Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-14
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FohTRn69 MDMnoE, Now X2r--Iho Btphm9E
BientiiIe lbs Ihst arrived q Old Poipt IRON ~
Great Expadi3on. n Rt bh. Mfi7
She ISft Hott Royal on Sunday moiping, And
brings cheering intelligence, Capt steedmanl
however. left her at shis place and proceeds dl'
pbies-tWo .brass cannon and secession hsgs
He repori the gale encountered BY the feet
was very severe. The Union and Osceola went
ashore and were lost as previously reported. -
The Governor fouldersd at SEQ, but the Isaac
4. Smith succeeded in saving all her crew with
the exoeptioh ~ o few marines. 5Ys gr -fs
The deet artited at Port Royal on Monday,
the 4th. On Tuesday the smaller gunboats
rounded In the channel under FIRE from the
|forts which did no damage On Wednesday
the weather pfevented active operations, but on
Thutsday nothing, the 9Th inst, the nen-of-
war and the gunboata advanced to the at
tack.
The action commenced at ten Am. !, and was
hotly contested on both -sides and lasted about
four hours, st the end Of which time the rebels
were compelled BY the shower Of shells to aban-
don their works and beat a hasty retreat. 1il
K Our loss was eight men and one officer, the
chief eugineerof the Mohioan, killed, and about
twenty wounded. Rebel loss unknown. Fifty
two bodies were found by our men and buried.
All their wounded except two were carried of.
Two forts were captured, Fort Walker, on
Hilton Head, mounting twenty three guns, and
Fort Beauregard, on Boy Point, mounting nine
teen guns and Of heavy calibre. The forts were
both new and splendid earthworks of great
strength, constructed In the highest style of
military science, and pronounced by our engi.
heefs as impregnabler against any assault BY
land forces.
!, The final retreat of, the rebels was perfect
rout They left everything, arms and equip
ments OF all kinds, even to the oflcers' swords
and commissions; all the letters and papers,
both public>and private, order books, and docu-
ments Of oil Kinds, affording our officers much
valuable information. Among the papers was
telegram from JEFF. Davis to the commander
of the post, Informing him Of the sailing Of the
feet and that he knew their destination to be
Port Royal. ---.------,----
The whole surrounding country was seized
with q perfect panic. rFt ruy ta
70 The day after the fight the Seneca and two
gunboats proceeded to Beaufort aud found but
one white man in the town, and he drunk. All
the plantations up the river seemed TO be desert
ed except by the negroes, who were seen Ia
great numbers. and who, as the boat passed,
came down tOthe shore with bundles in their
hands as If they expected to be taken of.
They seized all the letters in the POetOffice.
After the capture of the forts the whole army,
about fifteen Thousand men, were safely landed
and established on shore. fr1rr7 -
The forts were but little injured, but the
rebels could not stand the explosion of our big
shells.
The force Of the enemy, as ascertained from
their papers, was four thousand men, under Gen.
Drayton, Of South Carolina. ,aiiiA
Our victory Is complete, the rebels leaving
everything but their lives, which they saved By
running. But four persons were found, and two
of them were wounded. ,sAll hands Of the feet
Iare represented as acting in the most gallant
manner.
The reporters who accompanied the expedi.
tion from New York, are on the Bienville with
full details. ~ ,ss15qet ,8Ggl3- -s.lsre9
New YoRK, Nov. l3.--The Tribune's specia
from Fortress Monroe says the entire fee,
TO med In two grand lines for the fight Tn,
Wabash led, and the Bienville hanked th,
movement, which was In circle, first deliver
| ing broadsides into Fort Beauregard, on th,
north west, and, as the feet came round, rakiDI
Fort Walker, on the southwest Both forts re
sponded vigorously coo tLE.lIt5t
4 The Pawnee and Mohican got aground anC
were considerably damaged. = 70 lSs4 yiL5 g.
The rebel loss is supposed to be two hundred
General Drayton commanded at Fort w alker
and COL Elliott at Fort Beauregard. g hc5-.,r
i. The rebels retired across Scull creek to vii
lage twenty-five miles In the interior, where i
10 supposed they intend making a stand.
The negroes had already began TO pillage ant
Edestroy Beaufort The white population fed d
Charleston by small steamers by the insid
tlroute. " ~ ~ bod v e5tf 7H ~
eEa General Sherman has hundreds of negro la
Iborers.
| There was a panic at Savannah, and It wa
believed its capture would be easy.
!. II is understood Sherman will improve th
defenses Of his positionsbefose making any ior
tward movement. s,a.i san bs5s. Ii. :. 20 .
In the forts was founaaa large supply of am
munition and stores ofsthe best description. a.
Z. Commodore Dupont will immediateiy surve,
4 the harbor, place buoys, and erect lights. Thu
position will be made perrrauent base of .op
erations, , .,..,. 'l1 !, {, &C. SCI 4 - p. =
The feet stood within eight hundred or one
thousand feet of the forts using fiye-second
fuses, and poured shells into them at the rate Of
two thousand per hour. .,s. t...i, 1I.s
Not single shell sent by the rebels burst in
the ships. The Wabash was struck several
times, as was most Of the. feet, but. every shIr
was In fighting condition when the rebels took
to their heels!qgia issb5sa rad z1olisi = .bns 1
The Surgeon of Forg Walker lwia killed. =
AT Charleston next day thirteen minute guns
were fred indicating the burial ofay Brigaaier-
General. - -,.r- - ,-~sl,-- - -
=. The troops had not occupied Beaufort wher
the steamer left, being better engaged Ii
STRENGTHENING their position.
r BALTIMORE, Nov. 13.-From an officer ius
come up, we gather the following additions
particulars; TX
None Of our vessels were sunk. The Paw
nee lost six men killed.and two wounded, ant
suffered more injury than any other, but was moi
disabled, A round shotiwert through her ware
room. The Wabash had her main mast badl,
hurt with round shot. The Pocahontas had one
man injured. The Assistant Surgeon of the
Mohican was badly wounded and the Chief Sur
| geon killed. fs*
When our troops took possession of the fort
they found the flag flying on the fort on Hilton
Head. The. rebels had mined the works ant
fixed the halyards cf the Aag so that when thu
flag should be drawn down the mine would bt
sprung. The halyards sprung @ mine in thu
house used by the officers, but did very littI,
damage and hurt no one. The magazines die
not explode. A large quantity of powder wa
found, also large amount of English ammunl
ton and prOjectiles.
Il4 From the Upper Potomac.
I DARNisRowN, Nov. 9s--An arrival from w est
ern Virginia brings dates from Manassas to tn,
18th Oct. 'n Vtr's!i ~ ~ t'4Fll eI y