The New York herald., 1863-09-09
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NswAKE, N. T., Sept 9, 1859
10 the high psssoaaso who does the honor Of reply
us 10 your OF this date. 20 certss gossip q msns
letter from Washington, pubsshed By you last Thurs.
day. pay ths msrtst homage OF my very Distinguished
considerattou.
For my inexpesieoce 10 matters naval and military
tender 70 him pcofound Apologies confess myself IN
newspaper controversies. neophyte: and, Devcr
having been in any position or command. my style
vodaby lacks that authoritative. not ssy dosmac and
dctatora tone peasansy conspicuous In the crushing
fejoinder Of the high persouase who has doue mo the
honor OF making me hs antagonist os
DO confess that his we'll known aud thorough inma.
ey with al the clad Inventors and conGactors gives
him advantage 10 estimating The value o n
caass OF shs He has had she Instructive privilege of
having seen them built and paid for, while havo only
tbem nghs rather try 70 nght Forts hcAssr
and Ssler. he has them christsnsd IN champagne
% thcy weeslsd down from launching stocks into the
water. while their onIy baptism under my observation
has been ons Of steslpoinled shot, whitworth bolts
seveninch percussion shell and tho occasional explosion
under their kesfs OF torpedo.
IT, - the high parsonage 70 THINK the object OF
such vessels b 70 the safety hostile mssiles
q The three occDs Of each pilot house asd the sixteen
men forming the practical gun crew la sch turret
human
chfueSy can. they approximate perfection; and this
especially wheS bt4 a an average dstssss q two
shousssd yards from tie euenys advaacs. e-
WHEN RmRm TOOK Tax KsoxuK,
Within four hundred yzrds q Sumter HE snip was
riddied ana sunk. and whom George W. Rodessv ran
withir ORG hundred anS afvy yards Of Wagner she
penalty Of bis rash gallantty was paid with his Me.
sand ys,dk safety thsory w. .nss-thas IL. distance
named cenvsts the contest on both sides intb very
much o. q .'sian battle. sort Of caild's barsah-"YOu
When woFden nrst steamed up to Fort McAiIstef on
the oseeohes % men and oiOe!s tronged ouT % the
clad was like Worden himself directed OF his guns
and bsrst stef Immediately their heads. tefeby
Anderson. and wcundng severa or ths Aitcr this
b opened seasfy bombardmentof the WORK in which
- joined " three other Monitors and tho bomyard
nsnt lasted ssyoraf days and nisHsfox II remember
rightly , - '..,,1 -s...ls
Not another EEaF or tho garrison was killed thorsh,
ono was hurt By pine splinter fom' tie frame OF
iron ciads discosae. steamed away The FOR. was as
- strong and estAusaly a. uninusct as whom tho ~
The high parsonage; while assuring ss tina, no one has
fouxnt u exat ths expots OF the cmanter OF
South Atlantic squadron at the expense or Admiral
thpsus, contradicssS himself f he wilt pardon the
liberty Of calling his assenon to the fact1contradcts
namssK, repeit-iuys very adsssrauas etter. In
must appear daprssiatve or the iac Of
The squadron nasnac he insists tEns Dupont not
of the injuries INFLICTED by his fire upon Fort sum
teonts perfectly revealed, however to ehs high per-
sonAge Washingonay hts opdentaS paper
respondent aud thGh o1cer, whose statements have
s!use- been made the sau5ect OF o1urt of inqairy
Bat the high perssnaRe betrays himself rhe mask
dErpped In one sta aec1ent He says that after the nrst
repuse Dupont nOt only did not the assault
expected nut during the weeks fSlewiDg in which
resnained In commsT tho squadron 40 failed 70 make
suggestions 81 hsnf any plans ookfD tho accom-
Dlshscn Of the GreEtvovk which ea.rsted 70 bm."
10 whom the secysl "suggestons asd splns" Of
lGaMsl in command submitteds What ordinary newspa
dare rnke this stateeOt No English
ohuner ever started with clearer soent Of the game
/ ~ lay before him.
Cting the OF thu Atlanta-an ordna commercial
steamer, awkwardly and rapidly convertsdt with old rail
&c I'd tron into sesnbance OF mail clad
;s,-ean furnish erall TO the vast aast irouclad
gates and line Of ,attie ships being built by tho
governments OF Franco and Engl.sd, and upon |
= iteA all the ingenuity and resources of those two
,rsat countries besng avished. The Atlanta
,aught In cosoef, where herr su eri0r speed
'ouad give her nosnyantage except ser retreat Her
smmander rash fool, who hazarded everything
lost his vessel rather thln modification
IS turning tail In pFeseoce OF tho Distinguished ladies
sard the river 3teaner-ladcs, by the way. who had
Dme down ia Expectation OF seeing OF
Monitors, but to the Atlanta captars destroy
snha wooden guzS0a hich lay in wxssaw sound How
10 Weehawken and hor consort hAppsued arrive
spcrtuneiy 10 point not yet explained In any navy i
DespAtchcs than snwe ben published!
Accustomed tloek for and, whoa f0unA highly az
precate every grain OF comfort In sbe bshes of ofcia
rhaG almost dai peured upon in these
lines, thank the very highPersnags FOR his
that the Navy repartu en b not inssosbie the facb
that Iron platsarigates nocdsa fight ss
class OF vessels the high ;, And gsn ssu.
iering all who autboisy tAs assurance of ny
most peculiar consideration, beg the H. r. who nas
yiveu rise tQ reoinder I, bsle~s his most
,bcdient and thrice humble servant.