Whole No. 2635.
Jacob C. Blymyer 4 Co.,
produce and Commission Mer
chants,
LKWISIWN, PA.
and Grain of ail kind* pur
chased at market rates, or received on storage
and shipped at usual freight rates, having
storehouses and boats of their own, with care
ful captains aud hands.
Stove Coal, Limeburnera Coai, Plaster, Fish
and Salt always on hand.
Grain can be insured at a smalt advance on
cost of storage. n022
AMBROTYPES
AND
The Clems of the Season.
r PHIS is no humbug, but a practical truth
JL The pictures taken by Mr. Burkholder
are unsurpassed for BOLDNESS. TRUTH
FULNESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and
DURABILITY. Prices varying according
to size and quality of frames aud Cases.
Room over the Express Office.
Lcwistown, August 23, 18G0.
DiL J. iymi,
ixj 11 -mi o
OFFICE on East Market street, Lewistuwn,
adjoining F. U. Franciscus' Hardware
Store. P. S. Dr. Locjfe will he at his ot&ca
the first Monday of eqch month to spend the
week. P'jr3l
SB.. A. J. ATXEfJf SON,
HAVING permanently located in Lewis
town, offers his professional services
to the citizens of town and country. Office
West Market St., opposite Eisenbise's Hotel.
Residence into door cast of George Blymyer.
Lewistuwn, July 12, 1800-tf
Dr. Samuel L. Alexander.
Has permanently located at Milroj,
yjff and is prepared to practice all the branch
es of his Profession. Office at Swipe-
Uart's Hotel. my&My
EDWARD FRYSINgER,
Ht.kiLE OEitEk k XHtFifTtkEk
or
Clli ARS, TOBACCO, SMJFP,
&C., &.C.,
Orders promptly attended te. jelo
SEC. W. ELDER,
Attorney at Ij^W,
JUftce Market Sauare, LewLstowo. will at
tend to buine*k in Mllßin.Centre aud Hunting
don counties. wy2G
SL.TV JKOJF
SPERMATORR II (EA,
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA, .4
Ilenexolent Institution eftabUihtd by special A'lidotc
.'nj.for the Relie fof the Sitkand Ilistrsssed. aflit eted with
Virulent and Chrome Diseases. ami especially for the Cure
of I>ueascs of the Sexual Organs.
MEDICAL ADVICE given gratia, t*jthe Acting Sur
geon.
VA Ll*4-BLE REPORTS on Sperinfttorrlio-ii. and oth
*r'diseases 6f the Sexual < >rtotne.and the NEW REM
EDIES employed in the Dispensary, sent in
envelopes, free of charge. Two or three Stumps for
postage acceptable. Address, I)R. J. SKII.I.IN
nD H'OHTnN. IJ.ivyarcJ Association, No. 2 S. Ninth St.,
Philadelphia, Pa. je6
A. 91 & I ,
UAVING in connection with his Grocery
and Notion business, commenced the
Manufacturing of Confection*
ery,
in its various branches, and employed a prac
tical workman, notifies the public that ire in
tends to keep a well assorted stwsjk of 'he
above goods op ijend, which will be warrant
ed to give satisfaction, and ire equal to any
Confectioneries that can be bought from any
eastern city, which he offerst wholesale mer
ghants and retailers at city prices, with cost
of carriage. He therefore solicits the cus
torn of the surrounding country, and re
quests them to send in their orders or call
and examine his geods, which will satisfy all
£hat thej can be accommodated wit)* selec
tion which will recommend itself.
CAKES, BISCUITS. Sec., constantly on
hand. Also, Pound, Spunge, Bride, Silver
and Gold Cakes, in the best style, baked to
order, on the shortest notice. mb2S
GJ ass ware.
Stands with and without covers.
. Butter Dishes " " "
Sugar Bowls, Goblets and Preserve Dishes.
Pitchers and Tumblers. to Be sold at I
the lowest figure by H- ZERBE.
jAAiv STONE Fruit Jars, best in use,
IVJUv/ at prices cheaper tbM bfs ever
been offered, at Zerbe's Grocery and Stone
ware depot. jjiO
Large Stock of FDrDfture on
Hand.
