The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-04-12


the guns that could be brought to bear
upon her. The slaughter was dreadful
OF All who in the beginning Of the action
were stationed on her quarterback, not
one escaped being killed or wounded.
Al one -aaanent. il said. the ooRmo-
- aloAe, an example OF
linsdiiil lled intrepidity and hrmness.-
Neither the wind nor the tide suffered
him 10 retire. Morris, his captain, hav-
ing his forearm shattered by a ohain-shot,
and also receiving q wound In his neck,
was taken into the cock pitt but after
amputation, he insisted en- being carried 1
on the auarter-deck once more where he
resumed the command and continued il, i
till he was shot through the body, when |
feeling dissolution near. be commended /
his family to the providence Of God and |
the generosity Of his country. Meantime |
the eyes Of the commodore and Of all on /
board his feet were frequently and impa- |
tiently' aud vainly turned toward the |
army. II the troops would but coope-
rate. ne was sure OF gaining the island
for. at about one o'clock he believed that
he had silenced the guns of the rebels
and that the fort was about 10 b. evacua-
ted. IL this we're 90 Clinton afterwards
asked him. why did you not take posses
sion of the fort with the seamen and ma
rines whom YOU practised for the purposeg
And Parker's answer was, that be had no
/ prospect Of speedy support from Clinton.
/ But the pause was owing 10 the scarcity
Of powder. Of which the little that re-
/ NAMED was reserved for the musketry as
a defence against an expected attack from
/ the land forces. Lee should have sent
! supplies but in the heat Of the action
/ Noultrie received from him this letter:
/ III you should unfortunately expend
| your ammunition without beating off the
enemy or driving them on ground, spike
your guns and retreat
A little later a better gift and better
message came from Rutledge. At Charles
ton. i send you i've hundred pounds Of
powder. You know our collection is not
very great. Honor aud victory to you and
our worthy eountrymen with you. Do
not make too free with your cannon. Be
cool. and do mischief These FIVE hun
dred pounds Of powder. with two hundred
pounds from a schooner lying at the back
Of the fort. were all the supplies that
Moultrie received. At three in the after
noon, Lee, on q report from his aid-de-
camp Byrd. sent Muhlenberg's Virginia
Rihemen 10 re- enforce Thomson. A little
]
arc. Al about five the marines in the
ships' tops. seeing a Lieutenant with eight
or ten men remove the heavy barricade
nom the gateway to the fort. thought
that Moultrie aud his party were about TO
retreat, but the gateway was unbarred -
receive visit from Lee. The oflbeers.
halEnaSed and begrimed with~1he hot
days work, respectfully laiAMown their
pipes rs he drew -ear. - general him
self pointed tSsrot 49, guns. after which
l-f~te said % tt5ultrie, Colonel, ! see you
are doing very well here, you have no oc.
casion for me, viii 60 up to town again /;
and thus he left the Tort.
, When az few minutes past seven the
sun went down in blaze Of light, the bat
tie was still raging, though the British
, showed signs Of weariness. The inhabi
, tants Of Charleston, whom the evening
? sea breeze collected on the battery, could
/ behold the Tag Of crescent liberty still
r proudly waving: and they continued gazinl
/ anxiously. till the short twilight gave way
/ suddenly 10 the deep darkness Of a south
|. ern night. when nothing was seen bu
\ continual flashes, followed by peals as j
r we're Of thunder coming out from a heayl
e cloud. Many thousand shot we're free
y from the shipping. and hardly a hut or
= xee on the island remained unhurt bu
!. the works were very little damaged. On,
q only one gun was silenced. The Grim
= from the fort continued slowly; aud th
= few shot they were able to send, wer
heard 10 strike against the ships timbers
- just after nine o'clock, a great part Of hi
. ammunition being expended in a canon
Z AIDE Of about ten hours. his people fatigued
: the Bristol and the Experiment mad
nearly wrecks, the tide Of ebb almos
! done. with no prospect Of help from tn
! army At the eastward. and no possibilit
= Of his being Of any further service, 81
Peter Parker resolved 10 withdraw.
!, halEpast nine his ships slipped their C
- bles, and dropped down with the tide
!, heir previous nOorings.
