Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-06-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
REMARkA ABLE IIEROISM,

The following touching story is copied
from the Dover (N. H. Enquirtr:
cannot close thus description without
relating an incident that may challenge
comparison with anything IN the annals
OF beroism. 1t will be rene IN bered, that,
during the bombardment OF Fort Henry.
the gunboat Essex was disabled by sho,
which passed into one of its boilers The
bca. same10 ST. Louis for repairs l was
pernSAed b The courtesy Of Lieut.. Walker
to visit the boat, and it was from his lips
that learned this thrilling incident. In
IL. hottest mart of tho eneassment. when
the toat was within a few hundred yards
Of the Fort, the enemy threw a twenty four
pound ball which crushed through the oak
timbers above the bow port hole, dashed
Oh, the brains Of yourg Britain Of New
York, tore its way through the thick fen
der in front of the machinery, and pierced
the boiler. Instantly an immense volume
Of steam rushed out scalding some Of the
gunners before they could escape. One
poor fellow was scaided from head to foot,
80 that the skin came oil in fakes. H.
WAS stripped entirely naked, annon ed
upon the deck TO die. He said be was
willing to die. if he could bear TO the other
world The tdings Of n Federal rumph.-
Soon the shouts of victory arose, and the
diving man in the midst of his agony in
duired what they were cheering tor:--
when be was told tha, the enemy had sur
dcred, inspired witt, fresh strength, he
threw off his blanket and rushed, stark
naked, to tn, upper deck. The prayer Of
his hear. had been granted. He saw the
rebel colors lowered gave three wild
cheers for the stars and stripes, and fell
dead on the deck
At the capture Of Elizabeth City, John
Davis shielded barrel o! powder with his
own body.
A, Fort Craig, when all the artllerists
of Lieut. McRae had been shot, that gal,
lant officer sat upon one of his guns and
suffered him self to be killed rather than
desert it
The cannoniers Of the Cumberland kept
firing ill the water began to run into the
por, holes, and then went down embracing
their guns:
"ln the buihling waves they fired their last,
v bcre sputtered the burning wad
And tFst Mt their post. thrlT guns wore last,
Went a hundred and more before God
These are deathless examples of heroic
devotion 20 ds'y. 1t makes us think bet
ter Of mankind, that it is capable of such
sacred sel!-sacriiice. The consciousness
Of right strs he hearts Of our soldiers to
nube exploits. The Federal legons,
thrice armed battle in their holy causo
with the spirit Of martyrs and the bravery
Of heroes They rush to the fici of death
as though they feared they should be too
late TO die for heir country. Such soldiers
are invinciblr Their heroism will pre-
serve the Uno.n, their martyrdom will con
secra!e themselves
God prosper the cause oh, il cnnnot hu. thrive,
While the pulse Of orc patriot heart il alir"
Its devotion to feel aud its rights to maintain:
Then how sninted by sorrow its martys will die,
The finger Of glory shall point where they lie;
While far from the footsteps of coward or slave.
The young spirit Of freedom shall shelter theS
graves.
But while all the instances Of patriots
who have attes,ed the sincerity Of their
loyalty by the sacrifice of their lives, will
be llus,rious. none will be more nobly
conspicuous than that Of the poor dying
soldier on board the Essex His immor-
tai enthusiasm will live forever in the
hearts of his grateful conntrymen.
"Sambo, what do you tink oh the futur
state ?" 81 tink him berry long one =
"But / mean do you tink de wicked will
be consigned to eberlastin misery p ~
don't tink no such ting. ,ink Gabriel
minister the oaf and let 'em GOT
The rebels arc so hard up for salt that
the chapter in the Bible relating to Lots
wife is now their choice reading