The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-09
THE EtFECr OF The LAIE STORM
ON THE EDEnAL FLkEr.

Below will be found some account Of the
disasters TO the Federal aaet from the storm
which prevailed on Friday and Salurda,
last.
LOSS OF THE LINCOLN TRANSPORT oscEolA
The Charleston Courier, of Wednesday Laa
the following account OF the loss OF the keo
eral transport Osceola
Capt MorrlH, OF the Yankee :ranspors
steam propeller tsceoia, arrived here ester
day Irom Sfevrg-tonn, =. u, III charge oI
Captaius finckney AID Alazycx Wal
tdken - the Guaru- House, when ptac.
We saw him, when Ill answer To Questions he
maze the iqi'owing Statement: L lie - ceoi..
sailed from New \ orA on Thursday, OctOLei
Ath, for Hampton koaus, VAIN ii cargo con
sistlnx OF nifty head vi o-ef cattle, live hun
area p;srrvis ol potatoes ana suuuIies, ar
rivea al Fortress Iionroe, October z7Ih, wnere
eirven Mead OF Cattle We're Ituu.u, leaving
thirL ~ nine GA the vessel Al New York we
We're Ordered To lake On board Water auu
PROVISIONS Tor only tit,eeu days, which made
Ieevid-iit We We're not proceed SCUM Oh
IA COAST OF Georgia, as sucn supply wouhI
not have answervu Tor Lip To .iuil
oemaineu III Hampton koals Until tuesday
ue.oper Zsth, Wien the enLiie II ct sailed,
coAsis.!ng II IRON HIty 20 sixty sail Of yess-is
DI ali Glasses, tom The powerful steamships
anuerDiit, baitls,- abash, AinuesoIa, anu
ROanoke ~ The oruinary Sized lrg-boat
On Wednesday, ~ bieW heavily from the
ithwsst, las.i twelve hours, W zen the
wand cnauseu 20 .1aeasS ana con lin ued stOr-
my put the smaIIer vessels Were some what
projected from its iorce by Keeping close un-
der The shore. Early on FRIDAY, the lst in
srint, he WIND stuffed To southeast, and IN
creased 70 -noSa severe gaze, IN which The
squaaron got separated. Wniie keeping close
IA shore esriy on Saturday, Say between two
and three a. d., the Osceoia got ashore ou
the Day Breaker, of North island, near
Georgetown, and in TWO hours sac big cd Ih-
cattle soon taking 10 the water, ana many OF
them reaching suore. The vessel having be-
come wreck, the officers aud crew twenty
IN number, took to their boats, in which taey
aohed North Island, ana We're taken prison
ers.
oapt Morrill, describes the gale as very
severe, and thinks that many OF the feet
mnst have become disabled Or iost-soms OF
them being old and by TO means Capable OF
going through such weather
be had no instructions directing him where
to proceed, his only orders being to follow
the large ships and other Captai,s ehcm h G
questioned in regard to their destination
had only been directed in the same way.
Inc Oseeoia was owned in New Y orf ~ d
mas been engaged In trading from CUBA to
Honduras. Her tonnage was III. Capt II
Informs US that some of the large transports
that left New York took on board troops at
that place, but he was not informed as 10
their mum Der, and had no correct idea.
The wreck of the Osceola was boarded on
Monday by the boats of s biockaing steamer
TEE WRECK PTHR FEDERAL FRANKFORT "UgIox"
"A YANKEE AcC"vSr.
A Geographic dispatch has already appear.
ed in this paper relative to the loss of the
'Union," attached to the Federal armada.
which left Hampton Roads few days ago
The following particulars Wa take from the
Fort Macon correspondence of tbs Newbern
IN. c. Progress, dated Nov. 4
Our forces have been EN- pioyed all day get.
ting out the valnables from the wreck She
for me TO give Il tailed account of the cargo
and what Te have already recove red. In a
general way may state correctly The cargo
Will be worth over 100000 to the Coufeder.
out, Sharp's r.fi-s and cartridges, IL horses
were saved. 500 blankets &c. &c,
tn" "ugine is worth 81, 900 and will be re.
covered.
w Of the bIockadiug ships have been n
here this afternoon. The wreck lies b. oatsioe
on, and nearly out of the water at low Ii1e
There IS SOM danger OF our being sheiisd III
the work. but some think it will be Difficult,
W discover the wreck from the sea.
Five more prisoners sent forward this
morning, making the whole number 81.
The following is the / ederal account, fur.
ni-hed the Prosrsss by the same correspou-
dent:
Left Fortress Monroe Tuesday, Oct. o, on
board the Y. 5 steam transport Union. Had
ON board "a horses, several haIes of hay and
about 400 Gags of oats, IL gun. carriages lev.
eral kegs OF powder, 5000 gallons of water
and somewhere in the neighborhood of go
TONS OF coal, also baggage WACO e, several
sets OF harness, 2 rifled cannon, fivs or six
barrels whiskey, several saddles, aud provi-
sions enough TO lest IL days. On leaving
Fortress Monroe the ships were formed in 10
three distinct lines. Could not say for GER
tain how many ships were engaged in the
expedition-shouldt bink there was rom So to
~ Keptin line. through Tuesday: WSdn. sday
afternoon 1t blew q gale, and put back 10
Hatteras Inlet, and anchored for the nip ht
Thursday morning clear and pleasant, hauled
anchor and proceeded in southeriy dir-c-
lion at night was in SIGHT of the wnole deet
frid<5 morning it blew gale from the
southeast, lasting about Is hours, Carrying
away fore.sail apd main sail Saturd v
morning signaled the fawnee, ship leaking,
and Was ordered 10 put back. Got ont of our
way and went ashore about thirteen miles
south of Forl Macon
(Signed) JoHs r. EIaHKs
Wagon Master TIN negt. Coiih Vol.
AsPANIsH srxAMER II pIsTRzss.