The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-06-17
JUNE II, 1864.

range OF tho DdttpfN. nu Nc" NHanVluH
was quickly blown w in the boilers and. en-.
yeloped ia steam. driftCd beueath the enc
mys guns. when she lodged bcuoah the
bank There were uumbor OF negro fam.
lies on board, who must have pcrished -
Hot steam coming from one of these West.
ern boilers, with 1875 or so pounds or moro
pressure, would hardly leave q spot on
board unvistcd.
The Juliet was disabled by shot in her
steering wheel and another through steam
pipe. For timo she lay across tho river
The pilot abandoned the Champions wheel. |
and her crew below cut all the hswsors fast !
oning tho two vessels but one. ebich Capt. |
Watson, OF the Juliet, saved. Meanwhile. o |
pilot named Maitland, with rare bravery ,
and cooIGoss, sprane from the Juliet to the !
Champion, aud, taking tho wheel. towcd his .
vessel by the ono line up out Of tho fro. |,
The position of the other vessels had much /
intericrod with firing OF the Fort Hind. /
mans guns; ard ms soon as tho Juliet was
seen to be disabrd she passed below. cover |
ing the retreat OF that vessel. aud following |
mp after under the fire of the enemy, nov
become wild and less ffcducnt. and tied M
on the opposite shore two thousand wards
from the rebels guns. Tho position was not
an envablc ono. The enemy. with fttccn
or eighteen guns. los and PAS. could move
up the bank at will, and was momcntarily
expected to do so. The Juliet. then along.
eide the Fort llindman. could neither steer
nor steam, and the Champion. No. 5. had
her rudder badly shot away, and her pronle
mad deserted her. while the Fort lIindman
herseli had little steam power. and no more
protection from missiles than the other tin.
ciads. Tho rebels had possession of the
other Champion and might sink her across
fbp phapnp1. n nd 10 a., l.. Il
1t was questionable if there was room for
two steamers abreast to savo her. But the
juliet must be saved, whatever cIso might
happen. There was still another wcight
upon the breast of every ono All had seen
the terrible fro through which the little
Cricket bad passed out of sight, but there
was no sign by which her fate could be
known. Below q white smoke Ind risen
above tho forest trees, and passed away-I
There was no firing by tho enemy. no signal
guns, not sound save tho shril cry OF the
"hlppoorwiIl with tho coming shades of
night. The bravo Admiral, who had so pcr. F,
sled bis life and tho safety OF these vessels |
TO save their ship, could he bo safe; was an
anxious query. that ipccssantly passed in
one form or another from mouth 10 month
In the meantime, occasional shells wcro
hrod at the rebel position, for tho double |
N ,yL-- 'E WIN =" 'hhhs thc
New Champion, and as signal guns, u kind |
oil assurance that tho vessels wero etill for
Inc hght. Engineers and carpenters were
at work repairing machinery and stopping
shos-holes. while tho seamon put up such
extra barricades as could bo then procured
tiark Over the still air of night comes
the deep boom of u heavy cannon, and then
,no. 'u "cio oou'a DO no mistake, they
Wv ,ePo''s OF the neaVy ornnanco OF
- ,,!' "nu wore received as slgnh
go ,G.'''s '""' '"o huhira' was saie, ana
ae na,;ne ""'unco came "onu rfui sense
- "o" sP'rt Per'adeu mo poo
p'o. Nouo eulcu ior inc periis Of tho NOR
An u.,
u's"t' anu un',' o'oVen O'Clock
a,a, ~ n.A. uuy' tno 'essels 'ay repairing, nn-
.ieo sto. cy ."e enemy, save an occasional
snd - ~; .om l"o "oo"s az 'no men rxto'
~ ~" wiz, DO s""o was no or tho
sanJ . s"a' no nau put 10 Iuieuy ~ait' ana
;o no1. tno,n,' ~, ,'n py o""se' ~
I.ni. .h s.''' r r,o'o guns rcoc"eu MIN I
un,'ms onu n,sH', r.nhl'y inc 'u,et could
,,I - W. aes'os " ihaN'"g 'he crooked turns
In" "%''p" NV, o.ossing'' anu .ue vessels ~ero
.,oao. ..oa , uo"n s'iuam. ous' as tho enemy
,od tho J"Iie,s boI pp" md 1,, no snaR ptmo,'n
.oo 'no 'u'et DOW ana the vessels steamed
uHoN " S.op 'no ,eek' :hat'fhsses ana piahk
49,, unoo'ou .u'e; nnu onco more ,he'r
.,nos -. - w. W, no. . uo"n"a'oe tnico nun
.huy uu ya'uI -. "oISo ."1 na',o''es snot Passed
Jsn '"e iv's ii'na''ah p'.othouso,
s,ns .a, .no "nee' anu e''ups 'no wneoi
'T 'J ,"0 puo, ou'o., wv yot enough
go, ,I ~. "ol po,. o.n"N u,oNo" nm"
pd's ~ ''e.e' u'aa ,I, s,nasnou' i"" pnuu,o
,5 oo,g y. ,',o VI ii"IIu'an ooulu 10 ,'n'o
.o"aa u ,nanag'ng no'soIi anu Tow, ana tho
Doa.a "on' '1'nu anu ,"u"u' s""P' past 'ho
ua..e,'es anu u'ounu 'po 'u'n ny l"o river
euaioI.' . Auu |na'nplon' no. D. came
49,, In' WIN Ni"','"nu "' nor "nue',
|uo.o no nau '"'unleo'en MS sot''ces' Out
s"o .;' was oAPoscu 70 u Hea'ior hre tnan an
uo'pasou s'neo tno sunooa's; 'n .holr un
"""asoao.e .n" conu'''on' eoulu NOT ropnn
sS. smy whl,e ,h ,,s sne passed nor eou'a tney Dc
10 "o' S,"'"P''" "n''' P"es'nS, so