Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-04
sought safety by fight.
There was no one I

AC4O was AO OAIO VA VIC PIG1OC
armed. A white man had Sharp's
rifle loaded, with which he stood upon
the works, took aim and fred though
it is not known with what effect An
other man had one of Aliens old
style pocket pistols which he had
left near the beach in the crotch of a
Ftree. 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 bet tween fires, and darted to
the tree and got it; thus evincing a
remarkable degree of fearlessness.
The kahukee's boat tlen 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 Il line shot, but the distance was
TOO great to do any damage
The hands at the works were strong
ly tempted to scamper of, 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 bog, tb.
mud from which some Of them would
scatter like hail storm.
A ball struck among a flock of
crows in the neighborhood, who rose
en- masse, and ascertaining that it
came ii ON the odd Yankees - lef,
in disgust.
Another Engagement.
The lNom1ecuio Crippled and With
dr0UR.
AS will appear from the steamer
Monticello kept the position near the
breast works, where she hitched on
to a 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 We're at work
like moles, some of them we under
stand having to lay fiat on their
stomachs to perform some part Of
their labor.
On Saturday evening when the
firing ceased, there was not a gun on
the Seweli's Point battery, but by
men fighting for their rights h~rcu-
Ian teats can be performed. Three
short 32 Founders We're carried down
from the city, and got in tolerable
condition for temporary use. Be
sides these, two six-inch field rifle
pieces, the guns OF the United, We're
drawn up in position, the whole con-
cealed from view of the enemy.
Yesterday Sunday evening about
four or five o'clock, a small schooner
from below Passed up, and when
near the Monticello she fired gun
which passed over the battery. 1t is
not known positively whether she
fired at the schooner or at the bate
ry; though it is asserted by some
that the schooner was acting in the
capacity Of lookout for the steam
er and had sent a boat alongside OF
her before she fired the gun. The
idea is thatthe schooner got as near
The fort us possible and sent a man
up on her mast head to spy into the
tort, those inside being unconscious
of what was going on, and deeuing
her Il friend. However,, that first
gun was taken as a banter, and the
battery answered it, with as much
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