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Ne(.'aKcvrtilmtlhMorgan, vctoH it ; hut Gov. Seymour isnwnre ituil the democratic majorities ofAihanv. Schoharie, and Delaware, desir-►cd Ihis bonus. and, 1 i);*.* a wise politician,Ik: would not, stand in their way. Gov. Seymour has tlius sown some good seed for the Presidential canvass of 180-1. The hill loans the credit of New York to the amount oi $800,000, on evidence that the company has raised twice that amount-The grading is mostly completed. The State loan in needed in order to obtain ihe iron, nnd tvill thus finish a road which has been drugging along tor ten years past,15Kml.sK OF OUR JROX-H,AIS.The only prominent topic of con versa-11 tiott hereabouts is the repulse of our iron- ? clad fleet at Charlo'Mon. As the full I j particulars are received, it is obvious thalL the iron-elads entered Charleston harbor I ■ with the fixed purpose of testing their M power against stone batteries, nnd the result appears to be conclusive that harbor fortifications, with obstructions in the channel, arc too much for iron-clads. Fort Sumler was not iron-clad, yet our enormous guns, that threw 3G0-pounlt;l solid shot, did not tear the walls to pieces. Ii ,s possible that oni shot did not hit the mark ; but it is certain ll.nl the damage our Monitors inflicted, was far less than anticipated. Tim rebel butteries concentrated their fires so rapidly that they disabled our monster guns, of the revolving inn ctt, and thus wo could not reply. The rebels used UlO-pouud uteri* pointed shot, made in England by W hit-worth. The People of the loyal States will not forget who manufactures the death-dealing missiles for the rebels. We find England’* interference everywhere, and we hope some day to repay her, withcompound interest.There are tome favorable features of the engagement- The iron-dads, save the Keokuk,%re not injured as much as it was naturally imagined they would be, being exposed to n terrific fire from 300 guns. The Montniik— the best of the Monitors—is as good'as ever; the Wee-bawken received only a fuw bruises; and the Ironsides, the most vulnerable of nil, ami which cost the nation nearly n million, is nil injured. The rebels were par ticulurly anxious to sink this great ship ; hut in that they failed- The Keokuk cost only $‘200,00(1, and was doc mud the weak cat of the iron-clmls.Secnndly. the loss or life under the terrible fire uf 300 guns was astonish4* ingly small—not over lour persons killed and ten wounded, on all the ships.— ilad it not been tor the olistructions in the harbor, our iron-eludw would have steamed up to tho city and compelled Sts surrender ; but these obstructions are of bo formidable n character that it ia impos-( table to hope that an iron-clad could get past Fori Sumter; Gen. Hunter has evidently waited too long before the-at-, tack was made. Thu - Slontauk alone-would have been sufficient to have.bom-' bavded llie city two months'ago, but the more iron-clad* we concentrated at Port. Royal, ike more they obstructed the harbor So, here, us elsewhere, ,wc lose more Tjy: delay than by striking before .we arc fully ready. Delay in war is goner ally death or repulse to an attacking party* and tbat7 Gen. Hunter did not seem to appreciate.We do not despair of taking Charles-
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Semi Weekly Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Apr 24, 1863
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