The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-15
LATE S0tJfHEkN NEWS.
Fhe Expedition to Santa Rosa Isiasd..Ass.
,her Gan-Dsat fizht.-The Resisnatien Of
Gen. Twiggs. &C., SC.

riaay, says:
amid the confusion and uncertainty of con.
''cung reports brought by passengers and
rtters by This mornings train from Pensa-
ola, we had almost desp paired of obtaining
N!thing approaching reliability. We for
rnateis. however, found DIR. Manly. who
opened 10 b. Al the scene OF action on
a~acefui mission. from whom we received a
,nnected account. Dr. NJ s weli-known
tracy of Judgment will, we trust, be a sutli-
emf apology for the nnwarranted use OF his
tnne. Everything WIS san In confusion
ahen Or. Nj. left ut o'clock last night and
Sie statement he gave MS was, OF course made
from the sitting of the PERSONAL narratives
{ persons, more or less reliable whom he
card late hem Yesterday. His account in
s,hstantialiy rs follows
Ga TUESDAY night. about IL o'clock some
,veiye or fifteen hundred Of our men under
1mmand Of Brigad,er General Anderson.
'oss'd the DAY IN two sm3ii steamers and
,ows attached 10 them phe men were
.'eaed generally from fourteen 10 seventeen
hHinter-trom the companies OF the regi-
ITS from Alabama, Florida, Georgia. Lou
1sha, and mississippi. no full company being
Ken, except, perhaps, thu tlsnch Rifles
on t'orgta. The party disem bar ked from
ptiut Opposite Pensacola, near ) tnta Rosa
Land, about live miles from Fort Pickens-
ID" htn htd 10 wade, and some of then, TO
VIM. 10 reach thr beach. Soue of their
rtFidRts, &c, got yet.
Landed o. the eitnd, they were divided
10 TWO squads, QUE proceeding directly across
mp, and the otn"f marched down the
'fthrrn beach, OPP psite each other. They
He'd the sentri.s Us they went some SIX iii
TIMBER, spiked the guns, Sc. fire TO the cabins
which the Zou'avts wer. chmpeoi, and shot
'-ln as they ran ont All agree that the
'puaves ran incontlnentIy tor Fort PIchens
A''y rarely looked back or stopped 10 IRE at
'r boys, out shot rs thay ran. They had
'rowu np some sand ba4ke. but none of their
* guns were mounted. Our men TOOK over
g"odIN quantity OF rat-tail f.es. with which
icy securely sriked every gun except two -
hry burnt al the houses and stores, except
- hospital.
Tie only formidable resistance was from
me . >. regulars, sent oiil from Fort Pick
; % r. deem the grouEG which the coWa rGiy
'.outFcs had abandoned. The regulars, how
e. luuius our force larger thin they had
'Npects'i, seemed 20 have become panic strick
-, and Ietretted until our men were in the
OF returning FROM The Island, in O obedience.
the signal from the Navy Yard. they
zen advanced and fired deliberately Al our
Dvi, hudGled = In tho boats. nd aid Them
store damage than they had received during
t'e hgbt on the island. Ii WAS at this tim,
-lfL ten. Anderson WAS wounded in the arm.
Wo or three guns were also fired at them
men crossing, from Fora Picae.is, without
Irct
Our men supplied themselves we'll with
iatll arms that they took from the enemy -
HtJ aiso killed che n@Gr0 and captured an
44er. ctheAteen prisoners were seen that
-lty brought back: how many II anv more
= tot known. One account SAID the notorious
"lonel. Biily Wilson, had nude a straight
. id Ho!'i ms nargats 10 the Fort. Another &C.
'hHL nom one OF The captured prisoners
Il ted that he had not sieut IL c,iInp that
'Eht SIS usuai, having TeInlined ut Fort
tch";S. al statements IRON our men who
irteiptted agree that they killed betwepn
80 diio thFte hundred OF the Yankees. Our
IS in killed and missing is tCrtv ana thirty
We wounded, live OF whom tiieli yes terday -
"'st OF our losses in the skirmish are AtlriDu-
II TO cross firing. when Cur men were shoot
~ III Tie HriiNtS from opposite sides and 10
,'.ir not h-lng able to distinguish me badge.
their comrAdes i'll the dafRness oil the night,
III shOo!inS one another.
