The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-12-26
THE ronr rIcKENs FIGHT.
The Official RAPPORT of Colonel IInrve,
HeADouAhrrng DrrAnlMrNr or FlotiDA,

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months. ana that it was daily threatened
with the fato Of Sumter is fact notorious
to the whole world. Since its occupancy
! by Lieut. Slcmmcr the rebels have been sur
| rounding it with batteries aud daily arm
! ing them with the heaviest and most efficient
| guns known in our service--guns stolen
! from the United Statc8- until they consid-
cred this fort as virtually their own, its oc-
cupnncy being only q question Of time.
| ! have hoen in Command since the 10th of
| April, and during tic whole of that time
| their force has averaged so far a8 J Can
! learn, from eigh, to ten t.mcs the nuinher of
mine. The position in which have thus
been placed has been sufficiently trying, and
] have at three separate tines intended TO
free myself from It 10y opening my batteries
on them, but The impcrioua circumstances,
over which hal no control, has llncxpect-
edly in each instance prevented.
Allure wcrc in this state on the morning
OF the oh Oi October, when the enemy, iif-
tnen hundred strong. attacked by surprise a
portion OF my command on an intensely
dark night. They wore defeated AID driv-
en- from The island with great loss by less
than two hundred rcgulare aud fifty volun-
o,s--all the cilicicntforcc hal dspoaablc
for the purpose An insult so gross to tho
liag of my country could not by me be pass
I'd unoGucl and designed immediately TO
take appropriate notice ol IT; but, ny said
before, circumstances over which llu no
control prevented. ! make these predatory
remarks 10 cSplain why ! have now opened
my batteries on tn enemy. wacn from the
smaInrss Of my forces, about onc sixth of
his, thirteen hundred to eight Thousand. !
have not the means OF proiucng any de-
c,sivc results, and as Hu evidence of my
having accomplished what | doaigucl--thc
punishment of the perpetrators of an in
suit on my cUmtry's llay
Having invited Flag Officer Mexican to CO.
operate with M in attacking the rebels, and
to which he gave really and cordial assent
!, or the morning OF the 22d, opened my
batteries on the enemy to which. in the
course of half an hour, ho-rcspondcd from
his numerous forts and batteries extending
from the Navy Yprd TO Fort Mckee dis
lance of about four miles, the whole nearly
equi distant from this fort, aud on which
line he has two Iorts--McNne and Barrar-
cas--and fourteen separate batteries, con-
tanning from one to four guns, many Jf them
being tCn-inch cOlumbinds and some twelve !
and thirteen inch scHcoast morars, the dis
ttnco varying from two thousand one hun
drcd to two thousand nine hundred yards
from this fort st the same time of my
opening, Flag officer Mexican, in the Mag |
ara, and Captain Ellison, in the Richmond. !
took position us near To Fort McRac as the
depth of water would perm {, but which rn- |
fortunately was not sufficiently deep to give
full effect to their powerful batteries They,
however, kept mp a spirited fire on the fort /
and adjacent batteries during the whole I
day. My lire was incessaut from the time /
of opening until it was too dark to scc, ut
the rate OF a shot for each gun every fifteen
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cnnsed Inv n chance nr wind nof heinz nLlr
to cot sn mar ma v,storlo, consannentl, /
tho distance w,s too rr,ot ~ bn cf,ctoi /
NV llrH tOlS l1N WAS lpSS IlOtI and think Z
more efficient than that of Yesterday Fort
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Id nof fro ,..,in to.d,v W. silan,cI ~,
ti,nlv. ma mr. f,,,, ,r,,,,s and hol ana ,r ,,,rs
disabled bv a shof coninr tbrou.,h the ON.
hrosnrr
About thrcn o'clock fire v,e con,n,r;c,t.
oil 10 ON, If the honscs in W'arrin'rtnr and
sh,,tlv or,c,w,,rl IN tba cbu,ch stonnIn ~,
churcb AMI thn v,holn villn1c L,.n,r ir,,nn-
dio,clv in roar or somn nr tha rohnl Lnttcr-
les thcv onn,rcntlv HAVING nl,,c1 thcn nnrr.
noscIv d;rcrtl,. il, 'front.' If tLc l,r,rost ard
most yoIuahlr hn;lIm,rs MA Grc ra,,;di
communicated to othoT br,ljinrs oIn"r NJ
street mill nrobohiv twn.fIirIs ~ Il ,vas
conenmnd ond onont hoso,nn t.r,, fra ,.nY
disrnvnrod ;ssn'n, FROM, thnhoc,, ,.rt a. tha
Nn,,v Y,r5 nrobThi, w. WnIc,tt y ,lIa'.,,
ia tho north and imm,j;otelv ndinininr tEo
vnrd NO Warrinctnn 6nos n3 tI,n VAST, ''o r.
nolv i nnnntr1tnJ 10 tho ,nrd nnI 40 =
confirmed to burn hrirhtl, iii n;,rht rnn.
cluInd thnt oithnr in + or IN yol.ntt ,,.,nv
bpildnrs ware dretro,,J W.. bna,y
dnmooC vos olso DOM Ia tho bniI l;n,rs oe
tho ward nv thc ,v,l,ncro nf shnt ahai1nnJ
splintcrs showered umceos;n,Iv on ti,en, far
two doys and hrin, ,,corl,, Gr,,rnor to;ner
bu;lt of brirl and cHynrnJ 'vitb sl,,n inomii
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