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VOLUME XXXIV, NUMBER 38
LPIIBIAGED MIRY SATURDAY MORNING.
Office in• Carpet Hal, North-toestcoimer of
IF.ront and Locust streets.
Terns of Subseiption.
Tote Onpyperanram,i fp aidi n advance,
le Net paid within three
raOnth arrow commencemeni old) c year.
411. Ciaza.tasis a Copp.
lios attempt ton received to r a less time than six
months; and no pupa r wil he discontinued until all
erestragesare paid,un.essat the option° fthe pub
• Is her.
frrMoneyalayttereattltedb yatal.lauhepabiisla
.tte• s.rtstc..7
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var t[6 inesjone week.
three weeks,
eaehtabsequentinsertion, 10
(IZinesioneweek 50
•• - • • • threewteks, • tOO
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s;usge rid siertlse Men 'Lk n proportion
Aliberalliseountwinbe etude toquarterly,hal
.Nutv at /early WI vertisers,who are strietlyconfined
ethear business
H. M. NORTH, •
IVTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Calnbia,Pa:
Ileetione promptly made 4 ntooteaste Yorl
leantles.
,Columbia,Mal
4,1850
U. B. ESSICK,
ATTORNEY AND COUASELOR AT LAW.
COLCSIBIA. Pt
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silver
Ault Silver-Plated-,Ware;'
"SIIIREItER & 'SPEWING,
HAVll.lo — takeii the Al emilblished nd of John'
1.1 Felix. Front street, Columbia, respectfully invite
the public to call and examine their large as-orimeni
of
CLOCKS, WATCHES,- JEWELRY,
SILVER and SILVER-PLATED WARE,
CUTLERY, CO NES, PISToLs,
ACCORDEONS, and FANCY ARTiCLES,
Zuch as arc usually kept in a first-class Jewelry Store.
We will keep constantly on hand a large stock of
43 13 3.0x-Iciew.
tli GTild - siid Silver Cts.e.,-;ltppleron, Tracy &Co , P.
S.liiirtlett and Win Ellery movemeass,whiCh we
-veal offer to the public. at pricer to suit the times
, -&-conitnuanco of the former patronage is respect
fully oolseited.
LIZP'REZLIRING CP ALL KINDS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
Columnist, July 113. 1802.
• .NOW..FOR :
7E have ju=t received another lot of all-wool De-
Wiles dad plaid Alosannturtnes, which we oiler at
seduced prices. STKACY Sr. SOW ERA; -' -
Cola. June 21, 1F62 Cor dd and Locust Sta.
/I . oLli - C116131.0P GLICEIIINS.--For the curl
Ind prevratiott tb chapped head., fro Fot as t
•t the ),DEN MORTAR DRUG STDRK,
Der 3,18511 Front streel.Co'amler
SALT! SALT!
,TURT rereiV..4l I the wutlcrrlber l Ul their store
Locust otreei below Secoml.
100 Bogs Ground Alum Salt,
k ar ‘• t market prices.
C July (,'GI. J RUMVI,II t. Q
(2.1911,151,. or, Bond's Boston Crackers, for
Arrow Runt Cruvlvx for in
vninra and ehildien—new unicles in Columbia, at
the - ramify Medicine :Stine,
April 16.
•
ii - i
rrso n's o umbi an nk.
%cm lc ii ib It superior arta:oa t pr 111111 itrilllV black
and not corroding the pea. esti In - had 111 all,
...Mil), at the rilloilly Medleitie t_4tore, alio bluekei
eel l that English Dow Polish.
Cohiiiiliiii. Jlllle 9. 1559
Fisat PISU!
AT ACKER El, by he barrel. half barrel and quarter
3.1. buriel, of he bro qualities.
eitiply to Li. APPOLD,
Columbia, July 12. itiCht Clllllll Bashi.
WALL PAPIIIX!
PAPER CHEAPER THAN WHITEWASH
E have just received a large lo: of Wall raper
all the newest. MY . VI and beet goods, which we
sell at prices lapilli Ike times.
SA YlsOR & RIC'DONIALD.
Book Store, From St., above bocast,Coittainbta.
l'ilrkrilf 2. '6l,
NOTICE.
T desire to settle up the old book accounts. of both
1 Stores and request all persons knowing them
selves indebted to please call and seitte the eame.
11. C. FONDER: , MITII.
Colt labia, May 17. DIU.
E;REPARED GLIIE.--The want o
-uch sin a• leo. is fen In, every funny, end now
it ran in supplied; for mending amino,. ellinn
ware.ornoinemul work, toys Ac. the, is nothing
superior. We have found it useful in rep.si ring 111,11.,
articles winch have been useless for mouths. to
Jan t.liSin it al the
lA.OuilA • FMILY MEDICINr sToßy,_
- -
POCKET BOOKS AND PURSES.
