...rovided, first, that the enemy's vessel Merrimac can be neutralized. We also give some extracts from the official report of the late Captain G. J. Van Brunt, United States Navy, who commanded the United States frigate Minnesota in the engagement of 8th and 9th of March, 1862. It has been formerly shown that the Minnesota got aground on the 8th, and remained so all that day and during the 9th, giving th...