Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-02-22

throw away. The panic and ron, -
When close on their heels, and near tb eae complete
OF the island, Gen. Foster vas met NV upper part
ron Got shaw. demanding terms Of VI uuCe
zen osier replied that the surrender ,n,s. Ion.
eonoittonai and Immediate. These termS NC oe un.
cePted and about i,5U0 laid down their az "efe &C.
meanwhile General Reno came up with MS,
ditioAaliy. Ia, - 'e''ue'ed uneon.
: Colonel Hawkins found the bs,tsrv .o
back Bay deserted, but took several a. SWALLOW.
Captain O. Jenning Wise was attepnt;nn
ms escape IN boat when he was sboss " make
places, and died next morning. '"0' In three
:. The forts were all occupied by orr fo,o..,
hignI The rebels the Same evening blew ~ 80 mat
Forrest The Instructions having been ,e up Fort
our Heet entered Albemafie Sound removed
Inc landing was effected under cover of tbo
oil two OF our gunboats, the Delaware ana guns
which, with the Shrapnel, drove them ""u Morse
dispersed two rebel regiments thai were s,a! and
there with three field pieces to oppose tba;"
lug. Our men were up to their middles in n ,Sno
water IN landing. When, on shore thew fHrni and
three rebel pieces in the norass. Bv n;no oEhe
I. NJ, that night General Burnside had l.rS,Sc k
thousand men, aud continued landing them iGs SIX
the night attic rate of one thousand per bo'"
Our forces advancing in the direction Of hi,
very IN tne centure OF the island, the rebels va
~Sbitio- tuciT 6nLfenchmnntS LII
they resisted. Eight mortars were landed e.. Mere
feet to serve as. our armys field ARTILLERY nun IAe
midday the Hawkins Zouaves and the Tan.L ASOut
necueut regiment under the command of Cen E"l
Ier mace dashlnS bayonet charge upon the bo.ta"
commanded by young Wise Wadino t,,oofy
through mud and water, to get at the forr ueeP
ing ike SO many Indians Meanwhile dpton. yel'
made on the right by Gen. Reno, and on the Ia was as
Ven tos.eI; ms attack from three sides dpcdoa
the lsle OF the day The rebels fled from thpr ~"
trenchments before the array of could ctoaI - e
to bear against them. The Hawkins Zono"o o'ousht
the front defences, bayonet in hand a. t6o tedpga
NED. Young Wise was not wounded boro , o"e
ported, but received his wound in endo.ror; IT,
escape from the island in boat from Sb,omEs.a 70
Bay. O"' 0HaHo"oack
Inc boat was fired on, and he received r,r,
WOUNDS de was made prisoner and d;ed or S 'Uu'
day morning of his wounds. N''U VI" 0un-
roS'er 5 men, pursued the rebels to the
drawn up Virginia regiment that had hao Sap OF
down in six schooners from the main Iand OauI'
Saturday morning. Gen. Foster approached anS
had an interview with the rebel comm,ndor Go CT
ohaw, sof North-Carolina, who asked him vbat
terms he would exact. ""@'
Uen. fosterreplIed, San unconditional surrendaru
and consented to give him time to return to h,
camp to decide, or not to accede to the demand
Inc feoel omcer had hardly reached his men when
the Massachusetts, oath, burning with impatepcp
sprang forward in the direction Of the enemy when
Col Shaw Immediately raised white handkerchief
as signal that the rebels had concluded to sur.
render. .. - ""t'
The rebels had proposed to cut off our passsps
up Croaton Sound bya cheoaus deyf.ies of stakes
extending from the main land entirely across to the
head OF Roanoke Island but our gunboats forced
their way through, and commenced the lmpetuous
pursuit of the enemy's feet, which had been drawn
up behind this barrier.
The official reports of the affair thus far received
at the North give no additional facts. Commodore
Godsborough says of the rebel defences at Roanoke
They were truly formidable, and they were used
with determination worthy of a better cause
They consisted oftwo deliberately constructed works,
mounting together twenty-five heavy guns, three
OF them being 100 Founders riied; four other bat
teries, mounting together twenty guns, large
portion of them being also of large calibre, and
some of them rfed ; eight steamers mounting two
guns EACH and each having riaed gun, with the
diameter of 32-pounder; prolonged obstruction
of sunken vessels and piles to thwart our advance,
and altogether, body of men numbering scarcely
less than 5000, of whom 5000 are now our prs-
onerS."