The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-16

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PrnApszss1A, Nov. l1-Ths lnquises y
~ following from Fort Aeoros' dsf''e' Ae
IN h .ns;sipss.eu Il - arrival Of TIE ,gssees
|. rrpa6it;oo. ~ rsbGls have bean engege4 !.
erectipe batteries upep point q Hi!tonk zee 4.
IA IS the Opposite neck Of land Lke Rflfel'
ri sorti6cafscn. On Hiltopt Head Nas dea0minn-
~ ror1 n aIksr, aituaied op Lev land and pa!r.
t;silv rnnceejel by trees and nn(syhspsh Al
;o,ni.s 81 ~ other batteeieS pf emall si1e, but
- conpected' q . prove q sfoTmtdahls BAT 20
~ entrance, OF vsese,s Fort 1eesfort Hss p
comfortable iuppstence, having BEEN monn'so
with hsavygpnA The SaEsiscn y sappoeeI "
have BEEN South CsEeaias regiments q ssls.ea y
additional relnenY sent from kssnmonG -,
Near the batteries - Day Point oppesise hnI
Seas Head, thsy wsre equally e lornlGaoss: -
Inside 81 Port Royal entrance and behind the
hsst.,,es iav the aeet Of Commodore Tatnat,
vkich coonaisted only Of small vessels, carrying
I fsv hesvy eupe, but principally light ones;;
tnes constituted 3 great portion Of the Heel
Nsnv ar. these rensined Outside The month o.
10 entrance until the asriysl pf our heet, shen
.they formed in miniatsre line ef battle IN sne
1nooit;on Already indicated, behind the ogups Of
thsir nvo Sorts and acrVos tie seetrAncc.
O. tae morning 81 Thnrsday last the Y: y
Aeet numbering e vessals, headed BY the hag
ain. spnroached the mouth Of Port Royal en-
trance. 96is vas Ct half past nine 0elocx. Sew
eral Of ths Transports remained On tne coAshT
Upon arriving q q suitable position the gnns oI
the feet opened 9ontinuous nFe olon sns .u ~
and BsauEegard, y vel = upon .noss y. =.
Point Under cover 81 snn n.e ~ sno.s go
made 70 run the gauntlet o. tne pester,eA Hn.cs
they did. A, number OF tne veseen passsI
through the DIRE from the snore oassefies via
very triling Injuries. A. least = Of tnem sue
eeeded In passing up beyond the Feacn q susI
land batteries. ia ~: ~ L i !.
A the Union heet SAILED pP,l inc mssqn.o
feet Of Tatnall opened hre, 1st seeing the M
possibibillty OF making any res'ssence Soot u's
pcrsed. Some were forced 20 fen on sncre apo
others we're driven up sne iniets 0ut q s'sn@
Com. Tatnall vent on snore Win nis men ~
asset in working toe batteries ana use sne.n
against our vessels, which we're enesayoFlhs 70
follow the advance OF the offers, Tue Passses
Of the feet through me o9spnel w.s ny =;
coinplehed until the nr'n8 mao ccn.nue! l'ou'
It O'Clock IN the morning "l' nos's = =" @''
evening, ..9 .,:. 2. :
One OF the union gu1ooau oe.sssI -
hare been burned and three steamers o,sapieu:
It is acknowiedgea oy me enemy .ns. suey NV
I 20 men killed IN Fort WaKef, ous y Y l@Res,
sible to state what their loss vas; as the other
batteries it was doubtless very great - our nre
is said to nave been effective and tne guns Wen
aimed and OF heavy caliore.;
No sooner did our vessels GO past tne oatter.
ies at Port Royal embraces ana elide lnto WAst
is termed Broad river, Than they MADE i'f the
mouths Of the lplets leading to heauforts Savan-
nah and charleston, these tney immediately
blockaded, though not In time to prevent she
escape OF several smal heoel vessels
ot,one OF the feeerai vessels were sunk, anu
the only one oeheved 70 nave oeen destroyed oy
nre, VAS tne gun ooat referred 70 soose. ihe
crew ere said 70 have passed through murder
Gus nre 70 anosner vessei, 1nleh s"sJ ssacueo
with very iittie, Is any ioss.
Ine UNION ss'sI a,d
tons IN Dlockading the 'niets. wnicn ZERO 70 she
most important points, ana which en-, anorded 1907
noies OF escape 70 the enemy; wnle Port!oL
OF ,he meet ensered upon tnis guy, ,our sh'p.
MADE AZ once ZOE Dea"lors, .nu =. oClotA'. ou
Thursday these vessels HeEs " a,Gato .oe Town
= oespatcn dateu neauioEt, NOV. ttu, w spt
Ghafieston Mercury, says !nss At shas VINE, INT
Union iorcee were preparing 70 iaha' ev,uenH,
with the design OF throwing up entrencnmeas'
ana attacking the toWn.
we nave no means OF showing the e1acs ,os'
OF the Union forces, out the heoe,s enhlsss wa
their own nring vas very naa ana tneir a,.i,ea!
msH ssotv "a wShs o. p'acs,ce. lucy uecsi,
moreover, sna. inc GIns " .tae ,ols were 10
properly mounted: Wheh yom. ta'nau Vent v
assist the men IN the iorts, ne iouna tliat many
| Of tHeiF cannon were a'sneu9sea oy 'ue'r o~.
rebound. TO tn's fauit, tue heDei Journals ~
tripute their deiess, snq iouoiy eau ON upon sn'
Confederase government 70 ma OUT Wnere snt
blame rests & etl
| A tOlegraph!c dispatch which lett kiceMane
on Saturday last states that SberO was nothing
particularly Important from the Southern coast
It Ia, evident from this that the rebel government
has prohibited any further Information from
coming north at Richmond, This implies they
have suffered heavy defeat. J olE =
| The Charleston Mercury of the 9th inst, af
/ ter summing up the repulse, says, the Yankees
seem to have driven Com. Tasnell's Mosquito
| Fleet up the creeks leading to Savannah, and
cut off all communication with Charleston, by
sealing IN Skull Creek. y
! Although the Yankees have a. yet effected
no landing, it is certain they have MAIDS some
progress, aud it sbehooves US to Immediately
eend such achievements as may be needed to
check any movements they may make towards
gaining even the smallest foot hold ON our soil
| If the invaders can take Charleston with 20, OOO
men, let them, as we would be unworthy "a
possess 1t, and 1t would be for memorial, laid
in ashes, OF our own Southern imbec'ilty.
The following is special dispatch 70 toe
| charleston Mercury:
| HESDERsoSynLE, Nov. 7-S p. m.-The prac.
| ice OF our art'llerlsts at Hiitons Head has been
| very Dad, hence the successful passage at arms
OF the enemys men.of-war Their transports
are still outside. Thus far our loss has been
very slight, and the troops are in good heart
| The firing of the Yankee war vessels was very
accurate @
hitons Head and Bay FONT, as at first re-
ported received the orunt OF the attack. Wy;
failure 70 SINK any Of sne vessess which passed
PIT oas.sries Is owing 70 sns poor P: acs'ce o.
our y, artillefisls;