Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-02-13
TDo Soni~Wcekiy SfaQoaFo.

n,. ,,,e Naval Victory near Charleston.
,,py from the Charleston Courier the follow
o.,onnt Of the late naval victory achieved by
4 I .,ooIore Ingraham, near Charleston:
I Nv, .r, indebted to several friends on board the
q l ~, S'gte for the following account of her ope
,,s and also of the ChicOrI. We also give the
-, # nur special reporter, who was on board
= m, tenders. These accounts contain all the
s-,,iar, of the expedition and engagement, and
~ rL,t II has been brilliant and glorious sue
" IN our side limited only by the cowardly ac-
n tine bockaders. They fled, small and large,
,..'",, even making a show of fight notwithstand-
t'sn,ani GtaaanJiGgWa Their loss, however,
\ ,,,,yr 10 be severe. Two of their vessels are
,r, m he sunk, while several were fired and
4 ~, If in dmaged condition
Il .,y vayE,.HlS OF THE PALMETTO STATE.
4, eleven o'clock Friday night, the gunboat Pal
n, S.rts Captain Rutledge, bearing the flag of
sC,r,roI,re Duncan n. lnsraham, left her moorlngS
,,roceeded ont Of the harbor towards Fort Sum
A.,rea>; Of Fort Sumter passed the three steam
- acting as tenIerS the Gen. C3inch EEican and
,i,rrizM At 80 q. IN, the Palmetto State
a,.s,i the bar and stood out to in the diTec-
f;,n Of the blockadng fleet At go a. m, we
<,,a no 10 the United States steamer Msrciditd,
mi vas hailed by the watch on deck, when the fol-
4 iOvnc coloGuy took place:
4 VI,R-What steamer is that? Drop your an
c,oy-back-back-and be careful, or you will run
into Us.
Crt Rqtlelgs-This is the Confederate States
s.samer Palmetto State
Is the answer was given the Palmetto State
with full steam up, ran into the HcrctdItH, the bow
srkinr her right about midshIps and making an
t,rance of about three feet At the same time our
bow gun was fired with a seven inch incendiary
kh,L We Immediately backed out when the Ner-
r-. H,- A. pf,ar- Orlar al
l. send boat to US, and 1t. T. Abbott command
INK came off with boats crew and surrendered
d. vessel in t. name of Con-. Stellwagon, of the
Erci.ittd, carrying Z guns and l5S men. He
saed that his vessel was in a sinking condition,
ad begged our officers to relieve them. y shot
G;crced her boiler, which had burst ard scalded a
ir,e number of men. Lieut.. Abbott begged Com
lnglore Ingraham TO take the men with him on
yard the Palmetto State, in their haste to come
n, ms they had neglected. 10 put pug, anu
Ar.Ir small beat was only kept ahoat by the siren
Dgs Efforts of the men baIing the boat. lie also
k;s:sl that the water in the Hsrciditd had at the
line Of his leaving already risen as high as the
glre floors.
Commodore Ingraham regretted that he could not
c,Gplv with the request he had TO room to
accommodate them aboard of his vessels, an6 no
small boats or any other means Of aifOrding them
relief. It. Abbott then pledged his word of honor
for the officers and crew of the -HerciGit0 not to
serve in any manner against the Confederate States
until regularly exchanged, upon which condition he
wa, sent on board his own vessel. The Aerchtita
was taken completely by surprise They were
reused from their sumberS by the shock, the men
not having scarcely time to dress themselves. 1t
Abbott and the men with him were nearly destitute
Of clothing
The Palmetto State, leaving the .Nercidita to her
fate stood to sea- and engaged several other vessels
of the Abolition blOckadIng fleet, Occasionally ex-
/ lat, Il
approach, firing a. long distances and leaving us
far aStcrn. One or two shots were exchanged with
the United States frigate POrhdtan. The latter,
however followed the example of her companions,
and fled We then stood NOrthward, towards the
lhicgra which at this time was almost surrounded
by the enemy'S vessels At \. NJ. there being no
more of the Abolition fleet IN sight, we stood back
70 tue entrance of Beach Channel, having Signaled
the Chic0rl to return. On passingwe were saluted
by Forts Mouitrie, Sumter and Ripley, and arrived
al the wharf in the city little before P. NJ.
TIE MOVEMENTS OF THE CHICORA.
The Chic0ra John K. Tucker, started from her
wharf at half past eleven Friday night, and crossed
the bar at 4:2O A. NJ We commenced action at
50j. The Pahaetto State engaged an Abolition
eSSe on the right, while engaged the one on the
lett As we passed the blockader on the right, the
Pulmetto State was laying alongside of her. Keep
ing on our course, we proceeded TO within fifty
yards of the vessel the left, and then gave her
shot from our bow gun, the blockader a! the time
being under full headway. We rounded to and gave
her the full benefit of brOadside guns and after
gun She Immediately rang her bell for fire and
made signals of distress to the rest Of the fleet The
last seen of her by signal officer Saunders, she was
stern down very low i'll the water, and disappeared
very suddenly. This vessel is supposed to have
gone down. Notwithstanding the Chic0rG lmme-
dately steamed towards her, nothing could be dis
covered of the vessel.
The Chicora proceeded farther out to sea, stood
Northward and Eastward and met two vessels ap.
parenty coming to the relief of the missing steam
cr. We engaged them. One of them, after firing
few guns, Withdrew. Standing to the Northwest,
about daybreak, steamed up to a small side ewheel
two masted steamer and endeavore1 to to close
quarters. She kept clear of US, driving away as
rn?ldy as possible, not however, without receiving
OIr compliments and carrying with her four or five
OF or shots. Shortly afterwards the steamship
QHpEer City and another side wheel steamer came
calamity bearing down upon the ChicOra and com
menced firing at long range. Neither would per
Init our boat to get within . respectable distance
I've OF our shot struck the Quaker CRY, and shC
left perfectly satisfied in a crippled condition.
Another side-whecl two maSted steamer will
walding beams now steamed toward the CHicoyu
coming down on our stern. Capt. Tucker perceiv
Ing 1t, we rounded to aud proceeded until withir
about five hundred yards, when the beligeren
steamer also rounded to and gave US both broad
sides and shot from her pivot gun. We fired GU
10rward pivot gun with an inccndiary she'll AM
struck her just forward of her whcel-house scttin:
her Oh fire, disabling and stopping her port wheel
This vessel was fired both fore and aft and volume
OF smoke observed to issue rom every aperture
As we neared her, she hanicl down her flag ant
made signal OF SURRENDER, hut still kept undo
way, with her Starb0Ard wheel, and changing he
direction. This was just after daybreak We sue
ceeded in catching this vessel, but having surren
dercdr and the Captain supposing her boilers strucl
and the escaping steam preventing the engineer
from gong into The engine to stop her, ordere