Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-11-13
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
the WAR NEWS.
important News from Mexico.
FURTHER FROM TINE FLEET.
1tS Ent1ro 0uoce-..
BE.SUEUkT x.F TAE A.s.SElS
OFTAE FEDER.lLS.
Ansih1E Rebel stsamer Kuss the
Bl0Ck k6e.
GREAT BATTLE IN VIRGINIA.
A Complete Union Victory.
400 KILLED AND 1000 PRISONERS
1D..s
AFTERNOON DISPATCa +,
News from tho Fleet.

r. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. IL.
10 Enquirer has the following from / ort Mon
derived FROM rebel source, IN antici pation ot
-" arrival OF the Great Expedition
Inc rebels have been engaged in erecting bat.
'of'e- upon q point at iiiiton's lead and on the
opposite neck OF land.
The principal iortifcation on Hilton's Uoad vas
denoininated Fort Walker, situated on tho iow
.and And partially concealed by trees aud under
Diash Adjoining II were other batteries or small
er size, but 30 connected To prove fo midn h Il
bsr to the entrance vi vessels.
Fort beaufsrt was OF consi lerable Importance
having been mounted With heavy guns.
Tho garrison are supposed to have been South
Carolina regiments, assisted by additional regu
Mcnts sent ITOm KchInO
Near the batteries 1T Lay Point opposita Hill. n
Head were equally as form. .dabie.
luside OF Fort hoyal entrance, and behind tn 9
batteries, lay the hect Of Commodore lutn. " hi ch
consisted only VI small vessels, CARVING n tew
heavy guns, put principally light ones. Tugs con-
stituted great portion of the feet. Many Of
these remained outside the mouth Of the entrsnc.
till the arrival Of our fleet, when they formed a
miniature line OF battle in the position alresdv
stated, behind tho guns Of their own forts anu
across the entrance.
On the morning Of Thursday last the q. s. fleet
numbering fOrtJ-tw vessels, headed by tho hav
ship. approached the mouth of Port ROYAL On,
trance. This was ut half past nine clock. Sey.
eral of the transports remained Uf tho coxt u MN
arriving ut q suitable position.
The guns of tho fleet opened a continuous fro
upon Forts Walker and Besuregard, ~ we'll Is up
Oh those of bay Point. Under cover Of this ire an
effort was made to run Tho gauntlet OF the bat
teries, which they did.
A number Of the vessels passed through the
Ere from the shore batteries with very Irifino
injuries. AT least is of them su ceeded in .aas-
Ing up beyond The reach Of tho land batteries.
As tho Union fleet SAILED up, the Mosquito feet Of
we're forced to run 90 shore anu otnsrr ws,o
driven up the inlet out OF sight.
- ssl ssn shaIe .nd nIG a.e a ,S.m Ssn
against our vessels, which were endeav voriDg "
follow the advance of the others Tho passage Of
the deet through the channel was not accompl isbsi
until the firing had continued from halt past fc ur
in the morning, till nearly i've in the evening.
One Of the Union gun boats is believed To have
been burned, and three war steamers disabled.
1t is acknowledged by the enemy shAt they had
20 KILLED in ort Walker but it Is mpossi b .
to state what their loss the other batteries.
Doubtless very great, - our fro is said to have
been effective, and our guns we'll aimed and 81
heavy calibre Ne sOone. did our vessels 70 last
tho batteries At Port kOyAs entrance, and slido
into what is termen Broad River, than they made
for the mouth Of the Inlet leading to beaufort
Savannah and Charleston. There they inmsdi-
ately blockadsd though not in time to prevent the
escape Of small rebel vessels. Not one of the
Federal vessels WAS sunk, aud the only one be-
lieved to have been destroyed by IRE, was the gun
boat referred to above. The crew said 70 have
passed through murderous FIRE to another YES.
sci which they reached with very little il any loss
The Union vessels acted under special instruc-
tions in blockAding the Inlets which led to the
nest important points and which afforded loop
holes Of escape TO the enomy, while portion OF
the feet entered upon their duty. Four chips
made at once Tor beaufort, and u O'Clock On
Thursday, these vessels were in sight Of tho town
A dispatch dated Beaufort, Nov. 7th, to the
Charleston Nercury, says that ut that time the
Onion f,rces were preparing to land, evidently
with the design Of throwing up eDtrench menta
and attacking the town.
the Union forces but the rebels confess that their
own firing was very bad, and that their artillery
men are badly in want Of practice. They declare
moreover that the guns in the Fort were net
properly mounted. When Com. Tatne, went u
assist the men in the Forts, he found that many
bound 10 this fault, the rebel journals attribute
cir Defeat and loudly call upon the Confederate
Government TO find out where the blame rests.
A telegraphic despatch which left Richmond On
Saturday last, stated that there was nothing ia
particular Of importance from the southern coast
It is evident from this that the rebel 0ovsrnment
has prohibited any further information iron COL
lug TO Richmond. This implies that they have
suffered heavy defeat.
The Charleston Mercury, Of the Sth inst, after
summing I'D reports, says the laDkoes soem u
have drawn q musquito 6eet up the Creek Loading
TO Ssvsnnah, and cut o6 oil communication with
Chayleston,by sailing up Skull Creek. Although
the Yankees have effected yet no landing, it ia
certain hey nave made some progress, and IL be-
hooves rs to Immediately ssnd such reinforce
ments o. may be needed 10 check any movements
they may make towards gaining even the smallest
Ioop-hold on our soil. II they can take Charles
ton with $4,000 mcn, let them, ~ 70 could be nm
worthy to possess it, and il will be tt memorial
told in ashes of our own southern imbecility.
The following is , special dsspatcb to the
Charleston Mercury:
HEEDERs0NvILLB, 7th-9P N.
The practice IF our artillerists Of Hilton Head
hes been very bad since the successful passage Of
| the enemies men of var, and thus transports are
still outside. Our loss thus far 10 very slight,
and the troops are in good hear. The firing Of
| the Yankees uas very accurate. Hilton Head
and Bay Point, as 1T 6rst reported, received the
severest attack. Our failure TO sink any Of the
vsosels which passcd oui bstt eries, 10 owing e
tho poor pfstics Of the astillsrisis. The ensmies
ships which passed oar batteries, can be distinctly
seen from Beaufort. Walker and Beauregafd srs
still firing on the snsmy-have lost one gun-boas
which was buried. Shells can b seen from here
bur. ing In the woods. Our lines Of communicar
ton ere completely cut 4. Unlsss troops ars
sent here with artillery and cavalry. -Four ships
are now in sight over the land, and mp - far u
Skull Creek there 10 reason to believe the enemy
ars nov making preparations 70 land . large force
st Hilton Head Tomorrow morning.
Run the Blockade.