Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05

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There was no formal reception given
the president; he merely drove through
the camp, and as he stopped before each
regiment the men gathered round his
carriage and listened to few words OF
sympathy and encoufagemente ="
Now, boys, keep up d good heart,
and all, will yet be we'll" was his con-
cluding sentence. t.ls,s.,i'o. .tr
AS he motioned the driver to go on,
one of our men thought it a good oppor-
tunity to get even with Col. Sherman.
'Mr. President" said he, I'VE don't
think Col. Sherman has treated MS very
WE'LL" and he went on to relate the in
cident of the barn. .Ssu
Mr. Lincoln listened patiently till the
story was ended, and then, half-turn-
ing toward Col. Sherman. who had sat
like statue during the recital, he said:
"Well, boys, have great deal ofre-
spcct for Col. Sherman, and if he turned
you out of the barn have no doubt it
was for some good reason. presume
he thought you would feel better If you
went to work and tried to forget your
troubles" .' tJi}
With how and wave of his hand
he told the driver TO go on to the next
camp.
1t was wonderful how much good
that thoughtful visit of the president
worked in the minds of the men. In
the grave, serious, yet kindly face of
Lincoln we each saw sympathing
friend, and our own burden became
| lighter as we reflected on the terrible
load our chief magistrate was carrying
on his own heart. Companion.
CuSHING'S GREAT EXPLOIT.
The Most DauntIess Naval Deed Known
| in Our Annals. ssI
Torpedo warfare was in its infancy
when VIM. Barker Cushing blew up the
Albemarle. Farragut once said to Gen.
James Grant Wilson that he deemed
the destruction of the Albemarle the
most dauntless naval deed ever per
formed by any young officer. of the
American navy. This powerful vessel
had successfully encountered strong
fleet of federal gun boats and fought
them for several hours without sustain
ing material damage. There was moth
ing in the northern squadron able to
cope with her. Cushing volunteered to
destroy the Albemarle, and with q
steam launch and a small crew he
assembled the Roanoke river towing an
armed cutter. This was on the night
of October %, 1864. '1 ia
The river was lined with pickets to
guard against just such an attack as
this, but the lieutenant's luck did not
desert him, and he was within a hundred
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was discovered. Casting off the cutter,
he ordered his crew to attack picket
post near by, while, with a full head OF
steam, he drove the launch straight at
the huge vessel, whose crew rushed to
quarters and at once opened fire, Cush-
ing replying effectively with his how.
itzer. A circle of heavy logs, doomed
well out from her sides, with the very
purpose of preventing the action OF
torpedocs, was discovered by the young
hero, but the boat was driven over
them, as they had become Shiny, and
. by the time the launch received her
death wound from the enemy's guns,
Cushing had coolly swung the torpedo
boom under the Albemarle's overhang
or bottom and exploded the charge.
, Ordering his crew to look out foi
themselves he sprang into the river,
) swan under water as far as possible
, and in the darkness escaped alone,
reaching the opposite bank half mile
below. As soon as he recovered his
strength he plunged into the dense
l swamp. and, after many hours of weary
: wandering and wading, came out upon
e the shore of creek where with his
5 usual good luck he found small picket
1 lboat and at II o'clock the following
Q night, almost dead from cold, hunger
j, and fatigue, Cushing was carried or
5 board the Valley City, a United States
: gunboat AS soon as it was known
4 that he had returned, after destroying
E the Albemarle, rockets were rejoicing
: ly thrown up by every vessel of the
= fleet. ... Hgn
OF the gallant fellows who volun
: teered to risk their lives with the fear
4 less Cushing, but one escaped. all thu
q others being either drowned, killed o
}, captured. To his brother officers HI
= remarked as he was setting out to de
q stroy the ironclad: another stripe o
r. a coffin" Five times he was otiiciall.
complimented by the secretary of tn
navy, and for the affair of the Albe
y marie he received the thanks of con
gress.-Cosmopolita t-h