The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-04-12

nnca Moultrie's battery. then 70 land his
Trained detachment. and BY their aid en-
ler The fore. His presumption was lusti-
Red ~ the iudrmeut or lee. That gen
rrai coming down to the island, took
Nfoultr.a aside and said DO you think you
can maintain this postF Moultrie answer
Ell 'Yea. I think ] cam But Lee had Il
no hilh In e spirited defence, iretted AZ /
the Too ensv disposition Of Moulirie, and /
wished. on 10 the last moment, 10 remove |
him from The command.
on the tweuty.third an uniavorablo /
wind prevented the Joint attack. On the /
iwonty-nuh che squadron was increased by /
thr arrival OF The Experiment a ship OF |
sixty guns, which passed The bar on the |
twonty-sixlh Letters OF encouragement
came also from Tonyn. then Governor Of
Fast Florida, who was impatient for an At
tack on Georgia. be would have had body
If Indians raised on the hack Of South
carolina; aud body royalists 10 ter
nfy and distract. 80 that the assault
10 Charleston would have struck an as
touishinr terror and alright He re-
ported South Carolina to be in a muffin
nns state that delighted him ! tho men
would certainly rise on their officers the
battery on Sullivan's leland would not
discharro two rounds' This opinion was
spread through the feet, and became the
belief OF every sailor on board. With or
without ClintOn's aid tho Commodore was
persuaded that with bis trained seamen
and marines. he could take and keep pos
session Of the fort till Clinton should
send M many troops as he might think
proper. and who might enter the fort IN
the same way
Captain Lamperer walking with Moul-
trie on the platform, and looking at the
British shipsofwar, ell OF which had Al
laady come over the bar, addressed him;
We'll Colonel, what do you think Of y
nowF we shall beat them, said Moul-
. tric.f THE men-ofwar.f reioined the cap
I tain. will knock your fort down In halt
an.hour. Then. said Moulirie, we will
Ne behind the ruins and prevent their
men irom landing
On tl,r morninr.or the twenty-eighth
/ rcntleaea-breerep rognosticated the attack.
/ Zee. from Charleston, tor the tenth or
eleventh tim, charged Moulrie 20 inbh
the hridrs 70 bic retreat. promised him
| reinlorcements. which were never sent,
and meditaied removing him from his
command while Moulirie, whose facul-
tics under 10 outward show Of Ampcrtur-
babe and even indolent calm. were strain.
eel 20 their utmost tension, rode 20 visit
biz advanced guard on the east. Here
fthe commander, William Thomson, OF
uranreburr. of Irish descent, a native Of
Pcnnsy lvania. but from childhood a citi
zen OF South Carolina, MIN OF rare worth
IN private life. brave and intelligent a. an
officer. bad. at the extreme point. posted
fifty of the militia behind sand hills and
myrtle bushes. A few hundred yards ia
the rear be guarded breastwOrks that hac
been thrown up. with three hundred rife
men OF his own regiment from Orange
burg and its neighborhood with two hun
drcd Of Clark's North Carolina regiment
two hundred more Of the men Of Soutl
Carolina under Horny and the raccool
company OF riaemen. On his left he va
protected by morass; on his right b
one eighteen FOUNDER and one brass 81
FOUNDER. which overlooked the spotwher
, Clinton would wish to land.
Seeing the enemy's boats already il
motion on the beach Of Long Island. an
the men .ofwar loosing their topsails Mou
irio hurried back 20 his fort At full speed
lie ordered the long roll to beat, and of
4 GERS and men 10 their posts. Ills Who'll
: number. including himself and officer
was four hundred and thirty.ive; Of whoI
twenty-five we're of the fourth regimen
OF artillery. the rest Of his own regiment
men who were bound 10 each other. {
their officers. and 10 him. by personal a
I. lection and confidence. Next 10 him
y command was Isaac Motto the major
:, biz regiment. was the fearless and faul
less Marion. The fort was a square wit
Q hastion al each angle built 0f paine
Z 20 logs. dovetailed and bolted togcthe
and laid ia parallel rows sixteen feet asui
dsri between these rows thn space vi
filed with sand. ON the eastern aud no
thern sides the palmetto wall was on
seven feet high. but 10 was surrounded
thick plank. 20 az to b. tenable against
n scaling party n traverse OF sand extern
\ "a from east to wcsl The southern ar
western curtains we're finished with the
platforms. on which thc cannon We
y mounted. The standard which was a
y vanced 10 the southeastern bastion. d
played alag Of blue with q white cr'
cent. on which was cmblazoned LIHERI
The whole number ~ cannon in the io
the hastiona, and the tao cavaliers, v
bus thirty-one. Of which no more thi
- twsniy-one could ~ the same time
= brought into uie Of ammunition the
wuru but twenty rounds FOR tweni
ak cannon. A. Haddrell's Point aero
N the bay Armstrong had about fifteen IN
~ dred men. The hrst regular south CA
~ lima regiment. undor Christopher Gao
den. Occupied Fort johnson. which a.
