Daily national Republican., 1864-05-09

osounosa Atthe nAme moment The erew frnn
rIoaiss. .eS The n.a ~sS. sosSdsa % ia % ,S. nr. L.
roon. teavius ouly ons man 70 frs up
Who usst,h. san 20 q. i... moment @ sTHFT FInsIa,
th.t The eusins 81 not move, went into the en
siS:ro. IN and found the :his, snlioe.r KILLED
then went TO the pilothouse, And found that u Of
h.1 gons through % AM wounded ops of nc pilot,
ytiI hssvI oss fd.,srninsd 70 pass \, vi q
Wsa done unist he heayisst IRE ! etet vitasss
Hitsmp'td 70 tuta hst hsad up str, am L y.
around the point .hd sheiled the snsmyt s,tsries
.ad ss.Sisa N. sSsSfs5 i,s, n sDS n' pu%pSasi
.hsmpios las,ed togs,her, 70 escape froa under
the 81 S.9s 1s,,.s .ssrs ,h.y had dri,sd. 80.
disabled, having drif ed clear frSn unts the EuS,
Of the seeny and sloss into the bank whsrS the
from vhsnss the Chsmpion towsd her IN saIeiy.
| when the Hlndnan openfd her batteries, and this
vessel was nrinE intoths rear Of the en-, my's bat
sssins the, IN. Hlnausa did no, pass the bs,.
| tertss, the Juliet disabled, and th.t one Of IN.
where Ihsd ordrrd two iron..iads 20 Be ready 70
Unfortuas,eiy, ran on shore . .hort tn. After
passing the ssttsries, snd rensined thsre thrs,
hours, took Gre N the neantime fron the sIpio-
had Ssee .tru.s y ISs .nsny'. T sSos % Va. si,sp
datk whsa Irs,shed the sppoiatsd pl.se, where !
s;s ss; ois: .s:l :g IL. 81. :s.ss 4
The L.Iisstoa had been hard At work At them
man killed. The nring shove had ssased, and AZ
The ebannel was very intrieat., I could not send
her ~ 70 The ss.i,t.ass - She ,y.s.els without
were al above the batteries, and WGs in hopss
that the HIsdaan had siisosed theu
The Julist and Champiob---whish he wished ~ get
,hrouNh safely ne kept them out Of range until
SSS. s.svyy ~ !. r:s .Sd ns H.iot .s
tunately the purp brat vas blsd and set re to
al bufat up The Hipdnan had her wheel ropes
round, !.sd gsttlus veil .st up Ia rsiDs By.
.hn.ry S.s s,..s II ~ sS and to., Ss
TO cover then. Had she arrived In time she eould
likely have cleaned cut tha haneries q, ls.st d.
ssr,sd the IRE Of then un,il the p.s>gs OF the
l .e.lo.e the Iepnr, Of Len, cond's Phelps.
fr"n the tms Of his hrst misfortune until his ar
.ival at this place, wheHe nov an with all the
nret, having lost none OF the Eunb ,ats, but yer
much snrprissd that have an, lyft iou.idering
followed our Army TO the point where they could
.suld effect no more, all their attention was
turned 70 the iIi,is rquidrOn had ssoOriiHT the
EItry nsa and CUR w.s brought to the river,
and We had 70 sontend asainst such odds that Il
severe EGndlInG. No vessels were ever better
fought, and none Of this elssa lnere thread paper
NcaaeuD we're ever under 80 not nfo.
In ave minutes the Cricket w4s struck IN rty
ight times with solid shot and she'll with loss
OF tueatysthrse killed ard voundsd-hsn her
srew. The JulIet about the same with hiteen
and wounded. The Hlndnsa Loaf three killed and
our or nVs wounded.
may have lacked judEmsnt In not blowing the
r'stport up sooner, when found that We W. re q
secondary CONSIDERATION 20 the Atmy but az hat |
.Aid bshind nyseh to see the s.t transport
throuBh rasIy, eou not do less with one Of my |
Twas unable to keep up communication with
with thsm, And a. thsy ma shed along fSstsr than
sAsuisted, 40 mil, In o e day,wh n supposed |
they Tculd only 90 soJ Twas nearer in ths.f rear
This arose from ny desire 10 save th- Passport, |
and heplng that sane signal success on the part 81
all the rebels In that part OF the country would
iispose Of the ensmy sl,o sether.
