New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-15
The WAR FOR The UNION.
ruow FORTRESS mONRVE.
wha slaughter Of tsc Rebels on Hasseras
wea.h- what In wanted therc-The
49,, s.,nAOats and the BIoeksde-

Xhe Slaughter Of tao heO0" On -,
Keach-whas In wanted therc-1"0
Rebel GunbOats and the Bioehs"
eundry Matters.
From Our Special Correspondent 1851.
Fo.TsEss MONROE Old FONT Comfort oct =, III ,bs
while the details of the terrible scourgIng gwen
.Aho,s ON the sand-beach of Bateras by capt
~ tho Monticello are not 40 complete az couiu nav
A. lo.;,od thew nevertheless leave no looi" "
a.. 10, Tho oreraton was thoroughly periorineo'
,'-o.5 ~ three hours the MonueelioS gums
..h.S ,ho hare beach, bare of everything save 'ne
go fleeing. imploring, and dying rebels eoHie
-, ne gathered of what the slaughter must
So 80, from the fact that in about three hours
a. uor,iceIo fred 375 shells, at range 30 short
orler 10 give the threesecOnd fuses full time
A. hod N draw of and take up position at a
-r.oo,er distance. Anybody who has seen shell
Snrs,-those terrible ten inch shells that come as
near 10 something Internal as anything imaginable
ssn form some idea of what must have been the
effect of planting in the midst Of thousand or ti-
Seen hundred men two of them every three teeonds.
Fuller particulars will disclose why Col. Hawkins
On the lower side with five hundred men and Col
Brown on the upper side with as many more, did
not close on the Rebels and take them prisoners.
Perhaps they concluded to leave the matter entirely
90 Braine. Aud, then, how did Col. Brown march
Die remaining Indisnians to Ha,teras without going
Gear the very spot where the Rebels had been
In addition to the sinking of the two schooners
tailed with Rebels and all on board, Capt Chaun-
eey of the SusQuehanns, reports that one OF the
Rebel steamers, with troops, took into her hold a
Ien.iDch shell, CAPPED open, and then went down
ssitb all on board.
On the arrival Of our forces at Hatteras, Gen
Mansfield dispatched 400 men mp the beach 10 the
scene of annhilation probably to look after the dead
and wounded left behind by the Rebels, and secure
fhe arms which it is represented they threw away at
ahey took to the water at least such of them as were
mot killed. They are supposed to have been Georgia
troops, and were poorly equipped.
The Rebels have six well-armed steamers on Pam
Gco Sound. Having possession of Roanoke leland,
they can take shelter in Albemare Sound, and dodge
out at every opportunity for depreciation, as in the
case of the Fanny. One can scarcely conceive why
she Rebels have been permitted to intrench thom'
selves on Roanoke Island the key to the passage be-
tween the two Sounds. By holding it the Rebels
prevent our approach to Norfolk in the rear and are
safe on all the shores Of Albemarle.
But its capture is not impossible. Give to Capt.
Braine--who has many of the better qualities that
made Paul Jones famous-his pick of boats and
men, and he will not only lay Roanoke Island at the
feet of your light troops but the entire coast of North
Carolina. If he did not bring you Fort Macon as an
extra trophy il would not be because he did not try
In field ike this, and in times like these, how
important it is that Of enterprise be set to work
What I0, 600 men and corresponding naval force
wil find il not easy TO accomplish now, 900 mel
aud single gunboat might have done six weeks ago
And as you longer delay you but increase the task
o corresponding ratio.
On the day that Hatteras was captured, / know
tbat an enterprsing energetic and gallant officer
whose services l have 50 frequently commended and
which have been suitably acknowledged by the
Government, proposed to take his misunderstanding
water-command to Roanoke Island without an hours
delay. He would have done 80 had he received the
proper orders and support. II properly belonged K
che army to do. But the lack Of forecast was only
equaled by the Eighty intoxication which success
sometimes supernduces in persons the least entitled
90 appropriate the glories of an action.
The Spsulding is due from Hstteras in the next
twelve hours, and viii bring intelligence anxiously
awaited for.
Gen. Williams did not leave as expected last even
sng, in the Corwin the weather being TOO heavy fol
that steamer TO put to sea.
A nOrth-sssterly gale has prevailed for the las
twelve hours and caused the tide to rise to an unu
eual hight, 90 that most Of the Government stable,
are submerged from two to four feet causing no Lit
Gle Inconvenience, and some damage and loss.
The boat was detained nearly four hours at Bait
more last night, waiting for regiment which wa,
expected to take passage.
Owing to the report that the Rebel gunbosts uE
Che james River, and the Merrimac at Norfolk, in
tended to attempt to the blockade ON the first fa
vorabe night considerable nterest is felt with ref
erence TO the subject. II would probably be i'm
proper to say more than that certain degree Of &C
tvity for the last few days has resulted in setting
our house in order; that certain black, ribbed
nouthed dogs of war have taken their positions on
che rampsrts, which, like the great Union" gun
which observe has been turned 60 as to greet the
expected visitOrs-seem TO say, If you're coming,
why don't you come slong7" At the same time,
proper disposition Of similar character has been
made in the harbor and at Newport News