The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-14
III. Roa noke Island AFFAIR.

r,.xe obtained some additional facts IN
W.. "a The affair At Roanoke leland from
rsr.ons actually engaged ana 'io" f'''-"
letter received yesterday.
,,sutenant James H PeArcs. OF TN" Guy
-. stand on Saturday night, after the
.ns.r. IN A sloop, and succeeded In run
rinr the blockade" with ioo,ooo ro"hos VI
.-,r,dre. which he brought safely to
.n,solk. although chased for ak hours oy
,,s,sr.l steamer. He stated after tnAt
=. ronid have blown ap the vessel BEFORE
- snernr shcu Id have had cartridge.
,,tacK BY The Federal n set Ia reported
witness TO have been q maGnia-
sn,c,sols. They nrsd 1850 shot and
LII ON The first day. tFridsy.) and only
s4,Iaa one man and wounded another.
rn.,ls. Thomas, Jerry Desmond, A. X.
,o,,.o, lanes smith, and Charles +. De
d., q III. Ben McCulloeh Rangers, ar
- IN this city last evening, ha wing sue
-. in making their escape from the
tad fter the reht was over. MIR. Desmond
- forms ms that early on saturday morning
,ha Hines and the McOnlloch Rangers went
onward "a administers, when they SAW the
enemy advancing in force. and retired 10 the
n.nerv The battle commenced about
O'clock and lasted Till haif-past l O'clock
rbsrs wss no way for the enemy TO
ADVANCE except In the lace OF the battery
90 IN. road WAS .kirted on either side BY n
rsr.h and ne a,temp was IN ade at a charge
uutil our ammunition gave out. During
most of The light the enemy was about three
hnudred yards distant from our small force.
the blues were on the left Of the battery
ho rtD
sed beng thus exposed, these companies
Suffered more than the Others, which were
either behind the battery or in reserve
wen after the ann unitlon was exhausted,
IN, men h ad NO idea OF surrendering, until
th4 order for retreat was given. Mr. Des-
noud is positive that our whole list OF KILLED
and wounded does not exceed ono hundred
that Of the enemy he could not ascertain
hu.saw enough 70 satisfy him that 1t was
very heavy.
Uur forces retired up the ISLAND, and mean
while Col. Shaw sent a flag of truce to the
ensmy 10 negotiate terms Of surrender -
This seems to have been made Lnconaition
aI for a message was soon rent 10 Colonel
Anderson TO march the men down. A coun.
Gil eff officers was held, and the conclusio q
was 10 means Of escape from the island, mol
any use TO contend longer, without ammun.
lion, against an oyorpowsring force, l.
would be best to take the chances Of Fsde.
sral prison, and they accordingly marched
down and surrendered.
Ru, Diamond and his four companion.
made up their minds TO escape such fate il
possible. Watching their opportunity they
got into the woods and soon gained the beach
where they found an old patteau, PARTIAL J
buried In the sand. With this trall vessel they
launched forth upon the Sound. and under
cover OF night succeeded in reaching CreataE
Island, where there was Confederate bat
terry. On receiving information OF the sur
render OF Roanoke, the ofIlcers ordered the
destruction OF the works, and The small force
there left for MI m ain land. Our small par y
of adyenturers also went In one OF the boats
to place called Fort Landing, and thence
Travelled eighteen miles on foot to Columbia.
in Tyrrel county, N. u. There they en-
harked in schooner, and landed at New
Hope, where they procured horses and came
On 10 tufoik, Va.
Our Informant says that Capt. Wise was
living when he left the island, an he learned
there Is still reason 10 apprehend that his
wounds terminated fatally. Capt. Wallace,
whom he saw after the battle was over Is
unhurt, and also Ma or Lawson. Lieurenant
Miller, he thinks, WAS wounded In the shoul-
der early in the engagement, but not DANGER
SusIy.
Mr. Desmond gives q glowing description
OF The brave and gallant cond uct of our men,
Who con tested the field for hours, and refused
10 Yield 10 vastly superior numbers until
their ammunition was exhausted.
From other sources, we learn that the FOL
lowing Virginia companies were probabl y
on tbs island, and captured by tbs Federals
Craig 8rays, Capt. w. q. Miller, from Ora IL
county, and Captains Darrow's, Coles, anc
orank's, from Albemarle county. Captain
Hits company, from scot'svllle, was a
Mays Head, and is consequently safe.