie t or ah the vehiien trast ewe teen fe fewides, we cold hardiy have on wor for & tebe! ve ory om the rf wre er An Comebiete« © ° ‘ ¥ 1 Ot have Bred eto ot ‘ ~ te < waltham > ett thy bertied to tine york made a Uh with Ue toe eam let and the shots © Ley otieuld he tnlven Below for tr rence thet we hed tH « ad to the horrure of (be ww ring teeter gore f (he ether vemenle were sheet to fue mn All tin tise thee See wae hep up i" oF inte ear ober smmmna boro ever, hal w | Pecemmtnd most formidable battery—the contral 0e— Four heavy guns appear | while the roar | It was apparent | Of this | was | current, she did not Imay ae well say that thie gallant | PRICE THREE CE NT ‘The meu must have beew driven from their gnns. and no wonder \( they were, in tbat terrifte storm of bron FUG FROM THM TON While a brisk fire waa kept up from the decks of tbe several vensels, the howitzers in the (ops were uot per suited to roma idle. ormingied with the more suilon Toar of the larger guns the sharp, #hort erack of the brass Picces was iuoard trom their elevated positions, ad ¥ W the melody of the terride eonoert, 2 SMELL KAPLODEN CNOA THK TOMALLANT FORNCANTL, Nearly vp to the Line when the action became general may eyes were priveipally cost aloft, watehing the tl of the shells thrown by the “bommers,”” bot | coufens that when the fire hocame concentrated on the Richmone 1 coasod stargazing, and directed my anxious glance abeat, or towards the starboard side, although now apd | then | did east a furtive jook aloft, to see if it were Likely | that one of the pretty Httle colestial toys, making ite way throagh the empytean, would drop on board of ua, ar some of them veemed not unlikely lw do, Happily for ns ‘wo escaped this disaster, whieh, had it | bappened, would bave been @ poor Way of “backing 0 your friends.” 1 have been informed that one of theme hells fell into the river mot far from the steamer Minwit sip but mortar shells are very Gucertuin iin): While thus om the gia rive I would occasionally get ap ane walk about the topgallant (orecastie for a ebamgo of pori tion. During one of these peregrinations « terrific explo. sion took place bearath me, A shell had entered the for ward port on the starboard side, and exploded ri under the gun, splintering a part of ‘the carriage tu front, in denting the gun itvelf, aud outting of the two legs of » boatewain's mate al the knees and on arm at the elbow thaking the topgallant forecastie am if with an earths vale 1 knew nothing of what had taken piace (ll yore tine afterwards, MUEALe 10 METTLE. This phrase is familiar 10 mest persona who have reas Aceoonis of so tights that took place about Bfty yours ago, but it is diffieult for the aninitiated Lo realize al! the horrors conveyed in these three words For the firs time | had, last night, an opportanity of Knowing what the phrase really meant, Let the reader consult the ae companying map, and it will be soon that the central be: tery Ww situated obout the middie of the eat of a circle ! haye already compared to a horse shoe in shape, though it may be better understood | by the term “orescent.”” This battery aiandy i & blu so bigh that a veenel in pasting mime diately underneath cannot clovate her game ent to reach those on the battery: pelther oun the guns on the battery be suiilciently depressed to bear on the paving ship. in this powition te rebel batteries Lhe twe: horns of the crescent can eniilude the paswing vessel pouring in @ terrible crow fire, which the vewel can re: | Sar; though at a grout divadvantage, from ber how and atern chasers, We fully reabized this last night; for, a» wo got within short range, the enemy poured tht) on » rible fire of grape and cauister, whieh we were Hot to veturn—our guns being do shotted each with: nd of both grape and canister, Every vorve! in it turn way exposed to the sain fery ordeal on veariug the centre battery, an ght prompuiy did their yatlant tare return the compliment. 