New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-03

Atlantic discovered, also cotton enough on three
different plantations, plucked but not ginned, 10
make-to speak within bounds, land you know that
am 10 novice in the cotton busnessl-l,50O Bales
aso discovered four cOrn-houses filled TO the ridge
pole with fine corn in the ear, and loaded the Park
ersburgh with 600 bushels. There are at least 1000
bushels of corn in each of the five different corn.
houses have visited, making 10000 bushels OF I'M
shelled corn on small leland between Hilton Head
and the main land. The " main land must reveal
big corn and big cotton" as well as
"bg guns" In my rambles 10y the way,
Captain Saxton, Chief Quariermaster OF
Shermans division, detailed for my guard as was
on an expedition to bring in Quartermasters and
Commissary stores fifty sharpshooters from the 45th
New-l ork Regiment the General stating 10 me De-
fore left not 20 touch anything belonging TO "pr-
waite citizens, how was to tell l came upon
sIoop high and dry on land, at low tide but went
TO work with my men, dug sluice-way under IL,
and at high water it nearly tioated. L Immediately
sent down about mile below the place where .nc
sloop lay-her name is Family Of Savannah, Capt.
Johnson-to the Parkersburg, for her to come up.
When she got within hawser distance we jerked her
Off and added her 10 our " Quartermaster Stores
AEo, while part of my men were loading corn' Il
bo,sed the rest and hired twenty negroes TO roll
fifteen sticks of timber, ninety feet long, eighteen
inches square, down to the waters edge, and at the
ring OF the water my big timber raft f0ated; upon
this i placed lumber III abundance, until the lo3s
were quite under water, and on top placed ten
rails Of railroad iron, all Of which was lowed down
10 the fort. The timber was used for temporary
wharf and anchored with the railroad iron Gen.
sherman was highly pleased with all l did
Tie negroes report TO me in different parts OF the
leland that masters ever enlisted, no rlcn ioiks
ever had on uniform down here, but they saw many
and many poor white people, with iron chains ana
bullets "they mean that soldiers wore the cham ana
ball" and the soldiers, of them, told the OH
cers who had them in charge that they had no prop
erty and would not tsht but If the men people
would light--for they bad properly-let them hght,
but they the soldiers, would be shot first. DO not
write this on the hearing of from one, but confirmed
by 30 many, and knowing that the education OF the
negro could never invent such straight stories, an
firmly led TO believe 1t.
The letter above referred to is as follows:
18TH OCTOBER 1861.
Dr. s. Bui,r-My Dear Sir. think of visiting the Fort
tomorrow with ladies' aud will have TO trouble you for
the Of Israel "a ssye as am too much pushed WIN ny
hands present spare any send by Albert "a save
u leaves Of bread, which hope will be right . ,,r
This DIR. Buist Was Brigade Surgeon; he was
very handsome man, and in love with Miss AnDie
Woodward, step.daughter of Mr.. Pope OF South
Carolina. This information / receive from negro
slave girl "Sila," who waits at our table, and de-
sires TO 60 to de North wild me- but afraid de snow
be too cole for her." This Surgeon was found under
the embankment OF the fort, sitting on surgeon S
chest, with piece Of bandaee in his hand and the
tor of his head shot of by fragment Of shell. lie
was buried by the Captain Of the Wabash, after
prayers BY the Episcopal clergyman OF the same ship
so confident were the South Carolinians OF success,
and that they could sink fleet, that they invited
ladies accordng to letters found down TO the scene
of action, 10 the Chastisement they intended TO
give us; and the very carriages that brought them
tre, conveyed home again two of the officers who
invited theIn-one with both legs cut of, and the
other with his head shattered bya she'll 80 complete
was the fright OF the fleeing rebels, they left letters
uniinished-probably they had set down TO write
them and only got up TO attend TO /" little brush
with the Yankees" aud intended, ike " Doesticks,"
when be stepped over Niagara Falls, TO come right
back and stopped, saying be would finish in about
an hour or 50"