Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-02-11
THE War NEWS,

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Richmond taf,r OIL tho I'd intt. con
ltain dltralchct nom tharlo,ton anuoun
lciur tht altock upon our hlockaliue Geo
'on that roft Wy two Confederate un boats
destroying two OF our gun boats. and ~,
dispensing Of The entire fleet of blocta
.dcra.
We give the second and dnh dispatch
~sECoSD DISPATCH
Charleston, Jan. 81, lsG3.-This nom,
ing the gunboats Palmetto State, Captain
ltuilUdge, and Chicura, Can't. Tucker, ao.
oompanied by thtco small steamers-th,
General CliuCh, Etiwah and Chesterfield
all under the command ofCommodore In.
graham, mndo an attack on tho blacka,
ders, aud succeeded in sinking two and
Gripping a third,
The engagement commenced At four
o'clock.
The Palmetto State, with Commodore
lngraham on board, opened fire upon the
Federal %gunboat Mercedita, carrying II
guns and II hundred and Ct y-eight
men, which was Don sunk in five fJthoms
OF water, Her commander, Capt. Stell-
wagon, with a boats crew, came on board
and surrendered. One shot pierced her
boiler, going clear through. Capt. StellN
wagon and crew we're parc!od by Commo'
da"o Ire,aiutm.
Capt. Tucker, Of the Chicora, reports
sinking another Federal gunboat and the
disabling Of the steamship Quaker City
The latter was set on fire by tho ChicoTa,
apd hauled down hor flag to surrender, but
afterwards managed to escape, using only
one wheel She w0s very seriously dam,
aged.
Tho humble, o. the blockading feet out
side AT tho lime The attack was thirteen,
with two lirst'class fr.gatos, the Susque,
hanna and Canandaigua.
The Federal loss was very severe. IL
was @ complete success on our part, with
not @ man hurt, Our gunboats we're not
oven struck.
All tho O~lockaders have Disappeared
There is not one to be seen within FIVE
miles with the strongest kind of glass es.
Oar boats are now returning to Charles.
ton,
The following is the official dispatch
THE REBEL OFFICIAL REPORT.
On Board G,mJoat Palmetto Slate.-I went
out last night. This vessel struck the
M~ercedita, when she sent u boat on board
and surrendered. The officers and crew
were paroled. Capt. Tucker thinks he
sunk one vessel and set another on fire,
whom she struck her flag. The blocka.
ding fleet had gone TO southwark and
eastward out Of sight.
3, n. %lNGRAHAN, Flag Officer Cong.
THE LATEST DIsrATcu-oFYlcIAL pRoCLAgA>
TIoN.
Headquarters Land and Naval Forces,
Charleston, S. c., Jan. 81, 1868 AT about
live o'clock this morning the Confederate
States naya. force on this station attacked
the United States blockading fleet of the
harbor of the city Of Charleston and sunk,
destroyed or drove OIL and out of sight
Tor the time the entire hostile fleet.
Therefore we, tho undersigned, com.
mandcrs, respectively of the Confederate
States naval and land forces in this ouaI.
ter, do hereby formally declare the block,
ade by the United States Of the said city
Of Charleston, S. c., to be raised by T. SUI
perior force oGthe [ confederate States from
and after the 3Ist day of January, A. D..
1863. G. Z. BEAUREGARD,
General Commanding.
ID. n. |lNGRAHAM,
Flag Officer commanding Naval Forces in
South Carolina.
Oficial-Tbomas Jourdan, Chief Of Staff.
The results Of the naval engagements
yesterday are two vessels sunk, four set on
fire and the remainder driven away.
The foreign consuls here held a meets
ing last night, and were unanimously Of
tho opinion that the blockade had been
legally raised.
Twenty b~lockaders arc Off the bar to-
day.
Other very important movements are in
progress here
1t will be observed that these reports
are through rebel sources. That they are
exaggerated is more than probable, from
the fact that tho blockading feet was at
IFS post the next day, largely reinforced,
and advancing as if intending to attack
tue city. But that the attack was made,
the fleet driven off for the time being, the
visit of the foreign Consuls to the coast,
and their action declaring the port Legal.
ly opancd, is generally credited.
Here, then, is another complication for
our Government to settle with neutral ma.
tons. 1t is announced that our Govern.
ment takes high ground, denying that
tho blockade has been legally raised, and
will act accordingly. On this point we
cannot do better than to give tho follows
ing letter Of Ion" tho Washington cor.
respondent Of tho Baltimore Sun.
WASHINGTON, /. c., Feb. A., 1868.
Has the blockade Of Charleston harbor
been illegally raised ?" That is asserted
by the foreign consuls at Charleston, and
the commanders OF the land and naval
forces o fthe ConGederates at Charleston
declare "lhat the blockade by the United
States Of the said harbor has been raised
by a superior force of the Confederate
Stotes from and after the 3lst of January"
Tbis Dova1 ro;l unnu tho Ealor,l l1aoE,-