Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-07
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE CAP
TURE OF GEOR0ETORN, 3. O.


"MOnadnOok" Captures . blockade
Ru nsr--Ths Prize 10 60 he seat 90
Boston.
The NAyy Department ce'ycd this morn.
It.. to-, AA,,i..i n.,,,.D oo,or,r-
'us '0''e' ''o"'
nicatinR tue iact OF inc capture IN ChArieS-
ton harbor OF the block Ade-runner Deer,
hv m. iron.cI.d UNonadnocku " on the 18th
VI i~s' uou'"'
The Admiral authorizes Lieutenant X. 8.
McCoak TO proceed 10 Boston with the
n,,.. ,or .dind,c.,ioD
P',nO =, 'N rN''
INC Navy department nave aiso Ic'eiNeo
from Admiral DahlRren q detailed report
of the capture OF Georgetown. a. G. The
,.,,or ,,,,,on -, ho.rd ~ Ma a,c.hto
bears date Of tue .sth OF February. We
extract the following;
A. .oon m, the occupsn,s NJ CharIea,on
10 ri, ,honsht. wsr,, ,nrned 10 thjs noIn,
| TcsoygstownI a. lil nlv to be tae preferable
| noIn, ~ ScommnpicatIon for Gen SHERMAN
| IN c..e sncb became iesirable 10 him be-
| 6,rs entrTing North Carolina.
Hs COLLECTED a suItabIe force and mr..
| d.rsd t,ro launched Into the Rsntec N.
| Ncnnnonyb and (,eranIum thev bsInS ths
| onIv vc,ssis whos, dysft yronId sSmlt M
oSsSInp The har of the river. ON the "a Inst,
| ~ pr1nS. wss ordersd N tIsorg,tn,~n
| ma ali The marines the Admiral conld ann
800 % III. command ,varc embodIed In,a
a hs,tsI'on- Detacbments of seamen
-,c,a sIso directed 10 pAsa nm the saptce
Win the body of men and take tn road 10
| Gao,gs,own which trayersed tha r.ar M
,he % rsb.i wo,t, and To- asSault whiIs the
| vossela attacked them in the front.
i m the oad ~ F.hruarV thG Pnupaa
orossad ihe har and IoIned the Mlpooe and
TrInsIc nnon which the r.heIs i'm m edIa,slv
| h.nsonat ,h, ,1n,L Ipat,er, u,h,,a 4 80
,hs uinsn. s,s.med mn ths b.y .nS ,onS
no..a..Ion Tba ,n.Tinca Svare JandeI ana
| ,Sa Sornts,r.I srthnri,iss tsndered ,hsIr
.nT,mIssIon IN the tiovsrnmsnt m th,,
Tn,nn
tn h.,,srv v.s n w.I,-eops,r,c,cd an.
ronn,,no Nf,cen guns or which two ,Ss,s
IO,Inch colnmbIads. -
Adm,rsI DahIpren. In regard IN the
.,rans,h or the fnrt snvs, -
GsnsTalIv Il had becn ,nuch underrated
and nn,,.ed to he unable 10 resis. ths
.t,sct oi a single vessel or a few men.
ami Wa can now understand that IL was
ali nlsced we'll copstrucled. and strongly !
|
tronbls To reduce IL II we'll manned. Tn,
admiral. in hIa report, referring to George
town. saws "tbat X has exhibited s7sry 10,
dIca,ion OF a nourishing city, ths. II had
Iess than 600 inh abltanIa, and Was ths
third 10 wn IN the State. The rice, .pttou
and lumber of large scope ol country Ii
aoated 10 that place 6y the rIyers tbs. dow
10 the site OF that city," =
There was a rumor, the Admiral states
that General Sherman Was not far distant
but no tidlngs had been received dIrcct
, from the General or his army. ~
Accompanying the report OF the Ad.
mlral IS the report OF Captain II. s. stelt-
Wagee, Of the United States steamer Paw
nee, written on boNrd OF that vessel unoel
/ date Of February 3s, After referring IN the
capture OF the fort that officer sAysi have
dispatched the tug Catslapa, with Lieut
, Commander Henry aud Ensign Glass, whC
arc prepared TO open commn niCation bI
, the army code OF signals with Gen. sher
man, who Ia said 10 be some ten .uiles Off
+ ,aSnr Inn, prssse M ncIrnv Ihetor,