Smyrna times., 1862-07-17

the second 10 meet the enemy, but owing 10
the distractions in the river and the darkness
OF the night. we all got separated, and aoe
brought up on the chain cable and old hunks 10
which u was moored, Immediately under the
hTe of Fort Jackson. which obliged US to en-
gage them at very close quarters. We backed
on, however, and went ahead again, which
parted The chain and set US ashore on Fort !
Jackson side; but the current soon set US off |
and the night was so dark that we soon found |
ourselves ashore again the opposite SIDE |
directly under the guns OF Fl. ST. Philip aud |
the the iron clad battery Louisiana but one |
peculiarly OF this river is, you cannot stay
ashore long in gong Hp the stream, therefore
we soon found ourselves sfloat again. and on
our way up. In few minutes afterwards The |
ram Manassas was seen coming down on Us on |
our stsrboaTd side. She struck US u early amid.
ship, on our chain armor, and at the same time
nred shot through our side, in the direct line
81 our steam drum, which, fortunately, was
protected by sand bags, 10 which the shot
Drought up We thought, at the time, that
we were not much impaired, although our ship !
leaked badly, and we were unable TO tell where
the leak was until we got all the coal out Of
the bunkers, and then we discovered we were
badly injured. Soon after the ram struck US,
The rebel gunboat Warrior was seen coming
down on our pert side, and the order was i'm.
"NN'oeS'y S'Sh " Shuuu Wy " give u 10 neT
When she was fairly abreast of US our port
, battery was opened on her, after The manner Of
, a salute, and almost instantly she was driven
ashore and was soon wrapped in flames from
the explosion OF our shells: Out of her crew
OF eeveniy'hVe men. but one. that we have any
knowledge OF, was left 10 tell the story, THIS
! poor fellow, whose hip and thigh were badly
> shattered, dragged himself through the mud
opposite 10 where we anchored, just above the
torls. and begged officers to lake him on
board. He was asked where the ca plain OF lhe
o Warrior was! "O!" said he, he 10 killed
everybody on board was killed" The Nc Rea
q would have shared the same fate, but tor her
close resemblance to the IroguoiS. will not
attempt TO describe 10 you the awful grandeur
aud the magnitude of tina, fight for think that
= The powers OF man are inadequate TO the task !;
70 sufflce u TO say, II has not parallel in the his
}. tory of naval warfare. My place was below,
and, of course, could not see what was going
. on around US. but. 10 spite of the rapidity with
it which wounded men and men whose heads
h were shot away, were passed below, (ss though
a we had some grand panacea for the restora ton
of decapItsted mem could hear the continual,
disagreeable and ugly whisiling sRd whizzng
D, sounds OF rebel shot passing over our decks.
}. and occasionally the tremendous crash Of a shot
A through the sides ofour ship, throwing spIinters
!, 10 every dIrectIon-dsshing mems brains out,
- and otherwise horribly mulilaiiog them.
'e should judge that the rebels believe in killing
at men outright, for the most Of our men who were
killed were shot in the head. Some Of them
had their heads split 10 half and one side ca
rled away, while others had IN cir heads entirely
s. shot off. Several days after the fight | was
Up applied to By marine for the removal of some.
N. thing buried deep in his temple. cut down
nd on 1t aud removed quite large piece OF The
skull of another N. Wh0aq head ahol of
v" BY his side during the engagement.
1t you can imagine what would be The state
be OF your feelings If caught in an open field will
M no hat on, IN July hail storm; or the bringing
-. together OF halfa dozen F0urihs Of July. an(
- all the little attachments to each touched OF
g. at once, you can then have a faint idea of wha
gh the passing ofthese forts was. II was Of cours
We much more interesting to one looking on at
cd safe distance. than to those actually engaged
tor he could hnd time 10 contemplate The scene
iu' while those engaged were so much absorbe
be in the faithful discharge of their individual du
is ties and the accomplishment of our object. tina
.y. they became very callous even to the desdl
messengers flying around them and the DANCE
W" to which they were exposed.
to June 20th.--Porter's mortar hotilla came U
8 to-day, aud The ball will probably be put ~ me
ton Tomorrow; but it lie thought here they al
IN evacuatiug the town. They encountered
guerilla band at Ellis Cliffs, some distance be
'ou low here, who fired upon them with field piece
rty and musketry, after the fee. had gotten go "a
nu BY il could net bring It's guns 10 bear. II turf
The ed about. however. and opened fire upon FL
=, upon the guerrlas with shrapnel and caniste
'eO which completely souted them, AID have bee
'ef' informed that negro came of TO them alta
ine they had anchored for the night, and roporle
,elI that FIVE OF the rebels were killed. Ne one O
=, our side was hur.-they did not even hit III
' vessels.
- The fotila brough. Up our mail, which
as gived at New Orleans several days ago, by Oh
au- Marion, and notice 10 one ofihe pa pers who
sf; received letter from Capt. Pore 10 Sen,
lnu tor Grimes, in which he says that, in passin
AZ the ioris,one OF our largest ships laid wiihi
a." ten feet of the invulnerable iron clad stea
'n's battery LOuisiGna, and delivered her who
out brosdside, making no more impression on h,
OPS OPS than if she had been firing peas, while II
sIo' LouisiGnG's shot went through and through II
eS' above mentioned ship as if she was glass TT
wv: "above mentioned ship" was the BrookiyH, OF
Jug Capt. Mcintosh, who commanded the Louis
W. ana, has said repeatedly that the BrOokLJ
ny fought him side by side for some time. and tn
~. he finally had the satsfa ction of seeing her
sas down. II may be that we went down, but
'a' we did IT was after the manner 10 which due
y goes down-to come up again out of his sigh
'n for we are at this time shoat, AID il Hecessa
,Ho able TO do our work over Eguin. Before v
'"- went down, however, our grape and caOist
the go 80 a. ~, Can, McIo,osh
Or L.. az !, sI,Lo ,e.,,., &c, s,o, int M,
side ill., -. a. .nd srad ssve,.I hom5s N nrder
so' getlhe range. 3Ths rebels returned the 6r
which convinced Us that they intend 90 resi-
'afu Us here to she best of theif ability, apdith'
ny, may hold out q long Eime, for we Cannot rsa
'iso them with ous broadside guns IL may be III
'cS- tgetown wiFl be Destroy ed in king these bs
the teres, FOR they have built some ofthem in 4
usy ta,ca ~, ,ev f,s,oa be stakeni aaa tie re
w, opened. a ~ :.
''ed jane 2oh.-- signal was made yesserd