Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-15
By T Ell e CRAP H.
ARRIVAL OF THE PONY EXPRESS.
News to September 18th.
VICTORY AT HATTERAS INLET,
Twenty-Five Cannon. roo Prisoners and
1000 stands of Arms captured--S2, 900
900 Rebel Property captured in New
York--Rebel Operations in Missouri.
DIAMOND SPRINGS STATION, !
22l miles East TT. Churchill.
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DIAMOND SPRINGS STATION.
22l miles East TT. Churchill
September 18TH
The Pony arrived at 9 P. NJ. with the fol-
lowing to the Union:
ST. JOSEPH, Sept 7th-We are entirely cut
off from all communication by railroad or
telegraph with the East, and unable to give
later dates than September ID Our city and
all the roads leading out are in possession Of
the rebels. When communication will be re
stored is impossible to conjecture
The folowingis the official report of the
Hatteras Inlet affair to the Secretary of the
Navy:
q have to inform you that we have been
eminenty successful all that could be wished
for by the most hopeful has been accom-
plshed We are taking aboard the Mime
sofa officers and men numbering Gil who
surrendered after from the fleet
during portion Of two days.
(Signed,) II. SrENGuAM,
Com. Blockading Squadron"
Articles of capitulation agreed to between
Commodore Strngham and General Butler.
aud the Confederate States Navy and Major
Andrews, commanding land forces at Font
HaSeras stipulate that the forces under said
Baron, Martin and Andrews, all munitions,
men and property be Internationally sur
rendered to the Government of the United
States; terms, full equalization, and that off
GERS and men shall receive the treatment of
prisoners of war.
The expedition to Hatteras Inlet resulted in
signal victory over the Rebels. The United
States forces captured two forts, twenty five
cannon enc thousand stands of arms and 10
prisoners, among them Captain Samuel Bar
ron, Lieutenant Sharp, and Dr. Brown, late
of the United States Navy, and Major An,
drews, late of the United States Army. The
loss on their side is not yet learned. Five are
known to be killed and number wounded,
many of whom were carried away Lieut..
Murdoch, late of the United States Army,
was among the number, with the loss of an
arm.
We have had no casualty OF consequence.
The surrender was unconditional 800 men
landed amid a heavy surf, when the man-of-
war hauled in andcommenced eannonade at
10 10 A. NJ. on 28th of August and kept it up
at intervals all day. Rcccmmenced on the
29th, with increased efforts The enemy at
tempted to land 100 men III the fort, but
were driven back. At III, they displayed
Che white flag and were forced to surrender
at discretion
number Of the leading fnanciers, includ-
ing the Presidents of some of the New York
Banks, now in the city, are urging the Presi-
dent for certain changes in the conduct of the
war. They propose that the Government
with an ample force cause the rebels to aban-
don their attack on Washington by making
counter attacks at various points south of the
State.
Department will not issue passes to any
body to pass from loyal into rebel States
since the passage through Louisville was
stopped The demand for passes has been
very large. Most of the applicants are wo-
men who have been living North
1t is stated that on the goth of August was
the time the rebels anticipated being in pos
session Of st. Louis.
The remains of General Lyon arrived at
New York at one o'clock p. N. August 2lst,
and were escorted by a guard of honor to
the City Hail, where they lay in state till
Monday afternoon, when they were conveyed
to Connecticut.
Forty thousand dollars belonging to tie
rebels was seized yesterday at the Park Bank.
Government has removed the Introduction
against the circulation of the journal of Com
merco over mail and express routes of tie
United States. 1t has changed hands
Surveyor Andrews seized, on the % inst,
at New York, 30 vessels owned wholly or
partially by Rebels, including s ships and 2
barks Others were TO be seized on the same
day The value of vessels seized was over
81 100000.
The steamer America, from Liverpool,
August % arrived off Farther Point Sept. .,
with two days later advices.
Among the papers received at the meeting
of the Social Science Congress in Dublin, was
one by Bugley, NJ. P, Manchester, entitled
"Cotton, Employment aud Food; without it
Famine and EXpatriation." He said manu-
factories expected to he able to command
supply of cotton to keep working toleraOly
regular until Spring. The crop was growing
in the Southern States, but the difficulty
would be TO obtain it. Miss Sarah Remond
read paper on American slayery-its in
fuence on Great Britain.
N. Chevalier, the celebrated French lead
err, denounced the Morrill, tariff as the child Of
disorders
The Times has bitter editorial on the
financial difficulties of the American Gov
eminent, and says the course pursued at
Washington throws into the shade all the
borrowing of England
ST.. JOSEPH, Sept. 4th.-Y esterday, the
Hannibal and St Joseph Rail Road Bridge
over Platte River, nine miles east of this city
was burned by the rebels, and the telegraph
wire cut. When the express train bound
West came up it was hurled over the embank-
ment and engine, tender. baggage and one
passenger car precipitated into the river