Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-19
THE YANKEES HEAR FROM FORT PIcKENS-
SCENE on BOARD TIE U. s. sLOOP OF War

SCENE ON BOAkD TIE u. =. sLOOf VI Wan
RICHXOND-A MANS HEAD KNOCKED SQUARE
OFF-THE YANKEE CRAFT BADLY DAMAGED,
ETC.
The Yankees have heard from Fort Pickens ct last,
and The intelligence we imagine, no; very pleE-
an. 10 them The account publish below will be found
qlie amusing. We are told, in one sentence, that Gal
.rvey Brown commanding at Fort Piskeas, sleneSt
the rebel guus but had force enough 70 land aud
drive BragR's of LITTLE further are told that
The Ylnkees have impaired but have not destroyed "nd
cannot destroy Fort ARse, until they get some fhsd
clauOn l. is well knosn that Fort McKee, was consider
cd the weakest pont line Of defsnces 10 that Sec
ton Gen Bragg relied lasS upon thst than any other
battery. When the Yankees try again they may ald
cul to their sorrow where strong points really ere
Blu. 20 the Times account:
Toe Columbia from Havana arrived Yesterday brought
mail from Fort Picksns Letters from tha, post state
rsb guns bu. had not force snsusaso lASd snd eIEs
of Bragg's army.
BY tie courtesy Of gentleman of this city, We have
been permitted read private letter from bis son, On
bolrd the S steamer Richmond, recently .tAtOued
at Pass f0ire, b. which su1sCq1cndJ took pat in
the agb at Fort P,ekens. rheleter 10 dated Nov 2s,
Jpn
Al 10 o'clock on the morning Of Nov. %, the KCh-
moud opened bOmbardment OF Tert Mckee AID the
nsighboTing sand batteries For While everything
went on svimmingy; bus the enemy, opening possi-
f r ID battery the ship the cotact grsU sefSoas
The writer Ia Lieutenant board the Ricsnond says
81 had been cOmpnmehtinA tue NApAin VI one " Vs1
guns for the accuracy Of his aim, Uhen shell from Fcr
Mere bounded through busa'ks and 'oeS the poos
fellows head square OF This osAns end blood vefs
scattered ali over Sy face. binding ny syss and nalns
nv brain reel
WshlA thirteen men serving that san. OF these, rI
we're vounAsd end one killed outright. The specse!"
"a, one q ths most horrible imaginable.
The firing continued all day, and vas resumed By the
enemy next moruiuG By this time, however, ". bad
moved beyond the range Of their gum, but the Niagara
WAS s.l! doing her beat to silence them
Up TO this time, Fort Pickens had lest Out one man
Killed and seven wounded.
some idea OF the weigh, OF the rebel metal may b
h.4 In the fact that shsn ,ho shell alluded 20 above,
arnek us the olOon raised the ship out Of the water
al ,paae her stseser like . drunken man. Another
sI hurst 1 feet bsos the water line causing the sij
a LAX freely bu, by the aid Of the stesmpsnrs ve
think ve can keep her free. We have impiired but
have not dcs,royed and eannOs dssIosy. Fort MCKEE,
mil ve have rhsd oaunon Toe sn0ohbore guns sh<h
W are Obliged TO use ere match for the Insd cannon
IF the ersIy and tho soo1sf the Government acts upon
the ,rlth the better The Niagara. all the time, Us al
oms di,Gnee outside the bAr, and cannot be much in
jared. $3.50.
r,sn, with the def rmination 20 Sbip or be whipped
TIE Richmond pseviors 20 coming here, Wa employ
ed 10 the blockade az the Mississippi Pass Drrng HI
absence from there have learned ths' se'efsi rses'
yssysls have nsnsged TO 20 to ses
S,snish yasseI had come down. With Q nunbes Of
sp,niIrds on hoard wko we're obhsed 10 escaPe iron
Nee Orleans 70 avoii Improvement
These fuRtiyss report that ttO mott vigorous pIepA
r.iops usrs makaR BY tbs rebels 10 rsPs attack me!
bad three iron cl,d ses, blteing rams ready, tace
esrryi from Is TO - gus Of the heSEie's eAlofe
They we're also constructing additional steam rams ano
6rerSfts