The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-08-17

respective guns. These Precautions are OF
scuedio prevent the powder taking iTe ~
fore il reaches the gun.
Thus We al stood, waiting orders, Ia "a,
ti0nless suspense. Al last We fred three
guns from the laboard side Of the main declss
this was followed by the command "ceasn
firing; yca are throwing away your sho.l''t
Then came the orders to swear ship, = ana
preptrs 80 attack The enemy with our Str.
b0a.d gsus- Soon after Tins heard firing
from some other quarter, which 1 FIRST sup
posed from our quaucf-deck guns; though j
pfoEed - b. aba roas q tlo enemy 5 cannon.
a srasgo lois-, slck IS ..osef ile-ss'.-LLs
fore, next arrested my urenton; il sounded
Ike The leafing Of sails, Just ogcE oar heads
This soon ascertained 70 be the wind 81
our enemy's shot. The firing after a few
minutes recommended. The roaring u
cannon could now be heard fom al parts of
our trembling ship, and mingl'ng as il did
with that Of onf foes, u made ahideousnoisc.
By-and-by, heard the shols strike the sid1.-
Of our ship; the whole scene became inde-
scnbably confused and horrible; il was like
some awful tremendous thunderstorm,
whose dealening roar Is attended by inces..
ant ssroaks OF lightning, Carrying death ~
every Fash, aud sifewing The ground wi|e
the victims Of It's pTaih; only, in our case the
scene was rendered more horrible than thar.
by the presence Of torrents Of blood which
/ dyed our decks.
Though the recital may ne painful, yetas
Il viii reveal the horrors Of war and sha.s-s>.
what fearful pTlce victory Is won or lost.
viii present the reader with things as they
met my eye, during the progress Of thai
dreadful bauie. 1 was bualy Supplying ms
gun with powder, when saw blood suddol.-
/ y III from The arm Of a IMAM stationed al ous
gun. slw nothing slnke him; the cficcs
alone vas visible; IN an instant The lhiIdlicui.
ted his handkerchief round the wounded arns.
and sent the gIcaning wleich below 70 lhe
surgeon.
luc cries Of The wounded now rang ihsouea
al parts Of the ship. These were carrit-
70 me cock p.ias fsi as iley iell, wh.lo iLQ.
more fortunate men VINO we've killed or.-
/ IRli, we're Immediately thrown oyclbos
/ A ! was sialioncd bar a short disiauc6 lola
TIE faain haiciIway. could catch q glaroc
Al al who we're earned below. A gant8
Wa "a that 1 could jnduisolin. lor tI.s ltts
ae'lnrns = ,i.e aal,s aezIts e.>s- :. ~
wounded in the early pant 81 Tho action, and
1 bad to spring with all my might 10 keep
three or four guns supplied with cartridges.
save two oftnosc lads iail nearly together.
One Of them wasziruci 3, a large shot IN lhs
/ leg; he had 90 suller amputliIon above tag
wound. Tie other had grape OF canis'fl
shot sent through has ANGLE. "A Stout foik
saiicmaa lied him IN lis aims. snd hurrcd
han Co tho COCKPIT. lie had his fooi cut Of.
AMI llaa Vas made lame for life. Two "a the
+ boys stat.0ued on the quarter deck were
killed ;--ihey were both Portuguese A
man who saw one Of them killcd, afcrxard
told me that hs powder cought IRE and burnt
The hesl almost Of his face. Ia ibis piiiabla
situation, the agoniziug BOY hfed up both
hands, ~ ifimPlorag relief when passing
s1oi instantly cut him IN TOO.
One q The officers ofmy division also tel
"a my sight. he was nohle-hearted i-iln,xs.
aafned Dan hivea. A grape OF canister
shot struck him near tie heart, cxclnming.
~Ohi my Godr' be fell and was carried bo-
low, where be shorsl , afterwards died.
Nj. Hope, our FIRST Lieutenant, was also
slightly wounded by gummoi, or small iron
ring, probably torn from hammocl-clew bv
a shot. lie went below shouting 10 the men
70 nigh. ON living bad his wouad dressed
he came up again, shoutngto as at the ton
ct bis voice. and bidding Us 10 fight on with
all our mighi. There was not a'man inshs
ship bul would have reioiced had no been in
The Place Of our masters male, the unfouu-
Dan Kivell.
The baiilewent on. Our men kept cheer
Tag with al their might cheered with
them. though 1 scarcely knew for what
lfCosiainiy there was nothing very inspiring in
the aspect OF things where was stationed
10 terrible had been the work Of dessg,srsscz
round Us, u was The slaughlcf-house. Nor
only bad We bid several boys and mea <ll-
ed OF wounded, but several Of The guns were
disabled. The one belonged to bad a p sce
ofihc muzzle knocked out: and wheel r,s
snip rolled, il struck a-beam Of che uuDer
deck with such force 5 10 become iamned
and liked N that position. A twcnty-gour
pound shot had also passed through the screen
OF The magazine, Immediately over the or
hce through which passed our powder
The schoolmasier here received death
wound. The brave coaiswain, who came
from the SICK bed 10 the din of battle, was
fastening siopperon back stay which bad
been shot away, when his head was smashed
pieces with a cannon ball ;anoiherman 90
ing 70 complete the unfinished task, was
also struck down. Another ofour midsh.p.
men also received severe wound. The IN
fortunate wsFdfoom siewasd. who attempted
70 cut bis own throau On former occasion.
was killed. A fellow named John, who FOR
sosao petty olience, had been sent on board
as pun shlneni, was carried pisims xouni-
cd. ldlsiinctly heard the large blood-drops
f4ll pli, PAT, on the dock; hla wounds rere
mortal. Even poor goat, KEPT By the oii-