New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-06
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Fverythirr c'vcs precedence 10 tie news from
Mobile The Preparations for attack. drawing huge
guns from he surf 10 tho point Wherethcy wcra lt
in position, vas hcrcuican undertaking. Fist,
staying must b. rugged, and The great, unvieldy
monsters gently discmbaikfd bY men vie e""i-
deTcd Ike poipoises H. The surf. Every nov and
then the rolling waves would knock some thought
les fellow Oh bis pegs, while the uDderiow would
drive hiIn seward with force requiring no little
kin and adroitnose 10 baflc Al tic while tor
rid sun. pouring down It's burningTays cvapofa'ino
water from The saturated clothes, and leaving the
moor fellows oncrus,,d with salt, Ike 50 many Lots
wives IN Uncle Sans breecles.
/ And then, too. whom these great rolling noun.
tains Of iroa reached lie sand, they sunk almost as
ibadlv as tley did on the water, until it became o
oncst;ou whether the trcacherous earth lad not
Ice .ucd with the rebels TO swallow tho soldiers Of
the Hepullic as It did in the days Of korah Dathan
and Ab.ram. Tue poor mules and oxen that cssa! ed
49, vain to drag The 3--pounders sunk Dc'I! -leeP !"
,quiclsands, until it became necessary o pace ia"S
and boards beneath Them lest they should disappear
from sight Tuggng away at diag-fopes, win the
energy of BOYS running the "mechne,' were com
NAMES of brave soldiers willingly performing this
laborious task At last, a. gun by gun took It's al
lottcd position, and the wcaried soldiers sought
respite and rest beneath the little shade from the
glare Of that midday sun, and wondered at the
human energy and perseverance, that could endure
the labor.
But endure i. they did, and enjoyed the sight Of
that single lac OF guas reaching q" from shore to
shore, Ike that glorious iDgdom Of which tbe poet
siors. On Monday afternoon all was in readiness,
works thrown up, guns in position everything ready
open on the doomed fort. But no ordcrto fire came
and the night passed YEARLY away. Long before
the break Of day the notes OF thercyeie rung from
lime 10 line aud all soon in position for roll
call. Not a form nor a ceremony was omitted.
Everything was done in perfect order just as DAY
was dawning solitary gun gave the signal, "com'
inence firing" and in a moment it seemed as ii the
earh aud the heavens had come together with a
mighty noise Crashing through earth and masonry
went solid shot, followed by shells bursting open
and tearing wide the fractures they made. Great
mortars threw their heavy globes sky-ward, many
exploding in mid-ar, and scattering their fragment
through space like that mighty world that burst in
pieces 10 form the Asteroids.
Of the Same the Gory storm continued without
slaekening its fury. The sea and tho land, each
vieing. the one with the other who could hro The
flstcst and the lon est Gunners threw OIL tho IN
cumb.ance Of clothing, until ike contendine
athletes thoy were stripped to the buff. Biackened
bogrimmed with the smoke and sweat aid d'rt oi
battle they looked more like fends bent on some
Internal work of destruction than soldiers OF the
republic battling for tho pure truth Of liberty and
equal rights
i tlOoclock a sudden fame shot heavcnwaid
and instantly spread 70 all parts OF the ci'a0ei
which WAS soon u mass of fro and a brilliant tarse
for all the guns both OIL tho land and or the sea
As the flames expired the firing slackenes' ana iol
q " Lille al vas silent.
Through the night solitary gun would boom OF
20 srlicn sound, without waking the exhausted
host tha, las sleeping in all the dirt Of battle upo'
Z r.at sandy plain gathering strength to renew ne
i r,.t WIN zinc frs. strc'l1r Of 'he mornii'
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