The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-06

II had have received the ten inch colum
n'ad, we could have damaged them o me on
their last visit three days since.
We now have two privaksrs In this bar.
OCT, besides the war steamer Wtrslow. The
Gordon, OF Charleston, Os plain lockwood
armed with three guns, is a niue large steam .
brig is1en with three hundred and sixty hogs
heads of mola.ses. We have also a saucv
looking little pilot schooner, tue Florida.
mounting one six Founder rifle cannon She
captured prize two Gays ves, took her
crew out, and sent her In with her own IA an
Unt'ed States Government steamer rave
chass 20 the prixs, aud they were cbiised 4,
beech Der near Nag's BAD. She Of co arse d
q tot IL loss.
Major W. BnvKRHour Tnoxrsos.
Chief Eng. N. Dept Ceast Dsfsnes.
HEapa'Hs EHe,SnRa's DErAnrxssr.
Fort Hatteras, July 90 1851
Thomas III. Alien, Esq, Asst Enetnssr,
Dear sir The folio wing are yonr inst,,,
ti9ns tor the Execution of the work A. Fer,
oia'k, which You are hereby dirsc led TO cary
our mteraiiy. Inc work Is TO be construc TED
IN all RESPECTS, a. indicated upon thu Man
ana explained TO you from time to t,ms tn.
broken line enclosing the gorge of tina vork n
is important to bestow care upon. in o-der
ina. inc porapet may not exceed fve feet be
superior slope OF the gorge being six feet hori.
zontal to one foot vertical. The entrancs 70
tne tort Will be through the gorge, as poin ted
ouo anis morning; 1t will be seven feet wide,
slope as you can make the ma terial stand nv
using the sod, As IN The rivetment Of the In .
terror slope. The opening will DO protected by
a traverse, allowing passage between 1t and
the interior slope OF seven feet The ton OF
the traverse will slope outwards In the M ma
manner as The superior slope of the paraper
At the gorge. and be provided with a .imiiar
banquette on its interior fate
FIRST erect the Tnagaz ne and bomb rroof
and then The traveTBes, as shown uDon ths
drawing, binding the material throuphcut =,
every foot OF elevation by brush of proper di
mentions, in order that they may stand as
ceariy vertical ss poss;b;a. These will De fit.
teen rect wide on ms bottom, aud battered so
as TO have Width at top OF seven and a halt
70 eight feet, and seven TO eigh. feet hjsn.
quette VIII rise to within four and a half feet
OF tbs Interior crest. 1t ehouid be two feat
wide on top, and sodded.
Seoald n steamer arrive from Norfolk with
guns ana oaIooste Carriages, take cut eleven
guns--fhree eiSk: inch shell guns ana sigh.
heavy SO pouLdeIs. Should tho l0.ipch Co.
lumbiad arrive from Fort Macon hays Il
landed and taken into For: Hatteras, it will
oscnpy tne pan coupe facing the en,ampment
aud the sea front. The eieht-inch shell gun
taxing the plaza Of one Of the heavy thirty.
twos. Yours, respec tfuiiy,
Maj. BRvRRKour THoxpsox.
Chief Eng'r N. Opt. Coast
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF TIE sonBAxpxsyr.
A correspondent OF the New York Herald
who was on board Of the Harriet Lsne dnripr
the engagement, gives the following not men
toned in the Official report
AT ten o clock the Wabash fired thu nr.+
gun, the eleven inch shell striking near ths
battery and bursting with tremendous forcc.
Inc battery, which was OF sand, co vered wi th
turf ana mounting I'VE long thirty two. in :
SANITY returned the fire, the shot fsilir~
short The Minnesota and cumberland immss
d,atsly opened fire and raiped nine and eIaven .
men smell into and about it. The re was ter.
