they
then descended the river.

"Commodore Macomb was now convinced that the ram Albemarle was
sunk. The Valley City was now detached to convey Captain Cushing to
Fortress Monroe. We weighed anchor at 12:30 a.m., October 30th, and
proceeded through Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, and into the
Atlantic Ocean, and arrived at Fortress Monroe at 7 a.m., November
1. A fleet of about one hundred vessels was stationed there,
preparatory to making an onslaught on Wilmington. Captain Wm. B.
Cushing was received on board the flagship with a salute of
twenty-one guns, and, of course, was almost worshiped for his
heroic achievement. It was at Fortress Monroe I first saw the
United States steamer Kearsarge, of Commodore Winslow and Alabama
fame. My attention was directed to her by hearing an old sailor
say, 'Does she not sit like a duck on water?' And truly she did.

"Captain Cushing is now dead. He certainly was one of the bravest
men that ever trod the decks of a man-of-war. Peace to his ashes!
Commodore Macomb is also dead; he died in your city of Brotherly
Love, while taking a bath. We all loved him. God bless him."

Published in the New York _Herald_, Thursday, November 3, 1864.

THE RAM ALBEMARLE.

DESTRUCTION OF THE FAMOUS REBEL IRON-CLAD--THE RAM
SUNK BY A TORPEDO--DESTRUCTION OF THE TORPEDO
BOAT--TERRIBLE MUSKETRY FIRE--ESCAPE OF LIEUTENANT
CUSHING--HIS ADVENTURES IN THE
SWAMP--FULL AND INTERESTING DETAILS
OF HIS BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT--THE
CASUALTIES--ETC.,
ETC., ETC.

LIEUTENANT CUSHING'S OFFICIAL REPORT.

WASHINGTON, November 2, 1864.

Admiral Porter has communicated to the Secretary of the Navy the
following interesting particulars from Lieutenant Cushing, in
regard to the sinking of the rebel ram Albemarle:

"ALBEMARLE SOUND, October 30, 1864.

"Sir: I have the honor to report that the rebel ram Albemarle is at
the bottom of Roanoke river.

"On the night of the 27th, having prepared my steam launch, I
proceeded towards Plymouth with thirteen officers and men, partly
volunteers from the squadron.

"The distance from the mouth of the river to the ram was about
eight miles, the stream averaging in width some two hundred