New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-15

1t, tho All Rhode Island, sth Connee'oe'' anu -"
', -. ,,,,,, lime, and gallant support 10 'h'
Odd and 9th Massachusetts. Inc a'i'"'n'U0"
,r,llery getting short, aud our men na''"e s','''
- . charge was the on'y method OF clSodgng
a. ooocv Al this iuncture, MAJ. himo"ii Oh ia"
-. p ives IN Y. 9TH offered TO lead the charge
.nd ., nm the battery with the bsyonet. o" a'c
o.. men the oh the regiment, and this the mcme"
zo,oves, storm the battery Forward ""'
general Fosters reply. They s,arted on the run
Yelling Ike devils, cheered ty our forces On ever!
aide. Colonel lIa0kin who WAS leading TWO coNi-
NAMES in the faux movement joined his regimen
an the vsy On they went, with fixed 0Ayones
,bor,inc a. onl Znl Zoul" into the U@'ler''
rheereJ more loudly tlan ever. The Rebels '"N"s
fright, % the ZoDaves started went ou' WIZ
went IN, leaving pretty mnch ever! u""s -
then, not even stopping TO spike "ei' s'',''
away their 6,ad and wouuoed, tu"' n''u '''
moved. -. h,;.a5a
O., Faster in.asdstely reformed his U'sade'
while Gen. Reno, With The 2is' Mas'''huS.''' "4r
9Th Nsw-York, vsentin pursuit Fouo"'"s ~ 9T"A
tive. Gen. Foster overlook Gen' Neho' WIZ mo-
80 % r, rrovecleut TO cut OH the Ee;r Eat OF
hosv OF rebels numbering between oOo ana wv y"
OBJ Ieft ,err Wets Point, and not far from tue up
,per battery. Taking part Of his force, Cen Keno
nushed on in tha, direction. IL beng uheer'oou
that there was a txogun battery near Shellbag Bay
Col. Hawkins. with bis Zouaves, was dispatched 10
that direction. az,
Gen. Fostcrrushedop at doubla-quick with the2itp
Msss.chusetts followed cy sn adequate force IN
TIE tracks Of the Rebsls, who panIe-stIsken' were
feeipg at the top Of their speed, throwing away as
they went guns, equipment every thing 80 th't the
road for miles was ttrewn with whatever tie ia4i-
.,iyes coud di,encunber thoaseycso Of Tnus Sas tie
,n,s,,;t kent m 4or five or six miles, when Gen.
Foster. as he was clCse the heels Of the enemy
was net by a flag of truce borne by Col Fool OF The
Bth North Carolina, with g message IRON COL shaw
Of the North Carolina forces, and no" senior IL
soumard. asking what terus Of cspit0a,ion would
he granted. Gen. Fosters answer ives, " Onconc'-
hopsl snTIender." Col Pol wanted - know how
much time would be gan'ed. ono longer t5an
will enable YOU 10 report 20 your S'nior. Cot =.
retired, ar1, after waiting for what he supposed
was sufficient length Of tir.e without reply, Gen
+. commenced closing or the enemy, when Major
Stevenson # he 24th Massachusetts,, who had gone
with Col. Pool to receiqs Col Shtws answer, ap-
reared with message dat Gen Fosters tcfus were
pccep,ed.
The usual forns Of caYitulatiol we've gone through
and about two thousand Rebels aid down their aIs.
They were variously effected. Some Of thea bud
arrived from Norfolk the sane morning, and thcy
ioked AID swore by tgIrs al the way they haa been
led into the tlap. The celebrated Wis, Legion,
amonV the captives were disposed 20 be considerably
rproarious. Some Of the officers expea.ei them
selves clad that the Tesslt ID Was, AMI
sppeared to be we'll sa.isied. As "a general thing
.u,,ar disr,ov and 81 t0uielpfut rreyu. a.
Meanwhile Cen Reno had pushed On and came
up VITA a body Of about eigLt huulse- Rebels eoa.
rnanded by Col. Joriou who surrendered bic entire
force Internationally, and aitero'sd s'-eksd their
srms in presence Of The yictors.
Col Hawkins finding the two-gun battery on
shallcwb, Bay deseT.d took possession OF il, aud
shortly after came apwith boOy Of Rebel fugtyes,
about 2Oo, whom be took prisoners. Wise here I'M
deriook to escape IL bosi aud with others Lad al
ready moved of, when be received three shots, one
of them through his lungs woundiug hin aortally.
The batteries which tie Rebels had constructed Oh
the Island fell with tbs surrender Indeed, tue sur
render 10 Gen Foster included all tie deieuses aud
forces on tie Island. These batteries, iuoiudI the
one in the center of the Island and on Shallow
bag Bay, were five in number.
After completing the surrender, Gen. Foster ia
uediately retained to report the result 20 Geu
Burnside At TIE same time force was started 70
the Park Point battery 10 take it by storm, should
bold ont. But the rebels lad Fed troops en-
tered the battery unoppoed, and at 4.45 the Star
and Sri,es foated fOm four points Of the work
The Rebels bad already left rhs two batteries above
The expedition sgainst the barricade had pushed il
way through Into the waters Of Albenarle and a
that moment we had possession Of that chain 0
Bounds whose strategic Importance bad been recOg
nzed and ackuowl edged on both sides by making
the scene Of 70 important operations. Our forces a
they flung out the Unon banner from PARK Poin
battery. were welcomed by a burst Of cbeers from
the gun0oats and trsnspOrte in tie Sound. Flag
Officer Gold,borough Immediately hoised the signal
-The fort ours which called nth loDg-contnueC
cheers aud were responded to by our brave MEL
in the battery. Simultaneously with these scene,
Of triumph another wss being enacted the oppo-
ait side Of the Sound, which lie here about FIVE miles
across. The 1bel steamer Curew, which in
tbe conflict the afternoon previous had been
disabled by saell exploding in her bold, aud which
% prevent her sinking, bad been run ashore under
tie battery Oh Reistone Point was at this moment
Sci fire by the Rel ED 10 prevent her falling into
our hands. The battery and barracks were also set
on fire, and cloEd Of smoke and sheet of fame
rose the scene II Wat the Rebel sign that all
lost. Tie other Rebel steamers bad already dis
appeared up Aibsmarls Sound. The fchooners
which il the nouibg bad Landed On Weir's Point
xbe RI sC force from Norfolk bad suddenly left TAX.
me wba, few they could snatch from the ile Of
disaster which was sweeping onward. The hle
which had been lit at RedsiOne Point continued 10
b.,rT and Ilrrlipafed the darkeuiny sly The mac