...was not able to reach the Pawnee until midnight, nor to bring her up till daylight, when, with the Huron, I anchored off this town. During the night an aimed launch of the Wabash, under charge of Acting Master R. H. Lamson , had been left for the protection of the railroad bridge, the draw of which had been opened. Toward morning, however, a number of soldiers came down, and under cover of the bushes, set the farther ...