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YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Preserved in honor of
SCOTT BENNETT
Yale University Librarian
1994-2001
On the occasion of his retirement

'ONE BROADSIDE MORE!'-

AN

ACCOUNT OF THE RECEPTION

GIVEN BY THE

CITIZEN'S OW NEW-YORK

TO THE SURVIVORS OF THE

OFFICERS AND CREWS

UNITED STATES FRIGATES

CUMBEELAND AND CONGEESS,

ACADEMY OF MTJSIO, APKIL 10th, 1862.

PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE OP ARRANGEMENTS :
JOHN A. GRAY & GREEN, PRINTERS, STEREOTYPERS, AND BINDERS,
FIRE-PROOF BUILDINGS,
CORNER FRANKFORT AND JACOB STREETS.
NEW-YORK.

NAIL OUR FLAG TO THE MAST.
Nau our flag to the mast ! that all nations may know
It floats over freemen who'll ever defend it,
Will ne'er haul it down, though o'erwhelming the foe,
Though the smoke may enshroud, though the war-hail
may rend it.
When the smoke clears away
At the close of the fray,
Our flag, though in tatters, we'll proudly display
And e'en though we sink, still unconquered at last,
We'll sink 'neath the wave with flag nailed to the mast.
Nail our flag to the mast ! 'tis the flag of the free :
While the deeds of our fathers are hallowed in story,
Our standard a terror to tyrants shall be,
To freemen a beacon of honor and glory.
Spite of wind and of rain,
On its folds not a stain,
Our flag shall untarnished forever remain ;
In peace or in war, from the first to the last,
Dear country, speed on, with flag nailed to the mast.
From Rbymingb bt Howard Wainwright, 1860.

For right is right, since God is God,
And right the day must win ;
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin.
Saturday, the Eighth Day of March, a.d. 1862,
will ever be regarded as the beginning of a new era
in the annals of naval warfare.
The names of the Congress and Cumberland, the
Merrtmac and Monitor (more easily remembered be
cause of their coincident alliteration) will stand forth
prominent in the history of the most momentous Ee-
bellion the world has ever witnessed, and as connect
ed with the settlement of a question, the decision of
which will change the character of the navies of the
world. Not only so. No prouder names than these will
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have been so often emblazoned with gallant deeds of
daring or ,of suffering by the men of the sea.
Eminently proper was it, then, that the events re
corded in this little book should be so signalized ;
that the brave sailors who preferred death to dis
honor should be so honored ; that the hearty wel
come of the great commercial Metropolis should be
given to the surviving heroes of that desperate fight.
Is it not equally fit that this memorial volume
should preserve the record of these events ; that it
should be placed in the hands of all the seamen in
our Navy, to encourage them to emulate such noble
devotion to their Country and its Flag ; and that it
should be circulated far and wide through the land,
to teach our children and children's children what a
debt we owe to those whose characters it reveals, and
whose exploits it narrates, and to disseminate every
where the seeds of patriotism, valor and fortitude ?
It having come to the knowledge of some of our
citizens that the greater part of the crews of the
Congress and Cumberland were at the Navy Yard at
Brooklyn, saddened by the loss their country's flag
had sustained, and that most of them had lost all
their personal effects, it was deemed just and proper
that they should be suitably honored for their brav
ery and devotion to their flag, and at the same time
an effort made to. give them some aid pecuniarily.
Commodore Paulding was consulted in the matter ;
it met his hearty approval ; and he having promised
his aid -and counsel, the other officers of the station
cheerfully cooperating, the following circular was
issued :

Academy of Music, |
Thursday Evening, April 10, 1862. j
A reception will be given as above to the Officers
and Crews of the Frigates Cumberland and Con
gress who so nobly stood by their guns and their
flag in the late engagement in Hampton Eoads.
Personal narratives will be given by one or more
from those ships, and addresses made by distinguish
ed speakers.
The Band of the North-Carolina will be present
by permission of Commodore Paulding.
Tickets of admission, fifty cents.
Can be obtained at the Academy of Music, and at
the principal Music and Book Stores, and Hotels.
For the convenience of families, Eeserved Seats
can be secured in the Box Circle, (at the Academy
only,) 50 cents extra.
Subscriptions toward the same object will be re
ceived by the Committee, and all proceeds will be
distributed among the petty officers and men, as a
token of regard, and a just though partial indemni
fication for personal pecuniary losses sustained by
these brave defenders of their flag.
P. PERIT, SHEPHERD KNAPP,
OLYPHANT, SON & CO., CHAS. H. MARSHALL,
WM. B. CROSBY, WESTON & GRAY,
HOWLAND & ASPINWALL, M. H. GRINNELL,
ALSOP & CHAUNCEY, PHELPS, DODGE & CO.,
JAS. G. KING, BROWN; BROTHERS & CO.f
A. GRACIE KING, WM. SCOTT,
JAS. W.' UNDERBILL, MAUNSELL B. FIELD,
REV. S. H. TYNG, E. S. LATHROP,
CALEB BARSTOW, GEO. F. NESBITT,
HORACE WEBSTER, REV. P. VINTON,
DUNCAN, SHERMAN & CO., REV. S. B. S. BISSELL,

JOHN A. PARKER, LUTHER BRADISH,
SNOW & BURGESS, REV. H. W. BELLOWS,
WM. A. BOOTH, CHAS. TRACY,
A. A. LOW & BROS., GEO. OPDYKE,
DAVID HOADLEY, W. F. FROST,
JOHN J. CISCO, W. W. DEFOREST & CO.,
HAMILTON FISH, IRVING GRINNELL,
ROBERT L. TAYLOR, WILLIAMS & GUION,
JAS. A. BRIGGS, R. P. BUCK,
T. B. SATTERTHWAITE, CROCKER, WOOD & CO.,
EDW. A. WEEKS, PETER COOPER,
ALFRED EDWARDS, NESMITH & SON,
REV. H. LOOMIS, H. K. CORNING, SON & CO.,
SAM'L B. RUGGLES, GEO. W. BLUNT,
CHAS. P. KIRKLAND, RICHARD LATHERS,
JOHN A. STEVENS, SPOFFORD, TILESTON & CO.,
And others.
Treasurer of Committee,
E. PLATT, Cashier of the Seamen's Bank for Savings, No. 78 Wall St.
COMMITTEE OP AKEAWGEMENTS.
JAS. DEMAREST, E. E. MORGAN,
LLOYD ASPINWALL, WM. E. DODGE, Jr.,
JOSEPH F. JOY, F. M. FRENCH,
E. RICHARDSON, HENRY P. MARSHALL.
The Committee prepared the following programme,
which, with some additions suggested at the time,
was carried out as hereinafter narrated.

