The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-03

| but little breeze, but O heavy SWELL ieit ny .'o '
which has been blowing with violence the past Ten
days made the ship roll and pitch ia STYLE Nothing un
usual occurred during the night We dropped the large
iga,es out of sight at twelve o'clock but the Mon'ceo
tho Adelaide, Geo. Peabody and the Pawnee, sailingm
single line the above order, continued in sight 70 the
lceward all night and this morning they st hold their
At twenty minutes Of this morning we mace
the long, low, sandy beach Of Cape Haatoras vb IN
lowered the lighthouse. The weatl or oH the cape was
and is SO far, all we could WISH
ferhaps before we get through with bur work
we may have taste OF the storuv character of this
coast iorgo' 70 me- ou that before we reached the
~ W. at bore down to a strangepropeler,
49,, =, ~, blue jack at the mizzen peak, we dis
-, A.. N English corvette, probably one OF the
-, EFT TO waters, bound south.
ed The rendezvous Of the feet, little south Of
.scras, at eight A. NJ, and found there tho gun
~ Aontcello and the transports Adelaide and George
Sody, their decks covered with troops who anxiously
sarcd 10 be landed and led against the enemy The
ravnce steamed in shortly afterwards with Captain
1Arneds company Of artillery At that time had not
seen anything of the flagship Minnesota or the Wabash
and it was apparent to all that nothing was likely
to be done that day. After steamlng around
little, sail was deserted to the eastward,
which proved TO be the rigate Cumberland Captain
ston and which was towed to the rendezvous by the
AttaCnlng
SNIP the Monticello ran OF and brought 10 schooner
under English colors, beating of the coast She WAS
amined and allowed to depart. We towed the Cumber-
land TO the southland OF the Cape While proceeding to
tho rendezvous, We discovered steamer coming OF
Hatteras Inlet and directing her down the coast
at as fast rate steam could propel her We
able to give chase and the Monticello was then clear north
Of u.s. running towards the Minnesota and Wabash which
had just come in sight. This unfortunate, as the
steamer was one Of the prvateers which had preyed
| upon our commerce, and we wanted her badly.
TIE Minnesota and Wabash arrived at the rendezvous
at three O'Clock 7. NJ. The feet then to anchor
ready to respond 10 the Commodore's sgnal-To be
hand early In the morning."
saw General Butler and on the quarter deck of
the Minnesota, and quite number Of other officers, who
had come to take part in the performances of the
row AS close my account Of todays proceedings, We
lay rocking about ten miles from Hatteras Inlet
rounded by the fleet. The weather is fair, and gives
| promise OF glorious morrow.
| OFF HATYxaAs INLET, N. c., August %, 1851.
| This has been a busy and exciting day We were al
aroused at daybreak to prepare for operations. The
morning clear and pleasant with slight breeze and
| a sea rs smooth as mllpond On board the flagship
flew the general signal for oil ships to within hail
Some sailboats and the smaller ships bore down and
received their orders from the Commodore regard
their respective duties When bore down were
ordered to speak the Adelaide and Peabody and request
! them to follow the Monticello while the Pawnce
| was to attend to the covering Of the troops in
the front and General Butler and staff here came
! On board. We steamed slowly down towards the low
sandy beach, dotted here and there the seaside with
dead trees that seemed TO have been blasted by the ter
rife war Of elements waged about them, and thinly
covered the back side by scrub oaks that seemed to
have found little nurimcnt the sterile SOIL and pre-
senting one Of the most desoate pictures one could
imagine This beach, stretching from Cape Hatteras in
souhwescry direction where the breakers crash and roll
to Halteras Inlet fifteen miles distant was fringed with
the white foam of the surf that beats eternay ire.
