Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-01-12

enemy's fire. General Bragg purposed
to blow it up. Upon reflection he de-
cided that the effect Of this action
upon his own troops would be dis
heartening and that the foe would b
encouraged by it. Colonel Vlliptgue,
the gallant commander Of the post.
had been severely wounded the day
before, but nevertheless spent the en-s
tire night in making repairs which
would enable the fort to stay In &C
don.
Homes and Churches Ablaze.
Late in the afternoon the hospital In
the navy yard, which the Confeder-
ates had abandoned, was struck BY
shells from Fort Pickens. General
Bragg claimed that the yellow dag was
flying and that the firing upon it was
barbarous act. General Bragg also
mentioned the firing of hot shot and
incendiary shells into the houses OF the
villages Of Warrington and Woolsey.
Many houses were struck. Among the
| buildings fred were two Catholic
churches, which were consumed. with
fifty other buildings. Colonel Brown.
|
report that the churches and the VII
lagos were Immediately In rear OF
some of the Confederate batteries ana
that It was impossible to spare them.
| At the same time he declared that not
| shot and incendiary shells we're used
| for the express purpose OF setting nre 70
the buildings in the old United States
navy yard even regretting that he DID
not have on hand missiles that would
act with more certainty.
| Federal fire ceased at dark on the
23d from all the batteries except the
mortars, which continued to drop shots
| in the enemy's lines until z o'clock In
the morning of the oath. General
Bragg said that his gunners fired about
| 1000 shells at the Federals during the
| two days, and he estimated the num-
| ber of Federal shots hurled across the
| bay to be about 5000. The. Federals
| lost seven men wounded and one killed.
Noted Officers Engaged at Pensacola.
Many of the officers engaged in this
bombardment afterward reached dis
tinction in other fields. Captains l.
| G. Arnold. A. c. NJ. Pennington, ]. M.
Robertson and L. l.. Langdon OF the
artillery afterward became noted gen
erals. On the Confederate side Cen
eral Bragg led the Confederate army
| In the west for two years and won the
great victory at Chickamauga- The
second in command at Pensacola. Cen
eral r. A. Anderson, became bril-
liant leader in the army of Robert =.
Lee Colonel Villipigue recovered from
his wounds and became major gen
eral in the west, where he deIenoe0
the Mississippi river in 1862.
Some skirmishes in front of Wash
ington and collisions between the op-
| posing outposts in Missouri were the
other war events of the week at nome.
For the first time since the firing upon
| Sumter seven months before, Europe
| was startled by war news from TINS
| side of the ocean. Late on the 26th
| a royal mail steamer from the Baha-
| mas reached Southampton, bringing
| word that a United States warshlp
had outraged the British flag by board
| ing the royal mail steamer Trent ana
seizing two passengers. This was tho
famous Mason and Slidell affair. The
| London Times received the dispatch
and reluctantly sent it to press Tor tfS
issue Of the 9th. The news was too
startling to be credited. The oficers
Of the British government were M
formed Of the dispatch, which was :
Reuter- telegram from Southamptoa.
hut refused to discuss the matter untM
the Trent should arrive With foil -
Mculars. THIS voeooa was do - -
I5tA.