PEOGEAMME. PART I.
1. Music by the Band of IT. S. Ship North-Caro
lina, present by permission of Com. Pauld
ing.
Presentation of the Crews of Frigates Con
gress and Cumberland to the Audience,

and Address of "Welcome by the Chairman,
Pelatiah Perit, Esq.
2. Prayer by Isaac Ferris, D.D., Chancellor N. Y.
University.
3. Music by the Band. " Star-Spangled Banner."
i. Address by Eev. Prof. Eoswell D. Hitchcock,
•D.D.
5. Song — Viva 1' America.- Miss Maria Bratnerd.
6. Description of the attack of the Merrimac,
by one of the Crew of the Cumberland.
7. Song — " Eed, "White and Blue," by George Mc-
Kenney, one of the Crew. Chorus by the
Man-o'- War's Men.
PART II.
1. Music by the Band.
2. Address by Wm. M. Evarts, Esq.
3. Song—" White Squall," by S. C. Campbell.
4. Description of the fight by one of the Crew of
the Congress.
5. Song — " Boatswain's Call," by Walter M.
Pierce, one of the Crew. Chorus by Mai>
o'- War's Men.
6. Parting Address to the Crews, by W. E. Dodge,
Esq.
7. National Airs by the Band.
At five o'clock about one hundred of the surviving
sailors of the ill-fated Cumberland and Congress with
fifty marines formed at the Navy- Yard, and with the
band of the North-Carolina at their head, crossed Ful-
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ton Ferry. On the New- York side they were met
by the Committee of Eeception, consisting of Messrs.
French, Eichardson, and Aspinwall. Fulton street
and Broadway put on holiday attire, and crowds
greeted them on their march to the Academy of
Music, which they reached at half-past six o'clock,
and where they found a substantial collation await
ing them.
The doors opened to the public at seven o'clock,
and long before eight the house was densely crowded.
The time was pleasantly beguiled by the band, whose
performances received, as they deserved, the hearty
approval of the audience. Over the stage was a
white flag edged with blue, on which, in red letters,
was : Welcome, brave Defenders of the
Flag of our Country.
While on either hand were similar flags, bearing the
words " Cumberland" and " Congress." The prosce
nium boxes were gayly decorated with the banner of
liberty, and around the amphitheatre the signal-flags
of a man-of-war were suspended.
The sailors and marines marched in, and were re
ceived with hearty rounds of applause, the whole
house rising to receive them. After they were seat
ed, three cheers were given them, and at the sound
of the boatswain's whistle, which was repeated as if
from below on shipboard, Chancellor Ferris of the
University offered prayer.
The Chairman, Pelatiah Perit, Esq., then said :

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Ladies and Gentlemen : We are assembled this
evening to give a proper reception to the surviving
officers and sailors of the frigates Cumberland and
Congress, which were destroyed in the engagement
with the iron-clad ship Merrimac on the eighth ul
timo. Fighting to every disadvantage, they stood
to their guns until, submerged in water, they could
be fired no longer, and then escaped with their lives,
with the loss of every thing else but their honor.
The flag of the Cumberland was never struck, and
still floats in the face of the enemy. The killed and
wounded went down with the sinking ships, and
were buried in a watery grave. They will ever be
remembered with honor as heroes who have given
their lives a sacrifice to their country. This crowded
assemblage gives evidence that their widows and or
phans will be remembered by a grateful nation.
The record of the sailor has ever been an honorable
one in the history of our nation. Accustomed to the
dangers of the ocean, inured to hardship, trained to
strict discipline, they are ever ready at the call of
tlieir country to face danger in any form. We owe
to them our unprecedented commercial advancement;
we owe to them most of the luxuries and comforts
which we enjoy ; we owe to them our naval triumphs.
In the war with Great Britain in 1812, in spite of the
overwhelming navy of England, our ships of war and
privateers launched forth from every port, and gain
ed laurels in every engagement with the enemy. In
the civil war now raging, they have been prompt to
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distinguished exploits of the campaign- have been the
achievements of the navy. The names of Foote
[cheers,] Stringham, [applause,] and Du Pont, [cheer
ing] will ever stand prominent in the^ history of our
nation. The President of the United States has of
ficially announced that, while many officers had gone
over to the rebellion, not a soldier in the ranks or a
sailor in the navy had ever proved a traitor. What
a noble tribute to a faithful people ! Such are the
men whom we have invited to meet us this evening.
Such are the men who ought ever to receive our
sympathies and our efforts for their good. And I am
sure that every heart in this assembly will respond
to me when I give them a cordial welcome.
At the close of Mr. Perit's address, he formally in
troduced the sailors, and, amid tumultuous applause
and waving of handkerchiefs by the audience, a huge
flag was run up from the stage, the sailors saluting
it with three cheers, the audience rising and respond
ing with great enthusiasm.
. The band played the Star-Spangled Banner.
The Eev. Eoswell D. Hitchcock, who was then in
troduced, said- that he was proud of New- York, and
of these heroic men.
At his call and the boatswain's, Jack gave the flag
three cheers again, and New- York gave Jack" three
cheers and a New- York tiger."
Dr. Hitchcock proceeded :
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am
proud of New- York to-night. Our city honors her-

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self in thus honoring these plain, brave men, who
have risked their lives in defence of all we hold dear.
For these outbursts of enthusiastic welcome I tender
you my thanks. Never did men better deserve such
a welcome than these honest tars. I confess to a sen
timent of reverence towards them as heroes of the
noblest type. But before uttering another word, I
would like to hear their voices once more saluting
our country's flag. Come, Jack, [turning to the sail
ors,] let us have three more rousing cheers for the
Stars and the Stripes. [In answer to the boatswain's
whistle, the sailors gave three tremendous cheers,
which broke on the audience like a thunder-clap.]
Now, New- York, [turning to the audience,] let us
give Jack three cheers and a tiger. [They were
given with great enthusiasm.] That will do.
We are here to-night in a festive mood, exultant
over the victories which are now breaking upon us
with startling rapidity from almost every point in
our gigantic sweep against rebellion by land and by
sea. It thunders now, as McClellan promised it
should, around the whole horizon ; and wherever the
lightning of our power strikes, it strikes to blast the
infamous disturbers of our peace, the enemies of our
beneficent Constitution, the enemies of republican
freedom, the "enemies of the human race. But who
of us does not shudder to recall the dark and dismal
scenes of a little more than a year ago, when treason
ruled the hour, when we knew not whom to trust,
when the solid ground underneath our feet seemed to
be crumbling away, when the very air we breathed
seemed to be undergoing decomposition ?

