Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-09-06

GENERAL ORBEE NJ. !.
The commanjing General has great satisfaction
IN announcing glorious victory achieved by tic
! c,mbined operations q the army ard navy q;
Iatteras Inlet. North Caro- ina, urGor the COM
( maud Of Commodore rtrnEham ana Naj. Gen.
Butler. The result Qi this gallant enterprise, Is
tn capture Of rs men, including tie commsEl er
barrow AMI ono Of the North CAROLINE Cabinet
I one thousand stands OF arms ard IS kegs of pow
der islands Of colors, and 81 pieces Z clnrop,
i HS eG93ic f9 }o Peh sS!smSea e..s l.adsa
I stores, two light boats, J 80 bags e. @ ice. &c.
I all Of which was achieved by ts. army ond navy
and $40 volunteers, and 20 regular artillery Of
the army.
This gallant af4ir viii not f-:. 10 stimulate the
regulars and volunteers to greater achievements.
Obedience, order. discipline AID Instruction are
I indispensable.
NAsHNCTON, sept J.
The following IS the official report Of the
affair.
Orr HATERAs INLET,
I. :. Ficg Ship Minnesota, Aug. 80.
! r. Hon. Gideon Weies, SECRETARY OF U-ar.
l have TIE honor 10 inform you that we have
/ been emiuently successful in our expedition All
! tlat could be wished by the most hopeful has
! been accomplished. This morning we are takin,
/ on board tire Minnesota officers and men, num-
berIng six hundred and fifteen, which surrendered
yesterday after a bombardment from the feet Of
! parts ol Two ut cHdli forward a fuIl account
Immediately NY arrival at New York, whittier
l have concluded to land them as requested in
your communication reference 10 prisoners
coming into possession of the Navy. After land
ing them 1 shall return to Hampton Roads.
Respectfully, your obt servant,
5. II. STRINGHAN.
Flag Officer Atlantic Blockading Squadron
From the reports and dispatches accompa-
nying the above we compile the following
details.
The expedition was planned by the Navy
Department before the meeting OF Congress. !
and when that body placed the necessary
funds at the disposal of the department. |
active preparations were made.
On Monday the Goth ult the expedition
sailed from Hampton Roads and arrived of |
Uatteras inlet, on the North Carolina Coast
on Thursday. The men Of war hauled in
and commenced a heavy cannonade at 1918
a. m on the 2Sth, and kept it up at inter
walls all day, and recommended on the oStb
at SO with increased effect The enemy
attempted 10 land one thousand or fifteen
hundred men, bat were driven back. On
the 2Sth, three hundred men Of Col Weber's
On. ]. Z0th) regiment were landed from the
transport Adelaide and drawn M On the
beach, when the wind rising the boats be-
came unmanagcablc in the surf and the
landing OF the six hundred men remaining
on the Adelaide was found TO be impos.ible.
y scouting party under Lieut. Col Weiss
and Lieut. Weigel, proceeded up the beach
capturing one brass field piece and horse.
The force then advanced to Fort Clark. which
had been evacuated but were compelled to
retire owing to the shells Of the fleet falling
there, and marched back to the place Of
landing, and there bivouacktd for the night.
Early the next morning they again returned
md the feet commenced bombardiDg the
second fort, called Fort Hatteras. which {
soon after displayed tie white flag, when the y
Ort was entered by tho Union Coast Guards. ,
lieut.. WIegel Of Gen. Buffers staff, and
sergeant DurWeg. They were conducted to :
be tent Of Commodore Barrow. who vas In :
ommand of the rebel forces, and who offered q
0 surrender FoIt uatteras with all the arIas
nd munitions Of war, the officers to be
lowed TO so out VIII side arms, and tho
rllltes without arms 70 retire. This offer
'as declined by Gen. Butler. An uucondi-
onal surrender followed Of Forts Hatteras
nd Clark, with % cannon, goo stand OF d.
rms, and 1l5 prisoners, among whom are eC
apt. Samuel Barron, Lieut. Sharp and Dr.. al
7 yatt NJ. Brown, all late OF the [. S. Navy W
nd Maj. Andrews and ether officers, late Of ca
lie |. 5. Army. G
Among the papers captured was. press p
,py from the late American Consul at Rio N
ineiro, Rob't G. Scott, giving list OF all co
e vessels leaving or to leave that port during Of
e month, with full description of their he
rgoes and destination. BY this information ne
e rebel priyateers knew just when and Sa
here to look for the vessels, and named ia
. LIST were captured. Tue report OF their
gineer in chief was also among the papers :,
Ii states that all the good guns at Norfolk eu
e expended, also the Who'll amount Of fuse his
me handmade percussion caps were found tbi
it was ascertained that the copper had -,
en- stripped from one of their prizes to IVA
'nish material for caps. VII
Among the guns captured was one large VIII
inch columbiad from the Tredegar works, ,bS
Richmond, which had not been mounted.
Dur vessels captured three prizes, one brig
Two light boats belonging to the United
ties, but in the employment of the Con- Z.
crates. Lie