A FELLX is still manufacturing all kinds
• of Furniture. ¥oung married persons
and others that wish to purchase Furniture
will find a good assortment on hand, which
will be sold cheap for cash, or country pro
duce taken in exchange for same. Give me
a call, on Valley street, near Black Bear Ho
tel. feb 21
LUMBER! LUMBERr
A LARGE and complete assortment of
Lumber for sale cheaper thau the cheap
est, by F. G. FRANCISCUS.
iPiaiEsrasiaD iisjn) srsr &9®3&<&ifi IF3STTBIBJ®2IJB9 ikiswnsTOwssg ssnißHLnsy rp& 0
THE BHUTTO,
For the Gazette.
THE MARCH OF THE MOT
LEY BRIGADE.
Bit A LOUAX
Loud camo the call to arms;
The old Keystone answered;
Down through her valleys swarmed
The gallant fiye hqndrtdl
Forward to Washington—
Its days were nigh numbered —
Forward to do or die,
Marched the live hundred.
Forward the Motley Brigade!
Was there a man dismayed;
Not though the soldier knew
Some one had blunderod."
There were the Logan boys,
There were the ltinggold boys,
There were the Pottsville boys,
were the Lehigh boys,
All wld five hundred.
No arms but what nature gave,
They stemmed -'Seeeshia's" wave.
Jest on the brink of tfie grwye,
All the world wondered.
Down through the murderous crowd,
Who hurled curses deep and loud,
But uot u word spoke they aloud,
The gallant five hundred.
Ruffians to the right of them—
Rowdies to the left o. them—
Plug I'glies in front of then)—
flipped, swore and thundered;
I'he insults no tongue can tell—
The atones thaf found them fell—
fjiit hfavely they marched, s#4 well,
Oil through this nook of hell,
The noble live huudred.
Ifoif they gMf fijrough, so safe;
Not losiug a single life,
Survivors of this bloodless strife—
The people all pondered.
Stormed at with bricks and stones—
piyed at ig sei)dish topes—
Rut on, without broken bones,
Marched t);c fljre huptfyed.
Massachusetts takes the name—
New York lays in her claim —
But the first men that forward came,
'fo save us from disgrace and shame,
Us the Keystone's £ve hundred.
Back from Secession's hive,
Came every man alive,
To the arms of sweetheart* and wives,
The noble five hundred.
Prom the Harrisburg Telegraph.
ON GUARD.
At hli'lhigbh °u my lonely beat.
When shadows wrap the wood and lea,
A vision seems my view to greet
Of one at home that prays for ni.
Jig roses blow upon her cheek—
Her form is not a lover's dream—
But on her face so fair and meek,
A host of holier beauties gleam.
for softly shines her silver hair,
A patient sn/ile is OIJ her face,
And the mild lustrous light of prayer
Around her sheds a moonlike grace.
She prays for one that's far away—
The soldier in his holy fight.—
And begs that Hegven in mercy may
l'rotccjt her boy and bless the High*.
And although leagues lie far between,
This silent ineeuse of her heart
Steals o'er nty sogl with breath serene,
And we no longer are
So guarding thus my lonely bt,
I'.y shadowy wov! mid haunted lea.
That vision seems tjjy eye to meet
Of her at home, who prays for me.
Camp Cameron, Pa. Zot AYI.
Edited by A. SMITH, County Superintendent.
For the Educational Column.
Hints on Teaching- Beading.
I feel perfectly safe in assuming that ev
ery teacher who is worthy of his position
of trust, >s desjrous of learniug modes of
government and instruction, by which his
efforts may be rendered most successful.
With this confidence, I wish to ask the
earnest attentiou of teachers to a subject
which is of real importance and of no
little interest to all the intelligent friends
of common schools.
As a general fact there is not pearly
enough drilling in schools; there is a fev
erish desire to advance scholars rapidly,
thereby to gain a brilliant reputation ; or
there is an indifference or incapacity, which
from idleness or ignorance neglects the ne
cessary work. There is almost universal
need of more drilling, more thorough at
tention to details, more intelligent use of
illustrations, definitions and questions.—
Teachers can hardly rid themselves of the
notion that the true test of scholarship is
yhat on.e has gone oyer, an.d not what one
knows. ' Through the book' has a fatally
charming sound, even to teachers other
wise very sensible. It is only repeating
what every teacher has said scores of times,
to assert that it is infinitely better to train
pupils to value excellence of understanding
than to allow them to form the habit of
echoing what the author says, however
readily, without pflßoprcheusion of tfi.e
principles inculcated.
