The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-13 00:00:00

beyond the wooden building, and to the left beyond Jotank

Swamp.
" The former was composed of the Freeborn's men ; the
latter of those of the Pawnee. The erection of a sandbag
battery by the Pawnee's men, under the superintendence of
Lieutenant Chaplin, was then commenced at the summit of
the table land up the acclivity, at the foot of which the
landing was effected. The ground was well chosen, for a
strong fence ran across, with an embankment and a ditch
on the side of our party, forming a ready-made defence,
under cover of which our men could check the advance of
the enemy. Only one little spot, forming an angle of about
45 degrees with the fence, was left exposed, and it was at
this spot that the sandbags were being laid as fast as they

could be filled.
" The landing was effected a little after 12 o'clock, and an
incessant cannonade was kept up till 4. From the right of
the wooden building, looking from the river, a view of the
rebel encampment was obtained, about three miles off, and
men could be seen moving to and fro. Some of them were
on horseback, and one man was seen galloping down the
road leading to the camp. To this point the Freeborn' s shots
were directed, under the information furnished from the
shore by Mr. Kellogg. The shots were well aimed.
" At 4 o'clock the Freeborn ceased firing, and resumed at
5, the bow gun throwing in round shot and thq after gun
five-second shell. Capt. Ward stood on the gallows frame
directing the fire, which was very excellent. Several of the
shot and shell were distinctly seen to strike the Whitehouse,
belonging to Mr. Grimes, at some distance above the wooden
building, in which it was ascertained that rebel troops were
concentrated, and it was consequently the object of the

second cannonade.
"The battery on shore was now nearly completed, and a
large quantity of branches of trees was placed over to mask,
it. A number of the Freeborn's men were now seen running
in the direction of Mr. Grimes's house, and the thicket had
no sooner concealed them from the view of the Freeborn
than four shots were fired at them from the house, which
were returned by our men. The voice of Mr. Kellogg was
distinctly heard, shouting Rescue I' and some men were
then seen working to aid him. Presently they all returned,
and Mr. Kellogg subsequently reported that the rebels had
been all cleared out. The Freeborn had ceased firing, so
as not to hit our own men, when on their reappearance
Capt. Ward gave the order to train the forward gun sharp
forward, as it had been trained sharp aft all along. He
was on the gallows frame all this time, but whether he
saw the rebels when he indicated the pointing of the gun
he never lived to tell. The gun was trained when he
sounded the whistle, at the same time hailing the shore,
' All hands on board.' The order was obeyed, and they
were making for the beach when a rifle shot was fired from
the thicket to the left of Jotank creek, at the picket sta-
tioned near by, going through his cap. He fell back on the
main body, discharging his rifle before doing so. Two or
three shots, and next a terrible volley, were fired from the
rebels from the extreme point to the left, all the way to
the commencement of Jotank creek, on the men, who
were fast running for their boats and the Freeborn. The
shots flew as thick as hail all around Lieutenant Chaplin
and men. The major was among the last to leave the beach,
seeing that the men were safe off. Several of the men had
to swim for their lives; among them Mr. Chaplin, who, as
well as all the rest, succeeded in gaining their boats. Not
a tool nor a weapon was left behind.
" Coxswain John Williams, of the Pawnee's first cutter,
behaved nobly. He was badly wounded in the thigh, and
the flag of his boat, six feet by four, had no fewer than 19
shots through it, and the staff was cut in two. Seizing the
stump in his hand, he waved the flag, saying, Boys, the
American flag never shall be lowered ; don't allow any of
our men to be left behind.'
" The men now lay on their oars, and took on board the
swimmers, the rebel shots flying thickly around them.
Lieutenant Chaplin was not yet taken on board, when Wil-
liams called out, Mr. Chaplin, throw away your cap, it is
a mark for the enemy.' Mr. Chaplin coolly turned on his
back, fastened his cap to his suspender:, turned round again,
swam and reached the boat.
" On board the Freeborn, when the enemy opened fire
Captain Ward came down from the gallows frame and
seized a rifle, which he fired at the enemy, us did pilot
Pierson and myself. We fired several shots, when the cap-
tain ran down to the forecastle deck and began to sight the
gun, first ordering it to be loaded with round shot. He had
got the sight and was about to withdraw and give the
word to fire, when he was struck by a bullet, saying to Harry
Churchhill, the boatswain's mate, Churchill, I'm killed.'
He fell into one of his arms, while Churchill pulled the
string with the other, throwing the shot clear among the
enemy. A five-second shell and two rounds of grape were
then fired from the bow gun, while the after gun fired about
the same quantity.
" ' Slip the cable and start her,' was now Lieutenant
Lee's order on assuming the command. It was done, and
soon the Freeborn and all the boats were out of range of
the deadly rifles and muskets.
" The Pawnee was now ordered alongside, and Dr. J. A.
Moore, our surgeon, who had been sent on board of her in
the morning, came on board the Freeborn, accompanied by
Mr. Frederick Ward, the captain's second eon. Dr. Moore
immediately pronounced the wound mortal. The ball had
ciatc.rod. th© umbilicus, ,Lna enure out on *l.n right side, near
the back, perhaps passing through the liver and ocher

