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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-04-15
IMPORTANT FROM CHARLESTON.
Arrival of the Steamship Arago
with News to Saturday Last.
Evacuation Of EdiSt0 and Stonc by
General Hunters Forces.
oo->~-~o.>>.>o-
The Mentors to Leave Charleston
with the First High Tide.
!. Why THE EXPEDITION WAS A FAIL URE.
Destruction Of the Armed Transport
George Washington.
~ -~~-~~~-~--
INTERESTING REBEL ACCOUNTS.
LETTER FROM CAPTAIN ERICSSON,
ss', as.s ~.
The Mentors TO Leave Charleston
with the First High Tide.
Destruction Of the Armed Transport
George Washington.
INTERESTING REBEL ACCOUNTS,
LETTER FROM CAPTAIN ERICSSON,
as., As.s ~.

The United stsees transport Arago, Captain Gadsden,
fam Charleston bar llth INST, arrived Al this port yes
terdny.
The lronsdes six other iron.cads remained OF the
ssr at Charleston. Nothing had trans PRED since the
commandment on the 7th.
The Arago brings eighty first and ninety eight second
GLASS passengers stores and the mai from
Port Royal and the Charleston expedition
Among the passengers General Truman Seymour
asd STAFF General Gordon and Mons. G. de sbourg, Vice
Consul for France at Charleston, Sc
General Hunter, with his army, TO leave Charles
ton bar for Port Royal the day the Arago sailed
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AFTER THE FIGHT.
QUA NAVAL CORRESPONDENTS.

Orr CHARLESTON BAR, April 8, 1853
TIE LIST HoURs
h coming out Of the action yesterday the Keokuk had
abe advance, and before she had arrived the buoy
alongside of her in small IL nearly dark
~ the time but could tho dim light that
been the target Of the most guns the rebels could
ssmmand. Great holes were vsible in her sides, her
yrow her after turret and her smokesack Her plates
bent, and bolts protruded here and there all over
her She making rapidly, aud 1t was plain to
- that she used up and disabled before the
action her sopng sides and her turrets had been
s'sushed" with talow, and avoid contact with this
substance placed my feet in the shot holes literally
asconoed to her deck by ladder. Until
chat moment CONFESS my conception Of the
ssrrible earnestness with which the rebels had
Seaght was far behind the reality. So thickly did
- wear her that had been able time
- count them One round shot penetrated her after
serTet, the sides of which, il will be remembered,
srums OF cones while the of Monitors are
perpendicular cylinders Another shot passed through
hsr port bow and still another through her starboard
quarter. These all steel proectes Of one hundred
pounds weight and polished TO the smOothness Of knife
Blade The terrible effect Of these pro,ectiles may DO
imagined whom Il 10 stated that Of them striking the
sfssr turrss Al 40 angle when the vessel was almost
sndsr the walls Of the fort buried itself in the mail
there remains. These shots, let Il be remembered
we're furnished to the rebels by neutral Englshmen and
have certainly proved striking illustration of the fair
uprighness which characterize the couduc. Of
John Bull toward M In this war.
Ne Kookuk run within four hundred Yards OF the
lbrt Al this distance her sdes pvesentes fair ar
~. - -, ,, :. - ~'
o '0 .N s~'"'u o'o"asue "'er oroaos'oe oo"n
un her Her construction, nc the best, faulty and
~ model has been repeatedy coudemned nv scisrt,a
en n n not strange Therefore hst NJ Ia. than ,,nt
ank range her thin iron plating should Ia risrced The
C3k3sr ia tsst She wss not immediaslv sens 10 the
Sott. M 50. - Wv
a. DAYLIGHT ,his morning the Wind WA blowing frs.bv
from ~ northssst ana ,ong s,vsl, 90 a. rnstta ~
srchoraee NJ IRE Ke mi uncns rd nss Sh
- besn tens snoat during The n;Ss ,hrh sne ,i on.
- arsrtions ~ her crs- ana har ,a, Sa S w.
t,vaiv A. WORT frcr, tSs moment she nr,,sd ,bs sn
a. action Verv sr,dsnfy an. 49, t T. ="
ain wnon sh.rss ~ y,o,,,s. a'e' uos~o W
ne ysssai ~ho.. a,,sn,inu ~, ,h sai sGon y.
hoard ~ass .ons,s,, and ,nr.r,u,,n, "s" W,
- the ear,s.t m scovsr he, .nd;,i & ,hsa., h,
s,srsonaI erert,ons sbe xonndc, rar r,ooa ,, re
Sck bay 10 the MINER decL shortly AFTER sovan ,or
fhrougk the holes In her hays shs 80 s hs
with great fnrv and she bsgan N .ssIs nsra'h, h,
he M nj vet ,rnc on harS seemed ~ p ny
inminent loss nn aboYt esh, o,clccs a. Ky, BIN ,s
sur radil had hswser ont IN The Kcots s,e c
ga endeavoriny n ,oy h.r N ,so.,,oa 49, 49,. NJ
y,ons,des vhans At On. ,ovon, 49,, " nva a ne Wv
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OUR HILTON HEAD CORRESPONDENCE.

