Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-05-22
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

buttle in this section, which we had III the
main Cor. e3t; we have gathered the following
particulars from an eyewitness.
The sicun,-tug kahukec, Captain Il. lay
Flor, tnot the j. Nj. Smith, az reported,)
started down on Saturday about hait-1ast
twelve o'clock, to carry one hundred neSr"
laborers2 TO the battery now IN course OF
erection at Seweil's Poiat. hen she arr!-
we'd in that vicinity she saw the steamer
Monticello laying well over in the mouth OF
James River. The kahukeo took her posi-
! ton as. near the earth works rs prudent,
lowered her yawl and Sent 1t ashore with as
many of the laborers ns it would carry;
these we're landed, and The boat was about
returning for another load, when the steam
er Monticello, which he'd steamed away from
the mouth of James River and gone III tho
| direction Of Old Point, as those on board tho
tug thought. came round The point OF woods
at the extreme end Of SewelsS Point, lii
| chase of the KahuEee. The latter was now
only place where there are any guns lnoun-
ted in that Immediate vicinity, and seeing
!. the Monticello about coming after her,
steamed up the river to escape. fhe Monti-
cello then fred shot after her, which not
answering the purpose, Of stopping her, she
repeated by firing a she'll, which we under
stand exploded about 80 yards iii advance
of her. In the meantime, the chase had be-
come so exciting 70 those III command Of tie
| Monticello that she was about getting into d
rood position 10 be cracked ut hy Captain
Young's battery at Bousil'S Bluff Captain
Y4ung having now one gun to bear on her,
though at long range, let fly at her with
that. which was grape shot, and scattered
about her like hail s!ones. The Monticello
| immediately backed her engine, aud without
turning round got out Of harms way. She
then dropped down opposite the place where
we are erecting a battery at Seweil's Point.
| She here opened her fire on the unfinished
breastworks, with the intenti~n OF dem"l-
ishing them; this she continued until US 1T
was supposed her ammunition WAS exhaust
ed and in the meantime the little steamer
Yankee came up TO her aid. They two, TO-
gether, kept up thu bombardmont for about
three hours, say from, | to t o'clock.
They were still firing when another litllc
steamer, supposed to bc'Ee Young Ancrica,
came over from Old Point, when they ccas-
ed The two small steamers the Yankee
and Young America, then left for Old Pcint,
and the Monticello kept her position in the,
| neighbyrhood until our informant left.
| These steamers were about q quarter OF
/ milo from The uuirished works, during the
4 ti,nethey were hammering away ut them 50,
but we learn have scarcely soiled the worSs,
the only damage being she starting OF log
Of one of the enlbrWsuros Out Of abont
thirty shut and shell only one took effect rs
I above. .s
| The women aud children living in The
! neighhorhood were very much alarmed AMI
! left their houses and sought safety by flight.
/ There was no one or the place arGncd.--
| A white man had Il Shnrps rifle loaded,
with which he stood upon the works. took
! aim aud fired; though it is not known with
what effect Another man had one OF Al,
lens old style pocket pistols which ne bad
/ left near the beach i'll rho cro'ci' Of It ;rce.-~
| Hs mentioned the circumstances tn 4 negro
who volunteered to 20 atter 1t Tor Iitia; he
told him not to Do 50. The negro however
watched his chance between fires, and dart
ed to the tree and got it; thus cyiHcing re-
markable degree Of tearleSsness
The Kahakee's boat then at the shore, put
off for the steamer and the battery at the
Bluff. mistaking her for one Of the enemy s
boats, fired a shot after her, which caused
her to put back. This shot we understand
was a line shot, but the distance was too
great to do any damage. ..
/ The hands at the works were strongly
tempted 10 scamper OF, till the first two or
three shots from the Monticello were tirei,
J. but finding their ability TO dodge them 50
finely, they held their places in order t" see
the fun. Many OF the shots took effect in
the trees, limbs from which were cut of,
which was the most dangerous feature OF the
whole affair They however kept clear Of
the trees, and avoided the danger from that
source. The bal! 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.
4 - 4 ball struck among flock of crows IN
the neighborhood, who rose en- nasse, and
! ascertaining that it came from the a" Nan
KEGS" left in disgust.
L. ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT.
t. The Monticello Crippled and Withdrawn.