The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-02
Later from Port Royal,
The FIRST Cotton yiclc'- Expedition rcndy
to sail Delay In unloading Transports

| to SniI-DcIny In unloading Transports.
| The United Satos transport Ocean q iccn,
Capt. $, ahury, from Port ROYAL, Now %, ar
rived at this port a, half past one on Sturdy.
She hh, no passengers, and bu, small nail.
As she came out Of Port Royal hhrbor, tho
steamship Bicnvll", hencc, was going in. Com
| more Dupont had transferred hi hig from tho
| Wahaih 10 the Su,ourhaunah. lie, together
with Gen. sherman, has just rctutnrdto Hilton
Head, IN the steamer Mcclellan, Llyi1g Landed
| a force Of United States Marines on Tybcc l.
land, who bh commenced repairing the iOrti'i.
| cations and COnstfuc Ing new ones. y fleet Of
| eight gunboats was at anchor on 7, bee, 10 cover
the troops IN case Of necessity The rebel, had
| FUNK two vessels between Tybce Island AMI
| Fort Pulaski. in the narrow part of the Sivan-
nah River channel, TO prevent the fleet from
| getting to that city.
| II is sta cd that our gunhonts can easily pro-
coed within very short distance Of the Charles
ton and Savannah railroad, hand a force, and
| tear up miles Of the track. When sufficient re-
inlo-c mcn's shall have reached Port ROYAL
| (nonc bad arrived there before the sailing Of the
| lluois). n large force could be- placed upon the
main land, and it is believed thai either Charles
! ton or savannah coull bc captured, without
| much rcicrcUc" TO the forts constructed fot the
protection Of these cities
An extensive expedition was preparing to
sail for some other point on the southern coast.
| II will cuuprise fourteen steamer. The Orien.
tal Ariel, Baltic and Cahawba will lie among
the fleet. The Baltic, IL will bo remembered,
sailed from New York, u few days since fJr
Port Royal. The Ben Dciord is t. carry tho
General and his staff
About five thousand troops are to embark in
the expedition, the vessels carrying them boing
conveyed by several heavy armed gunbotts.
The destination Of the fleet is either Brunswick,
Ga, o. Fo'nandini, Florida; most likely to the
first named Of these plIces. The possession Of
] brunswick /, almost NJ important 10 the nntion-
( Al cause ~ that of Port Royal.
Before the mouth of the Savannah rive fen
, into our possession, and since the occupancy Of
, Port Royal, four schoonors from SAY innah have
= run the blockade. Three Of these have been
j. | captured BY vessels and one had as her cargo
v guns, swords, and other implements Of war
!, Notwithstanding the length Of Tina which
n las claped since Port Royal fell into our hands
"a the cargo Of neither the Vanderbilt nor Ariel
q two stcam transports-had been touched AMI il
n remains ~ II was slowed in New York city.
10 A Government officer writes as follows il
p reference To the t,t of the cotton crop shipped
IA 10 New York, aud other forage which he
In | gathered tOgothcr:-
4 I found 81 bales of the very best Sol Island
n cotton in bales, and rolled ono bale out of the
4 | COttOn-hOusc, and made four negroes put il on
. | two whcols-whecled it about one mile To where
my boat was lying with guard put il on the
1 boat rowed over to the Parkcrsburgh, and had
[ | the extreme satisfaction Of knowing | carried
into camp the first object Of our encmy's lore
y GA bale Of cotton. The same identical bale
Il went on to New York 10y the steamer Atlantic
] discovered also, cotton enough ON three diff
iercnt plantations pluckcd, to mlke-to speak
within bounds) and you know that | am no
: novice in the cotton busness)-l, 500 bales.
/. also discovered four COm.houscs filled TO the
: ridge-polc with fine corn in the ear, and loaded
;, the ParkerslaIrgh with 900 bushels There are
at least two thousand bushels of corn in each OF
five different com-houscs have visited, making
ten thousand bushels Of unshcllod corn on n
small island between Hilton Head and the
| mainland. The " main land must reveal
Il big " corn and big cotton as well as " big
guns IN my ramblcs (by tho way, Captain
i SaXton, Chief Quartcrnaster ct Sherman
division, detailed for my guard, as | was
u on an expedition to bring in Quartcrmrtcr's
and Commissary stores, fifty sharpshootcrs from
III the Forty-siXth New York Regiment, the Gen
eral stating to me before left not to toucl
ANYTHING bclongingt to "private citizens, how
Sc was to tell') | came upon sloop, high an,
dry on land at low tide; but | went 10 worn
with my men, dug sluic1-way under il, AM
, at high water it nearly tloatcd | imm ,diately
u sent down about a mile below the place whcr,
the sloOp lay-hcr name is Family of s wan.
: nah, Capt. Johnson--to the Parkersburgh, foI
: her TO come up. When she got within hawseI
distance We worked her OIL, and added her to
our "Iluartermasters stores Also while a
part Of my men were loading corn, "bosscd'
the rest, and hired twenty negroes to roll fifteen
sticks Of timber, 90 feet long, * inches square
down to the waters edge, and at the rising O
the water my bg timber raft RJdted; upon th
| | placed lumber in abundance until the log
were quite under water, and ON top place,
l. ten rails Of railroad iron all of which was tOwcD
down to the fort. The timber was used for
,, temporary wharf, AMI anchored with the rail
q road iron. Gen. Sherman was highly please,
o with all | did.
u The neurnas rannrt IN mo In ,IifTaront Al
the island that no masters ever enlisted, no ricl
d folks ever had on uniform down here, but the,
Il saw many and many poor white people, wit
g iron chains and bullets they mean that soldier
:, wore the chain and ball, and the soldiers serr
II | u Metn, told the officers who hal them Il
charge, that they had no property and woul
II not fight hut il the rich people would fight
= for they HAD prcperty-let them fight, but they
the soldiers would bc shot first. / do not writ
this on the hearing Of it from one but confirm
.. ed by so many, aud knowing that the oducatio
of the negro could never iRrcW such s;rasl
l. stories, am firmly led to believe It,
r. FURTHER ITEMS.
rs Beaufort was still unoccupicd, aud was II,
- considered of importance At present. Two gun
~ rolts were still at anchor at that place. I'll
~ | city was visited daily 10y officers OF the arm
m and navy.
n. There had been no engagement between III
ut Frdcrals and rebels, nor had any Of the latt,
troop, been seen either at Hilton Head OF Beat
fort.
~ The Spanish steam f,rry-boat, hence for Cub
" put into Port ROYAL 10Th, short Of cod.
A. But little or no use could be made of III
nJ darks, as they do not care much Mt prcscI
" for any unnecessary cNortion; they are hayin
y good times too good-to work
The British stcam-irigate Immoralite W,
yet at anchor The transports were busy d
in charging their immense stores The Vanderbi
on would sail for New York in about two day
Int Wharves and storchouScs had been erected an
,c were being rapidly filled.
ny The health of the troops was good.
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We THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT has Just raise
he the female education of the upper and bou
'rs Peois classes to level with the male, and