Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13

They left every tlnng, arIn5 aud equip-,
ments Of all kinds, eyed 20 the olhOery
swords and eor1missionsf OH the leIte5 sud
papers, both Of public aDa private order, and
books and documents Of all kinds were leit
In their flight and fell into our hands, af-
f0rding our officers much valuable infOrma-
ton. 81 ..f tg.h4-
Among the papers was a telegram from
yeh Davis TO the commander of the post, i'm
forming him Of the sailing of the Aeet aud
Royal. .r-
The whole surrounding country was
seized with perfect panic.
The day after the fight the Seneca and two
other gun boats proceeded to Beaufort, and
found but one white man in the town, and
he was drunk. la ..-
All the plantations up the river seemed to
be deserted, except BY the negroes, who
were seen IN great numbers, and who, as the
boats passed. came down 70 the shore with
bundles in their hands, ~ If they expected
to be taken of. .H-..
They seized all the letters in the post
of5ce after the capture of the forts The
whole army, about fifteen thousand men,
were safely landed and established on shore.
| The forts were but little injured, but the
rebels could not stand the explosion of our
| big shells. The force OF the enemy, a8 as
! certained frofn their papers, was four thou
sand men under General Dayton, Of South
| Carolina. r
Our victory is complete, the rebels leaving
every thing but their lives, which they saved
| by running But four persons were t9undy
| aud two of them were wounded.
| All hands of the feet are represented as
acting in the most gallant manner.
| The reporters who accompanied the expe-
! dition from New York are on the BienUiite,
| with full details.
| BALT1MoRE, November 13.-From an off,
Ger just come up, we gather the following
| additional particulars:
None of our vessels were sunk. The PGw-
| nee lost six killed and tive wounded and
| suffered more injury than any other, but was
| not disabled. A round shot went through
her ward.room. The Wabash had her main
| mast badly hurt with round shot.
| The POcabontas had one man injured. The
| Assistant Engineer Of the llohicGn was badly
| wounded and Chief killed. When our troops
| took possession of the Forts they found the
fay flying on the Fort on Hilton Head.
| The rebels had mined the works, and fixed
the hslyards Of the flag so that when the flag
should be drawn down the mine would be
sprung. The halyards sprung a mine in the
house used by the officers, but did very little
damage, ard hurt no one; the magazines did
lot explode. A large quantity of powder
was found; also large amount of Eoglish
ammunition and projectiles. Sa
NEW York, November l3-The Tribuass
special from Fort Monroe says the entire
feet formed in two grand lines for the fight.
The Wdbdsh led and the BieHUlie hankiDg
the movement, which was in q circle, first
delivering broadsides into Fort Beauregard
on the north. west, and as the fleet came
found, raking Fort Walker on the south
west. Both Forts responded vigorously.
| The PatVnee and Mohicaa got aground and
were considerably damaged.
The rebel loss is supposed to be two hum
dTed. General Drayton commanded at Fort
Walker, and Colonel Elliott at Fort Beau
regard.
The rebels retired across Skull Creek to q
village twenty five miles in the interior. II
is said they intend making a stand. Negroes
had already begun to pillage and destroy
Beaufort.
The white population fed to Charleston
and small steamers by the inside route.
General Sherman has hundreds of negro
| laboIers.
There was panic at Savannah, and il
, was believed its capture would be easy.
1t is understood that General Sherman
| | will improve the defenses of his position be
: | fore making any forward movement.
In the forts was found large supply oi
ammunition and stores of the best descrip'
| | tion.
j Commodore Dupont will Immediately sur
vey the harbor and place buoys and erec
| lights.