The weekly sun., 1862-02-22
TWENTY-FIVE HUNLi
REBELS TAKEN /
PRISONERS. 4
REBEL FLEET ENTIRELY DESf
ADVANCE OF THE rEf
FORCES TO ELIzAB1,
CITY. 4
It's Capture and DestrI
by Fire.


TIE island was taken possession o. an,
dors I.ynch's flee, completely destroyed
Elizabeth City " N alta ked On sird ,Di
cm1ed l'y the inhabitants Toe city was y
turi 81, but whether by bombshelis or Il,I
iants il no, certain. y
Tae Gtst news Of TIE defeat arrived a, Z
Sunday afternoon and caused great * itog
ysvi us rrNs Was very s..-sf.ct ~, ~
Yankees lad been NioSod " aiyAnoe {.
o,zo Of drawing them int trap.
Tieiultl force % the is ,nd Il ripprss-
tc only litle ,yeI three thousai.d OH.
'ugneu.
General Wise was III II N,g's Head, ant
-rtsent during the eus ,gcmeni.
wien the situation became dangerc I
.cucv,d 10 Nmiolk. I
A the gun-b,s ,sts but me were t.ben. 4
sscapad up creek, ami VS. pr,osIy
s.rt9td.
Oue itpoft says H., only seventy, nm
.nAt On ; twenty Ave OF the Confederate
rom the island. 4
General Hugpr telrgraphct 10 Richai
puly tfiy on the island ESCAPED.
There appears h be ~ bright side Of !
tor tre rebels. I
Tie Richmond ENANtsrR, this morni,
l,yiing editorial s.ys'-
The loss of an entire army on Il ianoke
c. rt'dnly the mott p,ufd event Of the y,
Intelligence ~ yesterday 10y telegraph, is
irmod.
Twenty-Five hundred brave trrop4, on
the sea, were exprs~l - Al the fur'
Burnside Fleet. They resisted wtta the
.srm,ned courage, but wh-a Git.en thou'
erll trorps were landed sg,il n them, ,e'-i
CIT n by the surrounding element, ]
iorced 10 surrender.
This D. a repru;ion Of the Ha,,erAs
large sca,.
The folpFt,g dispatches on the sub I
from the Hcaino id Tap,rs Of this u-iin
Norfolk. Feb. lO.-The lates, news ,
Captain o. Jenn ngs Wise, sun Of Cover
wss shot through the hip and disabled, L
wound WAS not mo 81 Major L.wsin an
nant Muller we're M rtally wouudeI. A
hundred Couiedsr ties were killed.
Our wounded nu abers over one thousa
number OF YNnk cs wounded Ia ablut
Mldshipman Cam rad his arm shot oil. ID
c'ls ua.ti,s Grs ~ yet unfepute1.
A late Err.yA this morning says that
City hai been shelied and nurusd 10y the
and that the enemy was pushing on 10 ~
sRCoSD DISPATCH.
NorJok Ee6. 1O.-A rumor has I
rhH C,mmodore Lynch's fleet of g,,nbn.,-
captured. Il Is not regarded M true, bn,
i,yed that all we're burned 10y the Cuff,
prevent their capture, with the exception
Which was tudoayoriug 10 make its ec,p,
The acet WtnI 10 Elizabeth City from
Island and wss probably burnt Mt.e fJrn
TuIEp DISPATCH.
Norfolk, Feb. 10 A dispatch WIS r,
Ricpmord at midnight stating a. tp.l ,w- (:
A cou ier arrived here this ar,orupon At
snd brought the Intelligence that Elil,
Was bu Mt this morning by les inhabitants
ILe H.graiiou the k,d.rsls landed.
A large {, re, all our guu-bOat-, excel
we're captured iy the enemy.
General Wise has not yet arrived at No
The Allowing very latest" we copJ
day. Norfolk DAY BooE'-
"a courier arrived here yesterday
aHou, 3 o'clock, from which We gather IL,
Information -
| The enemy AdvI Inced in ftll force upon
| City ytstei6 A., about I o'clocs, ami Uus
tack upon that place. The citizens hnd
lnce vain evacuated tie place, but before
So, Gre u the town, and when our inform
was still In flames.
We have also 10 record the capture by
o. all our little fleet, except the Fanny a
our iuflrmant is nOt certain Will,
vessel eluded the enemy, and I
Peauatauk Rivm. she WIS
however, and fears are entertained that
captured II Is saii that before our boa
dered, they were abandoned, and that u
succe, ded in making their escape. II ~
loss 10 conjecture why the boats were
before they we're abandoned.
The disaster " our little fleet is Attrih,
fact that having exhausted their supply
ammunition, they proceeded u Eizabs'l
the purpose Of obtaining a supply. Nv
was made IN obtain coal, hu, without 'l
the boats could not therefore return tn
aud lsI d any assistance whatever " our
Al tue uf'A''S' ~ P''''s- "''i '.'''
capture :" " ND'',7 ia''''I' ~ I'm -
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si.ld . soo, unti All bu, ssven q, ,hor,
betding 10 the or,und.
Tbers IA GOOD reason IN l,lisva Aha, h,
u,,r,,ossn. with bis artiIlsrv. boer ON
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