Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-06-05

was considered good ssidence ~
works we're still occupied.
One of onr naval captains. wsc
known far and wide rs a man ~ Il,
and fighting ssbilaies, being sen;ar "
icer oil our little fleet, determiueJN
capture the battery. Organizing AZ
ssnlting party, he gave the Details ors.,
attention. IL successful this Sepb,s.
would enable the vessel ID RIM i 81
eral miles nearer land into sn,ncs,
water, avoiding the terrible shak;rr
the vessels were getting from their or9
side station. The stormsng party ~
composed entirely Of sailors. who -
TO attack the garrison in the fort 4,
hand -to-hand fight with revolver. 4,
cutlasses. The preparations Vera "
gun by fitting out the launches M
cutters with the essentials reon;r.
upon boais for such an expedit;or
muffled oars, etc. Preparations mi,
pleted, the boats were filled with ~
termined crews, who knew the wort !.
hand and were prepared TO do It ~ III.
in the attempt. Great caution was AZ
served and the men were now near;a,s
the fort. The guns could be sscp K K
position and the muzzles frowninpd dow
upon them. The object Of the erpeh'
tion could not he kept from the snenay
much longer, and every momeat il sas
expected those guns would belch for,h
FIRE and death into their very mifa
Many a poor fellow said his praye,s 8
he grasped his revolver and cutlass I.
solved to sell his life as dearly as poas.
bic.
The fort was o reached and Graz.
ing up the sides the men peerea over sra
saw what they thought was the wbas
garrison asleep. A fire was burp;oc
and the sickly reflection from its fad;rr
light was cast over scores Of sIeerire
forms. The assault would be a com,
plete surprise. The captain was inst
about TO give the order to charge when
he fell into the fort. In a moment 1
dozen men jumped down on top of him
Such a mixed up lot of..sailors was never
before seen. They yelled, scrambled
over one another, fred their r~e,olyers
and whirled their cutlashes around tier
heads. Dashing down on what thsy
supposed were the sleeping Confederate
they began hacking at them with their
cutlasses. when they found they were
nothing but stakes driven in the ground,
with old clothes hung upon them. One
man hit another in the mouth with A re-
yolyer and one got cut in the foot
These were the only casualties Of the
great assault, and when quiet was some.
what restored there was some tall
swearing done.
The dangerous looking big guns were
quakers made from logs, and they were
a very good imitation of the real noisy
ones. Such a scene can be imagined.
but Il is difficult TO describe it. The
chm qrined sailors got down TO ther
boats and without a word rowed back
10 the p~.assels The men Oh the big
boats hal ! earl the shouting and sup.
posing 4 rea, battle was in progress
were all ready "a shell the fort and cover
the retreat of their . amraaes shouldthey
get worsted in the ass>'ait
At Antietam General q Wen was gong
into action with his commal. q, when he
saw some soldiers carrying a stre.eher
of the field with either a wounns q OF
dead officer on it. He halted log
enough to ask "Men. whom have yoa
there2n
General replied one Of the
stretcher- bearers.
Poor fellow" said Owen is he
dead? -
"0nly dead drunk, : replied An Irish.
man, with a leer in his eye.
A very vain general was cayorting On
his horse near the Lacy House, Fal.
mouth, when seeing Mr.. Burt abcst
going over with a flag Of truce boat, hs
said Lieutenant, i those officers should
ask YOU who | am, viii you please tell
them?n
Eyes, General, with pleasure
Upon his return he was asked if they
had questioned him.
"Yes, sir, they did, said Burt.
"And what did they ask you?"
"They wanted 10 know who that was
cayorting about on his horse"
"And what did you say?"
II told them"
what further did they say?r asked
the General, with evident pleasure.
They said they had never heard q
you."
"Ah!" and off went the horse and
rider 70 camp
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