hilfoS hkAD, April III, 1855.
rHr eREAr ns WAR
the expedition against Charleston IL 10 be turned hack
is object, for the present at least abandoned The
people Of that city win be permitted to remain behind
their fort0cHtions, secure from mocstaiion or from
fright by forces land or sea With the earliest
favorable opportunity the ron-clads will be withdrawn
The troops have been ordered to return Hilton Head
The division OF General Hickman ls Edisto yesterday
and the forces Of Generals Ferry and Terry arc ree
barking at stouo this morning.
why rHs ATTACH - ABANDONED
10 would be useless 10 attempt portrayal Of the shame
here when the above determination and the reasons
which actuaied u announced. The latter are no,
boldly stated but enough has TRANSFERRED assure our
commanders Of the folly Of any further attempt 70
capture Charleston with their present force The govern.
mcnt sent them baby 10 perform giants task The
order to attack the city from Washington and made
neremp,ory BY the authorities there IL was urged re-
peasedy while but two Monitor batteries were vet at
ssobed 70 Admiral Dupont squadron Against the FORTH
"cshons on which the rebels had expended unntcr.
r'piedy for two years all the science skin and labor
which they could command he was hidden 10 load ,,le
nei whose combined armament amounted 10 less than
shree dozen guns.
NsufnoxSr LAND foRcE o. eESEp. Al. m,x,s,
u would be mort TO impossible TO couvncs an. ,...,
abe North, or the rebels whose batteries comr.a,
spprcsct 10 Charleston, how small IL the land co ,.
~sich s-ssrsI Hunter had been supplied u. 80. |
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THE MONITORS AT CHARLESTON.
30 THE EDITOR or THg HERALD.

NEW YeRs, April II, 1so3
Iccel called upon 20 state FOR the Information Of tho
co.o, that the perte Of the Monitors shown bv
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The Sea, Fisheries.

81. JouSs n. p, April ~, 1868.
Tho lrs, sealsr arrived yesterday with $500 heads.
The vessels we're all frozen up m the last Of March since
which a large nect have, away, Nrn tihuy peal
M general impression was y Ne ~ssA -said b. an
average one -
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Mr. J. d. Benton. Of Wilmington delaware, has just
completed gold model OF the United States iron clad
frigate Roanoke, which for beauty Of workmanship and
similarity Of model cu,srips anything Of the kind hher
TO made.
The model Is eighteen inches 10 length, three and
three eighth inches 10 width and tribe inches
depth Of gold
used in the construction All the details Of turrets.
matches, guns sokestacks, msnropes &C., made to
scale and are perfect in form.
musical instrument is located below the spar deck,
aud when SGT In motion the three turres revolve and
the propeller is worked and when placed in the water
goes ahead In fine style. The musical arrangement
plays three tunessar spangled Banner, !" "My Noun.
tain Home" and my Old Kentucky Home" The gold
used cost over 81 800
some Of Captain Ericssons friends have engaged Mr.
Benton build gold Monitor battery, the gold in
be worth 81, 900.
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money was hos forthcoming to pay for tbom and they
were offered for SALE They not very well adapted
for our service, except the xest one which said we
have secured "a
The Submarine Battery Alligator.
The suppostion that the submarine battery Alligator
lost In gale Of wind from the United States steamer Sum-
ter was one Of The Ericsson dovis erroneous is the
same battery that taken 70 the Washington Navy
Yard last summer, and remained there until few weeks
ago. when it towed TO Fortress Monroe, on the way
TO Port Royal where II ordered by tho department
to assist in dfroying rendering harmless the torpe
docs which hdz placed in the way Of our feet.
The Alligator nveption Of aFrenchman IN Phila-
dephia, and was bqr by a company there, who placed
II in charge OF Actin Master Aiken, who took It TO the
Navy Yard and had char OF IT, The machine was about
thirty feet long and six eight In diameter and with
conica ends II was made Of iron with the upper part
pierced for small circular plates Of glass; light and in
u were several wster.tght compartments.
When IL arrived at Washington there were sixteen pad
dies prttrudng through the sides which were 10 be
worked by the men inside but this plan subsequent
ly changed, and the paddles removed and a pro-
the wQter in the compartments the machine was sub
merged and by first calculating the bearings of the tor
pedo or ship on which was intended 10 work. ope
could approach sufficiently near to IL (hc machine
being steered from the insde to answer The purpose
qurcd, 1t was believed.
The experiments al nrst unsatisfactory the ma.
chuc on enc occasion sprngng aeak and sinking beside
the wharf but after the propeller attached Il the
experiments were successful speed 81 about seven
miles an hour being attained and the machine showing
capabity OF moving under the option Of those
controlling It, Some powers were, however, claimed Tor
IL that even Master Aken-who Is professional subma
rne explorer (having been employ IN removing the
sunken ships In the harbor Of poi)-contcnded IL
did not ssess but he OF the opinion that IN clear
water Il would be valuable in finding the localities OF
tori edocs.
The Alligator was TO be manned by sxteenmen besides
one In submarine arnor who was the explorer, and
captain, who TO steer the craft An air pump
centre Of the machine, 10 which attached two air
tubes, attached TO floats, 70 furnish air 10 the occu
pants, the machine being Of aright. The en-
trance - II was through manhole at end, which
was covered with an iron plate, with leather packing.
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+ II e N A v Y.

