Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18

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a thousand killed. Great havoc was ma.
among them while coming up the road leading
10 the Fort Oar forces brought to bear upon
them two thirly.two Founders, and at every
fire their ranks were terribly thlnned. The
places Of the fallen, however were quickly
Pork Point Battery vas manned by the
Richmond Blues, and most nobly did they de.
lcnd u. During the conflict they were
Tackled by whole regiment Of Zouaves, and
,keagh completely ovcrpowercd, they stood
their ground bravey, nor did they yield a
foot until all the command sayc seven foil
bleeding to the ground.
There is gond reason to believe that had COL
Henninssen, with his artillery, been on the
sland, we should not have been forced to sur.
render it. The lack Of field pieces was very
S4dly felt, and mad they been at hand the
enemy, perhaps would never had been able
10 have landed their forces. Col. Hennengsen
had orders We understand, to report at
Roanoke Island, bnt by some misunderstood.
ing he mistook Elizab,th City for his place
,& destination. 1t is to be deeply regretted
'thst this error should have been made. as
The Colonel is braie and efficient officer,
and We are satisfied that had be bcea pres
ent the foe would have been compelled 10
acknowledge his prowess
Captain Taylor Of this city il represented as
Distinguishing himself for his coolness and bra.
very. lie fought the enemy like tiger and
not an inch ti ground vas yielded by him
without its being well disputed.
. In addition to the sboYe there are many ru-
3 ~Ssssssls sias-s1,.,t -as..tl. ere
Aotbihs more than iumors. we prefer with.
holding them. Among them, there is one,
however, which is worthy Of notice, and that
Is, that General Wise had been shot while in
mn ambulance, on his way to this city. There
Is no truth, whatever, Tor this statement, so
far as we have been able to learn; and We can
only account for il by supposing that the nau e
of the General was conouBjed with that Of his
son, who was reported among the killed,
Tomorrow we hope to be able to gather
some nd 4 0nol itc.ns, Which we will of course
gi'e tie rerdcr he 3cneht Of Ia the meantime
while tris MeASlcr is not at all agreeable, let us
not allow it TO diSpirlt US too much. Let ns
hope that out OF evil good Will eventually
come, and let us resolve upon even moro de.
termination ior the future than We have felt
and acted in the past.
! Some gentleman arrived here by stage from
Washington last night who were on Lynch's
feet during the fight and confirm the report
that Elizabeth City was bnrncd by its inhab-
lnnts, also that the iloet was lost, some Of the
boats o,ing blown up, some burn and some
captured.
4 They also state that our boats assisted by n
small battery near the city, engaged the Lin,
coin gunboats and sunk three of them bc(.re
they surrendered
We scanned all our Virginia exchanges last
night TO see II any one of their numerous cor
respondents had ever learned that North
Carolina ever had had any troops on Roanoke
Island but not syllable could we find of the
cxistancc of any, cther living or dead notw,h-
standing at least one half of the command
must have been North Caro.nians. We nat.
urally feel concerned as one compsny Of Col,
sJordan's Regiment was from this county rs
was also its brave commander from this town.
Reports are very contradictory. Some say
our loss was 800 killed and wounded Another
report SAYS LOCO were wounded. If this be
true We lost about half IN killed and wounded.
We may expect, howcgeE to hcara good deal oI
fiction for while