, 1861-09-06

i General Expectation Of More Affairs
of tho eOrIs

WASHINGTON, n. G., A1g. 3o-r. M:-oaicial
thht Fort Hatte7as Battery Te7 ken at II
N yesterday, by Federal forcEs.
Five hundred ana thirty five Contcacratcs
Were takt Il prisoners, including Com Barro1
and Gel Bradford, both late OF the U. s. Navy
ard Army.
LATER Reports IRON Hatteras say that
icth Forts Hattercs and Clark, the latter two
miles norsh Of HatteEas, l.a7e been taken by
Butler and hiE forces.
Our men fought with great bravery. Loss
OIL opr side supposed to Eave beca 20 kAlad
and 90 wounded. Another report says thcrs
cur forces, trem 600 to 800, were taken prison
e1e. Only ten or twelve escaped.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
GoLDsRoRoUGH n. C., Aug 30-P. H.
It is stated by passengers up from New
Lem, Llat The attack on Hatte1as com mencad
&c "Wednesday, and after q day and halas
terrific fighting, the garrison surrendered
Thursday at meridian.
All our men, save fifteen or twenty, who
killed and wounded. it is thought, will rsa:a
IS The prisoners will not exceed 500. Ths
loss 81 tie enemy Is not known, but it Is be-
lieped to have been considerable.
The fort was only surrendered after the am
Euuition had been exhausted. TITS is the
mere regretted bteause there is now at New
ten from three to four Thousand solid SHOT,
SD probably fifteen hundred shRlis.
An attack is aPprehend&daat Newburn, aud
Wsny Ie1sots have left the town. Great ex-
cit.ment prevails i'll Ill this section, and eyEr
TIE boys =rs ara ing thenlsc'ves to drive back
tbs Invaders should tht. make their appear
aEee.
lFro1n the Petersburg Ezpre5g, Aug. at.j
Tie buMharGmeat and capture Of Fort
hr,$ ri r. ,+.,I.
ea:led ft1n Old Point cf Monday, and which
We announced yesterday, have been fally coz
tiined By 1sa1tjes who reached lere last c1en-
ing from Newburu, N. c.
1t is cow stated that the Federal feet, AMI
econsFaLyirg launches, barges, ete,, Contain
quite twelve Thousand nlen, tnstead Of four
tfou and. as given g: w The agent OF the
associated p7ess at F-r;12ss Mo1r6e
We regret tc hesr that among the captured
ct Fort HatE:rae, is Col Bradford, Vel ii. 1wu
in Virginia ard North Carolina, he having
Ee1Ted for mary years in the q s Army. LIZ,
IS well IS Com. Barren, are both highly val
liable and 6fici:nt GfhceEa, and their Ioss, even
" felt:
We hear also that our forces ct Cape Hat
te1ss we're larger than our Information caused
ns to state in yesterdays Express. We as:er-
fained Yesterday afternoon, from young off,
cer who hae just come IN Oh special train
tr1m North Carolina, thai $50 Confederate
forces were stationed at Cape Hatteras, all Of
whom were taken prisoners. a company Of
Stale troops Numbering LOO or more, resched
the furt only fey hours before IL fell into
the hands OF 9tn- But1ur.. There were twenty
22Eouroers mounted at Fort Hatteras, b8t
SHOT and shsll were scarce.
Fort HattcrIs Is silusted On the outer coas!
# Nc1th Carolina, about tsTenty miles Routh
ol Cape HatteIas, aud although sufficient tima
bad not elapsed from its commencement to
the attack 10 render it very formidable, it is
thought that, with au abundance Of am11uai-
iicn and force Of 1,5do men, it could have
successfully resisted the very fearful odds
With which it Wss compelled to contend on
Thursday last.
Many are disposed to dispute the advantages
which come claim viii be gained by the inYa-
GERS in occupying this point. That it is an lm
! rertant position, we Go not entertain doubt,
| If the opinion Of those who have beea familiag
| with Pamlico Sound for many years past, Is
| entitled to consideration. Iris sound is but
| eighteen Or twenty miles in width-scsrcely
| tEat, probably--and it washes the most fertile
| portion of all North Carolina, into It empty
t innumerable streams.
! These streams penetrate far into tbe inte
| Ticr-tEo reaching the important towns Of
| NewberE ard Washington, and easily nayiga-
| lie for L;nco1n's gunboats. Having gained
| access to the Sound, these gunboats can COM
zaenee depredations upon the innoeent people
fi NORTH tat0flna 20 an almost 1ncalGuiaDle
! extent, If they do nething more serious. 1u
| this connection the following from the vii.
m!ngtol Journal, Of Thursdag afternoon, is
appropriate:
| As we mentioned some time since, all the
Northern papers have been bowling in con
| cert over the defective character of the block
! ade Of the Sorth Carolina coast, aud demand
srg that the NEST Of pirates,' who have thei1
| rendezvous in NeWhern, be broken up.
I "D1y befsre yesterday, in obedience anG
response to The howl, q large Federal a'tilt4
| steamed a1org down our coast, having passed
| Cape Henry On Monday evening, coming
/ South with men aud small boats. On Tues
Day tl;ey appeared off Hatteras, and may at
! tempt a landing to take tne batteries ID tbs
.ear and csptufo them, thus securing an en-
trance through the iElet into the Sound fa
| their small boats and light steamers, whc
| would thus bsye command Of all the SHALL On
E&ters from NaWbern to Elzabeth City, witl
| tie rower Of lBdicting untold auferings AMI
losses upon our people"
The excitement, we fear, In all Southeastern
Carolina is very great, many persons. "
:hink. being unnecessarily apprehensive 0
;mmediate danger. 4 large number of troop
hsye been already ordered to that point, All
it is rumored among passengers who arrive.
last eFeniug, that the Governor Ei!l imm e1]
ate}y call cut the militia.