- on the most northerlv rart-or james
land. about thraa miles from Charleats
and within pointhlank shot Of the chs
y nelrr thaflcsion was guarded BY me
I than two thousand men.
~ Haitian hour AFTER nine in the morniI
=. the commodore gave signal 10 Clint
that he should 30 on the attack.
~ hour later the ships-of-war were uns
~, weigh Gadstlen. Cofcsworth Pincxney. n
- the rest q Fort johnson watched All Oh
v movements; IN GALVESTON the wharfs q
" watersido along the bay we're crowd
with troops under arms and lockers
~ The men Of Carolina must foil their
~ versary. 90 their city may perish tn
~ houses be sacked and burned. and
~ savaros on the frontier start from n
vi lurkine.plaoes. No griev0us oppFessi,
~ weighed down the industry Of South {
~. tolinai she came forth % the struggle r.
h generous sympathy; and now the battl
.s n 10 BE- fought Tor her chief city, and
~. province.
The 'Thunderbomb,' covered By
mn. Friendship. began the action BY throw
shells, which 10 continued. till more q
a. sixty we're discharged of these %
ny. burst In the air one lighted on the n
49, nzine without doing injury the rest ~
ln- In the morass. or we're buried in the d
" within the fort. Az about a quarter
90, eleven the Active Of twenty-eight ~
~ disrersrding four or five shots fired AZ
-. IN. -. al.NH "A.
~ guns. having on board Sir Peter Par
o. and Lord William Campbell. the Gov
llte or, the Experiment. also Of hfty "a
w and the 'Solebay. oftwenty-eiFht, brou
~. up within about three hundred and
VT yards of the tort. lrt 20 their anchors '
ere springs upon their cables, and bega
most furious cannonadc. Every IA
re expected that two broadsides would
~ the strife but the son. hbrnus spo
We wood 81 the palmetto withstood the n
- Ere. and neither split, nor splintered,
started and The parapef was high emo
20 protect che men on the platfoT
When broadsides from three or fou
- the men-ofwar struck the logs ~
the same instant. che shock gave the mer
" a tremor. but The pile remained unin
rom "a. Moultfie had but one tenth az m
"
sga was moreover obliged 20 stint the us'
o'n powder. His guns accordingly were
llea gerv slowly. the officers taking aim,
i.eh Whiting always for the smoke 10 Z
uAf away. that they might point with 7
l.ef precision. mind The commodore, n
80, 20 the fly-run ships. we're the words
~ ~ passed along the platform from OH
and men.
Az. shall send for more POWDER a
80 Moultfio Of Motto.
.tft To b. mre.' said Note.
~. And M0uliric wrote 10 Lee II be-
- We shail Want more powder. AZ the
-. rsro on. I Think We shall but you ca
iek That Fray send as more, II you 4
hiss proper
-. More vessels were seen coming up.
49, cannon we're heard nom the north.
Clinton had promised support not X
Ina whAi else IN %. be directed The
-. - fiea on long Island 20 open a can
- ada and several shells we're thrown
'a"i- Thomsona iutrenchments. doing
- other damage than uoundIng one col
80 Tie Hfinr va retained BY Thomson
81 one eighteen FOUNDER bat. from
-, dhtanos. with little elect.
An AZ twelve o'clock The light inia
- rrnnadiars. md tho hteenth rcgii
800 embarked ia beats. while floating ba
-. ierica and armed Gran got under v
- 10 cover the landing but The q
- nsvcr 80 much ~ once attempted %
~, The detachment had hardly len
n.t Island before ii vas ordered 20 diaeml
- re- d va seen that the landing va,
- practicsble, aud Huvld have been thl
49, slruclion 81 many brave men withou
~ least probability % succcss' The A
.r~ri can dsiences we're 90 well constructed