TQHKEE. 
wounded; Samuel P. Stewart, first cabin boy, seri¬ 
ously wounded; Patrick Devyue and Samuel Hol¬ 
brook, slightly wounded. 
Pawnee—John Kelly, orderly sergeant, and Wm. 
Fitzhngh, first cabin boy, killed; Alfred Washhurne, 
master’s mate, Jacob House, and Patrick Quinn, ordi¬ 
nary seamen, slightly wounded. 
Mohican—Killed. I—John A. Whitman, third 
assistant engineer. Wounded severely, A- VY. l'hmnp- 
sou; IsaacSeyburn, acting master, and Sherman Ha.s- 
enm, ordinary seamen. Wounded slightly, 4 Nay- 
laud Cuthbert, third assistant, surgeon; John O. Pit¬ 
man, master's mate; John VY. Townsend, and Chau. 
Brown, ordinary seamen. 
Bienville- Killed. 1 Patrick Woden van and Alex¬ 
ander Chambers. Wounded slightly, 3 Peter Mur¬ 
phy; Alexander Firry and William Gilchrist. 
Seraiuole — Pew slightly wounded, number not 
reported. Total killed, 8. Wounded severely, 8; 
wounded slightly, 17. Killed and wounded, 31. 
I have the honor to be, respectfully, 
8. P. Hui-ont, Flag Officer, Ac. 
Flag Suip Wabash, opp Hiltow IIrad, I 
Novembor 0. 1861. { 
To lion (titlmn WeUet- 
8ru: Since writing my ofUeial dispatches, I have 
sent gun boats to take possession of Beaufort, and 
protect the inhabitants, but I regret to say they bavo 
tied, and the town i-< abandoned to negroes, who are 
reported to run in a lawless condition. Light vessels, 
which I hoped to make use of, were destroyed on the 
desertion of the forts by the rebels. Tho post offices 
were visited, and a number of documents, letters, 
Ac., obtained. I have closed 8kult Creek, mouth of 
Broad River, and have cut off this communication 
between Charleston and Savannah. 
Respectfully your obedient servant. Plug Officer, 
8. P. Dupont, 
Brigadier-General Sherman, in command of the 
land forces, sends to the War Department bis report, 
also a copy of bis Proclamation to the inhabitants 
of South Carolina, as follows: 
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Pout Royal, S. O'., Nov. 8,1801, j 
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Who g.\id the good name of onr country was gone— 
Thnt. her flag wonld be honored no more? 
Over valley and plain, over mountain and main, 
Roils an answer like Thnnder's deep roar. 
A million bravo spirits all shoot with ono voice, 
‘ We will die for the rights we demand! 
Ix>t traitors beware—by their dark plots wo swear 
That no Bhadow shall rest on our land!’ ” 
Mentis . i. im 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., NOVEMBER 23,1861 
THE WAR’S PROGRESS 
v Chilton \.^y- 
MAP OTP PORT ROYAL ENTRANCES AND HARBOR, BRABFORT 
which does not admit vessels of over eleven feet 
draft. Beaufort is about ton miles from the sea, and 
Sixteen miles from tho Charleston and Savannah rail¬ 
road. This line is itself directly approachable by 
water through Broad river and St. Helena sound and 
Combahec river. A force moving up the river from 
Beaufort, via Beaufort nud Coosaw and Port Royal 
rivers, wonld strike the Charleston and Savannah 
railroad at about midway between Charleston and 
\V S I Savannah, and about fifty 
/ miles from either city. 
The harbor runs into and 
commands Beaufort coun¬ 
ty, which constitwtea the 
southern extreme of South 
This district is 
speedy possession of tho whole ul South Carolina 
ami Georgia. This point of the ooaBt is situated 
directly opposite the most southern extremity of 
Kentucky. A military lino drawn from i'ort Royal 
to tho Cumberland mountains wonld cut rebellion 
completely in two, and thereby annihilate it. Tho 
iutention of tho War Department probably is rather 
to make this a base of operations for securing the 
whole southern coast. Ro long as onr troops may 
I in (| it, necessary to remain in the district of Beaufort* 
thoy are sure of line quarters. It is the most fertile 
part of tho State, and hbounds in the necessaries of 
subsistence. 
