The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-14

In reference TO the men-of. war. the Is,a,
Smith, most efficient and well armed vessel O
the class purchased, but not intended 20 oncoun.
Ter such sea and wind, hti to throw her f1rmila
bic battery ONCrbuait t. Keep from foundenn q
but, thus rcliovol. Lieutenant commanding
NWhOlson was cnal n to 20 10 the assistance
7 OF the chartered steamer Governor, then In
very dangerous condition, and on board Of which
was our fine battalion Of marines, under Majol
Reynolds. They were finally rescued by Capt
Ringgold, in the Sabine, under di1icilt cir UNI
stances, toon after which the Governor went
| down. believe that seven of the marines were
drowned hy their own imprudrncc. Lieutenant.
commanding NiChOlsOna conduct in the I,aaC
Smith has met my wan commentators. The
Pccil,ss transport, in sinking condition,
was met by the Molican, commander Gordon,
and all the people ON hoard, twcnty-six in mum
her, were saved under very peculiar circum-
stances, in which service LicuJcnm' H. w.
Miller was very iayorhbly no.iccl by his COM
mandcr.
On passing Charleston, sent in the Sincca,
! Lieut. commanding Amncn, to dir ct Capt.
Iardncr 10 join me with the steamer Sus Iuo-
hanna Of Port Royal without delay.
On Mouiay, ut o'clock in the morning, I
anchored OF the bar with some twrnty-ivc vcs-
s,ls in company with mlny moro hcdying in
| sight
The Department Is awat, thai al the ails to
| navigation Ia b,cr removed, an III, bar lies
ten miles s,awnid, with me- t,liur,son The shore
! line with sufficient prominence TO make any
/ hearing rUlall'. But to thr sk II of ypnntn
! der pt,i-, the 'lrct captain anil Mr B)itullc,
! the allie assistant Of tL. Cot. Survey, ~
! thtrl' vt the steamer VIXEN, thu rhtuurl Wa
/ Immediately 'Hun'. sounded VA. AMI bloycl.
! ~ three o'clock | received t,.urius,. from
| I ptaIu DAVIS tia cuull scnl 'orN ,rl the
! q .h.tr Transports. thb-c under ct-h.ttn feet,
/ " IN all .., .Juhults, which wa, imm sla.cy
! j.uy, All fore dun thy wor, srclrtly nn-
! yhvr i On thu rrldst,ti 81 Iu-I ROYAL, \. g.
| The .url tets almos inmclh.,ly ul mol th1ir
lait,tir- ION two or three rchrl steam ,rS, un-
| der Conn tyrn lHtr.ll, Instantly ,hIsins him
| under the shelter OF the lat rti,- T. IN, morn
| iu.', Com. John Rul.,ct-, oI the a. s. steam r
| lal, temporarily ON board Ibis ship, an Irti.
! a. NV giai, accompanied Ri. ,icr e Uornl
| Nn, hit in tho l"'Hnoit OtaNa. Lieutenant
| commanding Steven, anl Supported bv the
/ Srrrca, licutcnrn. COnmludng Nicholson,
malca rCoonnoi,auc' in force, and drew the fir,
Of The hatlcri,, on II ON Head and Bly Point
| sicichtly to show INA the fort tic IiOns were
woih Of strength, Iil sricu'i irily constructed.
IN the evening OF Mon lay, C,p'. Davis AMI
| Mr. Houtoll reported water enough for he Wa
bash TO venture in.
The rosIon. .hlitv Of hizarlng 30 noble n
irHale was not a Light one, over a prolonged
bar ri over two miles. There was hut foot or
two Of water to sIarc, and The fall and rise of
the Tide Is such that ii shc hm grounded she
would have sustained most serious injury from
strlnling, if no, totally los. Too much, how.
ever, was Mt state to hesitate, aud the result
WAS cutIuly s.cc, sslul.
On the morning Of Tuesday the Wabash
crossed the bar followed closely by tho frigalc
Srsquyhnnna, the Atlantic, Van lrrLilt and
other transports OF deep draft running through
that portion Of the llnoi already in. The safe
Iassagc Of this great ship over The bar was hail
ed with gratiiyiug cheers from the crowded YES
scls. We anchored and Immediately 90 nmonc,d
f.ftf tl.su A. q
| planting the huuya, particularly on he ii,hu,
| rip adang'rOus shoal W. had to ayoil r'n lcfel
! tho hour late, before it WAS possible to leave
win the auarkn. squadron.
