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The Burnside Expedition

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Parent Issue
Day
31
Month
January
Year
1862
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Public Domain
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Fditjcsa Mouroe, Jan. 27. I5y l!;e arrival of tho stÉfliuer Kastprn Statu wc havo tht iirst direct and official intclligènce oí the Jiuruüdo espodition. '. Ka cru State li-ft Halteras Iulet last aigli', nfrl iirrivcd here late t liio at' tcruoon. Tlic reennt stonus were unUodüli) oüvoru at Hatferas, nud ponsid eralily (kluycd and crippled the exptdi luw, bui wheo tho Eaatern látate lei't CVafytiiing hntked favorable, The Burnsido ex;icdi!i'.jti stiilc.l frofn Hamptbn Rouds on tho llili and 12tli uf Jannarv, and consi.-ted of over 1125 vessels óf uil classrs. ïlioy orrivt'd at Hutlera be tween the l'ith and 17ili inst , haviug béen'greatly rcturded by sovue stoniis and udvrsv wiuds ï!uc!i prera led during that time. Aftor llieir arrival at Halteras tlu'y ospcnenced :i pecios ot' unparalleled stonns, so that at tinua it Ya3 impossible to liold comnitinicatiou between any two vcsscls of the tieet. Aftor the storm it was discovvrutl ihnt j no vcssel oráffing over sevcu feet tlneo I iiiclics could pass luto l'amlico Sound. - No vesscl, ei tb er, could pass out.sido tho bar di'awin over thiitcun foct of water Ünless very skillt'ully pilotod. Conse(jucntly, the Uity of Ñew York struek on the outside of the bar. Sha liad a cargo valued at S200.0ÜO, of powder, riiles and bonibs, and proved a total lus. lier crew werc saved. The steamer Pocahontag went ashoro near the liglit-honse and bccanic a total wreek. Ninety valuablo homes, helonj;ing to the Khode Island battery, were on board of her, and were all drownud, ineluding several vahied at 6500 each. The Qrapesliot partcd her hawser and went down at sca. IIct crew were saved. An unknown schooner loadod with oats, andanothor schooner name unknown, with six of her crew, wero lost on the beacii Tho s'eanier Louisiana struek on the bar whore she still remains. Tlie report of her burning is incorroct. S!io may get oif. The Eastern Queen nnd the Voltigour nro ilso ashora. Tho latter vvül probubly gel ;:T. The water vessels nttachod to the expedition had nol ruuchud their dostination when the Easteru Stale lelt, nnd had it not been for tbo condensen on board sorae of tho vessels and u vessel 00 shorc, the most teniblo suffuring must have occurred among the troops. As it was, tho water casks wei e coinpoaed of old wbiskey, uamplienu faod kerosene oil casks. It is thonght the pilota of Tlsitteras havo proved traitors, having intentionally ran sevoral veesels ashore. The waves dashod with a clean sweep the Ilattoras shore, complotely entting off tt e fort f rom outsido connntinication. Colonel Allen, af the Ninth New Jersey Régimen', and bis surgeon, Weller, wiih a boat's crew, and the second mate of the Annio Thompson, when they found that the troup.s needed water, manned a lil'e-boac in order to reach the General, and obtnin it. The boats swatnped, nnd the Colonel, eurgeoD, and mate wevo di'owoed The crew wero saved. General Burnside has succeedod in getting over the bar one-half f his vessels, ineluding all tho gun-boats and 7,000 troops. Everything nppeared to be in satisfaclory condiüon when the Eastorn Statu lef:. Ttw large transporta with troops remained outsido until tho arrival of the Spalding (rom Port Koval on the 23d, tvhen Cupe. Howes volnnteered to bring tbem all oside. This was aceomplislied ■ esterday afteroooo, the Esstero Sluta passing the last of thein as she lelt. A portion of tho tug-boats chartwed by General Burnside for the expedition refused to proceed any furtker than Fortress Monroe. Fair weather hns set in and the scooners of the expedition are tnakiag their appearance witli water, cía!, and provmion.t, and everytbiog looks more promising. Gen. É'.irnside has been iiidofatigablo. líe is conödent of the ultímate success of the expedition, and has the respect of every man under bifl command. The only troops that havo been landod are tho Twenty -fourth Massachusetts Regiment aod tho Khode Island batter}'. Ooi. Havvkii)8' regiment goes with the Burnside expedition. Tbere has been no loss of life except what i abovo inentioned. DiHerent reporta aro received ni Hatteras trom thesurronnding pnpulation in relation to the dit-position nnd intentions of the enemy. Soine wbf come in say that tho rebels aro completcly frightened and will not inaKe a stand. Atiolhor report is that large masses of troops will be coneentrated in the vicinity, and still anolher Btory confirmed by tnany is that their exertioo3 will be directed chiefly to placiog obstac.les in the way of our progress to Norfolk. The rebels keep a good look out on our movements with their guiiboats. Two of them made their appearanco afler the storm, but disappeared when ehased. The mails by the Ea9tern State will bo forwarded to-morrovv.

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