Show FIGHT WITH AN IRONCLAD IRON CLAD A correspondent ft ef the ne newark wa rk writing from on board united states gunboat M mami ami off mouth of roanoke river gives the following graphic description of a fierce conflict between our codr fleet and the rebel ram albemarle albe be marle we have just passed through the gacond second engagement with that ugly little ram the albemarle be marle yesterday afternoon at two oclo ocio cir clr the ram I 1 consorted by the steamer cotton pla planter n ter a and nii nil the bombshell which last they sunk at the attack on plymouth and after wards raised made its appearance at the mouth of the river we retreated slowly and men fol foi followed loved captain french bent sent a eni ehi the steamer massasoit ahead to inform the remainder of the fleet at four they came in sight bight ight running up at full speed when the rzel rmel rebel fleet saw our reinforcements reinforce mens they tried to back out but it go a as a some of our vessels can steam eighteen knots while the ram can noke nuke but eight or nine at half past four tour we fired the first gun our rifle that was the signal for the commencement of a roost most f furious which lasted over three hours the fleet took a position describing a circle with the ram ran in the center jn in the meantime the cotton planter had bad fled and ands baher by her superior sailing qualities escaped the bombshell we captured she was crowded with harn harp shooters the gunboat Sass Sas bacus acua steamed fuli full ull speed right into the nun raim at the saime same time iving her a broadside but without tb the least effect the whole fleet then sailed blo bio slowly virly round the tha ram each boat as it passed a 5 sed giving her a broadside which made t the e iron by fly from her B ide side and riddled her smokestack smoke stack this seemed to I 1 rile her some for she then for the first time showed her teeth and began to act on the defensive she made diorec directly tr y tor for the thi miami and ihben wh en bhe ehe was abdat ab dutten gutten te y yards ard off let fly at ug us with whitworth rifles one sheil shell went through our smokestack smoke stack just above the mens headd heads beads and the other went nato fato fhe captains cabin and exploded there tearing everything in the vicinity to pieces and starting the decks above A large piece of the shell went through the opposite side making a bole clear through the snip ship mr air hackett our paymaster was wad lying oh a sofa in the cabin at the time and wonderful to say was not hurt in the least alth aith although 0 ugh the sofa was turned over on him and he wali was covered with a pile of glass books clothes pieces of wood and broken furniture and almost suffocated by the dust and smoke with which t le flie cabin was filled we were also struck by a shell which burst in the wheel house bouse and shattered our signal lamps but did no other damage A thirty eiga ei foht t pound solid goot boot went through our second cutter which hung alongside on its davits and theres there is nothing left of our dingy bit b it the keel and ribs ibs strange as it t may seem not a man on our vessel was waa hurt the Sas got a shell in her boilers bollero killed three and wounded six the bet set had her deck swept by a shot which took both ile fie legs gs off three men one of whom has baa since di died ed and the others are not expected to live we ha hae haye e not yet beard whether any others in the fleet were hurt the miami fired over one hundred and seventeen times and struck the ram over eighty times we put one shot right into one of her port ports and dismounted a gun the firing was kept up till after dark and during durine be the night the raba rata got away up the river we all think that two hours more of daylight would have made her ours oura |