The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-02-05

""'i"''s pefsauiny The town. Bat oar
struggle is nearing its enid. The Reb.l
steamer aud ram have closed at lepv,b
on either side of the Harriet Lane
boarded her, and bloody strugple Is
raging Oh her deck. Her ;nya,lers
;"en i;Is ;,t,,ri, ). u said with whisky, fight
themselves 'ls'.'' headlons on The guar',s
s"a' i'.lll ming lore and aft, and ponrinv or
'''csSsaht nan OF small arms from shova
ahd below upon the dav,.,.a
They Contend with an enemy a,.,,sr.n,
~ unwilling either to give or ,ake enc.
ter. Sterniy they are met. sternlS -
s'sted- Gallant Capt. W.;,wr;'5L,;
killed, and of his I3O men. ,Il i,, =
nr twenty share his fate, aud the liar.
riet Lane is captured by tho en..ma :
~, nhE sLAcKESING OF THE EIGHT.
ihe loss has occurred, hui is NOT n.
;'t evident, indeed Jerrrpril,le. Tho,
her guns are silenced, the Owasco th.
clifton, the brave little Sacb.m e,;ll
prolong the contest. Pr.scn,Iv ,hn
"'h"r, seen IA the gray ligh, Of the
morning at about six o'clock. stons
nIihy, the Others emulate her exarnpie
Everywhere the fire ceases or slackens
and on the opposite side of the island,
two Rebel gunboats are deserted. tran.
Iaiiy lacking on, and, i'm the remote
Instance, yet two others, only to I've
distinguished by the long line OF black
-moke proceeding from their cl,impeys.
THE WHITE FLAG.
Turn we to the fay ship Wcstfeld.
.tranded AT three miles distance. The
Mary a. Boardman had abandoned the
task OF endeav"ring To deliver her. rem.
tered the more hopeless by the rapidly
'lilng tide. a hawser has bern dis.
,"nraSlnsiy snapped asuuder. Nobody
~ board al either vessel knows the re-
snlt of tho contest centeriny about the
Harriet Lanr, but the silence succeed.
ing 1t seems ominous. Suddenly. at a
little alter 6, the Owasco, the Clifton
and the Sachem display their cvlors.
Upt" that moment no flag, excrpt
me, fiuttering idly at the bow of the
"estfleld, and another enc, the :. Stars
nd Bars" on the hinge Mississippi
:earner. had been visible. The Mary
A. Bordman, with her anchor up, fol-
lows the example. 1t is a moment of
ionbt, OF intense excitement. Bnt the
Harriet Lane does not respund. In,
i've minutes more, n boat puts off
rom her towards the Owl a,co, man
ned by handful of rebels, conveying
a paroled officer, lit is asserted the cnly
,arvl,ing one) hearing his white hand
k"rchlef tied TO his sword as a flag of
truce. lie goes TO request suspension
pf hostllities, and. directly afterwards.
white flags are flying OH the Owasco.
md Clition-but not upon the little
Sachem -
A,MESsAGE FROM MAGRUDER.
The best part of an hour passes in
naciiOB. Then Commodore RensIaw
sends message and his pilot to the
Mary A. Boardnan, bidding her oran
lp tn the town to ascertain what has
occurred, instrnrting Capt. Weir, If
ired upon, to raise the white flag. Ac.
taking tile precaution To Load.
Ter trn-poun,ler, she steams off from.
he Westiield, pasi Fort Point, bnt
presently returns, finding her task an:
Icipated. Capt. Law, of the Clifton
puts off in gig from that vessel To
Commodore Re,ishaw, with message
'eceivcd from Gen. Maeruder on.
shore. 1t gives the Union feet until
en- o'clock to leave Galveston on peril
IF destruction.
DETERMINATIONS To BLOW UP THE
wEsTFIELD.
Almost directly after the return ot
Hapt. Law to his steamer, the ssc.uul,
utter of the Wrstfield, reaches the
Nary A. Boardman, with ordrrs for her
% cn,no as near as possible aud Law TO-.
Is the Commodore has determined in
ransfer his men and then blow M his
,wn vessel. Ii is observation-disclosures
with t;uth cannot pretend Ia decide
hat he was advised to this course by
Capt. Law. a
TRANSFER OF CREW.
The scene that ensued was conse
lucnt Oh the know ledge of Commodore.
tensha~'s Resolution on board both
'essels was scarcely to be paraI!eIed in
he experience of a life time. +, miyiir
rave been Of o'clock, hence very little
ime remained for the transfer of mc,f
and baggage-theC Commodore e, indred..
proposed To allow but fifteen minutes.
then, all was animalion. The
Nesifield lay at about 500 feet from,
he Mary A. Boardman, with her port.
roles open and her guns run ont, every.
,ody on board being promiscnonsIy en-
gagged in eudeavoring TO secure what
ever came uppermost. Hamm"cks, of
icers' trunks scamen's chests, curlassrs,
swords, rifles. fi,wling.pieccs, blankets,
articles of clothing, even looking glass
es were thrown pell NELL into the boats.
slowed away and rowed,
Zach with It's due proportion of men. to
he Boardman, where all hands laboref
increasingly To receive them. daa1
The three boats Of the Westfield. the
irst and second cntter and gig. plied
20 aud fro necessarily. In from fifteen
Iotwenty minutes, 1870 men were trans.
erred from one vessel TO the other,
Capt. Weir experimenting matter. for.
war.l on the Mary A. Boardmap, and
Major Burt doing the same aft. To
The admirable GOODNESS and presence of
mind exhibited by the former gentle.
man, the latter attributes the successful
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