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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 82 (search)
ouse-top, for a while, but to-day nothing of this can be seen excepting the dent above mentioned. The accident which happened to her machinery disabled her propeller, and she was, consequently, almost unmanageable, yet it was not of a nature to require more than a day or two to repair. She went into dock yesterday afternoon at Algiers. If that accident had not occurred, she undoubtedly would have sunk the whole of the enemy's fleet. Abstract of the log of U. S. Ship-of-war Preble. October 12, eight to twelve, midnight: Saw a large fire inland, bearing W. by N. Twelve to four A. M.: At three thirty saw a very suspicions object drifting down the river. Beat to quarters. Our movements detected. It went toward the Richmond, under her port bow, emitting huge volumes of black smoke. Afterward the object moved up the river and stopped abeam of this ship. About twenty-five fathoms distance to them we opened our port battery and fired into it. She then moved apparently uninjured u
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 79. the contraband institution. (search)
e them now is to lay up trouble for the future. To the former policy the North never will submit. Against the latter the South has already protested, and in support of its protest has appealed to the sword. It takes issue distinctly. Let the Government accept it, and meet it fairly and honestly. Then when peace shall come its basis will be understood, and there will be ground for hope that it may be perpetual. It is time the policy of the Government was understood. It is useless to disguise the fact that the people of the northern States are becoming seriously dissatisfied with the ambiguous position of the Administration upon this vital question. And is there not reason to fear that there is dissatisfaction elsewhere? We are, at least nominally, a religious people. We believe there is a God, and that he sides with the oppressed. Let us beware lest we be found fighting against him. F. M. Ohio Wesleyan University, October 10, 1861. --Cincinnati Commercial, October 12.