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B T J. 0. WHITTIER.
Heap bigh the fanner's wintry board ?
Heap high the golden corn !
No richer gift has autumn poured
From out her lavish born !
Let other lands exulting, glean,
The apple from the pine,
The orange from its glossy green,
The cluster from the vine.
We better love the hardy gift
Our rugged vales bestow,
To cheer us when the storm shall drift
Our harvest fields with snow.
Tbro' the vales of grass, and meads of flowers,
Our ploughs their furrows made,
While on the hills the sun and showers
Of changeful April played.
We dropped the seed o'er hill and plain,
Beneath the snn of May,
And frightened from our sprouting grain
The robber crows away.
All thro' the long bright days of Juue,
Its leaves grew bright and fair,
And waved in hot midsummer noon,
Its soft and yellow hair.
And now with Autumn's moonlit eyes,
Its harvest time has come.
We plack away its trosted leaves,
And bear the treasure home.
There, richer than the fabled gifts,
Apollo showered of old,
Fair bands the broken grain shall sift,
And knead its meal of gold.
Let vapid idlers 101 l in silk.
Around tho costly beard ;
Give us the bowl of samp and milk,
By homespun beauty poured.
Then sharne on all the proud and vain,
Whose folly langbs to scorn
The blessings of our hardy grain,
Our wealth of golden corn.
Let earth withhold her goodly root,
Let mildew Might the rye,
Give to the worn the orchard's fruit,
The wheat fields to tho fly.
But let the good old crop adorn
The Liiis our lathers trod ;
Still let us for his golden corn
Send up our thanks to God.
THE LATE GENERAL RAKEIi—AL
MOST A PROPHECY.
When the late lame Geo. E. D. Baker
was in Congress, in a debate in Committee of
the Whole, be was assailed as a foreigner by
Mr. Yenablo, of North Carolina, a furious
Democratic partisan. Below is the reply
which be made at the time, in which be seems
to have foreshadowed the present unhappy con
flict in whiob the country is engaged, as well
as his own brave death in defence of bis coun
try aad ber Constitution and fl ig. The ex
traot will be read with interest by many of bis
friends and admirers:
I beg leave to trouble tbe committee once
more, siuoe tbe course of the debate seems to
be somewhat personal, although not altogether
so; but whatever of a personal nature there
may be, I trust I shall not be frightened from
my temper or propriety: Ido not sec what
tbe birth-place of an individual so humble as
myself can possibly have to <lo with California;
nnd perhaps I ought to be obliged to the gen
, tlemeu for dignifying me, by connecting my
.name for a moment with such a controversy.—
But no man feels altogether satisfied to have
his position studiously misrepresented; and 1
appeal to the cander of the gentleman, with
whom my associations have hitherto been agree
able, if not friendly, to inform me what my
ancestors upfto father Adam, have to do with
tbe admission of California into this Union.-
Whether they eame from Groat Bntaiu or
anywhere else, it can make but little difference
so far as this question is ooncerued. But
while 1 acknowledge the graoe and maguanim
ity with which my colleague (Harris) has spo
ken for me, if desire to say, also, tor myself,
if any gentleman on this floor,directly or in
directly, means to impute to me that, because
my first breath may have been drawn in a
foreign land; and because my eyes first opened
to the light of another 6ky, that 1 ate not iu
mind, heart, feeliDgs, purposes, and intentions,
as true to the iand of my childhood, and tbe
land of my ohoice, as tbe man who dares im
pugn me, he says what is from tbe beginniog
untrue in word, and act, and deed —that which
is utterly and entirely untrue. Sir, 1 have
proved it, as my colleague has said, 1 have
bared my bosom to the battle on tbe North
western frontier in my youth and on tbe South
western frontier in uiy manhood. 1 have earn*
cd somewhat of tbe good will of my country*
in the councils of my State for a period of teu
consecutive years, and in her service bere, my
constituents have confided in my devotion to
their interests and my attachment to tho (Jo-
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| ion. I have only to say that, if the tirna
I should come wbeD disunion should ru'.e the
hour, and discord is to reign supreme, I shall
again be ready to give tbo best blood in iny
veins to uiy country's cause. 1 shall be pree
pared to meet ail antagonists, with lane 6in
j rest, to do battle in every land in defenco of
j the Constitution of my country, which I have
; sworn to support, to the las' extremity, against
i Disuniouists and all its enemies, whether of
the South or the North—to meet them every
where, at all times, with speech or baud, with
word or blow, until thought or being shall be
mine no longer.
