The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-07

ed in sinking two and crippling third. TIE
engagement commenced ct o'clock. The Pal
metto State, with Com IngFahAm ON board,
ope0ed fire upon the Federal gunboat 1sfcidita
oarryng IL guns and l5S men, which IVES soon
sunk in Ave fs,homs water. Her commander,
Cspt. Stilevogen, with boats crew, came on
board and surrendered. One shot pierced her
boiler, going clear through. Capt Stilevogen,
and crew we're psroled BY Com. eIngrahsm. s
Capt Tucker of the Chicora, rsports sinking
ono other Federal gunboAt and disabling the
steamship Quaker City. The latter was Get, on
ipe BY the Chicors and the steamer hauled down
her flag and surrendered, but Afterwards man
sssd 10 escape with only one Wheel She Was
very seriously damaged. .a ~, ias.ss ~, -
The number Of the blocksding, feet out side
at the time Of attack Was Is. With nrst class
frigates, the Suequehanns and Canapdagua. The
Federal loss is very severe Il wss complete
success on our part, not msn was hurt ~ Our
guaboats we're not even struck. All the block
aders have disappeared. there i not one to be
seen within miles, With the stongsst kind Of
glasses. Our gunboats are now returning to
Charleston. -------.------
The following IL the official despatch:
On board the gunboat Palmetto Satte,y went
out last night. This boat struck the Asrcidita,
when she sent . boat aboard and surrendered.
The officers and crew we're paroled. g Captain
Tucker thinks be sunk one boat aud set another
on FIRE, when she struck her Gag. The blocks
aiding feet had gone Southwark and eastward
~ y ''sD' 0'f 5. \. 1seHRAx, =
i5d7s Flag Officer Commanding. 10
THIRD DISPATCH -CHARLHsToH, Jan. 81
Our gunboats, Palmetto State and, Chicors,
have reached the wharvss. They were enthusi,
asticaily cheered by an immense jc0ncourse OF
citizens who had assembled to greet them. no a
Signals were fred from the fort sea batteries.
Not man was hurt ON our side, and our gun,
boats were not struck by the enemy. Our at
tack on the, fleet was complete surprise to
the blockaders, each one running away without
, caring 70: the Others 1t is supposed that the
crew OF the Meridta perished. The Palmetto
State, which engaged the Aeridita, having no
boats, and fighting az the time, could render no
assistance The Quaker City Was struck twice
and had one of her side wheels almost torn off
FOURTH Observation-Disclosures. Feb. L.
Gen Beauregard and Com. Ingraham, Is com.
manders Of the land and naval forces, have is
sued joint proclaim alton, dated Jan. ,8lss, de-.
clsring the blockade in Charleston raised, the
entire hostile squadron having been sunk, burned
or dispe,se by the superior naval force Of the
Yesterday afternoon General Beauregard
placed steamer at the disposal OF Foreign Con.
suls, to see for themselves that no blockade ex-
listed The French and Spanish Consuls, accom-
panied bv General Ripley, accepted the invits-
tiOn. The British Consul, with the commander
of the British war steamer Petrel had previously
gone Eve miles beyond the usual anchorage ol
the blockaders, and could see nothing Of them
with glasses. F2H tsse .
peared, keeping far out. This evening large
no n ado in al cht hsnk thoVk
steam up, evidently ready to run. @
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OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION.
u. HEADQUARTERS LAID AND NAvALl
FoRcKs, CHARLESTON, Jan. 81.
At about five O'Clock this morning the Con-
federate States naval forces, of this State, at
tackled the o. S. bockading feet Of the hsrbor
of Charleston, and sunk, dispersed, or drove of
out OF sight, for time, the entire hostile fleet
a. Therefore, We the undersigned commanders
respectively, of Confederate States naval and
land forces in THE quarter, do hereby formally
declare the blockade by the United States off
said city Of Charleston, s. u, to be raised by a
superior force Of the Confederate States from
and after this, slst day of Jan. A. D. 1862. a
(Signed,) g. T. BEAuREGARD,
II D. N. lKGRAHAM, u Gen. Com'cg
=. - Flag Officer Com'dgr Naval forces.
Oficsl by Thos. Jordon, chief Of stat. The
vesuits of the naval engagement yesterday are
two vessels sunk, four Get on FIRE, and the re-
mainder driven away. The foreign consuls here
4 held . meeting last night, and we're unanimous.
g ~ Of the opinion that the blockade he'd been
legally raised. gaia
y Twenty b'ockades are OF the bar to-day.
The Charleston Despatch gives an account of
the capture Of the gunboat Sant.. A force Of ar
tillery with 81 guns surrounded aer in Stone
river miles from Charlesson; the engagement
: lasted an hour, when she surrendered uEcoDdi
tionsliy, with 1870 men. The Smith had 6 kill
cd and l6 wounded. s
- A Vicksburg telegram Of the Both states that
scouting parties have appeared opposite the city,
and II Is supposed are erecting b ,tteries there
No movement has yet been made b. the fleet :.
A Petersburg telegram claims rebel victory
In the Fir near Suffolk. They lost less than 90
The Chattanooga Despatch says Wheeler's
cavalry attacked a feet oil rs transports end 2
% gunbo~ts on Cumberland river, Oh Friday, des-
r troying five. They also destroyed . locomotive
and cars at Lagrange, capturing 80 men.
s The Richmond Despatch containsa telegram
dated Savannah, 1st, that Federal feet consist
ing of one turret iron clad, four gunboats and
one mortar boat attacked fort -HcAlister this
morning firing continued till half past two o'clock
4 p. m, when the enemy retired whipped. The
OOuUotuucut was WUE0 LuIlOuo tu2O VtiOEe.-
The only person killed was Major John B. Gilley,
commander of the fort.
PETERSBURG, Va, Feb. 1.-The news from
Charleston created great joy here. yYasQ Fl
From washington 7e'a f :
The Senate has confirmed the nomination Of
the So Surveyors and Assessors under the In.
ternal Revenue Bill, with exception of six OF
them. A'Ee@ aioS',
The Secretary of the Treasury has replied to
an enquiry of the Senate relative TO amendment
Of duty on imports for paper. He saws it il not
separately classified, but is included in the man
ufactures of paper. he expresses the opinion
that the diminution of the dut, would consider.
ably increase the revenue There 10 an increas
ing disposition to pursue such a course of lepis
laton, as the present efforts of the paper extor
tionists to preserve the present duties become
more generally known among Members of Con
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