Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-06

No. A. blyGt esyslass. ~ poaedsf soisht ALI 80
Gs bsibs.to carriage 50 Doander aei h esli No eel,
barbete carriage SO FOUNDER, weigh, 620l No 10 bar
bette carriage S9-pounder, weight 22O; No. ~ OAR
bette carriage 80 FOUNDER weight $780, No. 1896 ship
carriage, 81 pounder, weight b7sl; No GIL pivot car
rage 32pounder weight Snch berbette carnage
inch birbeite dol No 1884, 92-pounder met mountes;,
bsrbette carriage, In position, weight l2li No 81 "
pouudsr (Dot moun'ed,) bsrbette carriage IN position,
weight g. $50; No. s22 81 FOUNDER, not mounted, bar
bette carriage in position, weight 2l2 No 2ol, sz'
FOUNDER, (uot mounted barbetto carriage In position,
weight POL; No. <S, S2pounder, mot mounted bar
bette carriage in position weight 6zl0; No. l6s, 81
Founder. (uot mounted) pivot carriage, In position,
weight ISL No. 62S, 32pounder, (not mounted pivot
carriage in position, weight 6,72l No. 26 S2pounder,
(uot mounted pivot carnage in position, weight III;
l0inch coumbiad on the beach lnos mounteo) Win
pivot carriage for the same.
At the small battery, known as Fort Clark;
ss.pounder, weight 500 each, made in ls4s, all
spksd 6-pounders, brass field pieces on the beach,
two spiked
Munitions OF War ln Fort Hatteras.-l,Ooo stand Of
arms stands reaimental colors, 500 knapsacks, ~
strong tents and ten drums.
In the inlet under cover OF the guns Oh Tort naefss
were found as follows:
sloop laden with provisions and coffee; brig, laden
with cotton and :rted cargo United States light
boats in good order; 100 bags Of coffee about NIFTY
bags In good order.
by Lieut. Allen ordnance officer, to Major Andrews, In
command of Forts Clarke and Hatteras:
Inventory Of Nunitons.-l9 spopges, IL hammers and
50 slaves; scrsper, for Sinch paixhan scraper for
32-pouuder; 90 roller handspikes; IL msLeuveripg
handspikss IL double blocks II single blocks quolrs
and ouon beds; IS tackle hooks, portfre stocks
and so port fires; 20 slbo;s for S-inch paIhau 20
gummets 4 vent gmbets; 10 cannon locks; trunion
plate keys; middle sghs, for 81 cwt. guns; target
sight, for Sinch paiIhan; ! middle sight, for same.
Magazine Sores.--l5 7.pound cartridges; 30 8pound
dad Oman 4 nm
caps; barrels powder "a kegs y; Is kegs Il
SO kegs FF; so kegs 7, on board Neuse River light
boat.
Note S-The cannon powder in magazine and iu light
boat with the red ammunition will make rs rounds or
Is guns, exclusive Of 80 kegs OF HF, Of Staiks.
n. B-The fixed ammunition at this fort now lie, 70
spounder cartridges, 7pounder cartridges; at Fort
Clark are IA FOUNDER cartridges TIE grape and can
lister has been taken in account nor ammunition for
G-pounder field pieces.
LIST OF rRizEs TAKEN BIT THE REDrs AND BROUGHT INTO
HArTERks IsLKr.
June o5.-Brg Hannah Butty, from Savannah, to
some NJ iern port, laden with molassss captured by
the steamer Ccfse; also, bsra Linwood, from Rio,
bound to Baltimore laden with 5000 bags of coffee,
wrecked; also, schooner Lydia French, from New Or
leans, wrecked.
July 20 Brig Gilvery, laden with molasses, o,ptur-
ed by the steamer Gordon; also, brig name unknown;
also, another brig laden with machinery, name un-
name unknown.
July 2s-schooner Gordon, from Matarz,s, bound
for Philadelphia laden with fruit captured by Captain
Lockwood.
