The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-14
THE vIRGIHIA's sECO1DTRIAL.
tFrom .he Norfolk Day Book Of ga. xr6ay.l

from thc Norfolk DAY Book. Of ga. xr6ay
We expected to Be able this morning 10 lay
b'iors our readers the result Of an engage
tn.I hetwesu the Virginia and the d oai sor,
hn winE to the evident cowardice OF those
il charge Of III, later vessel, we are not per.
o do 70
or fleet isft the faroor atoat Z O'Clock
vs t. dly morairg and procssded 10 the
40 d' On is appearance th.re was a great
com' uoticn amoug the Federal vessels, all Of
which, Including tbs Monitor, proceeded
Without delay 10 place To hemssivss Ost OF dan
ger. =.
In vain did the Virginia endsavor to pre-.
vaii On the Monitor to leave her place Of re-
ireat, undsr the guns Of Fortrsss Monroe
Proudly she spsd to sud fro through the wa.
tsrs-chailsngins hst opponents to com
forth and do battle, but the challenge was
unhsedsd. SulI she Virginia WAS not Alto
ssther unemployed. Tbs material to work
upon, 1t 10 true, was scant, yet, wherever 1t
presented ITSELF 1t was properly used and
although hoping for SO msihinE bsttsr, we
were satisfsd with our first dispatch by the
Air-lins telegraph, which rsached n abo at
los o clock, and ran as follows
1.-THE Monitor Is afraid Of the virginia,
saa remains under the guns OF Fortress
Monroe.
ave have jast captured three prizss-rwo
briggs and q schooner -
The following were the vessels alludsd to :
Brig Marcus, OF Stockton, N. j.; brig IA.
Soan, OF Providsnce, and schS UathArins I.
Oix, OF Accomac.
The two briEs were loaded with hay-ons
o. tAsn having stalls for the ncco IN m cd II On
of horses. The schooner was not 10 AIDED.
Ths crews OF these vessels were made pris-
oAsrs, with the exception OF portion OF tae
crew Q! one or the brigs. who escaped to Camp
hamilton by means Of their small boats
The VESSELS were brougL, up and anchored In
IEs iivsr between Cransy Island and this
city, and the prisouers taken off by tha steam.
sr Raleigh :nd broash. up TO The Navy Yard
aboat1 O'Clock. and pla csd In safe. keeping.
ihe prisoners numbered thirteen in all
eievsh white men and Two ntgross. The lat
ter, IS also tlrse OF the wht-e men, hail from
he Eastern Shore OF Virginia.
The Fl .st returned abou. clock and cam .
So apc. or between Fort Norfolk and Crsusy
Island Shortly after thsir rstnrr, two : ed
sTai steamers, which had been caught at
RewrOrt News, and which rem main sd out oi
sight while the Virginia was il the Roads,
embraced the opportunity afforded them by
her Withdrawal t, advantage, and proceed s6
at once TO Old Poirt
fgB ONLY SHOTS FIRRD.
The Virginia, after backing and filing In
HaH p.on Roads all day, sndsavoring 20 coax
'he EoLitcr ont, and fluding her sTorts una.
vgiling. finally concluded shs would not leave
the field without firing 4 shot or two. A.
4 O'Clock precisely she opened On large gun
boat and ANAL tug, with large gun on her,
both Of which kept lurking aronnd the shore,
close into Hampton creek, n the Immediate
vicinity OF the ChassPeahs Female seminary,
A. th sss sne fred three shots, which were
prow psly responded &c by aach OF them. Ths
n'st shos the virsinia fred seemed TO las q
splendid rtcaocne.te shot, es 1t appeared from
the position she writer occupied TO have hi
the water and passed right over tho tug boat
going over on ths iSnd. The gun on board
the small sss-boat seemed to have q much
!ouger range thGn that on board her larger
consort, ths shot from which fell short each
time as far as the little tugs gun ovsrshot ths
mark.
iris battle was carried on at long range. bf
1t re IN sm barred ~ thsss vesEsls kept b air DO
sitiCn in shallow water, where they knew i
VISA i'm possible fur the Virginia to get a,
thers. Several ct the shot from the little tug
passed away over the Virginia, and as We
,honsht came in very ur comfortable proxi-
nifty ID the English and French vessels ~ In &
IL her rsar Ia fact, IL was suggested by
soma present that IL appeared the Yanksss
w.snsd to avail, Of init opportunity 10 CIV.
Ball .nd ,,rspaua SOCK" 10 appsass lit
lie Of Jouathans epits against those tWs
amiaais gentlemen There we're soma pius
Or tan shots exchanged on this Cccasion, aud
tns Virginia flndinr ii impossible to get ths
Nonisor CIT, rstlred 10 isr sEcncrass Rear II {
city.
For the .ast month, or svsr. since The Viz
sinia's trisl trip, the Northern papers have
oesn "blowinE' away ata tarribis rats. en-
ds.yo;l! 6 d0v btisss TO kssp up shsir courage;
"ssopitor h7atins tina Virginia off Why
don't she Virginia come ont this Monitor is
wct.ing for her" &c, sc. Hsrs was one o.
the finsst opportunities In the word. the
Monitor was anywhere ab3u. she had gooo
chance % test ber la5sal if .srs = as otentirs-
IL aat.sfiod with the first tett.
Now, A. may bs ne. Il on:tor was not aS the
Point; and wa confess hha, We Wsfs uaah:s 70
ssa aer II aha We thsTs, Though We lad a
good view OF all ths shipping tRsrs with al
sxcslient pair OF slass-s. .S.iil, 'tha sails o!
the vessels tbsve being xpre.d out or hoistsd
TO dJe may have 0hscorzd hsr. Ard we n msy
here nc en,iou a rumop, rs ooInius %roR one 81
tho pr.s;nsrs captured, hat 8 dsst of gun
ooats had lef. the Point and goCs round TO
Yorktown so or sfais wfth AcCisll1n. If thta
ID so, and tao Monitor was not st the Point
really, she rnGy have cornFanied this feet
Tnsre was q very large f1eet OF mostly large
war yssssls, anchored outside Of Ola Point
Ehey sppsaret 10 bs drawn az in battle ar
ray, prob bly, awaiting the passage OF ths
Virginia pas: ths Point, though ws rather
sas poe, If she had gore out theSs valiant
wooden walls would have been speedily ga
kan With II leaving either for the bottom OF
to other parts.