The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-10-18
THE NAVAL VICTORY.
PARTICULARS FTHEEEGiGENggT
ARRIVAL or COM BoLLIus

ARRIVAL OF Corn EOLLlE5
A mIgnight last night the slsau-
Calhoun arrived at The wharf. foot Of B.eu-.
wife. street having 3H board Commodore
Rollins s dispatch To announce her
arrival bad been received from the fort
bat lew persons aw 10 as it Was no. pub
lished Neyertheie- considerable crowd
collected on the Whar. about nine o.cioes
and waited a couple Of hours. bat when
the Calhoun dnsi.y arrived there were not
more than two dozen people present
These, however, sent up hearty hout
for the hero OF the naval victory
Commodore Holliu- went ashore imme-
diately and drove oI % bis home. lie
was excessively tatigued and worn out
and unable To furnish any details of the
remarkable combat he had planned ana
executed but from a gentleman who was
an through the fight we obtained the fol-
lowing particulars
The expedition started down the river
from The tort. at an early hour Saturday
morning. the freb0ats ahead and the gun
boats following. But the span OF fire boats
could not he controlled by the tug that
was attempting TO guide IL and very soon
it commenced TO slew round, and then,
despite every effort it ran into the river
bank.
The plan Of firing the fleet was imme-
diately abandoned by Commodore Holiins
on Inc occurrence Of this accident, and
he proceeded down the river with the
| gunboats, for the purpose Of making q
| legitimate attack upon them,
The vessel. OF the enemy found lying al.
tho head Of the passes, were the steam
frigate Richmond, the sailing sloop-ol-war
/ Nincannes, the sailing slo0p-0iwar Pre6.e.
and the steam gunboat Water Witch.
They were taken completely by SUR
prise, and had not the steamers had steam
| up at the time, perhaps none Of them
would have escaped. As was, their
firing, manpuyrea, and gefSral conduc.
showed that they were thunderstruck and
frightened.
The Masassas led the way Of our little
fleet, and steering straight for one of the
slo0ps-of-war, ran right into her. The
force Of the conclusion was tremendous
50 much so a. 10 put the machinery of the
Manassas out Of gear and render her per
fectless useless floating about ID an UNI
| manageable condition on the water
Blu. the enemy were very quick in
: making their arrangements 70 move, and
/ the two steamers each took one of the
sloops.of-war in tow and started down the
river, making the best speed Of which
they were capable.
They defended their retreat with every
j gun they could bring 70 bear upon then
pursuers. but their aim was wild and
J showed that the gunners were terribly
alarmed.
The McRae, Ivy, and Tuscarora led oul
= fleet and were the boats that kept up th'
! fire on the rctreating vessels and drove
them down stream. The other vessels O
our fleet followed on down as wei as The!
could.
r The enemy's vessels took the South
= west pass for their avenue Of escape, hu
. some of them got aground on the be-
= there. The boats Of our fleet then cam
! up with them. about 2 o'clock a. r.. au'
e AEFina nazr nanaplannad. an earnest. 2 e y
e ing daylight, they discovered The weak
D. ness Of our feetand they managed thei
guns in far ADLER manner.
For over an hour the duel was kept up
q bat az the end of that sine CommCdor
D Holliu-s ignalied our boats TO Withdraw
Il from SO unequal contest, in which nc
/, thing more was TO be gained At the tim
/, ofleWing, they were taking the men otfth
% sloop-of-war that had been run into by tn
e Manassas and she was settling in the waite
Il in a significant manner. so that there ca
BE- no doubt Of her laundering ana ,0ta
loss. Our informant believes that thi
vessel was the Vincennes, and not tn
e. Prable, as was reported by CommodoT
Is Hollins
Our little fleet returned up the rive
and captured the cutter Of the steam fir
= gate Richmond. which was full Of Gu
le lasses. What became Of the men VIII
had thrown down their cutlasses in sue
!. hastv manner and abandoned their boa
is not known.
= Returning to the head Of the passes.
ID detachment Of men were landed. who sc
n fire to all the lumber which the enem
~ had put ashore there after bringing
/. such a distance and at such great cos
: and il was totally consumed. Tie Mar
d asssas was then taken in tow and all Of til
re boats returned to the forts.
N Not one Of our boats are injured in tn
slightest manner. except the slight di,al
raneement Of the machinery in the Mar
e assas, but are quite ready 20 repeat tn
II affair should the enemy give them
Il chance. Not a single man on any Of on
boats was hurt in the least. Il is believe
that all of the enemy's vessels are somC
u what injured, and that there must hay
lt been many casualties among their crew