The Arkansas banner., 1848-03-07


 xhere was sisiicpsd- So istsihia. hsd hesp iAs work ef destrpetion renpd as, that it was iegmsd N slset 9h55sae Not onIx Asf We nd sfv%rsFl savs ae1 sass klselsF WedadeA hul sesst&I sl sfss ,Eee msse disablsk T,be aex Iheieaged Ia Aad pisss q < shs s,9sE!s hees ela ssa sefp sss fase 'oised T sss.ek beam oi tne upPcr dsfk win :ash ion. A aseniY.fpnf pAAud shM kAd -siss asas hEansb Ina seEsph af the agszina, msssaielY ,yer the orilcA thfonfR which we passetl powster T1ss seh5ofMAssef feeefSeda dsatk Wb11d. ThA Dsave hsasakaia uho cHiuafts1 tAa sirk eSe to tse ila of hatile wna fassanina asispper enA Aaelsiav which he'd hssa seOt sNsy. weea bis hsAd vas rusha te echpteis ths sSAGnished taNk. vas also truck dewH One ofoEF nidrhipmsn likewise re- rcived severe wound. and the ward room asewaEd was killed, A fellow named John, Who sor sosne petty SEeneS had been ssnt sN board bs q p0aisl. inenf, was easrtsa pest gtH weapdod. ! distinctly heard the large bcoddfors ss Pst. pat pal. on ths kept by the Sesls ios hes miik 1sd sat escape ,hs gseerll easnsess her hinA isgs were shot .oA sApd pobf Nan Eas thrown otatNeasa.
 | lave clten Dsen asksd whs, were my feelings dasing the kshs iest pretty maeh as fstpposs every one dsea si aach atine. Thas men gre wiih- cut thought when they stand amid the dying and the dead Is too absrd idea to De enteta,nrd foS rnoaeht. We alI appeared eheetfai, bat know that many sesioua thought ran through my minst: still, Nhs, could we de batkssp ap semhlance, ., least, ol animsiioR T9 fAn tFon our quarters woad have been certain death from the haGds of OUT own othees to give .ay so gloom or ts show stas wca'a do no good. and might brand us with the aene ot cowsrds, and inseIe certain defeat. Our only irse therefore. vas 10 make the best of our sitnatioi., by fighting brately and rbeesfaity, thought gfeat deal. however, uf the other world: every grosn. every faifnt man told ms that thsnext instant m bs before the Jage ol all Ehe earth.
 While tb.se thoagi,ts secretly asitaiedmy bo.om. shot were pouring through onr portfolios Ike Ieaa- cn rain, carrying teatli ih thefr tfain Tho 1ar1e sot eanss NeaasG tiEs shtsS sds ike ifen hal shas king her ,s the vsry keel. ar Passing thYenaA hrr iimbers and scattering terrific spiin,crs. which did more appalling work than even their own deash- giving blows The rsadeF may form all Idea of the effect of grape and eA4a44r. when he Is iold thar grape shot IS fotmed by ycven or eight balls con fined t0 an iron and tied in cloth These bSlis are scattered by the expleelsn of tise powder. CasIs- ter shot is msuc by fllRg a. powder canister with balls, each as la'ge as two or three nssskst balls; iaese also satter win d'refnl effect when dischsrg ed What, then, win splInters, cannon balls, grape, and canister. poured ineessansly upon us, Inc ra- der may Dc assured that he Werk of death went on in tnauner which must have been satisfactory eve to the King of TnrfoFs hinsslf - 's.'
 Suddcaly the fa'tling uf the iren hail c1aseds--- We were otdsred to eeasc firing, A profound si- lence ensued, broken onl, by the stihed groans of that the enemy had shc shraa b repsir damages; for she vas rot So disabled but she could sail w.ih- out difficulty. while we were cut up that we lay utterly helpless. Our head braces wele shot away; the fore sud maintop- masts were gone; the misen- masts hung over the ste n, having carr ed several men over ill it's fall we were in staie of complete wreck.
