The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-06-08

clear blue sky beyond and there was nc
lnubt remaining but that this time we hao
down there ahead Of US the eet-winged Ori.
Inle herself. 8
! Then all the shrewdness Of the willy block
ade ruse lawned upon cuI minds. The Bees
wing had led as that igafS tittun& chase tirro
tie night. and tie real blockade runner had
actually been chasing us 1t was much like
rhe country squire's fox chase, where The
| logs got three miles ahead Of the fox, and
held their distance all day.
Captain AlWin's rage at being so fooled was
unguvernable, aud l.e swore Ioundly that
when he got that sneakiug fly away rascal
under fire, he d serve him out III a way that
would put an end to his flights forever.
And he did But it was Il long time be
fore we got the Oriole under fire. She was
very nearly orr equal III speed; and would
! have been more than thar, think, had moi
our reckless engineer Ianted aud cursed, and
drove mp coal beavers aud french to frantic
exertions, and put on steam beyond every
| thing his engine was calculated to bear, un
| iii lie bid fair to drive all to everlasting
smash, Or the Transit entirely out Of water.
| And then the night was appro ching and the
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4 dark, stormy, Uncomfortable night
lust what the blOckaders would
naturally pray for. But at
last. Just as the sun welt down, we got him
within range Of our fore castle hundred
pOund,r, dead ahead of us, and Mr.. Lin
stock pitched his ponderous cast IRON card
right under the ruldWay's counter
Not an atom did he heed our call to stop
and surrender, int kept straight in on end,
swerviug not an inch from his course, while
the determined transit, pIungiug surging,
quivcring III every Scam and timber like a
fierce sleuth hound, was driving on, labor
iously winning inch by inch the exciting
race
Again our huge gun Numbered forth its
awful mandate, aud this time the great iron
globe went crashing through the light upper
works Of the living steamer
Shot and shell for the space of three quar-
tiers of an hour were rapidly hurled from
our momst gun, many Of Them taking
effect iii hull, spars aud paddle boxes of the
runaway, But s:iil she kept doggedly on
on her course: anu at length, when the night
began to grow obscure she was SLOW ly
drawing away from us. Our over-tasked
engiiie was begluling to fail, besides, the
recoiI of oar moustrous forecastle gun was
kicking fully a mile all hour out Of orr
speed
Perfectly beside himself with excitement
and impatieuce, Captain Alvin rushed to
the forecaste -superiutended the loading
Of the great gun with she'll, sighted the
piece, aud drew the lanyard of the lock with
his own hand
The vast missile with its hlazing train
ilew Screaming on its errand, and went
crashing through the steamers counter
There WIS GREATNESS silence Of fifteen
seconds, followed 10y a vast jet of fire a
mighty q unlr that capcd instantly upwards
Il lIurdre,.. fecC--sa a-ild, 0i,le g,..,e ca con
cussion 50 terrific that our stout ship quiv-
cred like frightened thing; and then theIe
was pattering and spIasIing in the water
all around us, and on our decks fell human
heads and limits, and manglcd fragments
of disnenlbered bottles
The race for Secessia was euded We
were there alone upon the ocean The fleet
O'iole had disappeared forever, blown into
millions Of fragments by that inccndiary
shell, which had dashed in upon her powder
packages, intended for rebel guns.