Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-05-11

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sTsiss Of Che North, shall obtain IS the pEice {
1 success ihs uneaYiable duty Of hcliing down
under tbs heel OF military derpotisuz, tha strug
2iing and palpitating rsmsius Of what wel
encg She ssushssn States.
EiS4aIsaF aEd Cs-rIssisa.
hs epl7 naval and military operations Z
Eladera tiaes which can At al compare Wis
iheae directed agsiRst CsarIsssoa were those q
Sebastopol. ia lS53-'5s, and shose Of Gibraltar
D l7Sl-S2 The siege Of Ss5astoDol, with a
is incidents, Is fresh - lke recollection Of lb
pressaE gsnerstion. Tie attack OF GibTsltal
aissouga It formed the elosiRg se5ns Of our frs
/ revalutanaTy war has long bsan consigRsd &
lis shelf ii hisseTy, where it slssps among th
neglected receI7s Of the past. Yet IL was cnl
q the most memorable events Of the eighteenth
century, slthcggh tHas century witnessed th
opaning scenes Of Che great Frsneh revolution
The grsnd,sop6iRs4 attack up0a Gibfsltar
by Tho whole power of spaia su5 France laab
| place on the ls,h day Of Seusenber, I792
There were no i5yn-ela5s II those Says Of wood
en- walls, but ths Hiss had, tlreu-h tha irgeau
lfy and perseverance, Of the Cheysiier 3 'Aro6u
the NEST renowned engineer ef bis day, pre-
Pared h2iillafof FLY floating batteries, whieh
were eaiy less formidable sthaa these muci
dreaded monsters Of ths deep. They wsfa &
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hight, sad covered ever vito wooden rsefs Of
enormous thiclzpess, =. l.is..rs.ra s.rsssis'
AIDES VIA c0Etriyansas Tor c5dvsTIna T-Sf-f
throughout their Uhele extent. 50 as to Eeap
than continually wet. TEosiiss were farnishsi
with an assitienal LAYER of wooden bulwarizs oi
equal thickEess with themselves, and between
The TIVE was an interval stated With sand
Pipes were eonTived to pass al through these
vessels, like the veiRs and arteries Of the buasn
body, and water was kept aowiag through
them by msaas of pamps. These eontrivaness
were intended TO eounseTaet the effsets OF red
hot shot which thsTs was every reason 70 bo-
isvs the garrison would FIRE ja no siintsd ousll-
titY, and it was believed that throueh their
means they might be sffsetualiy quenchsd be.
fore they could FIRE the vsgssls Each Of these
6ostiDg batteries was fnrsished with twelve
pieces Of the heaviest erdnsuee that had been
sthea iaveHted, sHd, in erdsr fhst the action
Night not sacksn. for want of men, even for e
-AoHent, thirty ma1 wers allotted 70 each gun.
Fly ships Of the line, ard a clead Of frigstss
2ad smaller vessels, got snssr way hen the
port oi Algasiras to support the monsters y sud
100000 men stood ready drawn cat to assault
tho fors,- -ions en- the land side. From .hs
water side SioHs number Of transports,
with troops to la as soaa a. a breach sSould
have been Haao, Gnd of tenders to firsish the
fighting vossals with ammunition, awaited tie
aov0meats of the hotila Land and sea, ex.
elusive Of ths ships of The liae, abeve twelve
hundred of the heaviest guns were ready At q
concerted signal to open upon the devoted gar
risen.
These mighty eparatiOHs-Bablished in sls
Christendom-hsd attracted she attention OF The
civilized world, and The eyes Of natioas were
hsnt upon Gibraltar. Two French princes Of
the bloOd-bOth Of whem were sfserwsrd made
kings Of Frsnea-(ths Count de Provapss, sE
ierWard Laais XVIII, aad tho Count d'Artois,
sfierHsrd Charles Z )--j9insd tho ssRp Of the
slie5, eager 70 share ia the glory Of and enter
prise which they did not doRbs would restore
ths important seaport Of Gibraltar to the Span
ish branch of ths royal house.
To Eest tbsse Formidable preparations, the
British governor, Sir Gilbert Elliott. had but
1900 soldiers slresdy half starved, for they had
beeR on short allowance for months Bat !hey
had hearts in their bodies, and the fortifoations
of Gibraltar before then, and iAsso latter had
become proverb fer impTegHabiiitv though
GU. the eartA. They not only did HoE tkink
of surrnderiug, bat liks our bFaYe country
msa ct Charleston the ether day, were csna-
dent of beating shcir -eigantic fee The &C.
ton e0ns snenced carly in TIE morning. ThB
ceunonade for hours shook the surrounding
hills sad rs-achoed from tho nsiChboriBg shore
Of Afica. Two continents trsm5lod beneath
the roar Of two thousand gsas. Tha bills we're
crowded wisa spectators, who looked on aV in
sn aTnphisheator. This garrison raissd red-het
sh0t upea the EneHstsrs," bEt fer hours they
seemed impervious to these fearful lisfies. At
lest, n the evening, enc Of ihsm begGn to
smoke, and. By nishtfsll, several were on Ere.
The night eaTus 0R iutsuseiy dark, and ss beat
after Reat esught Gre, tho scene bsesmo ire.
pressibly grand. To add to its stibimity the
yarrigoz still kept up terrific eannonsle. The
allied ships made every oxsrtion by means Of
b0ats and tenders TO sxtinguish .hs 8fs and 20
prevent iths vessels frcm TuEniEg foul el e8sh
other. But il wes all in vain Whils they were
thus engaged, Captain CARTS, who had been
lying ready for the proper monant, sdTanead
with ton gunhoaig, and taking q fsakiDg posi-
zion, opened fire upon ske burning vessels and
those sent to Telicze taer1. The eongee aaBcss
Of this unexpected attack we're terrible Ths
Ssanisds On The burning f5tills gave up all idsE
of rssiatsnca-meRy Of thea cast ihsnseives
into the ses and were drOwaei. Several sf tAs
nOastsra blew up, and hundreds Psrisbsd by
the explosion. The British Officers aRs sailors
exsrted themselves in the nest praisw0rtAy
raapRsr 30 ssva the TaHauishoa, cad tasir h9-
Haanity cost soma of them taeiT lives. Curtis
himself narrowly sseapsd bsiug blown up with
vessel hC had boarded to assist in raseuiDg TIE
crew. The next morning dsWnsd On a rBiasd
hotlls, ard q bsy covered with bHruing wrecks
Ths spa0isrds dia not take Gibraltar. TIE at
tsalT os Gibralsac occurred On the ssme day Of
the meath with tbat Bpon FsFt MeEeary thirty-
two yesrs afterwards. Ths Tspnisa Of the latter
las everybody Enows) gave rss to ths werds Of
tbs Star Spangled Banner sung TO ths aiT (at
that tinas very PoRular) Of ''Whea Bibo ,wshs
down to The regions below Rishmesa Dis
patch.