The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-20

ao0lIloaM FINN TIE ooNjl
Our New York Ales, of the l0tA l1stAn!
furniah some additional interesting iAtea1(s
gsnce, which Ne give below:
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A corespoadsMt Of lhe New York niossps. wFls,
Ing ftsm Newbesn. y. e., on the Let Iass stvos m
account VI ths recent recoanoissaacs ~ 0eassal
Pickett - that point. He says:
Last night (6snday) . llttle after nl4Aleht, NE
plckets were driven Ii At Dacheldoss Cseek aad a
Deep 0ulley on the West, aad at Bfiefs Creek oa
the south. The aiarm was soon com0nulceeeA n
Nswss.a ftc. the itoas which = so:s :. g q y
mesnlng. H0Iae ak companies OF the lSle New
York Cavalry, Col Savage, were stetloeeA near
Deep 0Uleiy. Col Ctasson, with the i314 York
eight miles oat from Newbssn on the raliroad. An
Iron car called the Monitor. paouatlne Two Suns,
also assisted the defence Lieut. O. kseeRe, OF
the l7th Muse, with Q detncbmcut o. I'D Aaet and
by sectien II Capt Churchili's battery s. New
York. went out on the Washington road, bGtwaeA
and this mosninG. Another section Of IT, eaac
battery wont ont ON the Trent road and W. eap-
the front In overwhelming numbers.. o. aoeps
held them in check iii the baggage and camp eaatp
age could be removed or burned
The loss is heavy for the force empsoye1. Cat
OF rs men Of the l7th Massachusetts, oAly Soeons
back. Most 6f the men ware captsrci. Gn6 e(
l3 officers OF the l7th Massachusetts that Waat
out only seven came back. Lieut.. t.-Cc1. J. F. Re1
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Lieut.. l.. b. Comens or JAMaica Plains, Lieut..
John y. HIN of Howell, aud Lieut.. b. N. Man OF
chelsea, are mlssing. Lieut. Henry A Cheeves,
Atjmtant, was MORALLY wounded by q musket shot
In the siie, aud has since died. DR.. Gsiaupe was
dressing bis wound when he was captured. capt.
Lloyd lost one leg by shell. All the other officers
are supposed to be alive.
A detachment Of the l7lh Massachusetts,, under
Lieut.. Conn, reached soi. Classos's camp just as
the rebels them to the cars, and helped burn
the camp and hospital stores. In the confusion
the garrison nag had been lett flying, and Lieut..
Conn made dash for II. Hnd saved Il from the
rebels. The troops are all Ia good order. At this
early hour am unable to ascertain tise number of
killed and wounded aad miseing. Probably not
more than 20 or 30 are killed and wounded, and
The enemy followed cur men closely, and kept
up running fire upon Us from the cavalry till our
troops came up under the guns Of the forts.
The attack Is under the rebel General Pickett.
The force is estimated at from 00l to 0U0 men,
There are some IL pieces Of artillery At this
writing their pickets within about one mile of
Fort TOlten. Our pickets are near theirs. The
determination. Our men are at the guns. aud nj!
In the best of spirits. All available contra
bands are at the ride-piis, 70 do what they can
This afternoon train Of ambulances went out,
bearing a flag Of truce, TO obtain our dead and
wounded, and was captured, together with the
surgeon accompanying il.
Bsis.-Gen. }. w. Palmer is in command. Col.
II. +. Sisson, of the 5th K. heavy artillery. is In
command of six of the forts defending Newbem-
Forts Stevenson, Roman, Iotten, Goston, Amory,
and SpjnOia.
We are patiently waiting for the morIow That
the enemy seriously expects 20 reduce these works
I'd ksyH IA,
seems almost incredible. Tge stores here are pio-
babIy the prize he seeks. More morrow.
+. ST. learn that Col Ciasson, 1872 New York,
termaster was shot dead, and the others are NOR
tally wounded. Seventy Of his men missing,
but 1t Is supposed that not more than ten or twelve
are killed, and forty or fifty captured.
TUESDAY, MoaHlns, Feb. 2, 10 O'Clock A. M
Lac Night, sOme tlme after midnight. several boat
loads Of rebels came quietly down the Neusc river
and captured the gunbOat Underwater. They
uiey boarded her and the sailors jumped Into the
water and swan ashore. She was burned at once.
Her magazines blew up about six o'clock this
morning. The gunbOat lay between two forts,
one on each siae Of Neuse river. The full details
are rot yet known.
The firing this morning has been slight, and II
looks as though the rebels were going I'hey have
made a sharp and successful move. They have
captured and killed about IL commissioned officers
and about 200 men, one section Of battery COM
p,ete, burned, or forced Us to burn, all the camps
at the front and dSs roy 6ne gunbOat For the
force we have we feel that q fine tbing has been
done by Us Save the battery ne obtained nothing,
as all the CAMPS and stores not removed were
burned. The day is dne after a heavy Faia last
night, and from present appearances our fighting Is
over. The band at Fort TOtlen is playing national
airs, and all are as gay and cheerful as possible
Edgar G. Allen, Engineer of tue Underwater, and
the only officer who escaped, gives the following
account of the loss In letter 70 q friend:
us. STEAMER LOCKWOOD,
OFF Newbern, N. c., Feb.
Last night we had surprise and capture Of the
United states gunh0ai URdefHr ter, officers and
crew. We were boarded at half past two o'clock
hy ubaut enc hundred AMI fifty picked men from
the rebels above this place, and, after severe
feht of flteen minutes, were forced below and tn-
ken prisoners, ali OF trunks and valises guted,
sc. We were conveyed 10 their boats, which were
alongside, under guard. Myself and about eighteen
Of the crew were put into the whale boat belong
ing 10 the Underwater, and also guard the boats
paipter was fast the vessel. and the rebels then
fired her and aft in the hold. and we all showed
Off for Libby, as We supposed, or to rebeidom some
where.
Our boat was 30 crowded that we could not keep
no with the rest OF the rebels, and We sometimes
headed one way and sometimes the other. TIE
guard aft, sitting directly behind me, hailed the
other boats 10 come 10 his assistance and take on
some Ut the prisoners. TheIe We're Out two men
guarding eighteen. Before this supposed some
Of the rebels were at eve.y thwart, but at THIS
news to me snatched the cutlass from the guasds
belt and gave 1t overheard, at the same time
saying he was my prisoner, anu Staging Out 10 uG
s,eered her ashore, and took my prisoner 70 tue
commanding officer Of the works; got en- amSa
lance and had sns of my men carried to the gene
raj bospitai; he had revolver shot In his knee
ed, but none seriously.
The officers were all safe ns far AZ w0unus OF any
account, with the exception OF Mr. MeCormick,
Master's Nate, who Was severely wounded IN the
10. Ie fairt0d ON deck from loss Of HOOD, hui