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But in the depth of our despair, thank God, we
found the beginning of our deliverance. Then it was
that our lion-faced and lion-hearted Lieutenant-Gen-
eral [great cheering for General Scott] secured the in
auguration of our constitutionally elected President,
and saved the Capital. Then it was that history
found another hero at Sumter, while the roar of
Beauregard's artillery as in an instant called the na
tion to its feet in arms. [Applause.] It was, indeed,
a grand uprising of a great people. Lavishly did we
pledge to the Government our fortunes and our lives.
But war was new to us, and we were slow to get the
measure of our work. For a time we boasted, and
blundered, and were humbled by unexpected reverses.
Ellsworth was murdered at Alexandria. Greble and
Winthrop fell at Big Bethel. At Bull Rwi — let us
never call it Manassas — a real victory on our side was,
by a teamsters' panic, turned into a shameful rout ;
the greatest of blessings in the grimmest disguise, for
it brought us to our knees in self-abasement and in
prayer. Then, looking beyond the clouds for help,
we buckled on for the first time the harness of a true
Christian heroism. Then we awoke to the greatness
of the task imposed upon us, and marshaled forces
commensurate with our desperate necessities.
All honor to our gallant Army of sons and brothers,
who are now marching like veterans from victory to
victory. But let us not forget that it was our equally
gallant Navy, which first turned the tide of battle in
our favor. [Cheers.] This arm of our country's serv
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feeble beginning in 1775, when we had but two hum
ble cruisers of ten and of fourteen guns, till now, it
has never disappointed us. In the war of the Eevo-
lution, in the war of 1812-15, whether on the sea or
on the lakes, we have had abundant reason to admire
the daring of our sailors, and the genius of our Cap
tains and Commodores. In many a dark hour of na
tional peril and despondency has our little Navy re
trieved our waning fortunes, watching up our starry
flag and bearing it in triumph through the smoke
and thunder of battle. These glorious traditions are
in no danger of fading. Eeeent achievements are
only reviving their lustre. Hatteras heads a new
list of victories ; the modest, accomplished String-
ham, whom I am sorry not to see here to-night, heads
a new line of heroes. [Great applause.] If the Gov
ernment has failed in any measure to recognize the
greath worth of his services, the people, at all events,
will know how to load him with laurels. Next comes
Port Eoyal, where Du Pont led his fleet in that mag
nificent elliptic dance. [Applause.] And now in
these last hours we get tidings of our Puritan Parson
Foote, who held the rebels so long in conference at
Island No. Ten, and when they ran away without
waiting for the benediction, resolute dissenter as he
is, sent a Pope after them to bring them back.
[Laughter and cheers.]
To-night we stand face to face with the heroes of
Hampton Eoads. We have met to honor the living ;
to bless the memory of the dead. These men did not
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to fight, but glory they shall have. We applaud the
living, we drop a tear for those who went down fight
ing for our flag, but, above all, we adopt their widows
and orphans as our own. We throw Our arms around
them in their sorrow, and assure them they shall not
be left to want.
These dead heroes teach us a grand lesson. They
were martyrs to duty. Let us be fired by their ex
ample. Duty is ours, the event is God's. And our
duty is as plain as a turnpike road. Not our own na
tionality alone, republican freedom itself is imperill
ed, and we are summoned to the deadly breach. Our
one duty now is to fight, to fight, to fight, till we
shall have won the day, won it for ourselves, for our
children, and for all mankind. And let no man
doubt the issue. Fear not for the Eepublic. The
decree has not been registered in Heaven, that this
young Eepublic shall perish. [Applause.] No na
tion of history, save that of the Hebrews, has had
such a record as ours. Far more than three hundred
years now, since North- America was first discovered,
the hand of Providence has been most conspicuous
in all our fortunes. The interdiction of the Continent
to European immigration so long as Europe was
grossly commercial, the final opening of the gates
of the Continent, when Europe was ready to plant
it with Christian States, our gradual deliverance from
European domination, the inspiration of wisdom
which dictated our incomparable Constitution, our
steady progress in wealth and power, these things all
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shaping our institutions and our destiny to uses
which vitally affect the dearest interests of the whole
human race. We have no right to be a nation of
boasters. With all our intelligence and bravery, our
own strength has not gotten us the victory. From
the beginning till now we have triumphed because
the stars in their courses have contended for us. Our
men fought gallantly in Hampton Eoads, but it was
a kind Providence which sent the little Monitor just
in the nick of time to save our menaced fleet, and
drive back the monster Merrimac crippled to Nor
folk. If we have sometimes doubted the wisdom and
efficiency of our Government at Washington, we
have had no reason to doubt the gracious intentions
of Providence towards us. Through all our worst
fortunes, we have had the pillar of cloud by day, and
the pillar of fire by night.
And now, my countrymen,, we put our hands once
more to the terrible work before us. We have only
to fight this battle through, and then meet in their
time the further duties which victory may bring us.
Some faint-hearted men are still* amongst us. I have
heard it said, that we are running up an enormous
debt, which can never be cancelled. I never yet
knew a man, whose family were starving, to be great
ly afraid of running in debt for the sack of corn
which was needed to feed them. We have only to
keep the nation alive at any cost, and let the debt
take care of itself. I have heard it said, that the men
of the South, doubly alienated by this bitter war, can
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But I never yet knew a wise father withhold needed
chastisement from a wayward and stubborn child
through fear of a permanent alienation of feeling.
We have only to lay on the rod, and wait for time to
do its soothing and cooling work. I also hear many
anxious questions asked in regard to the " Contra
bands." Let us give ourselves np solicitude about
them. Sufficient unto the day is the good thereof, as
well as the evil thereof. [Laughter.] Looked at in
the mass, these four millions of persons held to serv
ice amongst us, present a problem which may well
perplex the wisest of our statesmen. But this pro
blem is in the hands of a wise and beneficent Provi
dence. Ours is the simple duty of completely crush
ing out this stupendous rebellion, at whatever cost to
the " peculiar institution " which has wantonly pro
voked it. Let us faithfully and fearlessly do this one
work. It' is enough for us to know the duty of the
hour. That duty done, will flash light upon the duty
next waiting to be done. We have only to move
onward step by step, and we shall find the path we
tread in as clear as daylight, and as firm as adamant.
[Cheers.] We1 figh^; to sustain our flag. Only the
cross shall ever rise above it, and these two shall go
down the ages together, shedding their benedictions
upon the men of every color and of every clime.
[Great Applause.]
The Chairman then read the following letter from
Gen. Scott :
" I would be most happy to' meet with you and
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of the frigates Cumberland and Congress, but for my
lameness and the fea\ that the excitement would be
still more hurtful to me. Eespectfully yours,
"Winfield Scott."
He also read a letter from Capt. Eadford, which
contained at the close a complimentary mention of
Lieut. Morris, who was in command when the Cum
berland went down.
Three cheers were given for Lieut. Morris.
Miss Maria Brainerd sang a charming song — Yiva
1' America — which was very warmly applauded.
A Sailor of the Cumberland was then introduced.
He said : My friends, the task that I have before me
is at once painful and pleasant — painful when I think
of my lost shipmates, and pleasant when I see so
many smiling faces here. It is my task to detail as
near as I can the engagement of our ship with the
Merrimac. It was about eight o'clock on Saturday
morning, the eighth day of March, when we first saw
the Merrimac. We beat to quarters, and so did the"
Congress. She went on the passage down to Fort
ress Monroe, instead of coming towards our ship ; af
terwards she stood for the ship. As she passed the
Congress the brave ship poured two or three broad
sides at her, but they were not any more than throw
ing peas or apples at her, when she came at us.
Could we have kept her off at arm's length she never
would have taken us, but she ran her steel prow into
us, when Mr. Buchanan, the man who commanded
her, asked our Commander, " Will you surrender 1"
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his infernal machine off and ran it into us again. He
then asked again, " Mr. Morris," calling him by
name, " will you surrender that ship ?" "Never," says
he, " if you sink her !" Then a marine from our ship
drew a bead on Mr. Buchanan, and I rather think
that he is dead now. The paper that tells he was
only wounded, I think, tells an untruth, for the ma
rine drew a sure bead on him. Well, my friends, the
Cumberland had to go, and we tried to do our duty,
as I hope that every seaman that has to come after us
will do his duty in like manner. [Loud applause.]
In response to loud cries for " Morris," the Chair
man stated that Lieut. Morris had been ordered to
Washington. A Yoice — What is the sailor's name ?
The Chairman — James Marlow.
One of the Cumberland's crew, George McKenney,
sang " The Eed, White, and Blue," the crew joining
in the chorus. The song was received with vocifer
ous applause.
Three cheers were given for " The Eed, WTiite, and
Blue," and between parts first and second of the per
formance the band played a selection from Eobert le
Diable. The Chairman said there had been a request from
the audience to see the marine who fired the fatal
shot ; he was not present. His name was Gates. It
was proposed to give three cheers for Lieut. Morris.
The cheers were given with a will, the crews join
ing in them.
Wm. M. Evart^, Esq., was then introduced. With