A LA Rt; 1 , . lot of Flue and Common l'oeket Books
A
und Purses. at from 15 cent.; to two &dint*• each
Ht tdquurters and News Depot.
114.1 460.
CM
Lawns, Lawns, Lawns.
LA DIES evil and bee our beautiful Id cent Lawns,
film colors, at STEACY & BOW FES.
June 28, lOU Opposite Odd Fellow , ' Hall.
11011 Pr; : : .
A NEW end Pplendid style of -looped Skirts, just
A received; A 150,.a full - issortment of other +vies,
very etteopMALTBY & CASE,
Columbus, Apr.r26.1802. Locust Street.
FOIL EULTarI,
150
p . h t,k G. A. Salt, 100 Sacki A
at irAZts
• Warehouse, Canal Basin.
Columbia., Dec. 29, 1961.
RAISINS.
AFULL "apply of Raisins—Seedless and Lnyer
will be found sajbeCor. of ref ana Union Ds.
Nov.lei. IiENRY REVD/Va.
' 1717/1 31330131,711X1
.A ND for rale. by the barrel or larger eaanlitiea, 100
A
barrels Monongahela Whi.ky. at
PPOLD'S IVarehouse,
Cola. May 14, '6l. Canal Baal
• • 'For Sale at a Bargain. •
ifF choice of - Tiro Pare and Biaitar Proof Fafes—
"Herring" nr "LiMeg" Pnient; Mao. a Family
Horse. and mfiret4ateCnrriage and Harness. Call a
the store of .
H. C. rcnsiongsm
• Cola. May 17, IPPi. adjoining the Sant.
SOCFOR7CHUISTMAS!
A. Choke Elating Mirlrestle the beer in the inwriret • t
• • • STX.I' BOVVEA...r.
Oila. Dee 6. IMA. . P.nr; !Id and Locaei Ns. •
CLOAKING , CLOTH.
EAUTrFtIL, Slack,Cladf. inhibit' for ladies cloaks
P. ; : • tISTRIICY it BOW FIRS,
Corner Second and Locu4 &reel.%
C01a.11,14n. 6 OppoiiteChidfellorre liaiL
• • 1.
Wthavt_reedved a Supply 01
Pure StuRAL,
2 4 27 r
of r ..
u, mediums! purpose
r iqek, eT e
e. GRAY k. CO.
4:ltelse. July 0, MC Colderi AleyulCPrug
DRESS GOODS,
.I)'Nines, Cashmeres., Bark Silks. Sack Flannels
TiekiagsOlDneeks,alas, Sbeeiln Bleakets
ite-Ise../ BRU y. N
FRS'
Calla• Oct 27, Imo: Car. Third and Union.
.the advance
.1111130elospriee °Mood*: peronsvrid and ti lo then'
&dimming's , te can and , amalgam. bor Kock of nrw
Prinda4lisalinet. - Qhtenatne. Cl.eeks Tlckings, Cra-h.
dtamllee4 iseitaeteverrelavv of. evade fellable let new
talinearn heirogh , vdoN: nod old met too.
nowsas.Opreete Odd Pellet.," Hall.
11011011aiWieranurtittervait be 0
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4 4 VIC re .41!'t*trill4AMSiliWol,
gratztiong.
Second Sight.
Strong of limb, and float' of foot, with
crisp, auburn curls, with cheeks like hard
red apples, and eyes growing like stars, An
gus McLean was surely not likely to be the
victim of disease. His family said he had
the gift of second sight. But we have been
accustomed to consider these "children of
the mist," even when they belong to the
stronger sex, to be weak, even as hysterical
women. Their bodies we suppose to be
emaciated, their nerves without tone, and if
they see into the next world, we judge it is
because the vail of flesh is fretted so thin
by disease, thatit becomes us it were trans
parent. But Angus RPLean was no hyster
ical, nervous, or nervless being, bearing
about the misery of unmanliness and seeing
ghosts in
. everi - giavayard. M matt
Ile was a ma
of few words, and never told aught that he
had seen that common eyes could never see,
unless it were to do some good, or avert
some evil. And ho would have been a brave
friend or foe who dared ask Angus aught
respecting ghostology. What Angus chose
- to-reveal was tuld-simply, 'truthfully, and
with no seemi ng sense of the Marvellous. I
remember a night' iu Edinburgh when I
was young and inexperienced, with hot
blood.in my heart and my, head, that a sin
ghlar adventure befell me. I had been sent
by my Ember to the Horns public house to.
meet a drover, who was to pay him some
money. I had received the money, and
should have gone directly home, for the
sum was very considerahle,rand , I was nut
orie to venture on my-own strength. Then
this house,-to which I was aent,•had fallen
under suspicion as a place where oar na
tional morality was not respected as it
should be. -But I -troubled: myself little
about rumors. I was young and full of en
thusiasm,' and pleased to be entrusted by
my father with so important a matter. illy
father was so much an invalid, that he used
to call me' his' hands and feet. We had
been in pecuniary difficulties which it had
taken all our fortitude to bear, but this mo
ney was to set us free, and make my father
as much at ease as a man with .moderate
wants and enough to supply them; can be.
