Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-11-21

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! POST OFFICE AT BEAUFORT SEIZED.
THE ARMY SAFELY LANDED
THE FORTS BUT LITTLE INJURED.
! THE VICTORY COMPLETE.
lNNUMERABLE TROPHIES TAKEN.
FORTRESS MONROE. Nov. IL.
The steamer Beinvile has just arrived at
Old point from the greet expedition.
She left Port Royal on Sunday and brings
cheering Intelligence. She proceeds at once
to New York where she will be due TO- NOR
row evening,
Capt. Steedman, however, left her at this
/ place, and proceeds direct TO Wash gton
with dispatches and trophies-two brass can
non and secession Aaes.
lie reports the gale encountered by the
feet to have been very severe. The Union
and Osceola weot ashore and were lost as
previously reported.
The Governor f0uHdered at sea. but the
Isaac T. Smith succeeded in saving all her
crew with the exception of n few marines
The feet arrived at Port Royal ON Monday,
the 4th inst.
On Tuesday the smaller gun boats rounded
and bouyed out the channel under a fire
from the forts which did no manage
On Wednesday the weather prevented ac-
tive operations, Tut on Thursday morning
the 7th the men of.war ard gun boats aivsn-
ced TO the attack.
The action commenced at 10 a. m. and
was hotly carried Oh both sides and lasted
about four hours. At the end of which time
the rebels were comlelled by the shower of
shells to abandon their works aud heat a
hasty retreat.
Our loss was eight men and an officer.
The Chief Engineer Of the Michigan was
killed, and about twenty wounded.
Rebel loss not known. Fifty bodies were
found by our men and were buried.
All their wounded except two were carried
off
Two forts were CAPTURED Walker on
Hilton Head, mounting twentY-three guns
and Fort Beauregard on Bay Point, mount
ing nineteen guns. The guns were Of heavy
calibre, They were both new and splendid
earthworks of great strength. constructed in
the highest style of military science and pro-
nourced by cur Engineers as impregnible
against any assault by land forces.
The final retreat of the rebels was perfect
route They left everything, arms, equip
ments of oil kinds, even 20 the officers words
| and commissions.
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, afiording our officers much
valuable information. Among the papers
was telegram fro11 Jeff Davis to the com.
mander of The post, Informing him of the
! sailing OF the feet and that he knew their
destination to be Pors Royal. (Query who
was the traitor
| The whole surrounding country was seized
With perfect anic. The day after the fight
the Seneca and two other gunbouts under the
command of Lieut. Amman, proceeded up
the Beaufort, and found but one white man
in the town, and he was drunk.
be deserted except by the negroes who were
seen in great numbers and who rs the boats
passed came down to the shore with bundles
in Il cir ands as if expecting TO be taken IF
They seized all the let ers in the post ofSce
at Beaufort.
After the capture of the forts the whole
army about fifteen thausaui men, were safe
ly landed and established on shore.
The forts we're but little injured, hut the
rebels could not stand the explosion of our
big shells.
The force OF the en7my. as ascertained
! frt m their papers was from three to four
thousand men undsr Gen. dray:on, of South
! Corolina.
Our victory is complete the enemy leaving
everything but their lives, which they saved
by running.
j S. Bradford of the Coast Survey, bearer
of dispatches aud Lieut., P. IL Wyman. ccm-
mandiag the Pawnee, also arrived in the
Beinviile and take the boat tonight for Bali
timore.
The boats from the Wabash were the first
TO land after the fight, ard Capt. John Rog-
ers was the first man on shore.
The boats returned loaded with valuable
trophies of all kinds. One of our officers
finding an elegant cavalry sword with solid
| silver scabbard. Swords. pistols, &C.. &C.,
were scat cred about in every direction and
in any quantity.
But four prisoners were found, two of them
were wounded. All hands connected with
the expidition are represented as acting IN
the mcst gallant manner.
The reporters who accompanied the expe-
dition return to New York in the Beinviils
with fall details.