New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-18
TUE NAVAL Fight ~ HAMPTON ROAD.
GRAPHIC LETTLE FROM ONE Oh BOARD TnE
.CI MBEPLAND.


CUMBERLAND.
We take the following extracts from letter III
The u-Iiarea PaHadn0p:
st one We discovered the enemy seanuy down
from Crsney Leland. We instantly beat 10 quarters,
aud doubled brcectings on the ain deck guns.
She, tie femy, gucmily ueaIcd u, paced tie
C0ugfo irigste ANA ttcon Gown Tor ui 90. x us on
he ttaIbo,,rd low, ard bCird N aud delivered hfe
into us with terrible eNecIliUn. We bred se fsst Ne
we could bat oar shot had lile siiecr on tn non
clad monster II was awful TO zee The LOys brougti
ttlOw, lrls of, sun- Oh, crying with Isn. Ine
water made OF soon; our tofw8rd magazine Was
soon dow Cd ana ic-uci powder wac not forth
coming Yet stil held Oh and deliytr.a our hfe
from he |, inch gun with the !i-iuch powder,
At about p. IA. onl ship began to cant 10 port,
our terth-de,k was flooded; oiders were gwen Ia
save on selves. We rushed thar Is ~ FROM lc mair-
Geek 10 the epar-deck; il WOE awful me oui dod
below, the chip canied. managed 10 save mys,li
by throw 4ng nv cell overheard and givii about
three .tr, kes, struck ont for launch seized
hawrcr, bat was vety weak, md had our ruiEtOL
hanging my night l-g ana sailor on TIE icit'
In chip stnliug wac drawing lie launch Down ~
tie haw or, wheu Jer. Dogny, one 81 ny moss N
ilmaio friends, attempted 20 cat ihe ha"s'r. iufs
10 him, ss feeble a. | Was, "Jcfry, WI Nyu Or VI
ne 2" No, says he; boys. there is Cna'bci
iaul him Az, aHd in cane With tie snrse'n On,
,lLuot now tell you ne scene p was a"ini' 40
chance between neiag killed by shot or drowned.
Many were drowned; All the wounded. snail sty
40 more at resent, but N | always predi ted The
Cuu be land died zane with the SAL Spai glsd ban
uor flying ut her uizzcn / ave d iisi as far as
h ow oi cas- si.s certain:
4, nofhy A. COchr,ns. Boston, huoi. Nm. u. BE-y
(coor.d) drowned Duinei Nany Second Mate eoNnrd
Jno Ncobrf, CoH~aH. Allied JOIN hnh'f O., Air'
Ma.ef, Mate Killed luesi shot on. GEO icbgu~li tAp'
e,ok tisd ghos H. hs'lry -, WOUNDED nd dfo"nSd
Iro NoJ.. second gunner killed, Hs5ei Donns me-, of
d.ry sefscsbt Killed.; Geo Conter. L., wounded and
df,wne ftanci. ST. Ellison Killed ss'sdrf f'po't si-d
I a. H.. H.. aIFH rH#I lHf
Humphrey souiy O.fssir " hi'e osiine. bied By hff
hell, oro falsa tiivJ SIsrsni sied Jso. Collins
Boa,.ws.h's Mate. wounded sud drowned
On the SECOND deck, Lieut.. Haywood tells NE tha'
Of III. guard be eau only muster II men out OF ~,
aud cen safely cay that out Of 5OO men we have
lost 100 killed aLo drowned. clo.erconiesied bat
tie wss never the water. The Congress snr-
rendered Lieut. James Is. Smith, 1 hear vas
killed and sIoul 30 men, ~ she r.ked her fore AMI
ait. will close hi. Tine ! write thu TO let ,ou
know that, by an Almighty Providence, have been
saved 10 give them another tnssle.
THE VIRGINIA.
The Richmond Dtp9tch ofthe l2th has tie follow
ing respecting The Virginia:
1bi. succe, sfnl ard terrible work Of the Virgins
on Saturday will create revolution ~ naval WAY
iure and hence ORTIZ iron viii be king OF the '.a
The nations Of Europe have been discussing the
Irinciple for number Of yesrs pact, tut u @st len
Tor the people OF tie South, battling Tor their inde
rcndence to develop IT. feasibility and success. Tie
Ingenuity OF southern mcchaulcs VIII houcciorh re-
O, iv. its 81 oyer NEED Of pr4iss from The world 1T
I.ro. aud The unstet MUD thst conceived std
executed the pl.n Of the Virginia will occupy a
troud position among those whom the Veoi le de-
/ light To honor lie har, Win be own faid- az ~
We're crtaied Nh engine Of dostTucion htHln-t our
eueu ie, more terrible Ia than an army OF 10000
men. lie hus given he country The command 81 The
enemy navy, which hgs been our mosi terrible m
no,nice; AID If on rulers are wi-e, they VIII
hAften 70 avail iGenstlyee Of ,be power thus ten
deied them by builiiugat lesst dozen more just
.ucb vessels. varying their dat 30 az to suit our
/ WAGONS rivers ard harhors.
! The Virgiuia, il is uimuted, while up here, has
/ changed her forward snd ait IivOtgunt for Two OF
ne celebrated AD,,troug gum, " lch lately found
| their WAY Into this vicinity. Sic "a now ready.
'' cooked nnd primed," the saying l., to do any
ltie Job of work orr folks may cone lde TO put her
af ~Iib 10 much eife, facility ard di'paich as site
oid her admirable JOB OF destroying thoss three hrsl
cass Yankee men-Of-war on Sturdy and Sunday
last. Long may she wAvsl