Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-21
xHRILLISG MEMORIES OF A
BI.ooDY EXPEDITION.
CAPTURED BYABOY COMMANDER
Scenes OF Carnage and Death on an
Attacking Vessel that Got
stuck in the Mud-An
Easy Victory.


DcuIber 4. 1853. A large expedition was
eaviun on some uurevealeu ult ahoM-
IDLY import NJ mlssisi1n. Inc legee H1s
crowded with nen. women ana chilnren'
TEsre troops were eily4fAlAsf 'ithV5
parting aud transports moFlDg aWay Alli
Iowa the Mississippi, among sflm anu
wlifu looking men Of war. was gu
"sick leave" aud waiting Tor str4nes
10 axe ma. North. The chiel signal OF
Ecer came TO lae the previous evening ana
ttked me n ] would Accept orders i9f
fpecial signal duty ou A gun boat igf thrre.
teeks. stitipr lhai be was very short OF
,ficnrS. I rrplie.l dat 10 So became abso-
ntely necessary Tor me 10 80 1 "olia
v 70.
About noon on the 4th ] received or
lers % report on board me san 80
Ariz0uu for duty. ] uilftefel my ihFeh
hgmen and LCsiened On l-oas1 the .rsaie
Pensacola aud there learned that me
Arizona had already sailed. ] was sun
l-lneutly instructed % accompany my
hicf "a The Suffolk. the headquarters
boat The object VI the expedition was
~ capture o small fort AZ Sabine Pass,
~ the mouth OF the Sabine river, which
fefYarntes tbe states of Louisiana and
Ic1a.. anu establish base for larger
Tte Suffolk loft New Orleans az 1
O'Clock on the morning Of tke 9th. and ar
rived OF the pass early on tlr morning
Of the IN, and stopped just ONT o. aigAl
Of lard where flle entire heei hJd be IN
Ordered 10 rendezvous ana await the
ystssi 4.s4 Ill sIaaf Ne lay there FOR
some time. au5 Ia no other vessel APP
,.'-.9 IN. ...1ar,I e,ueIuled thnt Ms
ans nn 81 have come M and gore 80 aud
captured every hiue WItllut ORDERS aud
without d commander. aud De- huaiIF de-
c,iaI that h would moi h. improper for
Nm Ia f5Ilov. tHem Away we went.
md iy hgif nr hour saw smoke before
~
There they are: thyy are waiting for
MS wns no general trs. ais a rulsh
is1tir. craft L5ya IN sight.
'sI1hut Il the Arizona, / know her"
ts5d sl,fna ,u4.
asThen shr has been redtird since /
Jaw hgr" I replied.
I'D g s.'a our sn,o.s ana came OUT 10
I,.IB y.l9t Nd. wore Ihev reported they
Rad asep no other qrssa.
Hers was "a remarkable stnte Of af-
fain. 4 general bad l1sr bis army
sS,-r, c1H,,,ltgiio5 over HI anomaly. thr
general decided % ~ ahead. aud ahead
~ went no 10 lie bar ana over thp
liar into he pgs4. and tbyu m 10 the
vrscf ~ tho Morning Light, watch be-
came d gloomy sunset" for her com.
hev 1872 whom The r.bs came ont aud
relieved ldm aud ali bnrds from further
spfy on ~
Gen. SfsAitilsp came on board the Snf
iois Id H. Afternoon and held rounci
sirf Inc General in l4ief pDey decided
10 lave an,,iA.r r,.ronuuissnncc Of th. f1rl
thd / was ordered 10 thke my telescope
nod on The Texas shore. npproacb Tia,
f1rt a. near az / rotld unlrr ihn prnf4c
nou u ihe tall reeds and sincbraie. aul
rl.5n reaily we're reffrloi .o S,r G1n
tInentsl ...ib f;au. NIcNiuli-p. and sipriat
In "A small bo,f f,r no shore bnyipg ID.
A guard Six muakrfs. We had pFore,.Iet
sb5ut hair wav to tho SHORE when III.
stroke" said 10 me. IF think fhnt tbs,
trs calling vlu from tho Suffolk air
I turned and srcing Cam Roe's sign,
sar flying y,rv brisllv gcsuJyylp dt,.I X
Nlteport ON board the Sunok imneiI
,telt nv ,ri.r ~ tb. ,,,,,,.,,.. nv,
srai." w.is dnrged 10 me What ,eui'
NAT menny Ne pulled rapjliy tn IA,
gnn5M. mud ~ Joined tb. gensr,l an,
liant W1s on do rad.ll, Inv ii,ay d.1
,onted 10 ibe sb,rs Tbcre insI ,i,',
ab.r. I cas ,bnni ia ianJ 49, ns,
81 mounted rcbeis c1ltnir snt.ggvi,g ib,
Aecf md pr1hsiiy tryin,. Wv ~ ~,
niygtery u our pr,.segc, 6,,r ''
The entire aeet with tbe cvce,,tf,, 81
two rnnboats WINS pr.sent ,elon 4y,i Il,
same on. md All nirhi Nov vere ,,i ~.
Themselves lv reting fe,d n eorb |ti,a
and with much yelling nnd lana ,,,rsiT.
patttng fran .te,fu kArit,tr.., ~