The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-03-13


Smokessack.
Side nrmor
Deck armor
Sig.
SutseI.....
AOorng spars Tor boatS
spare anCDW'
F1agstaffs shot
Aotai. 10
WONDERFUL RESISTANCE OUR PLATING.
The enemy put two OF his shots quite near our port
holes both being between the inner line Of them.
The pilot house struck by rifed and two round
| shot.
The smokestack is well ventilated and looks something
draught
The side well marked but the indentations in
The deck armor is badly Scared but no III effects
accrue from them, and IL is believed that the deck will
| not leak at the point of impact.
The Doats can be easily repaired and the spars replaced
One Of spare anchors which ashed at the base
Of the jacket Of the smoke stack was broken by shot
The Flagstaff at the stern shot away the flag falling
the stump, where it remained through the action
and till taken down by quarermasters, the star
the pilot house which bore the pennant was also cut
away, while the forward STAFF, with ensign flying
escaped unframed That flag received nine holes through
II IN our hrs' hsh'. -, ,rv,
Our officers and men, as the previous occasion,
as black as the ace Of spades and all o. regretted that
able to continue the action the final point
where we could have proclaimed ourselves victors But
now Of the opinion that earhwork of the size and
close fire TO reduce It, and that grape canister and shap
mel should be freely used.
The truth that two attacks upon this work but
trial trips and the practical facts elected worth mil
nons . our nee AZ we nave learned many very
future As Individual would not have missed
opportunity OF gaining much practical knowledge for
BLOCKADE STATIONS.
During the afternoon dropped down the river, this
wssahickon and Dawn anchored OF Hell Gate and the c.
Williams below them. ready 70 start for Port Royal in
We are now elockaders in every sense Of the word.
10 hardly necessary for me 70 write that all hands,
except the ookous sought their needed rest early and
fair 20 suppose antagonists were not behind 10
resting their weary bodies.
II not exposing "odn' op1andi when say that at
secured as we were going into action: guns are
loaded for vessels armed 70 repel board
fast. We do not know the moment the enemy may at
tempt to annoy us but think We can give Thorn more
than they bargain for.
UNITED STATES srEMn MouAuK,l
Bio OGKSCnn RIVER, March 1858. !
NASHVILLE ESCAPE THE RIVER.
On Friday 9th u about three O'Clock In the after
noon the Wssahickon signaed "strange sail steamer
up tho river" and immediately afterwards We tho
dense black smoke Of the Nashville behind the forest Of
woods which shuts out Fort McAister from view. II
not long before the smoke grew blacks and show
that the vessel moving up the reach She had not
proceeded far however, when she suddenly stopped,
which attributed to her striking bottom We watched
her with indcscrbable feelings for time but the
tide would not for u.s. the Seneca sent up
reconnaissance but She Of course unable get up
close, on account Of being injured by the FORT whose
guns were known 70 fire 30 accurately. u ..rc
.x..--xF THE sfNscA FIRES AT HER. '-Sfsas
She threw Eve shells at her. but they fell Short She
returned with The gratifying INTELLIGENCE that the pirate
aground, probably without hope Of getting on, as
she went on the bottom At full speed and top Of high
water. The night spent in anxious watching, Ind y
noticed BY all ookouts that the usual rebel sigma
lights Beuiah and Coees BLUM not burned fire.
quently previous occasions Amid night Of light
haze the best Of ookouts kept OWLS eye in tho drec
ton Of what deemed cure prize 10 tho morning But
few OF slept very soundiy through the night as VIZ
destroy her and end this tedious block
| AIDE.
l TI START.
| On Saturday morning an hands were called az foul
O'clock and At twenty minutes past five anchor wa
weighed and steamed up for the scene Of operations
We had scanty and hurried breakfast OF coffee AMI
"hard tack. all excellent spirits and brm
| ful Of pleasant expectations Of success.
1 OUR HACKERS.
The Seneca, wissahickon and Dawn up after II
line, previous trips Up steamed slowly, a
there haze and desired keep clear Of any
distractions that the rebels might have put down fo
there signs that the enemy had been down TIL
nver some days ago.
| ora ANCHORAGE.
Al I've minutes past o'clock we let go ancho
about twelve hundred yards below the FORT
oui fifteen fathons Of cable, and minutes there
after let slip eleveninch shell at the object Of
aims and desires There lay hard and fast at abou
twelve hundred yards distant good mark, the scque
| will show.
The instant We fired hrst shot the battery fret
three guns AZ and thirty seconds thereafter anohe
Bat did not pay any attention TO them, and ef
the battery in the hands OF the three gallant gunboats
who threw their shells into II In splendid style.
xovrAuK mn.
AZ eleven minutes past fred our elsveninch gun
the shell falling little the Nashville. In tnst nv
minutes afterwards the enemy hit pilothouse fai
square, with eight.incb shot, which broke in tw
pieces falling the top the other decl
doing damage and producing unpleasant sensation
whatever.
| mc ouS PRACTICE.
AT twenty.t minutes past seven the fifteen inch gu
was Aired with ten second shcil, which landed quit
close 20 the Nashville The fort banged away at us b,
they did not exhibit such careful gunnery on prevou
nripgs We paid kind Of notice the scamrs bchn
| the piles Of sand bent the moving up ,
the would be pirate.
Py the way when went W arst We noticed quito
number Of persons On her deck bat after two or tire
arpcs they were not 10 be seen They had full head
stcam on her boilers, snd she blowing on farioael
| rnR NASHVILLE
| AZ twenty. seven and half minutes pact o'coc
we fred our sr,ccn.inch gun again with zen sccon
shell which landed rluilp toto the pirate, between hf