Is said that the government have purchased one Of
the three steam gunboas built by J. G. Jewell Co. 70
Admiral Ward, OF the Chinese navy After his death the
money was not forthcoming to pay for them and they
were offered for SALE They NOT very well adapted
Tor our service except the axest one which said we
have secured
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REBEL ACCOUNTS.

The Long Period or Doubt ana Delay at
Clad Fleet-They Cross thu Bar-Open-
Ing OF the Fight-Ihe Battle Becomes
Fierce olAd General-A Grand Scene
The Enemy (UniOm) Retire Discomfited,
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

Suppose John Mitchell, edi
tor of the Richmond Enquirer, John
Nj. Daniels, editor of the Richmond
E'canainer, and John Forsyth, editor
of the Mobile Register-the three
ablest editors in the Southern Confed-
eracy-should come to the conclusion
that they could do more to sub,ert the
Government of the United States by
moving into Ohio, and publishing their
journals in our principal towns, would
the Statesman be i'm favor of giving
them unrestricted liberty to write and
print whatever they might think would
best serve the end of establishing the
Southern Confederacy ?"- Cincinnati
Commercial
We hope that some of our Copper.
head papers, who are clamoring foI
liberty to do anything and write any
thing they choose to break up the
Government, and who pronounce all
efforts Of the Government to protect it.
self unconstitutional, will make a
plump response to the above interroga-
tory.-Det. Ady-
Come, CAN'T, what do you say tothe
above.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune says that the great fight at
Charleston was an experiment as to the
possibility of taking city by macbin.
cry. The machines were untried, and
the conflict was the first practical test
ever bad in warfare of the power of the
new kinds of ordnance and ordnance
material employed against them, suoh
as the Blakely and Whiteworth Eng
lish guns, firing steel bolts and steel
pointed shot. The warfare was new to
the Admiral and bis Captains-new
kinds of projectiIes raining on him from
above; vast torpedoes known to be
underneath his keels, and every chan
mel of entrance blocked with triple rows
of torpedo armed distractions. After
less than an hours conflict, FIVE out of
our eight Monitors were disabled-the
Keokuk sinking. Behind the forts,
calmly waiting their opportunity, lay
three of the enemy's iron clads iu plain
view; vessels not able in fair fight to
live an hour before one of our Mopi-
tors; but held in readiness to cruise
out and capture any monitor disabled
by the artillery practice of the forts
and batteries. The enemy, with
single Monitor like ours, could drive
every wooden boat from our blockade.
and would partially have "raised the
blockade" Every conclusion on the
iron-clads weakened them in All increass
ing geometricial ratio; and 500 guns,
worked with every advantage of space
and fxity, were arrayed against 80
guns cramped up in delicate machines,
and requiring to be fired just at the ex-
act moment of rotation. The fall of
Fort Sumter would not have terminated
the contest, nor given any further ease
to the iron clads than the withdrawal
of so many guns from against them.
Their work would still be before them
in silencing the other terrible forts and
batteries. and removing the triple line
of powerful and cunningly devised OBJ
structions. The experiment having
been tested up to the point of proving
that the machines were inadequate to
the work, it was wisdom to withdraw
them, and would have been dangerous
foolhardiness to have held them longer
exposed. The magnificent gallantry
of our naval officers and men is worthy
of all praise and honor.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
DOWAGIAC, CASS COUNTY, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY q,

