The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-11-29

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highly Interesting ffoni Port
ttoYnl l-toudiflou of uttruruy
--vniunbir pti4c.
I A corfospoadenl of ne New York Her
ald writes IRON Hilton Had on thC iIihi
! itlr BOW llito over one ueok since
The Union troops landed on this ialandi
and AZ lake a retrospect Di that brief
period, ard lhcNork accomplished in that
timc. iu lhe erection Of lafvc stpfohuuspsi
the building of a temporary dook and ihg
Establishment Of largo hospital, tho lam
dinr uf fYrr iWp milloua Of dollars worth
OF stores, camp oquipores ordinance and
Ammunition. z seems almost Incredible
faHkse enterprise and nnshend-aiivnnessI
is apparent throughout our lIitlo army
here.
Ous military engineers havo mode o
thoruprh Typographical survey of fhls
ifiHud With ficw ~ Holecdng sFatc-
pilal noilii on which to construct iOrii.
dsaiious. THO result Of ihrso futYCys,
Iblsdfs succculnily accomplishing their
object, has lurnisliol indubiable evidence
that the decent "a iIio expedition upon
I ihIs lsland was wholly uncxpnoted, from
tho faet thft cttrc plantations of ihe rich
Sea lalond cotton romans unraihCred;
and that which has been harvested, has
either boon fra'rnyri hy tip rebels Dr..
ithrirrpurai, or else & remains unrlnnCi,
20 now IN the possession OF ouf troops
'Nl re ,miliinfy nuihofiica secm in o.
l4ueheia Nntt 2" with tie acisnd cotton.
i have suggested thar h b. lalod aud
shipped Cor New York or ossn f.ivc,pool
IThcro p enough cotton horo n load the
clipper ship Great Republic, now al tbis
lpoft
On Friday last Cupt Isase q. pbillirs
lChipf Engineer J. MdNamnfs. 6,,i ofiee,
| VIM, bnllonl and puuef n. Ni,Lbiss, ofI
ihe u. y. steam'r Msyfawnr, Cliaf I'm
lginccr "a. 2. llolaHd. 81 the stoansblp
Illinois Wiih a detachment 0f ten mon.
hnadc 4 private rcconnuifsnncc an pori
/ ROYAL Sound, ruinp NltlHna few milct Of
benuiurt' They reached q point far be-
lyond where thc Union ncuuls had boon,
- collected valuable information on 30
M t'e 1y1l'H,',.a und whereabouts ofthcreb-
Gen. sherman. Thuy risl,, N. .t'.,. "
SION of the late ID. Jcnka Here ,ts-
iound q large private residence, rltranily
furnished, but entirely deserted. by rs
rmtr white occupants. The house siu
chafEe o.Aiho t4ihNl sNyos huUnrma
20 tho eeiate An Intelligent alsvo, who
acts a. major domo, states that his master
ldiod about three months ago Of yellow
fever Since that time Tie estate has
lbrcn y charge of administrators ard
managed ~ numerous white oyeneert.
Az Of whom made furtlvo retreat when
lthey heard of tho bombardmeht aud cap-
turc VI this place. The plantation com
pfiscs several handled nero. ef rirb
cotton land. The crop Of cotton. which
- Of a very enc staple, has bceu nesrlv
lall gathered, giuncd, stored ana ,chdv to
pack lor markct, Two larae warehouses
are Eilcd with cotton, aud cun be madc
an ea1y prize, BESIDES numerous dopief.
6 slaves on this estate, there no leea
than one hundred Geld hands ali Of whom
sun fsmain IN their quarters. These
slaves comprise old and young, nom
soveuty-fve yc0Fs Of age down 10 month";
and days old. These slaves rcnot thntI
ihero la great scarcity ofsalt In Inc
district, and that that aricle IA wortb ts
eight IN silver There IA much .,Ii.,-
ing. owing TO tbs iact Food IL scarce
HN over The South, thcfe bciur onlyI
enough 20 keep body and gpul .ia..'. n
,'euitou alWeo IN nost's !. ,','s 'sen ou tho
that tho mas Of the people N dablqfss
lccrolina afo heart sick ofticir follv AM
were itnot for TIE madness and fot.ii.
llrncy of thc pickena. the Rhefs IN,
Y lbWlWrllli and other leadcrs of tbe Febbl-
lion, "ho have hcegared the SutN mar
thc State would be Glad to return 40 brr
ancqlcpco % The Union.
since ihu arrival OF our lroohs here M
aidea landing two batteries of nrtlley
We have now un shore 4 superior sbieel
train Of ok fiilcd guns aida hll amnv IN
ammunition The range Of those onna |
into the foli
Fort Walker has been greatly improved
since i came into the possession Of our
roopa. lts othiamcnt has been increas- /
Cd, the magazincs enlarged und filled
VIVA pmmunill0n, tho troops uiaftefs /
fendcred comfortable, the pafapots fepsir.
% and ditch Of the work widened and
fdecfehed 90 that The tide ebbs aud ao,,s IN /
10 u 10 b now ready tor defense apninst
any iofce thc enemy may brmoadainst A |
This work wal soon be supportc,l bv my. |
iiories, which when oonsttuctod viii dc. /
y any attacks oftho rebels, no matter In ]
what force.
The United States rloop-of-war Dale
arrived here to-day from short cruise |
oh the coast Of Florida. on tue i4th
iust', wheno6 Fcnandino, she seized the
sehooHef Marble, Capt, Black, Of IsO /
tons, While in the act OF running the
bluCtnUD Tia s.l....... 4 ~ II. 80 /
colors hying when ca, 'qrcd by the Die /
The hafble was four days cut from Ia,
vans. Her cargo consists OF seven bales
Of ARMY bltnkets, Two cases Of MInaie
nuakets, Eve caseu Of blankets. tNenty
narfeis oipoieioeo,seYeu cases of tin. Six
W seven cuaes of cream OF tansr. one
hnndfed snd thirty bags Of coffee, twenly- |
ieuf saeks Of salt On examining tho
sehoonor'a papers i Was found tAai she
had regular British register.