pr..en, se 2, sns n ~ s up e o..
have worked with supeThnmhn neal, and over
.ame DIN ultisa Which seemed in'urm' uutsble.
on the sueosss OF the navy In getting the trans-
Ports sdel, to an aPpointed p aee, spriDsne
tion with the army and then iu possession Of all
their materials OF war.
hi. va seso@plishsd, and wh,n the army re.
sEHn -ithoaf tie loss of any iind tssseptins
meal ipnistins . loss Of ave hundred men on the |
e"eny' kilied their best General, (Gr en) and =
On our way down to AlexAndriS, obstacles we're |
oysrsoms enough = sppall the stoutest heart |
Guns had TO be taken cut OF vessels and then |
jumped over sani bars and logs, and the squadron |
rived here In time to prevent any attack on eur |
TIE di1suity about water is q most unusual
one, and We must certainly have . rise OF the foW
feet We wAat before the end Of Tho season All the
rivers are booninG at this time and It should be
So here an no way responsible for the failure
Of us.sr here than 1 would be n the MissiSsippi
pened yet.
came up here with the river on the rise, and
water enough for our largest vessels, and even on
v n q AhFRV0n0Ft fr0u and EaoF he
water rohe, while II commenced falling where
lsft the i.Ise.t Hunbosts Failing .r not, e"uld
the maternal on which an army Of %, 100 me q de-
pended. Eothins you'd justify me Ia doing 80.
whi:a an sure % wi not dss.rt u., % md eoT TSdsns.
that the nation will not permit this neet to be
rim 'ed when II ha. so We ! performed Its part In
In conc usion beg leave to mention the brave,
sool, and realous manner In which Lieutenant
Of her ncultiss. never lo. nE Bis faith Tor sin.
gle none 81 also, the handsome mAnner In which |
he % eron.ht th. two fragile Gunso.,s p.,t those
To Astisy youa,s.r LIEUT.. John Ps.rse, com:
or the efforts he made night and dsy to get the |
Eastport on, working his otlsers and men until |
ketia~ Master Geo W Rogers OF the Pi,t,burs,
deserves great credit for the mAnnsr In which he |
worked At the bulkheads Of the E.stport up to |
his middle In water for eiKht d.yIi 20 MIN We en-
rus ed the duty Of stopping the leak, which he |
JAiry accomplished under the most trying eireum-
stances.
AZ ing Master J. O. wahon defended his vessel
ia the most gallant manner, and never was . Vss-
Where all ds their duty # is hard to die. |
eTiminatej hut when the record OF this sHpe- |
dition 10 ovsrhauled, the names OF Commander |
r. ToWnseAd, CON sAndins ssex Lieutenant |
ComAandsr J. L. Phslpa, EAs'pOri Lieutenant |
c m'r Watson Snth, Chillleothe, (IemporHTIlyD |
Lieut. Con. r, Brsese, b Ssk HaU 1; lieut. Com, |
]. 70 Yer, Lafayette; Lieut. Com J. Greer, |
Benton; Lieut.. ON. u. X. Ossn, LOuisVlIei L cut
Con J. O. Mitchell, CArOndelO Lieu. c ,m y. N. |
Ramsey, ChootAWj Lieut.. Com. T. o. selIridEe, |
os.Gej neutsnsHi ConmaBder byron iiSon,
ouiehitG; Lieut.. Con. George NJ B1ehe, Lexington;
Lieut.. Com; =; ". Terry, Ben, at, (nAyAl trans.
Vol. LLsu'., sSmuel Howard, Nsoshoj act; Vol. |
John PeaFss, Fort HlndmAhy Act. Master X. n. |
GArrinEs, Crlskoti Act. MAafer j. 8, Watson, Ju- |
Iirtj ASt Master ChAa, 1hApsber, GaEsllej should
stand proBinsnt, having IeA oualy pc formed
everything required of them with an ability de-
srrVir Of the HI chest pFsise
Ideen II neoeSsary 20 send you . heArer Of DIS
ps'ohe Who viii sIplAi. to you fully the condi-
Ian, sir, TsrJ r.spestfuny your obsdispt ser.
want, DAVID PoRrER, Rear Admiral,
Secretary Of the Navy, WAshinGton, ID. @.
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