Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-10-26

Of the yellow golden hue; Gushing also had
bng golden hair, but 1t chung to the scalp
and neck. Gushing was not picturesque
IN figure like Custer, although he pos
sessed strong individual peculiarities OF
person. His height was feet 10 inches,
bis form slender and his face grave and
thoughtful. His step and actions were
springy and qNick, and with his prominent
high check Zones, his piercing eye and
restless ha@ he seemed to his associates
hike some spirited Indian in paleface guise.
Gushing was three years younger than
Custer and entered upon his dashing career
ike meteor coming out of obscurity. He
spent four years at the Naval academy and
resigned on the eve of the war. He volun.
teertd in May, 1861, and served as a petty
officer in the north Atlantic blockading
squadron until July. 1862, when lieuteu.
ants straps were given him for acts OF
Bravery in his routine duties. Four months
kIter and just ~ he scored twenty years
Ss led his first expedition, a gunboat raid
Into New River inlet, North Carolina His
vessel was the little wooden steamer Ellis,
fitted out as a gunboat. With that he
ctossed the bar at high tide and entered
marrow river wholly in possession Of active
clemies. Ten mill 3 from the bar the Ellis
slade a landing; pickets and guards were
tArpwn out; the town Of Jacksonville seized,
with an Important mail from Whining.
ion-a port virtually open to the world by
reason Of skillful blockade runners con.
SANITY passing in and out-and two schoon'
C-s with quantity Of small arms were
made prizes, The COnfederates speedily
learned Of the raid and attempted to cutoff
AL escape by closing the river between
Jacksonville and the bar.
The Ellis dropped down stream with its
prize sChooncrs, but night came on before
The bar was reached and the pilots refused
10 go on. Gushing anchored the Ellis and
prepared to fight In the morning the
enemy was sighted in position in the most
dangerous pass of the river, and two can.
ron began to lombard the little fleet.
Gushing hoisted his battlehag, ran In
shore, and in an hours sharp action drove
The Confederates from the bluffs and
passed within 100 yards Of them. The ex
petition was barely out of that danger
when the Ellis ran aground and couldn't
he lightened. Gushing sent the schooners
Gown the river laden with the ammuni.
Ton and stores Of the gunboat and accom-.
panied by all but six of his followers, and
with q crew Of only half q dozen pre-
pared to defend his stranded ship The
following morning the enemy placed three
guns on the bluff and speedily disabled
the Ellis. Gushing then trained her guns
upon the Confederate battery, set her on
Gre and with his men pulled in an open
boat to the schoOners, a mile and a hal
sSay, with Confederate marksmen plying
saots from the bluffs at the tempting tar.
K-t.
A few weeks after the affair in New
DIVER Gushing crossed the bar OF Little
DIVER with "A force OF twenty-five men In
tAree cutters The purpose was to capture
Che pilots who served the blockade runners
Cltering Wilmington. 1t was nighttime,
hut the raid had been discovered, and after
passing mile or two up the river the 10
fila was fred upon from bluff. Beach.
fng the boats, the crews were formed IN
Cuiumn, and ut Cushing's command
"forward-dOuble quick-chargep they
rlshed up the banks through q strip Of
wood to clearing lighted by campfres
apd occupied by q small carthen fort.
With three cheers and a will the sailors
Dashed upon the works, and the enemy rar
CT into the darkness. The raiders marched
Up the river bank enCOGntering more
Cpnfederatss and expanding all their am.
nunitiOn fighting them of. They then
returned to the boats and escaped with the
hss Of but G0e man In the nights exploit.