Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-10-26

optsss1 b ~ Psivsesss Dixs, - ~
9srd u JAY 49, arrivsd il this city =.
dey.
o. he way - Rsst1asl. h ss,a.a
~ y 80 C0agyuoaDao Ely too a.
dire weeks bs66D Dssvi1g kishnosd
and Ia ny dssiss6 hia . ., tAat -
would senaa fso - IL -
wAsumssos. OF. The sse...,
Pklsds1p&is, Capt Reysolds, arrived
1t the Navy Yard this morning, fnsa
R0strus A0osve.
All wss quiet a. he river.
The BsAhn~s enes to FostFsn Nss.
roe with large quantity It sAss ed
shell.
Capt Deso. laAs AZ ~ Rsaksalsa
has been ordered to ~ssaes, yaaem kr
duty. The PbesAsaies - ct he ysrd
Z" exchange her present armsmsst fora
heavier one.
TIVE Days Later.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. l6.-Ths PONY
Express arrived q Rubr Valiey, It
O'Clock. ?. \.
FORfRRss MoxRoR, Oct. 0.-F6gats
SxsqseAana has arrived from Hstteras
Inlet, and brings most interesting 10.
telligence The day after the capture
Of the propeller Fanny BY the rebel
tngs. the steamers Ceres and Putnam
having one Of the launches Of the Sals-
quehana in tow, went up the Chic.'que.
CO and landed severa! days provisions.
Returning the same evening without
having seen anything Of the rebels.
On Friday, news came from lIatteras
Inlet by the steamer Stars and Stripes,
that 1000 rebels, consisting III 0eOrg.
il, South Carolina and Virginia regi.
ments, had come over from the main
land in six small steamers, schooners
and fiat bs,ats. attacked the 18th Indi-
ana regiment, who were obliged to re.
treat. The Susquehana steamed W. out.
side, while Col. Hawkins, marched
up with six companies and reached Hat
teras by night Col Hawkins was joined
by the 18th Indiana regiment, who
had passed in the darkness, large b"dy
of rebels, who had landed for the put.
pose of cutting them of.
Col. Brown reported loss of fifty Of
his men, comprising his sick and woun.
ded, and twenty pickcts who could not
be called in. He succeeded in having
his tenth regiment provisioned.
On Saturday morning the Monticello
around the Cape, and a few
miles up met the rebels marching down
a narrow neck of land to attack our
troops. The rebel steamers were also
landing troops to cooperate with them.
They were within easy range and the
Monticello opened on them with shells,
firing eighteen shots and doing great
damage. A shell passed through the
wheel house of the Fanny (rebeD. 1t
is thought their loss must have reached
between two or three hundred killed
aud wounded, during the engagement
A member of tho Indiana rc, Siment
WHO was taken prisoner, managed to
Escape. He took to the surf aud was
picked up by boat from the Monticello.
He reports that the first shell killed
Col. Barton. Of the Georgia regiment,
aud that the havoc was terrible.
Lieut.. Broadhead, from whom the
above information was obtained, thinks
that co damage can be done to the In.
let without the aid Of feet Of light
daught vessels. He thinks that our
forces ut the Inlet stould be largely i'll
creased. $3.50
The Spaulding arrived at the Inlet on
the 7th. with GAn. Manifold. and land.
ed his men and stores.
Too much praise csnnot be accorded
to the commander for this brilliant
which has caused great
exultatiOn at Old Point
Col. Brown narrowly escaped with
the Indiana regiment from the Confsd'
crate vessels aud troops, which were
landed absve and below him. He man.
aged to retreat with email Ice.
New YoRK, Oct 8.-Ths balloon
which wa seen over Washington q few
days sg,,, pruves to b La AouMtain'e
which ssfsly landed in Maryland Il
appsars that after rsachimga cerln
distance and finding the current light:
10 cut the ripe and soss to the hight 1t
three miles, obtaining . eomplsts viev
Of the rebel encampment and m"vs-
merits, whieh important ne~s be hss
communicated % the War DEPARTMENT
WAs1Ixofox, Oct. 7th.-Ths m:
bxRs's dispatc6 eyre. the main body Ut
the rsbsls srs u Fairfkx Court H"ase.
whore brusd bslt ofs.nps sloass ~
broken. are sssa iron eae ballooua
serssehing westward. towards Lsss