Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-02-26

t III, away The panic and rout ,xsro 49,
rheh close on their heels, and near tho .o'npete'
of the Island, Gen. Foster was met nv upper part
rum So: SHAW, demanding terms Of y, truce
gen roster replied that the surrender p.o,a'lon.
conu'sona, ana immediate. These tcr,ns "ss oe TN.
sefse. ana aoout 900 laid down their .r, we're &C
onn ,'asaa ~ oehefai Reno came up with . h,a
ditionally surrendered uncon.
Colonel Hawkins found the t,sfiss, :. @, ;,
back Bay deserted, but took several a. shallow
Captain u Jennins Wise was at attic PRISONERS.
MS escape IN boas, when he was shos ~ ~ make
places, and died next morning. A'' III Three
Inc iorts were all occupied by orr e,..,,
M Anv ~, feoels the Same evening blew nn E raa.
FORREST. 1he distractions having been ro ~ rolt
our ~ neet entered Albemarle Sound removed,
Inc landing was effected under cover n H.
=, :%o I" our gunboats. the Delaware md Nuns guns
d;Sna 49,, "i.h the Shrapnel, drove them awav ~
thars ,;., '"o reoel regiments that were stationad
;,e on. NV" sniee neid pieces to oppose their land
lag. Our men were up TO their midlss l., "s" ,aho
water IN landing. When on shove ,Io, III nua and
three rebel pieces in the norass Rv ,ou"o the
r. NJ tnat night General Burnside had laSs, 1'oeA
thousand men, and continued landing them tIsa SIX
we 'snt at the rate of one thousand nor h
ou! iorces advancing in the direction of w.. L..
Wy u, TIE cehtufe OF the island the reb.s r.a".
| soon driven behind their entrenchmontS me'e
they resisted Eight nortars were landed f,o mere .
meet 10 serve as our army's field arter~ aha 'ne
m'ooay the Hawkins Zouaves and the Tenth Cou
nectcut regiment under the command of I,en G ro
Iei mace aashing bayonet charge upon the ba,tsrr
| . .a by young Wise, wadlng knee dea,
through mud and water, to get at the for and w
ling like so many Indians. Meanwhifa as, anu yel-
mace on the right by Gen Reno and IN tho lar VAS
Gen: Foster This attack from three s,des .ados
the late OF the day. The rebels fled from them
trehchnentS before the array of could syeer brnrh.
y. =, oeaf asanss them The Hawkins Zoraves paHaa
ehe front oeienees bayonet in hand, as the rpLols
ned. Young Wise was not wounded heya. NV W.
ported but received his wound in endeavor;nn ~ =.
Bay. 0"' 0''aio" JACK
The boat was fired on, and he received s,nr
wounds lie was made prisoner, and died on Sun.
DAY morning OF his wounds.
| ueherai rosters men, pursued the rebels to the
north end of the island where was also in can mt
drawn up, Virginia re- nent that had been rd;ed
| down in six schooners from the main land earv
| Saturday morning. Gen. Foster approached and
nau I'LL interview with the rebel commander. Col.
shaw, OF North-Carolina, who asked him what
terms he would exact.
Gen Fosterrepiled, IAN unconditional surrender II
ana consented to give him time to return to his
camp to decide or not to accede to the demand
The rebel officer had hardly reached his men when
the Massachusetts 9th, burning with impatence
sprang forward in the direction Of tAe enemy when
! Col Shaw Immediately raised white handkerchief
as signal that the rebels had concluded to sur.
render.
The rebels had proposed to cut off our passage
up Croaton Sound by a checags detries of stakes.
extending from the main land entirely across to the
head OF Roanoke Island; but our sunboats forced
their way through, and commenced the ,mpetuous
pursuit of the epemy's feet which had been drawn
up behind this barrier.
The official reports Of the affair thus far received
at the North give no additional facts. Commodore
Goldsboroush says of the rebel defences at Roanoke
They were truly formidable, and they were used
| with determination worthy of better cause
They consisted Of two deliberately constructed works,
mounting together twenty-five heavy guns three
OF them being 100 Founders rificd; four other bat
| ter1es, mounting together twenty guns, large
portion of them being also of large calibre, and
some of them riAed; eight steamers, mounting two
guns each, and each having raed gun with the
diameter Of 32-pounder; prolonged obstruction
of sunken vessels and piles to thwart our advance,
and altogether, a body of men numbering scarcely
less than 5000, of whom 5000 are now our pris.
| oners"