We may add, that Beaufort is the summer resort of 
the creme de it crane of South Carolina aristocracy, 
and is reported to bo tho most snobbish place in our 
entiro country. Many of the wealthier planters in 
I’almettodom possess beautiful residences in the city 
and immediate vicinity. Will not tho chivalry go 
mad at the thought of tho desecration of their 
“snored soil” by the dastard feet of “Northern 
mudsills?” Truly, the “First Families” are in woe¬ 
ful plight,—who but Uncle Bam will aid them in their 
hour of trouble? 
CHMU-E'ifON, 
Carolina, 
one of the most populous 
in the State,— tho number 
of inhabitants In 1830 being 
38,805, of which 0,500 wore 
free. The chief staples of 
the district firo cotton, rice, 
Indian corn, and sweet po¬ 
tatoes. In 1860 its pro¬ 
ductions aggregated 12,672 
bales of cotton, 492,621 
bushels of corn, 47,230,082 
pounds of rice, and 48,077 
bushels of sweet potatoes. 
The acquisition of the railroad previously men¬ 
tioned, the position of which can be ascertained by 
the enemy’s camp. This honor fell to the right 
division, led by Col. Buford. Tho scene was a terri¬ 
bly exciting one- musketry and cannon dealing 
death and destruction on all sides; men grappling 
with men in a fearful death straggle; column after 
column rushing eagerly up, ambitions to obtain a 
post of danger; officers riding hither and thither in 
the thickest of the fight, urging their men on and 
encouraging them to greater exertions; regiments 
charging into thn wry jaws of death with frightful 
yells and Hhouts, more effective as they fell upon the 
ears of the enemy than a thousand rifle bulla — and 
in the midst of all is heard one long, loud contin¬ 
uous round of cheering, as the Star Bpanglcd Banner 
is unfurled in the face of the foe, and defiantly 
usurps the mongrel colors that had but a moment 
before designated the spot as rebel ground. + * 
An impetuous and irresistible charge was then made, 
that drove the rebels in all directions, and left the 
field in possession of the Federal forces. The rebel 
camps were fired, and wifli all their supplies, ammu¬ 
nition, baggage, Ac., were totally destroyed. 
The discovery, on tho Kentucky side, that we were 
in possession of their camps, led to an opening of the 
rebel batteries from that direction upon uh. .Their 
fire was very annoying, the more so as we were not 
in a position to return it. Just at this juncture the 
report was brought to Gen. Grant by I .lent. Pittman, 
of the 30th Illinois regiment, who had, wiih his 
company, (F,) been on scouting duty, that heavy 
re enforcements were coming op to the rebels from 
the opposite side of the river. Indeed, tho discovery 
was also made that the enemy were pouring over tho 
river in immense numbers, and the danger was immi¬ 
nent that our retreat would be cut off. The order to 
fall back to the boats was therefore given, but not a 
moment too Boon. 
The way was already filled with rebel troops, and 
as we had fought our way up to the encampment, bo 
we were obliged to fight back to our boats, and 
against desperate odds. But tho men were not luck¬ 
ing in courage, and fought like veterans, giving 
ample demonstration of their determination. Every 
regiment of Federal troops suffered more or less 
severely In their return march, but the general opin¬ 
ion prevail* that the rebels suffered far greater losses 
than we. Wherever they made a stand we pat them 
to flight, and, although we lost many brave men, 
either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners, we made 
at least two of their men bite tho dust for every one 
that fell from our ranks. Our regiments all reached 
their boats though with considerably thinned ranks. 
Wc also brought away, as near as can bo ascertained, 
two hundred and seventy-five prisoners, two cannon, 
and a quantity of muskets, small arms, equipments, 
blankets, Ac. The battery captured in the engage¬ 
ment in the midst of the encampment we were 
obliged to leave behind. The guns, however, were 
first carefully spiked. * * * The rebel loss 
must he much greater than ours. Among their killed 
was Col. John W. Wright, of the 15th Tennessee 
regiment, formerly Member of Congress from that 
State. 
Gen. Grant, in his official report, says that he had 
2,800 men. The object of the expedition was to pre¬ 
vent the enemy from sending re-enforcements to 
Price, and also from entting off two columns that 
Gen. Grant had sent out from Cairo, and Capo Girar¬ 
deau, in pursuit of Jeff. Thompson. Knowing that 
Columbus was strongly garrisoned, Gen. G. asked 
Gen. Smith, commanding at Paducah, to make some 
demonstration in that direction, lie did so by order¬ 
ing a small force to Mayfield, and another in the 
direction of Columbus, but not to approach, how¬ 
ever, nearer than fifteen miles. Gen. G. also sent a 
small force on the Kentucky side, with orders not lu 
approach nearer than twelve miles above Columbus. 
