The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-09-10
The Great Naval Victory.
INTERESTING DETAILS.

the North Carolina coast. We take tho fol
LOVING quite full account from the Herald:
The naval expedition which left Fortres
Monroe on Monday last, on secret service, un
der command of Major General Butler anc
Commodore Stringham, has achieved a splen
did success. The rebel Qualifications at Hat
teras Inlet, which were Of vast Importance
in military point Of view, have fallen be
meath the attack Of our intcrpd navy, anC
the occupants of the forts, among whom
there are several distinguished o. GERS, have
been taken prisoners. The rebels, who were
commanded hv Samuel Baron, late of tho
United States Navy fought with much spirit
tut our navy carried TOO manJ guns for them
and they were obliged to surrender uncondi
tionally. Forty five rebel officers, six hun
dred and sixty-five non commissioned officers
aud p,ivatcs, one thousand stand of arms
tlirty.tive cannon, n large amount of ammu-
milton and stores, and several small vessels
ladenod with cotton and tobacco, were cap.
turcd through the bravery Of our mon. Our
special correspondent, WHO has arrived from
tho sccne Of contest, wi ich he LIFT Friday af.
tcrnoon, with Gen. Butler and staff in the
steamer Adelaide. under command of Com
mander III. ). Stcllwagcr, L. ). n, touching
Tor a short time at Fortress Monroe, thence To
Annapolis and Washington, gives the follow.
ing account of the brilliant affair:
The expedition, consisting of the f,icatos
Minnesota, Commodore Suingham; Wabash,
Capt. Mercer; the gunboats Pawnee. Capt.
Rowan; Monticello, Commander Gillis; and
the Harriet Lane, Captain Faunce, with tae
transports George Peabody and Ad,ade
conveying troops to the number of about IA
thousand left Fortress Monroe last Monday
and reached the rendezvous off iatteras Inlet
fifteen miles below Cape Hatteras, on Tues.
day morning, the Minnesota and Wabash
coming in III the afternoon, and the Cumber.
land joiuel the fleet the same day.
Preparations were Immediately made to
land the troops the following morning, a,
which time time the transports ran near the
beach, two miles north of the Inlet, and GOV.
cred 10y the Monticello, Harriet Lane, and
awucc, about three hundred men were
landed through a heavy surf, tue force con.
sistin- Of Capt. karncd's company Of regular
artillery, Capt. Jardine's company Ninth n.
ork, two companies of the Twelfth New
York, with Col, Weber and Lieut.. Col. IIeiss:
a detachment Of marines from the frigatc>.
under command of Majors Doughty and Shat
tiewoIth, aud dc,schmeu, of sailors from
the Pawucc, under Leu,o Crosby aud Blue,
with DIS. King aud Jones.
The gunboats swept the be cl and neigh.
boring corps Of scrub oaks. All e boats
being s"ampci and lilged in tie surf, no
moie men could be thrown ashore. Mean.
while, the Muu, SOFA and The Wabash-thc
latter with the Cumberland in tow-stramcd
up to the front Of one Of the rebel batteries
ard took their position at long range.
AT ten O'Clock the Wabash fired the first
gun, the / inch sEel striking near the bat
teiy aud bursting with tremenlo force -
Tie battery whIcn was Of sand, covered with
tuIf and mounting five long 32's, instantly
returned The fire, the shot falling short. The
Minnesota aud Cumberland immediately
opened fire and raiucd nine aud cev5n inch
shells tito aud about it. The fire was terri
he, aud soou the battcrys responses were few
aud far between, save when the frgatcs sus
pended tire for Il while to get rev position,
when the encmy's fire was most spirited.
No damage was sustain Cd 10y Our ships,
aud whc they again took their position the
WAS intensely hot, the shell drop.
plLg IN the enemy's work. or falling on the
rampalts, exploding in d alh dealing frag
ments, aud carrying death and destruction
with them. The small wooden structures
about the fort w-re tom and perforated with
flying shells. 1T eleven o'clock the immense
flag staff was shot away AMI The rebel flag
came down, but the ira was still continl led
by them. At II O'Clock the Su,quehann,
steamed in, and, dropping her boats astern,
opened AN effective fire. The cannonading
on our pant was uces,aut, and the air was
alive with the hum aud explosion of flying
shells; but the enemy did not return the fire
with any regularity, the battery being too
hot for them, lrom the explosion Of shells that
dropped in at the rate of above half dozen a
minute.
he snomy ceased firing little before
two, and after few more shell bal been
thrown in the Commodore sgnalized to cease
firing.
Ihe troops had meantime advanced to
within a short distance OF the fort, and before
We ceased firing some of our men got in and
raised he stars aud Stripes. The place was
too hot for the men, but the flag was left
waving. CoX,wain Bcuj amin Swears, of the
Pawuce'o first cutter, stood for some time on
the ramparts, waving the flag amid flight
Of shells.
Wien the firing ceased the fort was occu-
picd in force and held afterwards.
The MOI ticrllo had proceeded ahead of
the land force TO protect them, and had reach
ed the lulet, when large fort Of an octagon
shape, to the rear aul night of the sma! bat
terry, mounting ten tLirty.two's and four eight
inch guns, which had till then been silent.
opened on her with eight guns, at short range.
at the same timo she got around, and stuck
fast the enemy pouring in fire lot aud
heavy, which the Monticello replied to with
she'll sharply. For fifty minutes she held her
own, and finally getting Oft the ground she
came out, having been shot through aud
through 10y seven eight inch shells one going
below the water line. She fired fifty five
shells in fifty minutes, and partially sieuced
The battery. She withdrew at dusk for re.
pairs, with one or two men slightly bruised,
,ut none killed or wounded.
The escape Of the vessel and crew was mi
raeulous. Until this time we supposed the
day was ours; but the unexpected opening o;
the large battery rather changed the aspect
Of affairs. Things did not look cheerful at
dark. We had men ashore who were proba-
bly ia need Of provisions and in case of a