Before that large assembly, all stand
ing, and with few dry eyes, was said
in broken voice, the marriage ceremony
that gave Delaney and Alice to each
other. As the minister, an aged man,
with thin white locks, finished the rite,
he laid his hands on the two he had
joined in holy bonds, and lifted up his
aged eyes that streamed with drops of
gladness, he said in solemn voice.
"What God has put together, let not
rum put asuunder."
Amen," was cried by the whole as
sembly, as with single voice.--&.
Louis Republican.
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By GEO. G. BUNGAY.

By GEO. G. BUNGAY.
The drummer with his drum,
Shouting ''Comei heroes, comel''
Forward marched, higher, higher.
When the veterans turned pale,
And the bullets fell like hail;
In that hurricane of fire,
Beat his drum,
Shouting Come
Come come come!"
And the ife
In the strife
Joined the drum, drum, drum
And the fifer with his fife and the drummer with
his drum,
Were heard above the strife and the bursting o.
the bomb;
The bursting of the bomb,
Bomb, bomb, bomb
Clouds of smoke hung like pail
Over tent and dome and hall;
Hot shot and blazing bomb
Cut down our volunteers,
Swept off our engineers;
But the drummer beat his drum
And he beat
With his drum;
Through the fire,
Hotter, higher,
Throbbed the drum, drum, drum,
In that hurricane of fame, and the thunder of the
bomb!
Braid the laurelwreath of fame for the hero of the
drum.
The hero of the drum
Drum, drum, drum,
Where the Rappahannoek runs,
The su1phur-throated guns
Poured out iron hail and fire;
But the heroes in the boats
Needed not the sulphur throats,
For they looked up higher, higher;
While the drum,
Never dumb,
Beat, beat, beat,
Till our oars
Touch the shores,
And the feet, feet, feet,
Of the soldiers on the Shore with the bayonet and
gun,
Though the drum could beat no more, made the
bastard Rebels run,
The bastard Rebels run,
Run, run, run.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
In Limbo for IS Taking Something.'s


One of the prisoners Union SOL
dier, droll looking fallow, is also on
board the barge. I accosted him
with
Well, my fine fellow, what are you
in here for !"
"For taking something" he replied.
What do you mean 2"
Why" said he, zone morning did
not feel very well, and went to see the
Surgeon. He was busily writing at the
time, and when went in he stopped
and looked at me, saying, swell, you
do look bad; you had better take some
thing" He then went on with his
writing, and left me standing behind
him. looked around, and saw moths
ing that could take except bis watch,
and l took that. That's what I'm in
here for"
His explanation was satisfactory, so
| dropped the suhiect,-Arnay Letter.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

HARD ON BRIGADIERs.-Orpbeus c.
Kerr in one of his letters from Wash
ington, is severe on Brigadiers. He
says - W
"Captain, there's something missing
from the rear guard"
William assumed thoughtful de-
meanor, and says he:
els it missfire 2" -.
"No," said the Lieutenant. agita-
tingly, shut we miss two"
"Not baggage wagons!'.'. says Vii
liam, giving such start that his wal
horse fell upon his knees. ''Don't tell
ipe that two wagons are missing ?''
"Why,, no." said the Lieutenant,
with emotion, "h's not two wagons
that we miss, but two Brigadiers."
"Ah," says William, tanning himself
with hiscap, show you alarmed me
/ thought at 6rst it was two wagons.
Let the procession go on, and III send
for two more Briggs the next time ]
have friend going to Washington =
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

sB An Englishman travelling in
Kilkenny came to a ford and hired Q
boat to take him across. The water
hring more agitated than was agreea-
BILE to him, he asked the boatman if any
persons was ever lost in the passage.
"Niver," replied Pat; /" me brother was
drowned here last week, but we found
him agin the mkt day."
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21

NEAT.-At whilst table, the other
evening, spectator, noticing that Q
lady, who was one of the players,
seemed rather unusually sober, re-
marked that, Judging by her looks, she
must be plying alosing game. "WhatP'
said witty gentlemen present. "Musta
lady always smile to be oinning ?'i
Neat, wasen't it?
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-05-21
Miss Dickinson.

