New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-19

by the former gentleman, the latter attributes the
successful rescue Of the crew has the writer Any
doubt whatever that tie praise might DO honestly
shared.
THE EXPLOSION.
At length, only one cutter remained siongs'de .ne
W.s,Seld the gig; another, loaded almost TO the
waters edge wa at a little ditauce, and about TO
put OH 10 tie Mary A. Bosrdman. Ine cutie
awaited bat it. LIVING freight, In the sbSpo OF 'nr
Commodore and two others; that obtaii ed SLOW
match was to be ignited aud tho steamer blown y
air. She had two magazines on board spd was al
most literally Iull OF powder shells, and ammnni'
ton. IL another TENN hve-minu'es all might
bave be n secure, and Commodore Rensosw ana
those accidentally hurried into eternity With nm
living men at this hour That was not TO be. Those
wbo Jaw them i.s, Ia this world report follows;
Commodore Rensbaw stood quietly on the fo'e
part OF ,he vessel above oac OF the open powder
magazines Near him, barrel OF iurpeniipe, ~itD
It's mead stove in, had been lowered down the hitcn
way into the TO eeastle. Bat two osrsmen were ~
the cnlt,r, with lome eight or ten passengers. 10
thcni descended the chief engineer, Mr.. w.
Green 10 lowed bv the first lieutenant Charles w
Zimmerman. Both gentc,s-n SEATED themselves N
40 boat. AL Row had qmIted The doomed vessel
exc 81 the Commodore.
lie vas seen TO step down tho stairway, 10 enter
The cutter, when the match, premature fired Ut l.
said ty druukardl must have communicated WIN
the turpentioe. Instantly heavy rou OF black
smoke sury,d upwards followed by u bril- hit, ex
ihis not h word was SPOKEN; The Commodore turn'o
round and looked back. The heavy boai was along
ids with her crowd " IssseDgers, The crew Oh The
Mary A. Bosrdman and her recent acquisitions were
gazing cnriOusly nj tho bright nams or The Tall, thn
iosm of their 6rst officer when
white pnif Of smoke broke through The hatch
way Ia, IRON tho muzzle Of n cannon. IL ~as fol
lowed by an explosion 70 treTreLdOns ~ 10 move
AR, wuter everything within hs scope, Earring the
Mary A. BoardInan as Though che were thaken by
L.. 49, tim IN th,.a l.l a "A
monsirons fsp, like the eruption OF volcano, ,oaredh
cone OF FIRE, while spreading equally ineyory
direetion--Ior there was net wind enough In The
calm January morning T. disturb ,bem-roled ana
biowed the heavy volumes u tmoke. Higa az,
too. over bead adcing infinitely 10 the horror aDu
beauty OF the OCCASION exploded unumersbe shells,
hundred Of when bad been piled ny Oh The deck,
perhaps 10 Anticipation Of their destiny. One OF ID,
powder IN sguzipes hsd ext loded, utterly dertroyrg
The forward half of the Weetieid, and leaving the
remaining portion z shattered and blasted ruin. Tue
w 0 boats and all within them had disappeared
AFTER.
Before the sboc ked and startled spectators on the
Mary A. Doardman hGd recovered IRON tie cOucus.
zion of ar tns great us might have be.n o..asi oued
by the GEAR discharge Of whole park Of artillery
tie HEAVIER fra ,nents Of the exploded steamer iei
with sulen plubges Into the water, followed by tic
lighter producing rain. like pater over he surface
In crc, Of nj least hys hundred itet aoout the cen
,er Of run 10 this extent the troubled water wa
literally blackencd, ~ though Tar had been poured
over it, But mol than the shattered halt OF
the unfortunate Wertield yet sfoa,, whots smoke
sack and walkiug-bea were still Standing, abd
over whose bows sill waved the American dag.
Although her safety valve had been chained down
her steam got up 10 the highost point her toilos-
bad not pioded. The sharp singing Of her yspor
Was dIstiucIy audible on the Mary \. Boards III
40 ghastly silence that now prevailed; snd--no.
tic abo IA tile Captains giy came slo~iy drilt
iu, Gown from beneath The bows OF the ~re,k, her
glnwAie Jasl ABOVE the water.
TnE BURNING OF Tue WRECK.
The NettIeid remained tnus Or from five 10 eight
nmafrs when she bust intO sudden blaze near her
uoks s,l,k. Soon tue eonAig.ution lad spread
tnroughou; ih' euiire rum the Aug hip wa QUO ou
G. mon going or by one, as they eIe aceidsn-
iay ,ni,ed, she was bat n dangerous ncigh9oG
4 @ Mary f. botrdman did not wait 10 wilnes.
aLvtAer cxrioeion by the oft magazine.
FLIGHT or FHG FLEET.
The Rebel ram aud gunboats were now coming
down The buy, and the batteries had reop. nod VI o.
the Owascu, clifton, and Sicheu,; ia addition TO
wuieb tho artillery used IN Strengthening the I'D Mas
sschu-etts had Oeon conveyed ny mules 10 below Iht
town, where they began firing upon our steamers.
TneT. seemed nothing Tor II bat Eight, and flee they
old p,cordingly, leaving the Harriet Lano IN pos
81 sion Of The enemy aud the estheld chi
pe RI Of fac and smoke, 10 burn herself " the VIA
t.r's edge Ia Galveston HaIbOr Tlen last eXpe-
r,eDce was comprised III tie Ciifton's showing
81 ell into the huge Mississippi steamer, which FOL
lowed them over tho bar, and compelling her tO
retire.
rser: 10 now no Union vessel save the captured
Harriet Lane, in Galveston, Texas. T.B.o o.