The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-19
War Intelligence.
THE ESGAGRNKS AT TIE Mouru or TIN
MIA ,tSSTPpI

| MA 'lSSTPrI.
! The Boston Journal publishes tho C,ll,,i,,.
extracts from private Ia tiers dated on b,,ri tbs
| Treble, at the Mouth of hc Mssissiprs NJ o.
-, "A half past two ocloc.t on the nsornin'. Of
tne lSth, an iron machine rounded the point
aooVe us and hoatcd down the river with tho
current, made in direction of tho Rich,pond.
we we ran up red lamp the signal Of danger
% rue men always sleep on thci- guns, so that
We were well prepared for this internal maclts,c
as y turned out TO he. As il holted hy us Ne
'"uId nave gwen il hrol1sidc but having mo
signal from the t-Captain's shin were not
allowed To. This machine, for we have no other
name Tor 1t, is long and low, in ship, like ci-
gar. u has no deck, but is apparently cascl in
railroad iron. IL has probably bcrn seyerciv |
,yS'Hh, else II would never have vcnturcd on |
the batteries of three ships ~ it did soon "a n
was seen hy us, 1t steamed up AMI went
on lor thc Richmonl. There vas a |
schooner alongside Of her that sho hal
coaled from the day before. This ml,hin, or |
hatter'ng ram aimed at her port bow. b1t the |
schooner being in the wly, shc was ohlir,I 10 |
turn, and that diminished the force of thT Ill.,
s'ne"hit' She struck the vessel on tho silr-
Doird SIDE, unlcr her third port, about four fc,t
1S 6elow the water, making = hole a foot s,titrc.
ihc water rushed in In q torrent A ribb,r
stopper was slid down the s'le VI the shin. anI
ny working the stcIm-pumps she WI, kcp f-re.
NIteI ms black ram, as the tara clllri IL, had
lcit the Richmond. it went on toward IN, Vim |
ccnhcs, approaching wi hin forty yarl4 of il. |
lhc Nincynncs turned short roini AMI can, |
over 10 Us. The Rchm,ris runt on tho n,rt
SIDE hh been run in tho day before. to allow |
mont ,.,, - .'; HnN q, th'' m'-
sI,u H.. a. Ut ny P"d''l Nln alI |
ni.'l'. ,.,, u.'N r'lli, !n'lsn m''l ct tho
ranged alongside Of us we gave him thr,,
I,i,,, II N',I oi thG S0s stru k
nihl' though but ono took cil'ct. Shot |
was 'h'H from the sNiy-'Iglt |
y,,, ,"NN nm pump on mo
a., -''"'N hn''Nlht ~tld 'ta'k out OF 81 GIT.
~ nc P,'''d our bow lac fired u IN Ike, over our
" "' 'ftl'' "hSn was signal Tor his chummic3
~ t''o river Lights sprung up al over the riV-
y ''oSe us ana irc-s.ips chained to ;cthcr came
HMHru i,v' us from every direction 81 rapidly
'%y "PPotrhtd lllt AL Tour oi The vessels were |
'"E"l 10 sup an nor. We could see five stclm- |
'A'S an h'Tk hthinl the irr-ships, anil il |
we're llllhess To ilnk oi lighting fire. We ro- |
tcaed III good Order down the Southwest Pass
h' orIrf from 'ap' Fup' was for lll Of Us to
@ over lhe hlr. The Pr'hlc uicvcl in l,nDI |
l"pc' The pilot Of the Ninrcnurs no. thor-
ughly a'Imln.cl with thr channel, got her
Erpunh' Inc Richmond, now cssaving TO all |
ne N'nccnncs got aground also. The prcblo |
."pl 9ii the hir for an anchorage W. found
illAb' place anl dropped the kcllork. Very
"t Wv HAs-hoil nl the scces'nnists, named
ne Ivy, appeared in the Pass three miles up,
nI '"hnehccl hrins her riilcl cannon at the
C.Il"hI' Inc fo7l-Captain sgnalel for US 10
99a' 99a' up 10 hini' but HAVING very heavy heal
ma ana current, We could make no hcalway.
~! n,Ie oDUgrd To witness tho fight
ilhoul th' enjoyment OF Pirticip lion. The
incomes aground, stern up the river, could
" none Of her broad 'iic guns to bar on tho 81
lemy' but Capt Handy had his cabin stove
P,ges ocnllhc him to work two sxty-,i.ht,
II 9i Va, cabin ports n,,crn. The Ivy seeing
r hclpl' ,,nyss ol the Ninccnnu,. s,cimcd
.wn toward her, probably with tho intention
n@rd'ng her The little Water WITCH, with
u lont guns now ran IN batwocn them, and
wel. hlrseied hrohside, knogkcd tho whole
~, w ,i pn' ., lnc IVY Stern on Tn steam ''
no was aground, hroLisdo up the Pass The vi
M ''.i' i ''IP'" Yer m o, ny lew well thrown
y, ", ",,n nn',i Ihc oth'r steamers being hlng-
,ri ma ~ O. uert conGluled 10 leave They ''
ehiWsFN ~%gS r,'s SASt W ''.. a,i ,hSn sy d"%n tH
hprlNa'eMI. IT. m nn'S c',nG ",,H a, Sin T,lanJ haJ be-
nr ~, Ii,n, in Now ORLEANS for son, time, and If