Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-04
sought safety by fight.
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armed. A white man had Sharp''
rifle loaded, with which he stood upo1
the works, took aim and fired; though
it is not known with what effect An.
other man had one of Aliens ole
style pocket pistols which he had
left near the beach in the crotch of q
tree. He mentioned the circumstance
Ito a negro who volunteered to 20 af.
ter it for him he told him not to do
$50. The negro however watched his
chance between fires, and darted to
the tree and got it; thus evincing a
remarkable degree of fearlessness.
The kahukee's boat t'len at the
shore, put oH for the steamer, and the
battery at the Bluff, mistaking her
tor one of the ene1ny's boats, fired a
shot after her. which caused her to
put back This shot we understand
was IL line shot, but the distance was
TOO great to do any damage
The hands at the works were strong
ly tempted to scamper off, till the first
two or three shots from the Monticel-
10 were fired, but finding their ability
to dodge them so finely, they held
their places in order to soc the fun.
many Of the shots took effect in the
trees, limbs from which were cut of,
which was the most dangerous fea-
ture of the whole affair They how
ever kept clear Of the trees, and
avoided the danger from that source.
The ball and shell mostly fell in
the rear of the works in a bog, the
mud from which some of them would
scatter like a hail storm.
A ball struck among a flock of
crows in the neighborhood, who rose
en- Inasse, and ascertaining that it
came from the Odd Yankees" lef,
III disgust.
Another Engagement.
TIE Mon<ecAlo Crippled and With
drQWn.
AS will appear from the steamer
Monticello kept the position near the
breast" orks, where she hitched on
to buoy, on Saturday after the fir
ing. She remained there until yes
terday, watching the operations ashore
and in order to keep them from going
on with the works. The ba t-ry is
on Il sand bank aud very much high
cr than the steamer, she consequent
ly did not see everything that was
going on, Notwithstanding the strict
watch, for the boys were at work
like moles, some Of them we under
stand having to lay fiat on their
stomachs t. perform some part of
their labor.
On Saturday evening when the
firing ceased, there was not a gun on
the Sewell's Point battery, but bv
men fighting for their ri ghts hsrcu-
Ian feats can be performed. Three
short 80 Founders We're carried down
from the city, and got in tolerable
for temporary use.. Be
sides these, two six-inch field rifle
pieces, the guns Of the United, were
lrawn up in position, the whole con-
:ealed from view Of the enemy.
Yesterday Sunday evening about
our or five o'clock, a small schooner
rom below Passed up, and when
lear the Monticello she fired Il gun
which passed over the battery. 1t is
,ot known positively whether she
ired at the schooner or at the bate
y; though it is asserted by some
nat the schooner was acting in the
:apacity OF lookout for the steam
r ald had Sent a boat alongside OF
ler before she fired the gun. The
dea is that<he schooner got as near
he fort as possible and sent a man
p on her mast head to spy into the
ort' those inside being unconscious
+ what was going on, and deeming
Ter friend. However, that first
.un was taken as a banter, and the
artery answered it, with as much
plrt and rapiditv as convenience
'ould allow, the second ball, We uu-