Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-04-17
News Of the War.

the several commanders nad not f--.u rr
ceived NJ the time Of departure Of the FIsr,
heau. viz, Wednesday night From ofb,-
than othcisl sources IL is ascertaincd fla.
vessels comprising the fleet advanced ur.,.
Charleston on the eth, IN the lUlllwir- m.
der Nochawken, Passaic, MOntauk p.
tap-cl lrOnsidcs, the flag ship, with Adm,
raj Dupont and staff on board. Next n
lowed the Catekill Nantucket, Naharr .rr
heokUk In this order they rrocye,le.I r,
the main channel. arriving within -o.
yaris of the main lort-. The Ir1u-rt..
became unmanagtablc. owing 10 the tide ar.
narrowncss Of the channel, and 81, r..
therefore obliged - drop anchor 20 proven.
drifting ashore Owing q, thl., D..
cumstances she si-nalled her con-ort, q, De-.
regard her motions. The remainder Of -..
squadron continued ON it, course. eu5 -...
came within easy range Of the reb,l IN, finn
all points The Instructions of the rfl--..
from Fort Sumter to Moultrie intcrlrrc,l MI.
tie progress If our ships IN r.n-sqH.r..
Of this AMI the position of the Iron-f.., a..
above stated. the plan Of operations f- f..
Tie Wa, di,regardcd. and the sIao. f.- r.
neuveriu. bcing only from son p. Dozen.
wards th, vessels were obliged 90 rr,rau.-.
at once ,n.a." t." forts and Oh. aia.....
batteric-
1hy signal had i,cu given t.-ar....
hali-pa-j three O'Clock DO rho aiu.u r
the Irui-id.-. lIt o.. rebels bad ,r.-r..
opened fire un the leading vc--ul-
The contest u represented - u t.. i
c-t degree exciting. presenting faltc. -....
Of fru islchlus from guns ou Tho land
water. and continuous r0rr IT cannon.
In the course &c 90 Hr 4n minute. ,.
kc1AUk was IN "a sinking condition. auI ....
obliged 20 withdraw from the fr" ami Sob
an anchorage below the range ui Oh. euar...,
guns. 4 lew minutes aitcUsarl, oil III.
vessels withdrew, at a signal FROM -as sl-.
ship, It being deemed Impractical. O.. ,--.
tinue any further ho-tilitie>
The keokuk was within fy. .l -fx ar
dred wards Of Sumter, and wa- camrl,-..
Iiddlcd. She was struck from sd tl, f.,
tcri,~ within range at least 40 times IN .
minute- The shot was from rifed .rirn
Of the h,7vics, cslibre Capt. EhiuI. I-
commander, received confusion on ~,
from a flying fragment Of hi vessel. vl...
only slightly laned him. Twelve Of rnsrr
were wounded, together with acting eu,i.
Macintosh. who had charge Of one ef t.
gum. The injuries are supposed q. ..
fatal
The n,Xr morning, finding IT imro-si'I. b
save the vessel, Capt. Rhind called l.-
which took all biz men on board. fr-rir.
utcs thereafter, the keokuk sunk Tia. l.-.
sons Belonging 20 the ship Let I'll their l--
Eatc ehct-.
On Wednesday, tho squadron r-uaiu-. "a.
anchor in the main shIV channel.
II l. said the number Of mcu iD .l- t..
was only about Hoo with 5o guns, while Oh.
enemy had. It Is supposed, at le'st sno gun.
the b.-t IN the world
The injuries 2, the ,tssel-, excluding -..
kcokuk, arr represented 20 b. Of such -..-.
acter r- viii r-quir" but short -ime f- -.
pair
Tn, casualties among our mon were r.-
ra,rssl.y few. including one Ail.-i and
q ,lundcd on the Nahant
The advantage ofoUr feet t,ir- ia pee.
-iuu uf The main ship channel, uarr.r-
risruit 81 tHc hlcvkad- tvs third OH. Che
ni,r distance. Non" OF Jlr ia'reli,- rr-.
go our f,>>, j. until Oh. l7tt.~r,ara.t .'.
entity % ih- main f,-r-
Tia. following private di-ra--a .r.- -.
tleman Ju board the steamer Nlrr ~u.
was received IN New York OBJ. I-.t
MoEuI,n. Y. e.. April 10th, vm l.r1--
Monroe, 18th We passed through Oh. '.-
of Charleston op THURSDAY, the "tn inns
ln O'Clock A. W. The weather vets -'.--.
pleasant. The Monitors were ranged 'or-..
beach % Cummings Point. an u -.i r-.
We were BEARDED Boy ON, oft the pilots
expedition, ~ hc stated that the lr.r,'.--
even Of the Monitors attacked F. >r---
ON Tuesday. the 7th, and parsed
iacture penetrated the irru-rlal WhIu
battery. Keokub, and she sunk 0 ~ h.
after near the beach The othl- rr.n-...-
passed the shower pf shot and ,h', urr
ID, OF with triiiin- damage
The casualties reported were very
Captain Rhind Of the kcokuk vl~ ~1-.
wounded 10y bolt The quartsrma--sr
six men Oh board ;hc steamer Naru..
were killci.
Arrangement az 'tiH- majc Go n.v
the keokuk.
As regards future movcmcut- reports
If IN, ,il,.s VIII. I.l,rl.I h.. ,..- r,.. ,-...
r..r. yv-,rId withdraw over rf.. r.r anil H.-
tber action for The present ,r.1l.i t...g.per..-
81 Tri. wa, .uhsa1ucU.tl, ...,rr.. .r7-.-I lv4
r.l.rter for New York 1ar.r An Officer
fr,,r the I,u,s Ad-.r VIII ,r.,i5s..v f5s. h
81 n. STATE, that IN. ,,,.-.,o..,n,rr ,,',uII r
renewed ,i,,ut i VI and o,ll,F that .
Admiral exnre.s.I hi. beli,f ,r .r,c.->
Tn. ,,L,pn,I sl,,,,. tb, f.,,t ,,.,. ..r..r-..--
y, ts-pedo.~ are ret-,rtc,j 4, ba,. t.-r .z
rlol.d- We left the a.e, al noon. Whsr
bout - miles nortb,r.rJ heard b,,~v f-i--
The weather /, e1cc,4lin.-Iv pleasant and Fl.
..a l. -n,o,th
The Richmond Wing has di>Tatr. H7.
this morning The Mentors .-a --7'
sigbt Y.-teri,,- c,erin.- man ,i.,.- f
IN, K.,LuL' : i,,rnit,,r, With -,,,.,.r,..ss ,..
washed osbor, an NTorri. I.l,Id h9,rb Man
Of the articles ,rsre covered NTH .r.-ta.
blood Tl,s irprcssi,p ,,r,y.,il. AZ .,lr aq-
Iat,,.r;..s that tbc .I,r..I,icr ~, b,rI -b. h..
l,,t VS. ,,.rr;lJ.
nc same paper s.ys there l. an 'Fl-.'
that the attack on Fort sumter viii sl''
renewed.