The Nevada journal., 1861-09-20
PONY NEWS.


off from all communication by railroad or tele-
graph with the East, and unable to give later
dates than Sept. I'd. Our city and all the roads
leading out are in possession of the rebels
When communication will be restored it is i'm
possible to conjecture.
The following is the official report Of the Hat
teras inlet affair, to the Secretary of the Navy
I have to inform you that we have been emil
nently successful. All that could be wished for
by the most hopeful has been accomplished
We arc taking aboard the Minnesota officers and
men, Numbering 6l7, who surrendered after IA
bombardment from the feet during portion of
two days (Sigaed,) S. II. STRIyGHAM,
Commanding Blockading Squadron.
Articles of eapitulaticn agreed to between
Commodore Stringham and Gen. Butler, and the
Confederate States Navy, and Maj Andrews,
commanding land forces at Fort Hatteras, stip-
ulate that the forces under said Barron, Martin
and Andrews, all munitions, arms, men and
property, be unconditional'y surrandored to the
Government of the United States. Terms-full
capitulation, and that officers and men shall re-
ceiye the treatment Of prisoners Of war.
The expedition to Hatteras inlet resulted in a
signal victory over the rebels. The Z. 5. troops
captured two forts, 25 cannon, 1000 stand OF
arms and 712 prisoners. Among them are
Capt. Samuel Barron, Lieut.. Sharp and DR..
Brown, late U. S. Navy, and Major Andrews,
late T. s. A. The loss on their side is not yet
learned, though five are known to be killed and
a number wounded, many of whom were carried
away. Lieut.. Mn dock a late U. S. officer, was
among the number wounded, with theloss Of an
arm. We have had no casualty Of consequence.
The surrender was unconditional, Three hund-
red men landed amid IA heavy surf, when the
man. of-war hauled in and commenced cannon
ade at 90 a. M, on the 22th of August and kept
| It up at intervals all that day. 1t Recommended
on the 29th with increased efforts. The enemy
driven back. AT III they displayed the white
/ flag, and were forced to surrender at discretion.
/ 4 number OF the lea ling finaneiers, including :
the presidents Of some Of the New York banks,
now in the city, are urging the President for
certain changes in the conduct of the var
They propose tlat the Government, with an
ample force, cause the rebels to abandon their
threatened attack on Washington, by making
counter attacks at various points South.
The State Department win not issue passes
| to anybody to pass from loyal States into rebel
+ States. Since the passage through Louisville
was stopped the demand for passes has been
very large Most Of the applicants are women
who have been living North.
1t is stated that the Goth of August is the
time the rebels anticipated being in ST. Loais.
Tho remains of Gen. Lyon arrived at New
York at one o'elok p. NJ, August 3lst, and were
escorted by guard Of homer to the City Hail.
where they lay in state till Monday afternoon,
when they were conveyed 10 Connecticut.
Forty thousand dollars belonging to the rcb-
els was seized yesterday at TIE Parl, Bank.
/ Government has removed the introduction
against tie circulation of the Journal of Com
mcrce over mad and express routes Of the Uni
ted States. 1t has changed bands.
Surveyor Andrews seized on tho ID inst. at
New York, twenty vessels, including sight ships,
owncd wholly or in part by rebels. 81 barlls
and others were TO be seized on the same day.
The value of vessels seized was over s., ,OOo, 600
The steamer America from Liverpool Aug.
22d, arrived off Farther Point Sept 2-adyces
two days later. Among the papers received al
/ the meeting of the Social Science Congress in
Dublin, was one by Bagley, NJ. P, Manchester
entitled, With Cotton, Employment ana Food
without it Famine and Expatriation." He said
manufacturers expocte to command supply OF
cotton to keep working toerally regular anti
spring. The crop was growing in the Southern
States, bat the difficulty would be to obtain
it. Miss Sarah Remond read paper on Gamer
lean Slavery, its Influence on Great Britain
II. Choyalier, the celebrated French trader, do
nounced the Morrill, Tariff bill as the child oi
disorders"
The Times has IA leading editorial the fl
nancial difficulties Of the American Government
and says;
The course pursued at Washington throws
into the shade all the borrowing Of England"
+ ST. JosEPH. Sept. 4.-Yesterday the Hanui-
bal and St. Joseph rail road bridge over Platte
river, nine miles eat of this, was burned by the
rebels ana the telegraph cut. When the express
train, bound west, came up, it wgs hurled over
the cmbankment, and engine. tender, baggage
and one passenger car precipitated iato the riv-
er. There were 10 killed ana 20 wounded.