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ome changes here within the last few days. Our squadron is lying this P. M. off City, Point, Contrabands bring the intelligence that the Confederates claim to have lost one man killed and one man's arm shot off in the fight on the 20th, at Watkins's Bluff. It that is all, they came off very lucky We, as I stated before, had no one injured in the least, although they claim to have killed 20 men, as we are also informed by contrabands: United States Steamer Jacon Bell.James River, June 21, 1862. Sir: I respectfully submit the following: Yesterday, in obedience to your orders I proceeded with the dispatches up the river to the Manitor.--On passing the Red Bluff, known as Watkins's Bluff, I was opened upon by two batteries, three pieces, each of 12 pounders, add about 500 sharp shooters. The channel being very narrow, being obliged to go within a few feet of the Bluff, I suffered severely. The had of bullets from the sharpshooters prevented me for a time from respondin