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n the recent fight.--When the Monitors were discovered approaching, the men were at dinner. At the sound of the long roll they sprang to their guns with shooting; the battle- flag was run up to the air of "Dixle," played by the band on the parapet, and a salute of thirteen guns fired. Col. Alfred Ellett was the commanding officer of the fort. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Yates commanded the barbette batteries, and Major Ormsby Blanding the case-mated batteries. The enemy fired eighty shots at the fort of which thirty-four struck. The garrison are eager for the next chance at the Monitors. [official Dispatch] Charleston, April 9. --To Gen. S. Cooper: General W. S. Walker destroyed an armed steamer in the Coosaw river at daylight this morning. No casualties on our side. All quiet Six Monitors and the Ironsides are still within the bar. (signed)G. T. Beauregard. [Coosaw river is a few miles south of Pecotaligo. It separates Port Royal Island from the main land]