At daylight we reached a point just out of the range 
of the rebel guns, and disembarked troops, who were 
marched one mile towards Belmont and then drawn 
iufanr, 
SAVANNA 
OUABl.KSTOX AM) SAVANNAH 
WITH RAILROAD OONNKCTION 
these shoals, and the ship grounded. By tho time 
she was gotten off it, was too Into in m.v judgment to 
proceed, and I made signals to anchor out of gun 
shot from the enemy. 
To day the wind Idows a gale from tho southward 
and westward, and the attack was unavoidably post¬ 
poned, I have tho honor to be, sir, your obedient 
servant. 8, F. Dupont, 
Flag Officer commanding 8. A. Blockading Squadron. 
Flag Suie Wabash, osp Miltojt IIkad, I 
Fort Bo tad, Nov. 7, 1881. $ 
To then. Gideon WeMet, Secretary </ the Amy/, WathingUm ,- 
Sue I have the honor to inform yon that to-day I 
attacked the batteries of the enemy on Bay Point 
and flllton Head, and Forts Walker and Beauregard, 
and succeeded in silencing them after an engagement 
of four hours' duration, and driving away a squadron 
or rebel steamers, under Commodore Tatnall. The 
reconnoissance of yesterday made us satisfied with 
the superiority of Fort Walker, and to that 1 directed 
my especial efforts, engaging it at a distance of 800 
yards, and afterwards at 600 yards; but the plan of 
attack brought the squadron sufficiently near Fort 
Beauregard to receive its fire, and the ships were 
frequently lighting batteries on both side* at, the 
same time. The action on my part was begun at 
9:26, and at 2', A. M. the ensign was hoisted on the 
flag staff of Fort Walker, and this A. M. at sunrise 
on that of Fort Beauregard. The defeat of the 
enemy terminated lu 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 thoy fled 
was strewn with the arms of private soldiers and 
officers, who retired in too ranch haste to submit to 
the encumbrance of their swords. Landing ray 
up in line, one battalion being left as a reserve near 
the transports. It was bat a few minutes before we 
met the enemy, and a general engagement ensued. 
They*were driven back foot by foot to their encamp¬ 
ment on the river bank, a distance of two miles. 
Here they had strengthened their position by felling 
timber for several hundred yards around. Our men 
charged through this, driving the enemy over banks 
into transports, leaving us in possession of every¬ 
thing not portable. Belmont being in range of the 
guns of tho opposite shore, could not be held a single 
hour by our troops. We having no wagons, conld 
not move much of the captured property. I gave 
orders for its destruction. 
Before getting fairly under way on our return tho 
enemy made their appearance and attempted to sur¬ 
round us, but our troops, not In tho least discouraged, 
charged the enemy and again defeated them. The 
loss Ih about eighty-five killed and one hundred aud 
fifty wounded, many of them slightly; about an 
equal number are missing, nearly all the latter from 
the Iowa regiment, which behaved with great gal¬ 
lantry, and suffered mere severely than the others. 
Tho transport Pecrle-u, in a sinking condition, was 
met by tho Mohican, Commander Gordon, and all the 
people on board, twenjy-six in number, were rescued 
under very peculiar circumstances, and in which 
service Lieutenant II. W. Miller was very favorably 
noticed by bis commander. 
In passing Charleston, I sent In tho Scneoa, Llent.. 
A moil commanding, to direct Cspt, Gardner to join 
me with the steamer . : i-qimhaiinali, off Fort Royal, 
without delay. 
On Monday raortiiDg at 8 o’clock, l anchored off 
the bar with twenty-five vessels, and many more 
heaving In sight. The Department is aware that all 
the aids to navigation had been removed. The bar 
lies ten miles seaward, with no features on shore line 
of sufficient Importance to make any bcarnga reli- 
able. By the skill of Onrnrnandor Dove, fleet cap¬ 
tain, and Mr. Boutelle, the aide assistant of Coast, 
Survey in charge of the steamer Vixen, the cliunuel 
was undoubtedly found, pointed and buoyed. By 3 
o’clock, f received assurance from Capf- Dove that I 
could send forward the lightest transports, those 
uuder eighteen feet, with all the gtia boats, which 
was immediately done, and before dark they were 
securely anchored in tho roadstead of Pert Royal, 
fi. C. The gun boats almost immediately opened 
their batteries upon two or three rebel steamers under 
Commander Tatnall, instantly chasing him under 
shelter of the bat ter Ira. In tho morning, Commander 
.Tulin Rogers, of the IJ. S, Mourner Flag, temporarily 
on board this ship, snd auiing on my stuff, accom¬ 
panied by Brig.-Gen. Wright, lu the gun boat Ottawa, 
Lieut. Stevens commanding, and supported by the 
Seneca, Lieut. Nicholson commanding, made arecoti- 
uviwMlCe in force, aud drew lire on Hilton’s head 
and Bay Point, sufficiently to show that the fortifi¬ 
cations were works of strength and scientifically 
constructed. 
