The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-30

ever & U ~, Di IN one-hundod poundor lnrrotu can
uI7" mo bnrst on board Che ItcoHder3yt, killing
no". Vhc Vtbc crow and woundinU seven others All.
,iIor burst on BOARD the lWHtr, KILLING one officer
,J two mon Another on the Jyir'u. ki ling two
XIV acdrs Nv and vounding and Eilhng ten othars An
,,tt or on fhc MyrhtHNuO, killing one Ofjcer and
w,o,Dpdipq w,, i've other men. Auotnor ON tbc 0y,I,r
yj5V WOurdinc, / behcvc, two or tbroe AE1tG,r
/ on The SusquhouuO, killing and woundino gevcn
ihink Inc bursting OF th3 guns. six in an much
disconcered the crews of The vessel, whore tho acc
dents happened, and gave one and all "A pre1t dis
uust OIL the iarrott Onc-huudIed pound rs and ne
s oIu,H. I yEums proved thcy were unit for sor-
those OF the enemy.
some OF The YES els were struck once or twico tho
Hu'htHdW had her OoIer perforated with o shell,
Ni q ten or twelve persons wcro bad scldcd. The
OsC'oid was struck with shell near her maIazinc,
nnd was at one timo in sinking condition, bIt her
Cilcicnt commander stopped the leak while the
MdckHo1C fought cut the battle, Notwithstanding
the DAMAGE sne had received.
The Y0UHc was the ouly vessel that left tho line TO
roI air damages. Commander JOIN GUEST at the
east end OF the line showed his usual ntoliyguco IN
selecting Hs position and directing h's lire. Twice
his runs cut down the fag-staI on the Mound Blt-
tcry aud Lc silcnced the gun tlora In yory short
time the Keystone State and quaker City CO. Jpera5-
ing CGcCtiyCy. Lieut.. { Ommauder j. r. DAVIS,
with both ruddcrs disabled got ms vessel, the Sts-
sucnciuH he works, and the SuutugD ii. tUbJ aud
fOrt Jucksou took such positions as tuUy could got,
owing TO other vessels not form ng proper huHs alt
throwing ih'm Out OF place, and fought thor guns
Tho taking Of a now position while under fire. by
the Br"okyu and totyrudo, was a beauulu sight
aud when hey got into place both ships delivered q
ire that moth ng could withstand. lhc BrOYtiyt
wei sustained her proud name, undor her preseat
cOmmuIu Ger Captain JAMES ALDEN ana the rDtY.
ro0o gave evidence that her cOmmaddrr, COmm0-
dorc ii h. THATCHER, fully understood the duf.s
OF his position lue sUggiubaJu4 was most ells'-
i've in hCr fire, and wa, fortunate enough TO obtain
fine ripbf rpsit ion tIough much bofberod nv n ys
sci near her that had not tOui her right place The
Anhic1H went INTO tine battle CALAMITY, and fired
rapidly ana with effect, and when the P1,rl1 1ttg
IfcDu6rrogG and Shenandoah got INTO tuCr positions
tLCy did good service. The PyUiuret fell hand
somely INTO mo ana nd good service nth the rust
and thc I'1"TbW took position near the Nlmg8J'l
and threw IN q splcnd ire
lho firing OF the Monitors was excellent, and
when their shells struck great dam ge was done,
ana the utle Fuu-Donts tha, cDyer3d Them kept up
Inc ilciCnt 10 dIscOhcert tho ouomy's aim.
Tie Rebels trod no more aIier thg ye- els all
opened ON them, excepting tgw shots from tine
mound and upper batteries, which the iIsoy and
CUusurts soon sllcuced.
our men were acwork at the guns live hours, and
ERu to get u little rest lhcy CImC out Of action
with rather conompr for Rebel batteries aud
anxious 70 renew the battle IN thc morning.
On the 18TH tthrstmas) o the transports had ar
rived, a. Cen BUTLER sent ten WEirzEL to see
me ana arrange the programme lor tue day Itwas
dCCiuCd that we shuu attack the iOrts gguu. while
tie army landed and assaulted them it possible
" der our heavy fire. sent seventeen gun-D jats,
under command OF Capt. .. - NLI5sON, to cover
tue troops ana assist WIN the boats III landing tue
so ders. Finding the sma or yeasCIs kept too ar
nom the beach, which was quite bold sent in the
BrOOEltt to set them an example, which that vessel
/ did, rely ing, as every commander should on tue
/ information gave hIm in relation to the 5Ouudugs.
To tins numbefw added a tine small ve5ses that
were covering the coast along, and finally | sent
some eight nine vessels That were acting under
/ Commander GUEST, in endeayoring to find way
across the Lar Ibis gave a hundred small boats
to land the troops with bcs dcs those the army were
. Already PROVIDED wI,n, about twonty moro.
