, 1862-09-22

The steamer Ocean Queen, from New o.
leans September 10th. and Pensacola Ssptent-
her 13th, arrived At New York On the 18th |
int, e.. mn%gapg n q i@portant Pp<a. nsSs. a,S -
tculars Of two battles By By the iron-clad
gnnl,n.t Esaex; tha deetsaEtien .! Razan Err !
aud the bomhaTdmeat md capture of he city
The Tinted States iron.cl,d steamer Essex,
Commodore "; D: Porter. arrived from up
portant and interesting news BY thts arrival.
compdsing eorne Of the acts ard doings Of
this mopAter iron ship with iron hearts.
About week (more or lsss} ago, - the Ea-
sex was cruising along in the riTer, the look
99t reported ne Etbel gunboat William 3.
diately, and She was pursued past The guns
at Vicksburg. The Essex then started
down the river, and on reaching Satch.z,
sent 3 boats crew ashore for ice. The
boat, on nes1ing shore, was fired into by the
rebels and several Of The creE wounded For
this act Of temer3ty the whole ehooting force
Of the Essex waa brought to bear upon the ILL.,
fsted city for about two hours and q hall, when
3 adeputalion Nss sent down with PROPOSE
fion to surrender the city snd hoist the Stars
and Stripes: Commodore Porter then ORDER
river until Of Bayou Sara, .where he came to q
stop lorg enough to bum that u1-tated abode
Of rebelE. There were but two houses left
s.andiug-oue belonging to gentleman who
IS said to be friendly TO the Unfoo cause, and
the other the property Of lady. We did not
learn Whist Insult WIS the immediate cause Of
this visitation Ct vengeance.
On Sunday; as the Essex was comfug down
the river, rebel battery OF thirty four guns.
opposite Port Hudson, opened upon her, and
fierce battle at net more than eighty feet dis
tanc1.. began, which lasted an hour. 1t the
end Of that time the battery WAS eilcnced md
the steamer paeBed On down.
The rebel battery WIS mounted with guns
OF very heavy caliore; but that ciecun"
stance orly sutdccd to prove the remarkable
powers Of resia.a1ce OF the ESSEX. Her irou
sides xere struck in q multitude OF places
with 10-irch and other eiz-d balls, ths result
| In all cases hvirg the sane-s slight iudenta'
| ton into the sidts OF the steamer, and then
| the balls breaking into thousand fragments
| and falling carmless1y into the water. The
Essex commenced with the upper tguu. and
truly formidable craft, and comes fully ny
to the Most ssnguine expectations OF her d..
| sjener ard bu::der, WIN, our readers will
rrcoliect, IL Cvnl lcodore Porter himself: C:r'
tAiI1T nothing The people Of New Osle.ua
nave ever seen in the shape Of m 'iron-clad''
can compare with the Essex
In the contest with the battery at Port H1d.
sen. the smoke Pipes End the yentii4ror were
perforated in numerous p1acEs, and present
| something the appearance OF being rus-.eaten n.
It was Impossible to ascertain what the Los:
Of the rebels was, ~ those engaged on the
Essex were too we'll protected By iron ar1oa
To permit their eecinz ashore; but as tht
action was at very close quarters, the loss or
shere must have been heavy. There was ne
cas sualty on the steamer.
TIE names Of Porter aud Essex have aread,
! passed into history IN former generation
and the exploits OF th= g::llans old tr'ysate it
the waters Of the PAcihc have been the ami
mated theme of discourse arouud millions Q
American hearihs;ope-- This generation ca.
now, too, boast Of a Porter, the son OF th'
gallant snilor whe shed 80 mnctl lustre upol
the United States Navy; and the Essex, too
craft of his own invention, named after rh
| famous cruiser, and like her distinguished t.
heirS almost without rival in her Lac Of SCI
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