Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-13
Three Rebel Gunboats Captured.
Particulars Of the battle at Roanoke
az Island.

EdEehCuh0AoO VI eho 1ttttho hb IhOhuOhe
% hslund.
FoRrREss MoNRoE, Feb, III by d Avg O
truce to day we learn the complete success oI
The Burnside expedition at Roanoke leland
The Island was taken possession Of, bud Com.
modore Lynoh'e aeet completely destroyed.
Elizabeth City was attacked on Sunday, and
evacuated NJ the ,inhabitants, The city was
previously burned, but whether by our shells or
the Inhabitants is not certain. l.5g br. .,a",s
1.-The frat news Of the defeat arrived al Nor
folk on Sunday afternoon, and caused great
excitement The previous peWa was. very bat.
isfactory, stating that the Yankees had been
allowed to advance fer the purpose Of drawing
them into trap. 1'i.'. q r'.''el -''.hs~ /
The rebel force on The Island 10 eupposed to
have been little over three Thousand Sighting
Gen. wise ,sas Mat Nag,s Head, and was
not prteent during the engagement. When the
situation became dangerous, be ,wAs removed
to Norfolk, l3.,, - 49, s.l't'l ~, e.,. ,,, !
Ali the gunbca,s but cne were taken, and
that escaped up creek, and was probably de-
stroyed. 'S' -7''rt A-' ',''' ~ ''.'f
One report Gays that seventy, and another
that oniy twenty fEe of the Confederates es
capped from the Island. Gen Huger telegraph
ed to Richmond that only fifty on the leland
escaped There appears to be no bright eide
of theistory for the rebels. saa7ia t4.7'gss
o. The Richmond Examiner this lhornipk, In q
leading editeriab says: @Ilhs loss Of our entire
army on Roanoke Leland is certainly the most
painful event Of the war. The intelligence oil
Yesterday by telegraph is fully confirmed. -
Two thousand fye hundred brave troops on an
island in the sea were exposed to all the force
OF the Burnside feet. They resisted with the
most determined coursgeS but when fifteen
thousand Federal troops were landed against
them, retreat being cut off by the surrounding
elements; they we're forced to surrender ThiI
is a repetition Of the Hatteras affair IN o larg,
ecale.n
The following dispatches on the subject ar,
taken from sne Richmond papers Of this morn
iDg,; ....-...,,, o., ...,
that Capt. o Jennings Wise, son Of Governor
Wise, was shot through the hip and disabled
though HE wound is not n1ortak Maj Lawson
aud Lieut.. Miller were mortally wounded
About three hundred Confederates Weee killed
The wounded number over one thousand. The
number Of Yankees wounded is about th'
same. 81 eA aAfA .
Alase arrivsl this morning says that Eliza
beth City had been shelled aud burned by th,
Yankees, and that tho enemy was pushing oI
10 Edenton.rn efe[efdV F3l TeT
SEcoND DIsPATcH.-A rumor has prevailed
that Com. Lynch's feet Of gnnboats bad beer
captured II is not regarded az true, but il i
believed that ell were burned by the Confeder
ates to prevent their capture, with tbe eIcep
ton of one, which was endsayoriDg to escape
The feet went 10 Elizabeth City from RoaDok,
Island, and Was pfobibly burned at the forme
point.
'0 THIRD DHPATcH. "A dispatch was receive
at Richmond at midnight stating as folloWs:- =
A courier arrived here this afternoon at fou
O'Clock, aud brought the intelligence that Eliz
abeth City was burned this morning by the in
habitsnts, During the conaagration the FEEDER
ais landed large force. ., AL our gunboats
excepting one. .awere captured by the enemy
| Gen Wise has not yet arrived at Norfolk,
The following, the very latest, we copy fror
| them Day Book sa, l'si stio sas.g /.
A courier arrived here yesterday afternoo
about three O'Clock, from whom We gather th
following Information: The enemy advanced i
full force upon Elizabeth City yesterday abou
seven O'Clock, and began an attack upon tha
! place. The citizens, finding resistance yain
| eyacusted The place, but before doing 90 st
fee to the town, and when our informant left !
was still In flames, ' y.i'' - 's'S 'II
We have also to record The capture by, III
enemy Of all our little fleet except the Fanny
or Forest, our informant Is not certain which
4 This eluded the enemy. She was pursue
however, and fears are entertained that she wa
captured. It is said that before our boats sur
1 renderedlth were abandoned, and that thei
4 crews succeeded Ia making their escape.
40 We are at.a loss to conjecture why the boal
were not fred before they were abandoned
The disaster to our little feet is attributed
Che fact that having exaadsted their supply
GOAL and anmunitioD3 they proceeded 10 ElzI
beth City for the purpose Of obtaining suppl
Every effort was mSde TO obtain coal, but viii
out success, and the boats could not therefor
'lretufn to'ihe Island and lend any sssstAu'
i whatever to our forces. G0t IiIOgS
I n All the details ss published with reference
the capture Of Roanoke IsIAn55 ate CoUtifnt
tby the courier, who represents our loss at tbr'
HUNDRED Killed and wounded, aud that of tb
4 enemy not less than one lhonsspd killed I'VE
Great havoc was made among the enen
d lwhhel coming hytbe road leading 90 the fort.
iIOdy soldiers btoughttO bear upon them two 8
Ipounderps and at every fire their ranks We
4 Isterribly sthinned. The places aof the sfalle
u h0wetet,n were quickly filed The Park Poi
bittery was manned BY the Rcbmopd Blue
and most mapfnlly did they defend II. Duri
n the con Dict they, were attacked by q wholeEe
/ liment OF Z,uayes, and though completely 0vt
powered, they stood their ground. They d
\ mot yield a foot till all but seven Of them b
; fallen bleeding to the ground. There 10 60
. reason TO believe that had Col. HeDnipgso
with his artillery, been on the leland, IL wou
not have been forced to surrender
II \, Itis reported that one regiment from Mass
chnsetss was. badly cut up, built 10 impossit
to ascertain which Of the FIVE II was that w
attached to the expedition. ~ n7slssell
All the Southern papers received to-day Q
unanimous IN admitting complete victory
% lour troops, andi saying that the loss of
island isR very ssgiQps one. The news feceiS
day occasions great excitement al Old, Poi
A steamer With official dispatches from q,
Burnside y :, AGsrgEly expected, pA's1 !, -
nmh hoH hAh sttaW ,k-8 t&-d ,k-A
A ~ a.