Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-09-11

graphic account of one Of the naval en-.
gagments near Canton:
No sooner did the boats appear in the
narrow passage than twenty 32-pounders
sent twenty round shot. and hun lred
smaller guns sent their full char. .es OF
grape and canister, at range of five
hundred yards. right among them. The
eff ct was terrible. keppel was sound
ing with.the boa5-hook for water for the
bomb boats and went back amid the storm
to g.tthen mp. They start afresh. and
make another effort to get through The
Commodore pushes on ahead. There
WIS Capt. Lcckie, in his galley. with
Major Ke+rney by his side There was
Capt, ROLAND in the launch of the Cal
eutta. and Lieut.. Seymour in the barge
of the same ship. The Tribune's cutter
was in am'n. them. The Hong Kong.
who had worked herself up through the
mud to within 500 yards of the scene of
action, had sent her gig. Perhaps there
were others, but amid so much smoke
and fire, even those who were in it can
not agree as to minute tails If the
gunners of the Excellent had been in
those Ghincs. iunks. and b I'd worked
thDs 81 pa md sr Saas. ti,ey could hard
ly have thro vn the round shot strail hter.
X ppel 5 galley. not large mark. is hit
three tim, in tw, minutes; a a32.pound.
er shot strikes Major Kernev in the
breast, tearing him to pieces. He must
have died without a sensation. Young
Barker. midshipm,n Of the Tribune,
who wore upoI his finger a ring Be-
9ueathed to him by his broth who was
kslIe 1T Ink rmlnn. IS down, m1rtally
wounded The commodnre's coxswain
is killed. and every man of his crew is
wounded. Bat the miracle is not that
the men are inlling,b bat that any escaped.
Thn God of hittlns is t1era and wonder.
fal frs the Instances Of his merciful pro-
tecti9n. Cap'.i, Cochr,ne has the
,l .ava efh his coat tere awly by II sEot.
=hie1 irav : i'm uaharm-d. 4 round
Shot c.,:ers n rriblne's boat anl pas
SIS aleag her lin Of keel. ON stem to
storm. without touching a man. .Thrt
vas eIo,', Victor, SAID kepprl to his
frst tie4t- nint 4, cannon Shot rassed
betwee5 their heidS. Fortunately for
hins III. Victor Prince Victor Of Ho-
hcnlnhe. aS thorough AMI as unpretend
ing British seaman as if his name were
Drake or JARVIS was leaning forwards.
all using hi-hlo1k eehiel as tourniquet
10 stop the blYolins of saamaH whose
hand had just been slot off otherwise
that bail must have taken Nictor's he1d
off At this time the galley was dis
abled. and she vas drifting down under
the guns o. thr juaks. Even Kcppel
saw az it would not do. The matter
wa. however settled for him, for the
next shot tore away the stern sheets o.
his galley while he was fortunately stand
ing up with the riler ropes in his hand.
Seymour, you must take me in. and he
stepped from his sinking galley into the
Calcutta. All the other occupants Of
the galley were also removed into the
baig except the mangled corpse of
the eoxswain and the favorite dog of the
COMMODORE, who had been accustomed
to he tended by that man, and would not
leave his body With this freight the
wreck of the galley driftel with the rs-
ing lille up towards the ju ks.
Now the boats retired amid sound
ing of gon-s, strange shouts OF triumph,
and , rdoublca fire. They retired to
the Hong kon,, which was aground
astHrn; but, supported BY the Starring
threw SHOT AMI she'll up among the junks,
and received from them full equivalent
for their FIRE.
Tha Commodore was waiting for rein.
forceman's and for more water in the
river. and meanwhile he piped to dinner.
The men were getting their rations, and
were dcvouring them. when the fire
from the junks slackeneh Three cheers
for the blue criel Raleigh boat that
now came up. Man the boats, lads.
these rascals are getting afoat,' On
they q again, dinnerless. hut in high
spirits, and under fire SO hot that the
Calcutta's launch is sunk. and Captain
ROLAND has to scramble into another
boat.
This time they find water enough in
tho narrow passage, and dashing through
the shot. find the enemy afoat and in
movement. 1t has now become chase.
These Junks, manned by from GO TO 100
rowers. e, faster than our heavy bomb.
boats can follow. But shrapnell shell
go faster than even snake junk there
are twi,ting- in the creek that are not
shown in the chart. and in following
these wlndines nursners and pursued
often hnl themselves side by side with
an interval of land between them. They
fire at each other across these peninsulas
and the gnns are so well served, and tho
shells so terrifying, that every now and
the crews leap ont AMI the junk is de-
serted, Spike the guns and push on. -
Six miles this hot chase lasts, and there
are now but eight junks uncapturcd !;
when rounding sharp point pursued
and purSucrs rush almost together into
the city of Fatshan. Chinese towns
cannot be seen far off; the pagoda and
I the pawn5rokers warehouses are the
only high buildings. Three of the junks
escaped the ether five are headed and