On the evening of Monday, Gapt. Dove and Mr. 
Boutellu reported water enough for the Wabash to 
run in. The responsibility of hazarding so noble a 
frigate was not a light one, over a prolonged bar of 
over two miles. There was a foot or two of water to 
spare, and a fall and rise of tide, and if grounded, 
she would have sustained most serious injuries from 
struudago, if not totally lost; too much, however, 
was at stake to hesitate, and the result whs entirely 
successful. On the forenoon of Thursday the Wa¬ 
bash crossed the bar, followed closely by the frigates 
SusquehannaI), Atlantic, Vanderbilt, and the other 
transports of deep draft, running through that portion 
of the fleet already in. The safe passage of this great 
ship over the bar was hailed with gratifying cheers 
from the crowded vessels. We anchored and imme¬ 
diately proceeded to prepare the ship for action. 
The delay of planting batteries, particularly on Fish 
ing Rip, a dangerous shoal w« had to avoid, rendered 
the hour late before it was possible to leave with the 
attacking squadron. In our anxiety to gut an out¬ 
line of the forts before dark, we stood in too near 
The Victory lu the South. 
We give the official record of the attack npon 
I’ort Royal and the forts there located, which ended 
in the most glorious achievement of the war. This 
record is of such length as to preclude the publica¬ 
tion of tho details connected therewith in the present 
issue. The success of the Expedition cannot but 
cheer every loyal heart: 
The following are the official dispatches to t.he 
Navy Department: 
Flag Ship Wabash, ofp TTilton TIkad, j 
Port Royal, Nov. 6, 1881. j 
To Ihyn. Gideon WrUti, Secretary of the Navy, Washington: 
Sin: — The government having determined to boi'zo 
and occupy one or more important points on the 
Southern coast, where our squadron might find shel¬ 
ter and possess a depot and afford protection to loyal 
citizens, committed to my discretion the selection 
from among them- places which it thought available 
and desirable for these purposes. After mature delib¬ 
eration, aided by the professional knowledge of the 
Ass’t Secretary, Mr. Fox, and taking into considera¬ 
tion the magnitude to which the Joint military and 
naval expedition extended, I came to the conclusion 
that the original programme would fill short of the 
expectations of the country, while Fort Royal, 1 
thought, would meet both in ft high degree. J, there 
fore, submitted to Brig.-Gen. Sherman this modifies 
cation of our earliest mutured plans, and had the sat¬ 
isfaction to receive his full concurrence, though he 
and the commanders of the brigades very justly laid 
great stress on the necessity, if possible, of getting 
this frigate into the harbor of Fort Royal. 
On Tuesday, Oct. 29, the fle-jt under my command 
left Hampton Roads, and, with army transports, num¬ 
bered fifty vessels. On the day previous l bad dis¬ 
patched twenty-five coal vessels under convoy of the 
Vandalia, Commander Haggerty, to rendezvous at 
Savannah, not wishing to give true point of fleets 
The weather had been unsettled In Hampton Roads, 
though promising well when we sailed. Off Hatteras 
it blew hard. Steamers got Into breakers, and two 
struck without injury. 
Ou Friday, the 1st of Nov., the rough weather 
increased into agaie, a portion of which approached 
to a hurricane. The fleet utterly dispersed, and ou 
Saturday A. M. one sail only was m sight from the 
deck of the Wabash. On the following day the 
weather moderated, and the steamers and ships began 
No vernier 8 , 1861. 3 
To If on. Gideon Well**' 
Sir.: I have the honor to report the following casu¬ 
alties in the action of yesterday, at the capture of 
the batteries at Hilton liead and Bay Feint: 
Wabash — Thomas Jackson, coxswain of captain, 
gun, killed; Alfred Herns and William Wall, seamen, 
slightly wounded. 
Husqiiehaanah—John P. Clark and orderly ser¬ 
geant William Price, killed; second coal heaver, 