El 50
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went then with an excellent heart to ro
calve this money, which was duly paid me.
I put it safely in my pocket, and was about
to return at once to my borne, when a tall,
pale man, who sat apart in a coffee-room,
interested me, and I lingered for one mo
ment, thinking what might the book be that
he was reading. .A.s I looked at him he
raised his eyes to mine with a quick intelli
gence and closed his book, keeping his place
with his thumb between the leaves. Theo
he addressed me as if by the feeling of a
common sympathy, and said:
"Young gentlemen, do you happen to be
familiar with " The Cotter's Saturday
Night?' "
Now Burns was my idol, and that home
scene with its piety, purity, and poetry,
was sacred to me. I expressed my feeling
with the enthusiasm of youth, and the stran
ger seemed delighted with my sentiments,
but be sighed heavily.
"Far from home," said he, "this exqui
site word painting brings all I love dearest
before me so clearly, that I am saddened in
spite of myself."
I pitied the stranger.
'rho Ernnser'ii henry OPlonnd it not,
A yearning enittn-h in. lot.
These words thrilled through my heart,
and I kept beside the gentleman when I
ought to have been on my way home. At
length I spoke, of going.
"My young friend," said the ]over of
Borne, "you will not go till you have drunk
to the memory of Scotia's bard."
lle spoke gravely and tenderly, and I
joined him over a bowl of punch made of
the "Dew off Ben Nevis," meaning to leave
my fascinating friend after a single glass.
But I was not fated to do this. I listened
to his musical voice, as he quoted liberally
from Burns. and lauded him as liberally. I
had never- a strong bead, and the national
beverage and the national poetry.l suspect,
were too much for me pretty soon. I re
member that the gentleman remarked that
"the higher sentiments should not be ex
posed-before the.vulgar," and •in illustra
tion of the remark he proposed that we
should go into his own private room. which
adjoined the coffee-room, but was fitted up
much more elegantly. Then be opened a
backgammon board and said with indiffer
ence:
"Do you ever play."
At home I had never been allowed to play
at backgammon, and probably.for this rea
soti'l Was very filod of "the game. I sell I
liked no game better; and we began to play.
I was very much excited by the punch, and
by all the eireumatinces of the evening, and
after a time I found we were betting largely,
This seemed only natural, and I went on
staking my father's money and winning the
stranger's: I remember having a confused
notion that if I took the gentleman's money
when I had won it, the play would be gam
ing indio -longer the innocent game I 'had
consented to . play. Therefore, though win
ning largely the stranger's mosey, I refused
to take it. He urged the gold upon me
telling me that be should take my money
without—sample,- if he won it. A pile -ot
gold lay at raj . elbow• that I lied refused to
take, when lisibegaiito win from me.
"Vie your own . money in wel wine," said
E;,,"1 ea...stake. it all, and twenty guineas
beside on'tbit tbiow." • " '
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 18, 1863.
As I eaid these words, a heavy band was
laid upon my shoulder, but I was too much
under the influence of the punch and the
game to notice it.
"Von, by all the Gods," said the gentle
man. "nand over your twenty guineas."
"Won—but with loaded dice, and from a
boy who stakes.his : faiher's money with a
professional gamester who. had made him
drunk," said the deep voice - of Angus Mc-
Lean, who had come unannounced and at
midnight into this room, which had a semi
public character, and, as we afterwards
learned, was often used for the nefarious
work of the professional blackleg. Angus'
knew the house well, but such hal been the
accuracy of his interruption this night, that
he would have found me, if he had known
nothing before of the house or its character.
As Angus spoke of loaded dice,the gamb
ler cried out "A base falsehood." At the
same time he attempted"to sweep them from
the table. But Angus was too quick fur
him. He coolly put - them in his pocket,
saying, •'I will just, save this wee bit of
evidence, and you. air; may call me to ac
count whenever you like."
The discomfated gambler scraped up his
gold, and slunk out of the room. Angus
drew my arm through his own, and essayed
to take me away.
I was weak froth the effects of the liquor,
and violently effected by the opportune 'ap
pearance of Angus. The thought that I
had been within a hair's breadth of ruining
my poor father came upon me, and sobered
me, like a deludge of cold water.
