The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-09

Northern papers Of the evening Of III

Northern papers Of the evening of the
9th give some additional news, which is
contained in the summary we presen,
this morning:
THE Loss OF THE GuNEoATs SATELLITE AMI
RELIANCE.
The Northern public are greatly on,
grined at the capture of these two gnn
boats. To make it worse two Of Tient
Woods wagon party deserted before the
capture and informed a Washington cor
respondent Of the New York Tyibu0,
that 1T Woods plan had proved failure,
and that as he and his party were ap
proaching the gunboats they were sud
denly lighted up and poured destruc
tive fire into Woods boats, killing all the
Coniederates except Wood. The papc,
obtaining this card was hardly dry be
fore the real account Of the capture reach
ed Washington. a dispatch from there
says the disaster" was caused by DISC
bedience Of the orders of the officers in
command Of the Potomac fotilla. Ths
Baltimore 11merican has the following
account Of the capture:
Both vessels were captured on the night
OF Saturday, the 22d inst, and not Tuesday
rs 1t first reported. It has been common fo,
negroes scapiGg from Virginia to take re
fngc on the Government vessels, aud on tn,
night OF the capture four boats, each con
tanning about IL men, approached the steam
ers and got Oh board without exciting sps
picion that they were other than negroes
MIR ~ IL. Stavcy, the Paymastcr's clerk on
the Satellite, WHO was wounded and parolcd
gives the following account of the affair:
The two boats which approached the Satel
lite were in command OF Col Wood, and tn,
two which boarded Il c Reliance in charge
of Lieut.. Hoge. At the time U2 O'clock i
was darl, and heavy sea was running. The
assailants We're not discovered on the Satci
lite until nearly to the boat, when the office
ran below to cali the executive officer, aud
by The time he returned the vessel wa.
boarded and the crew were i'll a fight Will
the rebels, which lasted ten or fifteen min
utes, during which Thomas Damon, a fire
III IN, and --- Lawson, who originally came
from the rebel army, were killed, and Ensig,
Il. Somers received two cutIass wounds on
the left arm, and was shot through the neck
N. IL. Stavey, shot in arm; William
bingham, Samuel Chin, and two others
slightly wounded. Several of the rebels
were wounded; but the crew was overpow
CiSu. Inc pilty WHICH oOdtucu tHc h"iiluCt
were also resisted, the officers aud men
fighting desperately, but We're obliged to
surrender. In this attack Lieut. Iiogc was
either killed or wounded, and Ensign Wal
tcr3 was shot through the stomach the ball
coming out of the hip. Mr. McCaulcy, Il e
engineer OF the Reliance, when he foilnl hi,,
boat in possession Of the rebels, put his eii-
gines out of gear. rendering them useless
After the rebels had captured both boats
they proceeded, with them to Urbanna,
where the officers and crews were get on
shore, and the rebels turned the steamers
again for the moeth of the river, wher; they
lay all day Sunday, hut on Sunday night they
went to the Eastern Shore and captured
three schooners-one q large coaier from
Philadelphia, which they took up to Urban
na-and, after burning one of them, tool,
the others with them, rs they said, to Port
Royal, where they would remove the ma
chinery and destroy the boats.
The prisoners, with the exception of En-
sign Walters, Ensign 5omers, Mr.. Stavey,
anl John lyle, hoatswain's mate, were ali
started to Richmond on Sunday.