The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-05
Federal Official Accounts Of the Pi-
ratical Invasion-A Joint Procla-
mation-Com. Lynch's Report.


drsd to three hundred, \ ed prtcipitately
without firing shot. Many OF the inhabi.
tants also left, In conseq aence, I was told, of
. vide rumor having been pat in circulation
Dy the ranlc-strtckeh enemy that our havoc
was indtscriminate at Z izabeth. l was
happy In being able to stixma "a such re-.
port al It deserved, and % restore uiet 10
very excited population
There are no for ific attic oas at or in tha ws
ter approaches to Edentcn. AT Bornblow's
Point trees have been felled, possibly with A
view 70 the structiOn OF worKs, Among
the re:ults OF the expedition are the destruc-
tion OF EIGHT cannon, aud one schooner ON the
stocks at Edent0n. We captured two schoon.
ers In the Sound, one loaded with four thou.
sand 0ushels of corn. We also TOOK sir bales
OF cotton from the Custom uouse wharf.
Vnere were no public torres In the town. The
Oustom. House was empty.
WeFemelned two hours about the town, and
were vistted by The authorities and Others,
many OF whom professed sentiments Of ioyni
ty to the old Union.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. MAURY,
Lieut.. Oomand'g, I'd column naval division.
Corn RowAS, commanding fiotilla In Albe.
marie Sound.
REPORT or TIE ExPEprrIos TO rHE cHEsApRAxp
AND ALBBHAKLE CANAL.
b u. s S1RAxzs UsDRRwarrKx.
mouth OF North River, Feb. u, 1862.
SI1-On parting COIN pany with you ut TINS
place yesterday, 1 proceeded in the Lock
BY the Sharpsheeu aid Whitehead, tow
ing couple OF schooBeTs to the mouth of
tho Cheeapeake and Aibsmarle canal On
opening the reach OF the river leading to the
mouth OF the canal, discovered two small
steamers and thu ee schooners, about mile
and Qnarter up the canal and that the
NOUN OF the canal was Obstructed. Pickets
stationed near The mouth fired their muskets
to give the alarm, and large body Of men,
whose musksts glistened in the sunshine.
got under cover ut the point where those yes.
sells were.
Immediately moved no within a couple
OF hundred yards Of tn mouth Of the lnal.
un lii all the vessels grounded, and ordered
the whitehead to open fire with h-r nine.
inch guus. But three shells were fred, whom
the whole body precipi tat-Iy fed
(in going on shore found that a schooner
had been sunk abou. nsty yards within the
mouth, supported by piles, logs, &c form.
ipg com piete barrier 1 aivanced d picket
OF fifteen men, under command Of Acting
Master Gravss, follo~ed oy ,hs maehinists Of
the Louisiana, with croWbars mauls. Ac.
At the distance of bait a mite a second row
OF piies had been driven They We're at work
on this When we surprise them. The steam.
ers and schoone1s had Ief. before we landed.
but q foe, largo dredging m achine re emained,
and this we soon saw sinking This sunk
diegonally across the canal, c,osing 1t On
tirely for the passage OF the smallest vessel.
being, say, ten feet from one bank and six from
the otheg. The machinery was entirely des-
troyed by the working par ty the hull above
water burned and entirely consumed.
A resident. named Stoue, having store
near this point, was in terroga ted, and stated
that the force near was the remnant Of the
Wise Legion, commanded by Wise In person,
and numbering six huDdie ed men. Captain
Graves, with a few men, followed thei rear
guard 70 the county bridge. This is the
| thoroughfars between Currituck and the up.
per counties, and there Yves battery OF three
guns placed to command the canal a. main
road. The guard had been remoJU4. In
hA ~ n fhAvv 10ff the.n
| ing the dredging machine, come cantee eGs
haversack Ks a d clothing. In fact, as a On ira
band deserter from the Legion at Elisabeth
eniy told me, sever since 'ha' fight in Weste, n
Virginia, in which we lost II ve b undred mon
We have seen running all tha time, and now
| they wilrnever stop until they get to Rich.
mond l completed the rebel works by
| sinking hve schooners in the mouth of ths
| water. The work completed, l returned tc
| this anchorage.
MY thanks arc dus to Acting Maste,
Graves, and Assistan, Engineer Lev. Act
Ing Ohiet Of the Louisiana for the com pi II,
| manner in which my directions were carri ed
out. Respectfully sunmitted,
= +e WI JEEFERS,
~. / .:.s Lieutena ut COMMANDING.
Lieutsnant Oommnrdirg A MAukY, Senior
| Omcsr commanding the Expedition.
.,s JOINT pxocLAxArIoI.
| The following proclamation from Com
0oidsborougn and Gen. Burnside "to tn,
people Of North Carolina" savors Of tn,
usual amount Of Puritan cant and infiatet
patriotism:
RoAsok. IsLAsp, N. g., Feb. ls.-The mis-
sion of our joint expedition is not TO invad
| any Of your rights, but to assert the author
tty OF the United States, and 70 close will
you the desolating war brought upon you
State By comparatively few bad men IL
i Iutiuenced infinitely more bv the vors
passions Of hum an nature than by any show
| Of elevated reason, they are still urging 70,
as.Iay TO crafty their unholy purposes
you OF wicked aud even diabolica1 inten ton
on our part; Of our desire to destroy you
freedom, eemoiish your property. iiberat
Ike snsrmi;i.s-aIl of whi.h, We assur. @ You you
Is not only ridiculous. but utterly and vii
fully fAlse. .-.
We are Christians As we'll as y.urselvs,
and we profess to know full we'll, and to fec
profoundly. the sacred obligations Of the char
No spprehen sion need be entertained tbs
! the demands Of humanity or justice Will b
disresardsd. We shall tnfilct no injury, un
les forced to do SO by your own acts, an
upon this You may confidently rely.
Those men arc your worst enemies. They
| In trnth have drawn you inlo your preseU
condition. and are the real distur bers Of you
peace and the happiness sf your fresides.
We invite you, in the name OF the Uonsu
tuition, and In that OF virtuous loyalty an
| civilixatiOns TO separate yourselves at ons
nom these malign in q uences, TO return 4
your allegiance, and not compel us to resoy
| further TO the force under our co ntrol.
The Government asks only that its an
tholity may be recognized and, We repeal
in no manner or way does II desire TO inter
1ere with your laws, constitusionally estah
ltshed, your institutions Of any kind wha,
ever, your Jroperty OF any sort, or you
assGss In any respect.