Now Angus M'Lenn altrays stroke Scotch
when excited, though in , the main be was
only an .English—speaking cosmopolitan,
having spent several years in London, and
having no pride in his Scottish idiom.
"Ye puir eallant," said he to me, as we
emerged into the open air. "I did' na ken
ye at a'. To think of your bein' clean wud
that night, jug, real daft, and thrawing
awe your pair auld father's last bawbee."
I heard himand yet I seemed not to hear
him. I was in a dream-like state, and suf
fered myself to be led home and put to bed
by Angus, as if I had been a child of two
years led by the hand.
When I awoke next morning Angus was
beside me. He brought me a bottle otsada
water, which somewhat cured the confusion
in my head, besides quenching a burning
thirst.
"My poor boy," said .Angus, "do you re
metuber?"
The rush of recollection, though confused,
the shame of my. conduct, the ruin, the
mi±ery that I bad so narrowly escaped
bringing upon my poor father and our lam
ily,overcame me entirely. I nearly fainted.
I beleivo I felt in that moment all the agony
that would have been my father's portion, if
Angus bad not interposed his strong arm
between me and that most accomplished
knave and hypocrite, who had me wholly in
his power. After a few moments of keen
remorse I revived, and replied "I have but
a confused recollection." As I reflected,
the incidents of the first part of the evening
came out one by ono on the background of
Memory with much clearness. "But how
came you to think of mistiming to the Horns,
Angus, and at 12 o'clock at nigut?"
asked.
"1 will tell you," said he, very seriously,
"that you may know how Providence
watches over you; but I trust you will not
therefore ever tempt Providence ag.tin.—
Last night I retired at ten, and, as is my
custom, I was asleep the minute after my
head touched the pillow. At eleven, I
awoke with a violent 'alpitation of the
heart, and I saw that gatuing-rnom at the
Horns, and you and that gamester at the
at the table. I saw him ply you with
spirits, I saw that y u played at diet., sod I
saw, too, that his were loaded. I watched
you both as he allowed you to win, and I
thought of your poor father, and the ruin
that was being wrought fur Lim. I saw all
this in a moment:canoe sees a landscape
and takes in its features of houses, hill and
vale, in a single flash of lightning, and I
sprang from my bed, dressed me as rapidly
as my agitation and trembling would allow,
and laid my hand on your shoulder at the
Horns as soon as my limbs would bear me
there. And if your life had depended on
my speed. I would have trusted myself
sooner than any horse I ever saw ".
"You saved me from life-long remorse,
and my dear father front ruin, my good
Angus," said I. My heart was too full for
adequate expression.
"Give God thanks,". said Angus. . "It
was my gift. It was the secondsight,
and all our gifts are from God. Therefore
we should use them wisely. Keep my
secret, Allan. and I will keep yours, and
we will .both be thankful all our days, to
the good 'Providence that had. us in keep
•
ing."..
Though this occurred many years ~since,
I have never before communicated, the facts
to any pertain. I would like to have this
and otheistiange experiences of my friend
explained. When I have spoken with him,
nn the subject, he has always said, "It ,is
my gift, Allan. It never comes at call, and
I am glad it does not, butit always comes
for good. I thank God for it, and I am
•nre you do Allan; for bad you not cause?"
saki Wait t/ia boast of AlariO,tbat where
hie borse's fest trod, the grtas never grew.
We dosii trio, Whether . the will jgar,„
nadir, tbe'rea tof 'out • geinial'a bit
give letivos'oinoiigh.
American Paper Currency
Many have beard their fathers and grand
fathers speak of "Old Tenor," and of " Con.
tinental money," and but few have seen ape
cithens of that worthless currency. The
provincial government of Massachusetts in
1690 made the first issue of paper money,
under the denomination of bills of credit, for
the purpose of defraying the expenses of
an expedition to Canada. These bills, when
first issued, were of less worth than specie;
in New England they were valued at six
shillings for a silver dollar, in New York
at eight shillings, in Pennsylvania at seven
shillings sixpence; hence arose the different
currencies in those provinces, which exist
even to the present day. It depreciated very
rapidly, until forty-five shillings came to be
of the value of one dollar, at which it stood
many years and was denominated "old ten
or," (old tender.)
This mode of liquidating the public de
mands and satisfying the claims of private
creditors wee initiated, in many instances,
by the other provinces, and among the rest
New York. In 1745, Massachusetts alone
issued bills to the amount of between two
and three million of pounds, lawful money;
and in three years after, by depreciation,
£l.lOO of these bills were only worth or
equal to £lOO sterling. Great Britain paid
to that colony £lBO,OOO sterling for expenses
incurred' by her inthe expedition against
Louisburgh, in the last mentioned year,
with which she redeemed her bills, at the
rate of fifty shillings per ounce of silver.