OF the four hundred and thirty-iv
Americans in the fort, who took part !
I, this action. all but eleven remained aliv'
=. and Of these but twenty-six were woun'
n | ed. Az 20 small cost Of lie had Charlie
ton been defended and a province saves
- When. after a cannOnade Of about "a
a hours. the firing ceased, the inhabitan
I, Of Charleston remained in suspense, q
= a boat from Moultrie announced his vi
:, tory. AT mornings dawn the 'Acteo
al friqata was seen, fast aground at abol
!" iour hundred yards from the fort. n
- syren' had got of. and 20 too had d
sphinx yet with the loss Of her BOZ
y .prit. Some shots we're exchanged, b
he company Of the 'Acteon' soon set &
p 10 her aud deserted her. Men from q
~ fort boarded her while she was on 81
- pointed and discharged two or three
"a ner guns at the commodore, and load
"a their three boats from her stores. In Of
=. half Of an hour after they abandoned b
=. she blew up. and to the eyes Of the Car
"a liana, the piller Of smoke. as II rose ov
.st the vessel, took The form Of the p
=. metto.
The Bristol had forty men killed Al
sayenty-one wounded. Lord Villa
60 Campbell received a confusion in his u
side. and, amer suffering two years, di
from is effects. Sir Peter Parker v
" slightly injured. About seventy ba
.te went through the ship: her mizzenmi
was 70 much hurt that il fell early Z
M next morning the mainmast was Z
away about fifteen feet below the hounl
NJ and the broad pendant now stream
~ from q iury-mast, lower than the forcm
~ She had suffered % much In hull, mas
~ and rigging. that bot Tor she stiffness
~ the sea she must have gone down.
llo board the Experiment, twenty-thl
no we're killed and hfty-six wounded SEQ
q. her captain. lost his left arm. and v
IN otherwise 20 much wounded that his
no vas long dcspaired Of; the ship was mu
damaged. her mizzin ghf was shot avn
~, The whole loss Of the British feet,
mt killed and wounded. was two hundI
er- and Eve. The royal governors Of Not
Oh Carolina and Of South Carolina. a. well
ops Clinton and CORVALLIS. aud seven n
"a. menis, were witnesses Of the defeat. ]
'ng commodore and the general long indull
"a, in reciprocal examinations. Nothing
I'M NAMED Coz The army but 10 quit the saI
de- Of Long Island. yet three weeks M
the passed away before they embarked
err transports for New York under the sin
the convoy Of the 'Selebay' frigate the 4
gil Of the feet being under the necessity
ers, remaining still longer 10 reiit.'
did The success Of the Carolians was due
sd the wisdom and adequateness Of n
up preparations. ID saved not q post bu
province. II kept seven regiments AZ
uld rom New York for two months Il &
teh security 20 Georgia. and three years pc
ont 10 Carolina IL dispelled throughout
in south tho dread Of British superiority
a. drove the l0yalisls into shameful obacur
lses Il was In announcement TO the OF
be- colonies Of the existence OF South y
the lima a. q seli-directing republic n
sail- sage Of brotherhood and union.
ONT On the morning Of the tWenty-niI
rks. Charleston harbor was studded with Z
ven and alive with the voices Of men, has
IL ing 10 congratulate the victors- I
on crowded round their doliverers with tr
lots ports Of gratitude they gazed admirir
run on the uniniured walls Of the fortress,
own ruinOus marks Of the enemy's shot
len every tree and hut in its neighborho
led. they enjoyed the sight Of the wreck
al the 'Acteon, the discounted men-oE
ned riding a. anchor a. two aud a half n
Dost. distance they laughed at the com
q 70 dore's broad pendant, scarcely visible
be- q jury main-topmast, while their own
lish- Gag crowned the merton. Letters OF
ron, graduation came down from Rutledge
rom rom Gadsden and lee gave his witr
had that no men ever did behave better
the ever can behave betior.'
I IN On the afternoon Of the thirtieth
LAX reviewed the garrison, and renewed
aer. them the praise that was their du
zen While they were thus drawn out,
and women ef Charleston Prsssnisd 70