Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-30
LATER FROM rHn United STATES.

We are indebted to the Exchange Bureau for United
States rspers to tho 4s.h inclusive. We make up the
following summary
FROM EASTERN NORTH cARoLlNA-THE CAPTURE OF Ply
MOUTH.
A despatch from NeWbern, the 22d, says;
Plymouth was captured BY the enemy Vt o'clock on
Wednesday morning.
General Wessels and his brave fcrc0 of only ], 800
men vent into Fort WiIAus ana held the rebels bay
until midnight OF Tuesday, driving them back with
we're loss in every assault but finally obliged tur-
render TO superior numbers.
Two ful oompani Of the I'd North Carolina Union
Volunteers (Whtes) were among the captured, mott CT
HhOm Il Is stated, were barbarousy led out and I'll {
By the enemy after surrendeIing All the negroes WsO
we're found in Uniform were also shot.
NsAbern and Washington are now threatened By the
rebel ram and large force OF rebels The presence Of
more gunboais is Immediately needed here.
The funeral OF Captain y. w. Fusser takes place hes
tO-monoE.
The following official announcement Of the surrender
Of Plymouth has been reOsived at Fortress Monroe:
HEADoRs Army AND DIsFMsr OIL
NORM CAAOLINA, NEWBERN, No.
April 2lst 1854
General Ordsrs No. 90 With feelings of the deep
est sorrow the Commanding General announces the fall
Of lmouth, N and the oIpturs OF ITS gallant CON-
mandsr, Bhgsdier General II. W. Vessels, and his
command.
This result however, did not obtain until after the
most gallant and determined resistance ba1 been made
Five times the enemy stoTmed the lines OF the General
and as many tina they hAudsOmey repulsed wish
great Slaughter and but for the pow srfu assistance OF
me rebel iron clad and the floating iron sharp
shooter battery the Cotton Plant Plymouth would sti
have been in cur hands.
For their noble defence the gallant General Vessels
and his brave band deserve the WGmest thanks Of the
~hOls country, while all will sympAtbiIs with them in
their misortunes To he officers and men Of She nAvs
the Commanding General tenders hs thanks for their
herty ooperAon with the arm y and the bravery de
termination and coouess that marked their part Of the
quail contest With s)roW be records the death OF
tue oble sAlor and gallant patriot LiCt Oommap ding
u W. Husser United States navy, who, in tn, heat Of
ttle II dead the deck of his ship with the Ian
ya.d Of his gun in his hand. The Commanding General
believes thar these misfortunes will tend not TO dscour
age but to the army OF North CAROLINA TO tqaal
eeeds Of bravery aud gallAntry. %
Hereaf err Until furtber orders the Headquarters of
he Suo-D strict Of Albenare VII be at Roanoke Iand.
Toe command deVolVes pp)n Colonel d W. War6nr,
of the 99.h New York Voluah lnIan ~ b. COM
maud of Asj. GeI. JoHS J. PICK.
]. A. JudoE, A. A. G.
The Boston Herald ssys;
We are informed by John O. Merriam, Esq, fOrr erly
Engineer in Chief in the Quartermasters De- partent Al
New bern that the guuboa. BJmbshe recently sunk by
Rebel ram, in the Rebel attack on Plymouth, N o..
oy General Burnside originally armed transports 10
land troops in sha low water, aad Was altered into
sde-vhes steamer by Mr. Merriam expense OF less
than $4,000 She carried four guns, ole 20-pound
rH 24-pound Dahlgren, and two IL pOunters, and
was Iihs prof 81 thirty yards. Her engines and
machinery Wese shot and shtn proof. She was also
pierced twohirds of Der leEg for IAes. The names
Of her oonsoIts GspeshOt, Slrapntl and Gleuad.
The m0shell drew only lS inches Of water forward
and feet ats
The gunboat Southheli, also sunk by the r bsl ram,
vas originally ferry boat that run between New York
ami Staten Island
The NsWbsrn correspondent of the N. 7. Herald,
says:
Ths rebel ram at Plymouth North Carolina, has had
the feet of not ooly doing great damage ship
ping there, but has preeptaed movements materially.
rhs news We receive from there Is conflicting yet pain
ful. The ram OF which 80 much has teen ssid, AID
preeaution taken TO guard against past Fort Gay
on Monday night aztec The moon had disappeared, GA
the opposite bank OF the Ro nj Ike river, and thus
e.ud d he vigilance Of our gunbOats- TITS reb:l mon
ster had no steam on, buI ssted down With the
rert Ai.er leaving the range OF Fort Gray her engines
we're set IN motion, and bow Oh she pushed for cur
sunbOats and succeeded in The sinking OF the gunbOat
outbasA ferry boat carry ing battery OF six heavy
guns. The Southhelj and Mani, flagship Of Cap ain
Fusssr we're chained together 10 present more for
mdsble front the ram and to keep the otuer atoat
IN tass one was disabled The ram shot past the Mani
and bored her PROV into the quarter of Southfeld
ih great fore, The crunehlpg Of the saw like prov
Of ,hs rebel ram amOeg the timber was fearful and the
orce created thereby probably ten to twelve ett
Fbs souhed sank in ten MINUTES after being attacked
he, shot before sinking was fred by tns crew Of
the Sou HELD into the rebel ram oy running the one
bnn5rsd poonder Psrrott iorWArd-tAe stefn Of the
-, h.vio annk 6rst-but the sides Of the rebel gun
Sost bepg "slushedn With grease the shot ha1 no eff
fsot. aad Febounded back Into the water.
Finding the sOuthHsld gone, the ram male Tor the
Mani. Captain Flusser stood by the large gun ana
.sked what charge it contained. de was AnsSsrea
she'll and be made the remark, Les Us nse '1S, alu
.srvards We viii give him better dose, sol shot"
Captain FIusssr sighed the gun himself the iEon-ead
bong only half length from him. The shell h'ei e
ten second fuse which struck the root OF the ram,
reb0undsd and hl Capt. Fiusser. In striking Ann the