, 1864-08-16

Which II would Dc malAttetly iIn-
proper to.make public, that Col. Scott, of
the 9th, couma1 ding Confederate troops at
Cir ton, received dispatch announcing the
fact that Beauregard had been dispatched d
from Richmond with 20, 600 men to the relief
: OF Atlanta. This will place bin incommand
Of the city. 1ts seems Hood Is only General
pro tim.
RERIxs or THE MISSES.
saP&sl.
Thrilling Details of the Attosk on the
III 9s sssaars Of
"bun0ea.
[Specla! Dispatch to the Chicago Tri3une.1
CAmo, 3sonday, August s. 1854.
The steamer Empress, from New Orleans
on the 5tb, reached here last night Lieut..
Mitchell, ordnance officer Of Genera1 Mere
ditl'B staff. who was On board returning
from trip with rebel prisoners eouth,
learned the following particulars Of tie ter
tible disaster which occurred on the roate:,
At about halfpaet o'clock on the after
noon Of the 10th inst; as the Empress was
near Game landing she was fired Into BY
rebel battery. The first firing commenced
with two rifle guns, calibcr 10-pounders. at
only distance of about 450 yarda, the
missiles striking the hull Of the steamer at
IN angle of about thirty degrees. This was
followed by two 12-pound howitzers and two
pound smooth bore guns and volley ofter
volley of musketry, the boat still steering
slowly. up the river. She was struck
while making distance of 500 yards, about
60 times by cannon shot, disabling her ma
chinery. When directly opposite the enc
uy's gups, and distant only 50 yards from
them, the boat almost ceased moylne-the
pipes hnd been cut, stopping off the water
from her boilers. At this juncture, and
while the Empress was in imminent danger
Of being sunk md every soul on board lost,
the tin.clad gunboat, No. 8, came up, or was
seen some 8 miles away coming to her assist
ance. Through the energy and courage Of
the pilots md engineers every pound ofsseam
was put on mud the Empress moved away
SLOWLY ont surely from the neree lire OF can
hon and nusketry which was being hurled
npon her devoted decks, Every shot told.
They dplou5ted through the bulwarks US
though they had been but paper.
Just before the gunboat reached The scene
the Empress was beJond range Of the
enen'y's artillery, though their mounted In
fantry continued to follow up the river banks
until the gunboat opened terrific cannonade
upon them and drove them back. This WIS
when the steamer was about three quarters
Of a mile beyond the battery. But for the
vigilance On the part Of the tin clad she
would certainly have been captured, as at
this point her water had entirely given out,
and nohe could possibly reach the boilers
until some repairs were made. After firing
three or four yo1leys, the tin clad took the
Empress in tow and brought her beyond the
canronsding. 1t lasted thirty minutes. The
nusketry continued some time longer.
The boat was struck with shot and
eheli at least fifty times, and with
mueketrr 1t is impossible to telf
how MANY ttmes. There were FIVE persona
killed. including Captafn John Mailov. of
the Emnresa There were eleven woundea
On board the ateaner there were ahont mo
naesenperr. amonn wbom zvas Rripadter 3a,
Mcneil, who deported htmsef pal1sntly.
Can't Barns. of the 11th I1linots nfantry.
shnn1d alan be mcnt,oned- He was in th.
hottest Of the are. a,d,ne in keening mn
steam and covering for the ladies, man. Of
rhom were scampering and running about
In confusion. Some cogards In the shape of
men shouted ont surrender. One secesh
woman. whose husband Is prisoner at John
sons Island. wanted a white far to hoist.
CAPTAIN John Malloy, who was at his post
forward of the texas was INSTANTLY k,,r-d bv
| a ramon hall which took hia head Off co,n,
p1etcty. His last words were Anever snr-
| rena+r the boatr Tgo n,1ote of tho En-.
prfss. Mess1s. Gatlcc and King. were In er-
pe sed positions In the pilot house at the
| time. end stood thert. like vetera,a
md nnlinchfngir b,na,ed the ,phaa, ;
The engineer, George Bruce, and his
assls.an.s s.. also ssooa ~ theis posts amid es
caPlns steaHu, Eeteat1AnS ancll ana Striking
OF solid shot. Too much praise cannot be
| bestowed upon the Mate 1vho wa al +he
tune cool md deliberate In his commands @ IDS
a ill., non.aaa 81 s aa,g.sa ~ 1SnaS msa c's m.,n
VIM. G. Fail, rendered the use Of beds and
pcd3jpe for the use of the sick and wounded
soldiers VIM ~ wsrs - ,asen ken % IN chnroe r ' hr tha
following mined lady passengers. ylz Mrs.
| 1,u u,un, nv. u,a1d 1r, -. 60.
, asra.a 80, ' ,,asSa sas' oaps' 49, =.
1.saa at.a, .,,ss ~ .aaaa :, 49, sa-,S y, ~
en1..;na,. J eaa.s auu u
.d d,ea and wsra hnr,s5 ~ n,,nt ~ " 1,,,e,
hr,os Eaines Iand,ny IN +ha s+ats ~ s1;s'
s,as,nni aeTvtce hrfnr attended hy Rsv ~
Srwham- meta1lc conn wa nrocn, ed At
Reltna. for the BODY Of Cantain Ma,Ior =
rlich was brought along,
The following is q compiete list of the
s,lIed and wounded also furnished me by
Lieut. Mitchell. Another list gas kindly
prepared by the Clerk of the steamer Em.
press,
Ku1xn-cant .Jobn Ma,1ov, .tranoar Ecnreaa
Corp. Nelson Sipe, 81st Ill. Vols. Jacob Rorlan,
ctlze9 ., o. s Es" Vf!sans It Leat; sossph Sd
wis, Infantry. - ~ A'''
wSuSD1pmchistan Bens9n 6sn asth Mo infant,
III: hnmferns John Fem Dsci I'd, rieht chest,
hy shell: N9ah y; king, 1st ind ar1i!sry, figh {
tesy f1ac'ntr rt1ht r hnmerus giyan nn. M iii t'
D let Ind. battery, fracture radius and ulna right
:d III = sn:e1 n 41eh hn 1hd: ass9 s,
IL. fesh wound In both legs; Corp. John Il.
Martin, + I'd : Ky:,z r. dssh wound IN baek; *; chas.
iesse Cconer. s. "a Ky., fracture Of Ieft scapuls
Loui, Z. e'a99s, boy, Of Vicksourg, temple, right
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e'eat W e1'epoun"s.e-sa
pocteo on ~ Al 1n'a"+fy ioas' "o" !,:Vo te
Lew e'fong' supposed TO be part Of Marina.
uuAe eou1lnana. ane oatteFY 1s SAID to have
peen Aoa1s> oa.seFY. we naa on board al
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