The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-04-25

lowed by Company j. Third Now Yefk cavalry, Optan
Joeknick Tho Twsnty-seventh Massachusetts, planted
were out some -four miles Al which point The enemys
guard Of cavalry were found. Adutant Fowler Of
the Twenty seventh, brought in Mr.. Lodge, citizen,
who reports the 10lowing-
General Gasnet 10 making his fathsrs house bis head
raj Garnett's brigade, being the force in our imme-
diate front-Seventeentb Eighteenth and Nineteenth
NS rS nsSy s s pn SesS CstOna %
try Starts battery Of artillery the Seventeenth North
Carolina, numbering one thousand effective men, the F
~ ninth cavalry, six hundred men the other regiments
being much reduced by disease and the casuaes OF the
virgnan campaign, making In all the effective force IN
our frent at from three 10 four thousand.
attack on the morning Of the 3ist ut or list nst and
@ S p Of Sa's a. @
time Reconnoterng our position, and hnding the ort
hcatons stronger than he anticipated and the gunbcas
Of defences, he, in view Of this aud the strength
Of fortihcations, deemed IL prudent TO intrench
ses and sSs ou us The O H'U and gums hs
breasworks. Failing 70 accomplish this aud finding the
guns at M the fort 50 ably worked lsaPta wall o. the
who behaved with distinguished gaiantry during the
entire attack, and seeing gallant soldiers over watch
fu and ready at their posts he did NOT attempt the storm
On Tuesday, March IA, Garnett received orders from
Gen Hill u charge upon the notifications and take them at
all hazards. Be replied that in charging he would
lose one half Of his men in coming In, and the re-
mander in going out. Orders received BY him yes
ter's at ten A. NJ. yesterday morning He moved his
tsery and infantry during the night leaving his cavalry
TO cover his retreat General Potter had oil tho enemys
ntrenohments leveed down and strong picket thrown
out upon al the roads, plnnAafe. GOV
The enemy stin at Rodman's Point. The gun.
boats Eagle and Ceree were now sent down TO shell
the Point After shelling for time and
RECEIVING rs no response, and seeing no one
Of the Ceres and Masters Mate Hudson and two men
started ashore 10 boat plant the coors When close
into shore about afty Of tho enemy rose from behind
hos Mr. nhap-
thrd assistant engineer. Being undor heavy fire. Mr..
H. seized the coors and swan back to the ship small
schooner with four fve OF the Forty third Massa
chusetts who had up the night previous with am
munton, we're running cose TO shore, when tho enemy
opened upon them wounding Francis Trip mortaly, and
one other Of the Forty third slightly
The gunboas came back and at two Pm the Eagle went
TSTn AGAIN. Y Ss sy the
shell into their breasworks with great precision Mr.
Lay, with eight Of the First North Carolina volun
teers his crew. went ashore, followed by Masters
Mate Tucker, with bowitzer aud nve mem Mr.. Lay
was hrst ashore, and soon the coors were float
three companies Of the Fifth Rhode Island, under
command OF Lieutenant Colonel Tew. arrived, and
one gun Of ,, the s, Third New YORK artillery. under
ceeded or reconnaissance. Captain Hopkins, OF the
Fifth, being In advance came up to four Of the enemy
He had aced bis skrmishcrs in such position that the
four rebels surrounded. He ordered the
halt who turned and ran. He fred upon him. killing him
The prisoners proved 70 be Captain Parker Of the FKtieh
North Carolina Volunteers, acting brigade commissary
Drum M,jor Mutt, and one private Of the fteth North
Carolina Volunteers. Captain Parker reported Gen. His
force at six thousand men three the Cross
He said that would be storned again within three
days He displayed much OF tho Southern bragadocia
Rodmans now occupied by forces. The gunboats
SouthGed, Bunker, Whitehead, Valley City, Seymour
and Perry arrived up In the afternoon and sheed the
Tke eagle. with three companies OF the Fortyfourth
Massachusetts, went down to Hls Point 70 occupy IL,
thelnight 70 HIPS Point.
The following piece found by Mr.. lay pasted
up on post near the cnemys works on Rodmans Point
and kindly given me- at A
no. agreeable man should 6c amphlbous 70 nhabit IT,
and NAN and Se wsa SSsy We
:s ! g:sss during ibis 3:
! Two Of their guns bursted-ons . twenty. .poundsr
Parrott, the other whtworth-and were thrown INTO
WAS shot. and fei ovsrSosra % the The sss alno no. -'
twelve 70 twenty thousand men, OF garrison NJ the time
only numbering twelve hundred, may well be termed
General HILL In speech IN Tarbcro, nifty miles above
here, said, "Give me thirty thousand men, and
! win drive the invading Yankees from Eastern
North Carolina In thirty days, and you
your quiet homes and enjoy its blessings in peace" sixty
days have elapsed, and we sti here and the valiant
70 the poor misguided citizens many Of whom drove
TO within nve miles OF town. and waited eighteen days 70
return to their "quiet homes" He will be under tho
cessmy T po, ~ makng ano.ner speeca .,v..,.-.
ton, N C. was CAPTURED with two thousand prisoners
SIX thousand conrabands and forty thousand In green
~ - n~,aoT % s M care "a, ss, mere, ann more
master would be very gracousiy received, hailed We
think, with more favor than renforcements would this
TS. snsmv \. s.,,. h.,r .,o., ,r On. a,.,,,o 81,
reenylle his camp fires extending Tor many miles The
following were the number Of irooIs under H as fur
a1h & W s Dy ss Na & s1sn 80 s9.n
cavalry sth Isth I9tn 10Th 2s,h 59th and 5eth vir
gnia 7th Confederate cavalry Gath Georgia LIST artillery
nun. unoc1,ns Isn 'y 70 iolty pieoes-nkne an enec-