The New York herald., 1862-03-02
Our Expeditionary Corresponds nee.


HoN GIDEON wELLSs, Secretary Of the Navy.
Our Expeditionary correspondence.
UNITED SrArrs STEAMER DBIAwAgzl
Orr WlSToN N. G.. Feb. n, 1852. !
TAs Reconnaissance up s Choican and Rooaoke Rivers
The appearance Of the Shores Seen from. the Fleet
Warm Reoasion wi.scs-The Vessels Reply an
she~ Rai,s for tie Nigat-They Hooerer Rt,,n ne,
Aov,sing and Land Ttoops-They Capture Winso,--Th
Rebels Desert the Ptoce--Ths Destruction Of the Vl
laDe, De- dc.
On the morning Of the 10th inst the aotia under th
command Of Commander 8. C. Rowan out from Eden
ton for reconnaissance Of the Chowan river far
Winton and the Roanoke river far Plymouth. The
1fst detachment under Commander Rowan, consisted o.
che Delaware his flagship, aud the Perry having on
Board company Of the Hawkins Zouaves the second
ta0hmsnt, under command of Lieut. A. Murray compris
cd the remainder Of the fota The greater portion Of
ths day was spent adnring the picturesque scenery
which is to bs found on the bonks Of the Chowau.
Here and there deserted houses and small boats
drawn up upon the shore by their md who had
isft them upon approach. Solitary contrabsnds
at intervals might have been waving their hats
with perfect delight, with tho belief, apparently that
"Masss Boboltion" had como to free them Not single
white man however TO be until within twenty
miles OF Winton, whom party Of fifteen horsemen ap
parently reconnotering, discovered on hill some
distance inland. As our mission of peace we
did not disturb them especially 40 we learned a,
Elizabeth City that nve hundred Union men at win.on
had raised the Stars and Strnes and desired
which we were about taking them. (Of the warm re-
csption the five hundred Union gave us I'll make
mention OF hereafter Towards evening the weather be-
came qcc misty The banks Of the assuming ra Their
asseo"s character being in fact natural
an. an ,eni protection and concealuon, either 10
nfan-o xfllery Tho river at this poipt h not over
o.. h 49,. Yards wide afi5rdng hardly room enough
TO tara IN Whom about opposite 10 the landing place
wnton. Colonel Hawkins, who was upon the lockout
our msiniop, sung out that he saw armed menas
- he could judge, entire rsgment-drawu up line
On the hill by the trees and houses Hedescended
from his perch In far from lesroly and had
hardly reached tho deck before voley of miske balls
and buckshot greeted For the space OF fifteen
minutes we were the recipients Of perfect shower Of
balls less than hundred and City different
parts OF fortunate little craft say Fortunate for
not man, wonderful to relsto, was injured in any
Mr.. Gabaudan our signal officer who deck at the
time, had the sleeve OF his coat nearly torn of by a
nsrrowy The banks hs pvsg ssns an
high we were at the tiIno unable TO bring large
guns 70 boar with effect upon them, bus after
ascending the river, passing through their terrific
storm OF lead we at last got into range and fred with
terrible effect our shell amongst them. When we ro-
turned and anchored some eight miles below III. village
Afterwards learned that they had compsed an lred
negro woman 70 show herself upon the banks OF the river
svdsay for the purpose Of decoyng to land when we
thank God their mean andcowardly device failed
The following morning. at nine O'Clock, the fotla got
COhmh1USr Delnx determined
thsm lesson and warm recepton tban bsy
greeted us with the day before When nearly abreast
OF the landing, the United states steamer Perry opened
the ball by throwing q nine-rch shell into the Town
Followed by the balance Of the lotila signal was
ot this time made % land troops from the Hunchback
and other vessels containing the Hawkins 2ouavos
which was successfully accomplished and they together
with our two boat howzers, under the couln.nd
ot Acting Master Hammond tpromoted for his
bravery at Roanoke Island took possession of the town
OF Wnton situated bali mile back from IA. Land
ing The village was found TO be entirely deserted even
oy the hve hundred Union men, OF whom we saw no
trace, unless they the who had given us so
warm reception on the evening previous No doubt
inc person who reported these Union men was a rank
sscessionist and SPY. About this time we carue TO
anchor, and Lieutenant Commanding Quackenbush and
Acting Assistant Paymaser y. r. Curtis wsnt on shore
Tor the purpose OF reconnoerng ana while there took
possession Of rebel soep living az the wharf from which
place they assembled the banks and entered the village
where hey found the zousves In full possession our
two howitzers guarding the forks Of the road ready
moments warning to cover the soldiers. After setting
hre TO the town with the sole exception Of the
and witnessing the total destruction OF the same they
returned board and the otiia weighed anchor tor
kosnoks Island, whore we arrived in safety
UNITED STATES SHIP DFTlwARRl
Or ELIZABETH Cry, n. C., Feb 49, 1882. I
Sc~psue Arsnq me Norh cyoliaisns--c,ea Excitement
N 0s Ssaocaa Coua,t>s-Yovewsens Of me linton
Fleet. dc.
boat Containing citizens has jus, come on from
elizabeth City, bringing the following newsThst the
widest confusion exists in ths coun,ies-Pss
quotank, Camden Beaufort &c. Tho white people are
ell running back into the sountry and the negroes ad
yancing towards the coast The whitss fear On insur
rectiou Of the slaves Apparently there are 10 .roops
10 the vicinity OF Elizabeth City but the awless threaten
10 busn the town. supposed for the sake Of puHdsr
a gusxd Of some nny has been formed 20 preyen. ia
destrwction, II possible
In all probability the Gee, will leave here morrow
and together with the balance Of mosquito feet y
proceed Nswbern, which place s said TO be strongly
fortified We succeed IN taking " the sntire coast Of
North Carolina win be ~ or posasson sud then good
BY 70 secession In thes. waters.
think twe,tsrds OF the people are Ia iavor OF tns
Union ig Sorth Carolina will notify you Of every o.
suTrrs-c &c at every opportunity
THE CAPTURE OF ROANOKE ISLAND.
oyyIoIAt snroRTs or THE oFyrCRRs COMMANDING
NAVAL vBssEfA--REP0RT OF LfEuTEsANf :. u
Urrrp s,Arp srsAxn DrrAwssr,l
Oyv EixzABrrn CnY, Feb. IL, lso2
Commandsr 8. g. ROWAN -
sn-In obsdsncs 70 orders ! herewith submit 10 you
the following rspor,
On the 1th day Of February 1852 a. ten O'Clock Ia ths
morning, the United States steamer Delaware, s. p.
Quaoksubush, Lisutenan, Comrsuding and bearing the
rsd psupapt OF Commander C. Rowan .n obedience 70
general order from the United States flagship soushasd
got under weigh snd proceeded through ,hs marshes
towards the battery Roanoke Island known az For,
Sullivan mounting ten guns, which battery we attacked
s half past eleven In hs morning. and continued the ars
gradually closing n until sbou, three O'Clock ia the sf
,srnoon when rs ran close 10 shore. within feet o
the bsach for the purpose Of covering the landing OF tn,
troops fcn the army transports and 1snkips the fort
Al this period the launches under the command OF Md