GEN. M'OLBLLAN'# reply to'the Committee
of the Philadelphia Councils, who presented
i tho aiagoificteot sword prepired for him iu thai
city, is considered to "mean business." He
said: _
•'I ask you, Sir, to give my warmest and
deepest tmuks to the honorable body you rep
resent for this entirely unmerited compliment.
I could thank yen better if I thought I de
served it, but Ido not feel that l.do. Nothing
that I have yet accomplished would warrant
this high compliment. It is for the future to
determine wbeiker I shall realize the expecta
tions and hopes that have been conferred upon
me. I trust and feel that the day is not far
distant when I shall return to the place dear
est of all others to me, there to spend the
balance of my life among the people from whom
j 1 have reecived this beautiful gift. The war
j oanuot last long. It may be desperate. I
l ask in the future, forbearaoce, patience, aud
| confidence. With these we can accomplish all
i and while I know that in the great dram*,
i which may have our heart's blood, Penfisylva
i nia will not rlay the least, 1 trust that, on the
I other hand, she will play the highest and no
I blest part.
"I again thank you, and ask you to couvcy
to tbo councils my most sincere thanks for the
sword. Say to tbern that it will be my ambi
i tion to deserve it hereafter, i know Ido not
I uow."
i The General's speech WJS received with
great approbation. liis words "the war can
not last loug— it may be desperate," are wel
comed everywhere, and are in icativeof vigor
j cuss and decisive wrrk.
MiOMtfTIOM SOUTH
! fIROLIYI.
femplete Success of the Fxpedition.
FOBT .ES- MONUOE, Nov. 15, via Baltimore
j—The steamer Bieuvule Las jot arrived at
j Old Point from the great expediiio . She
• left Port Royal ou Sunday morning and Lringa
cheering intelligence. She proee.cis at once
to New York, where she will be duo tomor
row evening.
0 ptain Steed rum, howev.-r, left her at this
i place, and proceeds direct to Washington with
despatches and trophies of victory—two brass
cannon and rebel flags.
He reports the gale encountered by (be fleet
to have been very severe. The steamers Un
| ion and Osceola went ashore and were lost, as
previously reported.
The steamer Governor foundered at sea, tut
tho Isaac T. Smith succeeded in saving all her
crew, wi'b the exception of a few marines.
1 The fleet arrived at Port Royal on Monday,
the 4'h mat. On Tuesday the -mailer gun
boats sounded aud buoyed nut the channel,
under a fire from tho forts, which did no dam*
. age
# On Wednesday tho weather prevented ao
i tiva operations, but on Thursday morniDg, the
7th iuat., men cf* war and gunboats advauced
j to the attack.
• The action commenced ai 10 o'clock, A.
M., and was hotly carried on upon both sides,
aud lasted four bouts, at the end of which
time the rebels were compelled by the shower
of shells lo abandon the.r works, aud beat a
hasty retreat
Our loss was ouly eight men and ooly one
officer, tho Chief Engineer of the MobiouU.—
About twenty men were wounded.
The rebel loss is unknown. Fifty-two bod
ies were found by our men and buried. All
their wounded, except two, were carried off.
Two forts wera captured—Fort Walker., on
Hilton Head, mounting 23 gun?, and For'
Beauregard, on Bay Point, mounting 19 guns.
The guns were of heavy caiibrie. They were
both new and splend. ! earthworks of great
strength, constructed in the highest style of
military science, and proaouueed by our engi
neers ns iftipregoabie against any assault by
land forcts.
