Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-21

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&C. tackled the land batteries. The fight contir
ued till dark. During the night 10000 me
n were landed, and on Saturday mornin
t. 1000 more. A mask battery of three gun
Ell was soon discovered by the skirmishers, an
j. was attacked in front and on both tanks
J. The 2lst, 25th and SD Massachusetts,, III
y 9th and 51st New York, and 10th Connect
l. cut were particularly engaged. The 25:l
fered most seriously. The fight lasted onl,
a two or three hours. When the battery wa
e abandoned our troops pursued and sur
y rounded the rebel camp and took nearly til,
+ whole command prisoners. o. jennings Wis,
e was shot twice while endvavcring to escap,
a in boat. r ali
= Col Russell, of the 10th Connecticut, wa.
9 killed at the head of his regiment Lieut.
. Col. D. Monteile, of the Dupiecle Zouaves
8 whose services were voluntary, was killed.
No other officers were killed above the rank
Of lieutenant ds %
Our total loss in killed and wounded IL
/, less than 200, and the number of killed il
1 less than so. .-.. s vi
On Sunday afternoon, fleet of fifteen gun.
: boats started for Elizabeth City. The place
was shelled, and having been evacuated and
partially burnt by the rebel troops was occu.
pied. The Seabird, which was the flag ship
in Com. Lynohs feet was run down and
boarded and the gallant Commodore escaped
by swimming to the shore. p. ~ ...... "a
The news from Elizabeth City was received
at Roanoke Island on Monday evening. +.
Gen. Wise was At Nagshead, ardsucceeded
in escaping to Norfolk ,,.... .,.',., I'm
The rebels u ade no fight after being driven
from their entreuchments, which was done by
the Hawkins Zou:ves and the 21st Massachu-
sets. Young Wise resisted tho storming
parties till he was ounued and carried of.
when his command retreated with the Others
to the upper part of the Island, where they
laid down their arms
| Elisabeth City was but half burnt by the
rebel soldiers. The people sent off deputa-
tion to Com. Goldsboro, asking him to send
force to assist in extinguishing the flames
Edenton was taken possession of on We'd
ncsday, by Com. Goldsboro, no opposition be-
ing offered. -'.. ,-
Norfolk and Richmond papers attribute the
lossof Roanoke Islsnd 10 the blunderng
inefficiency of the navy. They stil persist
in asserting that 1000 Federals were killed
! hey also charge some Roanoke farmer with
deserving and plotting the Yankees to the
only point they could effect a landing at, the
landing being fanked on all sides by an ex-
| tenSive marsh. To- ''
A dispatch from Memphis to Norfolk ad-
mits the Federal flag was cheercd on the
Tennessee river by the people, and asserts
that the Federa|s neither seized nor destroyed
any private property-not even cotton.
Gov. Letcher has issued an order for the
f,rnation Of Home Guards for the defense Of
Norfolk, Petersburg and Richmond
Bishop Ames and Hon. Hamilton Fish re-
turned to Baltimore, the rebels refusing to
receive them. |
The Richmond Dispatch says: "Our Ten
nessee exchanges give us gloomy prospects
of the future in that part of the Confederacy |
Several leading journals intimate plainly that
there is really threatening state of affairs in |
East Tennessee, growing out Of the idolatrous
love of many of those people to the old Union. |
The correspondent Of the Memphis Araianche |
writes that the condition Of the interior co,m-
ties is not improved by the lapse Of timc-
The people, apprehending an immediate ad
vance of the Mortimer and ira tors to the
South, evince 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 Birch Grove. Armed bands of John
sons and Maynard's followers are prov ling |
about in all directions through the mountains |
in the remote counties. Many have been |
shot at night in their own houses, who ad- |
hered to the fortunes of the Scuth''
WASHINGTON, Feb. IA.
A special messenger arrived this morning, |
bringing the following dispatches: a. |
U. 9. FLAG srEANrR Pm1LADELpH1A.l
Orr ROANOKE ILAvl, Feb. 9. !
Roanoke leland is ours. The military au |
thorites struck to Us yesterday. Their means
Of defence were truly formidable, and they |
were used with determination worthy of |
better cause They consisted of two elabo- |
rately constructed works, mounting together |
% heavy guns. 8 of them being l. 0 pound RI |
fed, 4 other batteries mounting together 20 |
guns, large proportion of them being of |
large calibre, some of them rfled 8 steamers, |
mounting guns each, and each having RI |
fed gun with diam ter Of a 32-roundcr, a
prolonged obstruction of sunken vessels and |
pill to thwart our advance, and altogether a |
body of men numbering scarcely less than |
5000, of whom 5000 are now our prisoner. |
The fighting commenced on the morning !
of the 7th inst, about IL A. M, and was con- |
tinued till dark. The following morning it |
was resumed at an early hour, and lasted un-
til late in the afternoon, when, by bold |
charge by our army, the rebel flag was made
to succumb, and our own was hoioted every |
where on the Island in its place. No attack |
could have been more completely executed, |
and it was carried out precisely in accordance |
with the arrangements made before the ex- |
pedition left Hatteras Inlet,
[Signed] j. nj. GoLDsBoRo,
Flag Officer.
SECOND DESPATCH.
Just as I closed my despatch of yesterday.
l received reliable information that the rebel
steamers which escaped had gone to Eliza
beth City, and the-eupon Immediately or
dered Commander Rowan to take 13 Of our
steamers under his command and 90 in pur-
SUIT of them, and also, if practicable, to exe-
cute another service-namely, the destruc-
ton of the North River, link of the Albe-
ma-le and Chesapeake caral.
g The way he has already accomplished the
first part of it, his own preliminary report, .
copy of which l herewith enclose, will in
firm you.
am, &c., j. NJ GoLDsBoRo.
+ coMMANDER RowAN's REPORT.
| u S. Steamer Delawnre, off Elizabeth
City, Feb. 10fh-Sir: have to report that
I have met the enemy off this place, this
msrning, at 3 o'clock, and after a very sharp
engagement have succeeded in destroying