Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-11-27

consln; T. HI. McClung, 14th New York; James
Jones, citizen, Greenbrer county, Va C Huson,
nth New York, George w. Anderson, 4th Maine;
simeon Gerald, citizen, Boone county, Va ; Da-
vid 3; Brooks, I'd New Hampshire; J Cunning
Stack, LIST Connecticut; E. L. Reed, I'd Wiscon-
sin; J. Truxall, 25th Ohio; Richard Gleason, 11th
New York, (shot;) Daniel Yeager, 18th Pennsyl-
vanie; ID. Dufee, LIST Minnesota; Jacob Dietz,
l4th New York; ]. c. Gilman, ID Maine; Henry
Q. Sarvis, citizen, Hardy county, Va Charles
w .tTibbitts, 27th New York; William Walcup,
citizen, Virginia; George Farland, do Joel
Sites, citizen, Hardy county, Va: Total 81:
been shot, were fred upon and killed at differ
ent periods by the guards while engaged In vio-
lating well known rules Of the prison. All of
Huson, who was buried In Hollywood cemetery,
were inferred In burial ground specially appro-
Priated to that purpose by the confederate states
Government t.-Riekuond Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ''oUANTlco."
CT Dunnington, formerly chief of capitol
police here, writes to the Richmond ENQUIRER
the following over his old Alexandria Sentinel
correspondence ignature Of 'Quantico."
DuMFRIRs, Nov. II, 1851.
GeHfIsmsn:-FOr week past our forces have
been on the alert, and eager to meet the expected
enemy. Ii Is believed they intended attac king
ss rom the batteries opposite Quantico, from the
have reliable information that the enemy have
- 700 men at Pohick church, about ten miles
from Alexandria; that they have pushed their
Iecon1oisances to the Occoquan creek, both at
the village OF the same name aud also on the old
ana more direct road by Colchester, which is
near. the Potomac; that they are preparing pom
toon bridges, to be used in crossing the Occo-
guam, which is not fordable except above the
village, DC. The feet is anchored of indian
Head, opposite OccOquan or Belmont bay. There
are 10 guns mounted In the batteries at Rudd's
Ferry, opposite our batteries, and 5000 troops
are encamPed behind them. Sickles was seen
riding the horse Of a gentleman who is absent
from bis home at present.
On Thursday morning, by invitation of Gene
raj Wigfall, we accompanied him to Cockpit
Point, where there had been some firing al a
schooner, and where, 1t was reported the enemy
was landing. After our arrival we saw some five
shots from the guns Of the battery Of the Hamp-
ton Legion. The crew Of the schooner deserted
her, and our men procured boat and boarded
her, though she was within few hund red wards
OF the Maryland shore. They removed every,
thlng OF value from her. and fred her; but the
crew returned after our men left and extinguish-
ed the fire.
Our troops were very much elated at the pros.
peel Oh nght They threw away their KNAPP
sacks on the roadside and, though we went at
iull gallop, were close after us. The Yankees
generally throw away their knapsacks to aid
them In getting out Of fight
regret to state there was one casualty at the
batteries on Friday evening. A private Of the LIST
Arkansas regiment, in bat cry No. /, was NOR
taliY wounded In the abdomen by the explosion
OF shell thrown from the enemy's batteries
ACROSS the river Ii is the first loss we have sus-
tdined.
Gen. Trimble has been succeeded In command
OF the batteries by Gen. French. QUANrIco.
The WAR ON THE sEA-coAsT-LATEsr FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Examiners Correspondence
CHARLESTON, Nov II.
With US, the defence Of Charleston and Savan-
nah is the great topic Of the day. week before
tne battle Of Port Royal Charleston was regarded
as absolutely impregnable. Mas moss aron,
eAdHgt fokt celia The unexpected failure of our
shore batteries at Bay Point and Hilton Head to
demollsh at least one of the attacking vessels,
mas easily shaken the popular confidence In the
emcacY OF our guns against the monster frigates
and iron-clad gunbOats which they NAV have
again to encounter. And now, so alarmed are
many Of the sordid souls that infest all our south
ern cities, that the effect may already be seen In
the lengthening Of the freight trains which leave
almost hourly for the interior
In savannah the panic is even more general
and decided, whole neig ighborhoods having been
suddenly left deserted by the exodus of the wives
and children Of those who in arms at Fort
Pulaski and the batteries on the Savannah river
IL s, however, but just to explain that the entire
hghting population Of both cities, as well as the
Intervening and adjacent country, is on active
duty. The volunteers and the militia are both
out Even the boys, many Of them of a very
tender age, are fully organized and in camp
drilling with a zeal and constancy which their
seniors cannot surpass. The "exempts" are very
ie" In number, being confined to those who are
engaged In exPediting the preparations Of the
which the public interest requires not to be sus-
pended. Thus "the community Of Charleston
and that of Savannah, alike shorn OF the young
and vigorous men, who give buoYancy and
sense OF security to the household, Is now made
up almost exclusively Of women, children and
nervous old men, who have passed the period Of
military service.
In such a condition of things It is scarcely won-
should prevail. Meantime the opinions OF our
military men to the security Of the city have
scarcely undergone any material change. They
are working assiduousy and quietly, but it is
hoped, effectually, to place the defences Of the
haroor and the neighboring sea-coast in the best
possible condition. Few cities possess greater
natural advantages for defence than Charleston.
Built upon narrow tongue Of land formed by
the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper, tive
wide and deep rivers, a fortifcation Of very lim-
tied extent across ''the Neck" behind the city,
would render us altogether unapproachable by
land The harbor is completely land LOCKED
The entrance, only about a mile wide, and four
miles below the city, Is guarded on either side
by Forts Sumter and Moultrie, with their tre-
ders, and Dahlgren guns, bearing directly down
upon the channel. To give the batteries of the
forts ample time to "playn upon an attacking
feet, long chain Of massive RATS has lately been
stretched across the mouth Of the harbor from
Fort Sumter TO Sullivan's Island. This "boom',
10 Of sufficient strength 70 fully neutralize the ad
vantages which the Yankees may derive from the
speed Of their war vessels. Besides Il must be
remembered that our harbor, unlike that of Port
ROYAL, Is much too shallow to permit the an.
proach Of the large United States frigates, and
any naval demonstration against us must neces-
sarily be made with gun-boats Of light draft
And even should these succeed in running the
guantlet Of Forts Moultrie and Sumter, they
would still have to face the guns Of Castle Pinck
ney within the barbor.
The only other means Of attacking Charleston
would consist In landing an army and marching
nom the seaboard, as 70 take possession of the
opposite bank, either Of the Cooper or Ashley
river, from which the city might be easily
shelled. But, In that event, battle on the land
exclusively would be necessary. And with our
men handling the bayonet, and thinking Of their
wives and children near by, we do not entertain
much fear for the result.
There is no news from below. The YANKEES
are entrenching themselves on Hilton Head, Bav
Point and Pinckney Island. There have been
many strange rumors about the negroes that were
left on the Sea Island cotton plantations But the
following important oficial letter on the subject
from Captain Ives, confederate states afmy
gives the real condition Of affairs with regard 10
these unfortunate slaves:
HKADQUARTKRs, CoosAwArcHIE, Nov H.
General-in reply 10 your enquiries have the
honor 70 inform you that, in my opinion there
has been some misapprehension in regard 10 the
condition and state Of feeling Of the negroes In
the vicinity Of Beaufort and upon Port Royal
island. visited Beaufort and rode through the
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