At A. M, on the 25th, made signal to get under
way ana form Ia line Of battle, winch was quickly
done. The OTUCr TO attack was gwen, aud the IiDi-
StdeS took position in her usual handsome style The
monitors following close aItef nor All the Ycs4n s
followed according to orders, and took position
without "a shot beng fired at them, excepting u teW
shots red at the four last vessels that rot into uo
lhe Hung this day was slow, only sufficient 10
amuso the enemy while the army landed, when they
were doing ivc miles 10 the east of The Iloct.
suppose about three thousand men mad landed
when was notified that they were rc-umuarlsu.
/ Cuu ii zee our soldiers near the forts recounofriuo
ana arp-shuOnng, and was IN hopes assault was
deemed practical. General NEITzEL IN person wa.
making observations about SIX hundred ya,ds on
uuu tie troops were i'll and around the works,
One gallant officer, whose name ! do not know
went on the parapet and brought away the ReJe
flag we had Knocked down. a soldier went INTO the
works and led out horse, killing the orderly
mounted on him, and taking his dispatches from
the body. Another sOd er fired ms musket mic
the bOmb-Irooi among tine licbe s, and eight ten
others who had yentuIod near the forts, were
wounded by our shells
As the ammunition gave out the vessels retired
from action, and the ironclads and MiiHesOtl
COiorddo and SuSQuehalUd were ordered to open
rapidly. which they did with such effect that II
seemed to tear the works TO peces
We drew oil ut sunset leaving the irOn-clals to
lin TN ougn the night, expecting the trOops WOud
attack III the morning, when would commence
again. l received word from General WEIrzEL In.
fGru!mg me that it was impracicabe @ 10 ngsanIt
anQ eIewith inClOse letter IIOm General BUTLER
assigning ms reasons lor Withdrawing the troops.
also IuClOsg my answer.
In the DOmDardment of the 2jh the mon were
engaged iuing slowly for seven hours. Tl. Rebels
kept couple OF guns on the upper batteries firing
on the vessels, hitting some OF thcm several times
without dong muCh damage. Ihe WubEh and
Tolrhdtdl being within their range, tn1 object
seemed mainly TO disable them, but rapid lIo sOul
closed them up.
Everything was cooy and systeml,icaIy done
throughout the cay, and witnessed como bGlllIul
practice
The amy commenced landing about two O'clock
Captain Gibson, in the StHtiIgD de CVju having
shCiCu Fag Pond Battery to insure a safe .uudiny,
and theyCOmmenCcd TO Te-embark about live O'Clock
the weather coming on thick aud rainy, About a
brigade were lelt on the beach during the night,
covered by tle gun-boats
AS our troops landed, sixty-iive Rebel soldiers
hOisted the white tlag and delivered themselves NJ
and were taken prisoners by the s,amen landing
ihe troops nhu conveyed 10 the SIt'dyo de CuJI.
Two hundred and eighteen more gave themselves 10
TO The IecOnnoilnng arty, all being desrous tuquiG
the war. II 90 not pretend TO nut my opinion in OD-
position to General WEITzELL, VINO IS a thorough
soldier ana an able engineer and whose busues3 it
is 10 know more CI assaulung than do, buJ cam
not he p thinking that 1t worth while to make
tie attempt GitCr coming so far.
About twelve O'Clock ! sent q detachment OF
dOuDe-enders under Commander JOHN GUEST TO
see If could olecV an entrance thr0Igh the chan
mel. Ihe great number OF wrecks in aud about tGe
tar has changed the whole formation, and whore
the original channel was we found shallow bar j
sent Lieutenant W B. CUSHING IN to sound and
buoy ont q channel if he cOu d find one wi orders
to Commander GUEST TO drag iOr tOrpedOes, and he
ready to run in by tho buoys when ordered one
lOul DelohGlu4 10 inc IdcDH8 was sunk by q she ,
ana man had ms leg cut Off still they stuck 10
their work uni ordered to wtndi aw Tor Otner duty
In col c.uson, ALLOW me TO draw your attention 10
the conduct of Commander RuIND and Lieutenant
PRIsToN lhoY cngdged in the most pcriOus ad.
venture that vas perhaps ever undertaken, aud
though no material results have taken place from
the effects of the exp osiOn that know Of still II
was not their fault Asan incentive 10 others / beg
leave to recon mend them for promotion; al so that
Of Lieutenant X. III LAMsON, who phOted thom in
and brought Them OFF, No one in the SQUADRON con.
sIdered that the lives would be saved and Captain
RHIND and Lieutenant PRESTON had made an ar.
nuECmcht to sacrifice themselves in case the vessel
was lOarded, a Il ing Likely to happen
l nclOse herewith the report of Commander
RHINp. with Inc nRmes OF tho pnllaut llnAvs win