The final retreat of the rebels was a per
fect rout 1 They left everything—arms, equip
ments of all kinds, even to the offiours' swords
and commissions. All the letters and papers,
both public aud private, order books and docu
ments of all kinds were left iu their flight,
and fell iuto our hands, affording our officers
much valuable information.
Among the papers was a telegram from Jeff.
Davis to the commandsr of tho post, inform
ing him of the sailing of the the fleet and
that he knew their destination to be 'Port
Royal.'
[Query? Who was tho traitor?]
The whole surrounding countryjwas seized
with a perfect panic. The day alter the fight
the Seneca and two other gunboats, under (he
command of Lieutenant Auimen, proceeded up
to Beaufort, and found but one man in the
town, and be was drunk.
All the plantations up the river seemed lo
be desetted except by the negroes, who were
seen iu great numbers, and who, as the boats
pasaed, came down to the shore with their
bundka in their bands, as if expecting to be
BEDFORD, PA, FRIDAY, NOV. 22.1861.
takeu off.
All the letters in the Beaufort Post
Office were seized.
After tbe capture of tbe Forts the whole
army, about 15,000 strong, were safely landed
and established on the sacred soil of South
Carolina.
The forts were but little injured, but the
rebels could not stand the explosiou of our
big aloils.
The foice of tbo enemy, as ascertained by
their papers, was from 3,000 to 4,000 men,
under General Drayton, of South Carolina.
Our victory is complete, the enemy leaving
everything but their lives which they saved by
runniug.
J. S. Bradford, of the Coast Survey, bearer
of despatches, and Lieutenant li. It, Wytnao,
commanding the Pawnee, also airived in tbe
Bienville and take tuo boat to night for Bal
timore,
'J be boats from tho Wabash were the find
j to land after the fight, and Capt. John Rodg
i era was the first man on shore.
The boats returned loaded with valuable
: 'ropbies of all kmds. Oue of our officers
! found an elegant cavalry sword witb a solid
silver scabbard.
■Swords, pistols. <fc J., were scattered about
in every direction, and iu any quantity. But
fear prisoners were fouud, two of tbeci teieg
wounded.
All hands connected with tbe fleet are rep
resented as acting in the most gallant ui in
ner.
The Reporters, who accompanied tho expe„
di tiou, return to New York in the Bienville
witb full details.
A flag of truce was sent to Norfolk yester
day, but it is understood to have brought no
additional tidings.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
BALTIMORE, NOV. 13.—From an officer
who came up m the Old Point boat this morn
iug, wo gather the following additional partic
ulars:
Nine of our vessels were suuk.
The U. S. S.earner Pawnee lost six killed
and two wounded. This vessel suffered more
injury than any utfer of tho fleet, but wis not
disabled. A roanl shot went through the
ward room aod damaged tho Second Lieuten
ants room.
The Frigate Wabash bad her mainmast
"baily wounded," as her sailots sy, with .a
round shot.
The steamer Pocahontas had hut one man
injured.
The Chief K gineer of the gunboat Mobi
cin was killed, aad an assistant engineer was
badly wouuaad, but hit name could net le as
certaiuiM.
YVuen our troops took possession of the
forte, tbey fouud tho rebel flag flying at Ililton
li id. Th-; rebels bad minrd the works aud
fixed tbe halyard- of 'he flag o that when
the Hag was h. aledj. oowu by our troops the
mine would be sprung. But in this the rebels
waro disappointed. The halvards spruug a
qiine in tbo b >uso used by the officers, but it
did very little iamage, and hurt uo one. The
magazine did not explode.
in addition to what has been mentioned as
found in tbe forts, the rebels left behind the
contents of their magazine, including a large
amount of powder, with large quantities of
English ammunition and projectiles.
Notwithstanding the heavy calibre of the
guns in the rabel forts, and their abundant
supply of auiuuitioti, as tbe subsequent dis
coveries proved, not a single vessel of cur
fleet was either sunk or burnt, and none were
seriously injured or even disabled.
