Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-11-21
TIL T. w AR.
Complete Success Of the Naval Expedition.
TERRIBLE PANIC IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

The federal steamship Bienville arrived nj
Fortress Monroe on Tuesday, having left Port
Royal Sunday, with cheering intelligence of the
complete success of the naval expedition. Our
loss was only eight men and one officer. the
chief engineer of the Mohican, killed, and
about twenty wounded. Forts Walker and
Beauregard were captured. Capt Stedman has
gone to Washington with dispatches and tro.
phies-two brass cannon, secession flags etc
Tue Bienville proceeded to New York, arriving
there on Wednesday evening, with our wound
ed men from Port Royal. When she left on
Sunday noon, our troops were still being land.
ed. The steamer Mcclellan had arrived from
the North.
Capt Stedman reports the gale encountered
by the fleet, on its passage southwark, to have
been very severe. The Union and Osccola
went ashore and were lost, as previously re-
ported. The Governor foundercd at sea, but
the Isaac 7. Smith succeeded in saving ali her
crew with the exception Of few marines.
The fleet arrived at Port Royal on Monday,
4th inst. On Tuesday the smaller gunboats
rounded into the channel under a fire from the
forts which did no damage On Wednesday
the weather prevented active operations but on
Thursday morning, 7th, the men-of-war and the
gunboats advanced to the attack. The action
commenced at 10 a. M, and was hotly contin-
ued on both sides for about four hours at the
end of which time the rebels were compelled by
the shower of shells to abandon their works
and beat hasty retreat Our loss was eight
men and one officer, the chief engineer of the
Mohican, killed, and about twenty wounded.--
The rebel loss is not positively known but SO
bodies were found by our men and buried All
their wounded except two were carried off.
Two forts were captured-Fort Walker on
Hilton Head, mounting % guns, and Fort
Beauregard on Bay Point, mounting 10 guns
The guns were of heavy caliber. The forts
were both new, and compr scd splendid Garth
works of great strength, constructed in the
highest style of military science, and pronounced
by our engineers as impregnable against any
assault by land forces. The forts were but lit
tie injured. The rebels could not stand the
explosion of our big shells
The final retreat of the rebels,was a perfect
rout. They left everything-arms and equip
ments of all kinds, even to the officers swords
and commissions, and all their letters and pa
pers, both public and private. Order books
and documents of all kinds were left in their
flight and fell into our hands, aAording our of
ficers much valuable information. Among the
papers was a telegram from JEFF. Davis to the
commander of the post, informing him of the
sailing of the fe; t, and that he knew their des-
tination to be Port Royal.
The force of the enemy, as ascertained from
their papers, was from 5000 to 1000 men, un-
der Gen. Drayton of South Carolina. Our
victory is complete, the rebels leaving everything
but their lives, which they saved by running.
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