New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-15
by Telesapht

wAsHrSeros Fria.y FEB Is, 1851,
A private letter, written on board tho gunboat
Stare and Stripes Feb. 10, says:
"a tier tue cannonading Of the enemy's batteries
by our al forces, landing Of the military com
menoed about q O'Clock on Friday evening, at Ash
ley'e IA ,rbor, about two AID bali miles below the
Rebel Fort Barlow, of nine 3--poruders.
The landiDg effected under cover of tue
guns Of two Of our gunboals, the Delaware aud
Morse which with the shupnell, drove away and
dispersed TWO Rebel regiments that were stationed
there, with three field e,es 70 oppose their landing
"Oar men were up TO their middle Ia mud aud
water I'm landing When on shore they found tue
three Rebel pieces in the mOrass. by oc Ok ?. m.
,bat nj shs Gen. Burnside bad landed six thousand
men, aud continued landing them through the night
at the rate OF one thousand per hour. The Land
inoyen ent against the enemys batteries was c0ui-
msnced carly on saturday morning--tho fleet mean
time engaging and silencing shore battery Jurt op-
pcslte t.
Our forces advancing In the direction az Tue bat
terry IN the center Of tie Island, the Rebels were
soon driven behind their inireuchpents, when !oij
reS ted Eight mortsrs were landed nom the fleet
TO seTge as our army field artillery. About midday
be Hawkins Zouayes and the lOth Connecticut
Regine,t under Gen. Foster, made dashing bay
or,l charge upon the battery commanded by Young
Wise, w'.iius knee deep through mud aid water To
get al the loIt, aud yelling ike many Indians.
Meanwhile, "A detour Was made the right by gen.
Keno, ah' on lit ifA hN Ten. ortcr. lbls attack
from thre- siies decid, the tate of the day.
The Rebcle lied frou their iuireuchment- before
the array Of cold steel Drought 10 bear against them
The Hawkins Zpuayes ltap,d the Iront dslenses.
bayonet in hand, a. the Rebel- fled. Young Wise
wac not wounded here, ss report has l., BAT re-
oeived his wound III endeayOriug % escape from the
island IN a boat from Shallow bag Bay. The boat
wac iIed Oh, and lac received four wounds. lie was
nlade prisoner, and died on Sunday morning OF his
wounds.
Ter the reduction of the battery in the center
of tho leland, Gems Reno and Parks took force Of
men, aud went down 20 Fort Barlow, Col. hIll IN
command, and took undispnted possession of IT, IL
Lad been the p1ncipai point OF Two days bouibird-
nent by our navy. Al 4: - p. m. Of saturday, the
Auercan flag was lrrayod FROM tie battery.
=" Glen. Foster then pursued the Rebels 70 the
north end OF the i'land, where wss also IN cempl OF
drawn mp, Pirpi IN Regiment that had been towed
down M sX schoOncis nom tho mainland early SAL
urday nognl0g.
Gen. lO.t-r approached, and had au interview
with tie rebel commander Col Shaw Of North Caro-
lima, who as6,d hin what terms he would eNai.
Ten. Foster replied, " an uuconGi ,Onsl surrender,
aud cunscnted 20 1--WE him line 10 r,tdu 10 his camp
20 decide whether or not 10 atcsde 90 the demand.
The rebel officer had hardly reached his men when
tho Massachusetts 2lth, burning with impair nee,
spfang forward III the direction OF tue enemy, when
{ Ol. Shaw Immediately raised white handkerchief
us "A signal that the rebt IL had concluded TO SUI
render.
The Rebels had proposed TO cnt of our passage
M CrOaian Sound by "a rlcgdHE DE trisc OF stakes,
oXlending ilom Inc main lspd spdiely aeross w tho