The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1864-09-10

"You esn. to 6ghs me. do ye& !
Ill fght 5ou! I'm fsh. you si1f my
wood shP!" ard suiting the eetip to
the ~ord, te weat rapidly along 'ads''
Of the famous Ram. and poured upon
her terrible broadside from his ia.
vorit ship. Then came the Monitors ia
try their strength with the pride OF the
'rsnf Navy: TIE fight wxs brief bus
terrible. when the rebel Gag was hauled
dorn't.aA white oistJas3jn satpis
sion. Our gallant Volunteer Lieuten. /.
ant Pierre Giraud pronounced Jeroe1
was the tirst Union DGcer, 20 &psrd
her. ani in the name d Adniral Far.
ragut. and as the representative Of the
United States, demanded her -surrend.
er. and received tie sword OF A dmiral
Buchsnnsn. Who had .. .besn severely
wounded ID the action. The rebel qua: z uIt
te boat y: Selma" fought despsFtals, con.
.iauiags tile 6sIH, as I learned from
some of her officers, twelve minutes
sfter: the Captain gave the order to haul
down the rebel easign apd Surrendered ]
without further .resistence. The Nor.
gam ran under cover Of the sort.f brsI
The Gains fed up the Bay towards
Mobile, and escaped: - ..l.i a's E,ass I, =.
= On the came day the lighter vessels
Of the. .Aess, led BY The S.ookdale. opeir-
ed uPoa FOrs Powell. which a. aban-
dohed 0thst nigh! and blown up by The
rebels. The commando. of. Fort Gaines
proposed l9 surrender 10 Farragut and
not to the land forces. 1slwas 6nelly
agreed that The Fort and all it contained
should be Internationally surrendered,
allowing the rebel officers TO- deliver up
their swords to representatives Of the
army or navy. as they might choose. 20
surrendered toths navy,
Tie number Of 1--we. lost % our, side
has amounted TO a40 or so. with mum
Der wounded. The Hartford, Brook
,yu. Richmond and Oneiia lost ,most
hc:;7;m hcc::7mysds sdi sas, ~ sssua /" ,gsd
Besides sRs prisoners atakeui at Fort
Gains. about tvp Lppared, and ,fity
we're. taken on the Tennessee and Sell
ma. / conversed7wi,h many Of tl,e pris-
ouers-~bo.h = officers snd." Men4snd
hey III spoke IN the higfpst terms Of
he kind treatment they receive st our
,ands.. They said they did no, sxpse.
o be treated half a. we'll, and could
Tot eonpisin it they had not been.
ons Of the Officers Of fhs selma9Man al
srgineer-.old me he wa. captured
'nce BY Gen. Lane. at )Osceols. No. |
md was afterwards relaksn BY The re-
,e.s. - :" 80
In the recent duels between our IRON
lads and 'Eots Norgaa. the ram Ten
lesseo was stfuck iiine or ten time, |
without receiving any seriou. damage. |
% three fights the Tennessee, the Msa.
,attan, the Chickasaw asd ahe Win.
,sbsgo have made many splendid shots,
he shells exploding on Iths parapets
md in.the fort, The Wiunebsgo-o
which our friend Jane, Monrosis, -.
aebed-lsst night shet down the. re-
'sl flagstaff. and pros.rated their trai-
orous ensign IN the dast. z ,.e,
Admiral Farrasut and Gen. Granger
"spiyp the Bay yesterday within sight
If Mobile TO reconnoitre. They saw a
number Of formidable gonboa.s in the
'arbor. and floating battery. all seem
ng 10 have torpedoes attached to them;
md the indicat ions were tina, We Mill !
'ave . hard 6ght to take the ciiysso'
Many Of the prisoners We have taken |
xpressed a desire 70 take the oath Oft
llegiance. and a good Number iof them
would ed.er the Federal servics.q Large |
'ambers Of themiare dconseripts. who
AVE no fespf& oersympsihy sof the,
ause 'of tbs traitors. a very large
'roporiion Of the prisoners taken at
,ortr , ortir,,( Gains were beardless boys. u /
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