The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-07-03

nah, and was there done over" into |
what she now is From a young man |
who has served on board of her in the |
quality of midshipman, learn that she |
is two hundred and ten feet long, and |
draws from sixteen to seventeen and "a
half feet of water; that her engine is a
most superb piece of workmanship, hard |
ly surpassed, indeed, by anything of the /
kind now afoat; and that she is armed |
with four rified guns, one at each end |
and one on each side, the side guns be-
ing six and a quarter inches bore, and the
fore and aft guns seven inch, and pivot
mounted. From my own observation l
learn that she has three port holes on
each side, the same being closed by heavy
iron plates that swing on hinges. Two
of these holes on each side are near the
ends of her upper works, and designed,
of course, for her pivot guns. The sides
and ends of her upper works incline in
ward rapidly, making very sharp angle,
probably not more than twenty degrees
with the horizon, so that it seems scarce
ly possible that any horizontal shot should
be able to penetrate them. l am by no
means certain that she can stand the
sea from here to New York; if she can,
l dare say she will ere long make her
appearance in your waters, where many
of your readers can see her for them
selves At all events, she is formida-
BILE looking craft LOYALTY
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, furnishes the following addi-
tional particulars concerning the At
lanta:
THE ATLANTA" SHOWS THE WHITE FLAG.
This last shot of the Weehawken
caused all visions of the blockade,
Charleston and Wilmington, to rapidly
fade from the mental vision of the At
lantas officers, and Immediately the
white flag was seen waving from the
wreck of her pilot-house. The action
was only of fifteen minutes duration
and she fell prize to the Weehawken's
prowess in twenty six minutes from the
time she appeared in sight, and as the
white flag huttered from her deck, the
Savannah ladies were seen rapidly going
up Wilmington river to bear to the peo
pie of Savannah, not the glorious news
of victory, but the sad tidings of defeat.
DETAILS OF THE SURRENDER.
Upon seeing the white flag our men
cheered most Justify, and Captain Rod
gers Immediately dispatched Captain
Harmony, of the Weehawken, in a small
boat to the Atlanta to receive her COM
mander's sword and take possession of
her in the name of the Navy of the
United States As soon as Captain
Harmony arrived on board he hauled
down their flag, and went forward and
was ordering his men to cast anchor,
when Captain Webb exclaimed: " For
Gods sake, Captain, don't cast off these
anchors, we have torpedo underneath
this bow" Captain Harmony turned to
him with the utmost nonchdldnce and
said, 81 don't care anything about your
torpedoes, can stand them if you can,
and if you don't wish to be blown up with
me, you had better tell me how to raise
the torpedo"
! To this Capt Webb readily assented
and, calling some of his men, pulleys
were attached to large iron rod which
ran out from the prov, and soon there
appeared coming out of the water a
huge torpedo attached to the end of this
rod, which projected thirty feet beyond
the bow Capt. Harmony ordered his
men to carefully remove the cap from
torpedo and then fill it with water, in
order that the powder might be destroy
ed. This was done, and the torpedo,
holding fifty pounds of powder, was
raised aloft on this rod, and was secured
at an angle of about forty-fve degrees
from the deck
THE OFFICERS OF THE ATLANTA.
A remarkable circumstance in this
affair is the fact that Capt VIM. Webb,
formerly lieutenant in Cur navy and
commanding the Atlanta, is an old class
mate of Capt John Rodgers, who COM
manded the Weehawken Capt Har-
mony also found that the other officers
were old and intimate acquaintance OF
his before the rebellion occurred. l have
no doubt but that these discoveries lent
an additional zest to the victory.
SPEECH OF CAPT. WEBB.
Capt Webb, after surrendering his
vessel, summoned the crew on deck, and
addressed them as follows:
L nave OuT N6SSelf De
cause circumstances over which | had
no control have compelled me to do So
l know that you started upon this expe-
dition with high hopes, and you have
been disappointed. l most earnestly
wish that it had happened otherwise, but
Providence, for some good reason, has
interfered with our plans, and we have
failed of success. You all know that il
we had not run aground the result would
) have been different; and now that re
gard for your lives has influenced me il
this surrender, / would advise you tc
submit quietly to the fate which ha:
overtaken US. l hope that we all may
! soon be returned to our homes, and NEE
; again in a common brotherhood"
: THE CREW OF THE ATLANTA.
: One cannot imagine more villain
e GUS looking set of men than this sam,
Y Atlanta crew. They are all Georgis
? crackers" the poorest "white trash
a of Georgia, without education, or any
r thing in fact which would entitle then
e to be called men except that they hav,
r the human form. Not one man among
: them is sailor, but they are all soldiers
h The officers, being perfect gentlemen
e compared strangely with this gang 0
S cut-throats The men, however, wer,
i grievously disappointed, and loudly com