Posted on 03/13/2023 4:47:09 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
BALTIMORE, Thursday, March 12.
The steamship Ericsson arrived this morning from Port Royal 8th inst., with the mails and dispatches for the Government in the hands of Chief Engineer STIMERS, who was on board the gunboat Passaic during the attack on Fort McAllister.
The "Monitors" are all back at Port Royal in good condition.
A ten-inch mortar shell struck the deck of the Passaic, but did not go through.
A torpedo was exploded under the Montauk, and although it raised her a foot out of the water, no damage was done.
The bombardment lasted 20 hours, but the boats could not get near enough to the fort to dismantle it. The distance was 1,400 yards.
The British steamer Queen of the Wave is ashore near Charleston. Her crew escaped. Admiral DUPONT was endeavoring to save her.
The iron-clad Catskill arrived on Tuesday, the 3d inst., and is ready for service.
The gunboat Quaker City left Port Royal on the 8th for Philadelphia. The Ericsson passed her off Wilmington, she then being in chase of an English propeller, and had boarded her as the Ericsson passed. She was supposed to be a prize.
The movement on Charleston has not yet commenced.
The Charleston papers say that both the Indianola and Queen of the West are in good condition.
A rebel Lieutenant, captured near Charleston, says that secret negotiations for peace have been progressing for three weeks at Richmond, but the papers are not allowed to allude to the fact or to give particulars.
OSSABAW SOUND, Thursday, March 5, 1863.
The Monitors Passaic, Patapsco and Nahant, with three mortar schooners, commenced a combined attack on Fort McAllister at 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning. The cannonading continued all day with slight intermission, and the mortar schooners kept up a fire
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