The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1861-11-29
From the COast-rl'e Encmy's Move
ncIsts at Port NOyal-DcstrUctiOn
of the Sea- ISLAND Cotton Crop.

Our tidings from Port Royal, says the
Charleston Wc,cury of the 22d inst, arc mca-
gre. The distance of Hilton Head from the
mainland, and the hazardous nature OF all
navigation II thr nciyhbolhocd, render it diff
cut 'o' our ouls TO approach near enough to
form any very defnatc idea of their number or
movements. The Savannah Rcpubi;con states,
on good authority, that the enemy have aban-
doncd Beaufort and Port Royal Island, on
which it is situated, and arc now confined to
Hilton Head, and Pinckney Island Immediate
ly west and separated from the former bv
Skull Greek, and the point known as Bay Point,
on Jenkins Island, across the Sound and oppo-
site Fort Walker on Hilton Head. 1t is sad
that they are throwing up extensive and for
midablc works on Hilton Head, thus giving
evidence of an intention to make a permanent
lodgmcnt on the Island. Skull Creek is now
completely under their control, and the works
at Braddocks Point. on the south end of the
Island, command the cntrcLcc to Dauuski
Sound.
a party of two Yankees vcnturcd on the
mainland day or two since, when being dis
covered by our men, one of them was captured;
the other got to his boat in time, and made
good his escape. The prisoner states that the
fleet landed $4,000 Of the 10000 with whom
they set sail. lie could give no account of
the remaining 1000. lie was brought to
Charleston on Wednesday.
The Columbia Caroi;nion publishes the fol-
lowing interesting extract f,om private let
ter:
Edsto Island is nearly laid in ruins. Mr..
}. j. Mil;cl, Mrs. lIopkinson, and Mr. |. Lcgarc,
have all burned their entire crops, negro houses,
barns &c, and at meeting of the planters
this has been universally determined or. The
same spirit actuatcs the owners of all the Sea
Island plantations. fully expect to hear that
the entire Sea Island crop of this State will
meet a similar fate None will be saved, for
all is in the fields or Gin houses; thus twenty
thousand bales, the product of this State,
amounting two millions five hundred thousand
dollars, will be destroyed by the hands of tho
proprictors themselves, rather than it shall fall
into the possession of our vandal enemies, and
| have no reason to believe that Georgia will
pursue any other course. Her people are as
sef-sacriicino as ours The Sea Island crop
of last year was estimated at forty thousand
bales, and this year the favorable seasons made
the planters calculate on torty-fivc thousand
balcs-Should the vandals ovcrrun Florida,
and make any demonstration on the Sea Island
producing portions of that State, you may cx
pcct the planters to follow our example, and
thus will the entire fine staple crop of this
Confcdcracy be totally destroyed, estimated in
value at 500 to $50 bale, from four TO five
millions but this is not all. The cultivation
of this article will not he resumed while the
war lasts. 1t is known to YOU that the sea-
board of So. Carolina Georgia and Florida. arc
the only regions OF the earth where extra fine
cotton, termed Long Staple, can be success
fully produced. Now. the production of tins
article is Indispensable 10 the manufactures of
Bolton, Lancashire, and many other of the dis
tricts in England, France, Germany and Switz
crland There is no substitute for it.
UNcEREMoNIoUs TREATMENT OF JonN BULL.
The British ship Storm King, which arrived
at Quebec on the 10Th inst, reports that the