The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-10-10
GREAT Loss or THE REBELS

Eorirea Bonroe, oct. z. .t, Dalngor o.
o.-Ths frieate Su.qu~baur, d.. a.. ed from
HA,teras Inlet, anG bring most Interesting in.
telligence.
The day after the capture Of the propeller
Fanny by the bells, tho Ceres and Putnam
having one Of tn, Lunches Of the Su7quehanni
in tow, went up to Chicimicomico and hniei
seven days rFvvisiqns returning the same even
ing without LAYING ssen anything q tho
rel els.
on Friday however, sord reached Hitterdl
Inlet by the stare and Stripes, tina, TWEEN y.Gve
hundred rcbel. consisting Of Georgia South
Carolina and Virgins regiment had come over
from she mai. land in six small steamers and
schooners will. fat -boate an attacked tn, TWEEN
Itch lndisni rex mcnt, who wore obliged to 70
treat.
sIcK Soldiers TAKEN PRISONERS.
Tho Susquehanna steamed up outside, while
Co Hawkins marched up " tn ak conp,nss
and reached liatteras light by nightfLl, q dis
TANGO of thirteen miles During the nigh G. i.
Hawkins WIS joined by tho Tpcntisth In iisna
res imcni, who had passed in tho darkness, a
largo body Of the rebels, who had l,n1ci for the
purpose Of cutting them off. Colonel Brown
comprising his sick and wounded, and twenty
pickeis VIII, could no, ba cal oi ia. He sue.
cosdcd in saving hi, tent, provision, &c.
ITRRInLE CANNoSApE.
On Saturday morning tho Mon'ice'lo steamed
around the cape and few miles up mot tbs
rebels marching down the narrow necS Of land
TO attack our troops The rebel steamers wuro
also lhnding troops 10 co operate with them
They were In easy range, Sni the Monticello
opened upon them with shells of five seconds
| fuses twn hundred and ci,h'esn Of which wsrc
| ducd from three gun, in three hours iul thirty
minute, doing great execution.
Irs Err.Crs.
Tho Confederate, NJ first tried 20 sholta'
themstlvcs behind a sind hll, and then 10 a
narrow Cnp.e bu' soon broke in every diicc.
Il n and tuk rouge upon their vessels. A
hell pissed through the who"lhouso Of th'
FARM, which WAS alten Y cmplsysd against ~.
IL j. r. ported that tl,ir los mns' have rs,chod
hct .,cn two and thrca hundred killrl and
wcuu ed Drufg the enE';cm NJ a mcnIber
If tie Indiana regimen, who had been taken
p'ison'r m tnal.1d to break The rope with which
he wa tie and escaped. lie took 10 tho sitf
and win picked up by boat from the NJ jn'i,cl-
lo. lie reports that the first shell from her
killed Col. Bart0v, Of tho Georgia regiment
ard that the havoc was figh'tul lIa also r. .
podts u II wLea he escaped he killed Confed.
crate captain with his revolver.
Upon the Withdrawal of the ConfedersteS tho
HOnucello end Su qieh,nna aud tho land
forces returned To- Hat cris Toilet.
li'utcn,nt Burkhcad, from whom obtained
he above account, think, that no aivtnce can
he made from the Inlet without the support
N a fleet Of light drought ve.s i. he also
thinks that our forces At the lnlpt SHOULD bc
speedily increased.
ARRIVAL or GEV. MASsPu;LD.
The S. II Spiuldng arrived at the Inlet on
| the 9Th inst, with General NJ n,fell and land
| cd her men Hnd Bto'es.
| Too much puise cannot Ia accorded to Lieut..
| Brninc for tn1 brilliant achievement, uh.c
nas caused great oNul'a'ion at Old Poiut
\ ShRWOw HsCArE.
Colonel Brown narrowly Csc lpod with th
| Twentieth Indiana Regiment H. was shole,
from the Confederate vessels, and troops wer
= l,Ldcd above and below him. yet no mintg
, 10 escape with comparatively small loss. Ia
p,rticu'nr'p his mastery movement have nc
vet arrived.