The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-09-26
THEIR OWN PETARD.
,.c...ubsccnce Of the Expi"sA"" 90
IN. Mau-of.War Westhcid.

,,,. Man. of. War Nesthc'"' n
,,yo ,,ilcs and half to the horth- -
,,,ard Of this city, writes Galveston Z
onrros nondent of the ST. Louis clone {.
namocrat, lies small sand lsiet, Du' Il
tow feet above ordinary tide, known as T
! uPelican Spit" from the large nuinoei a
If those aquatic birds resortlng thete. =
The waters of the bay in this locan.y q
.hound with fish, and it was 1or .no {
nurpose of playing angler that Tue
pariar found himself this morning
anchored in Bolivar Channel, lew
hundred wards north of the "oP't,
/ and the ruins of the rebel batteries
7 rnon it. Noticing a huge mass Oh IRON
nro;ecting q few inches above. the s"t
l fooo of the water, and marked ny
y ,.,r;nod" to give passing vessels WILL
IS ;nr of the obstruction, inquiry wa'
IS ,,ede of the ex-naval officer accom-
nanving the party as to what ~ We"
l. uThat," responded the gen'.en n.;"
l. .sis all there is to mark the las' T:tnS
lie mace of Com. Renshaw, OF the o"i'e as
w states Navy, who was IN conlna"u ".
y, the fleet when Galveston was recap' .,,o
q, ed by Magruder and the reoe ,, y" ,orn.
;. Nacruder made land attack win
G. Infantry and artillery, which was sup
r. ,,,omented with naval attack OF "cot,
d. ~, cl,d,, punboats under command OF
Id Com. Leon Smith, who afterward WOE
en- ,,,urdered by a drunken Indian III
an Aiasl,. Magruder and his land force:
an core repulsed by the Federal fleet, a"'
Kin wore about to retreat, when the cot'o"
,rs, cl,ds came down the bay ana cari.e'
Of the Harriet Lane by boarding, aite
an nc.rlv all of her officers had been Klileu
md This niece Of iron marks tho spot Wher
not tho man of war Wes,field, the hasshi
part NJ Com. Renshaw, lay aground all
ny unable to move.
in ..Finding the tide of battle ma" 'ui'
-, oo,inst him. Com. EenshaW sigma
nall ed a retreat. aud removing his Once
ling and men to the gunboat OWasco, a!
and, nl;od a slow match to the Wes'he'u
and rnooozjne, in order to prevent her lto'
rself falling into tho hands OF the VICTOR
but Several moments elapsing ana no &
the nlosion occurring, the Commodore 10,
The Midshipman Zimmerman ana 20"
cold, Grew and returned to the Nes'le'"
thin see what the difficulty was. just AZ
theyg got alongside ana mounte" !
" in ship's deck Il deafening explos.c
tired which was heard for one h"hut
hadc miles took place, and the ar was Ill
yoke with fragments of the ship ana the
lungs starred boats crew not one OF Wh'
RS of was over seen again. That IS
On Renshaw died, and to TINS day
II eX n,occ j., known as the Wessiieid-
latter Federal fleet then steamed out Oh
nav, leaving the rebels i'll possessl'
l the and they in IL few days sent di\
t, ne Down into the wreck and recovered
.rgen- norton of the ships armament or VI
orked Dahlgren shell guns, which they pa
RELY, in shore batteries, where they ren'a'
enjoy until the close Of the war.
, sea. uWhilc Ecnshaw, the fe"erai e
lmsclf mander, expired amid the ruins OF
Joints shin and the defeat of his forces, IL
I'd put reserved for the victorious Magr
til the to end his days in indulgence
barely Houston hotel to have his inani'
,rf on clay brought from that place 10
citv amid grand flourish of trnn
: busy and the promise of magnli
d tired monument, to he showed into pr
day. vault in the cemetary where IL re''
herself to lay, unmarked, and only uhde
open under the sufTerancc of the owl
,ncom- Michael Cahill- a Texas veteran