The New York herald., 1864-10-27
REBEL ACCOUNTS.

rAs RsboI james River Fleet Eonbard-
cd by Our Batteries ora siGnai Hiii
and ~ 30 u ware House. f.artt
IFrom the Richmond Whia, Oct. 24l
The Boulwsre House, 10 win be remembered by our
iHs river GU tne north aide Of The James, Than harns
b,ut, and aooot hall mile duo north OF the grave
tidss which, running parallel with the river eliminates
y SSna ni. since The occupation Of Battery Earris
oa or wsnssasy no. % the surprise y tsoso Who
lad been watching their movements unniasked bat
ssr Similar works eStsnans ess,ory na. moi Ssen res
Arceraned fer 10 Information sces one Of their
guns Is hundred podnd Parrots. On saturday morning.
- about twenty minutes to seven, while a portion Of
,hs grave ysrds-ihe Rioamond Captain slaury,
tunoost Hampton, Captain Murtaugh being rea-cs 70
challns, under way, and OF reach q its
range before any damage done Several shells how.
over passed over hsr. Her eUgincer presented novel
hfeaFanoe, On raw, frosty morning, alfred only
ladies'. Tho guaboaI Drewfy, Lieutenant Alexander com
0aodlng, was lying about five hundred yards farther
Of the shells struck 6ns Of her gun ayes md
exploded woundms two Of Der nen teycrey Gnd giv.ag
nree others slgpt "s2gGiccsn TIE quo was lot ais,
noun,ca sad iheinnry ne carnage Vas much sigh,
Than uude. tc cuUNtastNgSes gtlhl hays neen 4.
iecscd I.e rcwI!, roefaiih q 20 learn sustained
7ns Tcn esd fredericksburg, csptsn Roo,es, had Der
IN kosttcK considerably Terforated. ADD I've men
wounded. Tic Richmond Ind 90 hurt, tDous under
Tue vSs,pia, Commodore M,chens Gssship, was
sn1tsDe0usy WITH tie opening Of the Pouwarc House
Asitory, that At sgual Hill commenced hrng, and tie
tso combined hurled shot, fhe aad bolts ID The most
-ap! on the space Of tFo hours
above named. Our Battery Brr (whofe located.
he Yankees asceFtan frofo BGiicr's Observatory,
without aii from. us) became engaged and gave them
specimen o. Confederate proecties and the Of
Confederate gunnerr. oar roncl4as aiso them
snpr1nptu proof oi what OF guns Brooke con.
wives and our naval foundry turns OUT
On Friday evening three Tankee officers rsdantly At.
tired ~ bne md a, supposed 70 be Grant, Butler ard
Quertermastor Ge8ora Aegr, accompanied by ui stan
sof any number 81 courcrt AID order rode alcug
river " front o. he hou ware House, and aiu sleI "
several Of The feet, atour ~ obscrvatcp. One o.
hoir suite the river ana waived paper Tor
saue minutcs, thereby sisnHIing wHh 10 exchange
psws papers b us tnl rs no notice was taken .! 6y
ue - retired and the wbos party immed stey gslloped
&C. q gely pace. Eo arc decidedly fncllred 70 the
spoon aat The nrrg rom the two batteries IS already
retcrbed wss ~ Eve these august military dgnitaI
Sic msn ise artillery PRACTICE " .be arncs Of tie
We sssehsd the Hsmptca before The bombardmeui
nee ;s ss Z "a 70 sese Y e seaIer as ye pessy
= never hsi arsnd = aoclive i vhen nc obsertsr
.,,o,,I.,I ~ ,,s 49, ME y yong " ssnga 1A's
"a dsmcr aad The consequent apoo ther exu o.
sion comparatively heavy.
ffrom the Ricbmoud Dispatch Oct "a
Eary 3ltpfaay lnofniug o.. boats lying al anchor
IN GJsvs}nrd bond, boiow chsins nun. we're etsned
apon BY Yankee battery newly erected % s.sus Tu
the lh bank milo distant lu- her down The rtyer
tge Of nrst of Toe encoy's shes exploded on the
uHk noe htue steamcr brewry near her fore grn
wSundt onpon severely. The Drcwry weigned
sn,nor. 3SDs MOI ange as quickly as possihc The
Iron rau rydUIcksburg was struck several times but
suffered kt< injury. 1be greatest damage done sboa
q her cf tsc Ysnxse shsiis which cxpl ded
mmodlsaely 4vs~ bev grating, wesndipg eix menour
very slishsfy Ma two severely u s ssid the Rchmond
eao ber of tns afe and haS hor snokostsk
Dor an hour s -
AsornKn REpoRr-rHg EEBEL VESSELS wfTB.
nkAxH Faos TnE scIEE or ACTION.
Fron the Richmond Examiner Oct ~
eos., seven O'Clock on saturday morurg the newly
meeseo batteries Of the enemy Oh NAT Hf and st tho
boawe House seno5 suddenly on uortuu OF fhe Jam on
r.sor sss.ren, whlch was " ng Va the stream below
Insn,n r'"n NotNrnstand ing the suodenness of tbe
ss.k, our ssnooals wcre found ready for the engage
ss"s SUI promptly Assisted by Battery
Frooks on the souLb aide None III our n,nero.a hat
series 90 the aorh6 we Jsmep participated ,ho re.so
~ 1hcb ~ et anaxp xpaiasd. Ihe cfisn rontt,.od fny
gboye two hours, curag which time botb ,at.as 1s,yt
kv'sd tbsH coinpAmcAs@ " sbt snd sheN .ith eraa,
erhhnees aad xigor wna tsmseo toe eu~toy - ,s,ss
oaa Dos - tld tLs1gh tbe practlce OF onf aav.I 80
eefs scxnsw'sdg~d " be escsileDl o. err r.rt ~
naisetN dsnsgs a. statned tfsv man y 80 ..,ss ~
so'gpteA rbe spaow s,ach of Que ~ nv euufosis vas
fsle 1913 and ~ Sas v ass " ". Los - ~ss