Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-14

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TWO FORTS CAPTUREDI
Complete Victory

FoRrArs. MoSEoE, Nor. Il. Vi. Blur-
xoRE, Nov. 10 The Steamer BieaSille has
just arrived At Ola Poipt from the great "a .
pedilion She lett Port Royal SUNDAY
morning, snl brings cheering iatelEgeaer
She proceeds At once TO New York where
she will be due tomorrow evening. Capt.
SteainAu, however, len her al this .plSee
and proceeds dires 10 Washington with
dispatches, and trophies---two brass can.
non Rni secession days. He reports the
gale encountered Oy the feet TO have been
very severe,
The Union and OSceolA went ashore aad
were lost, as previously reported. The
Governor foualeEed At sea, bat the Isaac
I. Smith succeeded in saving all her crew
with the exception Of a few marines
The aect arrived at Por; Royal on Mon
day, the 9Th inst. Tuesday tie suAller
gunooats sounded and baoyed out the
channel under fire from the forts which
did no damage
Ua wednesday the weather preTeated ac-
tive operations, but on Thursday morning,
the 7th inst. the men.of-war and gunbOats
advanced 10 the attack
The action commenced at 10 \. VI and
was hoily carried on on both sides and
lasted about fOur hours, at the end Of
which time the rebels were compelled by
a shower Of shells 10 abandon their works
aud hyu, hAsiy retreat.
Oar loss was eight men and officers
The chief engineer OF the Michigan killed ,
and about twenty wounded. The rebel
loss was not known 90 bodies were found
by our men and buried, All their wound
ed except two, were carried Of
Two forts were captured: Fort Walker,
on Hilton Head, mounting 20 guns, aud
Fort Beauregard, on Bay Poiut, mounting
! 10 guns: The guns were Of heavy CAlibre.
They we're both new aud splendid earth.
works Of great strength constructed in
the highest style Of military science and
pronounced by our engineers us impregna-
bic against any assault by land forces.
The final retreat OF the rebels was per.
feet rou, They left everything, arms and
equipments of all kinds, even to the OH
GERS swords and commissions. All the
letters and papers-both public and pri-
vate--Order books, and documents of all
kinds, were left in their flight, aud fell in
to our hands, aiTording our officers much
valuable information. Among the papers
was telegram from JelT Davis To the com-
manaer OF the post, informing him Of the
sailing of the fleet, and that he knew their
destination to be Port Royal
QuerY--Who WAS the traitor2
The whole surrounding country was
seized with n perfect panic.
The day after the fight the Seneca and
two other gunboats under the command OF
Lieut., Amman, proceeded up to Beaufort
and found but one white man in the town,
and he was drunk; and the plantationRs
up the river seemed to be deserted, except
by the negroes who were seen in great
numbers, and who as the boats passed came
down to the shore with bundles in their
hands rs if expecting to be taken of.
They seized,all the letters in the Beaufort
post office, after the captureof the forts.
The whole army, about $4,000 men, were
safely landed and established on shore
The forts were but little injured bat the
rebels coud not stand the explosion of our
big shells.
The force Of the enemy, MS ascErtained
from their papers, was 5000 to 1000 men,
under Gen. DrAyton, Of South Carolina
Our victory is complete, the enemy leay-
ing everything but their lives, which they
saved by running.
j. L. Bradford, Of the coast survey, bear
or Of dispatches, and Lieut., p. II. wyman,
comm nding the Pawnee, also arrived in
the Benyille to take the boat tonight for
Baltimore.
The boa:s from the Wabash were the
first to land after the fight, and Capt Juo.
Rogers was the first man on shore.
Tho boats returned with valuable tro.
pixies Of all kinds.
One of our officers found an elegan,
=. cavalry sword with solid silver scabbard.
Swords, pistols, &c, &c, were scattered
about in every direction and in any guam
tity.
But four prisoners were found-two Of
them wounded
all hands connected with the feet are
represented as acting in the most gallan;
manner.
The reporters who accompanied the ex
petition return to New York in the Bien.
vile, with full particulars.
lPOr further particulars see Telegraph column.I
CARO-, Nov. I2.-The. Memphis APpsal
of the llth contains the following dis.
patch:
SAVANNAH, Nov. 9, via. New Orleans o.
The steamer Sampson has arrived from
Port Royal with the wounded from the en-
UaUoFnenL nj yestardav