The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-02-15

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EhaabesA City vas attacked q 6unday q
eyecuated b tie Inhabitants. H dtyveo d.
viossly burned, bat wheshsr By ssr sksils I
the ipaabitaats, 10 not certain. 1he nses nov
ct IL doeeat sssiysd At NorSolk = 0unday (
tefooea and eAnssd great sxcieeneue q
previous news vas very satislactoey. etatin
that the Yankeee bod been alloeod 9 adyan<
tor the purpose Of drawing them into : tan
The 2sbsl force on ~ Island q aupooeed 1
have besn listls ever 5000 1eAtine nm. 4.
Gen. wlss vas N a. Mays Head. "a VA -
present daring the engAgemenk Whsn hat q
1atton became dangsrous - vas ecnovea 1
Norfolk 5, ls's - =
An tAs guaboass but sos usss axe. an
that escaped - creek and was pfsbably 4,
seroysd. - -; 4
Oos report says TIA. OIL, 70, and .no,h.
that only IS q shs conSsdsfsses escaped ftol
The Islsnd. 0ss. Hsssr esleersped . Kichmon
that only 20 On the Island Sscaped. There a.
pears TO be no bright sids Of The story for 6
rebels: .
The Richnond Examinsr Of this mornine. 1
leading editorial, says: The loo Of oar q
tire army on Roanoke Island d certainly e.
most painful event Of the war. The intelIleenc
Of Yesterday By telegraph h fully coodrmed.-
$500, brave troops on an island ia The "a yer
exposed 70 ill the fUsce Of the Bufnssde Asse-.
They rseisesd With the most deteruined cosr
age. bat when II, 900 Federal troops were land
cd against them-fetrsat being cut Or By th
surrounding elsments-they we're forced o suu
render This 10 . repetition Of The Hasssras Il
fair on large scale.
The following dispatches on the subject, as
taken from the Richmond papses Of this morning
Nols0i8, Feb. l0.-Ths latest news states ths
Capt O. Jennings Wise, con Of Gov. Wise, wa
shot through The hip and disabled, though BIZ
wound 10 not mortal Maj. Lawson and Lieut.
Miller were mortally wounded. Absst 500 con
fedsrates were killed. The wounded number
Alate arrival this morning. says that Eliza
be % cityi had bssn shsllsd and burned By the Yam
KEGS, and that the enemy was pushing on "a
Denton. sg5-s.sp.s -
SscoxD DssPATcH.-Norfolk, Feb. l0.-A r..
NOR has prevailed that Com. Lyneht neet ol
gunboats had been captured. It'll mot regard
cd 20 true, but it 10 believed that all were burn
ed BY tie Confederates to prevent their capture
with the exception Of one, which Was sadeavor.
Ing 70 make its escape. The Aeet went 20 Ellis
abeth City, from Roanoke Islsnd, snd Was prob
ably burnt at the former plads. ssya
T11RD DEsPArcR.-Noffolk Feb. 10.-A des
patch was received at Richmond, at midnight
stating a. follows:
4 courier arrived here this r. H., at & o'clock,
and brought the intelligence that Elizabeth City
vas burned this morning. BY its inhabitants -
large force. All our gunboats, excepting one,
were captured By the enemy. Gen. Wise has
not yet arrived at Norfolk. -
The following il the very latest copy from
the Norfolk Day Book; i
A courier arrived here yesterday afternoon
about O'Clock, from which We gather the fol.
lowing information. The enemy advanced in
full force upon Elizabeth City, yesterday about
Z o'clock and began an attack upon that place.
The citizens finding resistance vain, evaeuated
the place, but before doing % Get fire 70 the town
and when our informant left It was still In hames
We have also to record the capture by the enc.
my of oil our little feet except the Fanny OF
Forrest, our informant 10 mot certain which; thia
eluded the enelny. She Was pursed, however,
and fears are entertained that she waa captured
1t 10 said that before our boats surrendered they
were abandoned and that their crews succeeded
in making theft escape. II 90 if we are at Q
loss TO conjecture why the boats were not fred
before they were abandoned. The disaster 70
our little deet ID attributed to the fact that hav-
ing exhausted their supply Of coal and ammuni-
ton. They proceeded to Elizabeth City for the
purpose Of obtaining supply. 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
forceA s
All the details a. published with reference TO
the capture Of Roanoke Island are confirmed BY
the Courier, who represents our loss at 500
killed Ind wounded, and that Of the enemy not
less than 1000 killed. Great havoc vas made
among the enemy. While coming up the Road
leading to the Fort our soldiers brought to bear
upon them two 50 FOUNDERS, and At every fire
their ranks were terribly Skinned. The places
Of the fallen. however, we're quickly filled.
The Park Point battery was manned by the
Richmond Blues, and most nobly did they de-
fend it during the conflict. They were attacked
by whole regiment of Zouaves, snd though
completely overpowered they stood their ground
they did not yield foot till ell but seven Of
them had fallen to the ground. a.
There 10 good reason to believe that had Col.
Hsnningsen with bis artillery been on the Island
It would not have been forced to surrender.
1t 10 reported that one regiment from Nassa.
chusetts was badly cut up, but it 10 impossible
to ASCERTAIN which Of the Ave it was that were
attached 70 the Expedition.
All the Southern papers received to-day are
unanimous In admitting complete victory for
our troops, aud In saying the loss Of the Island
10 very serious one.
The news received to-day occasions great ex.
element at Old Point. A steamer with dis.
patches from Gen. Burnside 10 hourly expected.
Special News 70 De New York Papers.
(Tribune's Dispatch.1
WAsHINoToN, Feb ll.-nr. Arnold, from the
Committee on Lake and River nef.nnoe ill -