The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-18

Roanoke ISLAND Captured.
Rebel GuRb0ats and Many Prison
Crs Taken.
SPRINGFIELD CAPTURED.
PRICES SUPPLIES ALL TAKEN,

truce to-day we learn the complete sue
cess of the Burnside Expedition at Ro
anoke Island. The Island was taken pos
SESSION Of and Commander Lynch's flee,
completely destroyed. Elizabeth City
was attacked on Sunday and evacuated
by the inhabitants. The city was pre-.
viously burned, but whether by oul
shells or the inhabitants, is not certain.
The first news OF the defeat arrived al
Norfolk on Sunday p. M, and caused
great excitement. The previous news
was very satisfactory, stating that the
Yankees had been allowed to advance
for the purpose Of drawing hem into a
trap.
Gen. Wise was i'll at Moves Head, and
was not present during the engagement.
When that city became dangerous, he
was removed to Norfolk.
All the gunboals but one were taken,
and that escaped up creek and was
probably destroyed. One report says
that only 7o,and another 90. of the Con-
federates, escaped from the Island. Gen.
Huger telegraphed to Richmond that on
ly 50 on the Island escaped There ap-
pears to be no bright side of the story
Tor the rebels.
The Richmond Examiner this morn.
ing in leading editorial says the loss of
an entire army on Roanoke Island is GER.
tainly the most painful event of the war.
The intelligence of Yesterday by tele j..
graph is fully confirmed. $500 brave
men on the Island in the sea, were ex.
posed to all the force of the Burnside
fleet. They resisted with the most de.
iermined courage, but when $1,000 fed
eral troops were landed against them, re-.
treat being cut off by the surrounding
federals, they were forced to surrender.
This is repetition of the Hatteras affair
on large scale.
The following dispatches on the sub.
ject are taken from the Richmond papers
of this morning:
NORFOLK. Feb. 1O.-The latest news
states tina, Capt o. Jennings Wise, son
of Governor Wise, was shot through the
hip and disabled. but his wound is not
mortal. Major Lawson and Lieut.. Mil
Ter were MORALLY wounded.
About three hundred Coufederates
were killed and over 1000 wounded
The number of Yankees wounded is
about the same.
The rebel force on the Island is sup
posed to have been little over 5000
fighting men.
a late arrival this morning says thai,
Elizabeth City had been sheled and
burned by the Yankees, and that the en-
envy was pushing on to Edison.
SECOND DISPATCH.
NORFOLK, Feb. 1O.-A rumor has pre-
vailed that Com. Lynch's fleet Of gun.
boats has been captured 1t is believed
that all were burned by the Confederates
to prevent their capture, with the except
ion of one, which was endeavoring 10
make its escape. Inc feet went TO Eliz
abeth City from Roanoke Island, and
was probably burnt at the former point.
A third dispatch was received at Rich
mond at midnight, stating as follows:
A courier here this P. NJ. at o'clock
and brought the intelligence that Eliza
beth City was burned this morning by
its inhabitants. During the confagration
the Federals landed large force. All
our gun boats, excepting one, were cap
tured by the enemy.
Gen. Wise has not vet arrived at Nor
folk
The following is the very latest. We
! copy from the Norfolk Day Book:
A courier arrived here yesterday P.
M. about 5 o clock, from which we gath
Ell the following information The enemy
advanced in full force upon Elizabeth
City about o'clock, and began an at
tack upon that place. The citizens find
ing resistance vain. evacuated The place,
but before doing so set fire to the town,
and when our informant left, il was in
flames
We have also to record the capture BY
the enemy of all our little fleet, excep,
the Fanny or Forest, our informant is
not certain which. She has eluded the
enemy. She was pursued, however, and
fears are entertained that she was cap
lured.
1t is said that before our boats surren.
dered they were abandoned and that their
crews succeeded in making their escape;
if so, we are at loss to conjecture why
The boats we're not fired before they were
abandoned. The disaster TO our little
fleet is attributable TO the fact, that hav-
ing exhausted their supply of coal and
ammunition they proceeded to Elizabeth
City for the purpose of obtaining sup
ply. Every effort was made TO obtain
coal but without success, and the boats
could not, therefore, return to the Island
and lend any assistance whatever to our
| forces.
All the details, as published. with ref
erence 10 the capture of Roanoke Island
are confirmed by the courier, who repre-
sents our loss al 500 killed and wounded
and that OF the enemy not less than ] 900
killed. Great havoc was made among
the enemy while coming up the road
leading to the fort. Our soldiers brough,
TO bear upon them two 32 Founders. and
at every fire their ranks were terribly
lhinned. The places of the fallen, how
ever, were quickly filed. The Park
Point battery was manned by the Rich
mond Blues, and most nobly did they
defend it during the conflict. They were
attached nv "a bpla reu imanf oT Ton