Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-11-21

dosssssiqw fybyths enemysnd the limited
States fg *aveki over fhem Iwhen OF
troops letired. Is
A Savannah psper ssys that Fort W.
ker's Armament consisted ofl9 guns, 9 Of
which bore upon the shipping. the balance
being in position on the land side. Five
pf Elk Of these gans. one Of them 4 2*
FOUNDER fified. and one 10-inch columbi-
sd wcrc-iixsbicd during tho forenoon. -
Thus disabled. and their ammunitiou
exhausted. the garrison evacuated Fort
Walker between 5 and o'clock. retiring
in, the direction Of Button. leaving the
guns, in position and unspiked. having no
spikes for that purpose. y 500
ous night considerable reisforcements of
infantry and artillery from Georgia and
South. South Carolina had arrived at Hill
ton Head, aud were stationed in the ri.
entity Of the batteries. but we are unable
At present to ascertain the number engaged
! in the battle. & ssi PIE eii il7e'is 9ae
Captain Jacob Reeds company of the
lst regiment of Regulars arrived at the
scene Of action on Wednesday, night. and
yesterday bore gallant part in the fight
Fbur or Ave Of his mcn-wsre killed early
in the action. The corps lost two of their
gnns. and several horses . ~
a portion Of Colonel Randolph SpAnl,
ding Georgia Volunteer regiment. com.
msnded by Capt Berry. was also in the
engagement. They were marched to the
beach and received CALLING FIRE OF round
shot and shell from the feet, which they
were unable to return
Colonel W. H. Stiles's volaateer regi-
ment Of Georgia rexched the scene Of ac-
,tion at II O'Clock. having marched seven
and half miles at "double quick" but
they were also unable to FIRE on the feet,
which was out Of reach of their guns.
This segment had several killed. aud
wonudel by the shells.
The Colonel and his regiment wa. at
one time exposed to a terrific Smelling from
the Feet. and II is only surprising that
more Of them were not killed or wounded.
Our informant saws seven Dahlgren
guns from one Of the frigatcs fired many
shots at the hospital containing our
wounded. hitting the building several
times. notwithstanding the yellow flag was
flying. The surgeons were compelled by
this barbarous act TO have our wounded
removed further into the interior.
The Minnesota and Wabash are report
ed to have been on FIRE three times from no.
shot thrown from the batteries. ati3
i Colonel Spaulding's regiment lost all
its baggage. blankets, DC. bnt sawed al
their arms About twelve killed anil for.
Ity wounded. Among the latter Captain
ii. A. Yates. OF Charleston seriously inju-
ed by q she'll. s fli at. 1
\ DR.. Bnist. Of Greenville. s. c.. was IN
ls'antly killed bya shell striking him or
rhe head 81 aa o.
|, We have.no positive information from
Bay Point battery. further thsn il was 81
; fenced at IL o'clock. We. hear is suffered
severe loss. u aisas~ t1a'-s-sf ~
or Col De Roussue's regiment. station.
ed ut Fort Walker. 4 were killed at TIKI
batteries. and 20 wounded. zs
We UNDERSTAND that the G onfederates los'
no prisoners. except, perhaps. one or two
from Col. De Roussue's regiment. q :.
! NASHVILLE. Nov. 12-Five railroad
bridges were burned in. East Tennessee
Friday night, BY Cniouists. Two on the
/ Georgia State road at Chicamauga Greek
> Hamilton G onnty. anil one Gu the EaS,
-fTe6hessee and Georgia railroad over Hia
l'wasse'river. Bradley county. Five min
futes after the guard passed the whole
lridge was infsmes Two bridges on I'll,
Tennessee aud Georgia road ON Lick Greek
/ lin Green sonnty. and another on Hamil
:. ton river were also burned. .ss ..hhoA
II was thought unnecessary to guard
the bridge on HoIstein River. as Sullivan
county was strongly Southern in feeling
2 The bridge over Holstein river il at Straw
lberry Plains. in Jefferson county h 81
1 'fhe bridges were fired, but The FIRE was
pus ont by the people, asnea .aaah
D A guard had one han.l cut off and III,
!, skull fractured, anil there sse indicsson
e that one OF the inrcndiaries has been. kill
u ell. IN, II ss8ms1sI .vefn4 n0 +
y a gentleman from East Tennessee re
{ iports that ,,asare is great exeitement in con
I sequence of the burning Of the bridges. !
was evidently . p,econcertcd plan, Th'
f loss'is hsayy. and will cause great incon
5 venience and delay. ., -, 80
5lF Matters in Eas, Tennessee ire REGARDED
B las in critical condition. and much ankle
Icy ~ felt for Zal licoffcr. es.,..,.....
4 Bacon is Doc per pound in Jackson
Mississippi. .s..assa ~ .fo..-as,,
IA "a sH4t, sfgoI.g l---------- -i. stf
n r.t.-r,t. adFgem Kentucky.
q pARrs. Ky... Nov. l4--The following
! letter has been received by the P"~rmaste
si this place. dated Mto Sterling. Novem
II her II: e..s -s.f ,,s.-.f.,s - f,-.,
. ,iJust from Piketon; 400 rebels kille
: and between 1000 and 200 prisoners. =
,fl Col. John s. Williams shot through tn
head. Captain HAYES captured.
sIHi1eo( Signed) 4. L. BoswonrH,"
. Another letter just recrived confirms III
!. absve. and says Col Metcalf loss 6 mel
( killed and IL wounded. ,a. 3. -.t.e,,
ri The Ohio u lost ant few men. . 81,
II lLeuIsvIL E. Nov. IA The Journal ha
n information that the long ami costly rail
:. roadlbtilgs over CumberIsnd River jus
+, this side Of Nashville, has been burned
y and speaks of the announcement p, ,csus
= ing great alarm.and trepidation in the rel