When the troubles of the revolution com
menced, Congress, having no other resource
fur revenue, had recourse to the system of
-paper money and the provinces did the same
to a large amount. In 1775, Congress is
sued bills of Credit to the amount of $3,000,-
000; at,d to force their circulation, and pre
vent their return for redemption, it made
them, by resolution, a lawful tender, and
declared a refusal to receive them an extin
guishment of the debt for 'which they were
offered for payment. This was a sort of
forced loan, and Congress declared, Jan.ll,
1776, that "whoever should refuse to receive
in payment Continental bills, Should be re
garded as enemies to their country, and be
precluded from intercourse with its inhabi•
tants."
"Until the amount (says Mr. Jefferson)
exceeded $9,000,000. the bills passed at their
nominal value, after which the depreciation
pas great."
This Co'ntinentftl money formed almost
fhu entire circulating medium of the coun
try during the Revolution, and accounts
were kept in it, but the specie ratite was
also generally enter4d as full.r . ks: "1779,
June 5. To cash paid Reuben Dean fur a
screw for a State seal, Cont'], £9, law% £0
16s. 4d."—wbich is as eleven to ono. Au
gust 30, 1775, the Profincial Congress of
New York ordered an emission of bide to
the amount of £45,000, in sums From ten to
half a dollar; and March 5, 1776, they or
dered $137,000 more. August 13, 177 G.
they again resolved to issue bills of credit
for $500,000, in sums from one shilling to
ten dollars. In the same Congress, May
28, 177 G, it was resolved that Tho Mas liar
, riot had violated the resolutions of Congress,
lin refusing to receive Continental bills in
payment; and that he be held up to the
public as an enemy to his country. It seems
he was afterwards imprisoned fur the like
offence. January 14, 1777, the Continental
Congress declared that bills of credit, issued
by their authority, ought to pass current in
all payments, &0., and they recommended
the State Legislatures to make them a law
fat tender; that a refusal to receive theta
should work a forfeiture the debt and that)
persons so conducting ougla to be declared
enemies to the liberties of the United States.
The Ilan. John Sloss Hobart reported to
Mt Provincial Congress of New York. that
the bills issued by them, then circulating,
and not on interest, amounted, August 2,
1777, to £1,060,110:
In 1780 they were worth only one-half,
and continued to fall, until $5OO and even
more of these bills were required to buy a
pound of tea, and $lOOO to buy a pair of
boots. The next year (1781) they entirely
stopped, except at one hundred fur one, un
der the funding 'system established by the
National Government.
Out of several hundred millions issued by
the Continental 'and by the different Provin
Mel Congresses, probably more than four
hundred millions are still held by public
bodies and by individuals, which are entire
ly worthless except 'as matters of ceriosky.
This is the more to be regretted, inasmuch .
as the loss fell the worn-out
, enest on the
soldier and the honest 'Patriot..
Gen. 'Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of'
the Treasury, on 4anuary_9, 177 , made a
icing and able report to Congress, on the sub
jest: of Preseriing the publio credit, in which
he advocated the redemption of these Conti
pilotsl bills:and` affirmed that the public ,
credit was a mattlnr4 tie' highest impor
tanCe to the tenor and prosperity of the
United States, which could only be support
ed by good faith and a punctual perform
mice of contracts. "The debt of the United
States," he says, "was the price of liberty;
the faith of America has been repeatedly
pledged for it, and with solemnities that
give peculiar force to the obligation.l To
justify and 'preserve public coodder.ce: to
promote the increasing respectibility:Of the
American name ; to answer the 'callis,of jam
rice; to.anstaio leaded property in, its true
value; to farnishmew resources both to ag
riculture atid entalermq to 'oemetteMeie
closely the Union of States; to add to their
security against foreign attack; to establish
public order on the basis of an upright and
liberal policy—are the great and valuable
ends to be secured by ttproper and adequate
provision for the support of public credit.—
The nature of the contract upon the face of
the bills is, that the public will pay to the
bolder the sum therein expressed, and it was
from this circumstance that the bills were
ever received or circulated as money." His
advice was not heeded. About $80,000,000
was paid to the different States, to refund
expenses ineurred by them during the Rev
olution; and $100,000,000 of Continental
currency remains unredeemed to this day.
The great excuse for non-redemption was
the extensive counterfeiting of them during
the few years of their issue.—Boston
Gazette.
:Er Mr. Smith is his "Trade and Tra
vels in the Gulf of Guinea," tells the follow
ing amusing story:
At the factory of an English trader, a
Mafouka Machango man—a superior order
of magistrate—joined us at the breakfast ta
ble, of whom I learned how the cock fell
into sad disgrace, by ocoasioniog one-half of
the inhabitants of the world to be black
while the other half are white. The con
versation on this subject was in substance
as follows:
"What will yon take, mafouka-machanga?