INC, and soon the battery's responses were
few and far between, save when tho f-;ns tes
suspended Ere Tor while to get now Gosi
tion, Unea the eEemy's fire was most sr.rjt.
ed. 0PAAs'
No damage was sustained nv our sb;ns and
When they again took Their position. the can :.
nonadlng was intensely hot, the shells dron-
ping In the enemy's works or falling On the
ramparts, exploding In death dealing frae-
ments, and carrying death and destruction
with them. The small wooden structures
about the fort were torn and perforated wi tn
flying shells. Atll O'Clock the immense A A.
stan was snot away and the rebel Il ~ came
down, but the fl was still Continued hv
them. -
AT twelve o'clock the Susqushanna steamed
| In, and, dropping her boats astern opsned an
effective fire. The cannonading on our par,
was incessant, and the air was alive with the
mum ana explosion OF flying she'll but the
enemy did not return the fire with any rezu
larity, the battery being too hot for them
from the explosion of shells that dropped In
at the rate OF above a half dozen minute
Inc enemy ceased firing d little before two,
and after = few more shells had bsen throw q
in, the Commodore signalied to cease firing
The troops hal meantime advanced 10 within
a short distance OF the fort, and before we
ceased nring some of our men got in and
iaised the Stars and Stripes. The place was
too hot for the men. but the lag IVES lef,
waving. CHxswain Benjamin Swearsr, OF
the Pawnee's first cutter, stood for some Tins
on The ramparts waving The II sg amid fight
OF shells When the firing ceased the for!
was occupied in force aud held afterwards.
The Monticello had proceeded ahead Of the
land force to protec: them, and had reached
the inlet, when q large fort, CT an octseon
shape, to the rear and right of the small bat
terry. mounting ten thirty. two's and foar 8.
inch guns, which till then had been silent,
opened en- her with eight guns at short
range. At the same instant she got aground
and stuck fast, the enemy pouring in a fire,
hot and heavy, which the Monticello replied
to with shell sharply. For fifty rinu ties she
held her own, and finally getting Off the
ground she came out, having been shot thrCush
ans through by seven s inch she'll, ere goin I
below the water line. She fired flfty. I've Shell
in nfsy minutes, and partially siienced the
battery She withdrew at dusk for repairs,
with one or two men slightly bruised but
none killed or wounded The escape OF the
vessel and crew was miraculous. Until this
time we supposed the day was ours: but the
unexpected opening Of the large battery rather
changed the aspect Of affai Things did ot
iook cheerful at dark. We had men ashore
who were probably in need of provisions and
in case of night attack no assistance could
be sent them from the Harriet Lane.
AS we lay close in shore we saw the bright
biyousc fires on the beach, with groups of
men about them. The night passed without
an alarm, the enemy, AZ we have 81 CO learn.
ed, lying on their arms at night, expecting an
attack.
At esrfv 5avhro.L ~, rh,r-a,x ~. -.o
went 10 quarters in the feet, and Mt quarter
past eight, the vessels having borne down
nearer than the previous days position, the
ection began, the SusquehanIa opening the
days Work bY g she'll from one Of the II inch
guns. The Minnesota and Wabash joined In
immediately, and again the hum of shell and
their explosion were heard. They fred near.
~ half an hour before the battery responded,
when 1t answered briskly. Our ire was more
correct than on the previous day. The range
had been obtained, and nearly every shot
went into the battery, throwing up clouds OF
sand, and exploding with terrific effect.
riet Lane opened fire, and soon after the Cum.
heriand came IN from :he ching and joined in
the attack. The Harriet Lane, with her
rined guns, did good execution, several pro.
lsctiles from the eight-iuch shell going Into
the battery, and one going directly through tho
ramparts. The fire was 80 hot that all who
could DO 90 got into bomb-proof in the mid
die OF the battery.
rlho4iy, a. HNe lninu tSS past eIeyeo a M
an eisven-iEch shell having pisrced the bomb
proof through q ventilator and exploded In.
side, near the magazine, the enemy gave uI
the fight and reised over the ramparts q whit
fsg. We immediately ceased fire. General
Butler went into the inlet and landed at the
Fort, and demanded an unconditional surrsn-
der.
The following Is from another corrospon.
dent of the N. Y. Herald, who was en- eye.
witness:
Orr HArrBRAs IsLsT, II. c.,
August %, 1851. !
While the troops wore lar dug and form.
ing under command Of Col. Weber, the HAr.
RE. Lane, Monticello and Pawnee were