I wiafi Jo apply this to reading. Ido
not hazard much in expressing the convic
tion that in more thap half tfi r e schools of
this county scholars not only learn nothing
beneficial in regard to reading, but actually
acquire habits that are of positive and last
ing injury. In very few instances do teach
ers make it their study and effort to guide
their scholars more judiciously through the
vocal and intellectual discipline necessary
WEDNESDAY, NOYEffIBER 30, 1861.
to reuder them good readers. It is not an
Uncommon pr-ctice with teachers, to re
quire their pupils to commit to memory
the rules given in the preliminary
es in readers, and read over the illustra
tive examples. This is done with a vague
idea that it was the author's design to have
buth the rules and csamplps used, and no
other mode ol accomplishing that desigp
suggests itself. In the ordinary reading
exercise, it is customary for the pupils to
read each t verse, one alter another, with
out any further instruction than that cer
tain words should be differently pronoun
ced, and not unfrequently even this infinj
tesmal criticism is omitted. No effort is
made to impart a clearer comprehension of
subject, to aid pupils in giving fuller, nicer
expression by a better use of inflections,
emphasis and modulation.
The natural and inevitable result is, that
pupils feel no interest in the reading exer
cise, take no pride in acquitting themselves
creditably, become careless, expressionless
repeaters of words, but not readers. And
teachers, too, find the exercise distasteful;
they are dissatisfied with their neglect, and
vainly wish their pupils would read better.
The simple and only remedy fur this gen
eral and crying ovil is drilling. Teachers
must address themselves to the subject in
good earnest, must carefully and thorough
ly study the best treatises they can procure
which relate to education; if nothing else
is accessible, they should study the intro
duction to any good series of readers and
gain all the knowledge desirable from that
source. They should practice the exam
ples given, repeating them until perfectly
able to exemplify to a class the idea which
the author wished to convey. They should
be careful to have the lessons well studied,
both by their scholars, and by themselves,
unless they are fully competent to instruct
without such preparation, and then they
sbovW have every sentence well read be
fore proceeding to the sentence following.
Not merely errors of accent, and omission
or insertions of words, should be correct
ed ; but defective inflection, and faulty em
phasis and imperfect modulation, should
be poiuted out, and the correct rendering
of the passage should be given by the
teacher, then by the pupils. No anxiety
to finish a lesson must be permitted to in
terfere with the necessary drilling.
This is a subject requiring immediate
and earnest attention from every teacher,
aud I cannot too urgently request all teach
ers who read this article, to use every ef
fort to improve the reading of their pupils.
'1 hey jvjlj find this labcr a little arduous
at first, but it surely will bo rewarded with
success ; if not by better reading, the con
scientious effort will be its owu rich re
ward. 8.
MORAL & RELIGIOUS
What and Where Is lieayen—and Oth
er Reflections.
Extrart from a Seryton lei the Her. E. E Attains. Pas
tor of S'orth Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Phila.
The preacher read the whole of the 12th
chapter ol Second Corinthians, of which
verses 2, 3, and 4 constituted his text, com
menting as he proceeded. These exposi
tory introductory readings, when done with
ability, constitute a most profitable and im
portant part of divine services, and should
be generally adopted. The words of his
text proper were as follows:
'I knew a man above fourteen years ago, whether
in the body I cannot toll t K hctliojr out of the body f
cannot tell"; God knoweth : such an one caught up to
the third heaven. And I knew such a man, whether
in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell; God
knoweth : now that lie was caught up into Paradise,
and heard unspeakable yvofds, which it is not lawful
for a man to utter.'
Mr. Adams, in commencing, said he
hoped there would be something practicable
in his scrtop, though there would be in it
some speculation. His purpose ip select
ing this theme was to consider the abode
of holiness in the future life, and the obli
gations which it suggested to the mind of
Christians.
The first division of his subject was the
following interrogatory,
WHAT AND WHERE IS HEAVEN ?