In our anxiety to get the outline Of the fort,
| before dark, We stool in too near these sho.l,
and the ship grounded. by the time she was
! gotten OIL, il wa too late, IN my judgment to
| proceed, and made signal To- Tho squadron to
anchor out of gunshot from the enemy. To-Day
, the wind blow, u gale from III. sou Eward and
westward, AMI the attack is unavoilablv post-
pon,d.
have the honor TO be, Sir,
Respectfully, your obcdicnt servant,
I. ;. DuroNr, Flag Officer,
Commanding South Atlantic Blocluding
| Squadron.
| 'I'uNp OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM CoSMo-
puRE DUPONT.
| We aprrrd Commodore Dupont's concluding
account OF the engng, mcnt:
Play snip WoJdsh, or MI,on Hcat
:, T"rt hotdl ia boz, NoUeDIbfr :, 1861. I
s.gr,'iy Il the y w. wasllnrton:
Sill have the honor to inform YOU tha.
| yesterday attacked the batteries of the enemy
on Bay Point and Hilton Head, and forts Walk
er ana liaaurcgIrd, and succeeded in silencing
them after an engagement of four hours duri-
ton, aud driving away tn, squadron of rebel
steamers under Commander TatnIl The re-
oonnolsanc' Of Yesterday made us satisfied with
The superiority Of fort Walker, and to that
directed my especial efforts. engaging il mt n
distance OF light hundred, ami afterwards at
six hundred yaris. u tn plans of at
tack brought the squadron sufficiently near
Tort Bcaurrgud to receive its irr, and the
ships were frequently fighting th' batteries on
both sil,s at TIC same tim', The action was
begun ON nay purt 81 % minutes after . and AT
hal. PAS, the Amcrc m ensign WITS hUis,ed ON
The flagstaff Of Tort Walker aut thi morning
at surrisc on tha Of Fort BcArcgarl. The
defeat Of the enemy terminated in utter rout
and confusion. Their quarters and carimp-
mcnts were abandoned without an attempt 10
| carry away either public or private property
| Tho ground over which thry He'd was e,rcwn
with the arms ol private soldiers, and the olli-
| ccTs retired In loo much haste to submit to the
encun,hrancc of their swords. Landing my
| marines and = company of sclmcn, | took pos
session J the deserted ground, AMI held tho
| forts On Milton Head till The arrival of Gen.
Sherman, TO whom had the honor to transfer
their command
have the honor to lie, very respectfully,
Your ohedical servant,
). T. DcroNr
| flag OhicDr commanding
South Atlantic blochadinC squadron.
| OPTICAL 1ISl UF THE kIILEp AND WOUNDED
The following is the official dispatch Of Com
| modore Dupont giving l,t oil the killed aud
wounded:
Fac Sur WABASH,
| on Hilton Head. Port ROYAL. :
November <, 1861. }
| Hos. GlnroS WEILEss
SiT-l have the honor to report the follow
int casual les m hc action Of yesterday in the
capture OF the batteries at Hilton Head AMI Blv
I Point:
WAuAsu-Killcd one, Thomas Jackson, cox
| swain, captain ul a gun. slightly wounded two,
Alfred llcrn-hy, seaman, aud WIN. Wall, sea-
man.
SusQrruANNAH-K Killed two, John p. CLARK.
| orderly Sergeant, and VIM Price second coal
HEAVIER, Wounded seriously on, Slmucl L.
Smart. Wounded slightly two, Patrick Dwvcr
and Samuel Ilobrook second grade.
PAwNrE-killcd two, John Kelly, orderly
sergeant, and VIM, II. Fitzhugh, first class boy.
Wounded slightly three, Alfred Washburnc,
masters mate JOcob House, ordinary scauln,
and Patrick Quinn, ordinary seaman.
MuUCAN--killed one, john 4. Wiuom0rc
third assistant engineer, Wounded seriously
three W. TOmpson, Isaac Scyburn, acting m -
ter and sherman B.scom, ordinary seamln.
Wounded slightly four Mlylmd Cuthbert
third assistant engineer; John o. Pittmnn,
masters mate John W, Townsend, ordinary
seaman, and Charles Browne, ordinary seaman.
BlENNIII.E-killcd two, Patrick Michigan
and Alexander Clnmbcr- Wounded SLIGHTLY