The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-11-13

I transports removed off the coast. Upol
arriving at suitable position, the guns o
the feet opened a continuous fire upor
Forts Walker and Beaufort, as we'll as up
on those of Bay Point Under cover O
this FIRE, an effort was made to run the
gauntlet of the batteries, which they did
! A number of the vessels passed through the
| fire from the shore batteries, with very tri-
| fling injury. AT least fifteen of these sue
ceeded in passing up beyond the reach oil
| the land batteries.
AS the Union feet sailed up, the Mosquito
feet of Tatnall opened FIRE, but seeing the
impossibiIity of making any resistance, soon
dispersed. Some were forced to run on
shore; others were driven up the inlets out
of sight.
Com. TatnalI went on shore with his men
to assist in working the batteries against
our vessels, which were endeavoring to fol-
low the advance of the others. The passage
of the feet through the channel was not ac-
cemplished until the firing had continued
from half-past nine o'clock in the morning
till nearly five in the evening.
One of the Union gun boats is believed to
have been burned, and three steamers disa-
bled.
1t is acknowledged by the enemy that
LQ6J QdQ ~ uGn hIAic0 III IOEb w dihcEt
but it is impossible to state what their loss
was at the other baueries-doubtless very
great, as our fire is said to have been very
effective, and the guns well aimed, and of
heavy calibre. No sooner did our vessels
go past the batteries at Port Royal entrance
and slide into what is termed Broad river,
than they made TO the mouth of the inlet,
leading to Beaufort, Savannah and Charles
ton. Here they Immediately blockaded,
though not in time to prevent the escape of
the small rebel vessels. Not one of the
federal vessels was sunk, and the only one
believed TO havs been destroyed by the FIRE,
was the one referred to above.
A dispatch dated Nov. T. to the Charles
ton Mercury, says that at that time the IN
ion forces were preparing to land, evidently
with the design of throwing up entrench-
ments and attacking the town We have
no means Of Knowing the exact loss of the
uaion forces, but the rebels confess their
owG firing was very bad, and that their ar
t!uerymen were badly Ia want of practice
They declare, moreover, that the guns in
the Forts were not poorly mounted.
The crew are said to have passed through
murderous fire, and another vessel which
they reached, with very little, if any, loss.
The Union vessels acted under special in
structions in blockading the entry, which
led to the most important points, and which
afforded loop holes of escape to the enemy.
While a portion of the feet entered upon
this duty, four ships made at once for
Beaufort, and at 3 o'clock on Thursday
these vessels were in sight of the town. 4
When Com. Tatnall went to assist the
men in the forts, he found that many of
their cannon were dismounted by their own |
To ho hal IL
attribute their defeat, and loudly call on |
the Confederate Government to End out /
where the blame rests
A Telegram which left Richmond Satur-
day last, stated that there was nothing par
ticularly important from the Southern |
Coast. II is evident from this, the rebel i
Government had prohibited further infor- /
nation from coming north of Richmond =
This implies they have suffered heavy de-
feat.
The Charleston Mercury of the 9th inst,
1The Yankees seem to have driven COM
Tatnalrs mosquito feet up the creeks, lead
ing to Savannah, and cut of all communi-
cation by water, with Charleston, by seal
ing up Scull Greek. Although the Yam
KEGS have effected as yet no landing, it is
evident they have made some progress, and
it behooves us to Immediately send such re-
as may be needed, to check |
any movements they may make towards
gaining even the smallest foothold upon I
our soil. If the invaders can take Charles
ton, with $4,000 men, let them, as we |
would be unworthy to possess it, and it |
will be fit memorial, laid in ashes, of our |
own Southern imbecility."
The following is a special dispatch to the |
Charleston Mercury:
"HENDERsoNvILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. !
November Z, 9 o'clock P.
The practice of our artillerists at Hilton's |
Head has been very bad, hence the success
ful passage of several of the enemy's men
of-war. Their transports are still outside.
Our loss thus far has been very slight, |
and the troops are in good heart. The fir |
ing of the Yankee war vessels was very
accurate. Hilton's Head and Bay Point, as
at first reported, received the brunt of the
attack Our failure to sink any of the YES
sails which passed our batteries, is owing to
the poor performance of the artillerists.
The enemy's ships which passed our bat
teries can be distinctly seen from Beaufort.
Forts Walker and Beauregard are still
firing. Our lines of communication are
completely cut off. Four ships are now in
sight, over the land, and mp as far as Scull
Greek. The enemy is now making prepa-
rations to land a large force at Hlltons
Head, either tonight or TO morrow morn
ing.