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eloquent panegyric upon the bravery of our sailors,
he prefaced a few words upon the war. . . . Noth
ing could surpass the bravery of these men. That
day was the commencement of a new era in naval
warfare, and so long as that should be a science, the
day would be remembered as that which saw the
bravery of the men of the Cumberland and Con
gress. . . . Mr. Evarts read an extract from a
Southern paper which paid a high tribute to the he
roism of the Cumberland's crew. [Three cheers for
'em.] After this, who was there who could not give
a new meaning to the cry : " Don't give up the ship ?"
It meant something. It meant : " Don't give up the
ship, although you go to the bottom in her." It
meant : "Don't give up the good ship, the Constitu
tion ; better be buried beneath the liberties of the
country, than survive them." [Loud cheers.]
Mr. S. C. Campbell then sang "The White Squall."
The Chairman then introduced Mr. Willard, a sail
or from the Congress.
Mr. Willard said : Gentlemen and Ladies, I am not
acquainted with this kind of speaking. I am not
used to it ; I have been too long in a man-of-war. I
enlisted in a man-of-war when I was thirteen years of
age ; I am now forty. I have been in one ever since.
We had been a long time in the Congress, waiting
for the Merrimac, with the Cumberland. I claim a
timber-head in both ships. I belonged to the Cum
berland in the destroying of the Navy- Yard and the
ships at Norfolk. On* the eighthx>f March, when the
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would be with his father coming home with a new
kite for him. [Loud laughter and applause.] She
fired a gun at us. It went clean through the ship,
and killed nobody. The next one was a shell. It
came in at a port-hole, killed six men, and exploded
and killed nine more. The next one killed ten.
Then she went down to the Cumberland. She had
an old grudge against her, and she took her hog-fash
ion, as I should say. [Great laughter.] The Cum
berland fought her as long as she could. . She fired
her spar-deck guns at her after the gun-deck was un
der water, but the shot had no more effect than peas.
She sunk the Cumberland in about seven fathoms of
water. You know what a fathom is — six feet. We
lay in nine fathoms, and it would not do to sink in
that. We slipped our cable and ran into shallower
water, to get our broadside on the Merrimac, but we
got her bows on ; that gave them a chance to rake us
as they did. The Commander opened a little port
hole, and said : " Smith, will you surrender the ship ?"
Says he : " No, not as long as I have got a gun or a
man to man it." They fired a broadside. The men
moved the dead bodies away, and manned the guns
again. They fired another broadside, and dismount
ed both the guns and killed the crews. When they
first went by us, they set us a fire by a shell explod
ing near the magazine. I know where the magazine
is ; you folks don't. Last broadside she killed our
commander, Mr. Smith, our sailing-master and the
pilot. We had no chance at all. We were on the
spar-deck, most of us ; the other steamers firing at us,

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and we dodging the shot ; no chance to dodge down
below, because you could not see the shot till they
were inside of the ship. We had no chance and we
surrendered. The rebel officers — we knowed 'em all
— all old playmates,, shipmates — came home in the
Germantown with them ; all old playmates, but ras
cals now. She left us, and she went towards Norfolk
to get out of the way. She returned in the morning
to have what I'd call a fandango with the Minnesota,
and the first thing she knowed, the little bumble-bee,
the Monitor, was there, and she went back. I have
no more to say, people, but there is the flag that the
fathers of our country left us, and by the powers of
God above us, we'll  ¦ [Tremendous cheering.]
One of the crew of the Congress, Walter M. Pierce,
sang the " Boatswain's Call," and he was loudly ap
plauded. The Hon. George Bancroft was next introduced,
and spoke as follows :
Mr. Chairman : I am called upon most unexpect
edly, but I cannot refuse the summons to express
your thankful admiration of the rare courage dis
played by the men who are with us to-night. Call
up vividly to your minds the desperate condition to
which these brave seamen were reduced ; not meet
ing face to face an equal enemy, but attacked with
irresistible force by a new and untried power. Nor .
was this all ; the Cumberland, on whose deck they
stood, was cleft so badly by the iron prow of her ad
versary that they could hear the water rush gurgling
into her hold, and could measure how few sands were

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yet to run out before she must entirely go down. It
was under this combination of appalling circumstan
ces that our guests manifested the wonderful self-pos
session that enabled them to continue the combat ef
fectively while their ship was sinking. This unique
display of patriotism entitles them to the gratitude of
the American people, and to the esteem of every one
who wishes well to the liberties of mankind. In
those moments of heroic action, you, My Men, were
the champions of humanity, the defenders of the
great cause of the people, the assertors of the imper
ishable life of this Eepublic ; and the memory of that
hour of your mingled glory and sorrow will never
fade away.
The greatest invention of the eighteenth century
was that of a republic founded on the principle of the
equality of men, and shall it have been found out and
established in vain ? Is popular government but a
brilliant meteor ? Is this Eepublic to be rent asun
der and die ? No ! My Men, you have proved that it
lives and is safe against decay. When this war began,
the people from their fields and workshops started to
arms with a spirit like yours, and five hundred thou
sand men rose up, willing to prove with their lives
that in very truth we have a country ; that the liberty
which has been committed to their keeping, shall
never be submerged, and they will take care to bring
the torch of liberty still burning to the goal. The
people, moreover, have perpetual succession, and
their voice comes up as the voice of eternal truth
itself, declaring that our beautiful flag and all of