vitals.
" The captain was first laid on the quarter deck, but sub-
sequently removed to a more convenient position. In re-
moving him he said, "Why remove me ? lam quite com-
fortable.' Here Lieutenant Lee asked if he could do any-
thing for him. He only said, Raise my head a little
h;gher.' To Dr. Moore he once said, Doctor, the wound
is here,' pointing to the pit of his stomach. The captain
lingered for about three-quarters of an hour, when he ex-
pired, after a few gasps. His son was by him when he
breathed his last. The most profound grief pervaded the
whole of the officers and crew of the Freeborn.
" When it was known that the captain was mortally
wounded George Conch, captain of the after gun, exclaimed
Boys, let us have our revenge.' The gun was then
pointed true, and the five-seconds shell burst right in the
midst of the enemy. He was about to fire again, when the
Doctor forbade the disturbance of the captain's last mo-
ments, and Conch desieled.
" Thus fell, in defence of the glorious Stars and Stripes,
the noble, generous, and intrepid James Ward, the origi-
nator of the scheme of the flying flotilla, and who never
spared himself in the performance of his duty, nor shrank
from personal danger, though tender of the safety of his
men.

" Several of the men of both vessels had narrow escapes,
being shot through their caps and various parts of their
clothing. A round bullet went through the engine-room,
cut a broom handle in two, and fell on board. It is supposed
that there could have been no fewer than
.800, or 1,000 rebels
present.
"During the night the Freeborn went alongside the
Pawnee, at the entrance to Aquia Creek, and Lieutenant
Lee reported to Commander [lowan. First Lieutenant
Lowry was sent on board to take temporary command of the
Freeborn. The PaNtnee then left for Washington, with
the remains of Captain Ward, Mr. Frederick Ward, Dr.
Moore, your correspondent, and 12 seamen of the Freeborn
went as a delegation to see the remains of their commander
taken to their last resting place. The men on board the
Freeborn made a request that the corpse of their beloved
commander should be conveyed to Washington on board
his own vessel, where he gloriously fell, but this was not
allowed, as the exigencies of the service would not per-
mit it.
" the following are thenames of the killed and wounded :
" ON BOARD THE FREEBORN.

" Killed.-1. James H. Ward, Commander of the flotilla.
"Wounded.-1. George M'Kinney, shot in the thigh,
dangerously, shattering the bone. 2. Michael Heaney,
shot in the thigh, badly.
" ON BOARD THE PAWNEE.

"Wounded.-3. John Williams, shot badly in the thigh.
4. W. J. Best, shot in the thigh, hand, and body. Ampu-
tation necessary and not expected to survive. 5. Jerome
Jackson, coloured, wounded slightly in the ancle. 6.
Robert Kelly, one anger slightly and part of his musket
stock shot off.
"The whole of the wounded men are seamen, except
Jackson, a boy.
" The object of Captain Ward in throwinc, up the breast-
works at Matthias Point was that his boat's crew might be
able to hold the place, with the aid of a small howitzer bat-
tery, and covered by the 32-pounder guns of the Freeborn,
until his force should be reinforced by the New York 71st
Regiment, which he had sent for to come to his support.
It was thought the regiment, once there, could fortify
themselves and hold the place against any force short of
vastly superior numbers. The Pawnee, however, arrived at
the Navy-yard with Captain
Wards corpse
.before the de-
spatch reached the 71st. The remains will go to New
York under a marine escort to-morrow morning.

wasfirst to be ex-
pected,the
current year is considerably a
the
BANKRUPTCIES THIS YEAR.—.in
above the average. In the
the number of bankruptcies
Liverpool district 63 bankuptcies were gazetted ; in the
Manchester, 56; in the Birmingham, 130 ; in the Leeds,
78 ; in the Brist.,l, 43 ; in the Exeter, 25 ; in the New-
castle, 11; and in the London, 321, showing a total of 727,
or at the rate of 1,454 per annum, as compared with 1,123,
the average for the preceding ten years. The only district
which is below the average of the previous decade is New-
castle, where the ba.nkruptci s have diminished to the ex-
tent of 39 per cent. In the Liverpool district there has
been au increase of 59 per cent. ; in the Manchester an in-
crease of 26 per cent. ; in the Birmingham an increase of
31 per cent. ; in the Leeds an increase of 48 per cent. ; in
the Bristol an increase of 26 per cent.; in the Exeter an
increase of 19 per cent. ; and in the London an increase of
17 per cent. After all, however, these statistics afford by
no means a complete view of the state of the commercial
world, an immense number of " private arrangements"
being now made between debtors and creditors.
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