The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-03-20
PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

We nste. scne interesting seisstIons frcn lats
psDeys re eceived q. this Sface
THE .uCcEssFuL FoRAY ON HILTON HfAD ISLAND
The Charleston Me,eury. OF the 10th reeosds the
n.rlu,ars Of whas IL considered OF tbs bodies:
ard noss suecsssfal iests Of the war:
The brilliant foray o. Capt. John Il. Hekies and
. fs.sch1cs cant of his company 9th regiment +. G.
" ) en- LAST Thurada7 night. resulted In sutDrsis &
snd capturing q detachment Cf piokets and sigE 81
oarnsrso al taa Scsaisn Wells Observatory =, on
ri;tru Rsa1 Island. few hundred yards from =
.cm,n ut Of Infantry and within sound @, the long
rcii e. General Hanters Z headausrttrs. By exam
ln.nu map OF the locality II ~ i'll be observed that
AiI,ou Head Island is separated frori the r,sn
I.ud nv yyis water courses nevlvabie fer suIo1.s
o5 -, cfsssss which sndess ell approach to Il el
Seuit /: 20. dsr aerous fxssEt 10 men wno ESQ pull
an os~ susiy IS ~sll Al hanre n. F;hs with deadly
nrsc;xi,u. Washed Sy ths Aslsusc ccs.n on tie
font aud the y..- SO gua-dsd naturally, Hilton
Uas.s Syas L; every respect whss might have bsaG
,hnuch. a sste place for Dsps. smsnt Hseddus-
tegs - but It ssems that oaf sa't'"a'sf oays nave
70 ind way to get there.
On Thursday eveping. all pfopsr arrangements
having he-n previously MADE, ID fo-sysrs stsr "a
In hsr cane 80 aud followed Nsy river down to its
Junction with Msoksy's eFses, "hsre the ua,on o.
i1o S,ou elose oSssYvaon the p,cke! stations they
effected q .afs ixndng. Shs might was dasx AMI
ths wind high enough to ssnd ths tile 20 the saore
with besvJ mufznur. A'er nsAlHs An ~ es'sA.y
us,y 10 tie high Crcnad, ard thence ,oTsrds
ths houee which II used as pick es and sgda! eta
ton. Tbeir pau wss 70 approach tha place In shs
r,ar aud II pos s.bie, oaDture or bsyonet every one
,tsra withoat fling gun; bnt they found that
a.ntinsl guarded ths approach from this qzsrtsr,
and another VISA posted on the front un6er these
ogcusnssasees. there WAS no "a .fsfna'ivs M nn. 70
-. i. work With dispatch Bsr weut Il u ket and
&C ,arcat rrsc.ice IL not certain In the dack. awsy
scampcred tss ssntinsl followed by the s:tscsiag
par.y, who ,ushcd c'oss u2oa his fe"sinso tas Rouse
R.fore the sleeping guards codd throw on ,hAi.
h,erke,a the 10 the Grasp o! band
ri ster,, rsbo.s Rather III sn take ths twenty odd
br, chit bsyonet5 ef our Ileu, the as;onsaoa X.n
kses qa,.i'y sGTenssrsd Aesnume sae .o.ss x,ss 10
tenau. ct kns sigral corfs rushed d,"a stshs en-
disAatals. to ascsrtsin wfs. had oscuyea; hn.Soe,
too. was soon prisones in tae napcs OF . ssut'y
drawback. with pistol coeksd, whom he eaconn-
ssarss A. ,he foot of ths s:shs This mach having
nee, accomplished. no time was 70 be ioss ms
.igousrs wsre marched Q. tbs double quisk 70 tne
isndioa, ths Yankee Leussnan, suffering s.vsloty
f,on, bar, and thosns he being bssefoosi. VITA
ant hat AID coat. The retreat Was safely con.
Srs,sd And tnat, too, over nias miles ct watsr
eanrsss. syailabis for gunsesss Of large size.
a LLu1nAns Of the sisaL eo!ss snd . private,
~ r.r, .ined up stairs eIoapsd unobssrvSd, and
..s ,,oIsts on ihs b!af nsds their sseaps. AL
10 10 rSst we.e taken asd brought on the island
~t,hant thu loss Of man ON oar SIDE
THE oMisous IsAeTloH At siekssuss
r,om /. late rsmbsr Of the New York xerta ws
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