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which it is the emblem, shall be handed, down in un-
dimmed lustre from generation to generation.
I have said, My Men, that your reputation has in n
one sense gone through the world ; but it has a
nearer relation to us, who belong to the same coun
try with yourselves. And what is to be the, bound
ary of that country ? Shall it be confined by the
Potomac ? Never ! Or by the Mississippi ? Never,
O never ! Or by the Eocky Mountains ? There, too,
it would be too narrow. . Our country must never be
less than from the St. Lawrence to the Mexican Gulf,
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
In the name of this vast assembly, My Men, I once
more give thanks to you all. We rejoice that you
continued fighting to the last, and that when you
went down, you left the Star-Spangled Banner flying
where it still flies, at the peak of the Cumberland, in
token that no perils, no enemies, no flood of waters,
no treasons, no rebellion can overwhelm our liberty
and Union.
Three cheers were given for Captain Ericsson, for
Lieutenant Worden, and for the President.
Mr. Kearney, of the Congress, then sang a humor
ous song in praise of the yacht America, the curiosity
and astonishment of John Bull being represented by
the chorus : Oh ! where did she come from ?
New- York Town.
Who's the Captain of her ?
One Mr. Brown :
which the crew sang with great gusto. The satisfac-
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tion of the audience found huge and prolonged mani
festation, and the jolly tar was called back. He sang
the first verse of " Uncle Sam is rich enough to give
us all a farm," and retreated under cover of the ap
plause. Wm. E. Dodge, Esq., in addressing the sailors, said :
We have met before. I feel a very special interest
in you all. I saw you the morning after the battle,
as you came from your destroyed ships, looking so
very different from your appearance this evening.
Nor can I forget that Saturday when it was an
nounced that the Merrimac had passed Sewell's
Point, and was making her way to Newport News.
I was with General Wool at his quarters. Soon the
telegraph announced that she had engaged the Con
gress, then the Cumberland, and in a few minutes
that the latter was sinking with all hands on board.
In less than an hour there came the stunning news
that the Congress had surrendered. All around were
pale with excitement, but there stood the old General,
cool and collected, giving his orders promptly. All
expected the Merrimac would at once attack the
Minnesota, which was aground, but she soon moved
off, evidently in some way disabled, and it has since
been proved that your last guns did some execution.
When, that evening, the arrival of the Monitor was
announced, the air rang with shouts, and even those
who seldom referred to such things were saying,
" how providential." On Sunday morning early the
Merrimac was seen advancing towards^ the Minne
sota, and after a little the Monitor, which had re-

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mained near her during the night, began to move
towards the Merrimac. As they neared each other,
I suppose the Merrimac began to think best to feel
of that strange-looking object, for she fired her bow
guns at her ; but there was no response from the
Monitor till she got within about half a mile, when
she fired her two guns, then they continued to fire
till they passed, the Monitor taking the full broad
sides of the Merrimac. Again they turned and ap
proached each other, and thus they continued to ma
noeuvre for an hour or more. At last the Merrimac
ran directly for the Monitor, and ran her ram on her
deck, and while in that position they each discharged
their guns. It was a most interesting moment, but
they soon parted, and the Merrimac began to move
off slowly, so much so that it was said she was going
down, and then from that old fortress, crowded with
men, there went up a shout that was tremendous,
but soon two gunboats came and towed her off. I
am confident that if the Monitor had been able to
have fired her conical projectiles and followed her
up, she would have finished her in a short time.
But I must not take up your time. I am to say a
word to these noble men who have been in the heat
of battle, some of them just escaping as the Cumber
land went down. Look, my good fellows, at this
splendid audience, all looking at you with deep emo*
tion and longing to do you honor. Never forget
that when on board ship there will be many thou
sands who will be watching you. Never feel that
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done to the last. You have been connected with a
battle that will, with your noble conduct, go all over
the world and form part of the history of our country.
May you be followed by every blessing here, and
at last all cast anchor in the haven of eternal rest.
Captain Chas. H. Marshall offered the following
resolutions :
Resolved, That, as the sense of this meeting, some
recognition of the heroic and gallant conduct of the
officers and crews of the frigates Cumberland and
Congress during the late engagement at Hampton
Eoads, is eminently due from the Government, and
that it be recommended to the Navy Department to
prepare a suitable medal to be presented to each of
the surviving officers and men in commemoration of
the event.
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution, signed by
the Chairman and Secretary of this meeting, be trans
mitted to the Navy Department at Washington.
The resolutions were adopted and the meeting ad
journed. After the adjournment the sailors and marines
formed and took up their return march to the Navy-
Yard. Notwithstanding the lateness of the hour,
many accompanied them amidst continued manifes
tations of sympathy and gratitude.

APPETSTDIX.

The keel of the noble steam frigate Merrimac was
laid at Charlestown, Mass., in the year 1852. For
many years employed in active service, at the break
ing out of the rebellion she was lying at the Gosport
Navy- Yard, near Norfolk, Ya. It being feared that
the Navy- Yard and the Aressels there might fall into
the hands of the rebels, it was resolved to destroy
such as could not be removed. The Merrimac was
therefore set on fire, and scuttled, and her charred
hull soon disappeared beneath the surface. Some
time after the rebels had taken possession of the sta
tion, they succeeded in raising the vessel, repaired
her machinery, covered her with a coat of heavy iron
mail, armed her with heavy rifled guns, provided her
with a projecting ram of iron, and as the sequel will
show, sent her forth to do traitor's work.
The Monitor was built at New-York, after plans
furnished to the Navy Department by Captain John
Ericsson of New- York, a native of Sweden, but an
adopted citizen of the United States, who had al
ready acquired a distinguished reputation by his em
inent scientific skill, and by several valuable inven
tions. She was a small iron propeller, one hundred
and twenty-four feet long, and thirty'-four feet wide,
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on which rested another iron-clad hull, one hundred
and seventy-four feet long, and forty feet wide, hav
ing perpendicular sides of great thickness, sharp
ends, and an arched iron-plated deck, about five feet
above the surface of the water, and presenting noth
ing on the deck but a revolving bomb-proof turret,
twenty feet in diameter and ten feet high, containing
two eleven-inch guns.

OFFICERS AND CREWS OF SHIPS

CTJMBEELAK~D ASTD GONG-BESS.

