Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-14

w'- ""-,"',N a.I i.rcgud aft by tho Mcr-
'''"'F Hu" l'' "lHh"etS;. the affair
~" a.. o. %"..'. va. ..5'i"5'' .a5 "@ de T@S Gy
.n" rtp".-. nh" Nuur. yltrmutrd tD : am
.r@'' .. 'a' ,, i'.t . Grorega,d ,,, m"
."utIN utuoll"d in har turn. Furtuuut'< by
'H-'u W tllt action the Mcrimur. old
n"' s"i near "non-h to- tE' Minnesota tt Ep-
, 'lr urr. ANA She beat oh tl' uuhput- q cr
jopor time" hour. of U-Etmw. Tur ~
u,r was disabled hy Il broken shaft. II ld
, tp reach ,Uv battle field. Iad Nt night iu J.nc
Mrrumd' Withdrew; cohhdrnt OF COMP e
TIN" destruction of the remainder of th, VT
upon the morrow.
Bur us We have seen the little Monitor ar
rived that evening. Hearing the guns she
came between the capcs, She stripped Tor ac-
zion. Another sccplcss night was spent in
preparing for the tight. ~ half past seven on
sunday morning, the MCuinuC again APP
pchrcd, and mHdc at once for the Minnesota.
| Wurlcn put the Monitor in motion, rcsciNing
| her fire until CLOSE to his antagonist. We may
! imagine the surprise of those upon the MCrri-
| mac when one of the II inch DahlgrcnS from
| the little turrct ON the raft hurled lGS pound
| smell against tine mighty irun-clad. The battle
| waS now opened in deadly earnest between the
| pguy and the giant. Nu>krJ balls, cauniStcr,
grape shetland solid shot swept over the Nom
! the vessels were IN collision as they sought to
rum each other down. The turrct Of the Moni-
| tor hccan" ;lnmmrd so thlt ii cGuiI not hc re-
| VuiVcl and the snip wa~ fought by N ordcn
| from tn" pilot h"u.', the guns uring pointed
Aftcr hauling oil fora time TO hoist moro
| shot into tnc turr"t, thc ti-ht wu> renewed at
/ nir.rinr i'm inr Iilpf nIu-. tglnlI,h which
! .trI.,ru Wi. lnoI,iu.. tn. currti-.iuu frac-
| uHn.' lnn iron lu-, ol WHuru tlr urni-hpus"
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.o .....ur .f th. ,-.r ,,..- moro, dramatic.
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d. ,....-..,lI...... Il ,I,,u.r.I .I- ii Ida. marie
.I,.. -iII,tfn, BE-, ll.',ut,r,r l,,..i. If r,yulI-
,tI..il.I naval -fi1- iIii motnui-.
sion war. di,o - much 10 the p,.-ouai cn;lIac-
trr of .r,hu l. Npl.lru -to tine novel con-
structi1u ri 6,s sin. IrIInr.i sick bed to
,~.Iin, cu..liuirnd he carried his craft through
b G.r irst son vnyn,rr rt. hiu,. thr drulnrtliZCi
rnt ltri. ',,n .ir"nl,.. uillf. only TO ana rh,.
! ,rn l ,,,.i,rj't ,f tIn .,.i.i- ,,nuI him lie nI
INK Instantly. tnnt his iint,ird lrs.nI and his
| mn,, I r,rr,,it.j ,.,, iut "a da.ncr.tr ru,r1,rp-
mcnf' win am n.lyrr,trv Of fcompIratiycly cnur-
mons .iIr and .trruuth Tin, cins,. of ihp en-
| ,lr,srn,ri,t saw thn irrt saved and the hurbOr
! I"rnnnirrrI
| No n,n tiudnr.tnnd something of what man
! ncr of man ne WA. from a letter which was
srnt tn him thn roliH,yiiI.r month as he Law i'm
. W.,.biutrtnu disabled hy his wounds Ii was
,iu,..l On rhp Monitor Aplil a lst3 ana reads
= i,,'I i'm ,.,rt ~, ns fnli0Iy.. -'i'' -'
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d" To orr DEAR AND UONORED CAPTAIN.
crew "t tnr M"hil"T' Wl,n tmcIr hll"rSl i3nG oG
t ,, Nm h, Tho. lsi,, f yIrnm inc
\ '' I,,i, t ~. a,,in .,I, r,l. we nr, nil ready
@ Gbic and wiling tn meet death or ANYTHING