August 2-schooner Priscilla, from Curaco, bound
for Baltimore, laden with salt, captured by steamer Ma
riner Also three other schooners, unknown
captured-whers from and bound to- and what laden
with, ia not known
August brig Itaeca laden with molssses and sugar,
captured by the steamer Winslow ao schooner Henry
Mutt bound for Philadelphia laden with machinery aud
logwood capured by tie Gordon; aiso schooner Sea.
WITCH bound to New York. laden with fruit and captured
by the same.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT BoNBARDNEsT.
A correspondent OF the New York Herald, who was
on board Of the Hsris; Lane during the engagement,
gives some interesting facts not mentioned in the official
report:
At ten O'Clock the Wabash fred the first gun, the
sleveu.inch shell striking the battery and bursting
With tremendous force. The battery, which OF sand
covered with turf and mounting fse long thrtytwos
instantly returned the FIRE, the Oh o. falling short The
Mum, sofa aud Cumberland Immediately opened FIRE and
raned niue ard eleven inch shell ato aud about It. TIE
fire was terrific, and the baerys responses were
tow and far between, when the rgates suspended
re tor The TO get new position, when the aneInys
g. was most spri.ej
No damage sustained by ships, and when they
again took their position the csnnonhdng intensely
boz the shells dropping in the enemys works or falling
OIL the rsmparte, exploding in dea,hdaing fragments
80
small wood STRUCTURES about the fort were torn and
perforated with fyipg shells At IL o'clock the mmeuee
higssf was shot away and the rebel flag came down,
but the fire was still confined by them.
At ~ o'clock the Susquehanps steamed in, and, drop
ping her boats as,ern opened effective fire. The
nonaiing our part was incesssn, and the air was
alive with the hum aud explosion OF flying SHE'LL but the
enemy did DO. the fire with any regularity, the
battery being hot for them, from the explosion OF
shels that dropped in at the Of above half dozen
q minute.
Toe enemy ceased firing little before two and after
few more shells Rad been thrown In the commodore
signaed to cease firing The troops had meantime ad.
vsnced 10 within short distance of the fort and before
we ceased firing Of got in and raised the
Stars and Stripes The place too hot for the men,
but the sg Was left waving. Coxs1ain Benjamin Swea
re of the PaNnees first cutter, stood for some time
the ramparts waving the flag amid fight Of shells.
When the firing ceased the fort occupied In force
and held afterwards.
The Monticello had proceeded ahead of the land force
10 protect them and had reached the inlet when large
fort of octagon shape to tbs and right Of the
small battery, mounting ten thrytwos and four Sinch
guns which till then had been SILENT opened her with
eight guns q. short range At the instant she got
aground and stuck fast the enemy pouring in fire hot aud
heavy which the Monticello replied to with shell sharply
For fifty minutes she held her own, and finally getting of
the ground she out having been shot through and
through by seven eight inch she'll one going below the
water line. She fred fifty Eve shell in fifty minutes and
partially senced the battery She withdrew at dusk Tor
repairs, with two slightly bruised but
killed or wounded. The escape Of the vessel aud
WAS miraculous, Until this time we supposed the day
was ours but the unexpected opening OF the large bat
terry rather changed the aspect OF affairs Things did not
look cheerful at dark. We had men ashore who
probably 10 need Of provisions, and in of night
attack assistance could be sent them from the Harriet
| Lane.
As we lay close in shsre the bright bivouac
fires the beach, with groups OF men about them The
night passed without alarm, the enemy We have
learned lying their at night expecting an
| attack.
| Az early dsybreak on Thursday the men went to
quarters in the feet and at quarter past eight the
vessels having borne down nearer than the previous
days position the action began, the Susquebauna open
Jog the days work by shell from one Of the eleven
iach guns The Minnesota and Wabash Joined in i'm
medisely and again the hum Of shell and their expo-
sion were heard They fred nearly half hour before
the battery responded, when It answered brsky Our
fire was more correct than the previous day. The
range had been obtained, and nearly every shot went
Into the battery throwing up clouds Of sand and ex'
plodDg with terrible effect.
At twenty FIVE minutes past the Harriet Lane open.
ed fire. and soon sfer the Cumberland came in from the
L ;o;nad In the attnck Tho Uarret Lane with