Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-02-19
THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.l


WHY HENRY A. WISE WAS NOT CAPTURED
By singularly strange transaction on the
part Of an officer on board Of a Government
vessel, Henry A. Wise, and undoubtedly q
large number Of men who were with him al
Nag's Head, escaped. This vessel left For.
tress Monroe about the 9Th or 9th inst, with
orders to look after the enemy at Nag's Head
at the same time that Gen. Burnside and Com.
modore Goldsborough were engaging them on
Roanoke.
When the Stars and Stripes reached HATTIE.
| ras Inlet, on her return with Government des-
patches, informing the Government of the Fed.
ersl victory, we learned that this craft and hel
able commander had just left the inlet on her
voyage to Nag's Head, having, as is stated
| run down the coast from Cape Henry to Hat.
teras without having been able to find the
place to which he was sent. After reporting
to Gen. Williams, he received such instruc-
tions as 1T was thought would enable him to
find the place, when he retraced his course up
the coast. At this time the battle had been
fought three days, and old Wise, with his fol-
lowers, vanquished, so it mattered little
whether he found it or not.
Had the man in command of that vessel
landed above Nag's Head, when he was in its
vicinity, we should have caught the miserable
Wise and all his party. / could not learn
either the name of this vessel or her com.
mander, but it is evident that we lost a rich
prize, through ignorance or disloyalty, either
OF which, In this instance, are inexcusable.
CAPTURE OF FULL BLOOD.
During the grand retreat of the enemy across
the island some laughable incidents occurred
although it was time lily calculated to indulge
In leyity. As we were trudging along in COM
pany with company of skirmishers belonging
to Massachusetts, regiment, who were search.
ing for any stragglers of the retreating foe who
might be skulking in out-of-the-way places
several Of them suddenly sprang out from
behind some bushes near by, two Of them get.
ting into the woods and another running across
an open space, making leaps that would have
done credit to Gildersleeye, Jackson, or the
American Deer"
Captain Bradford called out for him to step
several times, but finding we were likely tC
lose sight of him, ordered the men to Ere The
frightened rebel heard the order, and quick as
possible turned around, and putting up both
hands called out: 60 Please don't shoOt-please
don't shoot" The order having been counter
manded, the man advanced and surrendered
himself. He was clothed in a civilians dress
and professed to be quartermaster Of one OF
the North Carolina regiments.
Not long after this, fifteen or twenty of the
prisoners were drawn around q good fire, and
my friend, the artist, thought il was a good
opportunity for taking a good sketch of them
Perceiving what was going on, the Rebel Quar-
termaster, who had by this time recovered from
his fright, said" 1 expect you're some Yam.
kee newspaper men, and want you to remem-
Der that, tho amt SO good looking as some
O. the rest in this crowd, I've got jest the best
kind o. Southern blood in my veins" Some.
body present remarked that perhaps that was
the reason why he made such piteous appeals
over in the field just previously. He was
alarmed for fear he should lose some of it.
Another prisoner, who said he was a Cap
tain, and he certainly did look as if he had
been captain Of a clam sloop, ventured the
remark that we had "bagged a big lot OF
game this time" But he continued, "You
didn't get the cid man (meaning Gen. WISE
nor Frank Anderson, either"