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The Daily Dispatch: July 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
robably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. Yours, truly, A Lincoln. Lieut Read's account of the reason he could not escape with the cutter Cussing. The Northern papers publish a private letter from Lieut. C. W. Read, of the Tacony, now in Fort Preble, to Lt. Barrott, C. S. N., now in Fort Lafayette. We give an extract from the letter, showing that it was not Lieut. Read's fault that the steamers sent after him were not sunk: My Dear Barratt. As I have just noticed your arrival at Fort Lafayette, in company with the officers and crew of the late ram Atlanta, I have concluded to drop you a few lines informing you of my being bagged, and nicely closeted in a well-built fort in "Old Abe's" do minions. On the morning of the 26th we made Portland light; at sunset we entered the harbor, at 1:30 we boarded the revenue cutter Cushing, and took her with but little difficulty. The wind was very light, and it was 7 o'clock in