General Sherman has hundreds, perhaps
thousands, of uegro laborers afhis command
to work ou tbe ut w entrenchment*.
A terrible psnie prevails at Savannah, and
u is believed that the capture of that city
could be easily effected.
Tho gun boat Pawnee, which rendered effi.
ciort service in the fight, suffered more severe*
iy than any of tbe war vessels engaged, and
yet she was not disabled in the slightest de
gree. A round shot went through her ward
room, and another ball damaged the second
| lieutenant's room, causing some havoc am >ng
i the furuituie,- but do ng the ship uo m•i fcori a!
; damage. This ship lost six killed and two
others of her gallant fellows were wuunded.
Your correspondent regrets that ho is uua
: bie to furnish the names of the killed and
| wounded.
The flag ship Wabash escaped with the in
jury to the maio mast by a round shot.
The Pocahontas had but one man injured.
Tho ebief engineer of the Mohican was kiil
cd, anu an assistant engineer of tbe Pocahon
tas reported badly injured if not killed-
The rebels set a trap, but it missed tiro.—
When our bravo fellows landed to take posses
sion of the forts, they fouud tho rebel flag at
tbe fort on Hilton Llead still flying, and just
as one of our meD pulled at the halyards to
draw down the traitorous banner an explosion
took pi ace in the house just vacated by the
rebel officers, but doing little damage and in
juring no one.
It was found, on examination, that the reb
els had, before evacuating the place, arranged
what they thought would prove a deadly trap
to the victors. Mines bad been laid and
matches so arranged that when the haiyards of
the fhg should be drawn down the mines
would be sprung, firing the magazine and
blow up the whole work and involve the victors
in a common ruin.
But it did not go off, and soon the brave
old fl>g, the stars and stripes, waved in tri
umph from the rebel Hag staff.
The magazines were fouud to contain large
quantities of powder, and a vast quantity of
ammunition,shot andshell and various dc-scrip*
tious of projectiles, the Utter chiefly of En
glish minufocture.
Tbe Susquehacnab had three men w.-unded.
the list of oasualities, as before stated, givoa
| only eight killed aud some twenty wounded,
i only a small portiou of whom were considered
, seriously or dangerously hurt. All tbe wound
j cd were doing well, and a great part would be
sent home in a few days.
'ihe towu of Beaufort was entirely deserted
exoept by the qegroes. Tbe troops Lad not
occupied it when the steamer left, being bet
ter engaged in strengthening their position.
ANOTHER REPORT.
NEW YORK, Ntfv. 13. —The Tribune's spe*
tiwl report from Fortress Monroe says that on
Thursday morning the entire fleet formed into
two grand lines for the fight. The steamer
Bienville fl inked the movement, which war in
a circle, first delivering broadsides into Fort
Beauregard on the northwest, and as the fleet
cause round, raking Fort Walker on tbe south
west. Both forts responded vigorously.
ibe Pawuce and Mohican, having for the
time being got aground, were considerably
usmagad.
'J be bombardment lasted between four and
five hours, when the rebel flag on Fort Walker
came down. The rebel loss is supposed to be
200. Gen. Drayton commanded at Fort
Walker, and Col. Elliott at Fort Boaure
gaid.
Tbo rebels retired aorrgs Scull Creek to a
viilagej tweuty five miles iu the interior, where
it is supposed tlmy intend to make a stand.
The negroes had already to pillage
and destroy Beaufort, the white population
having fled to Charleston, by small steamers,
through tbe inland route.
It is understood that General Sherman will
improve the defences of his position before
uukiug any forward movement.
Iu the fort* w*s a Urge supply of ammuni
tion and stores of the best description.
Commodore Dupont will immediately survey
the harbor, place buoys aud eroct lights; and
the position will be made a pormineut base of
operatiuu?.
j Every or.e catered into the fight with the
j determination that the forts should be silenced,
' though it should cost the entire fleet,
j Tbe fleet stood between 800 and 1,000 feet
| off the forts, and used five second fuses, and
| poured shells ioto them at tbe rate of 2 000
j per hour. Not a single shell sent by the reb
i els burst ia a ship.
