Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-11-20
ORR MILITARv BUDGET.
LATEn INTELLIGENCE FROM sES'L sHERNAN's

Sherman,s army in North Carolina.
Beaufort Is entirely in our possession, though |
we have no troops stationed there, our gun-boats
being competent to drive any force out ofthe place
the rebels might venture to bring there Genl
Sherman ard Commodore Dupont, accompanied
BY a considerable number Of officers and others
went up for the frst time to the town on the day |
after the battle, and as has been previously ,
stated, found but two whites there. There were |
abundant signs that the enemy had had guns In |
position there, though they had carried most Of
them OF In their flight.
When our informant left, It was believed that
there was no enemy within twenty miles of Gen'i
sherman's position at Fort Walker. Indeed Il
was understood that every white family IN that
distance had left their homes.
The negroes were coming in to our troops at The
rate Of about hundred per diem. They unite in
stating that about half Of the blacks Of the region
had been carried or driven off into the back coun
try by the whites, the rest remained only by
taking to "sthe bushn These that have come In
were all provided for and set to work In building
the six hundred foot dock already under construc-
ton at fort waltcr and other labor to the end Of
securing our position there. They labor cheer
fully and to great advantage for US. Thousands
more will doubtless come in ere the close Of the
month.
His believed there that our position at Fort
Walker Tor Hilton's Head) is already impregna
ble and that 1t can be successfully held, with the
assistance of few war ships, against the whole
South.
The Baltic was TO have followed the Atlantic
on SUNDAY night and the Vanderbilt immediate
Iy after her.
There being sufficient supplies there for some
time to come, ID was though at Fort Walker that
they would return In fortnight with troops, to
start from thence not long hence on similar ex-
petition elsewhere. General Whght's brigade
and The Rhode Island Fourth attached to no
| brigade) hold Fort Walker.
The brigade Of General Stevens, with the
| exception of the New York 10Th, commanded by
| Colonel Noble, of Minnesota, are camped Tear
| Fort Walker. The New York 10Th hold Beau
| regard, on Bay Point That fertilization is yet
| unfinished.
| General vicle's brigade and Colonel Scrolls
battalion of engineers We're still al Hilton Head,
ready, It YVES supposed, to form part Of the next
/ expedition, which II was runored would 90 TO
/ Fernaudina, Fla or Brunswick, Ga.
| Half of the Connecticut 9th were stationed on
i an island about ~ miles from Hilton Head
above Beaufort, in the direction Of Charleston
They hold the ferry by which the rebels must ap-
proach If venturing in force to attempt attack.
4 The troops were all remarkably healthy, the
| weather having been charming ever since their
| entrance into Port Royal harbor. The horses Lad
recovered fran their Sea voyage, and We're in fine
| condi lon, forage being abundant. The horses
were all landed by being tn own overheard. Not
| more than fifteen or twenty tout Of thousand)
were lost in swimming them ashore.
1 The discipline enforced by General Sherman is
exceedingly Ehct, 10 soldier being allowed to
| take the smalles: thing without paying Its value
for it.
When our troops end officers entered Beaufort
\ they found everything LETT - If tbs paHic had
been too gIelt to psimit the iahabitant, 70 cauy
|, OF anything, w ha:s7er. Among Che Interesting
chiugs lel,, was South Cardinals original ordi.
nance Of secession, accompanied By photographs
Of each member Of the convention. These should
be Q. once placed In TIE Eognes gallcry.-EDl7sn
starr A large number Of title deeds to real o.
tate were found there together with gold, silver,
| rich furniture, Plate, &c. Large quantities Of
| sea island cotton, picked and sinned, and un-
ginned, were found on al the plantations visited
\ 30 far by our troops, and much unpicked In the
fields. Some little had been burned by the fly.
ing planters. Nothing was known to Gen
Shermans intentions with reference TO the cotton
that could be easily carried to Fort Walker and
shipped north to be baIed or gtsned there.
| Two-thirds Of the army there had been paid OF
lat Fort Walker and on shipboard,) to the LIST OF
November; and two-thirds Of the whole amour,
had been sen. home by the nen to their families
The employees Of the quaIler.masterI depart
| ment there bad also been paid up to the same
| date.
SThe very hes! feeling exists bstwcen the army
and navy there. The former gave the latter al
due credit for their gallant achievement
The news Of the seizure of Mason and Slidell
reached Fort Walker just before the Atlantic
sailed, and created furoIe Of delight on ship
| board and on shore.
Tile rebel surgeons after the battle ran away
from the field, leaving many Of their wounded
some Of whom had died since the engagement.
Up to the sailing Of the Atlantic, none of oul
| wounded there had died.
General sherman had not broken up the rail
read communication between Charleston and
Savannah, up to the shilling Of the Atlantic
The REBEL Discussions.
| Later newspapers recsived from Sect s,Ia, rende
II certain th.t the leaders of the rebellion are he
ginning TO quarrel among themselves at grea
rate. Their late Secretary Of War; Walker, O
Alabama, not only throws up that commission
but his Brigadier Generalship In the " confed
crate" army. He has th. own up the latter on tn
| ground Of favoritism In promotions exercised Il
his detriment and In so doing he assails Presi
dent Davis numerically.
The tone Of the publications Of Beauregard rel
alive to the question of making or not making al
advance into Maryland, is scarcely less invidlou
towards JEFF. Davis, upon whom be essays
throw odium for what he plainly intimates to b
| the practical entire failure Of the campaign @
their huge army at Manassas. He complains bill
terly that Davis hold-back policy has orougt
virtual defeat on their army In preventing wins
be in;imates would have been their certain sue
/, cess, lad his own policy Of crossing the uppe
| Potomac, and attacking Washington in the rear
] | been adopted. more discontinued commando
than he evidently is, was never before at the hea
| Of q great army.
a NAVY YARD.
81 RnrniHg fhe Blockade.
|. The Cour de Lion has been down to the iotill
and returned, and reports that last night tL