Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-17
M0RNINGLEADER
SATURDAY. mORNING- OCT. ~. 1903


Matters on sIOriis Island.
-. Correspondence from Morris Island says
as fhot not a Yallandigbam man has been
found among the Ohio troops, of which
there are there the 25th, 18th, 10th, cd
and 9th. They are all true "UniOn
blue"
A letter says;
eat Hilton Head Major Bannister and
# Lieutenant Colonel Elwell furnish the
i sineWs for the Department. The build
ing Of docks, the refttiDg of monitors and
punboats the erection Of saw mills, the
no loading and unloading of vessels by steam,
rvr the.extension Of the dock railroad, and the
--r evident energy and promptness with which
4-s the gigantic work is conducted, all reflect
-4sg the highest credit on the officers in CHARGE
It is found that the colored soldiers are
the best for fatigue duty, for they can
~ work and sing, rations or no ratiOns. De-
tails arc on duty at sll hours of the day,
and often until midnight.
Late at night a few evenings since a
Sd oolored Sergeant, in command Ofa working
5 squad that had been furnished that day
- wish only three crackers each, called out
f.--r to his men who. we're singing "Tention !
-F- Dare be two great questions OBJ de day for
sr debate De fust ANVIL de brack man
--r.- feht 2-whioh am decided in de frmative,
cause he hab done fight already. De sec
w ond am-WiIlde braek man sing and work
er oman empty st0machH FirmatiYe too-he
do And his squad went to work again
with will, making the air resonant with
their original songs"
..i.- Regarding he late attack on the Iron
-rf8 sides BY a rebel raft and torpedo, the Rich
wE mond Examiner, of the Sth inst, says:
luo- aThe report from Charleston is, that an
attempt IN the main unsuccessful has been
"a ma made to blow up, with some kind of an in
fernal machine, the Yankee ship Ironsides.
The failure is attributed to two causes-sn
-lci ~ insufficient amount of powder in the ma
chine, and its being ignited too near the
.rIE waters edge. Though the destruction of
the vessel was not effected, she may have
been seriously damaged. When the tor
u pedO exploded several feet in front Of the
Yankee gunboatin James River, sheathing
AMI blanks we're torn of, and many Of her
crew thrown overheard. Similar results
ar may very probably have followed the ex-
plosion of the machine alongside the Iron
.sbaa sides"
A correspondent, who has recently visit
ed the monitors under repair at Station
Greek, South Carolina, says:
awe first went on board the monitor Pa
tl3L1 tapsco. Her tur set is indented ali round
by the heavy projec,iles from the rebel
forts; but not a single shot penetrated
even single plate Of which the turrei
consists The smoke-stack, however, is
1Icf completely shattered. Balls that passed
--.s. through have completely eurled up the
iron forming the smoke stack. From the
- Patapseo we went on board the Weehawk-
en- which vessel was being improved by
the addition at the bpttom Of the turret OF
an iron rim, FIVE inches in thickness, and
----s - about fifteen inches deep. This improve
i. ment is being made in consequence of a
piece Of shell having been jammed between
the bottom Of the tuTret and the deck, pre-
i.-L venting the latter from revolving, when
the Weehawken wss aground, at the time
i Of the bombardment of Fort Moultrie- All
the other vessels Of the same class are to be
furnished with similar rim. These rims
"a 81 we're brought in sections by the Union
--s The Weehawken was not hit so many times
as the Patapsco, but we were shown a
wound on her starboaTd side caused by a
afs shot from Moultrie, through which the
water is still slowly trickling, rendering
/. 3 frequent recourse to the pump neces'
$3.50 sary."