In answering this, he said it could not
be denied that our ideas in this matter were
extremely vague. There was nothing fixed
in its contemplation; it was stretched out
before the spiritual eye like a lovely land
scape, overshadowed by a mist of glory.
This much, however, he held to be demons
trable : that heaven was not merely a state,
but a place. In the philosophy of the Jews
there had been three heavens —to which
Paul had probably reference in the text.
The first was the surrounding atmosphere,
in which birds fly; the second was tine sid
ereal heavens, the region of the stars ; and
the third was the heaven of heaven.;, the
abode of the Eternal. Paradise and the
third heaven were the same, the heaven
where Jesus had asceudej frpfn the cross.
That it was a locality, was established by
the word of the Saviour to His disciples,
1 1 go to prepare a place for you,' &c.
Again, the speaker argued that heav
en was a locality necessarily, from the fact
that its inhabitants are to have bodies. —
He held, moreover, that the soul in its
disembodied state, even before the resurrec
tion, could not be contemplated in utter
and complete isolation from matter. Some
persons, he knew, were startled at the idea
of the eternity of matter. Yet light was
material, and heaven was represented as
filled with light. Nor was there a single
expression in the Scriptures to prove the
non eternity of matter. Matter was not
necessarily contaminating. When Adam
was in his holy (innocent) state, the place
of his dwelling had been material.
In the description ot what heaven is,
and what it is not, in its moral aspect, the
was eloquent, evincing extraoidin
ary imaginative and lingual powers.
Having disposed of the what , he next
proceeded to consider the where of the in
terrogatory. It was, he said, natural for
the mind to long to know departed
friends and loved ones had gone. Somehow
or other, we were impressed by instinct
and education that heaven was far off—:t
place very remote from the earth; and yet
he did not doubt that if we had eyes to see
thejfi, we should discover spiritual beings,
god and bad, mingling arouud us in prox
imity to those messengers of love sent forth
to 4 minister to those who are called to be
heirs of salvation ; albeit, the heaven where
Christ dwells was doubtless the special
abode of the latter. 'I his heaven we must
believe was above all other heavens. We
must of course keep in view the fact that
above and below , on this planet, cr any oth
er, irp relati\e terms. Ky ' up'was simply
meant distance away from the earth on a
line drawn from its centre; and by the
word down was meant the exact opposite, or
distance towards its centre.
I he beautiful astronomical theory which !
is gradually approximating positive demon
stration—that all the various systems of
the universe revolve around one commou
centre —was taken up by Mr. Adams at
this point, presented in its peculiar bear
ing upon the subject under discussion. If
it were true that the central orb bore a
similar rolation in magnitude to all the
bodies revolving around it, which the sun j
of our system sustained to the planets and
satellites—being five hundred times great
er in bulk than all the latter combined—
that great central luminary would indeed
constitute a fitting world for the abode of
the Eternal. This thought, he held, was
one of overwhelming sublimity, and the
discoveries of science tended to confirm its
truth. The motion of certain fixed stars,
for example, could not be explained upon
any other grounds. The star Arcturus had
within the last seventy years been found to ;
vary its position about three miuutes and j
thirty seconds, and the noted variation of I
other bodies tended alike to show that there '
is a universal motion of the stars. So deep j
ly was tho preacher impressed with the j
Correctness of the central-heaven idea as !
the capital aj the universe, that he assumed I
it to have been the heaven into which the !
Apostle l'aul had been mysteriously caught
up when he heard those words which it
wai not possible for a man to utter.
Under the second head of his discourse
was considered the blessedness of a more
distinct apprehension of heaven in this life.
The third part was devoted to an exam- j
ination of the discipline which Christians 1
need who entertain these views of the mis
sion which awaits them. Paul, for exam
ple, after having his mind enlightened in
this matter by a heavenly vision, had giv
en to him ' a messenger of affliction.' And
the same discipline was necesary for the
wisest and most beneficent purpose. With
out this, tye should be rendered utterly un
fit for our earthly duties.
