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The Daily Dispatch: October 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], Yankee history of the attempts to blow up the Ironsides — Excitement Ashore. (search)
to hear she was hailed and ordered to stop, but she neither made reply or obeyed the summons. All hands were piped to quarters; a gun was fired, but the curious craft sat too low in the water, and the ball passed over her. A second shot followed the first, with the same result; then a volley of musketry lighting up for a moment with a flash the steamer, the torpedo at her bows, and the figure of a man sitting astride of the garnisheed hull, engaged in steering. This man, whose name is Toombs, and who is now in irons on board the flag-ship, fired a shot in retaliation, which severely wounded Ensign Howard, the officer of the deck. He pretends to have been sailing-master of the expedition, which he undoubtedly was, and is a man of moderate height, strong, muscular frame, a dark wrinkled skin, dark eyes, and coarse black hair and beard. There were three others with him, all under command of Lieut. Glassell, formerly of the United States Navy. He is said to be a man of superior t