The New York herald., 1862-03-14

gagement where she remained Saturday night ready
10 commence on them ON Sunday morning She is be-
tween them and all assistance from Old Point.
The frgats Congress set Gre to- on Saturday night,
by ooass or W ON some Of our vessels She ilu-
mined the whole Roads and river, and about midnight
her magazine exploded with tremendous noise. Her
conagration afforded sight many thousands Of
spectators who lined the shores Of hsrbor witness
the spectacle oil ship on FIRE. Many articles OF value,
being fred.
Minnesota and ST. Lawrence from old Point after they
grounded but their efforts 10 haul them OF una
vailing.
The FIRST gun fired the engagement is said To have
been IRE by tho gunboat Beaufort at the
frrae Congress All Of steamers ana gunboats are
said 10 have zen managed with the skill dex-
tety rendering great stance 10 the Virginia in this
magnificent and successful engagement.
We without means of getting at the loss Of the
enemy in killed and wounded, though is believed TO
have been very great. Our total loss in killed and
wounded learn is nino killed and twelve
wounded most OF them slightly.
Twenty prisoners brought 70 this city
Saturday night These all taken on the frigatc
Congress tho gunboat Beaufort while our other gum
others One of those prisoners died while
his way to the city. Ho and another one wounded
shot by their forces while being saved from
the sinking frgate Congress. The wounded prisoners
wore carried to the hospital.
The Virginia had two men killed and some FIVE six
wounded shot entered the portfolio and struck the
the n,,srle kaocing e9a piece tne inches tg ms as.
Gtld the gun, hich Immediately replaced by dnorr
Captain buchanan and Lieutenant Minor. of the vr-
gna, said TO be wounded the former slightly, the
latter severely.
On board the Patrick Henry shot entered Of hor
ports understand and passod through one Of her
bolors, disabling It, She was compelled 10 haul OF tenn
porarily repairs There were four mon killed and
three wounded on board Of her. Other damage not ma
On board the gunboat Raleigh Midshipman Huter
killed wo understand though we did not learn Of any
other casualties
The James river steamers arrived al the of
ton sad aoog. one hour after the snsasemens T com %
teries and after joining In the light rendered very ef'
cent aid
BY tis daring erploI ham raised the Janes riuer
boctode ,po fereia dssitdnce, and likely, a the
assistance Of the Virginia, TO Keep on tse communicated r.
Several small prizes said to have been taken by
gunboats from tho Yankees Of which, the schoon
or Reindeer was brought up TO the Navy Yard on satnr
day night Two others wsrc said to have been carried
over to Pig Point on Saturday.
another report hear says that but two persons wero
killed on board the Virginia.
Andrew J. Dalton, printer who left our office rev
days since join the Virginia and who at the bonn
parchment Of Sumter and participated in several other
engagements during the war, We learn was ono Of the
| wounded on board that vessel ON Saturday.
| The engagement renewed again on Sunday morn.
ing abou half past eight O'clock by the jamestown and
several OF gunboat firing into the Minnesota and ST.
lawrence. At high expect the Virginia viii pay
| her respects TO these vessels.
Since the above written, have been enabled 70
| gather some additional particulars.
Some detention occurred on board the Virginia on sum
day morning, we learn, she would have commenced
engagement much earlier than half eight clock,
which time she & together with the pa'rcs s aenry H
Minnesota which still lies hard and fast aground The tide
being the ebb the Virginia did not take tho channel
the Minnesota lay probably for fear OF grounding,
but getting within good range Of her, she opened nrc
with terrible effect completely rddng her. AMI render
| her from filing
Early the morning, tho Ericsson battery now called
the Monitor discovered of Nowports News Point,
she having gone up there during tho night sharp
co,ner took place her and the Ergia a. das'0
yards sra Unfortunately the Virginia ran and
| The Ericsson, using her advantage, poured snot
after shot into her, but without doing any serious
Tn CHI NH
ccedcd in getting or, and putting on fua herd u aedm
int the Ericsson. doing, az Il Is os great
We arc rejoicsd TO say that Notwithstanding the firing
was much heavier than Saturday, ere casuat
jsred by shots from, tls enemy or oAer,cise
Several Of the enemy gunboats being within range
they favored with shell or two from the Virginia,
with telling eject and in every case disabling sinking
them: One Of hess laying alongside ne Miaeoa Aed
sheitrous' on board @ her ,eAieh, o" tss's tore Asr
| dsuudcr and SEA her 10 The bottom.