In the next place, the preacher consid
ered the influence which such special views
ought to have upon the subsequent course
of those who receive thein, in this life.—
Under this head the preacher administered
a severe rebuke to the pretensions of mod
ern spiritualism- Paul had not felt called j
upon to boast of having received a new
revelation after his remarkable vision.—
Fourteen years had elapsed before he ever
mentioned it: and then it was not to pro
claim a means of intercourse between the
living and the dead. On the other hand,
Paul had discountenanced the idea that
any kind of niiuistration to his brethren in
the body, after his own separation from it f :
was possible; hence his allegation that 'to
remain with you is more profitable.' Aud j
surely, if so good a man as Paul could not
hold intercourse with the living, after his
departure to anot' cr sphere, it was not
probable that others were admitted to such j
a privilege, and he, therefore, proclaimed
boldly, that if there teas any such connec- '
tipn between the living apd the dead, it j
was infernal , lor It was by God forbidden. ,
His final thought was, that by contrast,
if heaven was a place, the abode of the lost
must also be a locality—in which souls
would not only be rendered wretched by
their own history and memories, but by
their horrible surroundings, fine was a
palace, the other a prison—a raylesstomb;
in one the inhabitants rejoiced ; in the oth
er they wept; in one there was endless
bliss; in the other sadness aod woe unspeak
able ; above was heaven, below was hell.—
All who heard him were on their way
either to one of these or the other, and ev
ery one carried in his own heart the anw&er
to this momentous question : 'Am I a be
liever in Jesus as nit/ Saviour, or am I not ?'
customs and habits are like tfce
ruts iu roads. The wheels of life settle in
to them, and we jog along through the
j mire, because it is too much trouble to get
' out of them.
NEWS FROM THE GREAT FLEET.
The Official Despatches.
The following are the official despatches to
the Navy Department:
UNITED STATES FLAG SHIP WABASH, )
OFF HILTON HEAD, PORT ROYAI, HARBOR, •
November oth. IsOl. j
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Nary:
Sir —The Government having determined
to seize and occupy one or more important
points upon our Southern coast, where our
squadr >n might find shelter, possess a depot
and afford pfutucpou to loyal citizens, com
mitted to toy discretion the selection from
among those places which it thought most
available and desirable for these purposes.
After mature deliberation, aided by the pro
fessional knowledge and great intelligence of
th" Assistant Secretary, Mr, Fox, and upon ;
taking into considcrati n the magnitude to
which the joint naval and military expedition
bad been extended, to which you have called
my attention, 1 canto to the conclusion that
the original intentions of the department, if
first carried out, would fall short of the ex
pectations of the country and of the capabili
ties of the expedition, while Port Royal, I
thought, would meet both in a high degree.
1 ttierefore submitted to Brigadier General
Sherman, commanding the military part of
the expedition, this modification of our earli
est matured plans, and had the satisfaction to
receive his full concurrence, though he and
the commanders of the very justly
laid great stress upon the necessity, if possi
ble, of getting this frigate into the harbor of
Port Royal.
On Tuesday. 2'Jth October, the fleet under
my command left Hampton lloads, and with
the army transports numbered fifty vessels.
On the day previous I had despafchpd the
coal vessels, twenty five in all, under convoy
of the Vandalia, Commander Ilaggerty. to
rendezvous off Savannah, uot wishing to give
the true points. The weather had been un
settled in Hampton Roads, though it promts
ed well when we sailed, but ofl' Hutteras it
blew hard. Some ships got into the breakers,
and two struck, bpt without injury.
On Friday, Ist November, the rough weath
er soon increased into a gale, and we had to
encounter oue of great violence from the
southeast, a portion of which approached to
a hurricane. The fleet was utterlv dispersed,
and on Saturday morning one sail only was
; in sight from the deck of the Wabash.
On the following day ihe weather atodera
ted, and the steamers and ships began to re
appear. Orders, not to be opened except in
ease of separation, were furnished to all the
men-of war by myself, sod to the transports
by Brigadier General Sherman.
As the vessels rejoined reports came of dis
asters. I expected to hear of many, but when
the severity of the gale and the character of
the vessels are considered, we have oply cause
for great thaukfuiuess.
In reference to the men of war, the Isaac
Smith, a most efficient and well armed vessel
for the class purchased, but not intended to
encounter guch sea and wind, had to throw
her formidable battery overboard to keep from
foundering, but thus relieved, Lieut. Common
ding Nicholson was enabled to go to the as
sistance of the chartered steamer Governor,
then in a very dapgareus condition, and on
board of which was our fine battalion of ma
rines, under Major Reynolds. They were
finally rescued by Capt. Ringgold in the Sa
bine under difficult circumstances, soon after
which the Governor went down, and I believe
seven of the marines were drowned by their
own imprudence.
