Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-08-06

SHE RUNS The BLOCKADE OF
THE ENTIRE FLEET.
TIE EHsaaeHspat with the Caron.
doIet and Cincinnati.
ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE HER BIZ BOARDING
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AGTAAFES TO CAPTURE HkE BIZ BOARDING
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| sas NJ IEEen the oAieago Tribune
| q. s. GuSRoAr FLoruLA,
Il Wednesday,, July l5, 1862.
The monolony and ennai which haa
hung like . pail, for the last two weeks,
over our fset, Was most efTscsuaily broksn
EyssEeyaay saoraing, aud rather anpleas.
ant break it was. But to facts: About
$50 a. NJ, the gunboats Carondolei and
Tyler, and the ram Queen Of the West
got under way, sssazasa up she sigeE a
short distance, turned up the Yaxoo.-
RuEaors bad been rife for several days
that the Arkansas was preparing to come
cut bat large majority booted il dowzl
and scoffed Ut the bare idea. Il seems,
howavsr, that those in authority placed
some credence in the report, and conse-
qasassy the swo gaabsaIs and Ea@ we're
seaA - look a. mastsTs~a Upoa lsmsering
| the river tia Queen shot up ahead of the
rest, the Oarondoles following, while the
Tyler brought UP the rear, ! : ~ '''''
They had prosssded about five miles
only when those Cd the gunooats were
Issarslaa by the appsasaDss af bhe Queen
| coming full speed down the river, with
| esidsasly every pound of steam she could
make at werk on her shaft. She few by
the sasoadatst With the words E'The Ar
kansas is coming and shortly after a
IoHg, siow, sarsd ssslered craft, with a
short, thieh, black smoke stack in her
middle, pafhng out huge volumes OF
black smoke, came swiftly around the
point aud made for the 0arondolst. The
river was too narrow to turn haak, even
If Capt Walker had SO wished; bat the
Gaps4sa 10 saa who knows no such word
les 9bsck saL'a and swinging around
broadside, to avoid raking shots, the
Carondoiet belched forth wfI0is hkoAA-s
side on to shs rapidly advancing craft
lmaSans theeonsseynasioa produced when
the balls wers seen to strike and fall
n0rmzaassly ia shawstsF. "At him again."
was che cry, and another beoadsida was
peaeed fnto lkAe moaskaF Of City yards
rangs, But win no more effect than II 50
nnany peas had been discharged.
The Arkansas nov ran into the Carou-
dolstis starboaFd quarter With feayful
arasas psaring bzoadsids aftAx bgoadsae7
into The guaboat, which passed through
Ehs wsaoaea easement and raeked the YEA
sci fsom stem to stern. The Arkansas
showed NO intention Of leaving her victim,
bgts rkmsining along Der starboard quar-
ser f@ked her fore and aft with pointed
shot, The Carendolet's stern and after
division of starboard batteries kept up
al iEscessans Are; but tha huge solid shot
few OF like India rubber balls. There
Was no tangible spot TO be seen, bat
very small round hole, just large enough
60 aafait Tie gun, constituted Der ports,
and CA elsrating or depressing the port
hofs moved with the qua. Finding bis
guns vera doing nc ser sise, Capt WalKar
had bis boaEders called away and into
the rebel erafs they poured; bsas nota mar
or . paasAgs way oould be Sonnd. The
boar1sxs asW rssnrned and abe guns set
20 warks butt was 10 mach powder
wassaA. Ths Carondolasss starn was ow
psrfesslF rsddleds 81 sae ofzeaxss qnar-
Sers shes swsY, and every shsag literally
torn 30 places. At length shot cut
away the steam pipe and the scalding
yahoe spsaad to every paEs If shss boat =
Many of the men jumped oysrboard.=.
red . boarding party on the rebels deck,
but could fnd No possible way of getting
below. The matches were all secured IN
,isrneakh and the smallest kind of al ap-
perture or hole vas nowhere to be found.
This discovered, the party returned to
Of the river called for her.
The flag which still foated from her
stern was nerer to be struck to the rebels
as long as one board hoated to hold it up.
What men were left stood by what guas
could be brought to bear, and worked
them until the Arkansas, thinking she
had aboat fRisaed har victim, pushed
along past her and stood for the Tyler
which fad stood by the Carondoies thrp
the whole fight. The Tyler discovered
her motion and knowing her thin frame
would stand no chance when brought in
contact with the enemy's inEulnerabls
sides. headed down the stream, keeping
just clear Of the Arkansas and firing her
stern battery. The chase was kept up
until the mouth OF the river was reached,
when the Tyler, her boats shot away and
badly cut up otherwise, came into view
of the whole aeet. Not q vessel in the
whole feet, from some strange fatality,
had sGeaa enough TO move. The Louisi-
ana ahors was liusd with our transports,
ordnance boats, &C., while directly oppo-
site them, three or four ABREAST lay FAR
ragus's and DAvis' feet, scarcely two OF
which eoald fte without pouring their
broadsldes into some of their own yea
salas ALI eyes weTa ssssined 10 zee the
cause Of the Tyl@ss4 eommotion. The
ram hees which lay near the mouth OF the
Yazoo, are scattered every direction. A
moment more and the lang dreaded Ar
kansas steams in full view and heads right
for the center Of cur Feet. Bang, goes
gun nt the ordnance boat Great Western,
while one from her port battery at the
| rams, who are leaving IN every direction
She now passed the Richmond, whose
| splendid battery of aine.iEoh Dahigren's
is held quiet BY the ]. Fl. Diekey, who
LAYS just opposite. Bang bang! go two
more guns at the ordnance boat. ~
Passing down, abe puts two balls into
the Champion, while IN she meantime her
mort battery ID busy with Farragu's feet.
Steadily s6a pursaes her way, nothing
Haunted. nothing checked. She is Bow
more than half way down. she passes
the Hartford, bat the noble old flagship
isszsssaaated .likas tbs Rishmoaf, fer sthe
| s,>rus broadsiaa whieh wonld have hailed
nr tae Arkansas would have annihiIasec
fha gpIendid hospital boat Red Rover!
w;tb fter cargo Of human freight Th'
onesda hits her with her slesen-ineb, but
tha r,ouda yosas raissls produces no effect
The Wenos,a and Wissahicon engage her
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