, 1861-11-01
The Affair below New OrleAn4~es0ul
Navy MOE pp 10 the Mark.
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Navy NOT rp 10 the MARX.
(From the n 7. Times, Oct. 23l
The lying bulletin Of the gorgeous Hollfns
is at length supplemented By the official report
OF Capt, Pope, Of the steamer Richmond, who
gives us his version OF the naval affair at the
Southwest Pass. It adds several important
particulars to the intelligence received the
other day by the Mcclellan. But while the |
glories Of the Boabdu commander OF the
little Confederate mosquito fe.L" are BhoEn OF |
their luster, the conduct Of our oWn officers |
seem TO lsYe been anything but what We had t
8 right to expect at their hands. The net VERY |
| clear statement Of Cant. Pope bears no other |
| Interpretation than that 1t was oHlng to the
| cowa1dice Of the blathe1skite Hol1lns that he
| did not nab our whole squadron Whlla very
| little Of the Old American pluck On the part
| Of our naval commanders would have secured
| tic capture or destruction Of the rebel heet.
1t has never been clear Why the valiant
Holiins, who, after our ships had run aground
| on the bar s'peppesed them SO pungently
from s until 10 o'clock in the morning, did
cot follow up his success, and capture the
helpless vessels, or destroy them with his
"6fe-ships." A communication from an OH;
Ger on board the steamer McC Cle1lan, published
| in our Issue Of this morning, furnishes infoI-
nation that may suggest the true theory. It
| seems that, On the morning OF the REa, at the
fine cur three yeesels were fast In the sand,
near the b. lad Of Southwest Pass, and during
the very middle Of the engagement, the
steamer Mcclellan arrived near the head Of
! Pass rOutTe The rebels seeing her, and
ttatfpg lest they should be cut of In the rear,
and 80 prevented from retiring up the main
: | stream, made pTscipltate retreat It is
: | curious corrcborztion Of this hypothesis, that
the New Orleans Fcdyanc states that they
were chased up the river by "another " steam
er-though the chasing, by the way, WIS 81 IN
!; tie Confederate fancy, as the Mcclellan retired
instead Of giving chase:
There are two other clrcunst1nGes, not men
| 4,,-o,3 tha ofT7r:a1 rpn1r4. Init which We
1esfn frc1n other sources, that may haVf
p1cmpted the rebel retreat. 1t il stated BY {
:, Correspondent Of the Boston Journal Whs
was on hoard the Richmond at the time, tha
muequito aoti1la, the fire chip "d11! ashore,
=, aud cauld not be brought into action. II tur
" ther aDpeare that the rebel Manassas s'EuItls,
:; or "What is liz" after itB exploit Of running
- to1e into the Richmond whit rain-{th1s wa
s. during the darkness Of the early norning)
Z. was seen no more, and Eeems to have Will
= Crawl to the Crescent City. Indeed, tn
= Pfcaa7t7.e Of the following day ackno8ledge
+ that The horn or proboscis Of the turtle WS
broken, and her machinery diearranged Lima
be that the broadside which the Kschmoa
- poured into her in return did the business
Z. though it is much more likely that in tt
utremendous shock'' produced By its collisio
nd with the Richm1nd, the butting-Iam broke b
oHn nose. There is great difference betWee
common tug-boat IS q ram and snip
"a jected By France and England It iB Doubt
~ whether such an afair as the Manassas Won
not get worse than it gave in striking one
ary our men-ofWar- ...
: q According to present Information, som
Z" thing very like panic appea1B to have se1z
i cur Cficers in command. Commander Han
. Of the Vincennes, after the guns had be
d thrown overheard, gave the order to aoand
tie vessel, and eft1ceEs and crew made tn
/. wav to the Richmond, having first place
lighted slow match to the magazlne! "a
.o,a. Pope says the fuse failed to burn out;
there is confusion in the statements On t
.1: Lcad. Another voucher has it that the
DIG etruction was prevented by the galtan
.1co' of Junior officer, who would ]
give up the ship, and sWore that
Stars aud Stripes should not be 80
DE qraced, One luminous streak amid so MI
n of Shadow! The witness whose communlcat
Y + II II We print this morning states, moreo7e
7eaIs Capt. Pope is siltr. On that score-that, al
the the rebelfotflla had retired, the officers of
sa1o Richmond, fearful lest the Manassas sho
arain come down and renew the attack,
:nt: arranged, in that event, to leap On board
~ McClellan-to which their vessel was last
- and which Was floating free off the bar
the ship and get to sea If they could!
- Such is the net result Of all the recent
velopments. He to the affair of the Dalt
the Mississippi. Unless al our facts and
cur Interpretation Of these tacSs pc o. L
1te &ffair was far from creditable to those
gaecd in it, though, owing to tho at
eo1al imbeciIity Of the enemy, but LITTLE
age Has sustained by our feet. It ia du
tie country that there should be court Q
ouiry into the whole matter-a step Whle
Is understood the Navy Department ha
readv taken.