Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-25
Letter from a aWheeling Y -ln ii Boy.
some A ddl tjonaI Details COncernIng
the Capture of P0Et Royal, -
Battle GRoUSD. Huron HkAD, 5. @. ~

some A dltjonaI, Details COncernIng
81 the Capture Of Port Royal. -
BATTLE GRoUSD HIIfoN ItAD, $. O. ~
November llth, 1861. ! ~
Editors IDteiliJeEeer 1ss
s. TO.dRythe white tents of Uncle Samuel
'whiten the sacred soil of tho Palmetto
State. Tuesday hast, the noble fleet of 40
vessels arrived of Port Royal Inlet On
our voyage we encountered gaze and lost
one vessel, the Goyeruorwith 20men. She
was IL mere river boat, aud ventnred with
us that she mighthe used ns n transport To
l0hd as II was terrific night. The
whcIe sea looked as though fresh sparks
had fnIlentin rain,. and tue mast heads
were tipped, toe, with phosphoresCent light
Ever. md anon the heavens were a vast
blaYing yauIt. But the Ocean Queen rode
tIialwuterstR "a true monarch. The Winbp'd
Scott was not SO tortunnte.J The waves
tAltered in her bows, and the winds took
her tnRkts. She speung leak, and for bG
ilhprs all hands mRnned the pumps. Camp
ilpAge, army stores, guns, ammunition,
apsasks, were all lost Overboard,---
60th Pennsylvania regiment are now
s'aud theirsbraye endurance reYaTdf
( pya the plalilits of their comradesj1-
liie feathers DO not make fine birds III
aientenants in tile hour of her e1'
deserted TO another ship, come
tYing gangs on duty whieh,they
9inmandlpg in bGiliug. Ihope they
their reward. On Thursday tue
Heet WAS again collected and proposal for
action. This day we saw q great many sen
hogs, ugly and lubberly; they attracted n
great deal of attention. II was supposed
that they were the lineal descendants of the
swine into which e.devils entered.
Friday morning the men-o zssdh opened
the bombardmenf. On each sideo of the bay,
some al miles wide, the seSesh were
strongly fortified, Between these batter
rs the. Wabash, flag ship, moved steadily
ppf Some one suggests Iolin O.. Heenah
W6l ing into the ring. Soon all seen is h
mdE 81 white cloud With the lightning of
qln10n flushing out. The storm Of battle
Wandered ai iy for four hours, from 10 q.
y. till 2, II. was,a most mo exciting
scene. grand even a-sublimity. Ntne gun.
boats and two, pnen-of-war, the flag ship
range was over one mile, Every hour the
noble Vessels hauled in, and the battle
grew hotter. AT last Commodore Dupont.
says, II will touch muzzlc to muzzle but
they shall submit" They run ia to the
terrible rapge. Of 500 pards, Now indsed'
they, catchft. Every moment bundreds Uf
shells descend upon tie panic and death
stricken rebels, There is no escape.
Here, there, everywhere they burst and fiy.
Houses demolished, cannon dismohnted,
trees smashed as .pipestems, the beach
ploughed up for miles and covered with
iron fragments, sodom and GomorrAhs
destTpctfnn isihe only parallel tofthe hery
rain of death. The rout is complete -
Leaving cannon loaded, others with ram.
mer or swab nndrawn from the gun they
tiy. From the boats the exulting taFs. sec
a tumultuods crowded mas pressing back
across theislaud, If they fre hundreds of
the dead aud dying viii strew CORY path;
but here is the climax Of their glory. Not u
gun was fred The. American sailor
can, be brave and merGiful as well, The
marines Iand, aud soon the rag of the
Southern asisteeraey trails In the dirt, aud
our whole copntrY's banner dies to the
breeze. Before Saturday morning light.
15, 900 OF our sgqy and gallahef boys hre
ashore. Every one is, of course, wild with
the victory. The sight Is one. in a life
time. Gold watehssl MONEY, uniforms,
tents, knapsaeks, gans, pistols, and woln-
:ded soldiers, are met With NJ every turn
10 dead werein Que fort. The enemy were
.fearf1lly entrenehed. Over 30 guns were
taken on each shore, unspiked. The forts
wors trenchad aud palisaded, all complete.
Their guns could mot be. Depressed to hit
the ships at the short range, or they would