Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-11-13

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down.
Commodore rauhr nnd hls runtoa,N
disappeared Iu The t1iy pant of the en-
tbrcmpni llc sent "a few shuts toward.
,hc fleet. but as usual Ms boats were not
near enough 10 do us any injury Much
reg 1T is pxWpssed that neither Of our
usl steamers pursued aud captured the
Commodore lie would have been an IN
tcrcsting prisoner.
The stars ami Stripes once More
Raised on South Carolina Soil.
Now comes the most exciting event OF
the engagement the raising ulolt Of the
stars and stripes on the ramparls Of Fo; I
Walker Our men Ncie now on South
Carolina soil, and over their heads waved
the American flag, whose folds have not
lOated on the hrceze in the Palmetto
Stale since the fall of Fort Sumter Tho
cheers that uprose on he hosting oc this
lag were deaieniug, The stenlo!ian ring
ing OF human voices would nave drowned
the roar Of artillery. Tue cheer was ta-
Ken up man by man, ship by ship. regi-
ncUt 10y rsgiment. Such spontaneous
outi Grst o. suldjeriy enthusiasm never
greeted the ears OF Napoleon amid the
victories OF Marengo, Aus,crli2, or the
pyramids of the Nile The next morn
ing Fort Beauregard, on Bay Point. wa,
also occupied. aud several gunboa,s were
sent up 10 Beaufort, and The town was
found deserted.
4 TiSit 10 Tort Walker.
This fort, after its surrender, was placed
in charge OF Lieut.. Barnes, Of the Wab-
ash. who had been sent to shore with his
battalion, consisting Of seventy sailors
and fifty muline'. Sentinels were pacing
upon the parapets nd at the approaches
to the work, and piokets were stationed
about two hundred yards from the outer
limits, on the tluuis and ut the rear
Evidences of :he wild coniusion-nay, tho
abject terror--iu whch the rebels had
lett the fort were abundant everyN here.
There were twenty three guns in the
work, only three of which had been
dismounted by our fire, and not one Of
the remainder had been spiked. Several,
indeed were loaded, retdy for our men
to defend themselves in case they should
be attacked, while the magazines, of
which there were 3 in the fort, contained
ammunition enough to withstand q very
long siege.
The encampment, consisting Of about
eighty tents to the left OF the Notifications,
indicated, if anything more plainly than
the fort, how hurriedly its late occupau Is
had decamped. Most of the tents had
been undisturbed. Officers furniture,
uniforms and other clothing, dress swords.
small Stones, with here and there an
article which told that even in camp the
warriors had not been wholly bereft OF
the society Of their wives, mothers and
sisters, were left rs significant tel.-taes
of sudden departure. Over the meadows
10 whIch before alluded, were scattered
blankets, knGpsacks, (some of which,
singularly enough, were recognized as
those which had been cast away bv our
panic stricken troops at Bull Run. J
musk cts, bayonets, cartridge boxes, and a
few dead mules and broken vehiclcs-nct
camp wagons, but family carriages, which
had been used 10 carry away ths dead
and wounded.
The Damage Done--We Killed
Shocking Scenes.
There was plenty of estimony regarding Z
the destru ctiveness Of our ire-not alone
from the prisoners, of whom about twenty
fell into our hands but nlso froW the
very earth itself, where numerous deep
and long furrows, caused by ricochetting
shells, and fragments of jagged iron, in
countless qLantity, told mutcly and more
impressively.
Eight dead bodies, some shockingly
manged, were found within the fort. -
One was that OF Young officer, whose
legs had been shot away. There was
mangled arm in one place, half buried in
the sand, and in another, near where the
huge guns lay prone with their carriages
shattered, were mangled pieces of flesh
immersed in gore.
Some were found with their heads half
torn of, some with entrais spread for
yards around them, some with mangled
legs and arms, and with faces distorted
with pain ard horror Some lay prone on
the ground, with backs towards the
enemy, and others struck dead while in
peculiar poslures, as if calling and making
motions TO 9th rs. For two miles back
in The woods dead bodies were found OF
those killed by our shells. In a massive
bomb proof in Fort Walker was found
the dead body Of Surgeon Borst, formerly
OF the United States army. He had
doubtless retired to this place tor safety,
and II indeed seemed secure formed as it
was of massive walls ind strengthened by
great beams of wood. A large shell had
whizzed into the small room through the
sma! diagonal aperture, and struck
heavy piece of timbfr, tearing away the
supports aud tumbling down the wall
about his head. A splinter from the
fractured beam stru2k hlm upnn the head
killing him Instantly, just aS he had
thrown Up hiS hands 10 shelter himself
from the falling wall. HIS watch was
st, II keeping correct time in his pocket,
when Federal soldier pointed out the
fearful death.
PRtdging By the Troops.
As the Federal troops landed, they