The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-10
THE b0MBARDMENT AND CAPTURE OF
k0EIS CLARK AND HAIIERAS

t'tS eNIifciL CT iit J. tPtSr3sAStS continues to
occupy Il large share of public attention.
hotu North and South. We subjoin some
extracts from the narrative of an officer on
board the g. :. steauer Ellis. which started
for The forts with reinforcements on the q III
Of August, the day before the attack com
menced
THE VOYAGE Ct rHR SOUND. a
Proceeding up the Sound, we came up with
the little dispatch boat NJ. T.. Downing lust
IRON Hdttcras, bringing up the intelligence
tnat the patriotic llt;le b md OF lot men who
were ~ Fort Clark, Il little above Fort Hat
itras, ,1ter making Il desperate resistance,
Hfln& their last shot, had evacuated the for,
having previously rendered the guns use
lyss by srihng aud Gismounting them and
that the yaGd,ti horde of the North, led on
bE traitOrous Icthodist minister had
ithted ana taken possession of the fort
itnd now the - Stars and Stripes " were
Ioatin@ over the time Aonored soil OF the Old
North state; that Fort Hatteras was stili
Sail&utty hghtlug, but WAS in need Of men
and munitions of war. The men We could
taSllY HlppIy. but the 3ninuultion we had
not. The little steamer then passed ahead
atter ammunition, and We with beating
and anxious hearts eagerly waited the time
when we should cheer our noble conpan-
ions by our presence. Just at this time we
saw the steamer Winslow approaching with
u plenty OF ammunition, and the following
Oaicrrs on board: Captain Samuel Barron
I-ieuts. Sharp and Murdaugh. and Surgeon
tfretnhoW. She came to anchor about :! or
, miles from the fort. This WIS indeed
cheering, ana our expectations knew no
bounds.
THE CASNoyApE
All this time o severe and constant cannon
adr was beng Kept up, the 1leet firing CON
uAual broddsidcs OF she'll while we replied
at intervals with shot, our shell having been
r&peH'cI. IHc shetland shell dropped thic K
&Gd fast upon the fort and island but so far
40 one was hurt, except two men killed and
LieuteUant Knight wounded, while retreat
ing from Fort Clark. In the face OF thi :
CreIdIuI storm OF iron, our Captain, Wi
that nrmursS and tranquility which ever
charactcrizcs the true officer aud gentleman
rjn the Confederate States steamer - Ellis
near the fort. which now Of course became
tho prominent mark for the Yankees ~ We
w"r" not only grnboat, but our decks We're
crow ded with mcH. Protected BY cur ucu-
/ VCnlN Father. though th" balls whistied close
ana last bE rs. we remained unhurt. One
thing / cat YoGch for is, that there is not a
man upon this little steamer but who
has grown familiar yyi III that peculiar whiZ-
ZnS sound, which always accompanies Il bah
III ITS Hllht through the Hir. Several rifle
c,tuEod b3!tS passed in close proximity to us
dud though pcrDIi il was the first time that
some OF them had ever heard Il cannon fired
Yet the crew aud officers stood il with the most
perfect nonch9lance, exhibiting throughout
the whole action perfect confidence iii their
officers, ana 4 reliance upon the Almighty
hand. After safely landing the troops, we
! q plentiful supply OF ammunition, we went
2.pNSsidC the <ciiVcntrs and took q Ii the troons
. Gu board, 1Hd safely landed everything at the
! fort Oar escape was truly miraculous. No
by i9ae Ihe "Eiils' performed her dutyi in this
terrible encounter, and il is due 10 her that her
services should be acknowledged Too much
praise cannot be given 20 her commander and
crew.
PGEHARizf F0R THE SECOND DAYS WORK.
The enemy, after an incessant fire of about
slN hours, nayiug sounded all about. and
r,aGtjd hV0re ready for the dreadful work
oI to-2GorroW, retired Tor the night and no
Goubt employed themselves for the coming
struggle. Nearly all night we We're employ
e% "a ,ndkiag The fort IN preEuablc, as we
then thought. Much ofthr disaster which oc-
Curret! on Thursday, may he attributed 10 the
. tcf tH.t 1TH C3t NOT possess ourselves OF Fort
tisri. by tGr b3yonet that night; but wiser
and Older heads tnIn mine thought otherwise.
Certain u II. III nay opinion, ii was one of the
causes, sHco4d only To the shameful ueylect t
OF the authorities in not properly fortiiy ing
the coast, that ciused our defeat From
, these two causes We have the following re-
suit: the possession of Hatteras the key ot
] tue SOunG-the almost eutlre control OF the
SonAu-thc Tnad open 10 invasion at any mo-
mcAt-taptaiu Barron, Lieutenant Sharp,
} aHd about seven huu,iro or eight hundred
, gallant men prisoners, taken by the Aboli-
ton kangaroos; besides prolonging, in my
opiajon. the war Tor half year.