U. S. SLOOP-OF-WAR CUMBERLAND.
A star (*) denotes killed or missing.
OFFICERS.
Commander,  WILLIAM RADFORD, (was on board the
Roanoke as a member of a Court Martial,
at the time of the action.)
Lieutenants,  GEORGE U. MORRIS,
THOMAS 0. SELFRIDGE.
Master,  M. S. STUYVES ANT.
Aoting Masters,  WILLIAM P. RANDALL,
WILLIAM W. KENNISON.
Second Lieut. Marines,. . CHARLES HAYWARD.
Pilot,  '. . LEWIS SMITH."
Surgeon,  CHARLES MARTIN.
Assistant Surgeon,  EDWARD KERSHNER.
Paymaster,  CRAMER BURT.
Acting Master's Mates,. HENRY WYMAN,
E. V. TYSON,
CHAS. O'NEIL,
JOHN M. HARRINGTON.*
Chaplain,  JOHN L. LENHART.*
Boatswain,  EDWARD B. BELL.
Gunner,  EUGENE MACK.
Carpenter.  WILLIAM M. LAIGHTON.
Paymaster's Clerk,  HUGH NOTT.

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Anderson, Jas.,
Anderson, William,
Baker, Fredk.,
*Baker, David,
Bates, John,
Bailey, Osear F.,
*Bainbridge, Wm.,
*Bass, Holloway,
*Bowser, Thomas,
*Bailey, Wm. H„
Beecher, Martin F.,
Benham, Isaac S.,
Benson, James,
*Berry, Constant V,
Bishop, Chas. W.,
Briscoe, Jas.,
*Brien, Jas.,
Brown, Jas.,
Brown, Henry,
Brown, John, 1st,
Brown, John, 2d,
Buchanan, Alex.,
Burns, George,
Burns, James,
Burke, William,
Butts, George W.,
Burt, John,
Butler, Jeremiah,
Burns, Edward,
Campbell, Henry,
Case, Geo. W.,
Carney, Chas.,
Casey, William,
Carroll, William, 1st,
Carroll, William, 2d,
Carroll, James H.,
Carroll, John,
Chase, Robt.,
Campbell, Chas.,
Carr, John,
Canns, Stephen,
Callahan, John,
Carter, John,
Cambridge, Ed. A.,
Caswell, James,
Cavanagh, J. B.,
Concanon, John,
Connell, John,
Cozzens, Francis,
Corscaden, James,
Coyne, Michael,
Coleman, Wm.,
Collins, Dan.,

Clohassey, Michael,
Cook, Brenton B.,
Collins, John, 2d,
Coleman, David M.,
Connerton, Joseph,
Connelly, Michael,
Cobb, Edward,
*Collins, John, 1st;
*Cochrane, Timothy A.
*Connor, George,
Cumberton, Thomas,
Cuthbert, Andrew,
Cruse, John,
Davis, John, 1st,
*Davis, John, 2d,
Dailey, Wm. B.,
Dacey, Wm.,
Davis, Thos.,
Dennis, Geo.,
Devine, John,
Delancy, Jeremiah,
*Donahy Michael,
*Poty, Rufus,
Doyle, Michael,
Doyle, Charles,
Donnegan, Michael,
Donlan, Edward,
Douglas, James,
Donohue, Cornelius,
Dodge, Lyman F.,
*Dunn, Abraham,
*Dunbar, George,
Eagen, James,
Elwell, Wm.,
Edgerly, John J.,
*Elleston, Francis N.,
*Esposset, Salvador,
Farrell, John,
Flarity, Michael,
Fayet John,
Fleming, Bartholomew,
*Ferguson, John W.,
*Freeman, Josiah C,
*Flynn, John H.,
Fitzgerald, Thos.,
Fitsimmons, Cornelius.,
Fronk, Wm.,
Forrest, Chas.,
Fortune, Isaac,
Flynn, Edward,
Flynn, John H.,
Graham, Thomas,
Gage, Wm.,

Gardiner, Edwin S.,
Graney, Michael,
Grady, John,
Gardner, John,
Garland, Francis,
Grant, Geo. W.,
Gray, WalterS. G.,
Garvey, Andrew,
, *Gallagher, Francis (boy)
*Garguilo, Nicholas,
Gillen, Thomas,
Green, James,
Hazell, John,
Harmstein, Chas.,
Harrington, John,
Hall, Geo. D., „
Halhaway, James F.,
Hanlon, Bernard,
Harrington, Marty,
Harrington, Cornelius,
Harney, Patrick,
Hayes, Marcus M.,
*Harrington, Thomas,
*Herrald, James,
Hendricks, Frederick,
*High, James,
Hitchings,. Lawson,
Hickey, Joseph,
*Houston, wm,
Horton, Wm. H.,
Hogan, Wm. H.,
Hora, John,
*Hubbard, Wm. B.,
Hudson, Caleb L.,
Hurley, David F.,
Jackson, Thomas,
Jarman, Henry,
* Johnson, James,
*Johnson, James E.,
Johnson, Nicholas,
Jones, Owen M.,
Kelly, Wm.,
Kelly, Dennis,
Kelly, Richard,
Kennard, John F.,
*Kelly, Thomas H.,
*Kelly, Cornelius,
*King, Sam.,
*Kirker, John,
Knight, Charles F.,
Lamprey, Jeremiah D.,
Larkin, John,
Langan, Patrick,

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*Lewis, James,
*Lewis, Michael,
Lewis, Wm.,
Lennard, John,
*Liverman, Elias,
Livingston, Laughlin,
Lindsey, James D.,
Long, Wm.,
Lynch, Barney,
Lyons, Edward,
Lyons, Timothy,
Lynch, Dan, J.
*Martin, Alex.,
Marlow, James,
Maok, Wm.,
McCaffery, Alex.,
MoCarthy, John,
McCarthy, Dennis,
Mallon, Thomas,
McLaughlin, Patrick,
McNamara, Patrick,
Mason, Jerome,
McCracken, James,
Mahoney, James,
McLaughlin, James,
*McDonald, Geo.,
*McCannon, James,
McLellan, James,
Mead, Patrick,
Milliken, Dan. S.,
Miller, Robt,
Miller, Caleb,
Mcintosh, James,
Miller, John,
McGrinn, J.
McGowah, Nath.,
Mosher, Ace,
Morriss, John,
Moore, Thomas,
Morrissy, Rodger,
Moriarty, Michael,
*Morris, George,
*Moxon, Wm. K.,
Murray, Wm. A.,
Murray, John,
*Murray, Dan.,
*Mullaney, Palrick,

