Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-14

too ear those shoals and the ship grounded.
By the time tbe was go, Of IL was 20 late, in
my judgment TO proceed, and 1 made signals
for The squadron TO anchor out Of gun shot Of
The enemy. To day, the wind blows gale
from the southwsid and westward, and tine
attack is unavOidaby postponed.
-''I have the honor to be, Sir,
go Respectfully, your obs serv't =:
sed pe.. ca. ,.i.-r .hs.iB DUPONT, -
,,,s "PlPg ofiser .oOp' d,S sQulb Atlaotic
7. H.. 6Blookaafng Squadronr I
Commodore. Dupoht's official dispatch to
Secretary Welies contains nsthihg Of addi
'tional interest, being merely q short narr rstive
ofsyents. Accompanying the dispatches we're
several trophies captured, Gags, and 2 brass
cannon, lately belonging to the State of South
Carolina. A list Of casualties also received,
Total killed 8; wdmded severely, 6; slgdtly
wounded, IL. Total killed aud wounded 81.
A letter 10 Secretary Welles from Uommo.
dore Dupont says, since Wriiog bis official dis
patcbtshe had sent gun boats to Beaufort 90
take possession of the town and protect the
inhabitants, but found the place Abandoned to
the negroes, who are reported in laRless con-
dition.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, November Is.
The following is an extract from private
letter from an officer engaged in lombard dnent:
"0ur success has been complete, aud terror
runs over the whole country. The negroes are
wild and plupdering their masters' houses.
The whites have been driving the negroes away
by force and shooting them down, but they still
come to the gun boats, The moment General
Drayton took to his horse 10 the panic Of the
7tb, his 200 servants went directly TO toe Wa
bash. This is worthy of notice as pu ting
down the nonsense that the slaves were ready
to fight for their masters. They surrounded
Cap ain Ammen in crowds at Beaufort, one of
them calling out in the joy of his heart, Il
didn't think you could DO IL, Massa.'"
General Sherman's report to Adjutant GEN
eral Thomas is received, He says it was
agreed between Commodore Dupont and him
self to first reduce the works that might be
found at Port Royal, and thus open the finest
harbor on the coast South of Hatteras. He
says the squadron had been almost entirely
dispersed by the gale, and the vessels have
been struggling in up to this date.
The transports steamers Union, Bsllpidors,
+ OceoId and Peerless have not arrived. One of
them is known TO be lost, and it is probable all
are. It is gratifying, however, to say that
none of the troop transports connected with the
land force were .lost, though the Winfield ScOst
bad to sacrifice her whole cargo, and the Ro-
aqoke portion Of hers to save the lives of the
regiments on board. .....". ~
After a'careGul reconnaissance of Port, Royal
Bsy, it was ascertained that the rebels. had
| three field works. of remarkable strength,
boats, besides strong land forces, which the
| rebels were concentrating at Charleston and
| Savannah. It was deemed proper to FIRST re-
| 0uce. the fort on Hilton Head, though to do
| Ihis great or less FIRE might have to be met
l. Iom the batteries oD Bay Point. At the came
lime our original plan Of co operation of the
land forces in this attack had to- be set aside in
consequence of the loss during the voyage ot
| the great portion of our means of .disembark-
ment, together with the fact that the only point
| where the troops should have landed was five
or six miles from the anchoring place of ou
transports, altogether too great distance TO
successful debarkation with our limited meaus
1t was therefore agreed that the place shoult
be reduced by the naval force alone.
I was mere spectator of the combat, and i
is not my province to render any report of thi
action. deem it an imperative duty to say
that the firing and m ,neuveriog of our fee
against that Of the rebels and their formidable
land batteries was masterpiece Of activity ant
professional skill. .. ..' ..' '
After the works were reduced took posses
sion of them with the lard forces. The worI
on Hilton Head was severely crippled, an
many of the guns dismounted. Much slaughts
bad evidently been made there, many b6die
having been buried in the fort, and some tweut
or thirty found some half mile distant.
After landing aud taking possession of tn
| IOIlFJ OtueIdl puefWhu lskueQ prOclHma 40
to the people of South Carolina saying: Il
obedience to the orders of the President,
have landed on your shores with small fore
of National troops. We come among 20,
wi hout feelings of personal animOsity. w
have no desire TO harm your citizens, DESTROY
your properly, or interfere with any of you
lawful laws, rights, or social, or legal iostitu
tions, beyond what causes herein, alluded Il
may render unavoidable" f--.
o.. Al.
South Carolina in the present rebellion, an
imPlores the people, to pause and reflect upo
the consequences of tbsir7 acts, and says W
have come among you as loyal men, fully i'm
pressed with our constitutional obligations t
the citizens, Of your State. These obligation
shalI be performed as fer as in our power; bu
be not deceived, the obligation of suppressin
armed combinations against constitutions
authorities is paramount to all others.
If in the performance Of this duty, mino
but important obligations should be neglected
il must be attributed to the necessities Of tn
case, because the rights dependent on laws {
State must necessarily succumb to mill ar
extgencies created by Instruction and rt
bellion.
BosTeS, Wednesday, November ls
5000 of General Butler's New EngIan
Division, are under orders to leave "Wednesday
| They embark ct Boston. 40 ril on r. -
RI 1uS EBFontu Mhno heBluenL 4rrlVou 70
day eHToEte South. .ff 1s...
A letter in the Transcript from Fort Monroe
1lth, says news just reached here that 800
rebel soldiers had mutinied at NOTfDlk-aIs
most Of the citizep--who had dstermined t
fight only for the Union. In confirmation O
this the Captain of the tug United States say
the Stars and Stripes were flying from Pig Point
opposite Newport News, where the rebels hav
for long time had &formidable battery.
Washington, Wednesday, November Is.
Lowe made baIloon ascension on Monda,
night. Observation showed the camps alon
the rear of the rebel batteries for ten or twely
miles in the direction Of Manassas, indieatin
that the enemy is in 'orce in that vicinity.
John Cochrape delivered an address to hi
regiment, in the presence of Secretary Cam
eron and other distinguished persons. Th
most important point in his argument wa
relative to the treatment of slaves during th
present contest. He said We need to use ever
means 10 our power to subdue the rebellion
We should take their cotton aud sell or bur
Il, as it was best to coDAscate their propsrH
ana when necessary, take their lives, and .
their slaves are used as an element Of strengt
against us, we should not hesitate to tax
i them if necessary, to place arms 10 the
hands, that they might assist in estsblishin
the rights Of common humanity. This sent
ment was received with unbounded enthusi
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