, 1861-09-02


The cficiaI r: eort ct the Hatteras Inlct aff.ir;
10 tAs ,ste'2t:'y Of the Nary:
has, 10 ,xuorm you that We have oee:s en-
Inc =: :taa. Al s*'ssat ce1ld - -.:+a*;s
by tie s,..at Acpee11 hae- oecn ac:onsa=ae5 ID
Ne are taking on board the Minnesota ofGcers
ard men musts1iug SIX hundred and fifteen,
~ho surrendered after the bombariment
fton The fllet during portion OF two days.
After landing tic prisoners st New York, I
slall return to Hampton.
S. H. S4RtSGuAN, Blockading Squadron.
Tie articles Of capitulation agreed Oh be- |
tween Commodore stringham and General /
Butler nnd Samne1 Barron, Commanding |
Naval force c, 8. H., Col. Martin and Major |
Andrews commanding land forces at Fort |
Hatteras, etipu!at thAt all the forces under !
SAID Barron, Martin and Andrews, and
all munitions, arms, men and property
| are Internationally surrendered to the Gov.
| crnment OF the United States, on terms Of full
| capltu.ation, and that the officers and men
| shall receive the treatment due prisoners Of
| war.
Another Official account says the expedition
| TO Ha:te1as Inlet resulted in signal victory
| over the rebels by the capture OF two forts,
| twenty-five cannon, one thousaad stand OF
arms, seven hundred aad fifty Prisoners
among whom is Capt. Sam1 Barron, Lieut.
Sharp, Dr.. Brown, late U. s. n, and Major
Andrews, late Z. s. 4 LOSS on their side not
| exactly knewn-Aye known to be killed aada
Lumber wounded, many Of whom were car
s;sd 2way. Lieut.. Murdoch, late e. s. n,
anoeg the number, with the lozs Ct an agn-
We have 10 casualty Of consequence. The
surrender was unconditional.
About three hundred men were landed
amid heavy sarf, when the mea.of-wer hauled
In and commenced eannonade at lois 4. NJ.
cn tile 28.h, and kept it up at intervals all day,
recommending cn the 10Th with Increased ef
feet The enemy attempted 10 land about
o1e hundred and fifty men, but were driven
back. At 11:30 they displayed e white flag
: ard were forced to surrender at discretion.
It is believed many Of the wounded, and
: perhaps all the killed, were sent On board
r.bel steamers in the Sound prior to the Co.
. p;tulaticp,
Gen. Butler has arrived il Washington. The
, news CT the victory caused unbounded joy.
. The result Of tie expedition is said to be OUT
: possession Of the entire North Carolina coast
r ! 1GAs kAkSi440A Haks 44-4ASA A3 @Af~AA[AA-e1
officers in connection with the Nary Depart
It ment before the meeting of the iast Congress
but had been delayed to the 26th. Among the
:, rapeEe captured WIS one from the late Aneri
can Consul at Rio Janero, Robert G. Scott
: giving List Of all vessels leaving OF to leaye
- that port during the month, with full de
j. scriptlon Of casgoes, &c. By this, rebsl p1iya
tkers knew when and where to look for them
Six named in the list were captured
|. BALTIMORE, Sep. 1.-Major R. SnoWden A
d dreEs, captured ut Hatterae, was an architec
Of fAis city. Many Of the prisoners were Bal
!. timoreans. Among the prizes is ship loade.
with cotton. It is rumored 3 member Of th
&c Sou, hern Csh:net was taken prisoner. Tn
e Harriet Lane got ashore and Tas obliged t.
" throw ove1toard gu1s and coal. The toodn
n thus obtained in North Carolina will be hei
o. sid Wilmington ultimately taken, TINS firm
- into the rebels rear.
d NEW ToRK, Sep. 1.-The 1ribune's specis
" J has the following additional particulars. Th
~ ~ feet arrived of Hattesas on Wednesday. Tw
I'd | forts have been erected by the rebels, coz
a. harding the mouth Of the inlet whie
y Commands the entrance to PimGe
to and Albema sounds which thus a!
en- ords connection with Virginia and the Sc
The forts replied to our incessant fire, b
without much damage After three hour
,al canuonadiDg the flag on Fort Clark wss hanlt
i1y down and the rebels retreated to the 9th
re re fort. Our land forces soon occupied Il
It It abandoned fort. hoiating the stars and strips
'm At 11s0 our shells were beginning to play
ass themagaz:ne, when the rebels ho:sted a Ehi
ba fac. General Butler refused acceding to n
Or terms except unconditional surrender, Wht
was at last accepted Barron delivered
sxcrd TO Com. stringham, aud the other o'
cers theirs to Gen. Butler. thousand sts
80. of arms, twelve cannon, three hundred kns
for sacks and q large quantity Of munitions ~
~ captured. Nobody on our side was hu
I'M -Four hundred rebels had reinforced the f
tho tbe night previous to theattack- Thuraday to
few noon steamers with Thousand rehsls
proached, bat were kept away by our force
Fort Clark
an Col Max Weber was placed IN eommant
MY Fort Hattezas, and Col Hawkins IN \
'p'7 Clstk. 4 portion Of the fest reEnslas tn