Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-02-03

rEE FuEr FI-HER Prwrss SHIP.-Nnen /
rlE ieil you that Z never sts that powder boat
that AIi had o 90 With l VS. 60 order my or.l-
/ u,nce officer 90 turn over % the navy one nun
( irri sul hfty tons OF uowler. and that m,
whole thing was under The charge q the navy.
AMI was arranged exactly a- th- navy des,rs-l
sud vhen they wished AMI hos thsv WISHED
I yea eau Judge OF the truth ofths dispatch whieh
states that / prepared the uesler 1ost Who
7 ever states it, there Is no truth ir Il
But the Powier bost IT, u ssii 49, a f,i!ar-
Granted; SIS th- powder .U 10 never Eas wholly
sst 1u tre. Il Fas intended th.t there should
he then exploded more p5-lsr -isr ever was 81
once exploited beio-e-pcs Ter -nc1-r. N nv
judgment, 20 hsve done 3 great de-l o. d.msge-
81 much, 70 fact, that hsss ;h- written advice
of Admiral Porter that should stand our tr.p-
ty-ts' O. Is, r.. Oh the sieSm. sni irzW the ire
FROM -le boiler OF LIZ boat, before il went on.
lest The explosion should blow me up even there
tLaurats- snt applause Tbs, suggestion. I
ssy, have IN writing.
Yet Porter would intimate hsd too much
faith Il the efficacy Of the powder boat, sui that
he had 10 belief IN Us eiiect Certainly il il I'D
mittet thss he got his fee; a. far aEsv from the
scene Of the explosion that Tor that or some other
reason he could no; =; back agsiu Tor ten hour,
thereafter Jc mr. the first shot AZ the fort amer
the powder boat exploded. There Ess . very
large quantity q powder, and am still conf
dent that II It had gone of It would have done
great damage u was intended e place II Il,
bags. with FUSES running all through il. 50 that
n might be instan,aneousiy exploded in every
part; but how was it done The clocs-Eork.
the candle, the fuses. everything prepared 10
ignite u, fuhsd; and the only way that it vas
go Oh a. at ~as 10 set hre to the ship At the
H.H lr.s - e Hsa-
posder. the explosion Of which sent the other
part INTO 'ne wafer, without being burnt, 50 that
90 my belief Not more than one-tenth OF the
powder on board ever did burn. making an p,-
picsion, irtsci. which : described As hardly
more than soa-d have been ielt from A fifteen
inch gun.
You so, therefore, the experiment WAS no,
irlei some tty It may be- At all events. TN,
explosion, such Is il WI. lid not bur, M. h
cause was sixty i've mile of in the hnrbor Al
Beaufort, coalrg and watering nv TRANSPORTS
aiier the storm, relying upon ire promise Of All
liral Porter, nIlde 10 ny ofiicers. that he wouII
give me notice 80 that | cuuli he present with
the troops, when Il should be determined 10 blow
up the powdership, 70 lard and attack the fort
under cover Of the injury AMI decentralization
caused by the explosion.
lei the Admiral blew il NJ when ne knew
mai was sixty-hye miles otf-out Of lender san
sleration Tor my safety, suppose; for Know
o. no other reason why he SHOULD have failed 10
Keep his promise, except perhaps, believing that
inc poHderbost would blow up a steamboat u
mics on toe Admiral supposed it would utterly
iemoiish the tort and garrison, and he rouId
only have to land his marines and put on m,
works David Porter his x mark-snd hsnI /,
oVeT to the army when they arrive, viii, $ CLAIM
9r prlle money.-Gsz. Buffers Speech az