The New York herald., 1863-03-31
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means be- despscd; for In such narrow part of inc
they be handled with far sreatsr facility than ora
Of larger aize Proceeding upwards, the regular
fostaca,ions rey 70 consist OF three ds
ipct Of batteries numbering several - eAeh
IL dues not however that either OF tnein noun.s
guns Of very large cabre Tho river now besins 70 ra
10 the west forming faint representation o hoiSe
shoe In the hollow of which the town OF Port HUDSON
situated Is right In that hollow, and Just below inc
IN situated the highest blT Four heavy guns appear
70 be mounted there in casemaies aay appear because
the flashes from these guns revealed nothing pu 'no
fame from the mulxles showed all beyond WA IA
obscurlty would be the case with guns Va
cAssmas The other gn p. earDs or pse'hs ~ I'm
lay OF the and behind and around though put ior mo
Dent Above tho town are other batteries only less ior
midabe than those lust below Beyond 'hsse ne h'sh
blus gradually subsde lno the general level OF the sr
rounding country Right opposite the principal e',..a,
on which the mississippi grounded in consequence Of
which she had TO be se, on fire aud destroyed
ACTION oonxgSrrS
Tho return of tho rebel nro By the Hartford was
promptly followed up by hot hre from the artillery
piecea o. the rebels and quite brsk action sssed Dc
tween them. The scene viewed from the &tchinonh
both brilliant and spirited The flashes oi h. guns
both shore aud aroa were inccssant while the roar
Of cannon kept dcaenng and almost incessant sound
Great Judgment here necessary prevent the ch
mond from running tha Hartford, and, IN fact 10
keep the war vessels generally from running INTO each
And now sas heard numbering roar, Equal in
volume to whole PARK Of artillery. TINS was
followed by n rushing sound, accompanied oy
| hosling noise that heggars description. Again and
again the sound repeated, I'll the vast expanse Of
heaven rans With tho awful minstrcsy was apparent
that the mortar boats had opened nre or THIS was
convinced casting my syos aoft. Never shpI
forget the sight that then my astonshed vision
shooting upw angle Of forty 1--we degrees, with
the rapidly of lightning small globes OF golden nhue
socn sailing through the pure ether-not stehy
unfaclng anc, out corruscalng, Ike the huu geam o
| nreny--now visible, and anon invisible liko hying
stag Of tho sixth magnitude, the terrible msse-a thr
inch shel-rcars Us zenith mp and still up-hlgher
and higher Its light uow beofs much slower III. on
reaching ts utmost atud" IT, centrifugal force becomes
coun,eraotcd by the oartbs attraction II describes
parabolic curve and down, down u comes onrs.hK,
be- u rcaches terra fT1, but probably alight
death and destruction around But while the morlar
boats a. work The Fsses was not ile. bnmanagca
follow the rest of the hcci but remained AZ the head u
the "bunInas,' dong admirable service with h'r heavy
| guns.
An this time the Richmond had 20 hang eack az Aiini
farragut seemed o. b. - enanored siih the sport ia
which be engaged a. g be ~ no hurry TO pass by
Once or twice. in ronscanenc0 nf the dcnso column "
gn ke that now oils,l the river, bowsprt
almost tanra Of The Hartford aud thcr" was
Dccssan, cali On the lt Of second Lieutenant Ferry
who commanded the forward part ~ tho SHIP 10 stop the
eng,ncs And here may as well say that this gallant
| yoalg officer behaved In the most ohvarous m,nner
throughout the cns ag,nsnt, haering on The nnn
and encouraging them by his example, % stand e 'helr
induce them to perform their whole duty.
The Richmond had ny hs tne got within range q 40
rebel aold batteries which opened Gre ~ her. had AZ
along thought that wouid oIon ro from our bow gns
the topgaant torecasile, aud that, ster dseargng
1
| tion would be wound 40 by parting o"mpl
msnt from stern ehss.rF TO my s1wse,
slio ptns The effect stafihng, a. the sound
| expected hut beyond ths really experienced no IN
convenience from tbe c',ncussion There Wa nothing
unpleasant 90 ths ear AMI tho q thu sbip was really
quit. unspprceiabic " interest the nnht z'rd 30
| informed how broal-dc ~ tired from ycgsei oi-Nar
! tosd board ,pe Rchmoud that all ,nc guls we're
so,netimes arod o simultaneously though It
course, IL strains tho ahp. last night the broad
sides were fired by comns pcng she gun AMI
all fff ~
ths ticking of watch The 'f.c' was tapd sod terrific
ard h tDs gars gere rightly psinird dcni thing In
ths dark by the way~tlisy cold rot I'll ia Carrying
| death ard deslructisD among tho enemy.
