Battery Destroyed

Port Monroï, Bept. 22. The J. K. Spauldiug inived frofn Hattefua Inlet, this mofniáfr, saya that on Tuesday last the propeller Panny ran down to Ooraeoke Idet with a cbropany of troops and entirely destfb'vèd the fortifioationa abandoned ly thu C .ïr.feileniteu. [tissaid the Confederrtes wero in force at WashiDgtnn ;ml Newbern, and that 2,00() of thom had landed on Koanoko Island, with the intention oi destroyicg the lijrlit house and the (KvolIiiigH o( tlio UoioüistB. A detaohment of 700 niou accompanied by a navel force, were about, laaviDg Hattcras Inletto prevent the inroad. Thu privateers Coftee and ffinslnw visited Ooraooke Inlet to carry o9 the Confedérate guus but loft on Boeiüg tbe Fiintiy. The ship Argnnaut f rom Tarmouth, United States, with fisd and aalt, ran into Halteras, and was secured as a prize. A considerable force of rebels was seen ne:ir Newport News last night, 'jut wïthdfew alter buroing the grain ricks.