Tie Wabash was struck several times, as
was most of tie fleet, but every ship was in a
fighting position when the rebels took to
their hoels. Tbe surgeon of Fort Walker was
killed.
At Charleston tbe next £ay thirteen iniou'e
gun- were fired, indicative of the burial c-f a
Brigadier.
OFFICIAL DESPATCHES TO THE NAVY
DEPARTMENT.
THE FLEET IN A STORM.
The following are the official despatches to tne
Navy Department:—
FLAG-SHIP WABASH OFF HILTON, F
PORT ROYAL HARBOR, .NOV. 8,1861. (
SIR :—Tho Government having determined to
seize and occupy one or mora important points
upon the Southern coast, where our squadrons
niig bt find shelter, possess a depot, and r.fford
protection to loyal eitize ns, committed to my dis
cretion the selection from among those places
which were thought most available and desirable 1
for these purposes.
After mature deliberation, aided by tho profes- .
sionai knowledge and great intelligence' of the As
sistant Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Fox, and upon
taking into consideration the magnitude to which
the joint naval and military expedition had been I
extended, to which you have called my attention, j
I came to tho conclusion that the original inten- j
tiuns of the Department, if first carried out, would j
fall short of the expectations of the country, and j
of the capabilities ot the expedition. Port Royal. :
I thought, would meet both in a high degree. 1
therefore submitted to Brigudiur-Go aeral SHER
MAN, commanding the military part of the expedi
tion, this modification ot our earlier matured plans
ami had the satisfaction to receive his full concur
rence, though ho and tbo commanders of the bri- j
gados very justly laid great stress on tire necessi, |
ty, if possible, of getting this frigate into the har
bor of Fort Royal.
On Tuesday, the 29th of October, tho fleet un
der my command left Hampton Roads, and, with
the army transports, numbered fifty vessels. Ou
the day previous I had despatched the coal vcss-ls,
twenty-five in all, under the convoy of the Van- i
dalia, Commander HAGOERTT, to rendezvous off
Savannah, not wishing to give tho true point.—
Tho weather had boon unsettled in Hampton Roads,
though it promised well when we sailed; but off'
Ilatteras it blew hard. Some of tho ships got
into the breakers, and two struck, but without in
jury.
On Friday, the Ist of November, the rough
weather soon increased to a gale, and we had to
encounter one of great violance from tlic south
east, a portion of which approached to a hurricane.
The fleet was utterly dispersed, and on Saturday
morning one sail only was in sght from the deck
of tbe Wabash.
Ou tho following day tbe weather moderated, and
tbe steamers and ships began to re appear.
Sealed orders, not to be opened, except in case
of separation, were furnished to all tho men-of
war by myself, and to tbe transports by General
SHERMAN. As the vessels rejoined, reports came
in of disasteis. 1 expected to hear of many, but
when the severity of the gale and the character of
tbo vessels are considered, we have only cause for
great thankfulness.
In reference to the raen-of-war, the Isaac Smith,
a most efficient and well-armed vessel for tbe class
purchased, but not intended to encounter such a
soa and wind, had to throw her formidable battery
overboard to keep from foundering, but being thus
relieved, Lieutenant-Commanding NICHOLSON was
enabled to go to tbe assistance of the chartered
steamer Goverror, then in a very dangerous condi
tion, and on board of which were one fine batta
lion of marines, under Major REYNOLDS. They
were flnal'y rescued by Captain RINGGOLD, in tbe
Sabine, undor difficult circumstances; soon after
which, tbe Governor went dawn. I believe seven
of tbe marines were drowned by their own impru
dence. Lieutenant-Commanding NICHOLSON'S coo
duct iu the Isaac Smith has met with my warm
commendation.
