New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-15
80 Rasss OF ahc Nssyri'sssr SSorstfug o.
Hey EsiS Gsp.
n IN. N Y. TriboDo.

., ,,,coa dnel between tho ncrrilnac and the
=. ,,s NJ brisf Duration. J; cane U5' IN Tn
A.. .oeruoon q, - minutes OF s.
o.! .;opist feet faunied and huttered sbont
...n an ea,y hour iu the morning, challenging ana
..,,,,n, the Morilor 70 qnit her anchorage ana >"
;.o shallow water 10 engage the bully oi her le-
W h.,,e while The jamestown, Yorktown, snd
.o,ley ,nso..s sLonld conc down, and rampage
.uopg he iransior's' Ill. -
T,'' N4Yrimsct fire, gun, a challenge blank car
,,.,oe. was hred to leeward. The stevens pia'.' /
..,oe,lcl Naugaiueh replied with & shell tleI IL
.oms excitement, and perhaps more meAgeflehce' "
,0,t short 10 the air. Her second shot, yc! on' oi
,.nse but in perfect line, went over the Mernma',
IA ,,er al her Eve cousOrs drawn Up in bne o.
battle.
The Ue,Timacs second shot was shell, which
sp harm lees st distance of TWO miles. The ihiTa
.so,. sbei hled from an immonge gun mado at The
rr,.ear Works aud said 10 no ,@l-pouuder, purs'
xs,o ,hc gan, and exploded tie piece iSside oi tis
nor. T6e pieces Of the gun and the sheD were seen
nsr,inkc The water, aud smoke aecended from 'ne
,Osel,n2 over .ho deck. The explosion was supposed
20 bays been deadly and damaging for tlie Icninae
H vhhdieW from the ring, and slowly went Norfolk
vud.
4 Tie Yorktown spd her iol. consois lay quietly III
,hcir pcs,,ions Tor aOoGt two hours then two @!
,hein suddenly went oi, and made l,raish; Tor two
leruaphrodiio bige snd one polacca al anchor near
,te Hampton Seminary, and took them and carried
them OIL The latter was headed with sutleg's soods
,,. properly Of Two Jews, who were uuaugbly sus-
cyc,ed of design 10 have their vessel captued fci
,rov were taken wih her. Her cargo was worth
p, o0o One OF be bliss was loaded Win hay. ues
owner stood On the dock and saw her captured, and
IcoL, d On his Instant and utter ruin. A purse WAS
made ap ior HIM The other brig was loadcd with
heel Bc.b vessels Lad beer removed abse;--, of the
seminar fcr safety Out OF reach Of the fire Of tie
eontsia0is
The wo French steam frica;os moved IRON their
anchorage, ard took pp position near the English
shp girsldc, W5iie there, the Rebel vessels We're
.eeo 70 range near and 10 speak iLem snd. FROM ap
pcsrnces dialogues TOOK p!ace between tie Robel
add The French snd Eugli=h captains.
TIE Nsug4tucl got aground just % the Yorktown
ard Jamestown and conso-ts made . dash e, the
bIies and poacoa; Otherwise sc would certainly
have saved ihein, and have sunk TWO more ci Ao,
sjver-a,ies.
Al Of ;hs Rebel feet is now in sight thi- side
Cnrey Ielsnd, contemplating with q hcsI-,ing t.s-
relish, the Monitor and her E,to second, tao Nan
gsiuck.
We cepy from the special coTrt spondence OF Yl
Pa.ladeloiia Iaynrcr Of MoDiay morning ,ne :ol
lowing points in relation ,o the appearance Of tL
@el1imac on Friday las:
IL is supposed that tie object OF lhe enemy is 9.
get by our batteries 81 the or snd tie hlp i'as
. i ..tar sNIn IN
poltdnj erTucs le uOV going Oh there. II is COM
dcnUy believed tuat preparations have tecn wal
which VIII eaectually dispose OF the Mer4lmac -
The light which must soon come oil. She msnhest te'
great reluctance 20 venture inlo "onf trap, anu !
wond have been the hight OF folly for the Monte
TO have left the important point which the was &c
10 watch.
n o'clock D. n.--At b O'Clock the Merrima
Glanced The position she had OccCpled for sc vera
hours and moved down toward tie Montor, ua.i
alb reached point about three miles disaut, wher
.ho bsrsed nf.d nearing tne mouth OF Hampt
Greek, fired shot al The Naugstuck and ire gun
boa Octorare, which were lying II the bend oplo'
,,te the hospital. Iro shO, was returned by the
OotofsIa, and some lively trns toek place, III .eor
OF twenty shots being fred.
N5s only did the OcorsIa and Naugatick i.ce, but
Nins and follest's batteries, siati ned between
HAMPTON and the Fortress, made e eral excellent
hre s5Os. The she'll iIOm the OCtOrara iell short
but those Of the Nlugatack were most beautifully
sirsd. The Il e. one from their i2j-poundtr, Nvca,
over TIE Neniuac. perfect line shot and icll into
III water a quarter Of mile beyond; auotnec EEL
short bur within foulth of amie o. the tiebcl gun
bOs,s while third fell clOCe 10 thc io'eign 5eei
which unfortunately, was somewhat N the Wy a
that tIme.
when the Merrimac fred ler third eun. au ~,
usual smoke arose from her por-hole, sno the shell
fell into the water not more than llle beycLd.
This was evidently accident, aud IN few TO-
meuts Il being then haif-past four, The NerI
turuea her bow toward Elizabeth River, ana z!'v ly
reaaed up, the other craft leisuIely following her.
II is believed BY inauy thai the gun on the Me,'nae
bnrs on the last discharge ar pieces Of shel weIt
scn TO ial near gho monsief. On
Tie following are tto Dal1es OF the crew oi the
brig Ssbao sid Marcus. captured by toe Htff"at
ssAso-Caft. Drsid 4seE ietcsped ;. ,To .i.i t' -
bAter COOK Z. N,ltas0u, ~. Baker ROWAN simon
Vha4cns-Cspt. Crocsc1 teseaped)i Joseph a. heoaolG
Insfe: Levi Bltiers seward
The Satao had q bOat, bat the men did not rse h
Both nastns were on their way ashore aud 10 g.
czp.a. Tiey 20 to Baltimore tins afternoon.
CURRIILAS SHOT II WESTERN fIH