Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-26
From the COaEt-Fhe Enemy's Movements
at Port Royal,
Frsm the Charleston Mercury, Nov .

Frsm the Charleston Mercury, Nov %.
Our tidiDgs from Port Royal are meagre. The
distance of Hilton Head from the mainland and the
hazardous nature of all cation in the neighbour,
hood, render it difficult for forces to approach
enough TO form any very definite idea OF their
number or movements The Savannah r. publican
states good authority, that the enemy has ahan-
doned Port Roysl Island, on which it is situated
and, Immediately west and separated from the for
mer by Skull Greek, and the point known as Bay
Point, on jenkins Island across the sound and Cd
posite Fort Walker Hilton Head. Il is said tina;
they are throwing up extensive and formidable
works on Hilton Head, thus giving evidence of sd
intention to make permanent Judgment on the
Island. Skull Creek ia now completely under their
control, and the works at Braddoek's Point on the
south end of the Island, command the entrance to
Daufuski Sound
party of two Yankees ventured on the main
land q day or two since, when, being discovered
by our men, ore of them was captured the other
got to his boat in time, and made good his escape
The prisoner states that the fleet landed Is 600 of
the 20 900 with whom they set sail. He could give
no account of the r4msining 1000. he was brought
to Char eston on We lnesdsy.
The Columbia CGroltaidn publishes the following
interesting extract from private letter;
Edisto Island Is nearly laid infruins. Mr.. J. J.
Mikell, Mrs. Hopkinson and Mr. L Legare, have
al burned their entire crops negro houses, barns
&C.. and at meeting of the planters this has been
tuates the owners Of all the Sea Island plaRta
tons. fully expect to hear that the entire Sea
Island crop Of this State will meet 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 to two millions FIVE
hundred thousand dollars, will be destroyed
by the hands of the proprieters themselves
rather than 1t shall fall into the possession of our
Tsndal enemies, and have no reason to believe
thst Georgia will pursue any other course. Her
people are as noble and self sacrificing rs 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 forty-fve
thousand bGles. Should the vandaIs over run
Florida, aud make any demonstration on the Sea
Island producing portion of that State you may
expect the planters there to follow our example
and thus will the entire fine staple CROP of this
Confederacy be totally destroyed, estimated in vsl>
at 500 to Sl50a bale, from four to five millions;
but this lie not all The cultivation of this article
will not be resumed while the war lasts 1t is
known to you that the seaboard of South Carolina,
Georgia, and Florida, are the only regions of the
earth where fine and extra fine cotton, termed
Long Staple can be successfully produced. Now
the production of this article is indispensable to the
manufacturers of Bolton, Lancashire, and many
other Of the districts In England, France Germany
and Switzerland. There is no substitute for it.