Here's fish, fuwl, and goat, cossavi and
breadt a tombo, coffee, rum and water.
"Part a part," (a little of each,) 'but
what kind a fowl that a be—a cook or a
hen?"
"I don't know; it makes no matter, J
suppose?"
"Oh, but it makes a great deal of matter.
If he cock I cannot eat him."
"Why so?"
• "Because them be rascal."
"flow is this? What harm has he done
you?"
"A great deal of harm, the rascal! had it
not been for him, I should has() been white
man, all same as yourself."
"What has a cock to do with your being
a black man?"
"Everything."
"Come, let us bear all about it?"
"Well, I must. You see when God Al
mighty first made man, he bad only one day
to make him in. Lie began early one morn
ing,.and worked bard all day, very hard,
for he wanted to make a great many. When
it was close to night he ordered them all
stand I/ ri in a row, that he might see how
they looked. When he examined them all
over, and thought they would do very well,
as far as shape went; but he had made them
all black, and he thought they would look
better if they were white; so he turned to
whitewash them, and whitewashed them
very hard all night, that he might get them
finished before the time he was limited to
had expired. Well, when be had got just
half through bis work the cock crew, and so
it was morning, so he was obliged to leave
the rest unwhitewashed. If it had not been
for him God would have.finished them, and
every man would be white. This is the
reason why one-half of the world be white
men and the other hitlf black men, and why
I cannot eat them -,--- rascal, that would
not wait till God had finished!"
(Early morn is expressed all over this
coast by coekerapeolc.—the cock sneaks.
and his the hour of rising.) Themafouka
melange cooled his ire with a tumbler of
raw rum; and the cook being sent fur, who
assured us it was a hen, he made a hearty
breakfast on fowl and the other - good things
without more ado.
WAR NEWS.
THE ATTACH ON. CHARLESTON,
Advance of the Iron-Clad Fleet—Admiral
Dupont's Order of Battle—Advance of
Ferry's Division to Folly 2sland:- - -7he
-Yost Terrible Firing on Record—The
lrotasides working badly—Five iron , Clads
Disabled--Terrific Eire Sustained by the
Iron-Clads—The Damage done Fort
, t S:am.
`ler:Trte — .l7eit recalled frointie'Ailcick—
, The List of Casualties.
I The correspondent of the Now York Tri
bune, who was aboard the transides during
the engagement in 'Charleston harbor, fur
nishes the following account, which, while
it does ' not differ materially "from
the =tic
counts already given, is fullerla its details:
WesutearuN, April - 12.—The
,gunboat
cqh elks!, from C h ItyleAtnnitar,at 11o:clack
on Wednesday, arrived at,, the, Navy Yard
at 2 o'clock to-day. ShiebCiniittapt. Rbind
who was wounded in' the- action with the
Rebel forte, add girreit, of 'the Keo-,
kuk. Your ..speeittGk.errespondent, who
alone of the members' of - the press in'the
Departmecit of tbaSticrfit . wail With the ircia;
elad,fieet during the action, being on board
the Admiral's flagship, is also a passenger.
His summary of events: is as follows:
. •
• The • iron-olact, oquatirob, convoyed bps ,
nombef of gunboats; arriyeeofrliston'
on xttursztorttittht
coarse of. the afternoon' t h e channel scrods
the barwas buoyed out.by the Coast Survey
steamer Bibb artthelisOkuk.
It was intended toaroia the- bar that 'if
ternoon, but a high.wisd arose;' which - in
duced Admiral Dupont to postpone Growing
till the next:day, Toward erenieg the Pa
tapsco stood in close to _Lighthouse, Inlet t&
protect the !mays., It waa expected thatch.
would drag the are of the Rebel.batterles,-
81,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANE; $2,00 IF NOIN ADVANE
but she anchored inside and remained un
molested all night.
In the evening the Admiral issued his
order of battle. The plan of the attack was
to move the iron-clad squadron up the main
ship channel, without noticing any firing of
the Morris Island batteries, steer directly to
Fort Sumter and engage its north-west face,
at a distance of 600 or 800 yards, the fire to
be aimed at the centre embrasures. The
line of battle to be as follows: Weehawken,
Passaic, Patapsco, New Ironsides, flog-ship;
Catskill, Nantucket, Nahant and Keokuk.
A squadron of reserve, consisting of the
Canandaigua, Housatonic. Huron, Unadilla,
and. Wi,s,thickon, was to form outside of the
bar prepared to c, --ate, if necessary, to the
support of the iron-clads.
Early on the morning of the 6th instant
Admiral Dupont and Staff transferred their
quarters from the steamer James Adger to
the Iroosides. -
About eight o'clock a general signal to
get under way was given. Some fears were
entertained of grounding when crossing the
bar, but all the vessels got over safely and
came to anchor directly opposite Light
house Inlet.