Lieut.. Sdyre, when seen last, was on the
eitch, IN 4 wounded condition. His frIelGs
ih0 had him IL charge had carried bin two
r tAlre Iliifs. anu we're finally conrp.iled 10
ave tlm ~ save themselves. lie had request
/ iheln - 90 81 previously, but they chung to
IN - Lhe list moment, and then put !. coat
nGtr ms head tor q pillow. He WIS shot IN
~ thigh, and WIS much exhausted from
feeding he fought CALAMITY as long AZ be
ouid. u is supposed he was taken prisoner
/ TINS helpless condition by the Yankees
apt Nein!s. OF one Of the Georgia com panies
Fi,s killed, whose death was greatly regretted
f"t"Ithst .ndlug the unfortunate, accidents
clerfei 10, octas!oniGg the death Of so mani
tour brave soldiers, the object of The expeci-
ION VS. implicitly accom- plishei aud the
suit "as hig ia y s;itisf lei Tory and Inspiring
. the officers lnd men Of our army. The only
'bi~ct CUlitem plated Was the breaking Up OF
sly wilson camp. and not the taking Of
Fort plckens
Tins - done mpleteIy. No artillery
|as taken oYar-only snail arms. pick axes
'T'-hiIi-, and files. A reserve force, com
ias'd of the remainder of the 9Th Georgia
Segment, had stsrted over to reinforce our
zen, when the signals we're ttred by tienerai
'}IHkg for The body On the island To return.
[ was about o'clock IN The morning; they
sad been entirely successful. and, beng IL
q hi Il
he force At Fort Pickens, il was thought pru-
cent for tAs troopsto recross the Bay. Major
ocgts, one Of the " distin guished 3" Ytnkee
prisoners taken, told our officers that Colonel
Srown, the commander 1t Fort Pickens
T0uld open his batteries on them Yesterday
: last / light; but, up 10 > O'Clock, when the
rain left, no demonstration had been made.
BAR wounded were being well cared for by
he ladies OF Pensacola.
ANOTHER Grs-BoAT pIsgr.
iCorrespondenee Of :be Memphis August
CAMP JOHNSTON, NEAR CoLrMBvs,(
Monday, Get. J, 1851.
Dsd' Arzus l have just time 20 give You
come facts of an attack By the Lincoln gun-
coats Oh Columbus tais norning. At about
% O'Clock heavy firing heard round the
,eEd, Immediately back of Camp Jackson,
nd in about twenty minutes Commodore
larsh Miller s qua boat tfhe Gram pnsl came
iyiag round the point, closely pursued by
OUT Gl lhf Lincoln gun -DOs.tS, throwing smell
very rapidly. A. soon they arrived within
'anEe, the upper batteries, composed OF three
pr four thirty twOs end our Yifed cannon,
'pened lire, but with what effect | nave not
scert" iGed. The gun boats were in full
view from the Kentucky shore We were 90
ar from the upper batteries that we could
not tell whether the shell from the gun boats
iii Inside the hreastworks; but it " as thought
Il hat one or two fell among our bows As soon
- the gun hoa's fairly in range, the
tower batteries open ed on Them with q deadly
are. 1t was positively r continual roar of
ianGoGading for quarter OF an hour. At
his point the.gua- boats seemed 20 be taken
buck, and Immediately wheeled and re-
treated. .-t,.
" hilst have been writing this, I learn
that one Of the shells from the gun boats fell
ochind the entertainments of the upper bat!
tries, bu. without exploding or damage 70
any one.
AS soon as the firing commenced Col. Tap
pan, WhQts IN command 1T camp Johnston,
and who displayed the greatest GOODNESS and
judgment, wds On The opposite shore, and
sroes.d the river in fall view of the scene.
When he arrived at his command his regi-
ment was called out in line OF battle and am
mueirion tiistri buted to them. The troops
were headed by the regimentaf band, directed
~ the chivalrous J ohm ON~ill, playing the
nationaI airs, including "Dixie,' Mar
stiles, ar kaGstw Traveller" "Nigger in
1t Tent" etc, etc. Ihave / he honor Of being
me of The regimentsl band, and j can sly
that never was in n better condition TO play
shakes" and ''triiis' than just at this upae.
Our boys tried to attracl some notice from
the gun boats, and made the woods and OPP
.'osite. shore resonnd with Here's your
mules - Come to ste me :" etc, but IL was
10 20.
learn that one Of the gun beats bad her
.mp Ike stack shot sway, but could not, ascer-
tain if any other damage. WAS done. Ijudge,
lcweyer. from the shouts Of The gallant boys
who manned the guns on our side, that their
hots ID ust have proved somewhat effective.
they came to q very sudden conclusion to re-
ire AZ soon as tae lower battery opened on
hem.
Dol. Tappan picked up piece Of one of the
heiIs thrown from the gun boats, which fell
N our tide Of the riyer,' ! examinedit it. 1t