Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-02-13
Office No. tl2 Superior Street.
CLEVELAND, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY l3 1862


but II is believed, that all were burned b!
the Oonfederatss; 10 prevent their capture
With the exception of one, which was en-
dCavoring 20 make its escape. fi
The feet went to Elizabeth City from
Roanoke Island, and Was probably burn
81 the former point. .-.-
/, Third dispatoh,--A dispatch was 70
eeived at Richmond At midnight stating A
f,lEs: laa.al. ..s.a. d.
ll a courier arrived here this afternoon, g
four O'clock, and brought the intelligenoI
that Elisabeth City was burned this morn
ing by it's Inhabitants During the con
Ragration the Federals landed o larg,
force. All our gunboats excepting on'
were captured by the enemy. Gen. Wis
has not yet arrived at Norfolk.
The following, the very latest, We copy
| from the Norfolk Day Book: s.r..- -45
A courier arrived here yesterday P. A.,
about 3 o'clock, from which We gather the
following information: a-...- -.i.a
The enemy advanced in full force upon
Elizabeth City yesterday, about O'Clock,
and began an attack upon that place. The
citizens, finding resistance vain, evacuated
the place, but before deing so set hre to the
town, and when our informant left il Wss
still in flames.
We have also to record the capture by
the enemy of all our little feet, except the
Fsnny or Forest, our informant is not GER
tain which. -al-E
This eluded the enemy. She was pur.
sued, however, and fears are entertained
that she was captured. aIar
II "a eaf1 fhot haFora 49, k,ats
they were abandoned, and that their crews
succeeded in making their escape. II so, we
are at loss to conjecture why the boats
were not fred beOrs they we're abandoned.
Fhe disaster tGour little heetis attriDuted to
the fact that having exhausted their supply
Of coal and ammunition, they preceded to
Elizabeth city for the purpose Of obtaining a
supply. Every effort was made to obtain
coal, hut without success, and the boats could
not, therefore, return to the island and land
any assistance whatever to our forces.
All the details as published with reference
to the capture of Roanoke Island are con.
frmed by the Courier, who represents our
loss at 300 killed and wounded and that of
the enemy not less than 1000 killed. Great
havoc was made among the enemy while
coming up the road leading to the Fort. Our
soldiers brought to bear upon them two 80
Founders and at every FIRE their ranks were
terribly thinned. The places of the fallen,
however, were quickly glled. The Park
Point battery was manned by the Richmond
Bluesf and most nobly didthey deiendit. -.
During the conflict they were attacked by
a whole regiment Of zOuayes, and though
completely overpoweFed, they stood their
ground They did not yield foot tin, all
but seven Of them had fallen bleeding on
the ground. There is good reason to believe
that had Col. Henningsen with his artillery
been on the Island, it would not have been
freed to surrender. IE isreported that one
regiment from Massachusetts, was badly cut
up but it is impossible to ascertain which of
the Eve it was that we're attached to the eX-
peditiOn- p
All the Southern papers received to-day
are unanimous in admitting a complete vic
tory for our troops, and in saying that the
loss Of the island is a veey serious one.
The news received to-day OCCASIONS great
excitement at Old Point.
A steamer with official dispatches from
Gen. Burnside is hourly expected. z.
The prisoners captured, numbering at least
AiNVSi WAlA bC hG4O III a lew udyEs
A flag of truce was sent to Orauey Island
early this morning, to inform Gen. Huger
that the prisoners Of war from Fort Warren
hal arrived .rg- -..
The rebel steamer West Point came out
from Norfolk, and the prisoners were
transferred. They numbered 4 captains,
3 1st lieutenant, 6 I'd lieutenants, 2 Sd
lieutensnts and 884 privates and colored
servants. They we're taken at Hatterss
and Santa Rosa Istand, and are the last Of
war prisoners at Fort Warren, exsept Com.
Barron. 1
the Norfolk boat brought here the Cap
tain of the transport 0sceola, which was a
part of Gen. sherman's expedition, and was
wrecked on the coast of Georgia, Nov. I'd,
and the whole crew taken prisoners. i
The lateat intelligence from Savannah is
that the Federal gun boats were ct Walls
Cut, an opening which communicates with
savannah without passing Fort Pulrski. Il
A dispatch from Charleston to Richmond
says that on the 9th Fort Piokens, Wit. 5he
Niagara and Colorado, opened fire on Forts
McRae and Bsrrancas, and the Navy Yard.
After some hours bombardment both YES
sels hauled off. Both are said to be badly
damaged
There hiss been some skirmishing between
the Federals and rebels at Port Royal Ferry.
The city of Savannah was being strongly
fortified.