Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-09-11
CAPTURE OF THE FORTS AND BAT
TERIES IN HATTERAS INLET.
OFFICIAL REPORTS OF GEN. BUTLER
AND COMMODORE STRlNGHAM.
Is KILLED; 35 WOUNDED.
46 Officers and 7l5 Nom Commissioned
Officers and PriUateS Taken
Prisoners.
15KILLED; 35 WOUNDED.
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY Y
or THE REBEL NA Wy A
MONG THE PRISONERS.

1000 STAND OF ARMS, - CAN
NON, AND A LARGE AMOUNT
OFAMMUNITION AND STORES
TAKEN, &c, &c, &c,
Tie Naval expedition which left For,
tress Monroe on Monday, Goth ultimo, on
secret service, under command Of Major.
General Butler and Commodore String
ham, has achieved splendid suCce S.
The rebel Notifications at Hatteras Inlet,
which were of vast importance in mill,
tary point of view, have fallen beneath an
attack Of our intrepid navy, and the oc
cupants of the forts, among whom there
were several distinguished officers, have
been taken prisoners. The rebels, who
were commanded by Commodore Samuel
I Barron, late OF tine United States Navy,
fought with much spirit, bat our navy
carried too many guns for them, and they
were Obliged to surrender unconditional
| ly Forty six rebel officers, seven hun
! dred and fifteen non commissioned otli-
GERS and privatcs, one thousand stand of
arms, thirty five cannon, large amount
of ammunition and stores, and several
small vessels, laden with cotton and to.
bacco. we're captured through the bravery
of our men. Ga; special correspondent,
who has arrived from the scene of the
contest which he left Friday afternoon,
with Gen. Butler and staff, in the steamer
Adelaide, under command of Commander
II. :. Stellwagen, u. S. n, touching for a
short time ut Fortress Monroe, thence to
Annapolis and Washington, gives .he
following account Of the brilliant affair:
The expedition, consisting of the frig-
ates Minnesota, Commodore Stringham
Wabash, Captain Mercer; the gunboats,
Pawnee, Captain Rowan Monticello,
, Commander iills; and the Harriet Lane,
Captain Faunce with the transports, Adj
elaide and George Peabody, conveying
troops TO the number of about a thousand,
left Fortress Monroe last Monday, ard
reached the rendezvous off Hatteras In
let, fifteen miles below Cape Hatteras, on
Tuesday morning, the Minnesota coming
in in the afternoon, and the Cumberland
and Wabash joil cd the fleet the same
day.
Preparations were Immediately made tc
land the troops the following morning, at
which tiue the transports ran near the
beach, two miles north of the inlet. and
covered by the Monticello, Harriet Lane
and Pawnce, about three hundred men
were landed thro heavy surf, the force
consisting of Capt Larned's company oi
regular artillery, Capt. Jardine's compan!
Ninth New York, two companies OF th'
twentieth New York, with Colonel We
Der and Lieut. Col. lIeiss detachmen
of marines from the frigates, under com
mand o! Majors Doughty and Shuttl
worth, and n detachment Of sailors iron
the Pawnee, under Lieus. Crosby AM
Blue with Drs King and Jones.
The gunboats swept the beach an'
neishboring copse of scrub oaks. All tn
boats Icing swalnped and bilged IN tn
surf no more men could be thrown ashor
Meanwhile, the Minnesota aud Wabash
the latter with the Cumberland in tow
f steamed up to the front of one of the rcb
el batteries and took their position Il
.ong range.
At ten o'clock the Wabash fired th
. first gun, the eleven inch shell strikin
t near the battery and bursting with tire
= mendous force. The battery which wa
{ of sand. covered with turf and moun.in
e five long thirty two's, instantly returne'
n the fire, .he shot falling short. Ih
@ Minnesota and Cumberland immediatel
lopened fire and rained nine and clevc
. inch shells INTO and about The liro wa
G terrific, and soon the batteries response
5 were few and far between, save when tn
, frigates suspended fire for while to get
t new position, when the enemys hire wa
e most spirited.
i No damage was sustained by our ship
e. ard when they again took their positlo
$ the cannouading was intensely hot, III
B. shells dropping on the enemy's rampar
or falling in their works, eXplo ding
t death dealing fragments, and carryln
p death and destruction with them IN
h small wooden structures about the fo
o we're torn and perforated with the 1yln
s shells; but the enemy did not return tn
y fire with any regularity. At eleven o
l, clock the immense flag staff was shot
d way and the rebel flag came down, bu
e the fire was still continued by them. a
!, twelve o'clock the Susquehanna steame
= in, and dropping her boats astern, opene
l. an effective fire. The cannonading o
Is our part was ncessant, and the air WI
b. alive from the hum and explosion OF fly
n. ing shells from the explosion OF shel
that dropped in at the rate OF about
" half dozen minute.
o The enemy ceased firinga little Sefol
d two and after few more shells had bee
g thrown in the Commodore signalized
! cease firing -,
The troops had meanwhile advanced
3. within a short distance of the fort, an
lefore we ceased fir ing some OF our me