Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-11-22
NEWS FROM THE FLEET.
Complete Success Of Me' Expeditions
FsderalIosS Eight Men and one Officer
Utter ROm Of the Rebeb-Peyfect
Panic throughout the Country The
Negroes expect to be Liberated.

TdHec Wrou9h0M Me COnntry-Ih
Negroes expect to be Liberated.
BALTIMORE, Nov. IS. The steame
BienvilIe has just arrived at Old Poin
from the great expedition. She left Por
Royal on Sunday morning, and bring
cheering intelligence. She proceeds a
r once to New York, where she viii be du
morrow evening. Captain Steduan
however, left here and proceeds direct Il
Washington with dispatches and trophie
Two brass cannon and secession flag.
He reports that the gale encountered b.
the fleet was very severe.
The Union and Osceola went ashor
and were lost, as previously reported
The Governor foundered at sea, but lh'
Isaac I. Smith succeeded in saving al
her crew, with the exception Of few
marines.
The feet arrived at Port Royal or
Monday, the 4th inst Tuesday the
smaller gunboat sounded into the channel
under fire from the forts which did nc
damage. On Wednesday, the weathe.
prevented active operations, but on Thurs
day morning, 9TH inst, the men of war
and gunboats advanced to the attack.
The action commenced at 10, A. NJ,
and was holly carried on on both sides,
and lasted about four hours, at the end OF
which time the rebels were compelled by
the shower of shells TO abandon their
works and beat haSty retreat. Our loss
was eight men and one officer. The chiei
engineer Of the Mohican was killed, aud
about twenty wounded. The rebel los,
is not known. Finy-two bodies were
found by our men ard buried. All their
wounded except two were carried of,
Two forts were captured, Fort Walker,
on IiiIlon's Head, mounting 20 guns, and
Fort Beauregard on Bay point, mount
ing 10 guns. The gems were of heavy
caiber. The forts were both new and
splendid.
Earthworks of great strength, con-
structed in the highest style of military
science, and pronounced by our engineers
as impregnable against any assault by
land forces, have been erected The fl
nal retreat Of the rebels was a perfect |
rout. They left everything-arms and
of all kinds, even to the Off |
GERS swords and commissions, all the let
iers, both public and private, order books
and documents of all kinds were left in
heir flight, and fell ITO our hands, af
ording our officers much valuable infor-
nation.
Among the papers was a telegram from
Jeff. Davis to the commander OF the post
him of the sailing Of the fleet,
and that he knew their destination to be
Port Royal.
The whole surrounding country was
eizrd with perfect panic.
The day after the fight, the Seneca
md two other gunboats under the com
nsnd Of Lieut.. Ammen, proceeded up 10
Beaufort aud found but one white man
n the town, and he was drunk
All the plantations up the river seem
d to be deserted except by the negroes,
Who were seen in great numbers and who
5 the boats passed, came down to the
hore with bundles in their hands as if
expecting TO be taken off.
They seized all the letters in the post
flee at Beaufort
After the capture of the forts the
,hole army, about $4,000 men, were
aGely landed and established on shore.
Tue forts were but little injured, but
he rebels could not stand tke explosion
f our big shells.
The force of the enemy, as ascertain
d by their papers, was from 5000 to
900 men, under Grn. Drayton of South =
CAROLINA. Our victory is complete, the t
rbrIs leaving every thing but their lives, I
,hich they saved by running.
J. S. Bradford. of the Coast Survey. G
carer of dispatches, and Lieut.. r. II. a
Vyman, commanding the Pawuee, also q
rrived in the Birnville, and take the +,
pat to might for Baltimore. Il
The boats from the Wabash were the
rst TO land after the fight, aud Captain Il
ohn Rodgers was the first man on the :
lore. The boats returned loaded with |,
,luable trophies of all kinds one of I
ir officers finding an elegant cavalry /
word, with a solid silver hilt. Swords, .
stoIs, &c, we're scattered about in ev- b
y direction and in any quantity. But it
UT prisoners we're found and two of Fl
EN- were wounded. 4, "a
All hands connected with the fleet are =, -
presented as acting in the mos, gallant b,
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