We of Number Eight gun were early impressed with this fact, and "Hay," the second captain, exclaimed during a lull: "It's that fellow in charge of Number Six.

He won't give us any show.
Just look how he's working his crew.

Did you ever see the beat of it ?" The captain of Number Six, a broker of considerable note in New York, a member of the Calumet Club, and the son of a distinguished captain in the Confederate navy, was fighting his gun with savage energy.

Under his direction, and inspired by a running fire of comments from him, the different members of Number Six crew were literally pouring a hail of steel upon the batteries.

The firing was so rapid, in fact, that it kept our port completely filled with smoke, much to our sorrow.
Notwithstanding that fact, "Hay," the second captain of Number Eight, did such marvellous shooting, that word presently came from Captain Brownson on the bridge, publicly commending him.