Lieut. Commanding Smith's conduct in the
Isaac Smith has met with my warm commen
dation.
The Peerless, transport, in a sinking con
dition, was met by the Mohican, Commander
Gordon, and all the people on board, twenty
six in number, were saved under very perilous
circumstances, in which Lieut. 11. W. Miller
was very favorably noticed by his commander.
011 passing Charleston I sent in the Seneca.
Iyieut. Commanding Amman, to direct Capt.
Lardner to join me with the steamer Susque
hanna off Port Royal without delay.
On Monday, at eight o'clock in the morn
ing, I anchored off the bar with some twenty
five vessels in company, many more being in
sight.
The department is aware that all the aids
to navigation had beep removed, and the bar
lies ten miles seaward, with no features on
the shore line with sufficient prominence to
make any bearings reliable. But, to the skill
of Commander Davis, the Fleet Captain, and
Mr. Boutelle. the able assistant of the coast
survey, in charge of the steamer Vixen, the
channel was immediately found, sounded out
and buoyed-
By three o'clock I received assurances from
Capt. Davis that I could send forward the
lighter transports, those under eighteen feet,
with ali ihe gunboats, which was immediately
done, and before dark they were securely
anchored in the roadstead of Port Royal,
South Carolina.
The gunboats almost immediately opened
their batteries upon two or three Rebel steam
ers, under CommodoreTatnall, instantly chas
ing him under the shelter of their batteries.
In the morning Commander John Rogers,
of the United States steamer FJag, temporar
ily on board this ship, and acting on my Staff,
accompanied Brigadier Gen. Wright, in the
gunboat Ottowa, Lieutenant Commanding
Nicholson, made a reconnoissance in force,
ar.d drew ihe ure of the batteries on Ililton
Head and Bay Point, sufficiently to show that
the fortifications were works of strength and
scientifically constructed. In the evening of
Monday Capt. Davis and Mr. Boutelle report
ed water enough for the Wabash to enter in.
The responsibility of hazarding so noble a
frigate was not a light one. Over a prolong
ed bar of over two miles there was but a foot
or two of water to spare, and the fall and rise
of the tide is such that if she had grounded
she would have sustained most serious injury
from straining, if not probably lost.
much, liuvfcvar, was at stake to hesitate, and
the result was entirely suecessfql.
On the morning of Tuesday the Wabash
crossed ibe bar, followed closely by the frigate
| Susquehanna, the Atlantic, Yanderbilt and
' other transports of decfi dratt, and on run-
New Series—Vol. XVI, No. 4.
ning through that portion ..f the fleet already
in, the safe passage of this great ship over tlio
bar was hailed hv gratifying cheers from the
crowded vessels.
We anchored and immediately co umcnced
preparing the ship for action, but the delay
of planting buoys, particularly on the Fishing
Beef, a dangerous shoal we had to avoid, ren
dered the hour 'ate before it was possible to
niuve with the attacking squadron. In mi;
anxiety to get the outline of the torts before
dark we stood in too near this shoal and the
ship grounded. By the time she was gotten
off it was too late in my judgment to proceed,
and I made a signal for the squadron to an
chor out of gunshot from the enemy.
To day the wind blows a gale from the
southward and eastward, and the attack is
unavoidably postponed.
I have the honor to be sir.
Respectfully your obedient servant,
S. F. DUPONT,
Flag Officer Com'g. S. Atlantic Squadron.
Commodore DuponVs Second Despatch.
BLOCKADING FI.FET, FLAG SHIP WABASH, )
Off Hilton Hind, I'art llvyal Harbor, ■
November 8, 1801. )
Hon. Gideon Welles, Sccrelaru of the Nary,
Washington:
Sir —l have the honor to infrcm you that
yesterday I attacked the enemy's batteries n
Bay Point and Hilton Head—Forts Beaure
gard and Walker—and succeeded in silencing
them after an engagement of four hours du
ration, and driving away the squadron of
rebel steamers under Commodore Tutnall.
