Newbern weekly progress., 1861-05-28
ENGAGEMENT AT sEWELL's FONT.
zcaHzrED EER5vss ON BOTH SIDES.
I Federal gsea.ner Disabled.

No7-oLK. Nay o0-The steamer "Kahu-
lcc." whii attending to som errands at Boush's
B.1C, about cue o'clock on Saturday, was fired
Al l}v the steamer Monticello of he blockading
Sect, She first fred blank cartridge across
he bow uf th@ N@h:,,2ee TO warn her to lay to,
which she ,:s"egar3ed and ran Immediately
under thc Guns Ut Capt. Toungs battery at
Eous.'s Dio.E The Monticello then fired a
shot, which 6I3 not take effect. Capt. 1oungs
battery then fred one or two shots at the Mon
s;c-il2, orc Of which It is believed struck her.
The Monticello then backed out, and running
down TO Seweirs Point, short distance below,
openc.i her FIRE, aud after firing about twenty
d. more guns sae left. As there were no per-
sons pr sent n the place upon which she vast
cd so much powder and bail, of course no ono
was injured.
Tee NoHticello, accompanied by two small
steamers, made another attempt to demolish
he Hovt.5 on Sseweli's Point, yesterday (Sun-
3av) afternoon, shout s O'Clock, but met with
no better success than she did on the day pre-
Tious; IN f2ct this lime she caught Tartar.
The bsltcry returned her fire with spirit and
considerable effect. The Monticello moor
ed at only a short distance from the battery,
and threw shot, c!2&in-,h,.t and shell, rapidly
into II, but without doing the least injury to
the fort, or any body in il; in fact nobody was
hurt" while on the contrary, the guns from
the battery it is supposed done considerable
danagz to the Monticello Five shOt-sorna
say six-throvn from tie battery. are known
to have pierced her; one striking near her bow,
passed through and through her; another strik-
iug ter a,1i,1s5ip, IS supposed to have done the
same, while one cut away the flag staff of ons
q the snail steamers that had dared to ven-
tire little nearer.
The MotceI!o, after q little while, careened
over to Gro side, which was caused, it il
thought, by the removal of the guns, or some
0; her weight, te one side, in order to prevent
her from sinking She then, in company with
the two small steanera, hauled off and made
ther way towards Fort Monroe, thinking they
had got enough and perhaps little more than
they had anticipated.
It was not oscertaned whether any was
killed 81 wounded on board Of the Monticello
Several we're seen to fall 81 the firing of one of
the guns tco,H the bat cTv--Whcthcr it was to
io4ge the shot whether they were struck
By it, IS not known, Perhaps they will return
to-day and let IS know if SO, you will hear
from me to Ul0TTow.
Another fresh arrival Of troops came this
ulorning-a few Of them occasicrally drop in.
Saturday morning, over three hundred SOL
dicrs, as fine as the world ever saw, arrived
from thataglerious Cockade town, Petersburg,
and again last evening, one Of the finest COM
pau;cs Of cavalry from the same place. This
company, in command OF Captain Fisher, is
certainly the best | ever saw. They are all
mounted upon splendid horses, and every man
OF them fully equipped with a carbne, cavalry
sword and brace Of six rife barrel shooters.-
Some have even more than this. Every one is
cara0l2 of firing thirteen, some eighteen shots;
nj then, il he has not time to reload, can
draw his sword, and deal death and destruc-
ten % the foe Dispatch.