*Murphy, Robert,
Myhan, John,
*Nickerson, Holmes,
Nicholson, Christopher,
Olney, Stephen M.,
O'Neil, Dan.,
O'Brien, Oliver,
*0'Brien, John,
*0'Brien, Wm. H.,
O'Connell, John,
Pendergrast, Wm.,
Peterson, Thos. S.,
*Peterson, John,
*Pierce, John A.,
Poole, Wm.,
Powell, Nathaniel,
*Powers, John,
*Putnam, Geo.,
*Quinn, Patrick,
Quinlan, Timothy,
Ramsey, Wm.,
Rasmussen, Michael,
Rankin, Geo.,
*Reed, John P.,
Reed, Wm., »
Reed, Benj. S.,
Reedon, John,
Rommertel, John,
Rider, Wm. H.,
Rice, John,
Riddle, Joseph D.,
Robinson, James, 1st.,
Roberts, Geo.,
Ross, James H.,
Roach, Geo.,
Roux, Ch.,
*Ryan, Michael,
Stark, John,
Slattery, Edward,
*Saunders, John H.,
Senter, Geo.,
Stebbins, Wm. S.,
Stephens, Chas. N.,
Befton, Rich.,
Smith, Joseph G.,
*Smithers, Wm. H.,
Scott, Abraham,

Stockwell, John,
Slowey, James,
*Suits, Albert,
Sullivan, Andrew,
Sullivan, Cornelius,
Sullivan, Michael,
Sullivan, Patrick,
Sullivan, Peter,
Sullivan, Wm.,
Sullivan, Nath.,
Stuffles, Michael,
Sutton, Thos.,
Taylor, Thomas,
Taylor, Sylvester D.,
Tracy, Thomas,
?Taylor, H. M.,
Tierney, Matthew,
*Tierney, Matthew D.,
*Thompso'n, Fred.,
*Thompson, James A.,
*Thompson, John L.,
Thomas, Saml.,
Thomas, Henry,
Trott, Wm.,
Tobin, Rich.,
Thompson, John.
Turner, Patrick,
*Turnbough, David M.,
Veale, Wesley,
*Vernat, August,
*Wallace, Henry C. T.,
Wade, Terence,
Waterman, Wm.,
Walsh, Michael,
*Whitehurst, Joshua,
*Weston, Wm.,
*Webber, John,
*Whitney, Cornelius,
Whitten, John,
Willey, Wm. J.,
Williams, Chas., 1st, ,
Wilson, Archd.,
Wilson, Jas., 2d,
White, Simon,
Woods, Arthur,
*Woods, John.

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Brown, Henry,
Baxter, Rich. J.,
Bunker, Chas. 0.,
Bunker, John J.,
Callahan, Eugene,
Craig, John,
Cooper, Joseph,
Daley, Alex.,
Deady, James,
Duncan, John,
Grant, Thos.,

M aeines .
Goetz, Leonard,
Harris, Geo. W.,
Howard, Dan.,
Joshlyn, Wm. H.,
Lyon. Geo.,
Lloyd, Thos.,
Leonard, Hy.,
Leavy, Michael,
Lanning, Geo. H.,
McCarthy, John,
Marley, Jeremiah,

Mealy, John 0.,
Martin, Thos.,
McAleer, Peter,
McFadden, Alex.,
McDermott, John,
O'Connor, Dan.,
Small, Dan.,
Sweeny, Thos.,
Stephenson, Geo,
Webster, Edwin,
Wilkes, Francis H

E,

* Names of killed and missing not ascertained.

U. S. FRIGATE CONGRESS.
A star (*) denotes killed or missing.
officers.
Lieutenant,  JOSEPH B. SMITH, Commanding*
Lieutenant,  .AUSTIN PENDERGRAST.
Master,  H. DE HAVEN MANLEY.
Acting Master,  THOMAS MOORE.*
Second Lieut. Marines,.. JOSEPH E. BAKER.
Surgeon,  EDWARD SHIPPEN.
Assistant Surgeon  EDWARD D. PAYNE.
Paymaster,  MoKEAN ' BUCHANAN.
Acting Master's Mate,.. P. J. HARGOUS.
Boatswain,  CHARLES JOHNSTON.
Gunner,  GEORGE W. OMENSETTER.
Carpenter,  HENRY M. LOWRY.
Sailmaker,  THEODORE C. HERBERT.
Pilot,  WM. RHODES.*
Commander WM. SMITH was on board at the time of the action.

Allen, Thomas,
Allen, Robert,
Anderson, John,
Anderson, Peter,
Anderson, James,
Atw.ood, James R.,
Baker, Samuel,
Band, John,
Barritt, John,
Bangs, William,
Barry, Peter,
Baniba, Isaac,
Beaman, Thomas R.,
Bethel, William,
*Brislin, James,
Briggs, David L.,
Boyce, James,
Brotherton, Moses,
Boyle, James,
Boyd, Thomas,
.Brown, John;
Bunting, John,
Buror, John,
Buckley, Patrick,

Byrnes, William,.
Bly, Charles E.,
Campbell, James,
Carroll, Thomas,
Carberry, Charles,
Chadwiek, Zephaniah,
Clarke, William,
Caiman, John,
Charez, Florence,
Clegg, Arthur,
Christiansen, Peter,
Chickering, Charles W.;
Crooke, John,
Cowdray, Charles M.,
Combs, Joseph V.,
Coffey, JohnC,
Coles, John H.,
Corletto, Charles,
Collins, John,'
Comer, Robert,
*Cutter, Frederick,
Cunningham, Robert,
Curtis, Frederick H.,
Daley, James,

Desmonds, Andrew,
Dennison, John,
*Demont, John,
*Donahoe, William,
Doty, Charles,
Doran, Michael,
Donnelly, Frank,
Donovan, Cornelius,
Donovia, ManueL
Duffy, William H.,
Fahey, Patrick,
Francis, George A.,
Francis, Charles,
Fleming, Michael,
Fleming,' John,
Ferguson, David,
Fish, Spencer,
Fish, Henry N.,
Forward, Thomas,
Fox, John,
Fuller, James E., .
*Flynn, John,
Glancey, Paul,
Gallnpe, Amos,

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*Garrity, William J.,
Greaves, John J.,
Greaves, John W.,
Greny, Manuel,
*Given, William J.,
*Gibson, Charles,
Gildersleeve, William,
Gomez, Joseph,
Gordon, Thomas,
Goodwin, Sewell,
Hayes, James,
Hans, John,
Hartford, Hiram E.,
Handlin, Edward,
Hawkins, William E.,
Haynes, Moses D.,
Hillers, JohnS.,
Hilam, James H.,
*Higgins, George S.,
Howard, Leonidas,
Holcomb, Samuel H.,
Holsey, Jefferson,
*Hovev, Christopher P.
Hunt, Thomas D.,
Hughes, James,
Ignatius, Robert,
Jackson, John,
*Jewett, Jesse H.,
*Joy, Bradford,
Jones, Thomas C,
Johnson, Alexander,
Jones, John,
Johnson, Lawson,
Joseph, Antonio,
Kailner, Daniel,
Kellogg, David S.,
Kendall, Warren E.,
Kelly, James,
Kenton, Thomas,
Kelly, Samuel,.
Kennedy, Matthew,
Knight, Charles H.,
Kinney; James,
Kiernitz, Charles,
Labray, Anthony,
Lawless, Edmund,
Lawless, Stephen,
*Leroy, John,
Lewis, Ferdinand,
Leighton, James A.,
Lenahan, Patrick,
' Lewis, Charles, 1
Littlefield, George,
Lynch, Dennis S.,
Marshall^ Jacob,

