Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-14


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nor, then IL very dangerous position, and on
board Of which w4g our fine battalion Of ma
rines. under Major Reynolds. They weroflnal.
lyreseued by Captain Ringgold dn the Sabine,
npder difficult circumstance, after whiclc the
,lsosefnof-Went dogn. Ikbelievd that seven Of
the marines were drowned by their own impru-
deii6e, Lieutenant commanding Nicholson q
conduct In the Isaac Smith has met my warm
commendation. The Peerless transport IN q
tinkilg condition. was met BY the Mphican,
Commander Gordon, and all the people on
board, twenty six In number, were saved under
very peculiar circumstances; in which service
Lieutenant H. w. Miller was very favorably
noticed by his commander.
u On passing Charleston, sent ip the Seneca,
Lieutenant Ammen commanding, to direct
Capt. Lardner TO Join me with the steamer Sus-
quehanna of, Port Royal without, delay. rTvI,T !
q On Monday, at eight O'Clock In the morning,
anchored of the bar With come Twenty-Five
vessels, in company with many more heaVing In
dght.
70 The Department ID awsrs that all the aids to
navigation had been removed; that the bar Hes
ten miles "a, seaward;. and that thefe are no
features on the shore line ot spWcient proml'
nence to make any bearings Eelihbie;shn py the
skill Of Commander Dove, the Fleet Captain,
aud Mr. Boulette, the able Assistant OF the
Coast Survey in charge Of the steamer0 Vixen,
channel was immediately found. BY three
o'clock received assurances from Capt, Dove
that cosld send forward the lighter traheports,
those under eighteen feet,n with all the gun;
boats; which was immediately done, and before
dark they were securely anchored Ia the road
stead of Port Royal, * Ga The gunboats al
most Immediately opened their batteries upon
two or three rebel steamers under Com: Tat.
nall, instantly chasing him under the shelter 81
the batteries. bngs sciysbsG II .d.4 ~ kaAh.o2
=, On the morning of Tuesday the Wabash
crossed the bar, followed closely by the trigate
Susquehannah, the Atlantic, Vanderbilt and
other transports Of deep draft through that por.
ton Of the feet already in. The safe passage
of this great ship over the bar was hailed with
gratifying cheers from the crowded vessels
We anchored immediately, and commenced
preparing theship for action In our anxiety 70
get the outline Of the. forts before dark We
stood 10 too near the shoals, and the ship
grounded By the time she was got of. itycwss
too late, in my judgment, toproceed, and made
signal for the squadron 70 anchor out OF gun
shot Of the enemy. .z.1Ia5 y 9TgiSt
h To-day the wind blows q gale from the South
ward and Westward, and the attack is unavoida.
bly, postponed. ~ iG,l..,lS ii. -. 5.I'' 3s.. \
have the houos TO be, Sir, ,,l
5Su RespectfulIy, your obedient servant,
f-'i h''7ad'En9Aiiio 1'iS. F. DUPONT,
Flag Officer Commanding South Atlantic Block
aiding SQUADRON. ~ 4. ,s,s, --..z "a s...
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Commo9ote Dupons olnclal ~ aSspsscn Isss " Iec'
re1y ehss oon,ains hosa'nE VI suooan ~ nl.. ~
'tetest, pelng mercy snoIs Ia nsrra'iveoi Events
accompanying tne dispsscnes, ,H were seVeta'
trophies captured nsgs, ana sT9 pIass cannon
ialeiy oeioSglDgst1 .ne ssh.e AfTras Tn.
las: " casual'les 10 .Slso se'ei.eu
klled, eign.i Wounueu ,sst seyeIsy, r, s,A' snsns
Wounuea, heyen.een'a llAossA AossA.s sAiilsu Anu "ounu
ca, tmrly.one >, saslq g u. e., - 90, go g. g.,
ie.es 70 oec,e.1sy t;a si,es ,O1aI a,1
pony says sncS nv 1,,oa
ne neo sen, gunpoA.s y Deauio.s ~ sahY Pvs
session oi me me .1Mn M aho p,oseS' !. se
oes ioun. sa9 =; p,aIo e,Ssa' 'annS;,;o ' WV
are u Sr reporveu tv ~ ia"iese oohui'on, - .,..
Lne lolowlng Is an ehNsss RON sprsSaSs
letter from an omcer engageu 10 tne DpmDaru
ment: u ~
Our success has been complete, and tero
runs over the whole country. The negroes ar
armed and plundering their masters houses
The whites have been driving the negroes ava,
by force and shooting them down, but they stll
come to the gunboataa The moment Genera
Drayton took to his horse IN the panic OF th
9Th, bis two hundred servants went directly =
the Wabash This is worthy OF notice, as put
ting down the nonsense that the slsyea Wer
ready to fghtaior their masters. They sur
rounded Capt. Ammen IN crowds at .beaufort
one Of them Crying out N the Joy OF his heart
81 didn' = think you could DO II, massa.pslinoa