Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-11-30
THE ARMY AT PORT R0YAL-LETTERS
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA,
BEAUFORT.
From the New York Herald.

| OF beaufort Is situated Gu IN lslanu OI SOME
eight OF ten miles in extent, on which there are
several excellent plantations. Capt Stevens
OF the Ottawa, having Capt Hancock as
guest, landed with him, alter taking every pre-
caution for guarding against the possibility OF
| surprise Accompanied BY Lieut. COrbln OF
| the Wabash Capts. Hancock and Stevens,
with five midslipmen, landed at the little
landing where the little steamer Cecil used OF
Old TO land her numerous passengers Pro-
ceedIng to an examination OF the town. the
party became soon separated into numbers OF
small parties, who roved some one way and
some the other, each in search OF the pettlest
mansions, gardens, Sc. The houses were, Tor
tine most part, deserted by both whites and
blacks, and they had been rummaged and the
contents used in most pIomscuous manner.
On the contrary, il was visible and remarked
by all that those houses in which the servants
had been lett had escaped entirely the colise'
qutnces OF u number of mischleVous darkles
misdoings; for we were told that de way
dem ringers conducted dey sells was unconl-
mon; !" and certainly the appearance bore am
pie testimony that such was undoubtedly the
fact. Upon questioning one OF the more intel
! lgent OF the contrabandS the following story
WAS delivered, of which, nearly as | can
remember, / give you the words =" w ell,
massa, you neber did see how dem white pus
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dred ship come down off tort such packing
and tracking load four horse team, four mule
team, OK team, all kind team, and take all
thing could take and all ladies and girls, cause
they might do like dey did in Alexandria
when dey take him." Upon inquiry how that
was, l was told ''rhat all dem soldiers they did
'buse dose women most shameful, violating
them promiscuously' Den when dey hear
dat all ships done pass battery down dere, all
clear right out and don't come back, only
sometime when 10 ship here, den run away
gain when youse all come back; den dey
drihe off all we niger and tell we dat you
gwine to take US all down south and sell us
for berry low price" The idea of being sold
.iGf berry low price" was to him intensely
distasteiul. The town may have two or three
thousand Inhabitants more, perhaps, IN the
summer than during the winter months tor
the gayeties OF the city seems to have an at
traction for the chiyalry quite irresistible to
them.
WHAT THE GEoRGIANs THINK OF 1T.
The Savannah Republican has full account
OF the capture of Fort Walker, acknowledging
great defeat, placing the killed, wounded,
and missing, at about 100 men. II thinks the
landing OF our troops here is smile to the
man that drew the elephant in the lottery-he
could not carry it, feed it, or 90 near it-and
they think our occupancy Of Hilton Island is
barren success, as from it we can not reach
the mainland without considerable trouble
The rebel sheet seems 10 forget that the occu-
pancy OF Hilton Island places us in the posses
sion of one OF the finest military and naval de-
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GRATITUDE OF THE SLAVES.
One OF the most remarkable features OF the
new life in South Carolina, Is afforded by the
negroes. Black servants have been hired by
many of the officers, as walters and washer
men and women. Black gangs have worked
on the shore, or been used as oarsmen; blacks