The New York herald., 1863-04-14
REVIEW on THE PIGHT.

Or CAAMHroS HARsoR, Wednesday, April ., 1858.
mo great struggle 10 Tns enterprise which 20
many months a preparation have been bestowed, and
- which the eye of the whole American people, loyal
aiaoya, have bssn directed with the most intense int
ct, has proved failure Ihs rebel nag stl hoata over
Casssass aad ~ dsssnoss, and ireasad hsst has
Withdrawn mon the conflict, bssa and n part disabled
INV ~ ~ soks q battls s,sassd swsy, shs a1
aang sxosnsat a ysstsstay ssaasd, aaA s0us eAaass
ssdsd Of learning ~ ths insidsns Of bssos
gotten sosnss ss me sndsavor 70 group tegsthsF such
~ main features Il ths day - present themselves
y ny mind. ana 70 write - clear and suecines
. narrative = nay b sbls v do Of ths bAAus
bsewsn The pigu2ss and ths sants-bstwssa Ne nsss
1snanR doubss rsvolvise towers u iron anA ne
Ss ~ sasriss that Line N shores q Morris end Sal
mvan's hsds, standing = grin ssutnsb n Ne hasbos,
~ straacs v ths rsbsl cry 4 CAasIsston.
raRAaAnns poa - AnAG @
lxn Rat siep " rsasa Asss ths issitssse ee.4Ps9a
ViA ~ QaAual vilhdsawal from Port Royal within ~
- few vss Il nsArly s the neads, gunboaas tup
pnA snsports that had been accumulated thsrs and Il
thsr rsnassvessng h North Edisto river, nearly midway
bstwssa Port Royal end Charlsssoa. sucs 70 say that
q Sunday hss, Ne ssh Inst. The roncd nsss jonsd
he bioskadng vessels ousids Of Cnaysstou bas, sons
I've % six miles fron that Tost Sumter which
h vss thsIr special mission 70 capture destroy.
Dupont transferred hb psnnant, ths wesAawksn, the
Pasaic ths Noatsuk The Pesapsoo, hsCa.sk, ths Man
sscks the Nahant and The Ksokuk in a nine iron cadS
s 0 which, with the exception Of the New Ironss and
sAs Ksokuk were Of The Monitor pattern. Tat same t.
ipoou the Indispensable service Of buoyng out the bar
We performed BY commasdsr Rhind & the Keokuk, and
Mr. c. Boutse Of the United States Coast Survey In the
6bb assisted by the pilots Of the squadron In this work
shsy were upmoIested BY the enemy, and 10 was per-
Sormed with great success.
ORDER ov RATTLE.
On the morning OF Monday everything was ready for
The movement The captains Of the vessels had been al
ready furnished with the full plan Of attack and order
q hattie, ~ follows
The sar will be buoyed by The Keokuk. Commander
Rhnd asssted by c. O. BouteIe, Assistant United States
Ps sSa Ssss ss pos sSs The s co%msnass
cscers win, previous 10 crossing, mako themselves
The vessels wil on signal being made form in the pre-
vcribed order ahead at intervals u one cables length
The squadron w ps up Sp The main ship channel ..a with
uLless agnal should be made TO commence action
The ships win open Are on Fort sumter whom within
easy range and will take position 70 the northward
and Of that fortnostion, engaging is let
northeast face At distance Of from thousand to eight
hundred yards firing low and aiming n the centre en-
The commanding oosrs win instruct their ocers and
msn ~ carefully avoid wasting shot, and will enjon
sEon them the necessity Of precioo rather than rapdy
possible TO vessels that may require IT,
Tho special code Of signals prepared for the rcnclad
Assr sns reduction Of Fort Sumter IL Is probable the
usxt point Of attack will be the batteries Morris Island
Ths order Of battle viii be the line ahead, in the follow
!. wschawksn with raft, Captain Jno Rodgers
2. Passaic, Captain Pcrcival Drayton.
3. Montauk, Commander Jno l. worden.
4. Patapsco, Commander Daniel Ammen.
8. New Ironsidss. Commodore nos. Turner.
Q. Catskil, Commander Geo. W. Rodgers.
Z. Nantucket, Commander Donald Mon. Fairfax.
9. NahAnt, Commander John pownes.
.. keokuk, Lieutenant Commsnder Alex. O. Rhind.
squadron of reserve, Of which Captain j. y. Green
will be the senior ocer, win be formed ouisde tho
and near the entrance buoy, consisting Of tho following
csnandsgua, Captain Jos n. Green.
Unada, Iisutsnant Commander g. p QuAckcnbush
Housatonic, Captain VIM. X Taylor.
wiss shickon, Lieutenant Commander J. @. Davis.
Huron, Lieutenant Commander q. A. stevens.
Ard win readiness support the iron oiads whor
they attack the batteries on Morris Island
Rear Admiral Commanding South Atlantic Boctadin
d adron.
nv nino O'Clock IN the morning the iron ciads ha
crossed the bar and hal up their position in Tn
main ship channel, lying within mile of the shore
Morris Island and extending In liOe parallel with !,
The carly morning bazy and later on the FOG bccam
thick 70 Obscure the ranges By which the feet
20 This rendered impossible u move, and agai
she ats ack had 70 be deferred.
cowprIcI.
rhs sun rose bright and cIear on Tuesday morning IN
90 was smooth . mirror, and the atmosphere
sransnosnt that could right up 70 the city A
hearts were throebing with anxiety the results
che ccanct In which those litiis were about
engage And here I may wen remark that the sam
conndsncs q success which seemed 70 have taken DO
session Of the people, and Of the government did
nnd itself fully reelected in the minds of ne Admir-
spd of his officers. they knew the difficulties they ha
10 encounter, tho odds they had to contend wlu
They knew the powerful batteries which lined the shor
on either side for four mIes and forbade all hostile er
trance the harbor. They srare that, Ia sia,o