The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
keys. chickens, beef and mutton. will

keys, chickens, beef and mutton. with
bread galore. We forgot the taste Of
salt horse and bareback, and 1t SEEM
ed new to us when we had to return
to its use. and that was not all That
evening down came carriage. small
boats. and everything that would
hold up the girls who wore the homes
spun dress and Palmetto nat, and We
simply needed some faithful person
like Scipio to remind US that we were
but mortal. for the attention paid us
came near making US forget. Such
an ovation 1t is seldom the lot Of man
to witness.
But while tho provisions were taken
from US. the government was deter
mined that we should not lack ans
munition. and wagon after wagon was
sent to. until 1t was a matter OF
danger to the garrison-so much ex-
posed powder. It Yankee shell had
4ign.red 1t, 1t would have done the
work that the Yanks failed to do. So
officers were detailed to turn the wa
CONS back and get those already there
to place OF safety. An old darkey
driving four mules to q wagon load
ed with cartridges. for the cannon,
was the only one that was frightened.
He was scared to death as the shell
would burst around him. and his mules
were worse scared than he was. and
at every explosion, they would hold
back. while the old negro. at the top
K OF his voice, was telling them to "Gil-
lang" At last q she'll killed three of
the mules: the old niger jumped off
his wagon and took to the woods, say
Ing. Oar. now, I told you for to gill
lang"
Another amusing incident occurred
at one OF the Patrick Henrys guns
one OF the crew would dodge at every
whistle Of a she'll An Irishman, one of
the crew. gathered up lur p OF clay.
and us the other fellow made his next
dodge he let him have 1t on the back
OF the head. and the antics that poor
time before he could be convinced that
he was not mortally wounded. When
Captain Lee took charge the bluff was
put into regular naval order; tents
We're pitched. houses built for the
senior officers. reads laid out, and It
became a regular picnic ground for.
the young people OF Richmond ana
Petersburg, which we middies greatly
enjoyed. Il
The Battle OF New Orleans.
The battle OF New Orleans was as
great a defeat for the Confe.era ties as
tho battle Of Hampton Roads was for
the Federals. But when /, come to
consider the vast inequality between
the two fleets. a more desperate en-
gagement was not fought during the
war, and the bravery displayed by the
Moderate naval officers and men is
without parallel in naval history. That
the reader may have an insight into
the odds that the Confederates had to
meet We give the names and number OF
guns as taken from Admiral Farragut's
report to the Secretary OF the United
States Navy: h, .s 8
The United States fleet consisted Of
ship Hartford. IS; Brooklyn, 25; Rich
mond. %; Pensacola. 25; Portsmouth,
%: Mississippi. ~; Oneida, 10 Varuna.
J g .katadtd Z; 1lineo, 4; Wissa hicken,
A; Pinola, 4 !; Cayuga, 6; Z, Sciota,S 3 Iri-
Quois, s; Kennebec, 4 Itasca, 4: Win
ona, 1; total, - ships and 1913 guns.
This was the fleet that assembled the
river, besides twenty-one sohooners,
under Porter Mortar boats, which had
|incessantly bombaTded and almost
wrecked the forts before Farragut at
tempted to turn by them atanight.
The 4Confed erate deet consisted & of
the Louisiana, half-fnished iron-i
clad. ithout steam power to stem
the Mississippi current. eight guns;
MccRae, river steamer. eight guns; Ma.
~. oSt]o,B q ll41-p ldAet@, ~ " SQtth
{ ram, too small to do much ramming,
one gun; Jackson, small river steamer,
two guns; Launch No. 5, three guns
and Launch No. IS. one gun; Governor;
Moore. ri yer steamer. two guns; Gem
! eral Qul tman, river steamer, two gunsl
! An IN ormnn, Defiance, stonewallI
+ Jackson. General Lowell, sBreckinridge
and Warrior small river VI steamers,
one g un 81 CHI; Resell u e, river steamer,
two guns. Total gunboat s, & 81 total;
guns So. 4, "a s;53s3
the COME derate side to tow fire raj ts,!
rlles wh ol e the Cont Tolerate fleet
was. With perhaps one or two excep;sI3
tlons,8 a str0yad 81 TIL or 4 by the enemy,
OF " by he Conf ed era tas to prevent
them fal ing INTO the nd sof the
enemy, On thu 9Th of 4AApr1 s6a.