The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-10-12
Important from Hattcras.
THE CAPTURE OF THE FANNY.
H,TTrR TvIrT. Oct I

ltATTERAS INLET, Oct. |.
left i'll the steamer Fanny at A. NJ. for
Chickamacomic or Loggcrhcad Inlet; arriv-
ing there at o clock. p. Nj. We anchored
i'll about eight feet water and waited there
for two hours and a half before we got COM
munication from the shore. They then
fetched flat boat off and loaded her with
an assorted cargo of stores, tents, etc.
When the boat had showed off and got about
twothirds of the way on shore we saw Il
steamboat to the westward about p. NJ,
which proved to be one of the enemy She
was standing to cut off our retreat, and in Il
short time two more appeared stcamng
directly for us. The first one then stood
and commenced firing upon lis, and as soon
as the other two came up they did the same.
we returned thclr IRE with nlne shots otrlk'
ing one OF the boats IN the bow.
lhen Capt Hart, OF the 10th Indiana Reg
iheht, suggested Us to surrender, saying that
II was no use lighting against such odds, and
requested us to hoist the white flag. The
mate OF the boat and few soldiers turned to
ana threw overheard some thirty cases OF
ammuhi'ioh' ana capt. Hart forbid them
throwing any more overheard. We likewise
requested the Sergeant Mayor to throw the
cannon overheard, which he refused to do,
Sayius It would be worse for them ii they
were taken prisoners
Capt. Hart then requested the chain to be
slipped ana the boat run ashore. The white
ag was then hoiSted, and the crew of the
BOAT lett Ill their boats. We cndcavorcd to
get boats to carry on the Fanny, but could
not 90 so. 10 the best OF my opinion they
hau plenty OF tlme' rom our arrival to that
OF me enemy noa'S TO nave got everything
on shofe from the fanny' II sufficient boats
nae man oeeh employed III inc transportation OF
.he stores SO thil we cou'd nave destroyed
| .he Fanny before she should nave fallen INTO
"a. !'Ia'I ", '''u we 'e'' ''te'e aoo",
' aT,.,, = w., IN canoe, ana arrived
"ei' "'ou' eio'N' a. NJ; Oh the -ho INST
a. IL. MORRISON
MASTER Oh steamer rahhy.
FORTRESS MONROE, Oct S-via Baltimore.
The United States steam trgate Susqnehnnna
has arrived from llatteraS Inlet, bringing
most interesting Intelligence.
1he day after the capture OF the Fanny by
the rebels, the Ceres and Pufnum, having one
| OF the launches OF the Susqnshannn III tow,
went up to Chicamicomico and landed seven
days provisions, returning the same evening
| without having seen anything of the rebels.
| On Friday, however, word reached Hat
teras Inlet, by the Stars and Stripes, that 1900
| rebels, consisting of IL Georgia, South Caro-
lima, and Virginia regiment, had come over
from the main land in six small steamers
and schooncrs. with flat boats, and had
attacked the Indiana Regiment, which was
Obliged to retreat
The Susqnehanna and Monticello steamed up
outside, while Colonel Hawkins marched up
with SIX companies, and reached Hattcras
, Light by nightlall, a distance of thirteen
miles, and during the night Colonel Hawkins
was joined by the Twentieth Indiana Rcgi-
ment, who had passed in the darkness large
| body of the rebels landed for the uurposc of
cutting them of.
Colonel Brown reported loss of so men
as prisoners, comprising his sick and woun.
ded, and 70 men out on picket duty who
could not be recalled. lie succeeded in
saving his tents provisions. &c.
On Saturday morning the Monticello
steamed around the cape, and few miles up
the coast met the rebels marching down the
narrow neck of land to attack our troops.-
The rebel steamers were also landing men
to co operate with them.
They were in an easy range, and the Mon
ticeiio opened upon them with shells of five
second fuses, 2lo of which were fired from
three guns in three hours and thirty minutes.
doing great execution.
The rebels at first tried to shelter themscl-
YES behind u sand.hifl, snd then in narrow
copse, but soon broke in every direction, and
took refuge on their vessels.
A shell passed through the wheel. house of
the steamer Fannv which was already
employed against US. 1t is supposed TINT
their loss must have reached between 200
and 800 in killed and wounded.
During the engagement, "a member of the
Indiana regiment who had been taken pri,
soner, managed to break the rome with which