The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-04

;.e nd ,I,,t il she did not take adNah'"S' "
,i,.,s abe would soon be water IosSso'
IN sn,r Of the great danger. "t The 'Ac' Ina
staring with cUid aud lenursei'ss
~. ms, ,he face q! every man Oh VoHiu' 1I
,...., ,,,l ,ollec;,G abb fearless Every man
ma lost ald neeIed no exhjrtanoh IA
discharge his duty. .,a .hs,
m. ram moved Vi. the river, and the Teoei
bo,,er,as increased their fire. neavy shot sho
hal, ,all before. behind, and around her, ana
oye,y few seconds one would 90 tearing through
her deck or cabin. As she passed one oil tue
MINER batteries, 81 pound shot truck her III
tie rear. wen, through every one OF her larooaro
a,ate rooms, in which no person happened u oe
If rho time. into the Captain office, Penetra
ting The iron safe, md passing out sha''7teu TIC
wn@den carriage ui one Of the mounted brass
oieces IN the boiler deck, dismountlng the gun,
and hitting it. seit deep 'ndentaion IN the
metal.
THIS shot. which was afterwards picked up,
was = neculIar one /. was composed OF pewter
mostly. with an admxture OF lead ana Nhc'
and weighs p.sbably rs much as nifty pouhuS'
Il is. probablv, molded out OF the heterogene-
ous materials which the cltlzens-the wives,
mothers. and daughters Ot the " Coniederacy
have from time to time been urged by the
rehe leaders to contribute 10 the glorious cause.
\ 81 pound shot, after passing through me
heavy timber bulwarks OF the ram, and Deconl-
ing nearly spent, grazed the mp OF Lieut.. James
Nj. Hunter, causing severe confusion anu
swelling chat nave disabled him for the present,
and NAV prevent bls walking Tor some time.
Halt az inch nearer would have killed the
lleu,enant. who Is IA brave and an energetic
officer, Whose death would have been Il IO8s to
the service to which he Is ~ deeply devoted.
Several huge round shot passed. immediately
over the heads OF Col. E!!et and his son while
Ill their yecumbent position. tad they been
standing, they would have become headiess,
ADD perhaps trunkless
\ iitty-uound rlhed shot passed through the
pilot house. within few inches Of the legs OF
Alexander Ford. who was then al the wheel,
and narrowly escaping the breast OF MS aaso-
ciate Roley 5. Mickey, standing at his side,
and passing the worQ from the commander of
the ram.
Jacob Lauder and John MHa slough. engi-
neers. were thrown down once Vr twice from
tne winu Of flying snOt. and their assistant,
john i. SHELTON, was struck Wlth - small rag
ment OF d shell on the lett nand--tbe most serl-
Gus wound received ny any Que 81 the Queen Of
the west.
The Queen ran bJ the hostile batteries,
through d terrible fire, and Made her appear
..nre above the bend rlddl-d with shot, but not
d man ON board seriously injured. She was re-
ceiyed with accIamatUns ny the crews OF
the fleet, VINO bad little hope pt seeing her
return, DIS Col. EIet had hlnsclt 81 returning.
His escape was What the orthodox would
cali miraculous, and The ph.loaJ ph4c fortunate.
he same experiment could not be tried with
the same result once i'll ten thousand times
though her almost entire freedom lIom casualty
Is partially due t. TIE preclutUn OF Co!. Eliet
lie even retus:u the profsred services OF two
OF the Buhelnlans on tnat expedItIon--ln taking
az lew persons as possible, knowing that the
probability OF injury would be proportioned 10
The number Of the crew.
Inc Queen presents most diSluantied and
torlorn appearance, and Is nearly SHOT to pieces
iUr any vessel that will float, DIS can we'll be i'm
aglneu. The many vino have visited her since
her terrible experience, are wlLh difficulty per
studded that not one Of her crew was KILLED or
dangerously woundcd. She has The semblancc
VI complete wreck, ami II VA he necessary
to send her north at once, for repairs, though
some think her INJURY too great Tor remedy
that she is not worth the nendlng.
Shells exploded IN her cabin, shiyering her
furniture, crockery, and state rooms to pieces
Ihs Wardrobe OF the crew WIS converted into
rags, AID hardly whole garment or IL pair Of
boots or shoes can be found On the boat She
IS dented and damaged and blackened and spln.
tered and singed and shattered, as If she had
passed through Il score OF the hercest battles
ana presents us good an example OF the amount
OF Injury that may be done to d boat without
absolutely destroying her DIS 1t would be con
Venient to present, 0r easy To discover in twelve
mouths service on the fiotila
Alter Col. Eilet $ return, it may be supposed
ne fet as If he had been, to say the least, I'm
ialrly treated by the two Commodores, who had
IN no wise fulfilled their portion OF the covenant
while ne had done great deal more than his
The Colonel chiefly regrets the centre crnps BE-
cause he IL firmly OF the opinion that If Farra.
gut and DAVIS had performed what they agreed
he would have been successful in capturing OF
destroying the Arkansas and he exnresse.
himselt not only willing but anxious 10 leoeal
the attempt whenever they will assure him the,
VIII achieve their portion of the task
| Col Eet ascrlbes no bad faith whatever +,
Commodore Farrugut oI Davis. for he know
them both to be most gallant and patriotic off
GERS, and highly honorable and loyal gentlemen
but he regrets exceedingly that owing to som
misunderstanding of circumstances they coul,
not control, their portion OF the proyrap,m
was not carried OUT, convinced it's .xecutio,
would have insured to us the posses,iop or ri,
perlshment of the Arkansas.
DIEp-At College Hospital, Long Island, Ju
ly II, 1862, Charles Martin, soldier.
he was brought to the hospital in such feebl
..nt