Tbe Peerless, transport, in a sinking condition,
was met by the Mohican, Commander GORDRN.—
All the people on board, tweuty-six in number,
were saved under very peculiar circumstances, in
which service Lfent. H. W. MILLIK was very fa
!. vorablv noticed by bis
„ On passing Charleston, I sent in the Seneca,
I Lieut. Commanding AMME.V, to direct Captain
' LABUXER to join me with the Steamer busquehavma
d off Port Royal without delay.
On Monday, at 8 o'clock in the moaning,! anchor
-3 ed off' the bar with some twenty-five vessels in
company, with many more heaving in sight. The
, Department is aware that all the aids to naviga
-1 tion had been removed, and the bar lies ten miles
t seaward, with no features on the shore line with
- sufficient prominence to make any bearings reliable.
But to the skill of Commander DAVIS, the Flag
Captain and Mr. BOUTELLIE, the able assistant of
the Coast Survey, in charge of the steamer Vixen,
the channel was immediately found, sounded out
• and buoyed.
3 By three o'clock I received assurance from
3 Capt. DAV IS that I could send forward the lighter
transports (those under 18 feet), with all the gun
r boats, which was immediately done, and before
1 I dark they were securely anchoied in the Roadstead
t, i of Port Royal, S. C.
t i The gun-bo-:ts almost immediately opened their
: batteres upon two or three Rebel steamers, under
j Commodore TATNALL, instantly chasing him under
shelter of the batteries. In the morning Com
mander JOHN RODGER*, of the U. S- steamer Flag,
temporarily on board this sfbip. and acting on my
stall', accompanied Brigadier-General W EIGHT in
. the gun-boat Ottawa, Lieutenant - Commanding
' ' STEVENS, and supported bylhe Severn, Li eutenant-
F Commanding NICHOLSON, made a reconnoisance in
f | force, and drew the fire of the batteries on Hilton
i Head and Bay Point sufficiently to show that the
j foitifications wore works of strength, and scientifi
' I cally constructed.
In tho evening of Monday, Captain DAVIS and
R Mr. BOL'TEI.LF. reported the water deep enough for
, j the I Vabitih to venture up.
The responsibility of hazarding so noble a frigate
was not a light one over a prolonged bar of over
! : two miles. There wis about a foot or two of
i t water to spare, and tbe fall and rise of the tide is
such that if she grounded she would have sustain
' <-d injury from straining, if not total loss. Too
much, however, was at stake to hesitate, and the
result was entirely successful.
On the morning of Tuesday,the Wabash crossed !
I the bar, followed closely by the Susquehanna, the
i -ttlantic , the Vanderbilt and other transports of
deep draught, and on running through, that portion j
of the fleet already in, the safe passage of this
1 great ship over the bar was bailed by gratifying j
cheers from crowded vessels. We anchored, and i
■ immediately commenced preparing the ship for ac- '
: tion, but the delay of planting buoys, particularly
jon Fishing Rip a dangerous shoal we bad to
, avoid, rendered tho hour late before it was possi
[ bio to move with the attacking squadron. In our 1
! anxiety to get the outline of tbe forts before dark. ,
j wo stood in near the slioal, and the ship grounded.
I By the time she was taken off it was too late to j
| proceed, and I made signals for tbe fquadrort to '
' anchor out of gun-shot from the onemy.
To day the wind blows o gale trona tbe south |
! ward and westward, and the attack is unavoidably j
i portponed-
I have tbo honor to be, sir. respectfully, your j
' obedient servant,
S. F. DUPONT. j
Flag Officer commanding the South Atlantic !
Blockading Squadron.
lion. GIDEON WELI.S, Secretary of the Navy, |
'Washington.
; FLAG SBIPWABASQ, OFF HILTON HEAD, \
• PORT ROYAL HARBOR, NOV. 8 1861. J j
SIR: —I have the honor to inform you that j
yesterday 1 attacked the enemy's batteries on |
Bay Point and Hilton liua l, Forti Beaure- I
gaid and Walker, and suceeecloo in silencing
them, after an engagement of four bour's da*
ration, and driving away tbe squadron of Reb
el steamers under Oomrcodore TATNAI.L.
j Tbe reoannoi-auce of yesterday made as ac
quainted with the superiority of Fort Walker,
and to that I directed my special efforts, en
gaging it, at first, at a distance of eight hun
dred, ami afterwards six hundred yards; but
the plan of attick brought tho squadron suffi
ciently near Fort Beauregard to receive its
j fire, and (he ships were frequently fightiug the
' battcrios on both sides at the same time.
