The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-02-15

i tanks. The 2Ist, 25th and 27tE1 Massaehu
sstts, 9th New York 5Ist New York, ane
10th Connecticut regiments were pazticu
larly engaged. The 26th Massachusetts anf
| 10th Connecticut suffered the most severe.
| iy. The fight lasted only two OF three
hours, when the battery was abandoned. -
Our troops pursued, and surrounding the
rebel camps, took nearly the whole COM
mand prisoners,
o. Jennings Wise was shot twice while
endeavoring to escape in boat. ~
Col Russell of the 10th Connecticut, was
killed, while at the head of his regiment.
Lieut-GoI. Yigier DeMonteil of the DEP
ineeul Zouaves, whose services were volun-
targ, wee also killed.
No other officers were killed above the
rank of lieutenant
Our total loss in killed and wounded
is less than 200, and the number killed IS
less than so.
We took between 1000 and 5000 prison
ers. They were about being sent to New
York by the steamer Spanlding and other
steamers. Among them are aboat Il or
15 Colonies, Lieutenant Colonies, and
Majors.
On Sunday afternoon feet of fifteen
KuADOhtS StaEtEu lot 13tlL4UtLu OItYs4 Il uS
place was shelled, and having been evacu-
ated and partially burned by the rebel
troops, was occapied
All the rebel fleet was sunk or burnt ex-
cept two the Roanoke and Beaufort,
which escaped mp the canal The Seabird,
which was the flagship of Commodore
Lynch was run down and boarded. The
Commodore escaped by swimming to the
shore.
The news from Elizabeth City arrived at
Roanoke Islsnd'on Monday evening, and
the Stars and Stripes left on Tuesday morn
ing. She stuck on the bar at Hatteras on
Tuesday night, bat started sgain in the
morning, and arrived here to-day, about
noon.
The Stars and Stripes brings bearer Of
dispatches from Gen. B Burnside and Com
Goldsborough She will take cargo of am
munition and return Immediately.
Gen. Wise was ct Nagg's Head, and suc-
ceeded in escaping to Norfolk.
Elizabeth City was about half burnt by
the rebel soldiers. The people sent a depu-
tatIon to Commodore Goldsborough asking
him to send force to assist in extinguish-
ing the flames: Edentou was taken pos
session of on Wednesday by Commodore
Goldsborough No opposition was offered
Ale ECDCi1 AAtdC IQ liz III 1AAtrA IclIE ltAFcu
from their entrencbments, which was done
oy Hawkins Zouaves and the 2lst Massa-
chusetts.
Young Wise resisted The storming party
until be was wounded, when be was car
ried of, aud his command retreated with
others to the upper end OF the Island, when
they laid down their arms,
The Norfolk and Richmond papers at
tribute the loss of Roanoke % the blunder-
ing inefiiciency of their Navy. They per-
sist in asserting that nearly 1000 federals
were killed. They charge Roanoke Island
farmer with having deserted and piloted the
Yankees TO the only point where they could
effect landing-the Island being hanked
on all sides by an extensive marsh.
A dispatch from Memphis to Norfolk adj
mits that the federal flag was cheered on
the Tennessee river by the people, and as
serts that tho federals neither seized or
destroyed any private property even
c5tton.
Gov. Letcher has issued an order for the
formation of home guards in Norfolk, Pc
tarsburg and Richmond.
Messrs. Ames and Fish returned TO BaIti-
more, the rebels refusing to receive them -
Four hundred released federal prisoners
will reach Old Point on Friday or Satur-
day.
The Richmond Dispatch says our Ten
nessee exchanges give us gloomy prospects
for the future in that part of the Confed-
eracy. Several leading journals intimate
plainly that there is really threatening
state of affairs in East Tennessee, growing
out of the idolatrons love of many of those
people to the old Union.
The correspondent of the Memphis Ava
lanche writes that G he condition of the in
terror counties is not improved by the
lapse Of time. The people appreheIid an
immediate advance of the Northmens and
traitors to the South evinee their joy in
every village and neighborhood. The
Unionists are making demonstrations in
many of the northern counties, and even at
Memphis there were exhibitions of joy on
the arrival of the news from Beach tarove.
Armed bands of Johnson's and Maynards
followers are prowling about in all direc-
tions through the mountains.
In the remote counties many have been
shot at night who adhere to the fortunes of
the South.