St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-12-05

Y.e.s..s [" 27&'s lsss.g
in req.is;a ,assts; When aSs ships Rad
all passed their >battery inl lsafety for the
first time. and had "pcppfyed them we'll"
and*hnd all got off withoW apparent inju.
~, the astonishuent was great, and the
universal suppression began to prevail that
there was some mistake. -" "sro aIs3 n;
e For the SECOND. time ,hs .tlsst came
steaming down FIR the second time they
poured in thst- terrible fre,-sdismantl;as
the guns, shattering the buildings, and
stretching in death numbers of their men;
aud for the second time the feet parsed
on in safety, showing not The Htl;shtest
,sisn= q 'tof ahy Intention Of going 70 the
-b"By this time,;i ! rev element began to
mingle With the feelings ooflthe Rebel gay
r:son. With astonshmsnt and wonder
that'theJ had not yet sunk any Of the op-
posing vess"ls. oesap to ndngle a tlarge,' a
very larxe proportion ofjdoubt,; whesi.er
they could do it. ~ 't"i ~ >1ptji19stus
u Without paying moro attention. to- the
barking of tho battery at Fort Bsaure -aId,
on Bay Point, than to pitch them au 'occa-
siouai shot merely to ietrthem know they
were not 'fors01eh, for ithe tbfd time the
feet rounded their circular track, and came
slowly down to pay their respeets again
"gain was the whole fire Of the fort con
csntratcd. on :thi Wabash, and afterwar,1
in turn On each one OF The ship ae they
passed in fiery procession before The
shore, delivering with the utppst ,cootncss
aud the most, exYct precision their murder
GUS fire, running cen nearer than before,
firing more eifectuaily than ever, and again
steanlins away unharmed, and turning the
l,ointcf for still another round: s;,ur oj
The utul,st CONSERVATION now took full
possesxivI of the rebels, and IN an uncon-
trollable panic they fed with the utmost
precipitation. The panic at Bull Run was
not more complete indeed, net half 90
much SO, for the rebels in their mortal ter
ror; ran for the woods. without stopping
for anything whatever: They :1elt in
their tents hundreds of dollars Of money,
goll watches, costly swords, and. other
vsluablss, showing that their fear was ,in-
ccntrollable and complete. .,.. :.:,:..,y
The. fight, was observed FIRST from the lit
tly euuboat Mercury, was communicated
to thc, flagship, and was immediately TEL
eyraphcd to all the feet. = 80: .:::-.,1 III
cG Capt. John Rogers, ,inow the commander
ef,thc sloop: Of wnr Flag; who had been on
board the Wabash, acting as aid to Flag
Officer Dupont during the fight, was It
once sent oil shore in boat with 4. dag of
t,uce TO ASCERTAIN if the fight was real or a
feint., He found the; fort entirely deserted
and Immediately with his o~a hand ran
up the Stars. and Stripes on the ramparts
AZ precisely 3 o'clock p III: Of Thursday
Nov. Z 1851, the american lag was plant.
ed in south Caroliaa, on South Carolina
fort, fpr the first time since it was hauled
down at the dissraceful capture Of For,
Suniptsr. " ..'
Tie thousands Of men transports Wit
messed the event with frantic delight, anG
hailed the flag with ehesrs that, seemed
to have no Limit. either. in number OF ir
enthusiasm, and in less than Eve mi, .ntei
half u dozen brass bands on =thc;' various
decks were filing the rebel air with the
joyous, ;triumphaus, - and 4nnaccusto,ned
strains. Of; ':SAhe Star; Sppaaaaesled Sppaaael Banner
and, ~ ankee Doodle.
|. '':rhe' action listed exactly i've hours
5from'tbe 9minutetof firing the first shot te
5she ansta7t IF running up the dagj z5Io.tt
Preparations were now, instantly made
70 laud oour troops. tha: the place might be
uiediatsly and efficiently s;arri.ou4d
and :;ecured against d 'recaptdre.' The I'll
Connecticut Regiment we're *ep.barked il
~ large boats, which little aeet Mas towet
as near the shore as. practicable by. .,th,
steamer .Wir field Scott, when; they were
pulled near to the beac;n BY The icarsmen
and the me"; numbering !, ,046; sprang' in
to the' wateraup :uothcirt hi psy and .witl
load cheers va. led ashore and took posses
hlon Of the Pace. tIhey were followeJ b,
the rest ii: the First Brigade, under thu
c.'nln'ard ,of Geh. Wright! 1'ickcts were
thrown oat that same night for miles IL
every feasible tdireetion,u - double guard.
were set, and every precaution taken
T%ett vas Ssss little need; ' however, y1 oi
50 much caution, forthe enemy had desert,
ed iii such q panic that the: idea Of return
could never have occurred 10 .them, Ihei.
tents were LETT stendiag, aud they had lcfi
intksirt hurried dep4astqse, sessEythieis mot
actually upon their persons. The tents
were. filled With ,elothing.; arms, ioedg bed,
ding, aud everything usually pertaining ii to
. camp. In some Of the, tents were tables
with everything laid for dinaet, and cev,
cred With abouatitulsapply Of coid meats,
bread, biscuit, ETC., and ii snadry bottles
and demJehns we're certain liquid eG2mfort.
th.t caused special rejoic!ngs 70 'hs hs. he.rt,
of the CantOr1, {