The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-03-09

~ nany sxcsRsnS sAots we're made, whisA most
have occasions. :.s s.susstss among ne slsatss q
sa.snsass V hiorm a. - The only oSsss for We a.
tack was scsompfAsd n ths tstai dsGtrucsoa q The
range s ths eosssss ssrminsssd shs results szsssdns
our aasicpasons, although undoubtedly lsn gratifying
The Nashvils was splendid steamer equally fass
= ne Aaoen. snd SURPRISING " speed ne Ossso vey
AssS 49, ana %:.nsd x - q use
away from any vessel q her own class. 1hs dam
G sosSss *. 1s S.. sr :Ss would
have carried wherever our commsroe extends.
SEQ. But. thanks 70 the commanders of the Seneca,
WASHINGTON and Dawn for thoir ski sesplese vigilance
n preventing second career Of dsprsdssion: and great
praise 10 Captain words OF the Montauk for hs deter
nnaen and skful disposition q the forces under ns
Command for her complete destruction In entirely
himself % one object that Of The destruction Of The Nash
dabs He and the onicers under his command deserve
wen Of their country for their gallant and valuable
me Monitors Nahans Pasapsco and Passa,c have bean
sent 20 the 70 try their guns and test their tur
Nou.auk. win probably attack the enemy today. In
deed ~ write, the deep reverbcrations Of the heavy
guns heard and no doubt the action has begun We
shall not learn the result in time TO transmit 10 the
HERALD by the steamer Fsh-Kee to-day. Tho HBRALDs
correspondent at that point will furnish full and detailed
The gunboat Marbehead captured few days since In
Warsaw Sound small schooner, loaded with cotton,
blockade for Nassau About thirty bales Of tho staple
sound board. She win be discharged, and sold
hors ana ne, cargo win be sent North ior sale =, -.
rams Queen Of the West and the iron clad gunboat In
dianoa the Mississippi am unable 70 give details Of
the arairs, as have not seen the papers.
The Adams Express steamer Fahkee sails. today for
New York via Beaufort G. She carries good freight
fastest and most comfortable ships the route and
under Capt. Hdreth and Purser wandel she win become
unpopular a. her owners could desire.
Our Hilton Head Correspondence.
HILTON HEAD, 6. c., March q, 1853.
ANoh~ GIoyiexs Achievement Of Com. Wsrden-7ne De-
arSosiou Of A> Rsos Steamer Nashville, &C., DC, d.
Commander Worden OF the Montauk has added another
glorious achievement 10 his list Of He has
burned blown up and completely destroyed the rebel
steamer Nashville thus accomplishing the purpose for
which hs vessel sent to the Ogeechee river. This
event. gratifying 10 and damaging to the rebels
occurred on the morning Of Saturday last.
During the afternoon OF Friday while the Montauk and
several wooden vessels lying two miles below
Fort McAlister, the Nashville alowly
from her anchorage and position just beyond
the work which has for several mouths afforded s pre-
lection 70 the privateer As night on and she
NAMED n her new position, It began to DO believed
boQrd the Mouaask that the Nashville was aground;
and reconnaissance under Of the darkness proved
the surmises 70 DO correct At the earliest dawn ths
MontauK weighed anchor and steamed boldly up TO the
distractions, and within hundred yards Of Fort NO.
Aister The Nashville stn further up tho stream,
and between her and the hontauk point q low,
marshy land the upon which partially hid Der from
VIEW.
First firing three shells 70 enable him TO get the
range Of the Nashville. Commander worden sent Of
hs hfeeuinc "rotten shot" fairly into the middle
Of tho steamer. Its explosion set the vessel I'm
mediately on hre. Another shell was fred from
worden's big gun, and the flames speedily burst
out In q second place. third shell proved
equally effective. II had scarcely struck the fa,sd
hundred FOUNDER gun which the Nashville carried for
ward heated BY tho flames and exploded Soon after
the devourng element reached the magazine and
terrific explosion followed, nng the air with fragments
and shaking the very bed Of The rver BY the fearful
@ sScu. her sas huh nosssa silently he
river. The Mont~uks work done Tho guns Of Fort
their upon her nicting injury
than the rain which fell the night before. ceased their
found silence and then the cheers Of the blue jackets
rang out in tones that must hsve sent their echoes 70 the
II would be TO descant upon the advantage
which must accrue to US from the destruction Of the
Nashville. How successfully she the blockade time
after time; how privateer she created constcrna
ton and alarm among loyal shippers In the Northern
States how she eluded the vigilance u the Union crui
scrs how she escaped from the Keystone STATE n
forty hours chase between Wilmington and Abaco how
se got into Savannah with almost priceless, and
how month after month she has lain behind the
rebel batteries at Genesis Pont-a this is known 70 the
readers OF the HERALD,i which the foregoing events
have been from time TO time duly chroncled. Lnckiy
she has been destroyed To the who disabled the
Mcrrimac who saved our navy from destruction In
Hampton Roads year ago, who has lain day after day
under the pitiIcss m Il Fort McAster who is in fact,
the hero OF the navy belongs the credit Of destroying the
Nashville. The country will not be slow trust, 70
cognize his merits.
What idea prompted the Nashville TO come down
10 the point where she met her deserved OF
remain conjcctural II may be that the rebels
believed their fnlsehood. and that, having ire
quently boasted In their journals Of permanently
disabling the Yankee iron cads, they really imagined her
power ess opponent
Whether any lives lost board the pri.
vateer yet remains mystery. is believed, however,
that her officers aud made their escape the shore
The Montauk out OF the affair entirely unnjured.
During the hiring she constantly IN the range Of Foot
McAllister; but the artllerss shore evidently
nervous, and hredvery wildly. Not more than eight
missiles struck her invnlnerable turrct COMMANDER
wrden utterly dsregardcd their fire. leaving the gunboas
which had accompanied him up the river to answer " In
their own manner They, too, were uninjurcd.
Letter from Mr.. Dudley Field.