Baltimore, Nov. 11, 1861.

Captain Dowell, who arrived at Fortress Monroe with the Twentieth Indiana regiment, gives the following statement in reference to the reception of the news front the fleet at Hatteras Inlet:

Captain Dowell states that the day previous to the departure of the steamer S. R. Spaulding, a man was observed paddling across In a small canoe from the main land to the Peninsula, and as soon as he reached shore he proceeded to the quarters of the Twentieth Indiana regiment, and stated that the people of North Carolina had received tidings of the great naval expedition; that it had success in effecting landings at the ports of Port Royal and Beaufort. At the first named place they had experienced no difficulty in landing, as there was but a small settlement on the coast; but at Beaufort a considerable fight took place, which lasted for near two days.

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