Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1862-07-26

OaJte1eS nau Oeen planltu upOuI seNeutg hl'eo
from the mouth but when he had made that dist.
ance he saw no sign Of them. However, to obtain
rs early intelligence Of them as possible, he began
to shell the woods along the shores, which, 10
various localities, offered aue opportunities for
ambuscade. The st. Louis and Conestoga also
threw shells, while the Lexington fingered in the
rear to guard the Transports and to preserve a
sharp look out upon the enemys country
pRoaREss OF THE UNION FLEET.
The Union fleet proceeded something over
eighty miles up White River, when they were iired
upon from battery on the south side, but 50 hid
den among the trees that the officers could hardly
determine the spot whence the pieces were dis
charged The guns Of the eBemy were not very
heavy. They sounded like u aud "a pounders'
and subsequent examination proved they were
such
THE ACTION BEGUN.
Two AZ the shot struck tho casemates Of the
st. Louis, but glanced of harmless, while most Of
them passed overthe deck The Mound City and
st. Louis both fired at the rebel battery and tre-
queutly perceived that their shells fell very near
| ifnot inside Of the works. After seven or eight
minutes 'he enemy appeared a'lgacu WIN nus l's
Efforts anu hted oniy AZ Intervals, wnsrsupon 'nu
Mound Ulty plshed on leaving t1e hrsC battery
to the ~ LOUIS ana Ionesioga' whlch were sen'
dlnga lew shells at Tue reOeI wo'ks al ini'e
uls'ahce'
POSITION OF THE FoRTiFIcATfoNs,
At this nlace tbero was bend in The river, and
q =. all
,bn asopIaI conrse % If The stream being east and
weat Tbo drst battery wos opposite the rormel
bend on tbe ton of a ridge about 6ty feet high
and tho oninion that il had a compapion was soor
5ubstantated by heavy report from apolnt nal
the bow of the Mound City, and the burial Of tn
IL missile in the bank on the opposite side,
second shot came, but went wide Of tn
a mark, and cut of the branches Of tree two hun
, ,lrej Yards in the rear Of The vessel. This nov
. ordnance was heavier than that in the lower bat
4 terry; and here was roeman worthy Of the Ha
4 sbp which promptly proceeded to pay her CON
/. pllments to the loud voiced stranger
d The Mound City fred her bow guns twice. an
e then her port guns rs sue s'ea'Hel up 'uo rl'e'
!, and the MINER battery less than half mile. rh
:, second ratification was Oh the same bluff or ndg
a that ia fellow was, but little lurther from Ii
shorp and in south westerly direction from III
ano shin. preyentiug its auns bearing directly 0
y tbe Mound City.
!, rba elIect Of the fac shiv's shots could not
pt we'll determined, but they appeared to be ialliI
A. where the quDners desired and tho caunonade
" her mart as well as on that Of the st. Louis, "
~ warmly kent up for eight or ton minutes, less h
IN twentyh having elapsed since the FIRST gun had be
nj feed from the lower battery
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"a AoVhNHNr VI MFAN'Hf'
10 7, r,o oor ,;mo Colonpl Fitch Ind landed
n. Goo AZ os s civ hundred man an tbe southern bor
al hollow ,he frat battery, with the intention Of
oil lacking the upper WORKS In Ihe rear ana uIprsl
march NM md had sqnaled the Mound CITY to cer
6rnc that his own men might not be iniur
whoS an nnonticipated accident of the most ho
ble character almost entirely DESTROYED the olic
and GROW of the fac ship.
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A larae cylindrical shot, with iron fauges
O., each side, known among the rebels Us the plgt
Nd shot struck the casomate on the port s
J. IN the upper port, near the first gun, at an an
of about ninety degrees, passing through the ca
: mate aud connecting pipe Of the boilers, killing
ias Gunner on the starboard side, and alghting in
ep. stewards pantry.
lis The effect Of severing the connecting pipe |
our be imagined All tho steam Of the boilers at o
the rushed with shriIl, Kissing sound into every
Of the gunboat, which presontedno means for
the escape except through the port holes and
'ne, lights 1t was like injecting steam into an
the tight box and when we remember there v
Ken nearly one hundred and eighty human 6eugs be
the deck, the ineilable horror Of their stua
may readily be seen .......
1 ,,.,r,, -, 90 r,,r en-, !,
Fri TkA"iDIA D''i"''''o' VI ''- 1''''
as The burning steam fairly moved them dow
lies Tbev shrieked and leaped and writhed with +
,rce Bnt the steam did not pity their tortures it 81
the cd rather to delight in their suffering, and ext
rom sJ ia vonoriuc torrents to new victims. Hor
the mon horrors accumulated in that low, sqr
iron saothing, boiling, fiery mcosure, where man en-
tain cd ali the rabled agonies of the damned and
Me. conlj not die.
ton, To some. Fate was mercilu; for it slew then
Jap once. As many as forty Eve or fifty who
med stood on the gundeck few moments before
0rts Ihno,ont hones and elnted shirts. law thar