1s was the hottest part of U engagement, We were literally muse ae . dintauce between us and the enemy's ganw being not | more than twenty yardr, thongh ‘to me it seemed to be only ar many fect. In fact, the battle of Port Hod fon bos been pronounced by viflcers and seamen wt gaged iu it, and who were proaent ot the purmage Nt. Philip and Fork Jackson, below Now 0: and liad participated in the thts of Fort Doneicon , Fort ry, Ibland No. 10, Viek#burg, de., as the seworent tn the naval history of the present war, after” this clone engagement we foesned pwited the worst, The enemy's shoe shell uo longer awept our decky like bat the from the ak bow yuu oould m0 longer b ly Lieuteannt Torry ordered the men an the topes! forecustie to teave the gunk jo that part of the stip to denoond to the main deck to help werk the brea gona, Gur stern chasers. of cout, were till avalon for the parpose of giving the eneimy a parting bieeing J left my etation on th lant foreonatie ehortty afer the men who had heen working the bow guna, and pasred i under where Thad ben vitting, taking ap my mlatien om ihe port « wt oppomte the forward gum an the star board side, where by bod exploded with ibe re haw) not know @ word of this ti alterwards; but perhaps | woe the eafert «pot could have choven, on the Hiterptun | principle that you are eae if you puke your bead | ole wade by & cannon bali, As a pecona AbOL bias ! 1 i ver en KBOWN to Pass through aD aperture made by a fret 1 wan not tang in this pomition whee there ame « Diinding dash through the very port 1 was oppmte to, that » oF) Tevealing a bigh bank Fight oppowite, eo ebm ' cult might bave been tossed from the sammit ward ) the Rehr Simeltenmyewly there came w lon roar, and tt he shot bad pened Qhrongh the port “1 seen | wemnding am the t | tho port gamcway, Age Unat connects tiger mtorivoured wil with bis ing teumipek in his hand, cheoring§ on the men Near btm etood Cayton AMew foal xiot of large eaibre yaned through the Rammeckw, over the starboard Uakine wif the i@ft fan of the Lioukenant ering Dus apoaking Lrampe tue Spt. Aldon down wits the ¢ we lnich thre shat hat dinye am happy tw say Wat injury, Mr, Cu “at where Dit wound Was touts attended to by br. Her | derson, the ship's surceon, but not before the brave young ‘ann had beta large Guantity of bheod ow live way | down Ou betew carried bolow he used the follow ime pe Urtodic words whet are worthy of beeen biete peal { omy ther log oo thet we a aren J roetor of Chr ebnree ng at chaplain at Dowel tie | on the bridge whew Mr. Comnstngs { vie wound. Tie Janetely emasced b yoagh be had been all over Mer obi, in the th f Wie Gabt, omrrying wypmeages nod exhorting aint ie ng the anor tern rerum sok nem er, im the mids of eneh 4 dense cltud Sinoke, to Know where to pamt our gums. Kvon | tne artes of the avety’* cume sheme dimly tbrowgt the thick « the order ene given Wo Conve wn cewek: run romning in fh other. tn thie trae we cabels het a deoded wtvantage ver us, for While they Ai net stapd inedumger of Oliva, Be os thee any apprehension of Gring tte their friends. | The wite river wee he ure them, and 1 did wot hit | cys veseetn ot exch dischorge, they tes ke | the | Pc RnB TON rane } While a way Clnar enough to disting:ish otyects | oe s were soeo Papilly mur ing wy Ube river ahowe the batters They ee the veh | ganbonte chat wore taal ing all speed to get out af the way of the wird Hartiord aed the Albatron, ond the rebels or ard of the feioysl craft renew net bow many other Colon versie banidor With Falseaf, they erveutiy herr tbat deecretot ame the better part & wale 108 RCMOND 6 PIRI. An pow the torment) arose bigh aed joud Danser and denser became the dark vatune of suke, o cent to wap bie Cr the plot te Knew where t pet the vorst!'s hea! Leah Terry, therefore, etati a at the heed of the dnp, where there weee betler chance notrak og the ghumm than Oo Yoe briige, Laud rou over othe roar of cnmnoe and Ube ohriet 4 bell rection how the rornel's heed place’ The orton was taken (rom him by the the tock ad O7 them conveyed the sat the wheel At Cee thie wae adifiowts ewe coll Sommetinee drown tho eyed, 56 it we, eonmed A the waneurring was gbeer herein The wan the weer pearly 00 boar ange fires at about Walt cbamen 6, ported Weel (ome, Te tna the reepanse wae given that «eho Cnmorrered tha wee ele oid bok muhert ts agen, end I ao Coy cee Hook elet while we were oy current, Th wae * (don oom but whas the whet Could we tel been tawtrnyed, nor how ten oarhing sown after 114 sed toe Aivetroge had @ thy batter. Al * wera come Wo we t lnhund, wy mmr Wo the ows with Ube biMmmuins wot (het #e}eruaieed beck reer fom arent me, The war of conaw teat ommeew Wimeng eborring. whiting, Rowlmg « “ looger beard. ihe glotwan stare neore heme orth ite thy oe wager ome had hovered overt river 6 ‘ee enwge wary et pe eon tee Copp inanee a) bet whe shall rey CR ihe ween Hevweh €id nek Arop » piyitg ten on the work of Sevtrvetwn * carries on by bo ogn ere ated tot & tiie ewer thas ved tee Cots rn thie thee [0% fad mente thet Lowtenant Ont had been <oomtet, When tbe Bring owe ec (ote wind aft where Lwae with he A oy 7 ’ toe Chat an tie wan onder the presence would wt auter® bie, Ao 906 the youl, on ear way formar stereo ot had mon nade by On wlghty pormtag wr i CONTINUED OW FIOUT! PAGE,