New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-10

black hull can be aeon moving slowly along shore ID
front of the Craney Island batteries Sinunsne1a
iy with the appearanoe of the Merrmac the Monilo,
started up from behind tie wooden vessels AL.
up to meet the enemy. Dense volumes VI ''"'A
sscs nd from the pipes Of the Merr1nIac'
"The Monitor with only pnii Of whe e'e'',' ,ho
Gaping looks in the distance IKE an n'ou' ,s,y,,
surface of the water. The larger re-. Namna,,et are
aside and left The Monitor and the Naoghs"oA IT,
noYr IN tba anrroachnp path Of tie Meirmac. lhe
contestants are yet two miles apart .;..I ,,,,,
90 Ociock.--qhe Ninnesoa iir.s her siei"i itn tn
and the lone.rol is being beaten III ,he ioft; ane
N;nneso.a IL starting to come up from her ahcno"ge
i.. ,ha fnyt- Tie vessels Of The fleet had been
In onetly at arehor for the last hali hour Wheh
i ;naI from the flagship ordered them all TO re-
,nrn The SusquchanBa led the way, followed by
,be San .Jacinto Seminole, Dsco'ah, and the Mont
Tor bringing up the rear, al apparently usng the
greatest speed toward the Tort.
To spectators this seemed rather moftlfymg, hul
a. they moved down in line the Monitor was OBJ
served to halt and the San Jacno and Dacotah also
followed her example, leaving the Susquehsnna and
Seminole moving ahead. The fcnr steamers and the
Monitor having taken their pooitons, The Merrimac
a'so halted aud the five cs stood thus not more
than mile and half apart, the Merrimac apparent
" not willing TO come further down. aud the Monl-
tor unwilling to 60 further up.
lie Minnesota also steamed up III front OF tUe
Fortress wharf followed slowly ~ the Naudtrbilt.
Alter lyipg in this position, the Minnesota tufheo
round and steamed back, and the Vanderbilt, with
on, tuning backed water slowly down the river.
W bio al ,his maneuyering was going On, iiring had
entirely ceased from all points.
"3:i0-1he Mtrginac now turns round ana
stealns back toward Norfolk, with her Rebel nag
6ving impudenily. The Baltimore steamer Georgi,
ana has lain out in the stream, with steam up, al
,arlies; moment. The Minnesota and Vanderbilt
hnys zone back 10 their anchorage.
The DacUtah again proceeds up toward tht
Merrinac and the Monitor starts toward the moutl
of EiizsUeth River. The Dacotah Is now within
easy range Of Sewals Point but the batteries theI
do not oreu on her. She and the Monitor have boti
stopped, and The Merrimac is lying stationary about
d mile in advance Of the Crany Island batteries
Here commenced al important movement, WHICH
tanuo, be made public just Yeti
"The Vanderbilt ana Arago have now seainen VI
/ in front of he wharf and have again halted.
"Tbe Merrinac has run back under the guns o.
Craney leland, and the Monitor ~ steaming oil
toward her al Iull speed.
- The Minnesota IL also coming up again at ful
speed, the effort being to draw the Rebels out again
~ As y. m.-For the past hour the ieet has beeI
moving back and forward. but the MeIiimhc SUI
lies under the guns of Crlpey lslaud. ,
"1he Monitor is lying about mile and hal
from the MsTTimao, and tie Dacotah, Susguenailna
and Seminole are still in the rear The Nau2alueh
is also moving up toward the Monitor.
/ - Inc O!iuutsOt, ''''
gone back 10 their anchorage, and there Is no pros
pect of "a fight tonight.
1.-The troops are going on board the transports
and the war vessels, including tie Monitor, have al
returned to their anchorage.
"Tbe President viewed the action from tug
boat living about mile i'll the real Of the fleet. III
has lust returned, and as lie parsed up the whar
was vociferousy oheered by the troops"
LATEST PROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Our fleet having retired the Merriinac is sgail
.teaming out The Monitor, Dacotah, and Nauer
tuck are still, however, in position off Sewall
Point.
An officer of the Seminole states that the Rebs
Hag-staf on Sewells Point was twice shot ava.
during the bombardmeDt. The first time it fell J
was picked up, and Rebel in a red shirt jumped o
the ramparts with stump of the staff and the faI
and waved it, when another shell struck him. kllin
him. and it is supposed Others him.
OF the many shots fred at the fleet by the Rebels
not truck any Of our vessels. Some went owe
their mass, but most fell short. The Rebels eoul'
be distinctly seen from the vessels carrying oil thei
dead and wounded.