Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-09-04


This gallant expls7s vii Gss fzil % sis1.a
ase the Fsg1lAzs and Fesaateers 10 grezEer
zehieEsmeat-
ticBs are iE1IsTssEzzsse 10 Iaasntaia she iuter-
est. hGaoF. and hzEaae iasassssisas q t;ee
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By comm and Of Major General wool.
CEARLEs CHURCHILL
Capt Sd Artillery, Acting Adj Gen
L. 8 CHARTERED S7EAvEz ApxrarpE
August 3lst. 1861.
SIR: have 10 report that the expedition
IL Cape HatterAs Inlet has resulted IN sig
nal victory ever the rebels. the capture 0f Ew1
forts, > cannon, .>Js4 stand II arms, and IL
prisoners. amongst whCa are capt. Samuel
BAFEcu- Lieut. Sharp. and Or. ysEt u.
Brown, al late OF ;ae [. ). Nary. and Ma
tor Andrews, and other ofieers. late Uf the L.
). Army.
The amount Of loss on thsir side j. rot ex-
setly knowa- Five are aseertaiaai 70 have
bean buried. and eiesxa gouy4Jed are on board
this vessel Many others were carried avyav
Lieut.. MuriOugh, late If the L. ) NAVY. Is
a-uoGg the number with the loss of an arm
We met With ID casualty II any Consequence
w.!ztsTer. The surrender was unconditional
For ali particulars. / beg TO refer to the re-
Ports u 3ag 71eer S.las IL Striagham aui
Major Genera. BENJAMIN +. Butler
Although Ea= steamers Adelaide arl Geo
P5ab58y we're chartered fJg oth-r especial
service, yet = furthe. important operations,
! consented u take the troops On b1ar3 from
N-EpyE: News ard Fortress Nanrgz. rias
hundred men. with aEms. rruTisi.os. and
munitions q var. a73 .andet part of them.
about th-as hundred. am5is; : Lszvv surf.
until The boat. Ilt-i All became uua44nass-
able.
The men of war haaled in and cga.nsaeet
q heavy eannoaaie a. j-Ij A. " On the 18th.
and kept it Up 81 iDt=rvaI. al day. rcc1m-
m=ncing q tle 9th 4. SI5 With increased
effect. The eaemy's raintDrcemants eH344T-
grei 70 land, and 90 or 800 men were
driven back, and a. II 30 they displayed
flag q truce, and we're forced II surrender at
discretion. On the appearance oF the white
tag / steamed into the Inlet. AMI laid behind
the font ready u throw the remaining troops
ashore, either N case 0f a commencement sr
cessation Ct h3st.3ti=s. The Geo. Peabody.
Lieut.. Lowry, did the same. At the surr=n-
der we afze.ate1 in the ceremonies. after
which the prisoners wera brought T. this res
SCI, and next day. the 3Uth inst. placed them
3n beard the Minnesota, which vessel sailed
az go 2. u. FOR E-w York and We left frr
Annapolis will Major General Bu;!-r, L. ;
Array, ami the wounded prisoners
l hope ny endsa7ors in the case may meet
yo1E tuil appreciation, and beg 10 recommend
y your consideration the conduct II Lieut.
Commanding r. 3. Lowry. associated with
me IN this wark, and placed in charge IF the +
George Peabody q DR.. Wa. " King. L.
Nary, waO volunteered f5r the expedite n .
have also received valuable assistance from
mg corps Of piipts, and from DR.. c. SteIl- .
wagon and James FORSYTH, who acted In the
place e Junior oficeFs.
am, respectfully, yoar obe4ient servant.
H. ). SrELLwAGEN Com.
T. Hon. GIDEaS NELLEs,
Secretary If tie Navy.
The prisoners have been taken t. New
YORK. Later alriees represent eight killed,
and twenty fye xaUuied.
Among TIE p4Para captured was e-py Of
= paper fFDga the late american consul 1t
RiJ, Robert 9. Scyts. giving 4 list nf all iise
vessels leaving or u leave that p.srt lGring =
month, wigh = fail description "f ril,ir ear
gees ami destinations. Is thi> inf,Fuaaiipn
the Ee;sei Frivnts-sss knew ia-; v hen aaI
where T. i.9k f5F ti.a ycssaIs. and six named
ia tire lit have Ue-a captured.
THe report If I:s@iF Ell gineer- in-cIii-f .ysl~
also among tie E,4s-sss it states thar lll the
good guns az Norfolk are expended. and al~a
he amount Of their fuses. SyEae hand made
caps were found.
Dnring tine pas. week reports haze been
rre'alent here and ci-eNEerr, based un al
g! Q-iTat@ accounts. II disasters T. Gen
raj Rr>encraa~. bat It j. certain that tie
Var department AzS no such information.