OF course We did Mt have everything or own VA
for the enemy poured hs shot and shell ~ thick AZ bal
over ahead ariern AZ atonnd No lev he death doaag
missiles the hssing screaming whistng, shrleklny md
mol b. supposed, bose,or, that became. bread.
sise guns we're the tpuls w. principally ~orssi
We spon opened wnh our eighty FOUNDER pshlgrn
which followed up long after hy the guns ss,fn,
giving evidence 10 the fact iha, ~ @ passed. sone y
( sA> ogrnw,Aan
he sctted ~ the " hsh dayt" ~ the topzaiari
forecsst. tne hartford and tbe Richmond blazing awsv
at the tinc-a me, fearful wall from the river
hgst or por, bow then on the beam. man wascv,
dauiiy overheard prol golv tho Hartford the
\ seuosee then lust ahead me cry wa. Help, ~
beipfn "Ilcip Oh. help" Man oy board csed
| out Ien,.a.abt Terry throw him ropc.u Ba, p,-t
follow. Who rould s.-i., him IN sucb sirair We wee n
acton every va % ~. gun ~ loRer boat would
ba rony iAot. i could not = done With any hoI~ q
SUCCESS. consequently although tie nsn was eydcnty
good swtnm-r \, nJga b, hs uniaing cr~e fof beip
Tor nf tme notbiag c1aa b. done ~ rcscne him and
for hclr bu, without ercc he terrible current q M
Msssppa inarh ior him, and he, without do ~,
saig b.Scsih the ascs ~ ~. mlxhiy river
ius alter ths fearful incbisnt hring hesf sstsn'
q ~ and y vas seon aseeriAirei that the M"nnugahes
With Ter coptortr the kineo aud the he.sipi, we're "
action. The NnnDu gAi.ia Carrie couple ~ tao hundro
pouDdaf rlred ,,rfoit suns, byfes o,ber tckers ~
nrst I credited ID. roar ~ bsr aniable two husif~i
pounders to the ibumm-rs.H tn nndecciySd when
recalled my -rience ia frun.d yorktown ast sptn
tn Opening similar sins from wormley's
rreos Al osnsy ~, ine Boise s.s splendid. The AZ
tioO nov beran. general ie rAr ~ cannnn vas 'nees
SAINT and ID. aasrs run the guns together 9TH No
hirstien ~ souDd and sgit impossible = describe 10
Add % the horror, q the night while contributed 70
clouds ~ smoke bexsr 10 euvetfr the river shat
ting irn tbs s.,e,si ves-c and ooulo,nding
them win TIM batteries. u was vorv dlnDn :" kDy~
hyx H. prevent running aslaro perhaps rgh,
under rohe battery - int" eaoFt JPSards sbi 40
wards rolled ~ gnoke hutilng oat ~ the b~anfiul
,tars AMI olscarins u" ycu ever SIDE fhen ~as
that the order passaf no,s, dpnt IRE ~ you
the nah frfrn the eoemys ssna ihai va or "n'y
this defendeucs 'bo nashss fsss 70 he
attended wih -af'ous o'r c,n~nse. y "a following y
rn gpuoisb ss,Er Bs.. 49,, ma s,Spvrp
w. h.d 80 ntarli nj ~ nidie - IN . riei
nesi si~n ~ io.xsisn' ofec.stis es,eJ
out "suady STA III fart Gun" The vgt rvlay
snt F-antst ana ~ a'oti = y ai.chassrd, vises
fre tta "a. iiarifort tnd tueh wN tH. ri fr TO
i.aeA y ne tiarfarf- Esns n lbai son.at fetosied
ihe srars .nd rlagaE ~ Lst soassf tsfte 0eatY -
gsn 49, 4ee nDf "a "a lselssresi aatins o. ea
ragement - astins - eutefa entirely = -
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shots llt thn MMMeeHfe sn1 tilst ftN slsfs
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