Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-08-14
FIaaf At eAlyEAroS.
The Batteries engage the Blcesaiers-'
One man Killed.

steamers Oa the slh
On the morains Of The 81 the Schooner
Dart, approached within one miie Of the
Fremont battery, When the battery opened
are on her, with ~ Pcnndsr the Ars' sho'
falling asierA. The Schooner returned The
are with slo, and shell. Some ave or six
shots were fired On each side, when the
Schooner which was ,honghSto be hI' made
all sail, aud rua down TO the steamer scum
carollna, The battery engaged mas work
Ell by ths rurnorR lcs from lias,s'on, Capt /
Sehniler.
The same afternoon, as was anticipated
the Steamer South Carolina renewed ihe
hsh,, aud the following particulars We take
from an extra Of the Civilian, ,slegrsPhed
TO the Houston Telegraph
Al about o'clock We saw the steamer
leave her anchorage With the Anna Ryan IN
.ow. and the Dart following, under ia'l sa'''
in her wake.
she steamed down the Gulf rapidly, and
alIer moving some distance out, made 'he
,nrn toward the South side Of the Island,
leaving the Anna Ryan ~ anchor Just as
she rounded oif about miles from shore.
Meanwhile our steamer, Gen. Rnsk Win
A good crew on board got under way and
stood out for the bar, both TO draw ihc n'-
,ention of the steamer aud TO pick up one
of her sailing craft ifeircnmstanees permit
led. Amer dropping The Ryan, the steamer
run by the batteries about four miles dls-
liant. and alier going about half mi llenoo'e
No. AZ the extreme west, stood In iorrh"re'
shc ran a lille distance. ihen turned baok
towards the bar, perhaps with view OF
pnrsuinc tho Rusk, but soon turned again
and aot into position nearly broadsidc about
2 m lies S. W. OF battery No.1.
The batteries were worked by the ilons-
ton Turner Rides, Capt. Schnidcr. Col. j.
&. Moore. c. S. A. was in command Capt.
schnidcr acting ms his aid. Battery No.
was under Col. Moorcs PERSONAL command.
No. 2. Lieut.. Willrich. No. T. Sergeant
Brunow. No. 4, Lieut.. Rot,enslcin of the
Houston Turner'S. Wc also noticed at tho
working of battery No l'threc Of our citi-
zcns. Col. Andrew Ncill. Lieut.. Mason OF
the Galveston Rifles, and Is. %. Hamilton
ESQ. who were accepted by Col. Moore rs
vo'upteers. We also noticed near The Guns,
Col. Ward and Lieut.. 0chiltrce, and Key
worth Of the c. S. j.
Inst ms the steamer got fairly into posi-
| tion. Col. Moore sighted his gun and gave
ordors TO fire. The shot Fell nstern, but
provcd the fact that she was within range
of our guns. The steamer soon replied with
n heavy shot pretty well directed; but 1t
feu short. striking the edge of the water
;usi in front of the battery. II had scarce
iv struck when Lieut. Willrich opened fire.
his shot falling about one hundred yards
short AT this time the Dart came up past
the lower batteries, making for the wake
of tho steamer. This brought ont the fire OF
II, Rottcnstein and Sergeant Brnnow, At
batteries No. 3 and 4. The Dart was
short distance beyond their range, but the
uoarness of their shots drove her further
out md she soon found shelter alongside the
steamer.
Our guns continued firing, the steamer
renlyino with shot and shell-mostly the
latter. The range Of his short distance
shells was directed at the batteries, but sew
crol were thrown at such an elevation as TO
lcaye no doubt of his wanton intention to
destroy the city. Several Of them exploded
and fall Mt n distance of half a mile from
| the fort. In the town large piece fell
I near the public square, and another, we
lcorr. fell through the shed roof of a house
in the suburbs, dropping on the stoop at the
back door.
Some went over toward the East side of
the city, but only reached the outskirts,
and did no damage, and ono burst in gar
den about quarter Of mile back OF he
batteries This in defiance of all.the rules
of civilized warfare and regardless Of the
lives of women md children, and also in
defiance of the flag of neutral nations then
| Hyinr, and whose copsuls had received no
notice of the intended bombardment OF he
town. the minions of Lincoln deliberately
sct 10 work to murder our women and chill
drcu. But thaEks to our good guns they
were soon convinced that there was TOO
| much risk in this business to continne it.
Our guns continued improving, and at the
fourth shot Col. Moore planted bail right
| midships at the waters edge. 10 those at
or near the battery the wafer splashcd so
close that it seemed to strike the steamer
/ sides indicating that the shot had gone
home, aad done damage in the right place
The steamer did not return the fire until
Scrg. Willrich had fred his gun, which
created the impression that there was con.
| fusion on aboard, incident TO her being
struck. Another Of our shot, the seventh,
|
ler the water splash was very slight also
created the idea that the shot was good
one. One of cur shots vent Just over her
near midships. perhaps fell on deck None
of the steamers shots struck the batteries.
A heavy shell expladeL in the mir just in
the rear of Nos and 2, the large pieces
fving a long distance off, and the contents
falling " ithn ten or fifteen feet of the
west corner of The battery under command
of Col. Moore. We counted sixteen shots
from the stenmcS and fourteea from our
batteries. There nny have been moro
The steamer fired double shots several tines.
; After the 7th shot the steamer kept shifting
lrrr position no doubt to destroy our range.
Had it not hccn for this several more shots
wonld have taken effect She commenced
to back out at our 18th shot, and at last
took to her heels without returning our last
fire.
The cement lasted about half an
hour. There is no doubt the steamer came
into position with she intention Of destroy
ing our batteries. Sac hauled off with the
sun an hour and half high, and without
producing the least eject on our works, or
killing one of our men What would she
have abandoned the figi.t fsr unless she was
injured? She is now lying off the bar.
good many of our people were near the
scene as spectators some OF them danger-
curly close. Fortunately bnt one life was
lost man whose name VIC have not learn
cd, killed by the explosion of a shell on the
sand hills, short distance east of the bat
terics A number of other citizens were
. near him. He was literally torn TO pieces.
We also learn that Odin Menara youth of
! L. son of Capt. NJ. NeRard, received slight
flesh wound. he was near the man that
was killed.
We also learn that several others were
slightly injured. The Davis artillery reach
ed the ground during the engagement with
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