The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-05-23

Ocean View where a landing could be eff
fccted, and from which a good road ex.
tended to Norfolk, about ten miles dis
tant. A woman waved flag OF truce
from the shore and gave them much val
liable information upon the nature of the
ground, localities, sc. This was upon
Friday afternoon. Gen, Wools diyls.
ion was at once put under marching or
ders, and having landed at the point nam
cd above, proceeded to the city. The
Tunes correspondence says:
They began to embark at about 4
o'clock ON Friday afternoon, aud by midi
night several of them had started Tor the
opposite shore. A vigorous bomburdmcnt
was opened from the Rip Raps upon
Sewalfs Point, and kept UP for two
hours, to induce the belief that this was
the intended point of dcbarkation. Tho
steamers rasscd over, aud at daylight
preparations were made for landing. The
shore is smooth sandy bcach--thc sand
being very deep as you leave the water.
and suddenly rising into long mounds ten
or fifteen feet high, thrown up by the
heavy winds blowing in upon the shcrc,
and forming complete brcastwurk
around the fields which they invade. The
/ water, shallcw at the shore line, decpcus
very gradually, and only at some iilty feet
/ out Iccomcs deep enough for vessels
drawing five or six feet of water. Three
or four canal boats were towcd over, ant
] placed side by side lcuglhwis, Of Tn,
coast--an inclined platform was construc.
ted to the land, aud this served for TEN,
! porary wharf across which the troops
cannon, and other indispcnsablcs of tn,
expedition were landed. The infantry
regiments were landed first, aud started
at once upon their march.
One leading object of pushing rorwart
The infantry rapidly was to secure. pos.
sible, The bridge across Tanners Creek
by which the route to Norfolk would b,
shortened several miles The route la,
through pine woods and over roads in Gu
ly tolerablc condition. Atubout o'clocl
The leading rcgimcnt, under Max Weber
came 10 the bridge and found il burning
having Just been set on fire by body o
men who hud planted u couple of smal
guns on the opposite bank, which the,
opened on cur advance. General Mans
field who had come over from Ncvpor
News, at General Wo0l's req est, to iuir
the expedition, thought this Indicated al
intention to resist the further progress o
our troops, aud that nothing could be don,
+ without art lcry and u larpcr force. II,
accordingly starto d back to hurry up th,
batteries and to provide for bringing owe
aporlion of his command us Il reinforce
melt.
Gen. Wool, however, decided to .rusl
forward. The column murchcd bacl
about two miles and half to n poir
where dlvcrging read led around III,
head OF Tanners Creek, and took tha
Dad to Norfolk, Nothing further wa
heard ircm the party that had fired upoi
our column, and il was evident the tic m
onsirniinn was mrreiy intended TO pro
tcct them in the destruction of the bridge
They fired about dozen shots, none o
which took effect.
Our troops pushed rapidly forward il
spite OF the heat OF the GHy, aud at 3 o.
clock reached the cntrcnched camp, som,
TWO miles this side cf Norfolk, which ba,
been very s,ron.ly ly fortified with earth
works on which were mounted twenty
nine pieces ofartillcry. No troops were
IN the place, aud our forces passed lhrougl
II on Their way to the town. Just bcfor,
rcachng II they were met by flag @
t'ucc, to which un officer was at ono,
scht lolward to inquire its object. Re
ceiving the Information that il WINS Il
lr' al ior the surrender of the city, the Of
ticer returned, and Gen. Wool and Stan
with Secretary Chase, advanced to NEE
the Mayor OF the city who had come ou
una or the Nag. Both parties dsmountc,
ana entered cottage by the road side
when the Mayor informed the Gen. Of tn
evacuation oi the city and the object o
his visit.
a genera conversation then took plnc
between the officials on each side, Il
which Their sentiments aud opinions wcr
freely interchanged. Special stress wa
laid by the city representatives on The lnc
'hat they had discuuntenunccd, in ever,
way possible, all propositions that la
bcch made Tor the destruction of priyat,
property, and The burning of the bridg,
across Tanners Creek was characterize
as an utterly useless and unnuthorize,
act. Capt. Cornick said that if the tioy
ernment had ordered the city 20 be burn
ed, he should of course ave submitted
but he had given public notice that if an,
member OF any Vigilance Committee, o.
anybody else, without full authority from
The Government, should attempt to se
his house on fire, ho would shoot him OF
the spot.
The Mayor concurrcd in these senti,
menls, aud expressed the strongest de,
termination to do everything in his power
for the preservation of the public peace
and of social order.
The whole occupation was accomplish.
ed In a remarkably short time. The EN-.
barkation of the expedition began on Fri
day night, at o'clock. !. was landed
upon a sligbtly-known shore, without a
wharf, early next day. Gen, Wool slept
in Fortress Monroe that night-marched
with his troops some twenty miles, cap
tured Norfolk, and was in bed again in
his own quarters before midnight.
THE MERBIMAo.
Under date of Sunday morning, the
correspondent writes:
Last night man in gray naval uniform
accOsted Gen. Veilc, ut the Atlantic
hotel, aud wished to know if he would be
arrested. The General told him certain
ly, il he wore that uniform. This morn
ing he made his appearance in the same
uniform again, and was arrested. lie
proved to be the sailing master of the
Merrimac. He knew nothing of her hav.
ing been destroyed, but said that her la
test orders from the Government was
to go up James River for protection
against the Federal gunboGts. Tatnall