It was deemed necessary to wait the eta)
tide in order to discover more readily the
obstructions. The filet was expected to be
itble to move to the attack at one o'clock P.
NI., , but at that time a thick fog had risen,
concealing the shore lines, the guidance of
which the pilots, among whom were three
colored volunteers and Robert Small, re
quired for eafe steering.
The Admiral then reluctantly postponed
the attack to the next day.
During the day a brigade of Gen. Ferry's
Division worked its way up Fully Island,
established itself close to the beach, and
opened communication with the fleet. No
portion of the land force got nearer to the
point of attack, and all were obligedao play
the part of ear-witnesses.
Nothing was done during the remainder
of the 6th.
On the morning nf , the 7th the fog was
still thick, bat by nine o'clock it had pearly
cleared away, and there was no further
cause for delay of the attack. Up to twelve
o'clock preparations for the conflict were
continued on all the iron-clads.
At one P. M. the pilot of the flag-ship at
last declared himself ready to move. The
signal to get under way was made, and at
fifteen minutes before two the whole fleet
was in motion in'the order given above. At
half-past two o'clock the batteries on Mor
ris Island had been passed by the first four
Monitors without drawing the fire of the
enemy.
Shortly before three o'clock the Ironsides
showed disobedience to her rudder, her bow
swinging to the strong ebb tido, and threat
ening to bring her on the shoals to her right.
She was, therefore, compelled to come to
anchor to stay her course. Meantime the
first four Monitors had continued on toward
the fort.
Tho enemy allowed the Weehawken To
come within 500 yards of Fort Moultrie,
when two shots across her bow from this
fort opened the action.
The Ironsides had again got under way
and approached within 1,200 yards of Fort
Sumter, when she once more became un
manageable and was again obliged to drop
anchor.
The Monitors ahead of her had then
reached the converging point of the fire of
Ouramines' Nint Battery, Fort 'Sumter.
Fort Moultrie, and a work between Fort
Moultrie and Moultriovillo, known as Bat
tery Bee.
A sheet of flame and volumes of smoke,
extending from Morris to Solli van's Islands,
inaugurated what has been undoubtedly the
most terrific cannonade of the whale war,
it, indeed, it was ever equalled in the his
tory of the world.
A perfect torrent of shot and shell was
poured upon - the Monitors, wrapping them
sometimes almost entirely in spouts of wa
ter thrown up by the striking prtjectiles.
The Monitors continued , their way, reply
ing vigoroutily from their batteries to' the
enemy. They passed the northeast face of
Fort Stiinter, but when they came near its
angle With the norttitiesiern feet); they made
out at a 'sliort distineis:three 'distinetlines
of 'obstructions coniistidg of floating log
with torpedoes attached, and net-works of
eahles held perpendicularly in the water by
weights. •''
Tire Patapsco got foul of
,one then; and
could not make her' screw 'work fur ',some
fiftein minutes, bat
,finallysgOi. clear. A
torptde exploded 'close to the" 6Ovr of the
%Veehaa ben With - Out; 'hoWerer, doing any
damage. , ,
The vessels kit steering , 7,eryiheayity...tlie
clamor , , passages-, tt!reuglt„..tile line -QC otr
struetions *1,14 leyie reached . Met. ; ear l
oral attelipta..al fp!trles,soi4, , nrtk4
about ind, steamed becic tier i zmate r heclx!r,,
all the , bestiy fire and
rer°ftg,74`t_i?°).r.M.V-liklif.9FRPO.Y se
„ThelPittappoo baCh es 2Qq : pounder parzott
gun duabled bp, ita, o'►a zetoil
action ; ;
The turret of the•Ps.sslas warbeut in, mut
cramped bier . 11.:Ineb gun so - as -to prevent
its working . .*.a4946rtlialtir4sicr heft. turret
stopped ,rarolrips. aoWube lostaU oneasisle
parer., •
.M 8 Ironekles,i bad, tonstrtinie; F. tsibulY
straggled to come oloser:iso fort Sunter..*
The rebeigtinaara, irodibg,ber alred snarls,
plied ter freely witkebstrand shell -Jim
[WHOLE 'NUMBER 1,704.
position was such that she could not bring
her broadsides to bear until nhout4 o'clock.
when she got ag opportunity to deliver bar
fire at Fort Moultrie.
This was the only offensive demonstration
made by her during the action.
When Admiral Dupont found that be
could nut readily move the fronsides.. be
signalled to tho four iron•clads behind her
to pass ahead and go to the support of,the
four vessels already engaged.
trying to puss by, the Catskill, and
Nantucket brushed the Ironsidos on ; the
port and starboard sides, bet after awhile
managed to get away and moved on.
