Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-08
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From The Courier, October II
Ore Of the most daring and gallant naval sx-
plGits Of the war, distinguished by the greatest
GOODNESS. presence OF mind and iutrepidity Of the
brgve men associated 10 The enterprise. wss pei
formed Monday night This was no less thAn
an attempt % blow up the United States steamer
New Troundes. lying Of Morris island Though
not fully meeting the expectations Of these
who conceived the plan and those who car
red II into execution, It has called forth The
unkounded admiration Of our citizens Tor
he brilliant beroism Of the actors in their
d.n0erous but patriotic and sst-sserihsing I'M
7s-fsk;r0 Al general feeling of deep anxiety
prevsils to learn the fate Of TWO OF ihe gallant
snirit vito went out with the expedition There
avarv Taessu "a bslisve, however, that these
~-.il.pf men. with the means of safety about
.b-r ssTsons, underworld toTeseh shore have
heen picksd up ~ some 81 the . EN- slauT ches.
We gather the following particulars from the
other psrficipants IN tse affair;
The toru-do s1esmar David, with q crew OF
faur volunieerss Consisting Of Lieut.. VIM 4.
GissseII. J Il Toombs. chief ENGINEER, aud JOS
| S~ulivAn, fireman of the gunb0at Gdicors, with
7 W Cannon, aEBisisut pilot Of ths eunbost
Ptimstto S ate, lsfs S9Bth Atlantic wharf be
hrass ak and seven O'Clock on Monday evening,
~ ,ha.pn-pose n running 0dtto the Ironsides'
avplo5ine 3 torpedo under tHat vessel near mid
| s6;ns. ana, If possible, bios Der up.
The weather being dark and hszy favored the
.,,srDriss. Thaf b1st, with its gallant little
cyew proeeedsd down tire hsrbcr, skirttng along
he .basls on the inside Of ihs chRnuel, until
,sa,Iv abreast Of their formidable antagonist
re New Ironsi5es
TEsy rensiuad ID tbs position for short time
ei-cJipg sTound on the largs sh9al near the an
sborsgp Of the object Of thsiF visit. Lieut.
ms,ssH. With a ddDbls-baTrelod qua, sat in.ironi
p1of Ceupon. Fho had charge Of the helm
Chief Fnqiurer T9Ombs wes ~ The engine, VIII
he brave and undauotcd 5IiHvsn, the vofahiesi
eranan vEnr something Ike the following con
y rsator eusUed; .
Lia1t. G'asqsll It is now n8ne O'Clock. ohhi
80 strife bert"
P1ot Cannon. That Is what we came for. J
ii qiaesr Toombs. Let us go st her, then, anc
10 rur best
Sullivan (Firemsp) I am with you all AM
wa4tjng Go ahesd. >.
The host wa now put bow on, and aimed d.
reetjv for ire Ironsides As tbs little sfeaIne
lated for he lookout on the l'onsida
hsile5 them. With. "Tsks care there you val
M into rs. W a. gtcsmer Is that Z" Len
GlasseH replied by diseharging ON barrel st n
Yankee sentinel end / nd ring the gun 50 flo
Cannon. told him there was another 1AnEoa
po;ntirg To ono with bis body half over the On
wsrk4. and asked Cannon to take care OF hln
with the other barrel.
The next moment they had struck me Iron
sides. and exploded Tho torpedo about f'teeo ie'
IN n. E.al on the sta-board side. g. in
nanse volume OF wa'er W thrown up,coVeriu
nv lfrls beat. and, going rhTouga the s'HeS
stack. entered the furnace, ana completely q
!. linguistic the fire
In addition to this, pieces Of the ballast ha
fslls in che works % Che enpina, rendering
un~managable At that tine Volry after wolfe
rfmnsketrv from the crew of shs E-onsties an
f-om he launches began to pouF IN npoa then
Liput. G'assell gave The order 70 5aeK' ont
vas iound impossible II this coH9ilon' WI
, 40 shelter and no hops Of escsna, they though
! Il hest 10 surrender ae1 hailed the enemy
that effect The Yankees, however, psid.r
s~ileptioa to The call, but barbsrously cOntiI
ned the fre. Il was then proposed to pl
on. their life p~reseivers, jump ovhTbnaI
, and epdeavnr to swim 70 the fhore. All Of
piIot Cannon consented The latter, being IN.
ole to swim, said he wo1id stay and take b
chspcss ia tbs boat Lent GlasEeil, engines
Toomhs and Sullivan, the fireman, left the hes
The two FIRST having on life pTeservers, and II
. latter supporting himself on one IF the hatchy
thrown b him BY the pilot Engineer TOemt
bseoning embarrassed With his clothing in q
! water cot back to the boat snd was assisted
BY Cannon.
f Tho boal was then rapidly. drifting irom Il
IropEidas He nos fortuHstsly tnund = mate
AID lighting a torch crept back 20 the engin
discovered and removed iha csuss Of its q
e working, and soon got It in order. They the
h commenced TO run the gzUntlet OF the mn
torz and lsuHehas. Toe lstfsT scanned !
apired with a seeming dread of samethiT
8 supsruafural, and opened q path right and lie
NJ for tbe little st-auaer- The Ironsides fired tV
: sIsvan-ihch shot st the psrty as they 500
Q away. but fred completely over them. T1
0 crews Of the monitors which the steamers we
} obliged to pass on her return, Were also out -
commenced q heavy irs Of muskatry upqn q
= as she vas passirg The lsunches made W
s evidently rom lhs Wholesome regard for her e
5 plasive charaetsr. Engineer T9ombs and Cs
Z non reached their wharf in the city about mi
a night. hatiFued, and presenting = worn out 8
l. p~earsBee. hut rejoicing at their fortunate Al
i narrow escape.
e The Dsvid bears the honoTabls marks Of tn
} taar bullet holes
d with REGARD 70 the damage nf fhs Trosside
nothing IL positively known A. he moment
p striking fbara was e.eat eocstarnhton on boar
g II was reported that the crew IN GANGS we
5 hard a. work st the pumps aA day yesterds
b Sas}l hosts were seen cnntinuailS pasaing }
tween Tire Tronsjda4 ard he monitors Al rig'
{ faf. however, she remained at her old anehc
age.
Such-ia the nsrrsHve Of this brilliant afa
Q which. hs3 + been IN entire success, wou
d have iii ne Of tho most formidable foe eugsg
: in this siaVa Soma few have tv3edi q RI
undsrtaking but IT needs Iuss sueb an eEsmp
"a isad 10 stl yrastar 3eAds in the present CO
I 3itiou Of our good old city, and the country
e large.