Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-02
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.


4 Yours, &c, w.
| ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
( If have not already trespassed too long
, on Your time and space, some notice OF
! indiviiual incidents may not Oe uninter-
eStmg.
/ The only one on our side killed upon the
: deck of the schooner WAS the marine John
Smith. This poor fellow had, few days
I since, for some misdcmcnnor, been placed
! in confinement When the expedition was
gotten up, Smith was told that he might
now have an opportunity to redeem his
character, and if he conducted himself
Lrnvey he would DE released from further
punishment Hewas rcjoiced at the chance
/ of Il ii ght, and said to his commanding ottl-
Ger. Sir. YOU shall have no cause to regret
having released me. will do my duty. =
He was in the second cutter, and was the
fr.. man IL land upon the encmy's deck,
ana imct his death III q few moments after.
Lieut.. Blake WAS the second to reach the
deck. After the affair was over, his cloth
inc was found penetrated by balls in TWO
places; one of the balls-moSt probably Il
.rnucing une-ludged in his clothing after
gIv;ag hIr: 81 slight wound over the stomach.
Before leaving the frgnte, Mr.. Blake had
place Il il small willOw-rOYcrcd ''ticklcr' OF
old Oiarl in pocket i'll tue left breast OF
his coat. After tn" engagement WAS over,
an examination discovered the fact that
bullet had passed neatly through the "tick-
lei" having struck i'll trout, and CHANGING
off. PASSED out under The arm. There was
not much 'Otari left for internal use.
MidShirmau Higginsou, good-iooking
little fellow, such as susceptible young la
dies would style an love of II Midship
man." was the first one OF the lannchcrs
upon the schooners deck, followed by
Lieut.. Russell After the decks were
cleared and the fires started in the cabin.
Mr. Russell meeting the MILDLY running
along the deck and holding one hand with
the other. inquired. ':what was the mat
ter" The reply was. "Pnrt of my thumb
is sho; off, Sir, and am hunting Mr.. White
with the turPemttnc, sir
MilShipmau StCeCe. Il stnlwnrt "hrOth of
a boy in charge of the third cutter, was
to assist Lieut.. Sproston in taking the bat
terry and spking the "gun." The strong
tide running at the time carried him below
the point at which his senior officer land
ed. lie WAS, however, but Il few moments
behind Lieut.. SprOstOu; but, even i'll that
short time, the work in that direction was
accomplished. The point at which Mr.
Stecce had landed was in full view of the
schooner, and 1t required but Il moment
for him and his men to enter their boat
aud Join his comrades of the "boariing
party"
By the time our six-foot milshpman
reached the deck, the enemy had trans
ferred themselves to terra yfrma. One of
them had faced about in reaching the
wharf, and WAS apparently hcSitating
whether 20 run or fight. The midshpmnn
made for this Seceshcr. swapping mis- pistol
as he went. hut the caps exploded without
igniting the charge. After three or four
failures OF this sort he became disgustcd
with his weapon, lowered it, and rushed
at his opponent with natures weapons,
cx"lriming, "You son of gun, what are
you doing here, any wny?" No doubt the
gentleman thought the question slightly
impertinent under the circumstances, but
he did not think it best tn stop and discuss
propretics just at that time.
One of the coolest acts of the expedition
was by Third-AssiStnnt Engineer White
As the launchers approached the bows of
the schooner, it was observed that some of
the most fatal shots came from her ''main
top" ut the hand of Il murksmhn who had
been stationed there. AS the bluejuckcts
and marines were "boardng,' Mr.. White
took aim with Sharpcs rifle. and the
man lin the top" tumbled to the deck, at
the feet Of the boarding party, never to
mount the rigging again. though it is to
be hoped he may ego aloft." Mr.. White
is an old member Of the New York Seventh
Regiment.
Dr. Kennedy, the Assistant Surgeon
who attended the expedition, was, of
course, coufucl by his duty TO the boat.
When, however, the bullets began to whis-
tie about the Doctors cars, he forgot the
Samari-tonic character of his profession,
and snatchiug up II pistol, "drew bead