The national Republican., 1861-09-02
OFFICIAL RTPORT OF GEN.
BUTLh2.
GRAND 7A-TTb
AT H HATT Err AS INLE Y .
FEDERAL ARMY VICTORIOUS !
Capture Of Thirty-Fiye cannon, an d
One Thousand stand of Arms.
Eight Hundred Prisoners Sent to
Fort Lafayette.
Names of the Rebel 0riCcrs iaken
Prison rs,
Sc. Sc. Sc.
Eight hundred Prisoners Sent to
Fort Lafayette.
&C.. Sc Sc.
Report made to General Wool by Gcnrrai
Butler.
[. :. FLAG Snr MINNESOTA

|. :, FLAG Snr MINNESOTA.
.lnyuSt 50. lSGl.
| GGNGR\L: Ntrrrabiy TO your orders. en-
| baked on the transpor' steamers Ad laide and
George Peabody 800 Of the twentieth regiment
New York volunteers, Col. Webbcr commard
ing. 220 Of the ninth reg ment New Ork y'l-
untccrs. Col. Hawkins commanding 100 OF the
Union Coast Guard Capt. Nixon Commanding,
60 Of The seCOrd United States artillery, Lieut.
| LNncd commanding, as force 10 operate in
| conjunction with the set under command Of
| flag Officer Strnghnm agans. the rebel fort. 1t
| IIai"ras Inlet
We lr', For res. Monroe on Monday al one
O'Clock +. NJ. The lU~t ship If our feet arrived
| of II ttt'raS Inc, vhnII Tour o'cluck. Tuesday
| afternoon. Such prcpira'iuna rs w'rc pOssibl"
'ur the landing. were inrde III the evening. aud
a. daylight next morning. dispositions were
| made for m attack upou the forts by the fleet
| aTd tor the landing OF The troops.
Owing to the prcviOnt prevalence" Ut south
| west gdlrs II heavy surf was break ~ on the
| beach. Every Effort was made to LAID the
troops md after about 30 were l1ndel, in
| clulilg - marines from the fleet and the regu
lars both tn iron boats upon which We dc
pended Were SWdmped IN the surf, and both
llit boats stow, and u brave attempt being
| made by Lieut., Crosby, L. :. A., (ssrvng with
| the army as port captain at Fortress Monroc.)
| A
steam ting Fanny. belonging to the army. to
| land In Il boat from ihe w'r Stelmer Pawn g.
| rc:ul'ed IL the bPuching the boa. 50 that she
could not hp got Oft Il was impracticablc TO
| Ilnd more troops b,2ansr Of the Using wind
| and S"t. Forluul,rlS. Il twrIvc-pound Iih Il
boat gun loaned us by tn nIg ship AMI a
iwrivr-punnd hOwZer We" hnlCd. iln las
slightly dam ,grl. Oar landing was c0mprta
ly covered by hr -hrl', ul ,he Mna'in"ll0 and
/ Il,, 4 I
Ll2" dir'v'ilg the Decentralization Of the
troJi,s, by means o. sigulls, and WIS about
landing with them at the lin" ia" beats were
stove.
We were induced 70 dr.;~' lrm further at
N,upts at landing troops by the rising OF the
wind. Und bccau.c. il the m.ag.mp the feet
had Op nd fire upon t't'. nearest fort. which
wa finally sienced and IL nlg struck. 30
firing had upeurd upon Uur tCuups from the
| other tuit. and is nag was aisr stuck sup
| posing this 20 h. Il signal UG S0rrtnlrr Culuurl
| Weber advanced his troops already ltudcl
upon Iii" ina'h. The Harriet I.rnr. ClpIain
| EuuuC" by my direction 'riri to r?u$S I've
! bar 10 get in tn -,u1D'h wafer Dl ia. inlet.
whrn lro WI. opened Lpun the Alunticrllu
| (Which had proceeded in advance e, usl rruln
the other lur,. Several si"le stru.k her hul
| wilhon, causing any ca'u'ti's, IL | am ia
formed So we'll convinced were thr oil rrs
ri both navy aud army, that the fort. had sur
rendered at rbi- time. that The SrqIph,nna had
lowed the lrgatr Cumberland 10 An olIiuy
The fire was then r"Op"u,d. (l> there was no
signal from eith"rD upon hph forte. In
III" n"anllu :. 4 few men from Coast Guard "
had advanced up the beach. with Mr. Wicg-l
WIN WIS acting IL volunteer all. aud whuS,.
