Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-24

Interesting from the South.
The Sailing of the Nashville with
the Rebel Ministers Denied--The
Rebel Account OF the Battle Mt SAM
Ia Rosa Island--BrRve Conduct OF
Colonel Wilson and his ZOunyes--
Matters ut Fort Picl<ens--Rebel AC-
count OF the ChinSOteRgue Anair--
Scarcity of SaItpctre--SeriOus Ill
ness of General Wise, &c.
DENIAL OF THE SAILING OF THE NASHVILLE.
Some of our Southern exchanges an
nouncc the sailing from CharIeston-and
consequently The breaking of the blockade
of the Confederate States steamship Nash
willie for Europe, having on board Messrs.
Mason and Slidcll, our ministers to Eng
land ard France. We have the very best
authority for saying that the Nashville IS
still in Charleston hArbor, and our Minis
ters did not sail in that vessel.
THE BATTLE AT SANTA ROSA IsLAND-rmE
FIGHT COSTLY. ONE TO THE REBELS.
The Pensacola correspondent of the
Augusta (Ga.) Consututiondlist furnishes
the following hurried detail of the brill
liant Confederate success at Santa Rosa
Island:
CAMP STEVENS, PENSACOLA, Fla, I
Oct. 9th, 1861
At length we have had an opportunity
of being relieved from our state OF "maS-
terly inactivity" and of measuring arms
with tie enemy near this place.
During last night an expedition, COM
posed of detachmcnts of several GOnfeder-
ate companies and regiments, set out for
Santa Rosa Island for the purpose of
breaking up thc cucampment of the noto-
rious Billy Wilson and his celebrated Fire
Zoutves, who had taken a position on the
island.
EARLY in the evening Colonel jackson
visited our camp, and Informed us that he
required so from our regiment (the Fifth
Georgia) TO perform Il very important serv-
ice, twemty-Seven from the Clinch Rifles,
and nineteen from the Irish Volunteers
Every man who WAS willing to volunteer
was requested to shoulder arms, and every
man came to IL shoulder. The captains of
the companies were then requested to pick
out the required number, which was done.
These were taken from the Glinch Rifles.
Irish Volunteers, Cuthoert Rifles and Nc
Dulfie Rifles under command OF Lieutenant
HallOnquiSt, formerly of the United States
Army Lieut.. Day of the Clinch Rifles.
being the junior officer, whS Oh the left,
but tLat wing arrived too late to take part
in the action.
Col. jackson accompanied the expeGi-
ton and the entire force, which consisted
of about twelve hundred men, was under
command of Gen. Anderson.
About two O'Clock this morningwc land
ed on the island, and marched about five
miles through the enemy'S lines and into
his camp, which we completely destroyed,
burning up his tents, &C, and killing his
sentimels as we proceeded.
Tie Zouaces accrc takeR almost completely
= hon j
foughi desperately: at times, hoWeUer, hcy
acted rather coWardly, but, upon !he choic,
gaze as some pretty tcdrm lcork. We finally
succeeded in driving them into Fort Pick
ems, killing quite number of them, taking
some thirty or forty prisoners and IL lot Of
camp equpagc and other trophies.
Some of our men have brought AWAY
money, hats, caps, guns, swords, pistols,
and pieces OF Bily's standard.
Oar men acted with great GOODNESS anil
bravery, and, having accomplished the OBJ
ject Of our mission, we returned to the
mainland As we did so, we found that
the balance Of the regiment was advanc-
ing 10 reinforce us; but finding US coming
back, they also returned TO the camp.
Osr I0sv has been perY SeUerc. Among
the killed are Lieutenant l.. y. Nclms, OF
the McDuffie Rifles of Warrenton, and Aid
to Colonel jackson; Joseph d: Adams ana
Fred. Cooke, OF the ClInch klhcs' aud j.
Stanton, of the Irish Volunteers.
Among the wounded are the following:
n. Rice, OF the Clinch Tlties, shot in the
arm; VIM. II. Smith, of the same comla-
ny, shot in the shoulder; j. Ii. Harris, OF
the same company, shot on the right car.
| will send you the casualties IN the Irish
Volunteers as soon as can obtain thea.
4 I i
They have one Killed ana TWO wounded,
The Cllnch TITLES, iriSh Volunteers an"
McOnttic ltllIeS faced the front All tue time
james German, oil the IoiHhtecr'' cap
turcd one prisoner; ). .: larrIS' o. tne
Clinch Rifles, IS set down Tor Two oI Aoe
dead men and several others OF tue same,
and for burning the enemy camp ana
Provinder. The man VINO SGot no. NHlms was was,