Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-30


cxertion, however. was made by tho medical staf
Ito whom, and Especially 10 DR.. Little. Of the ma
rinos, great credit 10 due,) and long ere daybreak
every sufferer had hc wounds tended. Every OPP
Grafton land their number was sickening) was
gratihed to hear was performed under the infu-
ence of chloroform.
Our proportionate loss has, indeed. been fright.
fnl-4G4 killed and wounded. Tho Let battalion
Of marines alone. which landed barely 400 strong,
has lost altogether l72 killed andjwounded; the
Chesapeake 26 killed or missing,an 81 wounded.
No expectation whatever is entertained of those
who are returned missing being still alive. With
such enemies rs the Chinese. and under the pecn-
liar circumstances of tho case all such hope is out
OF the question.
Tho belief is universal throughout tho squad
ron that Europeans manned tho batteries as well
rs Chinese. Men in grny coais. with closely crop,
ped hair and with Russian features werc distinct
ly visible in the batteries and the whole ofthe for
tifcations were evidently Of Eurouean designing.
Some of those who advanced near TO tho wall even
20 far as declare that they heard men calling
To the very description OF fire. only six or seven
hundred yards of, which thoy were least abo to
resist, reply 10. or silence.
The men f,ught their guns with the courage Of
British sailors but in an hour and half the gun.
boats had suffered Severely from the tro that 3
were sunk or stalking; tho Admiral had been OBJ
liged to shift his lag twice, and from each vessel
he bore II fresh wound; and orders were seat 10
tho depot vessels l,r reserves But tho tide was
now running down ike mill rncc. Minute after
minute revealed hanks Of mud below tho fort,
deep. smy, and glsiening. In avery few min
utcs latter l.ao) the Opossum had several Of her
crew killed ol wounded. In the plover the Admi-
raj was severely hit: her gallant commander,
Ruson, md Capt Mekena. ol tho lst Royals. do
ing duty on tho A}mral's stad. Mod, aud every
man of he crew disabled; whilS the llaughtY,
lBrnad) Lee Clones, kcstrcl llIcyan,) and Cor.
~ Val, | ~, pI
that they wcro i'll II sinking state. Still they
fought un lviug we'll up to the forts, aud plying
them "a slmrlv with their shut that they appear
to have siruccd AT Last some of their guns. 81
late n. fve osl ak in tho evening the sa'lors and
marines previously embarked tho boats received
the signal to land and carry the wrks by assault.
Aud here begins another sad episode Of that
which may fairly be called n tragedy. The bouts
touched 10 Land, but brought up the troops To
bank OF mud. As they struggled TO gain their
legs ia the sticky treachcrous mas, the guns
which seemed to have bscn slcnced opened from
all the forts with terrible energy our troops.--
Still those who dill not sink down die hurrialc
death in thai. Slough of Despond, advanced,
through mud 80 deep that it always took them up
to their knees. and, often swallowed them in
up Ia their waists; but they went on struggling
through this horrid bog. swept down by artillery.
to which Was n idch they uppro,hed the walls,
nlu.k kerry MIME rifle. and d-arrowsl They passed
over u quarter Of mile of this terrible glati4,
when they arrived at the first of three wet d'tchco,
Of which nothing was known. though they were
zach ten feet broad and five feet deep. Imagine
NJ =" h "o1l"''' !" '"''' n"e ''"u ~ Nv
or''"' " ''c i'"i' "''' s'' NY ie'u 80 "
'n'N "e"' up 10 '"'l' "''N'' VIZ WV "r'o' 70
'o'i' "r"u,''' '"''" ny ;,I tfI
ana musN'''y' ln'! '"'o,s y WV. WIZ ,'''.'
pcurhes aud useless ammunition, bnt with un-
d. .yipg courage if with diminished numoers.-
They struggle on another dreary interval, still
sr"rr"eh 10y i"ce'San. "'e' H"n'"er uc'P WEI u',on
h'a before 'h'n,' i"e e'e.nt h'' - ','.o"o'ou '
IA h,e"shy' ''ie f'',r' r'''n - y, '"''
"u' "aN' '"'"T'o " nv W. Wv "a .t
gam """'"'. "a'iS .. o"o,?aN en-, WI. ~ oI"'s T
''''" w. ~ lcl 49,, r a.
nnarr the "a'T IS !" 80 "nnnet'"l nn ,,". y, 'no
l'""o men VINO '',ncu "''s u' noo "'o '"'u ~.
rehc'to 'he '"'' u, '"'S' "'ny nry u''.
not all put miracu"uc 'nn' my VI '"e', S"' u, '
"S ,ne oPp,7ne ''u' o' ''e n'"h .. vac 'u'
ana were 'h',e '""nf I" "'s"ui. 'nu ''',' ~ u'Fy
had schl'ng la"'erS iiu"'N''' M Sr"'''.s r1 r"u
aer3 nut one are pi"Ae"' tn o"'oI'"t "'e - '
ihs' nnrknssS e'ls ,' "'' Ia, tn' =. ~ &
IL is ehec'en 'Tp" ",'cn " u,.o" !" ."o ""u
IN Tue mu,'' hu' S'''i u''e' NJ: ~ Wv S 49,
c"r'"ses '"' 'n"e'o .nr'" '"e'I nS",' W t'"l"
anu huSket pa''' on 'ne weary nrn WY ny r."s
gf''"e ."'"uen Wv nun . - a'o o."''"e ~
'h1y fe''re inr 'ne'r w'"nueu e'''''vpuI' W., ,.
1t IS most n'olnhenoly s'ory. "ll"on' ncens,
ing 'he 1Nan''ral Vi Any e',otus r to. u Wv, "'
may ut least express our Drlel .h"' 'he Two por,
t,oS oi the"s'ao, were s'ngu'ary ,,'s 'sl',aeeu anu
'hat ench was 'u-'n"nagea n"a '"' i"'lS zee" %
carried the rem'V" ., I''e oooms' STAKES anu par
r,efs had peeh ha'"'hss "'i o''"u'o1s oie'"''9''
The attack by sea was zoo '"'e-.he hn,lne SIN
gu'ariy inlnu,o'ous po,n as 10 ''.ne nnu p'ac9,-
ocn''ey nhn the ships orel enenscn VINE" .ney
were dep,'eu " "a 'Io ob"'nt . ti y. ,'o ,;, 'sm
'"s'e"'o",f' m ""u Is 80 ~ - vi T.; E,;asa -
S"'I'o - =, oih ia In oil onoro,;on,
"a . IN 1ora,;ans vii S,ht ws,l # ,hey ara ~.
y, al a -. ,h"y cxno,, o,,sck place them under