, 1861-10-16
THE FIGHT AT CHICAMAC0MlE.
Further 6Nd lnteKest1UE PaFt1cnInrs.

We have already published quite full ac-
counts CT the effair at Chicamacomie, near
Cope Hatttrae, In which the 20ih Indiana and
| The blcckading vessels were engaged against
tie rebtls-but the following detsils from the
correspondence Of the New York Herald wil
he found Interesting:
! On the morning Of the 4th inst, about day
light, the lookoats Of Colonel Browns en-
| compment, consisting Of about eight hundred
men Ct tie Twentieth Indiana Regiment, To-
| Gated some thirty miles above Fort Hattsras,
| rtpo1ted six rebel steamers, with Echooners
| aud fiatboats in tow, all loaded with troops,
straight fer the encampment- The Colonel
| Immediately dispatched g courier to inform
Colonel. Hawkins, ut Fort Hatteraa, Of his
situation, statirg that ne would ret1ea. to the
lighthouse On The Cape, and there make
s1snd.
The steamers landed about fifteen hundred
mea three miles above C.lonel Brown, and
tLsn cane on down, throwing shslls into the
tents, destroying them, also house: witch
hsd been used as hospital, killing what sick
remained therein. They then passed on down
ard commenced landing troops below, intend
irg to cut of all re1rtat, and, having them
between t1eir two forces, mike sure, 20 doubt,
ef hsgging Colonel Brown and and his is. men ;:' at
enough; for Colo1el B. hastily destroyed what
he could not CARY of with him, and left on
the tcub1e quick, and succeeded in re1ching
the lighthouse about nine in the evening, haV-
ing performed rapid march through the
Ccl. Hawkins, upon receiving the informa-
ton from Colonel B., dispatched note to
Capt Lardner, Of the snsquehanna, informing
him Of tie condition OF affairs, and then start
| cd Oh the double quick, with six companies Of
| bis Zouayes to re.enforce the retseating
t1ocps Capt. L, INN ed5ateiy got the Su=que-
hanna under way, at the same time ordering
the Monticello to do the same, aud proceeded
up ard anchored in Lighthouse COZ, about s
: Of the light When daylight broke the troops
: on shore 41d the sailors we're within speaking
3 stance. of each other. Colonel Browns
ha os not eaa si a n sass msas e
: + to Capt: La:dner, he immediately supplied
) tIem with provisions. At the request Of Col.
L. Il t-,s l. rn.;7fs! It archor to pre-
i ri 5ngsri;ar n;t n9@oers =! 9Ssa,
=: :. ~ !::n,a t:caa sssaszed the Montica1o
to Goctie CafS E:stezaa, and proceed. close
:. alopE the shore, and see If he could discover
e ary traces OF the enemy. He had proceeded
tut short distance when the rebels we're dta-
core1ed in full plume, and within half gun
j shot 1te Monticello opened fire on them 4!
occe with shells that exploded with the ut
mcst precision, scattering them IN all direc
o tens, killing and wounding them by hun
> Of Virsinisns, the Seventh Georgia, ani
q about twelve hundred North Caro1ins
Il u,ilitia, masking total Of about three thou
! sand nep, under the command Of Genera
Huger, who, it is said, was Killed at the
. cemmeneement Of the ehel1ing process
Il Lieutenant commanding Braine says that he
- expended to their account two hundred and
= eighteen s1ells, every one Of which did goot
~ service. Two echconets aud two Hat boats
II loaded with troops, which hsd net 5et landed
% OF elee lad just re embarked for their return
=. we're entirely destroyed BY the explosion 0
n. tie shells thrown into them, killing an'
n Eourdipg 81 on board 3 shell eat-rsd tht
IS side OF cne Of the schooreTs, and then e12lod
n ed, filing the air with fragments OF the Nrecs
:, and limbs Ct human beings. II is eonafdetet
IL as bsipg within bounds to say that at less
at FIVE hundred were either Killed or wounded
ze Hundreds Of the rebels were seen to wsd
u cut into: the sound up to their: necks, IN,
- when they would hear shell coming the
P would crouch down under the water, and II
C. main az 1cpg a. they could. and then poke a.
in their heads and listen for the approach Of til
I'd next messenger of death, and repeat the opers
q tlon. a more perfect tap could not TEL ny p,
K | of land where: they we're discovered Is nc
L, more than third ;of = mile wide, and Sept
q, 1atee Psmltco Sound from the ocaaD.: Thei
liz steamers attempted 20 come in close enough
=. take item of; bnt q sher or two sent p!ong1
or lrg afterthesn indu ,ed them to Keep at a sal
ii As saon rs 1ight6et in the Aoaticelo cease
es firing. During the night they. nuat.ha7 en-
ty tarked, Is the following morning discoverc
on- no traces OF their p1etence. II is very d
In / fortunate that Col. H<wAlns did not march 4
h the beach under cover OF the guns OF til
at Montlcello-the snsquehauna would also ha,
liai been alor In that case-so - to have been 9
sd / hand, and either captured or cut them
ire pieces efter fhey had been scattered and d
I'D Ee7sed by the shells from the ships. ~