The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-14

1900 1850 sa.cn snans A:s eeAnssssd7 8 :.
eendnrv snss,. - moscss,af sAsr os,,s
berrae1es The DaeotaA soNsssv~s = - Ns
nef shells directly Into ~ 49,. ~ NV
s s.ons o wnicf Can b aisussty -
sns.s i n re xulnt mostly fan 30, g!
IL. s. s sss:s = e xsis,
veos0 Sseroyinf The fA10s Of - 49, ~
nsrs; Ih:Y are. however, Dskiae ~ -
~ .to nent non tAals works. siv;ss -
ysweii's Poiat u alnoes snV1ioosSas t sast
non tie constant sxpaoaoa Of sSsaS - -
e0oke from IT. own guns: on1 ~ ~ 10
" - Vicinity must MAKE Il . lot s,s9s
su1srin9 humanity. 81 To-
ns3f.eas Hss se'easlH A.-T1s Aoa,.o..
probably cooling her guns. fosr ~: !sAsh
throw oocastoual shots, al OF vnisS sse1
70 enter the woods Of TIE Oasmy. - .s.ppeeS
within the WORKS esyond. TIE kip ~ -
also Kept mp constant cross IRE. &rov,...as
large mum bsr Of shells 10 the rear Of q" m
bet:srise: The Zip Raps batSry has ~ ,.s at
Of Seweh's Point perfectly. - ~
Qssgaw y 7Arss IelecA p. the rsh..-
star 0srrtmac now makse her appearsncVs.
the sosne: She has Just passed hon Sss.M
xsrds ss sG1' ss:. are n sssai; Den
b scen moving slowly along sAoTo n ffo.s =
The U1ansy Island batteries. SimSl,anSsa
With the sppsa1auee Of the MsrrimSr -
Monitor started mp from beAinA TIE 49, -
vsesels ana moved up 70 meet ths ~.
the pipes Of the msrTimac. -S"oa
The Monitor. With only Q pu0 on v>,,.
SCAM escaping. looks IN tbs dissanos M "
atom on the surface Of water. M ~.
tor a1d the NAnSAfnck- Ara now In ~ g
proachtng path o. tAs nSrrImN. TSs
tsstants are yet six miles apart W.
71~o O Qsek, p. N-The xinaseota a..
her signal gun and the long roll y -.
beaten In the FORT Ths 0lnn6oote Il ata,t;.yg
70 come up from her aneAessee bslov Is.
quietly At anchor for the lAst half hon,s
when ihe sisnAl from the dag aAip ordssss
them all to return. The SusQasiaRns 10
the way followed By the San Jaoia o, Sesi'
mole, Bacotah, add the Monitor bTineias A.
speed 70 wards the fort
To spectators this seemed rather mortif,.
ing but - they moved down In line As
Monitor WAS observed to halt, Ard Tia "a
Jacinto and Dscoteh also followed her =.
ample, leaving the Suaquehanna and Semi.
mole moving ahead. The four steamer saS
the Monitor having taken their position.
the Merrimac Also halted, and the AVE- vease:
stood thus. not more than a N lie and Asl,
apart. The Msrrimae appersn.ly not willing
willing to 80 further mp. The MinnAsou
also steamed up In front OF the fort,,s.
wharf followed slowly BY the Vanderelll
when both stopped After Lying In tAis 10.
ana steamed back, and the Vanderbilt. Mn.
ont turning, backed water slowly down Ia
river Whilst all this man 9nvrinG was soips
on firing had entirely ceased from ali poInis
Eo,y NfsstAs Past TArH O'Clock P
III -1ne MeIrinac now tnrns round and
seams back towards Norfolk, with her rebel
stesm.r 0sorsiAns has is,d on, in the s stream
with seam ny, all tbs afternoon, ready V
escape from do ueer At the earliest moment
The MINI esOta aud Vanderbilt have gone bach
to their anchorage The Dacotan again DR.
itor starts towards the mouth Of the Ella, wy
river The Uacotah Is now within an cas-, r.rs.
of SeWell's Point. bat the batteries to.,. -
NOT open on her. She and the nor .ttor s...
both stopped. and the Merrimac - wing az.
tionary about mile in advance of TIA fsr.n.,
Island batteries. (There COD meuced an im,
pcrtant movement which cannot be mad.
p1 The 31ndsse!l. and Arroyo hav. now ,,,,n
ed up In font OF the wharf. and have sssir
halted. A
The Merrimac has run hack under the sun,
of Oraney Island, and the Monitor is tesm,n,
OF towards her 1t full speed
The Mime sofa il also coming VI again q,
Iuii speed, the euors 0eAnG TO dra " the re bals
out again.
QSovs<r TO Fs,s O'elooA p. N-For thu n..s
hour tns Il SGT hse been moving back And f,y,
ward. but the Merlin &C still lies under the
guns CT Uraney Island.
The Monitor II lying about mile ana
half from the Merrimac, and the Dscotab
SotquehaDna, and Seminole, ere stilI In H.
rear. The Nauga,uck Is lso moving q tow.
ards the Monitor
The Minnesote, Arago and Vanderbilt hsv,
gone back to tDeir anaAorags, and there h no
prospect Of dSh; 70 might.
Inc troops are going on board the trans-
por0. ahd the war vessels, including the
Moni1or, nave all returned TO their anchor.
age.
The President viewed ths action from
tasooats lying about mile In the rear Of tAs
the troops.
T11 LAIKsf. fieet having retired 10
Merrtmac Is again steamiDg out. The Noul.
tor, Decotah and Naugntuok are still, how.
ever, In posi- ton or SeWell's Point.
An omcer OF tbs Seminole atates that the
shot away during the bonn bRrdmsnt. Ths
first time It fell 1t was picked up, and rshs
In red shirt jun ped on the ram paris, with Z
stump Of the staff and the d4g, and waved
1t, wnen she'll str uck him, ktiiipE him, ana
II II supposed others near him
OF the many shoss fred at the feet By Tho
rebels not not one struck any Of our .vslsAaA
Some went over their masts bat most ssls
short. The rebels could be distinctly ssea
from the vessels carrying CD their dead sne
wounded.