Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-12-26

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gun at io,45. At this tius ~ the
batteries were hard at spft There
asre between 40 and 50 ssn3 Pkying
! into Fort Pickens. As wfh sxpec.
ted, masked batteries h,ddisclosed
themselves al along the b
zaur firing WAS very sid owing 70
tour inability toresch them xcpt with
the ri6ed gpn. tip Kbich was
quite strong, vas 81 sainst US.
and in favor Of ~ Ths char.
ges of powder sEe1 d from Is
to ~ pounds, and shots fell
short. About asdoze1 5E heir shells
have exploded quite heafs snough for
our comfort The men sep to have
taken matters quite coolIy idsy.
The Commodore IN bis 651ress this
morning, told them he did ~ want so
many lockers on to be 90 MEk. Said
he: "one watch go below bd sleep,
and be ready to relieve Tie Bier when
wanted" As I passed aloo9 The birth
deck, l saw many offhem stached out,
fast asleep, and not a fewplfing back
CANNON and checkers. Ebdipg that
all our shots fen short, Ne Sighed an
Choir at $50, and -motedfin little
closer. Hardly had we dipped. be-
fore shot went Bhizzipg b between
our smoke pipes, and dreBed in the
water half mile the other 3e Of us.
Immediately there came Fpther and
then another. and while they tame over
US thick and fast our gnas re4rned the
compliment. But it was ~ use; our
shot all fell short. The wiaj was too
strong, and our ship was 4zSgerously
near the bottom. The chsf2s Of pow
der were increased to tws1B pounds,
FIVE more than the, regular 6lerge. and
finding that that did usin8 good we
weighed anchor and stood oat. Even
after we had moved out a lfne distance,
several of the shots of thiSsnew gun
came directly over ours"qssfter.s Il
could have been no other thea 70 inch
columbiad or else one of tfh;iifed I2o-
FOUNDERS. said to have bsea brought
over by the "Bermuda. One of our
men said be could hear il say s.seeesh-
secesh-secesh-sechong," asIitIanded in
the water. Had one Of thu secesh viii
lians hit us, it would hare bored us
through and through. We got out Of
their reach at last. and then We had the
satisfaction of watching the grand con-
fiagration. II the wind ebasges. and we
can get in. we shall give tbsm an OPP
portunity to try that gun "a e on Mon
day. We have fred abopsf 4 bells To-,
day. No one has been lszels ssnr ship,
News has come from Pink3, and We
leaen III es-sissye>ffe M exo
That rebel frlend OF ours was turned
upon the fort, and managed to partially
dismount IO-inch gun, wounding six
men, one of whom is fatally injured
No other casualties. The gun was soon
re-mounted. Col. Brown says he shall
not open fire tomorrow unless they first
fire upon him, SO that altogether likely
the Sabbath will indeed be day of rest.
Some may think it foolishness, but do
not believe we shall lose anything.
MONDAY, Nov. 25.-During Satur-
day and Sunday nights we could see
the camp fires of two or three parties
on shore, who are doubtless engaged in
erecting batteries for our reception, but
l do not think it is the Commodore's in
tention to engage them. They have
strewed their Notifications all along the
beach, and contain only one or two guns
in each, while at the same time they are
protected by the woods. To silence
such fellows it is necessary to have a
ship for each one, and even then doubt
If it could be accomplished. Itrequires
a landing party, and force sufficient to
take possession of the whole place.
1 question whether Col. Brown will
attempt to do much more He has ef-
fected his purpose-that of destroying
the winter quarters of the rebels, and
although they succeeded in putting out
the fire in the navy yard, he has shown
them that it will be very unsafe ope-
ration to commence work there again,
as be can and will set fire to it again II
they make the attempt.