New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-14

was killed on the Wabaah, ore on The Seminole one
on the Mohican, az two on the Susquehanna, in
cludiug the CHEF engineer. The Wabash 90. ball
through her mainmsst and three il her hull, under
the wgter-line The Seminole had her maiumast
splintered.
The enemy sent their wounded back into the
island, and carried them off on Thursday night.
We have found 30 dead, and are constantly finding
Others who were hastily buried In the sand.
The Georgia troops ran frat tie South Carolina
troops the last. The German Artillery Company
which served the guns, stayed til the last.
The camps on both oides were given up to plumber
by the marines, and they reaPed a rich harvest.
The terrible gale of Friday, Nov. l. did not cost Us
so dearly az at rst We feared, though the probability
that it had wrecked many of our shps, aud drowned
hundreds Of our men, was the subject Of no inc9usld
cradle amount Of humane se'-ra.ulatou ca the pait
OF The SouiEarn newspapers, or q part OF them a.
least And we, Of the earlier and faster yes.ei- a.
our feet slowly stmggei into the Larbor Of reudsz-
vous after hat most fearful tempest and aswe noted
the continued absence Of one af.sr another Of our
noble vessels, reluctantly made up our unwilling
steamer. had gone down; the feuy.bosts Ethan A.
len and Commodore Perry, the Transports Union,
Peerless, Governor, and BevdeGc, there wac also
much anxiety about the ship Ocean Express, though,
as she Is large and stsncb sai'ing-ship, It was
hoped thar she had merely been blown ont Of her
course and would weather the gale and yet
make her appearance. This latter vessel
was 20 great extent the right arm
Of the expedition for she carried al the heavy can
non with which it was proposed 70 make our Pal
metto foo,hold good. Upon the samo sbip, a'so, b.
a strange oversight Of The Clief % Ordnance Capt.
McNutt,, had been placed 'ie Ftire stock Of gum
powder with which Il lad been intended to f.l the
magazines for the nee Of any SD ge-trEns that might
he organized from Port Royal, for the benefit Of Sl-
vannah or Charleston. Should the Ocean Express
be lost the army would be 20 crippled as u be al
most powe7less for offensive operations until new
supplies could be sent. II such great loss should
come 10 the knowledge Of the enemy, it is easy 20
see the advantage that might be taken Of it. The
act Of loading ST the sores Of such an Indispensable
nature on single ship one 20 strange as hardly
70 be credible Of an old and experienced officer and
the condemnation Of The mistake was as universal ~
was the feyerisb anxiety regarding the fate Of the
ship.
Perhaps this is the best place 10 mention tha. the
Chief OF Ordnance, Capt. McNurt, on being spoken
TO in the ordinary course OF business, one morning.
by Cen Sherman, became 60 violent IN bis language
and manner toward that very quiet and geutemanly
officer, that the byst4nders were obliged % seize
McNutt by force, temporarily but sumaEiy shat bic
mouth. and drag him away. He was ordered under
arrest, and confined to his room. His friends caused
q medical examination 10 be had, and he was
pronounced insane, and wss, Of course, at on:e
suspended from bis responsible duties. 1t is said
tha. he has previously been afflicted with similar
symptoms, and il is no; impossible that bis mind wss
not in a heal,y state when be committed The strange
er1or about TIE loading Of the Ocean Express.
To return from this depression. Tie anxiety vAs
less concerning tho other vessels than perhaps it
might Otherwise have been from the fact that, with
one exception, they carried men bssiie their own
crews
On board the Governor, however, were Major John
G. Reynods battSHon Of mariues, $40 men, al told
The Peerless vas an English steamer, Of small
size, and had on board live beef csitls for the
Of the army. The Ethan Allen, and Commodore
Perry were two ferry-boais, formerly employed on
the WILLIAMSBURG Ferries, and were Of the same
pattern and size as tho-s that now ply on the Eas
River. Whoever conceived tie bright idea hat such