The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-05-31


Constable, cummauIcr Of the gunboat stevens.
Sau4a;uck,. aldrc 'sed to Capt John raunce,. gives
Al excellent d, scrpton OF the recent hlt ou James
river, and explains the bursting Of the heavy gun
on board oft Tat vessel during the cusag cement:
CSIrrp STATS GuSnoAI SrFvEss)
u ,Nr1oS RoNus, MAY H. Is62. (
nv nEtn ChrINiS We arrived here vest, r!ly
n IA Nor oh. having brought down the killed and
part Of the WON dr In our lat action, and lott them
at the hospital there. The squadron g. which We
az attached consisting. besides The stevens, of the
Ga INA, 'nIt'i. Arpo,took aud Port Roynl, worked
o'it way up james river, md At battery at place
called Hardin - Hun (,hout five miles above Day IS
Point. We s.w tie robe. steamers YORKTOWN and
janet lNu, lut they ran from MS, ascei lin. tie
uycr. when vcwtiva at CITY Point We found I. @
store uses there containing tobacco &C. in fumes
on the cy, min. of re ii,h instau, we arrived
about ten miles bel ~ Hcl'npnd. The stevens hal
led the squadron, keeping about two hundred
uH. and li niuI ovt fr distractions AMI tlrpcl. cs
W were t,u account ui our Light draUsht Of water
aui tie r,r.ir' .s IA which the ytssu! worked. e
.lpgt service g. TIE squadron From int IfuI.t .Iu
WI ch We had Coined, we learned that the ,ncu~
lti a. ont two Ut.,s above uq, heavy distractions
arI. ss tie river, consisting Of spiles and slAh,u
y'a.'l r, dHnicl ~ a very ttrong battery ou a
Tns Wards IL was bat Ell lit miles bel w R.ch-
WHud ami, at = council Of war held Oh board tie
ras-1l' 70 itlc Ol,uH!, consisting OF the command
rr- OF the tyo ye1s,. is, 1t arranged that the
.luadrl +. 'uld the next m lruing attack the at
Try, in TIE uri,r urrtnscd lislcc,Ssiul IN sh,lI-
ut acm outhC Str, gus was o. haul ont the ap.lrs,
While latI from T., squA tiuu Il .kCd the guns.
was provided will ' ,r i,r tie purpose, aud in
tended pumping ot eft and submttglng forward
until mpkiug tls', anu acH,iug tlWt-thcu pump
out tiwtrl. and ..buoi'c u'tt' loosen the spte
IN is bold. aud e. 'l ImYl up 1t until drawn 4,
We hkctIHc learned that the enemy had rl'-
pts well manuel, tn. even VIM, - aucl On the
atcrpon %. DE li,n 800 we're fred Mt several times
I NH ~ auN .
The re, tcst 90 tee CuIM1iYr,, ! threw % 81,
~ m oar Pr Gun n quite large force ~ the
enemy ou hi. about tvp miles distant whi,l
fttrtt tom 90. = "lHulic .iui X, and t.ti threw
tvI ,r three l- 90 taui Ter FROM our lit guns
! into the bushes where the rifle shots he'd com,
| FROM; during tie might We heard nothing FUR
| tArr from t.rm.
fortunately lcerucl thot evening that the Gale.
ma had several large sheets Of boiler iron not In US,
-t,ix feet 10y three icrt( Twenty hyc OF these
! procured, and fastened them on the outside Of tie
! pilot-hunse and calm and T. their protection v,
III. indebted iOs our lives IN tue action OF tit
I 18th.
The next morning. on the first Of the cbh, IT,,
vesao.s moved mp I teir poNtLius of attack, uutul
| q very auupy.I, iro Of rfes from the woods (tAi
| r.vtrh,ug less than two hundred yards w!i",.
We op ned fire upon the battery with our h'av'
gun, ami threw shell AID canister from our lroAd
A. ., Ones iit tie wu}ls. our station was hhltAf
| of their rite pits, aud was only about furtv iCt
iron. the shore, SO tho, tuen sharlshooteT' Ind
fair ,hauccut ~. Daring th, hslt aud while on
! itANN ~ WIS Pr'l,t .'t ni.'"N'''',, y 80, -,
tort Iudtey disabled but one man. IL BURT non
the vent to tie truni ms ~ two halves tHio. n
one Aali uy,rl oyri "a tie = ~ H.lt, WIZ , ~
hat WAS '"o d "n Il ~ ihv ,'"' MA ',t,,
ml21'e forward 81 we !, In,,", t,rt mo 'i'
AMI waftrown 4. ward huou' 'HI ' t
carriage vas ,'s'r,yL' ,S i ip ani sr,c ~ 4,
Iar l,, 81 ,, tNe I Gilrt p ltr,,d'
HIw escaped Co. on" knows was With
two Get OF tie gun when It hurt having J.'
SIGHTED and trained It rpln the battery N
speak d., trumpet i comp t'!y crushed, anl
fragment u' t.C -nu w,clu- shout one H. 'usAu
fyc hundred wc'at, tci. g. closely = me tat