New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-07

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done us 10 other service. II 10 q unanimous opinion
4, The ac,t that Il has taught Tho imm"nse uso oil
,,.nm un hoats of which too muoh cannot 10 said IN
pr.is- Chr mortar practice during Tho day has BON
bcnuiifu and all the youug oil cre IN chsro OF th'n
dos. rye the greatest credit each of them worked aud
fred his own mortar hims,l and thcrc was scarcely
one that did NOT t,H.
of single casualty happening to Our whole hotill.
Au,. Ill concluded my last letter about A. W.
m tho OH At thu. time no, gun was being hired ~
the enemy indeed the extraordinary saekness oil theT
fire all isy vas a OF general rurpr-e W u.s. ior
instead Of having 200 800 guns plying on US We ta1
moi more than IS or 80 and OF these only one al ilhe
ere every two or three minutes the fearful EXPLOSIONS
Of he dav and the destruction that was raging around
seem To have perayzed their deienses-
little after { p VI on the 9th, the rocket
po,iUa n,semblsd round the Duke OF Wellington, and
shortly after left to take mp their station under Inc
conn and OF Captain Henry Caldwell ihey com
mer ced racce az abOu; 80 IN, wheD III beng que
DARK most magnificent spectacle presented isef the
Citadel Admiralty house, storeooasea End other puo,
lie buildings Vargon, were arson hre oeaunui
breeze fom the y. +. famed " mo herce olaze,
and the red flames rising least loO ieet see med
IN riot among the clouds OF bc2 smoke ami lick them
ND Atths moment the rockets commenced their fear
FIJI rush through the air like mighty meteors leaving
long. streams Of fire behlLd u en- ana zee moraIs
Which had ceased firing for g while TO allow them TO
cool teesn 10 boom agan AMI their shells u quoting
high in the ar winked like stars, as the revolving
sbf II bowed ito lighted fuzee occasionally We could
a bright fash, followed by smoke and shower OF
sparks thrown upward told tue havoc 1t spread
around. 49,
TIE rockets and morars continued firing until 2:3o
A. N. of the 10th.
Al 3.3O q signal yes made TO the gunboats TO 90
IL action sgaD they had been withdrawn 10 take
in fresh supply OF ammunition aud coon a'er the
hombardment wa general agalo Inc three-decker
which was mooIed across the entrance 10 the harpOE
with such On imposing look about her, has beea re-
moved curing the night, and placed behind the town,
over which we can Just sac her masts We made her
old portion hot for her, ana II IL reporter sue nae
been ON fire three tines hear that Eve of our NOR
tar VI re disab ed Yesterday not by the enemy Dn,
by large holes some OF them OIL enough 10 ut uen
egg mi forming in their chambers neither 'ois Is
from be firing from defective casting, or the NEAL
# il difficult 10 say. They partially repaired by
Mr. Ward Insp ec,or of Machinery, who poured an
ALLOW of zinc and tin into the holes, and some were
fired seventy rounds before the piece fell out Al o:lo
A. NJ another explosion took place on Fargon. our
fire continued without intemssiOn, and at IL 80 P.M
we sue eeded In setting fire TO part OF the dockyar
on SwsTtoe, and at l:30 TO great number oil sn:ds,
reported 20 contain 100 gunboats not IN use; go,
we are quite certain they are Useless row LOT not
vestige Of them remains This fire spread itset TO The
town adjoining, ard at one tune we could see tlree
lorg stree ts il blaze a. once. $50
Al 2:40P. NJ. gore French gunboats wehiDg 10
take MP q better position, sent couple OF gigs 10
sound little to the westward, when the town OF tel
siDefors opeLed fire upon them from some oa'tefies
cose under their beautiful church. IL would De an
easy task indeed for US to burn Helsing0rs To the
ground, but We have spared II and oniy attacked
their fortresses from wish not TO destroy private
property but when our mercy Is treated WIN such
baGe return almost provoked 10 turn Tue heads
of our lit lie gun boats in tina direction. Yet 1t 10 evil
dent they expect to respect certain places ana
avoid firing certain spots, for on ore huge building
10 the westward Of Hrsibg'o's 10 piece OF canvas
stretching from chimney 10 chimney, with the words
" Luz attic Asy um " painted in large black letters
UPON it, yet within 300 yards OF thsy have three i'm
nerse baitenes-oDe immediately under 1t, and the
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east of it several hundred uen were engaged building
mortar battery snd magGZine, and covering the lat
Ter with sand. his little transaction caused Admiral
Z, maud 10 observe that there much more honor
" in burning Sweaborg, but there would be more salts
" focon in destroying Hesingfo,s"
Our fire continued wit lout sackening until p NJ,
when that from the gun-boats ceased, most OF them
having expended ell their ammunition That how
ever from the moriars which vere not disabled con-
tnued during the night. am sorry to say that three
out Of sixteen burst during the day, and five
Others have become useless from the cause before
mentioned and the remainder will not bear more than
80 or 60 rounds being fred from them.
The Hastings CORVALLIS and Amphion had sharp
Icoun'er with the batteries along the eastern shore ON
the morning Of the 9th; the COrnwallis struck by
- shot in her hull, and had eli, ht wounded, but
no. severely. On tie same morning the Arrogant,
Cruiser and CoeSack observed some troops at work
among the trees the island of DrgmTioi they opened
FIRE upon them with shot, shell and rockets and soon
drove them into the iDterierj
Aug. 1l.-Our rocket-bOafs went IN again lag night
and fired for about three hours the enemy senttNiew
l0ZS shot and shell a. them, which just showed they
were alive, but did 10 damage. boat beiobgingt W
tie VuIture had two severely and several others
very slightly, burned by one of their owl rockets.
Aug l2-The bombardment ceased this morning at
A. NJ, at which time the whole place seemed to be
Oh fire. few rocket boats were sent in last night to
draw away attention from the French mortar battery,
from which two guns and the remains of their mortars
-four of which had burs were being removed. The
firing from this battery was superb, but think that
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because our fuzees seemed TO be of superior manufsc
ture. A. for the gun-boas, they have established
firm foundation for new era in warfare; their per-
fomances, and the with which they were
made, were the admiration Of all who them; and
il the continues until next year. hope to zee at
least leo of them in the Baltic
With This almost entire destruction of Sseaborg
expect must be satisfied and not look for any other
great operation in the Baltic this year, But there still
remains great deal that may be done indeed, great
ceal more mil have been done at Sweaborg but for
the failure OF E1ort4Is; the blow, however, which
We have successfully given and which, | believe,
successful than was ever anticipated, will be
severely felt by Russia Ii shakes her confidence in
her stone walls, and makes her trembe for every town
aong her coasts when she few small boats
some Of the kactualy old dockyard lighters, after
having gun or mortar put INTO them, are abe to
destroy stors public buildings, and property worth
millions, and defended by between 500 and 600 guns
without the se btest accident casualty for have
just learned that neither French English hare lost
SINGLE man.
Aug l2-The owner OF the yacht Wee Pet, Mr..
Hug he's, was very resry paying a severe penalty for
endeavoDg TO satisfy his curiosity. Just before dusk
be stood i'll toward the fortress and 20, within range
of the gurs, when perfect shower of shell and hot
sbot was thrown az MIN, dropping him astern
indeed in every direction but fortuns,ey not touching
him.
At6A. NJ on the 18th all the feet got under weigh
from what remsiDs of Sweaborg and anchored in
Reyel Roads again al noon.