Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-11-07

Durlng the engagement all OF
the guns were spiked, but two,
which We're planted beyond the
camps at the foot Of the glacis of
the Fort. All the conlmissary's
stores were burnt, all camp equip-I
age, and several thousand dollars
with which the troops were soon
to be p&id, 25~of them taken pris-
oners, and without exagg ration at
least loo killed, Mayor Fodges is
among the prisoners, and another
very important parsonage it seems
for whom they had offered all Of
our pris@nersin exchange. Ihavel
forgotten his name,
Our loss is 81 killed, % wound
ed, 80 prisoners. Most of our
prisoners are responsible for their
unpleasant situation, having made
TIC fight 100 much Of q personal
matter. ard become detached from
their commands. The guard which
we pheeed around tie hospital did
not obey promptly tie bugle signal
FOR Feteoat, aud from them the list
5of prisoners " as swelied.
The retreat. began about 6 Il. NJ.
Colonel Anderson led his division
across the isl&ga and joined jack
son and Chalmers on the bay coast,
up which the march was continued
to Cur boats. 4 body of regulars
Geiu the Fort followed but had
not the ten.e!ity to get IN range,
and our troops were allowed to
is k.1d~ beat5 without f;riher
inolessation. z
(; After the. boats had pushed off
from shore, another body which
had issued from Fort Pickens ard
came down the Gulf side, (the way
Col. Anderson went upl fired INTO
them, wounding Gen. Anderson in
the arm. The battery left I'M
spiked near the Fort also fired four
rounds. Nobody hurt By them.
During tie eth flags If truce
passed between TIE parties. Our
wounded werercmoved to comfort
able quarters, and facts ascertained
which place it beyond doubt that
the number killed Of the enemy
was as have stated it.
] The face of the island is very
deceptive. Instead of being firm
and comparatively level, it is said
to be q continuous 9uagniire, with
occasional hills having PERCEPTIONS
bluffs down which cur men stun
bed and rolled, bringing up NEST
frequently in mud and water from
two to three feet deep-otherwise
forcing their way through brieIs
and bushes, where the rattlesnake
alone had ever claimed a home,
where the foot of man never be-
fore tro6, and where certainly it
ncUer xiii again. But if a repeti-
tion ever does occur, | hope viii
not be "np on Through" wv hen
next Billy Wilson runs arace, may
| he there 10 see"
As | remarked in the outset OF
this lengthy letter, / have recount
cd to YOU the details of the fight,
rs ! received them from the wound
ed who were in the engagement,
and from officers who were in ccn-
mand. Many eXaggerations are
afoat. Every fellow who returned
has spiked 40 cannon with his o,o,a
hands, scalpcd three or four Yam
KEGS, and covered himself with
glory generally, if we Gre TO be-
love their own version; but the
age we live in has many Jack Fall
stGfls, and very much fear that
, the number killed and captured to
sustain Individual pTewess. were
like honest Johns men in buckram,
Since the fight we are al in
clined to believe that we can soon
reduce Pickens, and the query arr
ses, why has not bombardment
opened at once in regard to what
We have done, cui bono? is asked,
unless we take advantage Of it.
Yet Bragg keeps his own counsel.
and we bow most humbly to his
better Judgment. The excitement
in camp has entirely died out
quiet reigns in Warsaw-and every,
one keeps the even tenor of his
way, waiting, like Mr. Macawber,
for something to turn up. Till
then adieul REDIvTvUs.
Prentice, of the Louisville Jour-
nal, is entitled to the infamy of the /
nilon-IOtr sfrcUacfio,a-