The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-01-03
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Ta pene effort MeA14
Leaning tb& Ilazea vas Is storm
tac fr tbe afstrnoau e tie fHh.
VHat tH 90; e lhs hac. ana So
eae e'sIact 5 Gems a4a
Howard D. Caeo m al
t O. Bee arr Fort MeAHs.
tef faunl Sherman On fhcroaF ~
clio mill Surrounded by ha saE and
eal officers H seY ana 6 .a. wa.t.
eng q c9umaa.eafe W,l Huu oa
the Isaua Whia patiently waiting
Co tia ta'f sherman heea
ycdl,ea aa the horizon saa-
ward Up g ihis ,5ae b. ha.l laaeif-
s3 90 miei'I fu a4s eeL Dbl
2 moueqt ibe cauatroange ii lh
brsfej rlig0ain lighted up. and ~
eAclsimel
look, Howard, there Is .lc gun.
beat
Time pa 90, and iha vessel nsw
became visible yci uo ieaaI from tbef
Sect or Hazen. Half ana haur passed
and lae egaa Of lie fort opened SIM
elianeo8sly, With puff Of smake that.
rose few baudfei yards from tic
fort, showing thai IIanzen.s siirmisb-
er bad opened. A moment after
Hazen seain siguallel = Il
j have invested thSfori aud WillI
assauliimmtdia.ely. Atthis moment
Buckley announces a signal from lie
gunhoat All eyes are turned from
the faetsto the gunboat that Is coming
% our assistance With news from
home A lew messages pass. which
inform Us that Foster and Dalghrea
are within speaking distance. The {
gunboat now halts aud asks,
Can We run up2 Is Fort Meal. {
lister oufsS II
No i The reply; Hazen Is iast y
-eady tottorm il. Can you assist s
Yes, is the reply. What viii you z
lave Us DO? b
But before Sherman can reply 70 il
)ahlgrcn, the thunders OF tile fort are b
card, and the low sound OF small h
rms y borne across the three miles l.
I marsh ard river. Field glasses n
re opened, and, sitting hal upon the U
oof, the hero Of Atlanta gazes of 10 ei
be fort. There they 90 grandly a
Of waYer, lie remarks. ra
Twenty seconds pass, and again be al
th
See that flag in advance, Howard 70
ow steadily It moves; nota man fall l.
-, steadily it moves. w
here they 90 still see the roll Of u
usketry. Grand, grand. IN
Sun he strains his eyes, AID a mo- 4,
eat after speaks without raising bis
'es.
THAI aag sin goes forward, there :.
no ainchiug there. =, -
A pause for a minute. ~ ~
Look 7 he e1claiuls, II has halted ~
hey wafer, no, It Is the parapct ~
iere hey 90 again; now they ="
ile II some are over. Look there i'
DAG % the work Another, au- 'he
ier rs ours The forts ours q
The glass Of the great leader drop. . II
I BY his sidci and III an instant the we
OF the great leader at .he posses ,s
n oi The river and the opening Of =. y
road 10 his nea base burst forlh e'G .
words - leil
As the old darkie remarked. dis irs'
Ia don't sleep dis night Add on q y,
ming 70 one Of his aids, Captain Au-
ned, he remarked, Have a boat for
at once, ! must 20 there, paintiar /
he fort, from which half Il dozen ain
Ne hag4 doaird gtandly in the sun new
clip
lad well might William Tecumseh and
rman rejoice, for here, as the set boat
SUI went down on Fort McAIlis- ,tba,
rednced, and kissed fond good. r,nil
u TO The Starry Banner, Sherman nar,
Iessed the COLONIZATION of all hi.
Is and marches, that had involved q
desperate resistance and risl- ter
opening up Of a new and shorter cam,
! - ''' oase. ifeFe 40 snnsar, cu a ten
memorable 18th d Deccubsr. the TFa,
rs Of tie great Ogcocheg Iorc ,bo {
ess 10 the iulGIlment of the cove Co.,
sherman made with lis lion Ia ~ :
at Atlanta tweniy-nine days be. tbe;r
to lead them victorious to a new