McCarthy, Francis,
McNamara, Michael,
Maloney, Michael H.,
Marshall, William,
Maban, Robert,
McNamara, Martin,
McTaggart, Peter,
McCarthy, James,
McStravich, John,
McGrath, Edward,
Mackaber, William,
McFadyen, James,
McGreehan, Peter,
*Mileand, John,
McBride, Edward,
Mitchell, Thomas F.,
Miller, Eugene J.,
Millinbrook, Henry,
*Miller, Alexander,
Miller, Peter,
Miller, William H.,
McGinnis, John,
, McDonough, Thomas,
Morrison, Charles,
*Moran, Thomas,
Moore, Peter M.,
Moore, William H.,
Morissey, Edward,
McComber, George,
Mountain, George P.,
McCully, James,
Murphy, Christopher,
Mullane, Philip,
Neally, George S.,
Nelson, Peter,
Nogan, John,
*0\Haren, Timothy,
*0'Garrity, Edward,
O'Brien, James,
O'Rourke, Terence,
O'Conner, Jeremiah,
Payne, James H.,
*Parker, Peter,
Pedrillo, Joseph,
Peck, W. C,
Penton, Nathaniel,
"Pepper, Edward J.,
Pierce, Walter A.,
Pierson, George,
Pierce, John W.,
*Post, Joseph H.,
Porter, Elbridge,
Quackenbush, Samuel,
Quinn, Michael
Reiss, Sabine,

Reardon, Cornelius,
Regan, William,
Reardon, Timothy,
Renwick, David S.,
Ritchie, John,
Riley, Thomas,
Riley, William,
Rodgers, Frank,
Rodgers, Robert S.,
Ross, Henry A.,
Rodgers, Thomas,
Rohan, John,
Robinson, William,
Roper, Robert K.,
Roundy, Nathaniel,
Ryan, Richard,
Ryan, James,
Ryder, Frank,
Swaine, Henry G.,
Scanland, Thomas,
Shanlon, James,
*Saven, Thomas,
Sherman, Joseph S.,
Steele, Amor B.,
Sherry, David,
Sterling, Hiram,
Stephens, George,
*Sweney, John,
*Senna, Manuel,
*Shein, Patrick,
Smith, John, 1st,
Smith, Joseph R.,
Smith, Charles,
Smith, Henry,
Singlee, Martin W.,
Scott, Richard,
South wick, Charles T,,
Stockman, John H.,
Sullivan, Daniel,
Sydds, Thomas,
Taylor, James M. ,
Taylor, Charles B„
Trask, Charles,
Tierney, Michael,
Thompson, Henry,
Thompson, William,
Townsend, Daniel W.,
Toson, John,,
Thompson, Peter,
Tomlinson, C. B.,
Thorn, John,
Tullidge, William R.,
Vaoni, Charles,
Valentine, Charles R.,
Vose, William H.,

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Walker, Benjamin S.,
Watson, Richard,
Wagner, Lewis,
Watkins, Frank,
Way, Henry,
Watson, Mark,
Welch, William,
Whelan, Bernard,

Webber, Charles W.,
Webster, George,
Weston, Moses,
*Wickes, James A.,
Wilton, Francis,
Willard, Louis,
Wright, George L.,
White, Robert A.,

Williams, William H.,
Williams, John,
Wilson, Charles,
Williams, George, 2d,
Williams, Creighton H.,
Williams, John,
Wing, Benjamin F.

Allison, William,
Andover, Wendeler,
Blake, Christopher,
Bailey, Leonard,
Brunt, Robert,
Collins, John,
Carney, John,
Cahill, John,
Cooney, Thomas,
Coleman, Patrick,
Clancy, John,
Clancey, Patrick,
Carr, Wm. H., Corporal,
Coyne, Michael,
Crowe, Patrick,
Chrilman, Thomas,

MARINES.*
Dunn, Patrick,
Donlan, Thomas,
Diver, Edward,
Grant, W. J., Corporal,
Haley, Humphrey, '
Hogan, John,
High, William H.,
Helms, William H.,
James, John,
Jones, Thomas,
Keilly, Thomas,
Kemmarer, Edgar,
Lewis, William H.,
Letford, Albert,
Lawrence, John F.,
McClusker, James,

McKivet, James,
McFarland, Thos., Sergt.,
Munger, Calvin, Sergt.,
McKmley, James,
MeCabe, Benjamin,
Nelly, Michael,
O'Brien, Thomas,
O'Mealy, John,
Ridden, John,
Sullivan, Jeremiah,
Steele, William C,
Sherwood, Lyman M.,
Stetzer, P.,
Toby, Michael,
Treacy, Martin, ,
Welsh, Edward.

* Names of killed and wounded not ascertained.

«Ur. The Committee of Eeceptioa of the. Oiccrs and Crews of the

Hire of Academy of Music, Refreshments for Crews, Printing,
Advertising, etc.,  $596 84
Balance distributed among the men,  2615 66

U. S. Frigates Cumberland and Congress, in ac. with E. Piatt, Treas. Cr.
By Donation, namely :
Royal Phelps,  $100 00
C. P. P. Field,  20 00
H. Huelat,  5 00
Cash in note,  5 00
Cash, _  1 00
Pacific Mail Steamship Company,  50 00
P. Perit,  50 00
Grinnell, Minturn & Co.,  100 00
M. B. Field, .  10 00
Cash, (M.D.,) . .  3 00
James Demarest, . . . "  25 00
M. P. W., (per Mr. Aspinwall,)  2 00
Samuel Wetmore,  200 00
H. C,  5 00
G. F. Nesbitt & Co.,  10 00
A Lady, (by Mrs. King,)  50
A Lady, (by Capt. Morgan,)  5 00
Mrs. S. S. Osgood, a 7.30 Treasury note, ... 100 00
D. G. and W. B. Bacon,  50 00
James Lenox, . . . ,  250 00
Spofford & Tileston  100 00
E. P.,  15 00
I. C. Whitmore,  20 00
R. L. & A. Stuart,  50 00
Louisa E. Aspinwall, . . . . . ' . 10 00
Shay & Adair,  5 00
"Josephus,"  1 00
Cash, (I. M. M.,) ........ 25 00
" Peculiar Party,"  11 00
Cash, (by Wm. E. Dodge, Jr.,)  25 00
From the Press :
The Herald,  64 88
" Times, 
" World, 
" Tribune, 
" Journal of Commerce, .....
\ " Express, 
" Evening Post, 
" Commercial Advertiser, 
Sale of Tickets, 
Interest,  -
(Signed,) ._ $3212 50
E. PLATT, Treasurer of Committee.

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