St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-12-05
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Our own loss in the afaE IS 3 Rilled

no very hes. q ualisy. t.. -, i
Our own LOSS in tho aAat isS lilled
md about IS wounded, more pr less ssvers-
y, while the loss OF the rebels wa vety |
much greater, the estinatesbcin 100 kil-
led and 100 wounded, large numberof
their dead having betn buried by our men.
The South -Carolinians ard other dead in !
the fort were buried by Capt. Steadnlan
Of the 16if pIslIDc. Ii,sSstfx Saith Cor
Gilman Our dead were Ill buried on Hill |
to- st3SMtc =. : re -
Over each one qf our dad WIS placed
= plaih INSCRIPTIONS. si'a'lar to the follow
ing, which is Il copy Of one Of them -
''Thomas jackson, cvxswaiu, aged %
ysa,s; Killed. VIII y -=eravriy wurEiu4 kis..|
gun, " Ahe ;attpck ,un, Hilton Head and
Bay Point batteries, on. the 7th Of Novsal7
hert l86l," "a. ,;,,i:,a = .,r.
Mhcthsr this place be hereaftcr used as
acoaGhs station a"d provision depot for
our SOUTHERN, sqnadrop. and port Of ref,
sse' TO- shelter our smaller vessels and un.
Qz,nsd .hips from ',psiva.esss I. and from
heavy storms -wNcthcr it be occupied as
sbasis uf, military operations against tho
South generally, and standing menace
T. Savannah and, Charleston specially, or
xhsther it be Intended to. establish, here
cutton port: to draw large supplies Of the
royal staple by the irresistible inducement
Of high prices, hither, thence to find an
English Or other foreign market, the value
of'tl export capnet BE- overastimatcd, NOR
can too high praise b. awarded to the Ma
N.Y., to WHOM exclusively THE. country owes
this last and most important and glorious
Fistory: go > .~. & ~..'T 49,.
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The Wabash, fred; during the entire
action, 800 shots, being all SO, 10 and
ll-inch shells, with the exception of a
few riaed cannon projectiles Of new pat
tern, and which we're used simply as a
matter ofe1perimtnt. The Susquchanna
fired 500 shots, the Bienvills ls5, and
the average Of the glnboats and the other
SMALLER ships may probably be set down
At 150eeach- There were, in all; .16 YES
sels. engaged on our side, ind probably
from all Of them we're fred not far from
$500 shot aud she'll at the two, forts,
Walker and Beauregard, the four-gun bat
terry, and the three steamers. II l,.s .
,>Ar The average cost Of each shot, reckon
ing shell, round. shot, and rifled,cannon
1ptcjectiles of peculiar make, and taking
into account the value of the powder used
Ito fire them; may be set down at about So
'Thus.the burned powder and. broken she'll
iron Of tho battle Of Port Royal may be set
down as costing the country not less than
SIS, 900. Reckoning, then, few items
Of this battle, beginning with the cost OF
'this feet, which has been preparing since
August last, the pay of the soldiers, the
value Of theirsfood, aud the expense of
the two lost vessels ON a very moderate
scale, it will be seen that battles are an ex-
'pensive amusement, even for . "great
country" A few, very few, items of
the expense of the show would foot up
something like this: -.
Rent Of vessels to thii time say GOO, 600
Pay Of soldiers, &C., to this tims..... CSC, 1000
>: Value Of rations consumed upto -.
this time. ............................ 800 900
' Value Of clothing worn outupto
TINS hms:.:.:........ ...!.............. $4,000
Value Of powder burned. $4,000
> Value of the Governor and Peer
{ less, lost, on the Cataline scale,
$so,Qco. :................. 100000
......................$4,90 3 900
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