Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-29
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NR& d46RK, FeB. 27s4Tfa lTihhSs sSFIIs
the steamshipARultonj ffbmaPorE iRoyal ON
" sdnesdHys luSt arrived here at'aalhte5hour
lf9t, pight AStihgipg Information ~, sad
re Verse. 10 our fex sped tion under General
Seymonr,in Florida. We Are,iunablssto TO,
give detailsI bsesase q after the Fnlto1 had
put out iHt6 Say she was boarded biyIPro.
-Yos3 lFrsfat and Quartermaster with gors
detstfr0m @ eu. Gilmore to deprive passenl
gers fall private letters 10 cir p6ssessi6hl
q a Paseehger by the Fulton. We are in.
de6tedi for lie Hol ewing main ffGe6 OF The
battle on the afteruo0p- of thh 20th: unr
troops under Gen. Seymour met the enemy.
10, 900 strong fifteen miles beyond Jack
sonVille and eight miles beyond, SapdeTson,
on the line 81 yAtbsofyiil& aud Tallahassee
tailFoPd; the battle WAS desperately fOughp
during IhteefhouFs, add at s6uset out forces
pVerPpwered BY gnumbers, returned, to San
nersop, takipg With, them greater part of
the. wounded. The Seventh Connecticut,
Seventh New HaFiRs6 iEel Bdttiethi S;AIassa-
chusetts, Forty.,eighth, and One Hundred
aud kit1tsth New FORK, add Eighth United
States 2 Werea engaged. Col. FribbIey Sf
The Eighth United States was left deads0n
the tieldr Col Reed a. Hungarian officer,
was mertally wounded. All the officers Of
lHamilfonls BatfetJ were " 0nnded Capt.
lHamiitoh was Wounded In. the ar n. 3 ana,
Lieutenant Myflck ,Roun6edsiu THE foot,
are at General 9ilmore's headquarters at
Hilton II cad Col Guy iHenryaof the For.
Itieth MdssaeG6seIfs bad thirteen horses
shot under him bnt ebeap ed iunhurt.
The, Cosmopolitan arrived at Beaufort on
Monday evening with 240 Of the wounded,
Col. Reed among them, who was living
whedi the Hutton left 5ou Monday evening
loss is not known. They captured Eve
guns. tits supposed that tue troops were
from Bragg's army. General Hardee him
self was Onathe field, having come to Flor
ida on a visit to his family, and also TO
form a second MARRIAGE ,0or lbss is
variously estimated at from 5OOIto II 800
Seventy eight epeiPrisoqefsSYere brought
by the Fulton, We understand that the
purser of the. Fulton has a. list of the killed
and wounded, which he will show but;will
not allow tito be c6pi q, 8 & .,.1 'si.,3 w.,
NEW York, Feb 27.-The Express SAYS
from an officer arrived in the Fulton Il 8
derive some further particulars Of the dis.
aster TO .opEifOt ces near ,LakeEC City. Gen
'Seym0ur7Rhp. commanded the expedition
had beef. placed under arrest BY order of
Gen. Gilmore. His Successor is General
Vodges Who left Hilton Head on Tuesday
laskwitb reinforcements, for j Jacksonville,
consisting of an entire division. a5s4t..
Our information says irwas the opinian
of officers, who took part in the expedition
that our total-loss in killed, Wounded and
missihR-are Betweeu-l 200 and 1900. b 2,
Gen.ASeymour is severely censured in
not throwing ont scouts aud skirmishers as
our, troops advanced. AS it was, our
troopsiwere led into trap. a si.1-i
Hamiltou's artillery led the,yan aud, suf-
fereda severely the rebel sharpshooters
picked of their.horses an ,lhe guns .hadt
be Abandoned. y = - 1Sa 3 -
The 4Qth Mass mounted infantry have
also sutfeFeda seFeteIyi Isl, y
In,the retreat mapy.Ofout wounded were
left behind, within the euemy's lines. Our
troops wete fight in mont the Confeder.
ate batteries IN d ,Iiiece of woods before We
iwers aware Of their presence, and when
their batteries opened CALLING FIRE 0uI
men were driven back panic stricken il
disorder. t--4S.,., : - 70
q The rebel force is not. known, bot ii i.
supposedlto have been large. Que of the
prisoners captufedsstdted that troops had
recently been sent down from Charleston
and Gen. Beauregard was in command.a