New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-23

,rs and tina, you should take your mortar steamers
wh9se h fire upon the water battery except that
Se JarEson was 10 tow the shopotw war Por,snlonh'
tery Was that the front OF the battle. the Din
Of peril and daring 1t might pcSI .S I'm na Ne
read in tie account OF the transaction as wn''e" "
you, the following: a., ,,.,,os q, the yos.
sss by the forts) wore taking place; the nlor,afI
Steamers had driven the from the Dsi5erc at
Jsekson Although at first my Position IN hcnY,e St
these batteries. which mounted sN ., '"r .ry nrril
gums one o. tS %as not ali So The enemy
Responded quickly. but our fire was so Iapla N de-
serted During the remainder Of The action ao @,
voted most Of m attention no ' Shot At the water
battery -" Century War Book vol. :. D. 40
DID PORTER SELECT PLACE OF SAFETY
r,,, vo ,s,ccted plsce of safety with great care
l. o,,denccd nv the facts ~ you state them mat 'no
u,r,et Lane lost two mon zone Killed ana ono
yo,ndeD b. the knocking away OF stah'h'on y. ''o
bridge nm above the deck and the other sN steamers
I'D M, n scratch on man or boat :" except two or
ses m.:s s dsn huHs a %st EBo ok w Sc
nee, had :a'sd re fST3i sgd po. ers
DROPPED down tho river with ms stcamer,, "nrre IN"
mortar boat; were snGhoTS1 ana moi vol I = 81
time during rim which these evens took pace tmH
on official rR1T 2 G As Harriet LaDo your
GaSsbip, made yourself and nnd the ioITw,HG and
Al 20 tho feet 1enS al GnH S ,b way S,c ann
SrS Of me mortar hotila to weigh anchor, ana E se
sowa The iSr' Our Sas U battery Of Fort
JACKSON t S M the forts SPeneG The On noT S
leading ssp eon ane and Al 80 raining
rapid ard continuous hre on inc enemy .ssrci rapdIy
were now called to Saa oTr STT position
Was not untl 90 a IN. that our guns G8Iiu xs Nv
brought to bear At 80 nm '@ "t the railing Of
the bridge which w KILLED ri, %%e m uur posi- %I
ss %1 RiH TG Soo Yard Of Jackson rHs as rap
idly possible unM 30 c No ,or H,e" The signal
wa, seen ,ss to 70 pas r Ge'T from scuo9' -,
see .horelGS SD, 'G oSn n ars$p rarasas
the the eom nnSeT the actuai dru Of the FORT
an hour and i've Minute nn}g o T'"T tia, inc
you re-, %S'e fir, e%n of tc aT LAM 10 bear A.!
YOU admit tina; yoir steamer r"tTn m'- -, !rnGA t.
water os"ery p wn's Ss%ccp an occasional SHOT a,
you declare IL the "Geaiary MAR in airing a, the
Ss,,snsnt. Of For Jackson, which. from ySar po %
siien under the syoe was The y . Esrs Of you Ls
seneed ~..r batter r and ts you Admiral "r
the men from tSeg you say anything about any fc
sSncerSng youfsr some icsp"cahl, g.n,lcn'n C%T
rats YOU Yqg did Aid 1G 2,n NY" Your "I guns down
e esonsS to biz it. more tam ~ o eos s H IT
ih"!rs so a 10 hi your stran,EN ,,.. -" ''
| decks without FIRING through 'he ie'''
| CARING LITTLE FOR POTTER M"HIN' -" Va
| ,r.,, vop say YOU never LEFT the immchi'c
r.igbborhood Of The forts untl ih"N '"FF''d '''
s,v Won were below the Head Of the fi'''' 'i'''
| -. u.. OF 4, 0 30 O'Clock on tie morning
| ~, the oath OF April within tIr" hours 81 u" ''''
| ,Lo soo, nassed the fortr you ~cut Lhu'"nHf "H'>
| I, "a. onpbuat Owa.cO % make a verbal d'mlhi I"
| the nam, Of d. D. Porter for the surrender 81 W.
fort under a penalty Of renewing u" b9hnar"nr'n,
rsrcd little for your mOrrGI shells. Al u
o'clock you Say You r"" ',Ico s,. taken. A.
so oc,nck YOU gathered up everything, and with al
| ihe steamers AMI mortar boats saind down 10y IN Va
n W ,b U 9TH YOU sent up Lieutenant Guest ~ M
Ogasc0 with another nag Of truce. with l'l'rr aa
duncan TO surrender the forts stating d, a.'n re
YOU had rrceIN ed communications fr,h, tlaT m
Again our trops are Or viii be IN possession i"
the prominent points on the river r'.a" ,, m a.
hSGSm,' to srrcndcr You GM nl him ha
you had cent Two mortar >G9"nss G'i' E,rf i' low
which you now make ,,o.o The ,o. F%ac%H l.
General Duncan t'rat he had bal such communicate
from his own authontlrs amd tie c"aN'ns hpp."Hu,
were down a. ur ,rpci e. ne hraI Of c Pas,r,
| having arranged VITA Gcneral lArps Ia OD'lI'I"c
order to a sy.n OF whc 'S yo wSr
, down At the Passes On ~" norln: 81 Ih' ,&Ih ,
sen, the (Qnun Phelps tD bring W. lH'Ip' "p'P'
: when -Our fleet went down b. The transport, aDpar
~ which Yrrr the trUOiS. :nuT unc'f' t'I'l OUT
the soIdiers Grt up and ct out OF ne riNca. 81,
II is not proven that Porter aud his haR,hp IN
Harriet Lane wore al Pilot Town, below lhr h,ai .
the Passes the 18th. and at the hcah OF inc f"'e
on the goth ,. ,,,,,... 49,. t., ,.vo
, II is thus shown that what Porter says. now
left the immediate ncghlorhood OF me lor'" UNI
III surrendor- Is wholly falSr. That b" va not !
The front OF the battle is shown by bis own 'ta''
ment that he and his men were IN no dahgrl ana "c'
| u,,Iu he
/ fDar that bsve done for sou what yon coild no
DO for uIself-llnmortalizcd you, Tor hay. gym
4 Domo IN A buastng, vainglOfouS, chumnany ~
IJ1ocaf,cr forever Il shall DO called n" Porter"
n shall never refer 10 these matters IN any iutHt
nnane, ARTICLE but have another incident In you
Z career which, II my good heah and pleasure ST.
exist may feed It my duty 10 bring 20 oho aI'' ca
smother phsIc Of your character, more DEEPLY aye
Than tbe two OF cowsrlico ana iai'ehood "hich
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