 A council was now hs,d among he ofiesrs oas tho qnarter-defk. H Oar condition wss pefiloas ins the exueme; victory or escape was alike hopeless. Ouf ship was disabled; many of our men were kill- ed. and inany more wounded. The eneny would without doaet bear down npoH ss sa afew mp-' ments, and as she could npv ebeese- hsf own position. would deaktsss take us fore and oft. Any further tssistsA thSeaknsu MhS sUy tn stts of the hct braiGed eutsaanl wbo Advfsed flses not to strike. hsn i0N snk aang.sides fl was aeiszmined to strike our eolors. This was done hy the hands of brave fellow namea Watson, whose saddepcd brow told how severely hpained his lion hesst to do it. To nss it was piessing eight, for had seen fighting enough for one Sabbath; more tlaaa wish cd to see again on week day. His Butann,c Ma iesiy's Jigat, Macedonlan'was now inc prize ofthe Aiaeriea frigets UEnef S'a,cs }'h o'' e f7'
 I I low went hebIw ts see how matters appeared there. The first ,Jtiect met wss man -beaS,ng a iiint which lsi jst baen aeiaelsed fseIn ssne poer suiiefer. Pursuing my way to the ward room, | necessarily passed through inc steeFsge. which was sti owed sSih the woanted: it was sad spectacle, made more nppsiag by the grOans and cries weiSs.s rent the sir. Ss'nte Were groaniRg, others wese sxelIiag ,post bitterly. fos wsre praying. while those last arrived were beggisg most piteousy ', have their wounds dsessed nexis The surgeon and his mate were sDeared ~bh blood from heal te feot; they ieoket more like butchers ibsn dSc ers. Has- ing many patients they had ones shifted their quarters trosa the cockpit to the sieesage; they removed to the wsrd-reon; and ihe ioag table reana
 .-Lah Ill sh'eh the oihcess had sat cs.f many merry fsat' were s0oa snvsSed with the bleedisg ofps of isslp, ed and muiillted scstncn. 78ss ss SsSr f,l
 now set io-~ork to render all the aid in my pow. to the sufferers. 0ai csIpcat<s, named Reed, had his leg cut of. hsped to carry him 10 tlIe after ward-I oom; but he soon brrahed nM his fe ihefc, and then assisted in throwing hts mapyled TO- mains overheard. We got oul the cots as fast a. possible, for most Of the men were stretched oai on the goty deck. One pooi feiiow with broken this sh begged me b give hlm some water. gave him some. lie locked unuties6le gratitude, dfaRk. sai dlei. Ii was with exceeding diiie uIty moved through the steefage, t Vas so eoveied @ith maag- led men and so slippery with streams of blood There wssa poor toy there crying as II his heart wouL! bseak, lie had beea sefsaHt to tse beatswaia whose head Was dashed to pieces. Poo' boy hs
 felt that he had lost fImnd. tried to comfort bim, ny reminding bIua shat he eaghi ts be thapk.n for ha. ing CSC cap.d ds th binsslt. s
 Here also met one ot ny n,essmates w''o show ed me utHDSt JBy dt eertu& uF chsSs w " had beard thafi was killed He was locking up bis messmstes. which he said was always doae by sailors. We found tso of our msss wounded. Que was ihe Swede. Logboln, xh0 fell oserboard and was nearly lost ss formerly mentioned We held him whie inc surgeoa cut of hls leg ahoxs .e kare The operation ss most psinfa to behold. the sur. geon using his knite snd saw on human assh as freely as inc butcher at the shsmbies does on the csrease of a beastt Our other messinate ssHtfed stili more than the Swede; ne was sadly mniialed about the legs and thighs with sfsihssts. Sacs scesss af suffering as saw Tn tsal wsgd Foom 1 hope never io witness again. Coald the cviized woild behold them as they were. and they often arr, infinitely worse than on that oceassiSn, II sses 10 me thstthey would for ever pat down the bsfta- roas praetices of war by universal eoasspt e-
 Mast of our officers and men were taken on board the victor ship. wss left with few others. 10 take care oi tfse wounded My mAs,ef. the sailing master. was siso among the cfices- who continued .,rat g, ., a.ru;r hzwt,ss hrx,k@a laia inc ssf.,s