4
N. P. Willis, standing authority on
such matters in the literary world,
writes as follows of Miss Dickinson,
the orator
Miss Dickinson is a symmetrical
young creature, every movement show
ing well-knit agility of frame, and
her build and action altogether being
just what would be picked out for a
daring horsewoman. The Napoleonic
mould of her jaw expresses the ener-
gy which is her leading characteristic.
Her features are otherwise we'll CHS
eled, her forehead and upper lip of the
Greek proportion, and her nostrils thin.
The men would all call her beautiful
the women would admit it with their
usual reluctance-but we thought (our-
self } that she was beauty, but for the
look, little too determined, of that
strongly-moulded jaw, thought this
would better hold the throatlatch to a
helmet, and make her look more like a
Semiramis in the field.
But how, under the delicacy of a
girl of eighteen, could be gathered the
strong wisdom which she poured forth
SO volubly that night was to us won-
der AS she walked up and down
before the thousands in that crowded
hall, she discussed topics that required
rather the scope and grasp of Sena-
tors mind, or a historians and pre-
sented them to the enthusiastic crowd
with fuency that was wholly without
hindrance. How to such youthful lips
flowed so easily such stately language
How over every gesture and look,
every turn of argument, and every
cadence of voice, reigned such absolute
self possession How, amid the grace
fulness Of that virgin beauty, could ac-
cumulate the thunder to denounce a
laggard as she denounced Mcclellan,
execrate traitors as she did Beauregard
and Davis Effortless and modest as
it all was, it was too uncommon to seem
natural. 1t was women 10 the exer-
else of an inspired gift.
A lady friend, who met Miss Dick
inspn at party at the house of MIR.
Charles Gould, tells us that the elo-
quent damsel there held long and
earnest conversation with Mr. Fremont,
and that her manner in society is so
tranquil and thoughtful as to inspire
great respect. Her expression is alb
sorbed and deferential, and she is much
admired by the eminent men with
whom she chances to converse. Mr..
Fremont says that she reminds him
very strongly of Rachel, the French
woman Of genius, and that her tones
particularly are wonderfully like the
great tragedienne's. What is to be
the destiny of such Miss p She has
appeared, now, forty three times in
public, and is to 90 on with what she
knew, (from childhood, she says) was
to be her Mission The advent of a
Joan of Arc is prophesied, as we all
know. But is it to be for this time
and crisis, and is Miss Dickinson the
woman on whom the mantle has al
ready fallen
With the exception that we have yet
much to write of the doings of this fair
prophecies, we admiringly take our
leave for the present.
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Marriage at a Temperance Meeting...A
True Story.

In the evening of the day in which
Alice arrived at s., great tenn
perance meeting was to be held in one
of the churches. Her friend, who had
become enthusiastic in the cause, urged
her to go to the meeting, which she
did, though with reluctance. The
house was crowded above and below.
The preliminaries usually appertain-
ing to such meetings having been ar
ranged, brief opening address was
made by one of the ministers. A re-
formed man then related his experience
with great effect. After he had finished,
there was pause of nearly minute.
At length man who had been seated
far back, with his face partly turned
from the audience, arose slowly, and
moved to the front of the stage.
A half suppressed exclamation es-
capped Alice, as her eye caught the
well-known features of him who had
once been her husband, while quick
thrill ran through her. Then her frame
trembled in accordance with her fut-
tering heart. The face of Mr.. Delaney
had greatly changed since she had
looked upon it. Its calm, dignifled
elevation had been restored-but wh at
difference
"Mr. President" he began, with a
broken voice, although l had con-
sented, at your urgent solicitation, to
address this large assembly tonight,
yet / have felt so strong reluctance to
do so that it has been with the greatest
difficulty that / dragged myself for
ward. But l had passed my word
and could not violate it. As to relating
my experience, that 1 do not think
upon. The past / dare not recall.
Would to heaven that ten years of my
life were blotted out"
The speaker here paused moment,
already much affected. Then with a
firm voice be said.
"But something must be said of my
own case, or l shall fail to make that
impression on your minds that wish
to produce.
Pictures of real life touch the heart
with real power, while absent present.
ments of truth glitter coldly in the in.
tellectual regions of the mind, and then
fade upon the PERCEPTION like figures in
a diorama.
"Your speaker once stood among
the first members of the bar in neigh.
boring State. Nay, more than this, he
represented his county for three years
In the assembly of the commonwealth;
and more than that still, he occupied 9
seat In Congress for two Congressiona
periods"
At this period the stiffness of death
pervaded the crowded assembly.
And yet more than all this" he
continued, his voice sinking into low
thrilling tone, che bad a tender wife
and two sweet children. But all those
honors, all those blessings, have de
parted from him." be continued, hi,
voice growing deeper and louder iI
his efforts to control himself. Hi