American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-03-09
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,,' int, history as truth. Ii Is to OUT
oacct flat on the second days ilght 'o'
~ u.mntou Roads. the Mcmlmae %"
,,.o. Lr;yau off bN the Monitor. we 'or
feel called upon to correct 'ht S'"'e 'n,
meut by giving the fae'S as 'hrt W. nn,
| cur,pd under our own oOSelNa'loh' pa
In order to pre- ent them III con
peeted form. we shall give ofiel wa wa
narrative of the occurrences Oh the w.
Two da>s, as they remain lnllesSeo ,'.' m'
| on our memory. ,,
On the Sth of March, 1862. there W
sailed forth from the RUNS OF the II. ~,
Norfolk Navy Yard. an eNperimeh,a' Wv
vessel. an improvised lron-ciaa' thG {,
old Merrimacreconstruc anu cal,eu ~
Virginia. She was comntanded by al
,nold naval officer. Franklin Bucllah- ~
an a citizen of MaIyi;md. The Peo- ~
nle ot the two cities thronged their rt
respective wharveS and Daoe .he Nes :" .,
) sel "God speed" as she stea'heu s" "
mast in the narrow channel. ohe was y
Going on her trial trip. Every one y !,
ON hoard. but one, thought she wo"i1 II
y ,uturn TO the navy yard after she haa
l. male a simple trial trip OF her ma \
nh;ncrv 1--WE are getting pretty
naar the enemy only to try our en-,
] mas was the thought of officers ana
men. as they found themselves below
, the instructions and still no Signs oi
ratnrninp. Faces were turned lllq1li
;noIv towards the old commahari'
He was walking up and down the
deck, converslng WIN oihce'n nI
- him, and looking entlreiS loo un>J tha
= cerned ..to mean fight anu Se1 .no .i
1, vessel is getting painfully hea! tio
enemy. The latter are PLAINLY Nlh'n'
now. Off towards the lett, uh''l no
land batteries at Newport News, "no
seen looming up the great BLACK nuns
ro If the Congress and the Cumoeriallo'
Z ), Tbara are seventy heavy guns peep
mo through the portfolios OF 'iloSe
raSsels. and thousand trained gun
nprs stand behind them. Ncll' 1he
VIRGINIA has ten such guns, anu wv
hrnIrpd men around them. 10 DC
Snre they are protected by arinor' o''l
ono knows whether it will prove
lis, effective or nol. c.,...,.osso1
hetween the Rip RapS ahd loIIl'S'
Nour, e. are seen the lll@ateN d. l-'"
,nnrr. Colorado and Minnesota YES
i. .nls carving battrlleS OF hltN gun
" a,rh some half dozen gunpoalS "l'
also there. ....,i. hand
WV ;,,,. ,Iir,ct tm Newport News lhti'
~ :" n.nr.. =, sound oi the drum, an" IL
:. tnnn .,.l has hardly ceased ere 'n
,nv If thrir stations and the Ni,P
,n,ly for battle. 'lt begins 10 ~"
-, II the old man means to h7"''
A.. All doubt concerning that IS soon II
moved. Coming down Oh '"' ',,,, '"',
deck and calling MS ere" " "i""';
- INN. buchanan addresses '"elrr nv.
4. ~ h,iet and eloquent language lH'
rrsuoud with three hearty cheers "''
rrturn to their guns. No'lll'lE
heard now but the omInouS clc"NI'
nt the engine and the jallluS Soul
)PINC VI thr Shaft. Nothing till the Siieh'
, Com is hrokep by the sound OF gun
Spas comes from tugboat comlnahue"
,,,,,t.nont Parker, who is coming
,st,ru. and who has fired WITHOUT
IN. ders. \ little more time cl"p
,r,,.n there comes Il sound as II
younc volcano had broken loose.
cnmpS from the brOadSide OF the S'
IPr> ornss-onlv fltv yards off. Inc
are few moments oil Slhoke anu "
lSS' tusion, orders given by the ""Nc
hand, recuiling OF guns, ana pISsi
of dead and wounded Oelo" uec
The smoke has scarcely passed d"
when there is vibration throusi
Io,n the ship's frame that almost lni'
HIN. t,ar crow from their feet. Those
Tho after mart of the vessel look
.roTaSIS; uuiringly at one another lheli w
ii thor p snon relieved by the cheers OF I'll
" v's0,Sd and stationed forward. 1.-The Iull
horses, land is sunkr Backing out troIl
sing the victim the Virginia turned, tooh
nd inte'- Stotion under the stern Of the
sure pre- orass. which vessel had ran agro
ident to in attempting to escape, anu ~,
INDEAs' her to surrender. Inns Is s>ei. {
for one day," remarked one OF 'h'
ticers to Catesby Jones, the eHecu
officer, as the latter passed along
dack $50 far" replied Jones, "
If is only begun; there are three
AZ 80 fgbt'" The st. Lawrence, MI
80 and Colorado. were then on
EzXE way ND. They were too late;
= .s,,,a X night came on, the VII;
Withdrew from the scene OF hei
ny.lu.Sls tory, received without repi, ing I
hs iis. 'Tsih I,hs. fire of the Minnesota and 81
wen BY &C, renee, anchored under the Com
The quan, ate batteries at SewelrS Point
,r.1sy .,t ieq Psr sent her dead and wounded on
a make ,hS ,ns among the latter her none
IN iattenins ds mauder. who was shot Ivy a ;
giyss gss'I, them Shnoter ON shore. while Standi'
hide. and the deck ot his vessel dlircllh
them 'n''' removal ot the officers and Tt
b, r,orrn the Congress, previous t" her Gr
tiou. Among the iormei was III
L~ brother
AN The early light of the neN
showed the quiet waters ni t"'
~ rolling where the two irl=a''
- lately toated: the Minnesota
ne. a certain miles off aground and anew a
~, -, sor 81. routh looking actor entered
srenr--ihr Monitor
BRO, II lad rcrn discovered dnil
r, Drro, i,,cbt tit the Virginia was !