sstiby upon it. Here to be landing place. A
spotabout three miles distant from the inlet marked by
the wreck Of some huge vessel selected US aording
the safest point for debarkation. The two dsmasted
schooners had brought we're loaded with troops
and towed near tho wreck aud anchored aud the two
iron surf boats, with other boats from The squadron
filled with soldiers began to land the The surf was
very high and tho aebarkation was attended with the
greatest danger The iron surf boats CARRYING each a
company OF men, entered the surf. and, narrowly es
Gaping capsize, were thrown up the beach, the surf
| rolling in torrents over their serns. The men were
obliged tn jump into the water, waist deep, and wade
ashore, many OF them being wet all cutter from
the Pawnee landed safely, returned to the schooner took
OH board another load OF men, but entering the surf
again was swampcd and all on board barely escaped
drowning II was found impossible get the iron surf
boats out again and every boat that Went swanped
and crushed by the surf With the above exception the
lawnee cutter in command of Lieut.. Blue boat that
was sent IN returned After landing about two hundred
y men, consisting Of Capt Jardine's company from the
| Tenth New York; detachment from the Twentieth New
! York, under command of Col Weber, Lieut. Col Weiss
and the Adiutant portion of tho Naval Brigade under
capt Nixon company Of regulars, under Capt Larnod
and Lieut. -: detachment Of marines feon the Min
! nesota, with a howitzer, which placed under the
command of Lieut. Blue, Of the Pawnec who had landed
with some sailors from the latter ship all efforts land
more were given up as IL was an utter mpossbty with
! such boats As we had at our command.
While the troops We're landing and forming
nand OF Colonel Weber the Harriet Lane Monticello and
Pawee were shell in the woods to the right aud
LETT OF them and in their rear, TO drive any of the
! enemy that might BIO there. Meanwhile the Minnesota
and Wabash the latter having III the Cumberland
steamed down towards the inlet took their positions
at long range OK from sand battery at its mouth At
| ten O'Clock the Wabash fred shell from her
| eleven inch gun forward, which seemed to strike
| In or near the battery, throwing mp the sand
in clouds and afterwards bursting with terrific force
with detonation deeper and nearly heavy the re
port OF the gun Itself This quickly followed by
second and third heavy gun and the shells could be
bursting high above the battery leaving white balloon
like cloud Of SMOKE and sending their fragments like hail
upon them below Immediately the Minnesota opened
fire. followed nstantaneously by the Cumberland the re.
ports oil the guns following in quick succession and the
shells exploding in, near and above the battery It'll the
atmosphere dense with sonkc, III battery itself
hiddcn from our view. With glass could plainly
the white pus of smoke that denoted the bursting she'll
at the battery, and as the wind would sometimes drift
away the blue vail that obscured md covered the shps
and battery could the shell tearing through the
ramparts OF the battery, and bursting with terrific
IN it, The scene presented, while all the frigates
pouring scorching fire of shot and shell upon battery
was such as Is seldom Witnessed The lightning CLEAN of
the guns they hurled the death dealing shot, the sharp
heavy report OF the explosion the hum OF the shell and
the whz of the shot, followed by clouds of dust and
loud explosions when the shells scattered their deadly
fragments ABOUT tnem ana occasionally the sharp
OF guns returning Gre frcm the fort All this beighie
ed by the dense blue smoke that dred clouds before
us made up such scene before witnessed
On this coast. After the cannonading had been going on
about two hours the steam frigate Susqnehanna came in
from sea, dropped her boats asern and Joined in the
fray. she took position the left of the line and
fred her heavy guns with great effect Te Cumberland
was next on the right and delivered her nine and eleven
inch shell with rapdity and precision. The Wabash oc
cupyng position between the flagship Minnesota and
the Cumberland, kept up hot Are did the Aacs
For one hour longer the four ships mounting seventy
six heavy guns in broadsde showered upon the battery
SHE'LL and the fort ceased firing, and abandoned BY
the enemy.
About this time party Of men, cons kting as have
since learned, Of Lieut. Col Weiss twentieth New York;
and Lieutenant Johnson of the Naval Brigade entered
the fort and raised the Stars and Stripes but as no at
tenton paid to it by the Feet, and the shells came
| in SO uncomfortaby hot, they were obliged TO
| retire from it, leaving the flag proudly way
| ing. A long time after the enemy had ceased to
give us gun the firing our part ceased
and the Commodore, thinking that the rebels had been
driven out, ordered the Monticello follow up the adj
of troops along the beach and protect them &c
fire should be opened upon them AS she advanced to-
wards the inlet the troops entered and occupied the
vacant battery and again the Stars Stripos we're
hoistcd and oaed it would SEEM triumphanly in tho
breeze.
larger and much stronger fort, displaying no flag
perfectly silent, and to all appear perfectly vacant
stood the the battery which covore