The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-07-29
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Ea The dispatch boat, s'wtsicho arrived acA AIes
y PMS on Saturday evening, from Yieksburr, 4
,e 'ne Tho ho'n, o.,nsS tbe fllQging startling new
Ing 'ePorted escape Of the rebel gunbo
4 Assaosas turns'out 10 be correct The alta
:, LOOK P'aee'on' the morning Of che 18th ins
y Two or threendaysIbefore this time a repu,a
y refugee came op, board the federal feet an
reported that the officers Of tho Arkansas v g,
. planning an attempt to run her past The "a,
. : eral fleet during the nightsl On the rnornin
OF Tuesday the guDboats Oarondelet and Il,
Ter, with the ram, Lancaster, started rp I'll
iazoo River on q Accommodating expedition
J Between six and seven O'clock 10 the morr
log, about eightahile from IN q mouth Of n
I, rlyer, they came,suld y nooaiihe mon cli
ret'l gu boat Arkansas lying hidden unde
the bank, evidently waiting Gr evening I
: make The attempt fc get down the river. SSh
mad evidently discovered The approach Of on
ooais' blythe smoke, before, they saw her, for
as they rounded the bend of the rvcr close Z
ner, sne suddenly, opened upon them with he
two Union g,nboats 'imnediaicly returnct
her fire, aud for short tins a fierce engage
""or' ,,"Susu' .nE!s nod jsl laA atsy'sd q O
Only one of the Union gunboats, the Cur
oudelet, is iron clad, and She is a small one
having only two guns which she was able tc
bring 10 bear upon,the foe. The Tyler is 4
wooden boat, and unfit 10 cope with SO terri
BILE an antagonist. Nevertheless, both these
boats maintained a gallant fight at close quar-
ters for time. bot finding that the main
channel of the river preventcd successful ma
nnnvering, they gradually returned 10 the
molth, the ,Arka3sas following closely.
AT the mouth Of tho river a small sand
bar had been formed by tho action of the
meeting currents loJust as the Arkansas was
passing this point tho 'Csopdeet made des.
Perate rush and closed with her, intending to
board her. She had succeeded in throwing
gr"Ppls aboard her and getting out plank,
when the Arkansasa opcocd steam pipo and
threw stream of hot water, across the plank.
Tho Carondelct replied in the same manper.
ana at the same moment both vessels ran
hard and fast upon theasand bar.. Tie shock
separated The two vessels, and ina few mo.
'nents, the Arkansas being On. the outside, sue
ceeded in getting away, The Carondelet,
however, remained. fast for nearly an hour be-
fore she got off. Her crew caiiantly main.
tanned the fight, keapingtup !, stis,ce fire OF,
the Arkansas until she dad passed bey ond he
reach of her guns. :.
The Arkansas, as so On as ST. was clear from
the bar, Immediately startc down tho river.
The Tyler seeing tlris pa.sel her AMI p.ece
ned hef down, maiptaiain! n saSl ant running
hgnt WIN her greatly superior adversary. ,rcI
Ihe distance from the m m)uth of The ,Yaz)o
River to the batteries at 'vicksbiry, is. abou;
ten miles. oil 5er5''i aocs ysti ;fb9-11 efi 4
The fleet Of Davis. and Farragut, = with a
number Of transports, ammunition boats, NOR !
tar boats a. d wooden rams, were lying scat.
tered over space Of rearfy two mile, of the
river, just above the upper batteries. Unfor I
tnnately, rome tf the iron ginboats had steam
up, and the entire fleet was so scattered about
that Few OF them could fire at tho Arkansas
as she passed, without danger Of hitting some
pf our own boats, until she came into close
range. sff m tsqnE-as sw 5d1tr vff7afs9
As she approached, sucl, boats as could safe
y do so, opened fire upon her, bat her heavy
ron plating successfully resisted mot of the
shots. N lsf hs11 hlr & I'D J.
Spectators describe the appearance of the
hot as they struck, to have been curious in
he extreme. Every time a solid shot struck
Ter plating cloud of'blne blazs seemed to
Use from the spot aud streak of brighter
Ire, caused by the-friction, marked the entire ,
curse OF tho shot, untilit passed off the YES /.
el into the water. Soma of the heavier shot,
owever, passed entirely through the plating, !"
nd penetrated the interior Of the We sci. As !.
he Arkansas approached Farragut's gunboat, =
W, o, she swerved n little from her conrse to T
eply to shot from one Of the other boats !
II this instant solid shot from the ] inch !.
ou' bad Of the No. struck Der on the lar :,
oard bow, near the forward port, passing !,
trough and under herplating, and ripping il !.
# for considerable distancs.s What further
amage it did is not ascertaiued, but il is evi- =
ent that the Arkansas is considerably in :,
lred, as at the time our Informant left thsre =
,e was lying covered over on the bank un- !"
er the shelter Of the battcries, and a large
umber Of men could be seen at wo,k on her. Y
The injuries to our aeet,, were much less ', =
ian at first represented. a. "
The B'nton received sho, Which struck a.
sar the edges Of her after pert, on the lar. y y
'ard side, Instantly killing aomanl who was :.
andlng there, passing through belgunner's a.
om aud ward room,y and finally landing on =;
e commanders bed. This was tho only - -
ot which did any particular damage, and :. :"
is was from one Of the shore baitcries and y, '"
u from the Alksnsas.O Cd, is,isos slo,g ~ ~
The Tyler is a wooden, boat, which eugay, o, D,
the Arkansas longer than any other, near. 40 10
an hour andia half and received / he most az
msgeg She had dnseyenm mens Filled outriohele.s
d some nine or tou wounded. q & Among the az
led were two we'll know river men Char. ~ y
Sebastian, pilot Of the Tyler, enc. of the "a "
st known and most popular men men on the riv q
and Mr. Davis, the engineer o. David Hi ol9
r, another we'll known piiss, had his arm Ia. edt
n of by shot. .,usniua, edi moiN b,6, he
The ram Lancaster ,receiyed shot which Jig
netrated tho mud receiver underneath the
ilers, causing an Escape 6fo hot water, by bs
ch ak men were sea ded-thrco of then, aug
ally. --------- ,b'
The entire federal osessusfSr as wcicau Iasn gis
tain, will amount tozabousE twelve killed IN
fifteen wounded, of~honr FIVE or six will pa
,oao'y dle: x u. ,Ioodv,haiE q oonsbi.ot q
What the loss, Of lie on board tho Arkan. int
was is MT, known, but uadoobtcdly il no
ouDted to considerable, as several shots SO
re- seen 10 pass into bcr intt rior sand "A, ! ori