St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-12-05
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Have lot seourcd mcmentoes Of thS setiona
n.esc dt Icss valuable. ss2ss ss5s3 Issp,1 yrd
The rad til. Rebels took Was 'stttew.t
FIR mile@ With iaask kets,j knspaaeks, 'bln-
kcts, 1eat.ridg boxes, and other valdableS
chat they4hbd thtoxn away intheis' dig gbs9
riley had 9retreatedg gacr,ss ksaislxDdotS
Seabrsck: q distanccscf half1a dozen n1,sess
where they toet the boat for Savsnnasr;sad
Eten the wharf at ,Seabreok waso sirs@u
with valuahlcs, carried even so otar| ind
abandoned .ai the last n,n',,ent. sNhs; tndepi
who' were il charge off'this foto, audt~d1
eertainiy fought mort gaIia"dy: ~crs1Shs
18th Regiment; IF -Sourh Carroll ua I:lpat
teers, under Col: Jones. and the 9th, Sou1h
Carolina Volunteers; co.nll,auded by' 4hI
Haywood, and a battalion ,of German iAn
tihsry' under Coll Wasener Theyhad1 ia
the fort aSoutl 300 men in, sll--.4,.tusb
TO serve III 31*hsreuqs in che most sefbcisnt
manner. They had also field .b&tter5
with 500 troops stationed at POINT 1
short Gisthnce above tHiltoar Head, swhere
they anticipated our transpt;rts xoujd;un-
dertakc to send troops to at,eniptd. sashk
movement for the resistance, ot ltA|RnsSa
sOa:the oppositeaide1of the erjverItheYfhsd
100 incn.. IT. iGipnot' be, depndi 1hs.t4hE,
inesistance was.aD R3lait astthe fhh ttanic
.was co'irpkte Z hut tue hirdsst feb.iu snr
'thcRebel side ixasan ,dopehyItHe tiehm.n
;Artilhrya athey beingtAeaast tos3cs1d thu,
fort, hichA Ahet did not: do Iuntal dongI.1-
ter the gteaterjpartof thsiynlnot Ps'mete,
.:Chivairy'A bnd5GaKcni TO the woods topsaes
their; precious necks..o1ya5u bus 7olEGW
They had spiked but ooe;a,m; almost. .rai-
nable riAcd cannon, whiolp -tdrey t teai Bora
riiy iisxhfed with 1tsteet lsmke ,isldehc Gu,
with :di&eulty he -e1tracedo sThoseth,r
guns Mcre,! alosto oft themj tcnlnmbiadA,ef
the very iargestsihs, l3Q*pouullets, ,and Of
the mast admirable, finish, ,obeing the finest
and latest producti6no Of: the Tredegar
Works, Rchmnnd ,andt fully equal to soy
guns owned by thn North. I! There wsse
20 o6 these guns ius the fort. -, sii:, 10
oaT hc' Drti6catioa H. tbf most admirable
roustructioB, ses;dently l,ladped aud built
under the superibtandenae,ofIa thorough
iy. able engineer, and s0ae Of the strong
est works Of f<he, kind in the whole. eoun.
try Under the efhcientsommand Gen.
Sherman, the. force here: is ample .for, prov
| cut amergencies.:.s IL 10 seao4xa oat
The whole Of the military force waa ppt
}ashorcGas. rap:dly as possible, and met with
no hiedracoe whatever ,s4sibio< IL =!
The fate of the Hilton Head Foit deei>
ded, as we Anticipated, TIE hts q: the Force
on-the opposite side Vt the river. u. The two
batteaies were that aig ght abaudonsd with
out further struesle;; and atsdaylight in
the morning the Stars and Stripes Aoated
over both the two points and St: Philips
island: ,a:or
The works there were two well.con-
strdcted earthvosks,, the one on. key Point
mounting 2l j:heayy!!eoluuliads, and The
other mounting four celudabiads.badrsdi
! When our men took possession oa. Bay
Point, they :;discoveredI Iaa,,s characteristic
trick Of the enemy, which MOST luckily
|ifailed TO succeed. & Ebei~Secessipn., :fnS
l:s.as'5 hauled psrty down, aud the halsards
were eonaecteaqwith ,aniineebious, peze4s-
siou-eap apparatus; 50, &rransed. that .:tae
Fcomplete hauling idowp7of the 1ae .prld
Eexplodes the eap,swhichavas: .iatenaslbto
fignite ia train of powder seohn.eeijn9 Hrh
tho powder magazine ARy,sbnaIupf esRn
accidents "a: quantity, OF, csaa4s wsso thrpvn
oYdr part. Of tie t,4ih; of .pexders sp that
thoughtth the cap, exploded and Grea asnart
! Of the powder, aud ble4 M aEneighbekEiing
hoase, it did. not comn unicater With Iahe
magaztues, and littlct har.. WAS done. I'D
These three batteries are amply sufIi-
cfekt Is protect tie harbdt asam5t any
but such another Immense naval fuccs u
has once sabdued them; ana may; be con-
sidere4 imPregnable against any power tho
tRsbels can at present oohimsll T.
7 we to,k few prisoner, aboat IS in
$9s ef 'hns. ~ ssie ssa 81 ;s'se sis js'' sAt
TbeyII VI, Informed uael}, S th.. hiplvy
had given his promise . trinx dqxsRat 5000
! men on Tqesday night TO- rvpsl. theAI, Y{aqn'
kee iny4dders, BIT d;a aet ken n R5easc:
Had heb b. done p. ]. i ~ "a ealx t,.nlt xqlqll
have been apq increase cf Che Rebel sliuSh-
| jt,r, for: no tpch, foice, could have long Held
oqt against tho hail Of relthat; ~ xa. pal'r-
LED! ia the devoted, place, ,,Mprs ,Mea
would haze been Of p snse ip The fort, ]or
there, we're AN, ahundance +: :t;lly; man
and well handle all tbe guns, n; lol shs fro
from owe M ships s would ualldl Rl' hRlAye rpyeted; tho
debarkst!oP ot oar a5i troops who would sh9ss
far outn,im bercl We sKshel t91cc., c.,n,~na
Among the ,.''ls! spoil .re a04 pp.keti, T..
e9mp,sx '!s;,! s''sf 3 saq!Rasa ef Iss''Af.'s'