Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-11-13
GLORIOUS NEWS FROM THE
GREAT EXPEDITION.
Arrival of the Bienviile at Fortress
Monroe.
CONFIRMATION OF The SUCCESS OF
The FLEET.
THE REBELS sHELLED OUT FROM THEIR
FORTIFICATIONS WITH GREAT LOSS.
THEY RETREAT IN PERFECT RoUT.
PANIC THROUGHOUT THE SURROUND
INC COUNTRY.
BEAUFORTFoUNDE ENTIRELY DESERTED
| PLANTATIONS DESERTED, EXCEPT BY
THE NEGROES.
CONTRABANDS COME IN DRovEs TO
OUR LINES.
| GENERAL DRAYTON, OF s. c., COMMANDS
THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.
CONTRABANDS COME IN DROvES TO
. OUR LINES.
GENERAL DRAYTON, OF s. c., COMMANDS
THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.

AL OF
THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.
BALTIMORE, Nov. I3.-The Old Point boat
brings the following gratifying intelligence from
the feets
FoRrRE.s MONROE, Va Nov. 12.-The steam
Bienville has just arrived at Old Point from the
great expedition. She left Port Royal on Sunday,
a. m and brings cheering intelligence. She pro-
ceeds at once to New York, where she will be due
tomorrow evening. Capt. Steedman, however,
left her at this place. and proceeds direct to Wash
ington with dispatches and trophies-two brass
cannon and secession flags.
He reports the gale encountered by Il feet to
have been very severe. The Union and Osceola
went ashore and were lost, a. previously reported
The Governor foundered at sea, but the Isaac T.
Smith succeeded In saving all her crew, with the
exception Of few marines The heet arrived at
Port Royal on Monday, 4th inst. Tuesday, the
smaller gunboars sounded and buoyed out the
channel under are from, the forts, which did
damage.
On Wednesday the weather prevented active
operations, but on Thursday morning the 9TH
instant, the men Of war and the gunboats ad-
vanced to the attack. The action commenced at
10 a. m, and was holly carried on, on both sides,
and lasted 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 oficer
(the chief engineer Of the Mohican) killed, and
about twenty wounded. Rebel loss not known.
Fifty-two bodies were found by our men, and
buried. All their wounded, except two, were
carried Of.
Two forts were captured, Fort Walker on Hi.
ton Head, mounting twenty three t23) guns, and
Fort Beauregard on Bay Point, mounting nine.
teen guns The guns were Of heavy calibre.
There were both new and splendid earthworks,
of great strength, constructed In the big style
Of military science, and pronounced by our engi-
neers as impregnable against any assault by land
forces. The final retreat Of the rebels was per.
feet rout.
Thsy left everything, arms, equipments Of all
kinds, even to the oficen' swords and commits.
sions All the letters and papers, both public
and private, order books and documents OF all
kinds, were left In their flight and fell into our
hands. afording our officers much valuable in
from Jeff Davis 70 the commander of the post,
informing him Of the sailing Of the feet, and
that they knew their desti nation to be Port Royal
Ioxe-y w ho was the traitor,l
The whole surrounding country was seized
with a perfect panic. The day after the flight
the Seneca and two other gunboats, under the
command Of Lieut.. Ammon, proceeded up the
| Beaufort river and found but one white man In
| the town, and he was drunk. All the plantation,
up the river seemed to be deserted, except by the
| negroes, who were seen In great numbers, and
who, as the boat passed, came to the shore with
bundles in their hands, as II expecting to b,
| taken of They seized all the letters In the pos
ONCE at Beaufort.
After the capture OF the forts the whole army
about Is 600 men-were safely landed and estab
but the rebels could net stand the explosion Of Gu
big shells.
The force Of the enemy, as ascertained from
their papers, was from three to four thousan,
men, under Gen Drayton, Of 8 G.. Our victor
is complete, the enemy losing everything but tbei
lives, which they saved by running.
| J. 5. Bradford, Of the Coast Survey, bearer o
dispatches, and r. H. wyman, commanding tn
Pawnee, also arrived In the Bienville, and tax
the boat tonight for Baltimore.
The boats from the Wabash were the nrst {
land after the fight, and Capt. John Rogers wa
| the nrst man on shore. The boats returned losde
with valuable trophies Of all kinds, one of GU
officers nnding an elegant cavalry sword wit
solid silver scabbard. Swords, pistols, &c, &c
were scattered about in every direction, and i
any quantity.
But four prisoners were found, two of ther
wounded All hands connected with the fis
are represented as acting In the most gallant maj
ner.
The reporters who accom- panied the ex ped III
, return TO New York In the Bienville, with fu
. list Of the killed.
o I'VE publish In our second edition some vel
n interesting details from sthe ofaciaI dispatch
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