Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-05-06
VOL. 1O---NO %.
Thrilling Incident:


The Lawrence Mass. Sentinel publishes
the following extract from a letter received
from Mr.. James Evans Fallon, Third As
sistant Engineer on the steam sloop Mis-
sissippi, when she was destroyed at Port
Hudson, on the. 14th of March:
would give you an account of the
fight at Port Hudson, but you will have
read it in the papers ere this reaches you.
One fact will state: | was standing at
my station when a shell burst beyond me /;
a piece. of it hit my sword and broke it
short off by the hiit, and sent the hilt
plump into my stomach, which sat me
down alongside the bellpull (Which was
against all rules) and made me see more
stars, &c,
Shorty after l was struck with spiin-
ter which broke one of my ribs, and made
me senseless to all outside, but had all
my senses. I heard the order given to
take me below to the cock pit; then 1
heard the Surgeon ask them why they
brought dead man down; then l heard
the orders given to get all the wounded
out Of the ship. There I was, laid out
among the dead ,nen and amputated limbs,
unable to let them know that was alive,
all the wounded were taken out, 1 was
left then they commenced to fire tie
ship forw ard and aft. The man wlo had
been detailed to fire her forward passed
By me- 1 threw out NY hand aod hit
him on the leg be stopped; beckoned
for him TO put his head down, and whis
pered to him that l was not dead he
took me up in his arms and put me into
boat, and took me 10 the Essex; here
iav until daylight then ] was put on
board the Richmond; there j was nada
comfortable by MIR. Dove, of Andover,
Third Assistant Engineer Of the Rich
mond.
am still weak from my injuries, but
will soon be all right. I am doing duty
now on the prize steamer Antona.
- The knights of St. Patrick, an
Irish association, held meeting at tho
Academy of Music, New York, on tie
evening of the 9Th, for the purpose of con-
sidering and relieving the wants Of tie
people of ireland, who are said to be in
imminent danger Of starving General
Mcclellan was present, and before the
meeting was organized was loudly called
on for speech. He finally yielded to
the call and made an address Of como
length the substance of which appears In
the T5T6a,se as follows:
General N'CieIlan expressed his SYM
pathy with the movement. He said he
had departed from his usual rule-to
avoid vast assemblies-because be knew
that this had neither party nor political
purpose. EApplause. " Bully for you!" !
! He had peculiar reasons for sympathizinS
with them; he sprang from a~kindred
race, and he had seen their bravery in
Mexico, Maryland and Virginia. Refer
ring to immigration, he said that what
was IreIands loss had been our gain. Her
soldiers, in every field, from those of tie
Revolution TO those Of the present sad re-
beIlion, had upheld the honor of their
adopted country Cheers. For Gene
rations, our fathers had worked to cstab-
lish On this broad continent one nation.
one free government, that might be the
refuge for all from foreign lands He
knew that hc expressed the thought OF
every one who listened, when he said
that all our energies all our thoughts, al
our minds If necessary. the last drop oi
our blood must be given to uphold that
unity, that nationality. Loud cheers
He concluded by expressing his thanks 70
the meeting, amid great applause, =