Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1861-12-03
NEWS FROM PORT ROYAL-YANKEF
RAID ON DAWFUSkIE ISLAND.

RAID ON DAWFUSkIE ISLAND.
The Savannah Nescs of Friday publishes
the following:
On Wednesday last Mr.. John Chaplin took
with him seven negroes, and went in two boats
to the plantation Of his aunt, Mrs. Dunn, on
Daw(uskie Island, for the purpose Of bring ing
away such property as could he transported
On Wednesday night he, with the negroes, oc-
cupid Mrs Dunn's dwelling, intending to leave
when the tide favored in the morning. About
two o'clock Yesterday morning the door of the
house was broken down 10y party Of ten Lin
colnites, who captured Mr.. Chaplin and five OF
the negroes and conveyed them from the island
in boat. Two of the nergoes escaped--one,
who was in thc cellar of the house, fled to the
woods another who was sleeping IN one Of
the chambers, jumped from the second story
window, and running to q point on the island
where he obtained boat, came to the city
Yesterday morning. Before leaving the island
he saw the Yankees leave in their boat, with
Mr.. Chaplin and the five negroes on beard
This is the manner in which Gen. Sherman
proposes to give protection to private prop
erty.
Since writing the above Paul, Mrs. Dunn's
driver, who escaped from the cellar of her
house when it was broken into yesterday NOR
ming has arrived in the city. He states that
on leaving his mlstrcss's house he crossed over
ing himself concealed in the bushes. From
his conceament he saw number of the enemy
on Mr. St0ddard's premises, directing the Ser
wants in driving up the cattle and horses
They had two mules in one of the plantation
wagons to haul off their plumber, and one OF
the officers was mounted on hne horse be-
longing to Mr. Stoddard. PGuI thinks they
carried off all the stock and four negro men
who had been on the place, who, we under
stand, had been sent down by Mr.. Stoddard to
bring off The poultry and other property be-
longing to his negroes. Pdut learned from
the women on Mr., Stoddards place that the
Yankees were going to take possession OF Daw-
fuskie Island, and that they would have
guard round it tonight. They asked many
questions of the negroes about the nelghborlng
islands, who lived on them, &c. They also de-
sired to know the distance of Fort Pulaski from
Dawfuskic.
The Columbia papers publish the following
Official letter from Gen Drayton to the Cover
nor.
CAMP LEE HARDEEvILLE,
18th Nov. 1861.
To has Ercezzency Gorernor F. ". Pikens, Co.
lum6ia s. c.
SIR: At the request of your Excellency
made to me Yesterday at these headquarters,
have the honor of presenting my views OF the
present altitude and behavior of the negroes IN
this portion of the State intrusted to my lmme-
diate command
So far from there being any insurrectionary
feeling among them, | can assure your Excel
lency that have neither seen nor heard OF any
act of pillaging, incendiarism or violence In
any direction.
it is true that the negroes of a few planta-
tons have shown a spirit Of INSTRUMENTATION,
by refusing to move higher up the country,
when ordered to do by their owners, but
this dsobedience should be assigned rather
to feeling of dismay and utter helplessness
at being left alone and unprotected by the pre-
cipitate abandonment by their masters of their
plantations, than from any organized plan OF
resistance to the authority they had been &C
cnstomed to obey.
But I now feel much satisfaction in stating,
for the information of your excellency, that
the negroes are fast recovering from their
fright, are coming forth from their hiding
places. and are quietly and submissslveiy
resumning their agricultural laoors, without