Havng completely rddlsd the Minnesota and disabled
the st. Lawrence and Monitor besides as stated above:
having accomplished oil that they designed. and having
material to work upon, noblo vesssls is s
Of their t'iuphs and rsvned % Me yard rAere fAss
The enemy 8 loss, killed and wounded during the two
70 % twelve Sandsed Tse :ssne ear arosma las Consss 4
represented The officers ot the BeauorS,
her sy Ss purpos removnS the wounded
aboard Of her. and who brutally fired upon by the
while i snsss Il 5Ss :ss , Sa ;
reilly cocsred oah the dead and dying One o. tsm as
that nc ~t from fore 10 aft his shoes scsrc uss
wcre found scattered in ery direction hs aud there,
in ne asOnes Of death, ,Ooud Be Josad poor dssaed
| ,msichts, ,cih heir breasts torn completed. o3.
o. the crew Of the Cumberland but few survived to
! tell tho tale. As shc went down hor crew went with
u.s. and few others ho escaped to the shore Out of
the five hundred aboard OF her estimated that not
over hundred at most escaped, the remainder eitner
teing killed by shot drowned the vessel won't
down.
or course the greater part Of those board tn.
boats also drowned as there was not sufficient time
for them to have their escape. Added 10 this very
| many in the camps OF the enemy at Newpcrts News
killed by the shells which the Virginia throw among
| Voem.
On our side tho loss was indeed small, and when we
consider the storm Of shell TO which times they
subjected but wonder. while wo rejoice that 80
On The virginia there we're two killed and eight wound
ed. Among tho wounded we regret to mention Captain
Buchanan and Lieutenant Minor. Thtse wouncs, how
| ever we are happy TO state are but slight.
On the Raleigh Midshipman Hatter was killed and Cap
tans Tayloe and Alexander wounded the rst mentioned
on the Beaufort Gunner w. Robinson and two scamcn
were wounded. This was all the damage sustained by
| tins vessel among her men, Two Yankee prisoners
aboard OF her struck by tho balls OF their friends
them killed. and tho other severely wounded Tho
former was standing tho door Of the wardrobe at tho
time the Beaufort alongside tho Congress- and Of
shower Of balls sont by the enemy on shore from
Mimic muskots struck him on the forchcad pene-
trating his brain, ard killing him almost instantly.
| ON the Teascr ono man was wounded very slightly
On the Patrick henf TOUR mon Werc klcu anu tnroo
| wounded whio the loss Of the enemy In counted by
hundreds ours. will be seen from the above, amounts
| to only seven killed and seventeen wounded
Tho loss on our part. small IL Is, was not the
work OF tho cnemys shots from their vessels pat tho
result for tho part OF the fire Of muskots from
| shore.
During the contest the manmast OF the Raleigh
carried away. The fagta6s Of the virgin'a 'ces also
| cut do,cn ...,...
The report that the Compress wns fred by the fcdcras
TO prevent hcr falling into hands is without shadow
of truth She fred by hot shot from tho Virginia,
for firing into boats while she had flag oi truce al
the lying after che had struck her colors and sur
| rendered to US
Among the prisoners taken OF the Congress tho
slave sam, the property OF - Drumnond, Esq Of this
| city who escaped 10 tho cLcmy timo October
las lie Is safe, having reached his homo
M under dcrent crcumstances than he anticpatcd.