New-York daily tribune., 1861-12-30

,bOu' 10 sail from Savannah for England, loaded
with cotton, snd meant 10 go to sea immediately by
way of Wilmington River and Warsaw Sound. The
information was not considered altogether trust
worthy; hut two guntoais went down 10 Warsaw 10
intercept her andtboogh the Fingal was seen Tat
nail came on, on Monday afternoon with part OF bis
fleet II is houghi as convoy 'oihe Fingsl. They en-
ged at long range Taina got the eleventh shot IN
hishull ards;. AIMED of WIKI HE usual CELEBRITY One
uf he rrnboats returned TO Tyb,e with tho news;
he other remains on The watch.
The deserrer is rather suspicious character. He
professes to be a corporal in the Confederate ar-oy
but cane in citizens dress, and was rather too well
dressed for bis rank. Some Of the sailors of the gate
Savannah think they recognize him ne a runner for
ralor boardinghoufes in savannah, in which case he
is probably spy, WHO, being captured, makes the
best of his position. As to the Fngal, although she
was OF seen il 10 considered unlikely thar Tatnal
shoad have gone down to Warsaw upless as convoy
for ber, orsone a.miisr purpose. Wilmington River
isSie channel between Savannah River ststting De-
tween Fort Pulaski aud the city, and Warsaw
Sound. strong fort and camp are On the left bank,
about three nles from the sound, but the forfcaon
on warsaw leland, il viii be remembered, bas been
tDdDCOhtu, hlu TIC sVunu iSoi 10 ia Posoce7ioH Vi
our feet.
He also bripgs confirmation of the report that the
curtain on tie sea face Of Fort Pulaski is badly
cracLed by tie settling Of the foundation, and that it
"a considered doubtful whether tie fort will stand
discharge Of s own guLs for any great length Of
lime. There seems TO lie col sid. rabIe evidence Of
ibis. Many f the negroes who have arrived at
in.ddockr P,iutfcr weeks past have made the ramc
statem,ni aid it splan at whether toe fact 10 30
or rot. il j. believed In Savannah 10 some extent,
and good deal Of apprehension is g neraliy felt.
Two dcte-ies from Ta,nars flagship, the Ever
glade, wee brought to Tybee yesterday afternoon,
by tie gtu.boa, which returned. They report that
iLe FiDsa has Lot yet saled. She carried 10 the
rebels Thirteen ried cannon andtwo Armstrong guDs
with great quantities Of Enfield rifles ard smulum-
lion, aud roucl-r eeded stores. Two sehooners had
arrived moe recently from Havana with small arms
aud smmgpi ion. Al Brunswick large force had
been concentrated formerly, hut most Of il is with.
drawn thous 600 troops Gre said TO lie yill there
At Savannah, and between II and Brunswick, are not
l.ss than 20 900. All the women and Children were
removed from Savannsh to Augusta, Immediately
after the taking OF Port Royal and have not retained
Stores all closed no butiDess doing, and no persou
allowed to leave the city. give Biz statements for
what they may be worth. The conversation bad
with him wss in presence Of bali dozen others. and
thought the man was not much disposed to talk 10
20 many people He is intelligent enough in appear
spce, but does not seem very frank or honest. Hif
comrrde was wholly silent. Probably after tbey
have been examined at headquarters, fuller state
men's Can be obtained.
Then. Gun la M ulars On Tvbee occnriei by Our
troops, which 10 not within range Of Pulsski The
beach where we landed, and of which the Pawn.e
and Seminole were lying, is no. more than p miles
from III fort, ard some parts Of the island are not
moro than a mile distant. Now and then shell
comes down, TO remind the troops Of tLeir good
natured neiglbos, but nobody has been burt
Willie our party was nshoIe, haifadozen naval off.
GERS went up on the bluf and presently q column OF
smoke iose from Pulaski, and heavy report was
followed bya she'll, which struck near the beach,
ani buried !, elf In a bank, without exploding. A
second was fred, which burst near tic fort One Of
The oficer to wlom the compliment was addressed,
picked mp the int shell, aud carried il aboard ship.
TIE rebel fuses M Gen. Ripley said no,oriously
deceive.
Tie Ben Deforj, on which we went down yester-
day, la. iifed Dah'gen t-pounder, throwing a
l2. pound couical shoi. We went by tie in,ije
passage through Skull Creek and Catalogue Sound,
rss,ing within about four miles Of For Pulaski and
nearing it gradually ss We approached the island
The opportunity Of trying The gun was temptation
Which proved Irresistible 10 the two artillery cap.
tsins on board, and bad therefore the unexpected
plcasurs Of wtnensing-l nigh, say areisling at
lie fret boubardmept Of Fort Pulaski. IL the work
WAS DO, reduced il was no fault Of the gun or the
shill which aimed it. Tie first shot struck Oh tho
bench 10 the lei; the second. incredible as i may
eern at snch distance, and with such gun, went
over the fort the four next were all excellent line
shots; while tho seventh struck the wafer within
three und ed yards directly in front OF the center OF
the .ort, opposite the hagsiah. The ricochet must
have earned il seAns. tie walls, If not over them.
Nevertheless, tie rsbelf could not be persuaded 70
take spy notice Of our impertnence, and when the
Ben Defoid steamed of lie rebel fng vas still flying.
Fron Ihe Cha,.s,fo. Meges,v Dec 10.
The occupation " Beaufort aud Port Royal Ieland
by tho enemy 20 long expected, has at i.ngth tsRen
pace The there Ia snpposed TO be shout o,oOo
men. Several times during the past week deiach-
M. mis- O, the Yankees have been seen proving
around upon the main. They have erected u battery
near Poit Royal Ferry, armed with twelve L.
pounce Iarrott gunr which shoot with great sceu-
racy and eA,c; ct long ruDge. Some OF thtr hiln9
AZ our outpo.ts tne shots, aud show that they
have good sriilleri-s snoDg them. Although tEe
seutiuels Of lie hostile armies have been repeatediy
within a lew HUNDRED yaids Of each other, they have
not. 20 lar, indul,eo in Iick t-hiiDg. The enemy
are throw ing ny strong inirenchmeptS at Port Royal
I.Lud, and their presenee at tbe ferry has kep: our
roIcers In our own peiglboihood constantly on the
.lrrt Gen. Pemb.rton, wLo commands In thai
NitiIity has under bim, among other troopz, The
regiments of Cols jones, Dun0vant, Edwards, and
Martin, the sst Icing cavalry, together with several
artillery con panivr.