Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-14


guD at her, but 80 excited were her gun
ners that they missed he huge target entire
ly. The pilot of .the Beauregard. however
understood his ouaineas better, aud BY skill
fui marWeTering succeeded in avoiding the
blow.
THE FIRST REBEL BOAT DISABLED.
Nothing discouraged the Queen turned
her bow toward the Gen. Price, the next
nearest boat, and striking her gloncing
blow on the port quarter, tore her side nearly
of, and caused her 10 take water so badly,
that she had to be run to the Arkansas shore
to prevent her from going down 10 deep wa.
ter, She now lies opposite Hopeleld, par
TALLY submerged
INJURIES TO THE QUEEN OF THE WEST.
AS the Queen of the West was leaving the
Beauregard, the latter cred a second shot at
her, which struck her on the bulwarks, caus-
ing the splinters to fly pretty freely. One of
these struck Col. Ellel. the Commander Of
the ram beet, on the breast, stunning him
severely, His flagship after her collision
with the General Price, was found to be
disabled in some way, and could not be man
aged The blow bad probably started her
machinery. she was also turned ashore, near
where the Gen. Price had sunk.
THE MONARCH AND THE BsAUREGARD.
While the Queen of the West had been
doing such splendid service, the Monarch
followed in her wake, and did just what the
Queen had first tried to do--struck the Gen.
eral Beauregard a tremendous blow amid
ships, completely disabling her. She man.
aged to reach the Arkansas shore in some
way, when she went down 10. fifteen feet
water. Her crew escaped in the woods
Before being struck by the Monarch the
Beauregard had been raked fore and aft by
cur guns, and was badly riddled.
SINKING OF THE GENERAL LL-APPALIING
SCENES. inta
The next victim of the rebel flotilla, which
had by this time fallen down the stream as
far as Beale street, was the General Lowell
A 50-pound shot, fired by Captain Phelps of
the Benton, struck her just below her water
| line, and caused her to sink in eighty feet
/ water, three minutes after.
| The scene on the Lowell after she was
struck, was painful in the extreme. The
crew stood by her, because they were afraid
of the mighty river, until the water put out
her fires and filled the boat with steam,
scalding many of them badly, when all
leaped into the stream. For few minutes
/ the surface of the water was covered with
these unfortunate and misguided creatures,
struggling for their lives
HEROIC CONDUCT OF BOATS CREW FROM
THE DENTON. 81
And here looms up history of genuine
! ehigalry aaa heFoisiH, which should make
the cheeks Of cur Southern detamers tingle
with shame. A boat was lowered from the
Benton and started from the scene to receive
| drowning men. A minute before our gal
liant tars had poured shot and shell into
them without mercy, for they we're enemies
then and on an equality; but now they were
helpless, and everything was forgotten, save
the dictates OF humanity. In the hurry of
the moment, the boat was partially swamped
and two of our men narrowly escaped
drowning; but matters were soon righted,
and q few hasty strokes of the oars brought
them TO where the Lowell had Just gone down,
down in the seething current, causing the
water to whirl like maelstrom over the
forever obscured wreck Quite q number of
persons we're rescued by the gallant boats
crew, some OF them hleached whittier by the
steam than their souls could ever have been
washed if they had not speedily repented T;
but the majority Of them were swept away
and drowned. Among those known to be lost
was her commander, Capt VIM. Cabell, an
old and we'll known riverman.
PREolPIrATE RETREAT OF THE REMAINDER OF
THE REBEL FLEET.
II is almost needless to say that ere this
the enemy we're rapidly retreatinE Our
boats, which had gone into the engagement
stern foremost, because they were better pre-.
pared In that quarter to sustain butting from
the opposing rams, (ell the rebel boats,
have neglected 10 say, were also rams, y had
long since turned round giving the enemy
broadsides as they swung, and were now
pursuing them, head on, After the Lowell
went down, Il was most emphaticslly a run
ming dght.
TIKI LITTLE REBEL BEACHED AND ABANDONED
The Little Rebel folding II impossible TO
escape, was run ashore on the Arkansas side,
the crew taking to their heels. A few shells
were sent after them, but these rebels can
run nearly as well as the Virginians, and
do not think velocity enough could be given
TO any ball to oVertake an +. r. V. when
once fairly under way, 30 il Is more than
probable that al escaped
TRE JEFF. THoMrsON, SUMTER AND BRAGG
pEsERTED.
Next. the JEFF Thompson was bsaohed and
| fred. and her crew shelied IN the same man
ner. and then the Sumter, and then the Gen.
| BrRgg-al on the ArkanBas shore, nearly
opposite Fort PICKERING. III these boats bad
full crews, how alive with running rebels the
woods must have been
PURSUIT AND ESCAPE OF THE VAN DORM.
The remaining rebel vessel, the Van Dorm,
was holly pursued by two OF our feetest
boats, as tar as the foot OF Presidents Island,
where the chase was given up. Her heels
were all that saved her, aud she Is the only
Que LETT 70 tell the tale Ct the overwhelming
disaster TO The hemmed-in rebels below. No
doubt she will claim tai the Lincoln Ar
mazda was entirely annihilated
Explosion OF THE JEFF THOMPSON.
The most magnificent spectacle Of the dag
was the explosion Of the JeG. Thompsan -
Shortly after she was beaehed, she was dis
covered 10 be on ere. and continued 10 burn
| Hereby for more than an hour. ahen her
magazine igntcd, blowing ali tdat re
NAMED Of che Inflated craft into ten thou.
sand atoms. A large number Of shells we're