The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-14
The Full Account Of our Special
Correspondent.

The gunLoat Hicnyill,, Lieut. Bcnham, actin,
master arrived ut the Battery last evening al
o'clock, bringing the first direct adyic,s from
the great Naval Expedition. The Bicnvillel,ft
Port Royal at noon on Sunday, reaching IIImp-
ton Roads Mt AZ o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
where her commander, Capt. Stealman, landed
with dispatches for the Government, boring
with him also two brass fell piec',, n mtsnili.
cent sword AMI several secession nls4, as tro-
plies Of the great victory obtained at Port
Royal, by which that hirbor has come into COM
pleto possession Of our forces, two forts bainc
taken with large number of heavy guns AM
an immense quantity Of ordnance stores aud
Other valuable property, BcrrGort AMI the sur.
rounding country being Left completely at
our mercy We are under Obligations 10 Capt
Stcadman for the courtcsics extended to our COZ.
respondent who accompanied tho expedition,
and who returned in the Bicnville. Oar report,
therefore, being from the personal observation
Of an intelligent correspondent, who his par
ticipatcd in the whole cn,crprilc, may be
relied upon MS entirely accurate and reliable.
The lieLvlle brought to Fort Monroe, as
passengers Lieutenant WrMAN, Of the ship of
war Pawrcc, who returns on account Of his
health; Capt. Satoria, Of tho gunLolt Fla,
(supcrsedcd by Capt. John Rodgcrs,) and three
Of the men wounded In the engagement
with the forts at Port Royal. She leaves
again for Port Royal on Monlty, and letters
can he forwarded by her to persons connected
with the expedition, by being sent to the Naval
Lycoum, Brooklyn.
The Bicnyillc had most excellent passage
with Pleasant weather all the way; as the bearer
Of good news she was saluted on her dcparturc
byth' Wabash, who manned the yards and ,,lyo
three rousinG cheers. She was greeted on Sun
day night 10y the blocking vessel Flu, Off
Charl ston, and again at Fortress Monroe.
Tho expedition was expected TO leave
Fortress Monroe, October 9th, hut the
hnal order for getting under way did not
not reach the fleet until the morning oil Tues
Jay, October jOth, when one after another the
Noss,ls dropped down from Hampton Roads To
the mouth OF Chesapeake bay, where they were
arranged in the Order of sailing. an, trina
porIs were formed mo three lines, According 10
the brigade To which they were attached, and
the glnloats covered the 'front.' rear and iltnks.
with the Wabash, us thu flag shin, leading i'm
the centre, a. represented in the following PLAZA
The Il hit Of that fleet Of nearly sixty vessels
some Of them the finest in the world, standing
out TO sea ON that beautiful October dlv, was
one not soon to be- forgotten. II was nearly
noon rs We finally moved oil, and the sun shin
ing brightly in the zenith dsp,lled every cloud
bringing bodily into relief the outlines of the
twin CaIcs oi Henry and Charles, which guard
tie Pas -agc tu the ocean from the shores Of
Virginia. Arranged in compact columns
stretching Along he channel for milo or more
We steamed passed Cape Henry " i;h colors nv
inE from every vessel, the decks crowded wi h
troops and the bands playing their livclicst
tuncs-oycry man full Of hope and good cheer
~ we put ont into the ocean. Ii was an un-
known world ~ the majority OF the troops, who
might have idnuivd that the peaceful temper in
which tie sea fret met q, WAS its htli,ual
mood II 80 thcs had something yet To learn.
Through "Wednesday and Thursday the fleet
continued quietly on it, WAY, Ovcra smooth sea-
most Of the vessels keeping well together,
though the order in which we started was not
entirely preserved, Notwithstanding the faster
steamers, which might have made a dozen knots
tie hour, dragged along AT four or five mile
pace, 10 accommodate the slower craft. Daring
the night Of Wednesday a current Of unusual
force drilled the Baltic out of her course, and
early ON Thursday morning she struck heavily
ON llattcras outer shoal, a dangerous reef from
which the lightship was removed, few months
since, ly the North Carolina rebels. The wall
Ike character Of the sand bank upon which she
ran saved the vessel from getting fairly ON to
the Shoal, and the night being quiet, AMI the
ship running slow, she backed on after two or
three severe Jumps, with no other injury than
the loss of the hawscrs fastening her TO the
OCean Express, which vessel she was towing.
The BenNlle one of the blockadng squadron,
also ran ashore, but received no damage This
accident somewhat dCrangcd the movements of
the fleet but they soon came together again and
continued on their way as before.
On Friday Nov. ID the calm changed To a
Storm and the storm to u tempest, which be-
fore morning had thoroughly scattered the fleet,
putting every vessel to its metal, wedding out
all which had not proved themselves thorough
sea going craft The brave littlo Canadian
lake steamer Peerless, which had pushed
calamity along with the rest during the day,
was in a sinking condition before SATURDAY
morning, the crew being taken off with great
difficulty that night by a sur-boat from the
grInhOat Mohican, which in spite Of the terrible
sea, put off TO her assistance. There were 20
persons on board including officers, crew, eng-
necrs, and the drovers in charge Of the cattle
with which the steamer was laden. The Gov
ernor also, a boat which had barely lived
through the storms Of tho Chesapeake, very
naturally took advantage Of her first trip to sea
TO founder, carrying with her seven of the $50
marines with which she was laden, The Others
were taken of by the war steamer Bienyille,
but the poor fellows who were lost, finding the |
vessel going down before they could get of,
took 10 the cable fastening the Governor to the