The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1861-09-07
From the New FORK H srald Of Sunday.
Full ParticuIors OF the Capsmre a
Fort H0aeer0S.

From the New York Herald Of Sunday.
Full Parstcniars OF the Capture Q
Fort Haaseras.
A splendid and decisive blow has bee
struck on the coast Of North Carolina b
the combined naval aud land forces of th
Cnion. which surpasses in importance any
thing ye. accomplished against the enemy
"A p'ratical nest, long the terror of th.
merchant. has been effecsually broken ~
aud destroyed. Victory has crowned ou1
flag. Your special correspondent has Chi,
moment arrived from the scene of contest
at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. which he
left Friday afternoon, with Gen. Butler and
staff, ia the steamer Adelaide. under CON-
msnd Of Commander H. 8. Stillwagen, u.
S. n. touching for short time at Fortress
Monroe, thence to Annapolis and Washing
ton.
The expedition. consisting of the frigates
Minnesota. Commodore Stringham in com
mand Of the expedition: Wabash, Captain
Mercer; the gun boats Pawnee. Captain
Rowan; Monticello. Commander ellis. and
the Harriet Lane. Captain Fannce; with the
transports Adelaide and George Peabody.
conveying troops to the number Of about
thousand, left Fortress Monroe last Mon.
day, and reached the rendezvous off Hat
1880 Ah'~', hieoch LucS U6lD" cape nat
tsras On Tuesday morning, the Minnesota
and Wabash coming in in the afternoon.
and the Cumberland joined the feet the
same day.
Preparations were Immediately made to
land the troops the following morning. at
which time the transports ran near the
peach, two miles north Of the Inlet, and
covered by the Monticello, Harriet Lane
and Pawnee. About three hundred men
were landed through heavy surf, the force
consisting Of Captain Larned's company of
regular artillery. Capt. Jardine's company
Sth New I ork, two companies Of the 1ath
New York. with Colonel Weber and Lieut..
Col Heiss; detachment Of marines from
tne frigates. under the command Of Majors ]
doughty and Shuttleworth. and a detach.
ment of sailors from the Pawnee, under (
Lieutenants Crosby and Blue, with Drs.
King and Jones. s
!he gunboats swept the beach and neigh
'orng copse OF scrub oaks. All the boats A
'eing swsmped and bilged in the surf. no
more men could be thrown ashore. Mean. OF
'hiie. the Minnesota and Wabash-the lat ne
y with the Cumberland in tow-steamed
p to the front Of one Of the rebel batteries =
nd took their position At long range.
An ten O'Clock. the Wabash fred the first HI
un. the l1-inch shell striking nesr the ul
s'tery. which was Of sand. covered with pa
'rf and mounting five long thirty-two's. in
antIy returned the FIRE, the shot falling Ja
'ore. The Minnesota and Cumberland w
opened fire. and rained nine
ID ll-inch she'll into and about il. The the
9 was terrific. and soon the battery's re- wa
onses were few and far between, save out
hen the frigates suspended fire for . while Th'
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No damage was sustained by our ships. fro
ID when they again took their position the try
was intensely hot. the shell
'opping in the enemy's works or falling on the
e ramparts, exploding in death-dealing ado
sgments. and carrying death and destruc- clio
IN with them. The small wooden struc- no
res about the fort were torn and perfora- tlol
d with flying shells clio
At eleven o'clock the immense flag staff for
as shot away. and the rebel flag came
,wn, but the FIRE was still continued by at
.sm. wit
At twelve O'Clock the Susquehanna steam
in: and dropping her boats s'tern. opened res
- wss ;,cassapt And tha Air was alive onl
th the hum and explosion Of flying shell; pea
i the enemy did not return the fire with mac
Y regularity. the battery being too hot abr
: them, from the explosion of shells that 1
oppsd in at the rate of above half dozen star
minute. i'sn
The enemy ceased firing a little before wit
70, and after few more shells had been
rown in the Commodore signaled 10 cease $40
ing. a
The troops had meantime advanced to ane
thin a short distance Of the fort, and be- es''
70 we ceased firing some of our men got
and raised the stars and stripes Inc par
80 10, g.. tho o,.p hut the flag vor
~. C,,sv.;, Rsn;amin old
veares. of the Pawnee's first cutter. stood eve
. 80. ,;r,a On tho r.mpsrts waving the the
" amid a fight of shells. 90,
When the firing ceased the fort was oc- La
pied in force and held afterwards.
The Monticello had proceeded ahead OF me
. land force to protect them. ard had POI
ached the Inlet when large fort. OF a. cen
tason shape. to The rear and right Of the the
nsli battery, mounting ten thirty two's and sho
ur eight-inch guns, which had I'll then
ZEN silent, opened on her with eight guns. bs
short range. At the same instant she his
4 aground and stuck fast, the enemy no
uring in a fire hot and heavy. which the die
on,icello replied to with shell sharply sen
,r fifty minutes she held her own. and au'
ally getting off the ground she came out. ait
wing been shot through and through oy .ae
ven eiyht-inch she'll, one going below the ne
alter line She fred 6fty-h shell In Tn.
" minutes, and partially silenced the bat tn
ry. She withdrew At dusk tor repairs, I'M
it'll one or two men slightly bruised, but I'M
,ne killed or wounded. Mi
The escape Of the vessel and crew was
iraculous Until this time We supposed fe'
q day was ours but the unexpected open res
q Of the large battery rather changed the
pect of affairs Things did not look cheer en-
I =, as,L We had men ashore who
ere probably in need of provisions. and IN
Use OF a night attack no assistance could be
mt ,hsm from the Harriet Lane.
As We lay close in shore we saw the bright an
ivouac fires on the beach, with groups Of -.
len ahout than. The night PASSED with.