Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-29
THE BoxBARDXENr OF LAvlOoA.

We have q. length received q detailed account. Of tie
bcmbArdment Of LlVAcca, Texas, the most interesting
Of uhei We append. 1t sppsArs that on the morniDg
Of the Slt 0,lober, the Yankees approached under
" OF t.use, and demanded Al unconditional surrender
of the town, 10 Which Msj1r Shea, our 1Hissr in com.
m.nd, replied that be wa pu. there fox TIE purpose Of
defending the place, and be would try his bes. to do 90.
rbe result Of the inerViss va that one hour aud q
half uu ouly given for the sick and the women and
children 70 leave the town. TIE citizen lie nonstrAtsd,
but without avail. What folossd is thus related
Acomplsts sAmps3s noG took plAcs, and the women
and children, together viii the sick, we're placed
OIL the cara aid taken from tosn. Ole poor old mGn,
Captain Porter, died Indsr the severity Of removing IN
. weak state, and others vil probable follow him. !
/ could al q volume 9th the tsenss l SAG on this &C.
| CASTOR, and the MAJ Who could vines, unmoved, the
misery thus suddenly brought upon " could NOS CONAN
in biz breast . human heart,
Aoout twenty minutes or 30 alter the time had elapsed
tbs vessels Cp med upon the tosn . nurderous d-e Of
she'll and SHOT, Which crashed through the houses, shat
tering aud g. airing 70 pieces costly furniture OF every
description. Many women aud children we're still H.
tosu, It being impossible 10 get Ih 'm all out at so short
a not c +. aud II il a mrIClI shat note we're killed OF
UouGded.
Our batteries we're nov ia full play under the orders
Of the gallant MAJOR. The lover battery, commanded
by CIpL Vernon, 81 brave al CfhceF a. ever lived, Uss
uoon engaged, and Gas soon followed BY Capt. Rsus =,
another gal ant : lldier. The sceue gas now grand be-
,ond description, shot and shell falling into the town in
ever friction, ~shAttering houses and tearing up the
| hard aud hlnty ground a. easy as . gardeners spade in
soft soil. Great holes are in every street. and the houses
are 10 = dlApidated condition, sul they kept up . con-
{ nuau4 firing, and did not cease until night put an end 10
the COZ hct
At d. st the vessels we're In striking distance Of otr
/ eAnuon, and | An c -rtAin they were suuek several TINES
AZ one OF them bal "a down . liale out OF the range OF
or gula The d1ug on our side was eplerdid, under
tho gallant eff sers aud men in r uses and Vsrnon's
computes. nobiy did their duty. The frs. days BAIT e
commenced Gb u. tbr Q O'Clock End confined until gu 10
dark.
TIE mex. moaiig the sun rose elsa- and unclouded,
aud or g!oriCul d x wIs raised to sniff The morning air.
Tue Ya-kee stesmhs we're repairing the damage done
them the previous day. About Liue o'clock, the damage
vas repaired, aud they backed down a considerable dis.
uncs, az II endeaVoring 10 got beyond the reach Of our
GAGS. Tney then opened FIRE With guns Of Leavy CAibre
-sn and eleVsn.ineh ~columbiAds. aid ia fact every va
rie:y OF missi "a thai ware invented to ( II MAJ, were
tlrOun Into tho tOEn. They kept up ac0utinrAl hre for
4 sagsral hoars and then bA- ksd doEl toe channel, took 9
small schooner in tow, one they had captured in the b y,
and kept tntir courses Oh down .oHsrIs lniisuola, and
we're soon out Of sghs. The frat day they threw les
shot aud she'll toto the town, and the stcocd SOM rs.
thus o. dsd tho col c.
IL was a mirsee that no blood wac spilled under such
q shoSer Of suot and shell, soma of which were picked
up afterwards, and had not exploded, weighed over one
hundred pounds.