Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-04-02


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The engagement with che AlsaHssosa
resulted "a tha killing Of ! men on tbs
latter vesssl, which was aground. Ihs
MesTiaaae did ase sesnas 20 IL tpE asess
Der, psrhapa IN Assoankof has lmt& -
uaalaent Of heavy guns, but mors probably
because sha vas afraid of also getting
aground, the ,wasar being Quite shallow In
thaa seighhorhood. The A4saassosa ID
not much injased. She waA O, and
sseaning down about ak o'clock Sunday
night.
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Ths Monitor came in Saturday night,
and proceeded up past tho M3aassota.-
the rebel steamers JaHss1osnaz and Hogk-
fetca we're not iron-plated, or, at any rate,
only partially 50. They came down In
the daylight, making for the Minnesosa,
bar 10 siaair sagpgisay faaad she healteE
ready 20 receive them.
On Sunday morning the Monitor NOV
cd close up 70 the MeErimae, and aide By
side engaged hez for foug hours and TWEEN
~ minutes. Onoe the Mefriruae dashed
her iron PROV squaraly against the Mon
isor, bat did not injure that vessel in the
least. Ths Monitor in turn detaxminsa
to try hsr force 10 similar operation, bat
in soms understandable manner the wheel
or othag steering apparatus became en-
tanaaads it issaid, and shs Monitor sush-
ed BY, juzt missing her aim. Captain
Wordan is confident that he put three shot
through the hull Of his antagonist-prob-
ably through the ports. The Monitos
nred It's pound cast iron ahot. The
drought iron shot speTe nat used, be-
cauaa their great weight and peculiar
sonsaraoasn readers she guAs mueh more
liable 70 burst. The merrimac cred about
forty shots on the Monitor, which replied
rapidly as possible. but, 50 far - it ia
known, nsilhsT uG&sei Is damaged. Those
on board the Monitor say the balls rattl-
ed and rang upon both vessels and seem
ed % bound Of haEERsass.s Tia .MevTi-
mae Is probably no& iajs4rsd, asleast more
than the starting Of plate or 60 Of her
iron covering, and her machinery being
uniniured, abe is probably iit to come out
again. 1t is impossibls 80 keep the Mar
rimae from coming out. She can sail
three knots an hour faster than the Moni-
tor. From her evolutiona | should Judge
shscan go a. ths rata Of eight or nias
knots an hour. 1t is impossible to board
the Aerrimac- Should she come out
again she viii be obliged to pass within
range of the Union gun at the Rip Raps,
and a shot from her might crush her sides,
bat it is very difficult to manage 50 heavy
Q pieces Of artillezys sad the Union gun,
IA all probability sAight be HFed flfty times
without touching her. do not think the
Aerrimac is calculated TO carry much
coal, and that might have been . reason
for her retiring from the contest. The
Monitor perhaps might follow up the rsb-
el steamers and disable them, bat If abe
gets araong the rebel batteries . heavy
FIRE might be concentrated on her from
different points, aud she be thus injured,
or possibly she might be grappled to and
towed ashore. These and other reaseas
may sufhce TO show why the Monitor did
not follow among the batteries of Craney
Island and Norfolk. General Wool,
understand, haa Ordered all the women
and children away from Fortress Monroe,
in anticipation Of the Merrim&c's reap
pearanse.
Daring al Sunday morning, while the
battle was raging between the two iron
clad vessels, the high cliffs ut Newport
News and vicinity we're crowded with
spectators, earnestly Watching the pro-
greas OF the aght.