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e nil MMAumwT or oslvwtow.,r The N. 0. Dills iiji:By lbs Galveston Neiei. we learn that in con- ,0 sequence of the approach of the schooner Dart, e of the enemy's mnrquito fleet, within two mlleaof tho batlerlee of Galreelon, on tho 3j Init.,, the blcckaders baring been warned they wonid be fired upon If they came within range, two■ batteries. ou »t the looa of Tremont street and1 the other at the foot of Twentieth street, were | i promptly manned by Capt. Schneider's Turner ,Rifles and opened fire, and after Are shots from | the schooner and six from the batteries, the ,• oannooade ceased without Injury on either aide, , b and the schooner moved out of range.According to tbo JVrtoi, there was a differ- , eoce of opinion among the citizens as to tho r wisdom of the challenge to the enemy—the , older people considering It a useless demonstra- ,■ tinn, calculated to expose the city to retallailooi | which, by the younger and more ardent, the morning's proceedings weieenUiuiiiaalloally approved—the close approach of Hie Dirt, aftert warning, being considered justification enough , . for commencing the engagement. What followed in the afternoon Is thus related by the , r If rut:' The Dirt came sailing down in front af the i, batteries, doubtless to draw their Are, but of no . avail. The steamer had almost come to a stand : still. She was within range, and seemed to■ dsre attack. 8he had not long to wait. Col. ' n Moore sighted Mo. 1 at her, and In a moment,, after ibe white smoke roeo above the breast-, wovks, and the thundering report that shook the ' earth and filled the air, aunopcced that the coo-“ test had began.All eyes uow turned to tho steamer. In a minute, a puff of white smoke Issued from her bow, aa she still continued to move slowly on;• the report rang out, aud then the sharp horn ol lt;ashtll was distinctly heardAgain, again and again this slow iuterchsnge . of shots took place, the Intervale ptetty regu larly between each. Our first shots were delivered steadily, and [evidently with care; they were lo line and went near the propeller each . time, and one sirnck so near ber, amidships, ibal from vsrious parts of ihe oity, far distant from each other, ae we have since learned, the remark was simultaneous; “ That bit• ber!Capt. Alden now began, however—much lo our mingled astonishment and Indignation— to fire shells over the city. He hsd endeavored to enfilade the guot In the batlerlee,but his gunners failed to bit eitbrr the s^ud-bsgs or Ihe men sround and near them. He doubileM then be thought him Ibat, ae be bad succeeded so well In opening Isdiea’ letters, he would be ts triumphant in frightening or lojnring some of our women and children. May his name be infamous for the dastardly deed.Several large shells exploded high in the air, the pieces flying In all directions, far and near. One piece trarersed the roof of Mr. Tankers-ley’s bouse, one square In tho rear of Mr.! Brown's and Gtowrel Nichols's retidsoce, on Broadway. It went through the outer plank I wall into tho yard. We heard a piece of it ! falling at the couth side of Ihe Publie Square.penetrating the roof and floor of Mr. J Dlke-’ man's potltoo; and an entire bomb at Mr. Oloe's ' foundry, a piece going to the First Ward Market, and one shell burying lleelf near Smyth's , Oardao, but cone, fortunately, bluing any one,[ though some narrow eeoapen were had. We ’ ware •bowji a Mf-pnend ball that Waa said to ’ hire beonploked up In the street, near Broad-wsy and Tramont. We bare been Informed,I also that some of the sheila were found unax-plodcd; bat we cannot bear Ihatanyof the gallant A Idea's missiles came nearer tbao the fur tbsr part of Mr. League's new hotel lot,on Tre , moot street, Booth or tba Biyou, or aboot bslf S mile from the Gulf This is ooosidefed by aesy ae the range of the propeller'* gone, from , ber nearest approach to the .bore, opposite the beach batteriesThe British Consul's residence Is no nr Mr. Lssgoe's, end his fl ig was flying, as it has boon for e month, at an elevation that it nan easily be seen et e great distance. Another consular flag was up, further in Ibe dty, north seat of Mr. Leegne's; but ihe hostile shell paid ne attsn lion to them. Of aeare, a man who woeld fin at womee end eblldreu would eere bat Uule for other observesese of oivlllxsd warfare.A large number of people having collected os and ntwr the seed hill*, e little lo the test- e ward of the beUsries, to gratify their curiosity,» shell fell emosg them, apparently directed
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The Daily Ohio Statesman
Columbus, Ohio, US
Tue, Aug 20, 1861
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