The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-13
WHEELING DAILY


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noS ISs sss navy ptow ~ NY
tered % a,S roiIcd oTI hn . u !ays ~; ~
Colossus twenty wards hack. and shehuTI.
ed her immense strength again pn.her
Adversary. 1t was enough. The Com.
lnodorer0llel again and settled, and ere
the edmonitor could withdraw, the
Immense structure tumbled over on one
SIDE and; sank with terrible buildings
But In the fall she struck the monitor on
the end and crushed her in, and the two
huge war vessels disappeared together
IKE deadly wrestlers under the waters Of
INC bay Not % human form rose for q
last effort to the surface. The iron ships
proved close collins Tor the gallant human:
Ivy that Ind struggled so brayely within
them. Fnis daring ieat served a. least to
uelSy the advnnce;; The TWO ships Ind
SUNK so near inc channel mat itiwas i'm
possible 70 venture any further without
S1apw IN ~ ~ IS o.. es BRUSH ,ta sRlpS
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THE CITY DEFENOELEss.
The news kept the city in o fever all
night Captain ThompSon's feat Of dar.
ing and devotion raised the spirits Of all,
but 1t was still too evident that the muirow
would bring another attack, and rs there
was no other monitor to save them, II was
equally evident that the attack would
prove successful. To add TO this discorr.
aging state ofafFairs Immediately at home.
telegrams came from Boston announcing
that the British fleet had steamed without
any loss into Boston harbor. and even
then Law menacinp the CITY, From
PHILADELPHIA It was reported that nothing
had vet been seen OF the enemy. From
Washington an was reported tIuiet and
hopeful Ti1II u T5,I ~ = TJls
THE NIGHT OF THE 94TIG. d. ~.
Drr;no tho r;oh, the neon,o that corld
,ot ea,as fsom Nov YorL fIeJ IosH;nS S
AZ; ~" I,r4nor,', hoh;nI ,hen, Tx,ra tyn;Iss
w sHSt LILY ;nta,;o, ~ r 49,
a an a. na nS woman 'Ne and ch;Idren ro rn
a%Gy ~. rhnrav;,b " .mbo;st TrSa
n mrLc ro;SnoI nn5;.turhad onJ tho vhoi 40
in.an ~ ~ Tar.I,s nonorsand wos " Eent
iS,Sn ~ tho eeort y nrevent n;IiSSo md and
robberv wy Gen sSormsn seeing nioiniv
tSSt ths wo,er deIances If tho sitv Vera
No IonSor ova;,ab,e Determined Hnon a
oyotam of land 6eiencna IirectIv In the
streets. He impressed every ableibodied
citizen he could find into fatigue duty,
and threw up barricades strong enough
at least to resist the rifles Of the marines
or any light artillery which the enemy
might conclude to bring ashore. These
harricades were placed at the loot OF
nearly every street leading TO either river.
The more massive warehouses and other
buildings on the river side were trans.
formed into iortresses and garrisoned
with troops. The works upon these de-
fences occupied over nifty thousand men
ourlng tne nlsns' tne np ", u " pelng
ISe s vvesItSy mercha pts ana residenis If If
Finh evenne were comneIIed n labor nj
i While one acconnt Which ia donbtf1I
Lowevsr saws tSat Horace GreeIev ono
Of the presidential candidates Vac lin.
cali cmnIovcd in rolling heavy bo,es q
cotton r. constrMct one n The Lnrr;codeo
The terror If ihe mscrntable morrow
howover were % oreat tSet efIortS ,roro
NJ once bronobt n iSs,,rs some cou,,,ro ~
M ~ S viii Ibs enewv 't' eottP''
1870 49, - ~ .. :,
..i ~ EfFoHTs FoH PEACE rlH
A delegation of substantial citizens,
self.Gppointed, who had hurried to WASH
ington the day before, demanded OF the
President that some terms be at once
agreed upon TO save the city from de-
struction. The President refused 10 listen
Our monitors in the West Indies and the
new ironclads yet 10 be purchased IN
Europe would be on hand ere long.
Even while he replied to them additional
news came that shells had been thrown
into Boston and the fleet had been sighted
off the mouth otythe Delaware. mu
H TIE PASSAGE OF THE SARRows
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