Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-11-21
LATEST FROM THE VAR.
News from the Fleet.
MASSACRE AT GUYAND0TTE, Va.
Capture Of Mason and Slidell.
Movements of Gen. Price and McCulIoch.
THE FLEET GONE SOUTHWARK.
Disastrous Foraging Expedition.
Capture of so Wagons and 500
Oxen by the Rebels.
Movements OfGenD Price and McCulloch.
THE FLEET GONE SOUTHWARK.
Disastrous Foraging Expedition.
NEWS FROM THE FLEET.
FORTRESS MONROE. Nov. u. Isl

The steamer BelnYllIe has just arrived at
Old Point from the great expedition
She left Port Royal on Sunday and brings
cheering Intelligence. She proceeds at once
to New York where she will be due tomorrow
evening.
Capt Steednan, however, left her at this
place. and proceeds direct to Washington with
dispatches aud trophies-two brass cannon and
secession flags
He reports the gale encountered by the
feet to have been very severe. The Union
and OSceoia went ashore and were lost as pre-
Viousy reported
The Governor foundered at sea, but the
IsSac l. Smith succeeded in saving all her
crew with the exception of few marines The
feet arrived at Port Royal on Monday, the
4th inst
On Tuesday the smaller gun boats rounded
and buoyed out the channel under fire from
the forts which did no damage.
On Wednesday the weather prevented active
operations but on Thursday morning the 7th
the men Of-war aud gun-boatS advanced to the
attack
The action commenced at 10 ~. and was
hotly carried Oh on both sides aud 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 re-
treat.
Our loss was eight men and an officer.
TIE Chief Englueer of the Michigan was
killed, and about twenty wounded.
Rebel loss not known. Fifty bodies were
fonud by our men and were buried.
All their wounded except two were carried
off
Two forts were captured Fort Walker on
Hilton Head, mounting twenty three guns and
Fort Beauregard on Bay Point, mounting nine.
teen guns. The guns were of heavy calbre.
They were both new and splendid earthworks
Of great strength, constructed in the highest
style of military science and pronounced by our
Engineers as impreguable against any assault
by land forces
The final retreat of the rebels was perfect
route. They left everything arms, equip
ments of all kinds, even to the officers swords
and commissions
All the letters a0d papers, both public and
private, order hooks aud documents of all kinds,
were left IN their flight and fell into our hands
attOrdng our officers much valuable infOrma-
ton. Among the papers was telegram from
JEFF. Davis 10 the commander of the post, in
forming him of the sailing OF the feet and that
ne knew their destination to be Port Royal
(Query who was the tra or p
The whole surrounding country was seized
with perfact panic. The day after the fight
the Seneca aud Two other guuboats under the
command of Lieut.. Amman, proceeded up the
Beaufort, aud found but one white man in the
town, and he was drunk
All the plantations up the river seemed to
be deserted except by the negroes who were
seen in great numbers aud who as the boats
passed came down to the shore with bundles
in their hands as if expecting to be taken off
They seized all the letters in the post Office
at Beaufort.
After the capture of the forts the VIII ole
army about fifteen thousand men, were safely
landed and established on shore.
The forts were but little injured but the
rebels could not stand the explosion of our big
shells.
The force OF the enemy, as ascertained from
their papers was from three to four houSand
men under General Draytcn, of South Caro-
lima.
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 and Lieut. p. Il. Wyman, com
mandng the Pawuee also arrived in the Beln-
vile and take the boat tonight for 6altlmore
The boats from the Wabash were the drst
to land after the fight. and Capt John Roger:
Was the first man on shore
The boats returned loaded with valuable tro-
phies of all kinds One of our officers finding
an elegant cavalry sword with solid silver scab.
bard. Swords, pistols. sc, sc. were scatter
ed about in every direction and in any quanti-
ty.
But four prisoners were found, two of them
were wounded. All hands connected with the
expedition are represented as acting in the most
gallant manner.
The reporters who accompanied the expedi-
tioR return to New York in the BieuVille with
full details
CAPTURE OF MASON AND SIIDFLL