The action was begun on tn_v part at twenty
six minutes alter nine o'clock, and at half->past
two the American ensign was hoisted on the
flag-staff of Fort Walker, smd this moruiog at
sunrise on Fort Beauregard.
Tbe defeat of the enemy terminated in their
utter rout aud confusion. Their quarters and
encampments were abandoned without any at
tempt ou their part to carry away cither pub
lic or private property. The ground over
which tbey fled was strewn with arms of pri
vate soldiers, and the officers retired iu too
much baste to submit to the encumberance of
their swords. Lauding uiy marines and a
company of seuincu I took possession of the
deserted ground, and held the Forts on Hiltou
llead, until tbe arrival ot General SLLERMAN,
to whom 1 bad tho houor to trausfer its occu-%
pation.
We have captured forty-three pieces of can
non, most of them of tbe heaviest calibrie aud
of the most improved description.
Tho bearer of these despatches will have
tbo honor to carry with him the captured fligs
aud tbe two small brass pieces lately belong.'
iug to the Citato of South Carolina, which we
send home as suitable trophies to the success
of tba Navy.
1 enclose a copy of tbe General Order which
is to bfl read to tbe fleet to-morrow morning at
muater.
A detailed account of this battle will be
submitted hereafter.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your most obedient servaut, S. F. DUPONT,
Flag Officer, Commanding the South Atiaa*
tic Blockading Squadron.
PS. Tbe bearer of despatches will also
carty with him the first American ensigu rais
ed upon the soil of South Carolina 6ince tbe
rebellion broke out.
S. F D.
To Hon. GIDEON WELLS, Secretary of the
Navy Washington.
GENERAL ORDERS NO 2.
FLAG-SHIP WABASH HILTON HEAD, )
FORT ROYAL BAY, NOV 8, IS6I. J
It is the grateful duty of the Commander
in-Chief to make a public acknowledgement
of his entire commendation of the coolness
discipline, skill and gallantry displayed by tbe
officers and men under bis command iu tbe
capture of tho batteries on Hilton Head and
Bay Point, after an action of four hours' flu
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ration.
Tlie Flag officer fully sympathises with the
iffijera and men of bis squadron in the satis
taction tLey manifested at seeing the ensign of ~
tbe Ucion flyiug ODce more in the State of
South Oaroltua, which has been trio chief pro
moter uf the wicked and uoprovoked rebellion
they have beeu nailed upoD to Buppres?
(Signed) S. F DUPONT, Flag Officer,
Commanding S Atlantic liionkadiug Squad
ron.
KILLED AND VV'OUNDED-OFFICIAL
LIST.
FLAG SHIP WABASH, OFP HILTON HEAD, )
POUT KOTAL, SC, NOW. Bib, 1861. J
SIR:—I have the painful duty to report the
| foliowiog casualities in the action of yesterday
in the capture of tbe batteries at Hilton Head
and Bay Point:
Flag Hflip Wabash. — Killed I—Thomas
Jackson, ci.swain and captain of a gun.
Slightly wounded, 2 Alfred Hotnsby and
Wro. Wall, seamen.
Susquehanna— Kideii 2—John P. Clark,
j ordinary seamen: VVrn. Price, second coal hea
ver. Wounded severely, I—Sattil. F. Smart,
lirst-class hoy. Wounded slightly, 2—Patrick
Dwjn, O. S; Samuel Holbrox, 21 gunner.
Pawnee —Killed, 2—John Kelly, O. S;
William Fitxbugb lirst-cLss boy. Wounded
slightly, 3 —Alfred Washburn, masters mate;
: Jacob tlausc, O. S; Pattiek Quiuu O. S.
