Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-24

Twas among others detailed from the
Federal steamer Monongahela 10 search
the Red River. between the Tenses and
tue Mississippi, for the toFpedoea which
had been planted By the C0nfederates
before our feet appeared IN those va
tefA. These tofped0ee we're Of all a kea.
shapes and sizes, from pork barrel b II
full Of powder, e be fFed BY electricity
from the shore, 10 q glass demiion bold.
inc ten p0unds and 20 be exploded by
contact Some we're on the angface,
some just under it. and aome on the
bottom. We went cut In gangs OF four
In rowboats 10 hant for these TERRIERS,
each boat being provided with grapnels,
net, boat hooks and whatever else was
needed for fishing up the monsters. We
had 20 90 slo9 and exercise great eau
tor, for the emanuel was togtnous and
ne 0na osuld guess at What point We
would come across Q torpedo. While
the woods we're shelled two or three
times dag By our Runboais, the Con
feeeFaie sWamp-cais we're b. no means
driven Oat. They had every chance 20
secrets themselves along the banks, and
We realized that II We came upon an
electric torpedo which could be exploded
Inc blown sky high.
We had been 81 work three or four
days, and had dshed up seven OF eiRht
ugly looking fellous, When We Qnt ints 4
part Of the channel which ran within
hfty feet Of TIE right hand bank. Jusi
- this tims Q calored man, wko had
been lying cut IN the sWampa for several
weeks waiting for bis deliveranea. IN
orana -. -
planting something In thia bend about
we're wires leading from ID % the awamp.
hours without being able 20 find that
jungle, IN which 9 tboasand men could
have concealed themselVea, snd the gun
boats could Dot shell il from the position
they had taken.
Twas about an boar after dinner that
70 moved up and began graphing IN
The bend. The boat IN which vas STA.
toned turned her bow down stream,
threw over her erapnels, and two men
used The oars % give hsg Roadway. We
had not pailed atty fees when the irons
tosk hold, and drew the boat bsck %
toe spot ~ means q The rope. fhsa,
atAA4AAA ID 80 aEA& u tAo Nt4Itat lflt8u
a. the ebaaEueaioa, and Il came elowly
up. kt bad iazf appeared AZ ne surface
zuliiciunt fer me 20 make cut thai ID was
boiler iron torpedo wben there came
al awful sxplogion. AZ The sane instant
cur boat sas lifted tieh IN the cir AID
broken 70 pieoes, and scarcely eompre-
bended Uhat had oecaFred until foand
myself IN the water a least two hundred
feet below tie paint q exploSian. Ny
hair, whlakara and eyeoE0ws we're badly
Staged. ard my ei0thiaQ vas On Gre as I
aame down after the fight. While |
had eAcapa1, ths other TIRES msn we're
killed oatright ana boFrioiy mazsisd,
and ths great save created 81 ne sxpi0-
aion suamped the boai working 3 fsu
taadFed fssa below o. and dfUwned ons
of Der efsW.
Nhils sui@ming for this capsixea
boa q nan Hsaod on ne hank ~ zee
river and fred four shots a. me froa
revolver, and with he hfth b. killed NJ
csln1ee asan Wbo hsd given n infoEzaa-
ten lhe Ttciim stood % Ne bAnk,
aboal Midway between Ne tee boata,
and was shoi thnoaah TIE bad
Tia tcrpsda vas no dsubt sxplsdEd
By eisctrteity. and the man VIE aired
ne sh1ta vas The opeEaiog uA0 En-.
plaasd Il.