They and the Keokuk and Nuhant came
under the concentric range of the forte and
batteries at about the time the other feur
Monitors were turning back.
They nevertheless advanced with ,their
guns at work briskly, past the, northeast
face of Fort Sumter, until their coursa-•was
likewise impeded by obstructions.
The Catskill, Nantucket and Nahnot
ceired the united fire of both Torte Sumter
and Moultrie.
The Keokuk had steered a little more; to
the left and ; for _awhile received the fire of
Fort Sumter alone. She fired•the gun jot
tier forward turret but three times,, when it
became disabled.
Her gun could not be brought. to bear,
effectively and was rendered treeless. :After
continuing ander the united fires of.all• the
forte and batteries, for about three-quarters
of an hour, all the Monitors and the :Whit
ney Ilattery came back in obedience to a
signal from the flag-ship. ' .' :
The fronsides had already dropped back:
some diatanee out of range of Fort Sumter.:
At fire o'clock the eniire fleet was-.out of
range, and the action ceased.
Tho Ericsson raft, known as Abe- Deyik
was attached to the bow of the Weehawken
but proved a hindrance instead of a help,
by embarrasing the steering of the Weobaw•_
ken.
The monster torpedoes intended to be
connected with the raft „were not usea,. as
they required delicate itandling,.:and fears'
were entertained as to their slimes, The
Devil was lost the day after: the ' fight, and
washed ashore.
It was the intention of the Admiral to re
new the attack on the next day, but When
the reports of the commanders of • the iron
clads .
were received, showing that two, the
Keokuk and Passaic, were fully,'and - three
the Patapsco. Nantucket end Nahaat, were
partially disabled, the Admiral determindl
to desist from a continuance.
In this decision he was sustained by the
unanimous opinion of the commanders of
all the iron-clads.
The firing on both eidea wee good, rind
the thunder of the cannonade terrific.
The striking, of the heavy Missiles used
by the Rebels against the Bides; decks, and •
turrets of the' Monitore, the reverberations ,
of their own monstrous guns, the plunging
of eltot and shell into the surrounding waters
the dense smoke, now hiding the forte end
batteries from view, then broken by ?heats
of flame, the uncertainty as to what new ob
stacle or infernal machine might be en
countered by the iron•clads, the difficulty of
properly . mance:wring the vessels, the
anxious suspense of the inhabitants of the
iron boats as to whether victory or defeat
was to crown their eTirts—all this made
the scene one of unparallelel interest• anti
excitement.
No words ean.cunrey en idea of the -ter
; rible fire. The Monitor.; Were bit from
twenty to sixty times each, with the excep
tion of the Koukuk, whiah, from her more
exposed position, was struck by not less
I than ninety shots.
liar turrets were penetrated a number of
times, and her hull. at ,the water mark.
eholved nineteen boles. She Wl/8 only ; kept
alluat by plugging and pumping, until next
morning, when elie sunk ou the bar
,in
eighteen feet of water, hercolorsatill flying.
All en board were sexed,- but all hod
everything they had. .
The iron-eides wee hit frout,soto.6o timer
Without material damage.
Tho enemy used paly shot of thelea.viest
calibre. The must destructive .of.theiz:
Missiles .crere of English manufaittpre,
principally Whitiverth's steel pointet4 pro
-
jectiles.
Devenjarge holes, apparently running
through the walls., some of.. criiielt ercros„
about three feet wide, were lead!, on Ible d
oast face of Fort ....utupter, ~uhowipg that
ourfue Rap, not altogether •thugosattusi.,
The ?lonitors fired altogqlleg,fsbunt
. pup
hundred and fifty rattude : , „ Iwo , syl
-Theo n?rntri94 We 11 1 9 1?" ° C4c;g!RO tiar. o^
repdered, their, slisect co.operatjun3 in the, r
atts i ckimeractisAble.„, Upon„ the, nary,
ecdeeil.,tbs Rai!" ettare of the wark„, 1114
thefigbtips, r was done ,by it alopci , , ,
.When your. correspondent left ciao: Gomm
of-eoutliet two .of.t.lto Monitorahlus&Assiisstilt
from Port Royal; and. otho otherot,!woreto-ri
r e
The following list tornprissi
silties in tbo iron-clad squadron:
right leg. • • •
A. BlelntrAin `Aisfirrg
woondsloorforeheid and- Of :sniff
dittigerone. tab
-Cbarierldotassigtilits; Wastratii: saffinsktic t •
in both legs. !ID
David Vhstlitiiireintster;doliglia3t?dfli q7t
side; • Jrmilorti:
James Ryas; -ireaintra,idttotiotniTV,lONVa
. W.'S Ss be.
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