Mohican —Killed, I—John A. VVhittemore,
i third assistant engineer. VVounded seriously,
| 2—W. Thompsou, Isaac Sayburu, acting mas*
ters; Sherman Bascom,o. S. VVounded slight
i ly, 4—Maryland L'uthbers, JoLn O. Pitman,
master's mate; S. VV. Tovnseud O. S; (Jhas
Brown.
Bitnoille —Kilied, 2—Patrick McGuigaa,
Alexander Chambers. Wounded sligLtlv, 3
Peter Murphy, Aiex Fivey, Wui. Gilchrist.
Seminole —A few were slightly wounded.
Names not yet reported.
RECAPITULATION.
Total killed. g
Total wounded severely. 6
Tetal wounded slightly, 17
Total killed and wounded. 31
1 have the honor to be, respectfully, your
obedient SERVANT? S. F. DUPONT,
Flag officer Southern Blockading Squadron.
GIDEON WELLS, Secretary of the Navy.
THE CAPTURE OF BEAUFORT
FLAG SHIP VV ABASH, HrLTO.v HEAD, )
PORT ROYAL HARCJOR, NOV. 9. 1861. J
Slß— Sibce writing my official despatch, 1
bavc sent the sun-boat* to take possession of
Beaufort, to protect the inhabitants; £ut I re
gret to say they have fled, and the town is a
bandoiied to the negroes, who arc reported to
me as being in a lawless oonditionn
The light vessels which 1 hoped to save were
destroyed in the destruction of the forts by
the Rebels. The Post Offices were visited,
and a number of documents, letters, &e. ob
tained.
1 have covered Scull Creek, at the mouth of
Broad river, and have cut off the ooinuauuioa
tion between Charleston and Savannah.
Respectfully your obediont servant,
S. F. DCPONT, FI g Officer,
Commanding S. A Blockading Squadron.
HOD. GIDEON WELLS, Seeretary of the Na
vy, at Washington.
EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.
The following ia an extract from a private
j letter from one of the cfficers engaged in the
1 bombardment.
"1 am sure our success no 11 rejoice your
heart, it has been complete, and terror runs
ovor the whole country. The negroes are
wild, and plundering their masters' houses.—
The whites have been driviug the negroes
away by force, and shootiog them down, but
tbey still come down to the gru-boats.
The moment General Drayton took to
horse in the paaio of the 7ih,his two
servants took to the Wabash.. This is wpfthy
of notice, as putting down the romance that
the slaves were ready to fight for their masters,
'ihey surrounded Captain Ammen in.crowds,
at Beaufort, one of them calling oaf, in the
joy of his heart:—l didn't think you could do
it, masaa!"
OFFICIAL DESPATCH OF GEN. SHER
MAN,
HEADQUARTERS EXPEMIUON CORPS, )
PORT ROYAL, S.
To the Adjutant Gen. U. Washington:
Si a—l have the bouor to report that the
force uoder my conimaud embarked at Annap*
olid, Md., 00 the 21st of October, and arrived
at Hampton Roads, Va., en the -2d. Io con
sequence of the delay in the arrival of some
|of our transports, and the unfavorable state
of the weather, the fleet was unable to sot out
lor the Southern coast until the 29tb, when
under the convoy of a Naval Squadron under
Commodore Dupout, and after tbo most ma
ture consideration of the objects of the expe
dition, by that officer and myself, it was agreed
to,first reduce aßy works that might be found
at Port Royal, South Carolina, and thus open
the fioeat hnrbor on the aoast that exists south
of Hatleras.
It was oitlculated to reach Port Royal in
five days an most, but in ooDsequeoce of ad
verse winds and a perilous storm on tbe day
and night of the Ist of November, the fleet
arrived at Port Royal, but not until the 4th,
and tbeu but in part v for it bad been almost
entirely dispersed by the gale, and the vessels
have been straggling io op to this date. Tbe
transport steamers tr 410/1 Belvedere, Osceola
and Peerless have not sgrived-. Two 01 them