Newbern weekly progress., 1862-03-18

+ these laying along side the Minnesota had
she'll thrown aboard Of her which on burst1
no tore her asundcr, and sent her to the bot1i
ON. III
Having completely riddcd the Minnesota
md disabled the st. Lawrence and MonltorV,
besides as stated above, destroying scvcrol on
he cncn,ys gnnboats in a word having ac1,
,onplishcd all that they designed and havinai
no material to work upon, our noble vessels le'A
the sceiic Of their triumphs and returned to thel
yard. where they await another opportunity
Of displaying their powers.
The enemys loss, killed and wounded. du-I
ring tie two days battle, is exceedingly largel
and estimated at from six to twelve hundred
The scenes around the Congress Is reprc]
sented as being heart-sickening. The ofd|
GERS of the Beaufort who ran alongside OF her
ON Saturday night and who boarded her for
the purpose Of removing the wounded aboard
of her, and who were brutally fired upon by
the enemy. while engaged in this work OF lner'
cy to their own kth aud kin represented tho
dock of the vessels as being literally covered
with the dead and dying
Of the crew Of the Cumberland, but ICY
survived 10 tell the tale. As she went dossn
who were taken as prisoners by us, and a
few others who escaped to the shore. Out d
the five hundred aboard of her, it is est
mated that not over hundred at most
escaped, the remainder either being killed by
our shot or drowned as the vessel went
down.
Ofcoursc, the greater part Of those on board
the gunboats were also drowned, as there was
not sufficient time for them to have made their
escape Added to this very many in the
camps of The enemy at Newport's News were
killed by the shells which the Virginia threw
among them.
On our side the loss was indeed small. and
when we consider the storm of SHELL to which
at times they were subjected we can but von'
der while we rejoice that so few of them sui
fered injury.
On the Virginia there were two killed and
eight wounded. Among the wounded, we re
greet to mention, Capt Buchanan and Lieu
tenant Minor. These wounds however, We ar,
happy to state, are but slight
Ga the Raleigh, Midshipman Huntsv was
killed and Captains Tayloe and Alcxan
der wounded the first mentioned quite Sc.
vcrely.
On the Beaufort, Gunner W. Robinson. anC
two sean en- were wounded. This was all tht
damage sustained by this vessel among heI
men. Two Yankee prisoners aboard of hel
were struck by the balls OF their friends, on,
Of them killed and the other severely woun
dc1. The former was standing in the door Of Tin
wardrobe at the time the Beaufort was along
side the Congress, and one Of the showers o.
hulI pt Inv bn oh a
Minnie muskets, struck him on the forehesd
penetrating his brain and killing him al
most instantly.
On the Teascr, one man was wounded very
slightly.
On the Patrick Henry, four men were killed
and three wounded. While the loss oi
the enemy is counted by hundreds; ours as
will DO Sccn fr9nl tl;5 ~ rTa.. aas,l-Iis,.s i
tp cniy seycn killed and seventeen woun.
ded
i1,siA.'a 49, sAA4,i eF.s..ll az II is was
not the work ol the enemy ssI''7-
vessels, but the result for the most part oil the
fire Of muskets from shore.
Durhg the contest, the mainmast Of tht
Raleigh was carried away. The flag staiFs o.
The Virginia were also cut down.
The report that the Congress was fired by
the FedcralS to prevent her falling INTO oui
hands, is without shadow of truth. She was
fred by hot shot from the Virginia, for firing
into our boats while she had flag Of truce
lying, after she had struck her colOrs and sur
rendered to us.
Among the prisoners taken of the Congress
was the slave Sam, the property of -
Esq, Oft this city, who escaped to the enemy
some time in October las. He is now safe,
having reached his home sooner and unde,
different circumstances than he anticipa
ted.
On the arrival Of the Virginia at the Yart
her men were mustered and addressed by the
commanding officer in terms Of praise for thcii
Lobc bearing during the engagement They
responded with Hearty cheers and expressed
a desire to again rc-enact the scenes through
which they had just passed Whenever opportu
nifty presented.
The injury sustained by the Patrick Hen
ry was not so great as at first supposed-be
ing so triiiing that few hours repairs wcrt
sufficient to place her in readiness for &C
ton. ,,e
The officers of the Virginia are represonte,
as having acted with the utmost courag
aud bravery during the contest. 1t is relatc
Of Captain Buchanan that during the thickes
of the fight he remained on the deck Of th
Virginia, and that he discharged musket afte
musket at the enemy as they were handed u
to him. 1t was while thus exposed that h
received the wound Of which mention is mad
above
| 1t is said that all of the batteries on New
ports News were silcncecd except one an
that our shot and shell were thrown with sue
unerring aim and precision among the enc
my that great numbers of them were kille
and wounded.
Later accounts say the Minnesota has bee
towed off to Fortress Monroe.
[For the Progress.
We'll Done.
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