| Gdllan,ry and ."rvia'S wish to commrnd. and
! took rU-."a-ion T" the swu,O"r fort which was
| iouud t" have b rA abanIpIrd by III" enemy.
md Iai>l d the American ila- Dl2irou It hid
| bccum" necessary. owing 10 he threatening
| appearance OF the weather. tIl2l all the ships
| should make IN ofling. viii h AIS done with
| reIuci nee. irOm necessity thu, leaving the
| troops upon snOrr a plrt u possession Of the
small tort (about seven hundred yards from
| the larger Unr) and t.e rest b.vuHlclirl upon
| the beach. mar tn pia": Of la4ding about
| two miles north Of the forts Elriy tl. npyl
nulninG, thn Harriet Ian IUn iU shulc for the
pupoS" Of covering any luck upon the
| trO"ps. Al the sane time Il l.rg tie liner wiS
observed cnang down the sound inside In,
land with rrini0rcHment- Tor til" rn"Iny. but
she was prevented from htHling by Coi,niu
| Johnson. Of the "COds, GuarI" VIII, had
placed t4e two guns from The ship. und six
FOUNDER from the enemy. in Il small suA bat
terry, aud opened fire upon The rebel steamer.
\. o'clock the il'st opened tre attl. H.,
tag ship being anchored rs near Il. tue ,a'rr
| allowed, an ! the other ships coming eIll tnny
into action. Il was evident ufrr q few cy
perimrntS, thai our shot fell short. AniO,rrl.,I
length Of iuEe was telegraph Il and firing cI.1.
mcuCrd with ~hels Of li't en- srcbnds H...
| had sent Mr. Fiatc, a" inc uidrle-clmp I'll,
| shore. for III: purpu" o! %oiujny in'c!'r,n..
Of the movements OI the troop, ami Il Inc
| enemy. ! then went with the Fanny" rl,
| III" pnrpO,e ut cilrct.I% It landing Of Inc r..
min lei Of the troops, wh"l u wa,tr l4g was
ran up from the fort. ! thea W. nj vi h liz,
"Fauny over the br into tho Al1t, A. ihr
| same time the troops. under C-,ug"l ", Lb.r.
marched up the beach, AID signal was made
from the flag snip TO Cease iirin!. Ls the
Fanny rounded in over the hH, the rebel
steamer " WinslOw " went up III channel,
| having large number Of secession troop, on
board. which she hld not landed W. thr " A
shot at her from the " Fanny." bu' sgn proved
Oh shore to demand the Int aning ol t.e white
flag. lh" boat SOON rc.urnrl. bringing Mr..
| Weigcl. with the following written commII,i,.l
| ton from Samuel Barron. late CaHain In he
United States Navy;
.Nmpran,i,n.
| Flag Onccr Samuel Barron. e. :. NN.y. ,r
i'ls to surrender Fort II3ucrAs with ali the
arms and munitions ." war. The on,cr, al
lowe to 20 out with side arul uud th, mon
without 2rm> to rrtir'.
!. E,@l,o,.
Comm mdmk Naval D DHra,r
N;t. sad n. rnuIi.o
FUu lIatirras. Aug -. l1GI.
And also verbal gummnn .rioI ,', IA. thu,
he had in the FOt Glj HI'n, agd thousand
more viii IN an hours cAll. bu. l4dt he was
anxious 10 spar" the eiusion "I hIuud To both
tln' written and verbal communications. made
tn" reply which !Ilinw' aHd 'hl il h2 Lieut..
Crosby.
N1a0ru"i,n
Brnjlmiu +. Bullrr. Maor Grac,ai Una,d
States Army commanding, in r'plyro the com.
municatlon Of ; muri barron, culLDlgdtnp
iorc,s at Tort llatL,Ius rann"r a,mi. ,h. ic,rns
proposed. The tcginS UI''rrd are lhr-..: full
cnpilua'inn the Officer" and nl"n 10 b. treated
i prisoner" 81 war - .',u. i,'.m - lmia
Ihl