The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-04-15
HONESTY
THE DANISH iRos sLaDs UNDER rysE

A'sS s'"l7S'ah Pa!tEa t"'t'S!h M account OF
The Eepulse of she Danish turre,ed irop.clad
Rolf Kyoke blythe i'russian land batteries =,
Eekcsnforls on the 18th of fFebsuary. She
was built at Glasgow, In sco,land.: ssro is coy.
cred With foar and a'ali inch iron plates. of
twelve hundred tons bnr.hen, draws sixteen.
feet water, and has swo surrcts or eupoias, car.
rsing four sisty.eigls pounier gaDs. Aperture.
a' tic Top of the towers admit light and air;
necs.afiieal arrangements aElow Of the ship
being lowered until bcr deck i onls few
inches above sfe srrfacc An officer who Wa.
on board during she ae,ion says
We passed IioIneas without replying to the
frr OF the battery s'a,.oaess there, aud took
mp the position which had been designated.
Here ne anchored, with oar broadside towards
two fsei batteries .aad one movable field bat.
sery, shich opened upon Us a mutderous fire
miih soaui shot. eoaical sheI: and shr.ppel.
4 tongue o; land prevented our seirr the
bridge Fe had been ordered TO ,les.ray. The
cnoiuY tirei very aell- His fxed batteries
were masked, and it is. therefore, ;rnpossib!,
TO say lca saach damage ws did him: hu.
sent couple Of shells at rislei gun tla.
rainea conical sl,at npen Us from the heights.
and. whea shesring oS, bon,harfsd mill ani
house.
We tetrEuea 30 ssoaieFisorg. after being en-.
gagged ~ hour and q half The Rolf kralr
stpSsJ the tsiai vcl. She .as buIlsi sists.six
iiues. each sfo, being o; itself ,suiiicicn; 10
si''ssa wctstsca ship. The toecrS we're hi;
sesera! times sixteen shots wen, through the
funnel. one through the ,;cam p;pc, two
thrcagh tie sasetuasts oae through the main.
saass. swe through ,he i,risxrn. snd from s;x,y
70 seventy through ihe balwarkS. small boat.
sails and rigging. The deck Is torn ~ IN
naay pIa ess. tic tseslc, much cut. the ihrcr
boats ridldlsd etery ss.lncrahle point uas bit,
a;la ] saaEll ike s6 h ave seen any part os .h,,
deck wlssre imam 60 nd lave becn stationed
without certainty Of death. We calculated
:ha: alsoes s.e shousaud pounds Of iron wsrr
expended apun es an.s you aay suppose hat
we contributed our share. The aoise was
slsaiealRg, psosiacess a. laach BY our own hsr
s the missiles OF ths caeaas, hose shells es.w
ahoat IN nj directions. 0ac, shicis ti,fss
directly nssr sAs soN or in sl,iei, wss stationed
sei'; IN showeg of pieces. wbs,h ses frc 10
ssp r'tsresses. ,iaasagssl nay iransispiec,.
gFascd III. ss:. smashed etv ,clescops. aus,
IssnssEaicd cons lying ty usy ads In halF "a
aesfu plsese. | am ss,Ii ,sca' in Que Gar from
It's din-sshrrwsse uas faticl hart elae isu,
~ each ,O~tr Sas also sligi,iiy waeu;.sd, as,i.
casriotislv enough. each in. ,t.s le!t cheek.
The Danish ba:tesits ars arlned ws,h F'puch
riled guns.
DrATn oy Jcpur WnrSxw-~T The colan.bia
GaarsiiSn of Monday savs We learn that this
n'''i"l,lt grns'eman aud upvgh, Judge departed
tbs st5c At his residence in aadgrsoa. on
Friday last; llis hcai;h had hccn failing fos
tome iisno, sud The even, has, not bcca une,.
pec;rd Judge Whi,acg fIlcsi naay positions
Of usefulness 10 his ssase, as,d has always COM.
msce'i the cs;essn and confidence OF all who
kne~ him. fos some years he was Solicitor
ot The Nesisrn Circuit, and sc bsierc also
snsinbci of The stvcc Conventions of the people
held IN 1882 ana s52, aud the memorable
orc which took the State from the Union.
In politics he vas an arden, advocate OF State
sovereignty "A Judge, he was diligsnt and
impartial, and his decisions were regnlased by
sound s4a'sc and discriminating Judgment. In
private life Judge Whiincs vas most exemplary
tie was of genial and e,piablc temper, and his
li'ss and conversation were regulated By chEs:s-
tan principles shich he long protested and
pracs'ced in the faith OF she Presbyterian Chnreh
lie has reared large family in his own foot
scPs. who hasc csnulatei his virtues and his
patriotism IN this hour Of his country's srials.
It's death Is indeed public loss
DR. 1yhg, reverend crusader. ofNew York,
who 'niormed Wilson's Zonaves, at the begin
n'ng OF the war, that their invasjon of,bs South
might be the means OF saving their souis. has
lately announced that, al the emotional is
higher than tie Intellectual the naarn j. a