, 1877-06-16
REBEL, TORPEDOES.

latest advcs Indicate their success. and that ho is
to b0 zu,n1ved4
REBEL ToRPEDOES.
Dramatic Incidents Of Their Work During
tho Civil Wnr.
Lefftr In Richmond {lH.) Nat0.
The recent gallant exploit Of tho young Rus
sian who sunk tho Turkish monitor In the
Danube recalls incidents of like daring which
occurred during cur struggle for the rI9hts Of
the Stntcs, and which We cannot too often COM
mcmoratc! Among these recall the follow
ing:
"Tho 1ronstilcs was an enormous Federal
lron-cla.l-tlle heaviest and most Formidable
aImorcl ship eyer then built. She wns sent to
Charleston and lay IN tho bay constant
menace to that city md her deenses.
. "a ~. cigar torpedo boat had been sonstrr,ste.l
rcll, Of Virginia, volunteered With two sailors Of
the Confederate Nnvy to tako this little boat
and 70 against the 1ronsldcs and sink her, II
them, whatever might be the consequences to
tho 1ronaltles They carried out their enterprise
In the most resolutc manner; struck tho ship
With the torpedo, which was fixed on thc end Of
boat, and which exploded with such effect as to
forever disable that great ship from further ser
vice. The torpcd1f,ont Wis ttsetf wrecked, tho
Two sai'ors we1S k'llc and sarrcl, baly hnEt
floating on portion OF his own wreck: lie was
carried aboard ship q prisoner, but his during
cot1ragc secured for Him tho respect and kind
%Sot long aftcr 'ti' this event n similar c.gar-
boat was built ut Selma aud brought down by
the contFActors to Mobile.
Lieut.. Walker, Of South Carolina, anpllcd
Meta Comet gunboat, Tho largest Of thu feet
blockadlng tho City Of Atobflc lie selected
dark rany night f. his cxpeli.lon:: The Meta
Ia af1H er 'o hass ss s9 nt se hs sq f Of
! OF watch discovered a curtoMs.looElng object
approaching the ehip and hailed, s13oat atoyl'
| Walker ropllcu with Intentional 'ndistinctncss,
o''cer. eSnsdor%ate % stases a steames sq stia' c
frnytt said Walker, now cloac aboard. Tossing
oiliccr Of tho deck cried ont, 'lorpcdo, by
| -r At tho sauna instant the torpedo struck
tho Meta Comet fairly abaft tho wl,eelnousc,
md unfortunately tho can alone exploded.
In an instant all Waa confusion on the big
cc2s and men s sprans III from tseir befths, tho
guns were manned, and Throughout tile ship
prevailed tho confused rus, which must ever IT.
tend such surprls,c Il, TO q ma,'-of-war.
c11aerin ut tho snnpnnr Of lis torpedo, ho
f,stlld tho jar of tho collision hatl thrown sonic
OF his own tnacl,li.ery out Of gear, AMI he could
two young officers sprang oyer. The ships si.lcs
was standing in tho ftttlo round f'atcl,way with
wIi}e tho two Fedcrnia wore cuttiuu Al hin,
| u III ti.nlr awtIr,ja.-he hnI neither swor,] nor
p[stu).-aul could only duck as1d lcslro thcir
cuts, until to l[a great relief tho boat began to
back OIL, and the boarding party hasl to catc, by
tic falls OF q silo bout ai,I faul themselves
A"aerh 3Fen t1'' sycTythH c va. turned )oo.o unon
| Walker nni iii cruft, Round ehot and rrnne
anJ m,,slietry ali accompanicl lin IA ie sucd
m hia wnv hituppartl. jIo was naturnilv mi
deeply mortified that m enterprise conceived
sMrnassnu courage sllouid have fuIic,i tiIroiirh
nnlcse ln ee!se' 10 na'' n'' 'o'pea' anu primer IN
!" hut Of nll tho boats in MI tho tide Of Time,
nfstnrv nf wars. lin al Ijeut. dixon. Twentv.
1;rst xtct,mn voinntcnrs. in I'm enf,norjnc ~,
nrIt-bont in Charlcston hurbor, iu 1851. etautis
ppnparalicicd. ' ''0~' ''@''~'' - ~'' ''''''>''
HThs hat nnerateil uptIer wnter, Rba coul1
"xovs ~ trn sctt7o down uni.r tGo srf"se ni liz
wntsr. hea f,,r the hostile S!,tn. md nfrfke hrr
az aep1m a % III al toa En- "r no
NM, "ivit MAJ, tn nrouel ncr. - F's''
WI sia was buiit IN siobilc BY rruudlsy l. Nc.
cl.rtnck" wto tnnk her by rsi] to fsenaTcgan,I Mt
EhasI"stn,,. tia enlltsl fnr vn1unfncrs fr1m ira
ticst to man her and use her against tly iron.
sfI". icmt. Tnvnn f.nnfctieratc Envv IN VIZ.
sas r,nsn, a amn c,rht seamen yolnnteeScI ~ ,oHo
H. a,,t All aho wos maIs renv nnc cv"n,no nnS
Sne gf III aIou1." stcaer bc rq aq. wr III NJ
XII n"ats insinc tIc i,ont parnc va stsnsIinv
IN I'D prnuni hatchway i,1st nt5nt IT., stot,n iowI
m,n h.s ntaco a1l faetcn the hatch down. when
nso sr si"tinn 1,"r 5n.tantly IaVna cauEt nv i'y
-" r,,".3s ~ fkn stan,n.r mi sp?onr ant the
n,bar oioht mar went nnwn wiz ~ hon} cni
neI nerishc.1 '"s'' """" "'|'' ''o "'As ''-'>'
ready. rayns again volunteered, and eight sall.
ors With hiin. Thls tttno they are lying by tile
| wharf ut Fort Sumter, Payne sta!dtnG a hcfoEo