Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-27
FEDERAL FLEErSESs.

i FEDERAL l. FLEET SESS.
Commanders Tsina1I and IncrahaM.
These gallan. Naval cfasers, worthy com
peers of tho naval heroes Of the old and new
world, have been in cur city for several days
The former is entitled: to the gratitude ant
praise Of tie Southern people for the readiness
with which he abandoned the distinguished
position which he4held in the Naval service {
tho United States. In this, however, he dit
no more than was expected Of him By these
who knew him, as native of Georgia and ;
member OF one of her oldest and most patriot
ic families.
! We need not remind our readers Of the bril-
liant bombardment of San J1an de Uloa, be-
| fore Vera Cruz, BY the Mosquito Hset, under
Capt. Ta!nsll's command; ard; how seaolly IL
stood with his trail and diimTiinutive s;e1merq
under the shower Of iron hail from that Tar
famed fortress. Nor, how characterstcelly
he rdEssnted the American mind at The
m onth thc Pc;ho when, with the remark,
which rs since bsspe famous, blood is
thicker sater," bo Gent through stream
Of fire froaff fhe Chinese batteries to tho assist
ance Of his British brethren.
And Of Conmib bder IDgrahau, let it be re
pcated, again and again, to his eternal praise,
th,t, in the face Of Austrian despotsm, o
lcowning batteries. and in foreign waters. he
grand; illustrated American name and hsto
ry, when he took Martn Koszta from the very
j, ,ws Of the lian, giving the Austrian naval
commander just twenty minutes by the watch,
- release the prisoner.
In connection with Commander Tatnall VIC
have been favored with the following extract
from private letter from gentleman in Sa.
Vanpah, which exhibits peculiar trait in the
Commodorus mposilinn-that CT coolness
and presence ofrlird
Wien it was reported in Savannah that Fed
eral troops had been landed near the mou:A of
the river, ~ Hilton Head, Commander Ta,nall
p :e'l il the steamer st. Jhns t. make an
examination of the gro"nd. There were some
6ty persons on board. boat hards and all,
With few members Of the Chatham Artillery,
hut no guns. AFTER cxllninn. the island
carefully fFi!h lIs cwn boat, and having two
others wal armed With artillery. the Commo.
dpre, pu, after the Union, which vas b!ocka-
ding ,s hal Dor some se"rn or eight miles ar
SEE. Thetnion did not wait for the interview.
bu: got out Of the way as fast as steam ccu'G
carry her, evidently afraid Of an attack from
The s.. J1hTs The latter, however, gained
upon jhcT, ard was getting so near that some
of our SaYannah boys Thought it would he pru
den. to,turn back. The Commander said he
wanted, tttsks good lock at her, ard see wbc.
were csrboard, curiosity which others did
not paTtske Of in their unarmed condition.
Oae mnhN nhNp-etended to be ind fercni, and rcqd
newspaper, but admitted afterwards tha: the
letters lank ad, IN biz --'------'-ss ""'s' III
did not recoilect any Of his reading Another
stepped up to the Commander, who was lean
Jog on the rail, forward With great norcla
lance, aud said: Commander, We are within
TWO milrs and q1arter CT her. Well, said
the Commodore, we will run two miles more
api then We vii! be nearer
The thing was getting to lie serious, and ar
o'her stepped up and said: Commander, We
are within range Of her guns now, and she
ray Jet a shell Ry at us." WELL" said Tat.
nall, "if she does, it won't be the FIRST time ]
have had shell burst over me-" The order
was still 10 ~ ON. After further consu;a
ton among the passengers, it was determined
to try the Commander on another tack, and
the captain Of the boat was commissioned to
send messenger to him and say 1.-The wood
is giving out" This ef.cied the object, and
tho order vas given to put about" One Of the
passengers stated lc saw the enemy distinctly.
taking down his awnings and clearing for
battle
So The Yankees arc feet Of foot on tie wa
ter az we'll al on land, and they are wise wher
such cficers as Tatrall are after them.