TtiP reconnoisance of yesterday made us
acquainted with the superiority of Furt Wal
ker, aud to that 1 directed my special efforts,
engaging it at a distance of first eight hun
dred yards, and afterwards six. But the plan of
attack brought the squadron sufficiently near
Fort Beauregard to receive its fire and the
ships were frequently lighting the batteries
on both sides at the same time.
The aetion was begun on my part at twen
ty-six minutes past nine, and at half past two
the American ensign was hoisted on the flag
staff of Fort Walker, and this morning at
sunrise on that of Furt Beauregard.
The defeat of theeueipy terminated in their
utter rout and confusion ; their quarters and
encampments were abandoned without any
attempt to carry away either public or private
property.
The ground over which they fled was strewn
with the aruis of private soldiers, aud officers
retired in too much haste to submit to the
encumbrance of their swords.
Landing my marines and a company of
seamen, f took possession of the deserted
ground and held the fort at Ililton Head til!
the arrival of Gen. Sherman, to whom I had
the honor to transfer its occupation.
We captured forty three pieces of cannon;
most of them are of the heaviest calibre and
of most improved description. The hearer
of these despatches will have the honor to
carry with him the captured flags and two
small brass field pieces lately belonging to the
State of South Carolina, which are sent homo
as suitable trophies of the sueccss of tho day.
I enclose herewith a copy of the general or
der which is to be read in the fleet to-uiorrov/
morning at pijister.
A detailed account of the battle will bo
submitted hereafter.
I have the honor, to he very respectfully.
Your most obedient servant,
[SigpedJ S. F. DUPONT,
Flag (officer Commanding
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
P. S.—The bearer of despatches will also
carry with him the first American ensign
raised upon the soil of South Carolina since
the rebellion broke out. s. r. p.
General Order, No. 2.
FLAG SHIP WABASH, HILTON HEAD, }
Fort Royal, November Bth, 1801. j
It is the grateful duty of the Commander
in-Chief to make a public acknowledgment of
his entire commendation of the coolness, dis
cipline, skill ar.d gallantry displayed by tho
officers and men under his command at the
capture of the batteries on Ililton Head and
Bay Point after an action of five hours dura
tin.
The Fag Officer fuljy sympathizes with the
officers and men of his squadron in the satis
faction they must feel at seeing the ensign of
the Union flying once more in the State of
South Carolina, which has been the chief pro
moter of the wicked and unprovoked rebel
lion they h&ve b.een called upon to suppress,
[Signed] S. F. DUPONT,
Flag Officer Commanding
South Atlautic Blockading Squadron.
Third Despatch.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
FMC San- WAUASH, OH HILTON II LAD, I
Port lioyal Harbor , Nov. Bth, 18G1. |
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Nary
Sir —I have to report the following causal
ties ia the action of yesterday in the capture
of the batteries at Hilton head and Cay
point :
Wabash —Killed, I—Thomas1 —Thomas Jackson, Cox
swain, Capt. of a gun.
Slightly wounded, 2—Alfred llomesby,
seaman, and Win. Wall, seaman.
Susquehannah—Killed, 2—John P. Clark,
ordinary seaman; Wm. Price, second coal
heaver.
Wounded severely, I—Samuel F. Smart,
first class boy.
Wounded slightly, 2—Patrick l>wyn, ordi
nary seaman, and Samuel iloibroke, second
gunner.
Pawnee—Killed. 2—John Kelly, ordinary
seaman ; Wm. 11. Fitzbugh, first class boy.
Wounded slightly, 3—Alfred Washburne,
master's mate ; Joseph Ilause, ordinary sea
man : Patrick Quinn, ordinary seaman.
Mohican —Killed, I—John A. Wittemore,
Third Assistant Engineer.
Wounded seriously, 3 —W. Thompson,
Isaac Leyburn. Acting Master, and Sherman
Bascom, ordinary seaman.
Woupdly slightly, 4—Mayland Cuihbert,
Assistant Engineer; John 0. Pitman, Mas
ter's Mate ; John W. Townsend, ordinary sea
man ; Charles Brown, ordinary scaraan.
Bienville—Killed, 2—Patrick McGuigtn,
Alex. Chambers.
Wounded slightly, 3—Peter Murphy, Alex
Fewey, Wm. Gilchrist.
(Continued on third I 'aye.)