Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1863-05-16
CHARLESTON.
The Naval Bombardment of Fort Sumter
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inc Iono"'9g narrative Will u IS hoped alloFI
material 'ot lus' appreciation OIL the events thai
uauSPteu ia InafleSIoh haroor 10 day, during
.hose '"o oriei oaV pregnant hours IL Is neces
sary ~ p'eil'se' m % noSeser lnas IN ln; GoateS
everything Is 80 hoYel ana unprecedented That We
nlasI oe cautious III applying 'he old standard .
judgment 20 u new order OF events
le'liu' 'iVusn tus ac'oh o. Iouay was, u cal
nutuy W caeu oal'le' ior tne Ilcet ohly iaIt tA
ou'poSts Vi 'ne euenly' ana, owing to the 0bstruc
uons' ), was ns'er e'e! aole 10 pace l'seH wher'
Mu' oe's"eu " oegIh opeTauoh5--nanely' Oh
.ne nvl.nwes' lace ol oft sumter. 1t WAS Ia acI
'douga nov III name yet IN reality a Foconnos
nAo' ~ 'o''e' h'cFy tn'nS was uhtTled' POT
lne worn 70 Oe uOne ana tne lools with which 4
was W oe uone' were comparatively unlested, We
kne" ouI ihPcf'ec'ly lne engines We wqrd to usl
asau's '"e eue'hy, a"u we knew sun more lmper
iec''y w. euglnes t0e enemy were to use against
Vs. - unfortunate 10 uouot, llat tne rsy0'u
1su 'ol u .ne means ana meNodS Oh oiensye anl
ue'enSlse warfare now dawhlng on the world ahC
lne urgency Of tle struggle IN which the nation L
sSgageu' snou'u nave hecesstatea the ha2ardIne
w. s.ea' na wuV'.o, Tu eplnehtS Wnlch are but IN
s"Om", s ine '''ul nG"e'er' hau 10 DC made j.
un' '5en 'nuue' auu !nouSn %e are not gamers lI
Mna' u a'"ays sue al'Li OF oaIte--dlreet mateTla
euucosJ.s-,"e naye ~ !cast enf'enea our eXpeH
vueo VIZ" 'ua' WHICH, ''Sh''y P'ou'eu oy' VIII ye
. ''tus euIJes'
nou'u ou 'OlIy ior ne 10 conceal from yot
.na' ., 'ne @ 'eau,s Vi 'ns reconnaissance produces
"us ono eou,'oOou W thc uilIus ol unp'eludicet
1o','e''o'' VI t1e ut'er insullcIencl
81 ~. o" nua guy IVY ~ 70 Iake IlaIeston alone
e0. " Ieyessa, Nv .ne outset however 10 indicate
" YOU o',eny mo cons'ue'ouons enat go 70 creat'
.'''O oou, 'o.oni u'u I'e t'ore so sEat l ready
@ ioiesee sua. 'uere w,u ~ some VINO, sllnpy be
Wv "hO'I ne's mas nv le'' " Vv ooI'oV
Iuu.Iv'.on na'oo1 W'll oe uspUseu 10 assert taa
."o s',a, %us 'u'0'eH'' anu VIII W humorous 10
'I%e"ui ,rhs .n.a,, y, )" ~ IL. .. .,
..,I I0 .eoO's " .'o eugase"ens, as aneuu{ luu'
.a'Su "a' W pu' W. Vi ."c uS"s 1--WE Vi t"e ,,ll
"U' t,,., sau' o"o VI 'ese."g npO@aA' or uI
Ivy ua.'1y uMss 50 aoI'loy t'uugu % luuV tnOVg'
o" "A' ''O'S"' Ou' " 'e' ou 0uV'o'ase' she 'l'
The other four thouoh now tbot thov coma :,
be examined BY the enSjneers fortunately nroy,
to be not 30 iniare6 bpt thot thew can bo sopn 70
paired were vet 40 damaged as Ia G he mt ror IN h
lime being .6ors din combat Remenber now w
chat this tremendous efFsct--the DISABLING or on
half the entire aeet-was occOmnIisbed in lac
than half an hour Remember arain tbot tS'
took place simplv ot the entrance Df he InC"rno =
Gre tbrOuuh which ina deet mast have had to mas
10 reacb Charleston ond that tbate ia beGre r. X
doubIe linz Of bntteries stratchno nm % nr ion
mss before the | citv ,s goned S "t eoGb m noio, % y
which tbe sbins mnst have hsar svDoSod % ~ 'i er
eonol in intsnss to ,b", :, & rnd"" ~,pS ,S0 ~ '
Snmter Rnt 6oav ' rasm%"r I tS tSst raboI o Ts "r
arv wa. mt tha o:, rnrn;daba o S os so sLna s' n
~ withstand Iat comm"O"O@ ot W, ,bo U1 noint o
asat rsa"SsS S,sv @ sm sam 0, gu