, 1862-09-21
IMPORTANT F11M THE MISS{S
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lF3s01 tAe y. EFe0t1T lost, l4tG.1
The stssmsr Gcean Queen, from N.x Or
ieats Srpsst tnter fos'i. and r.asarol. S.pse.n.
her 18th, a1r.sed III New York On t1s 1S:h
iutt-, t1tnItpE Important uewsA
Ihe l@f{1 Ut September e:h giyes tulf par.
tlculafs El two battles by bT Tie iron lad
euIfuat Essex. the t:=trnc,icn ot b4ruu sara,
aEd me bomsazcEatat and carEurs Ut IA: city
OF tstchez.
1he United States iron.cl4d steamer Es5eY.
Commodore W D. Porter, sr.tred fius, u;1
tie river leet. .r3aF. W. haze snlue very itu-
PoEaht and Interesting uews hy this atrisai.
comprising SOME of the ACTS and do;qcs pi
this snor e:er iIcu ship viii. iroa h=4yts.
About n ~eck tGaort os isse} al..1, rs the E
sex was ctui'tp: aiooE: in the river. the luox-
Webb in sight Case WAS given iu,ue-
cLtr1y. ard she was puEsnst ,,.st III. wuas
At Eicksburg. The Essex then s:s,tct'
down the rircr, aud Oh reactiae Match Z.
s.nt Il bouts crew nsho:c for ier. The
oca@, OF hearing etote, waA fired into by tue
lshtls anG sts.ial Of the crew wounded Fo1
fe's ncs of teznestty the whosr shooting ftrce
ct the E*sex *a= brought 10 bear upon tae I'll.
lated city tor about two h~usn and q half, wh=u
= d:pusa1lun ~8s keut down With 4 rfoeosi.
Hon TO au1r.Gder thus cir aud hoist the Stsrs
aud Strips. Commodore Pnrter then ortc:.
"a tht. hItt t. CEASE, and proceeded down ths
river until Ut Bayou Sara, where he cl:uc t.. n
of rthtlr. Thcre were but tuo hun.e4 leli
s'ahd!nK-o belonging to i gentleman 1hu
Il s;..d to be friendly 70 the Gniuu cause, sad
lLe oiEgr :hc Properly os lady. We did no1
learn what tusult WIZ tie immediate cause d
thln visitation ct ye1. y"ance.
!, IN Sunday. as ;hs Eescx 's7s coming d o*u
the river. 1 1s:ht hettegy Of taisty four guns,
opposite Port 1l1de1n, e,eutl upon s,.:, and
= iief<e battle 1t not more than eighty fees ik5
t4nrc. saEan. which Listed m lrour. At fh4
sLd Of tuat time the battery MIS- slirnrsJ aud
the STEAMER pasecd Oh down.
Itt rebel battery was mounted with guns
OF very htnvy cal,hre; but that cir:am,
ttancr uply snilieed to prove the rsu1.rk.olc
pd*eie ut ttstssancr vi the Essex. n.r 3suo
sides nt:e struck in multitude pt pIscvs
"ish .0-itch AID other sized oalls, the rcsuI.
IN 81 casts being the sauie-a flight iadeuta.
Hot tEia 1Ae tid.s tf THE steamer, and III IN
ale halls break itE Into thousand fragments
y q falling EastllrkrlS Into thu water, Tb.
t.ts+x eoiuNtEcrd vita the ur,er sEuu. and
Silt hceu hetn all. onG attcr tho Other. sac Is
truly forlLidt tlle crnlt, AID comes fully up
~ The Mek sapEuiac expectations OF hrf d.
fiFEer HKt builder. Whn. ort readers will
secnllect, is Cuunndnre Porter himself Ger
iait !S noshloE The people OF Nc~ Orleans
have sSer ettu ta TIE snap. OF 81 ..1ron-cladrt
can co.upa!r.* ish the Es:ey.
In the contest with the battery 4. Purt HIND
sen. the tmoke pipes md the rcntis &toF wesr
perforated in nuiIe'tos p1Ic+s. and present
something the appearance OF hticx fu4i-tstteu.
It vas Impossible 70 l+certutn what ta- loss
ot The ssbcla ~As, % those cn+yssxei 90 the
Issc1 were too we'll Protected py iron asntnz
10 permit their seeing ashore; but as thu
zctton ~ae at very close quarters, rhe loss on
ehere r1usi hare oren heAyy- There MAS no
cat nalt3 Oh :hc steamer
The naslies vi Porter and EAser hav. already
ps.sed Into history Ia d losmef generation.
and the tNplol.s ut tn. Eailaas MD tri:A,e ID
the watrrs Vi tue f.cl,lc have hpeE tie aas-
iDated thetue 1t tl.eoureu arouud millions uf
Amt rican hrarta,=1enes. This generation can
Low. too, hoa.t OF u Porter, tn*: .nu u. the
The Enn.d States Nav, and .au kss1, 100.
craft Of hi4 own Invention, named asI.r the
faEons cIuiter. and like her distinguished Tor
ee!i almost without n rival in her Inns OF ser
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