Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-10-30
Particulars Of the rishl Below
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successful engs gomenl'
The vessels of Com. IIolllna' expedition
were tho gun-boat Ivy, Capt. Fry, co'um-
blad forward and ride gun AFT gun-boat
Menae heavy rlaed cannon AMI Two
howllEsrsi gun-bOnt Calhoun, Com. l!ol'ns
ilsg vessel, heavy gunsi guubOat Tusea-
roga, 1t, Beverly kenuon, ! clsht-!neh
columbal forward and rldsl 3a FOUNDER
aft gua.Soat jackson, :, long range guns
the cutter rlekous Cant Druihwocl, !
eighl-in,0 c,lumLlhl ANA f5ug .iVlcntr'
aud the Manassas alas the Turtle, ll'Hs
Soade,a,.pL ala Gyescgts Cart, Seven
son, arasl with oas uine..aeh o)'awlial
Ia iie boW
rw@g lg9a rsg yasscls, dhegq were
six Hhtc SHIPS prepared. llcS Ucrt n'd
coal hoa,f, loaded Uiih iGuy pine isg anu
rOsin, bg.eed gpSu from cRph other by
timbcrs and secured together b. a chain
cshle, making width OF about half the
distance betwcen tho Two shores OF ,!or.Ver.
Tho plan WAS to shove these down the
stream by the tug boat Il. 4 j. Watson, and
NJ soon as they ncarcd the ilcct 10 iiro them
| and then drive lhem against ihc cncmy's q
shps, which would be the sigual for n
general attack by our gun-hoH;s. II was
| supposabo that the glare Of the burning
fats would relieve the Lincoln vessels from
the darkness of the night, aud leave our
boats enveloped in the GLOOM il il did moth
| ing else. The success of this portion Of tho
enterprise depended upon the degree of
uearness the flats could gain to the enemy
before being discovered.
II The enemy vessels were supposed to
Serresent force of about 10 heavy guns
Mud nearly one thousand men.
1 Oar little musQuiio feet carried sixteen
Elective guns and about three hundred men,
jlch disparity of force as this in favor of
lie fleet attacked has never been known
III the naval history of modern times.
/ The expedition started down the river
f'om the forts at an early hour Saturday
morning, the iire-bonts ahead and the gun
boats following. But the span of tre-hoats
could not be controlled by the tug that was
attempting TO guide ii, and very soon it
commenced to slew round, and then, despite
every effort, it ran into the river bank. The
plal Of firing the feet was Immediately
abandoned by Commodore Rollins on the
occurrence Of this accident, and he proceed
ed down tho river with the gur-boais, for
the purpose of making a legitimate attack
upon them.
The vessels of the enemy found lying at
the head Of the passes, were the steam fri
gate Richmond, the sailing sloOp-of-war
Vinccnnes, the sailing sloop-oi-war Pr.ble,
and the gun-boat Water Witch. They were
taken completely By SURPRISE and had not
the steamers had steam up at the time,
perhaps none Of them would have escaped.
As this was, their firing, manDuvres, and
general conduct showed that they were
thundcrstruck and frightened.
The Manassas led the way Of our little
feet, and, steering straight for one of tho
sloops-ol-war, ran right into her. The force
of the concussiCn was tremendous; so much
as 10 put the machinery OF the Manassas
out OF gear and render her perfectly use
less floating about in an unmanageabe
condition on the water. But the enemy
were very quick in making their arrange
ments to move, and the steamers each took
one Of the sloop5-of- war in tow and started
down the river, making the best speed Of
which they were capable. They defended
their retreat with every gun they could
bring to bear upon their pursuers, hut their
aim was wild and showed that the gunneis
were Terribly alarmed.
The McRae, Ivy and Tuscarora led our
fleet, uI.d were the boats that kept up the
fire on the retreating vessels, and drove
them down the stream. The other yesse 5
Of our feet followed as well as they could.
The euemy vessels took the southwest
pass for their avenue of escape, but some of
them got aground on the bar there. The
boats of our fleet then came up with them,
about 9 clock A. NJ, and firing now COM
menced in earnest. 1T being daylight,
they discovered the weakness OF our 1ieei,
and they managed their guns in srabier
manner. For over an hour the duel was
kept up but at the end Of that time Coiu-
modore Iiollins signalled our boats to
withdraw from SO unequal contest, in
which nothing more was to lie gained. At
the time OF leaving, they were taking the
men off the sloop-ot-war that had been run
into by the Manassas and she was settling
in the water in significant manner, so
that there can be no doubt of her founder.
ing and total loss. Our informant believes
that this vessel was the Vincennes, and not
the Preblc, as was reported by Commodore
Hullins.
Our little feet returned up the river and
CdpIurGu Tue CutitT VI INV Sbsaln
Richmond, which was full of cutlasses
What became of the men who had thrown
down their cutlasses in such hasty man
ner aud abandoned their boat is not known.
Returning to the head of the passes, y
detachment of men were landed, who set
fire TO all the lumber which the enemy had
put ashore there after bringing it such
distance and at such great cost, and it WAS
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taken in tow and all of the boats returned
to the forts. Not one of our boats are in
iured in the slightest manner, except the
slight disarrangement Of the machinery in
the Manassas, hut arc quite ready to repeat
the affair should the enemy give them
chance. Not single man on any of our
boats was hurt in the least. IL is believed
that all Of the enemy's vessels are somewhat
injured, and that there must have been
many casualties among their crews, but of
this nothing can be known as yet
Subsequent accounts state that it was the
Richmond, steam sloop. of-war, that was
run into, by the Manassas. She together
with the sailing vessels, subsequently got
of the bar after throwing over guns &c, to
tighten them, and put to sea. The Rich
mond, as well as all the other vessels Of the
feek were believed to be seriously injured.
Later-Anolher skiFmisf.- The Enemy
Again Driven Out!
The Crescent OF the 18th has the follow
ing:
FoRT Jackson, Oct. 17.-At noon, today,
<he Jackson, Capt. Gwartney, going down
the s. W. Pass, met two U. 5. n. steamers
one supposed TO be new gun-bost, and the
other the South Corolina- AT the head Of
the Passes they stepped, meeting the Ivy, |
and opened upon us with their long-range- |