The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-12
INTERESTING NAVAL RECONNOISSA nee AT
PORT ROYAL.
US'r,2a STATES STEAMER PAyHtl, I
lnAT kOYhI. Ii MINOR Nov Dc LccI Z


tfAG OsFIcsR s. I. DupoNr--
sH-in oDe ieHoc to instructions contained IA your
letter II the 9th instant lett this ha! Dor 1T three
OF he 2Ath in-t in COM any with the Tina a, riouten-
ant Commanding collins, and the Pembina, lieutenant
Commanding Baakhcud, pi'ocd by tae Vixen Capla
Bcucle We ed thIs tarnt halfIast four aAi TINT
Of 81 H,ena a. h past nns---a supposed to BE-
tho General Crch being thea on the kdsto river which
positian she shortly III d am. steamed NJ tho ry. r
soon Afterwards came n 81, ht u fort tie MONT
of Otto Island into which, ii the distance of a riile
threw lew SHELLS, as did The nboas. to discover il
occupied. There BENZ answer sent beat on
shore 10 taln possession, ast ound bc regular ri
glar work, with wv face. towards the water ol $50
fe arh, with basions ana curtain or the land side,
TIE whole SH'ru d'd by q dbcr. ih' n.igt2irc hid
IA blown UP aad erythng carried away or destroyed,
the only thing iet' bang thu f. acut Of an eighty
p M r!o gun, viii II had i. 81 ba'st The was also
on the outside large qnrtty Of timber aad VA motto
lcsa, which lot nistuIted ,lie,, herg lit or uo
probability of any coming b. ranye IT, and cous,cr
Inc at, Should We occupy tho place, would crc3u cd
10 finish tie work.
living made tho above examination continued up
the Cousaw iver with she guphoats Pill tcd by Caafnn
w ltrglo. Whom lust passing Morgan river, about
miles from Der + ajd cinc IN SIGHT of fort dr.cy
aacat, and al the junction OF Barnweii creek with tho
Coosaw. When ~thia mc We thew few shells i4to
H. and there being SANS Of ,iion ana the lie.
crocs showing themeves IN he ueighhorhood sent a
boat shoe 10 take Possession aud i0uHd j, h. b.
doubt, with ditch three faces steep slope ~
ward the water above which the pararci elevated
thirty lcct its being (as we To- nj iapars picked
M Fort Hayward The arinam NJ had consisted o. unv
In gupsonc rifle, which ha. oean reno 20 land to
Contemporaries which being OF very ANTICIPATED
llt1' hid EEh@" AtioytI ~ NlGaiHS tlt'il ~,
Oh
The next morning early returned aud removed to tbs
vessel quantity Of n,enohiGg toos which found
the sort, together with lar Sling cart and two siege
iss s. which had not been CHI inquired by the hfe
which hat consumed Sufficiently" render useless HE
other and all tie timbcrs Ths neiie cumgietc I
returned to otter Creek lshna, and finding there
The Vixen which lad preceied Tor tno pur.
pose cf b. gius off an engler.-l lieutenant u'Palrte
Who had been seNt ly General sherman 10 is!a " NJ
Comm lan.irg. IL desired 90 maSe drawing
q ne fort: and, o. it YVES !elc. anchored ler TIE
NIB lr,vine aoan the morning tn 2.th with tlo
gnnbJa's tl iixen there not being "a'er for Tia
nao) 10 ascr}f she Ashepco river as understood ti4a
there was utary station sl0st distance up After
ra.pinL few rieS GiScos cred rcd bt hn. .,g
Is before, atkdeh myself that il was rot occupies (
lm.cd and found that, lie The otles, it very care
tllly and scientifically blt witt deep ditch aro md IL
Everything had been s'.oyrd aud carried away except
raed = FOUNDER and old English 10 pcunder 18th
o. wuivh lad been burst and aaa her tSpoGhder Which
Having De formed uds duty ;utigtd up The river,
Ashng hat nj yht aiortaort!ors al Mosquito Creek
wich oilers the onlJ in ami channel Of comnuaicat -
with Charleston None mad, however, been erected tcp
and confined up tho river To- the plantation On H tch
i.son Island, about twelve mi'.s above otter island
winch Was as Tar rs thc vessels coud 10. Here
large number Of negroes, W 70 white men alth "a XII,
th.y told me there was picket u soldiers about three
n.es beyond. AT TIL. time heard avg irn. nna ne
wc Ill supposed it proceeded from the raw nee hurried
every enc IN board and roturrod deWn the river "a
quickly possible but OF reaching Lat sci was told
t,at ITO sounds came from TIC dlrcs; ~ 81 BaauUr
Ilvn, with the feWncs, got under weigh and, accom-
panied 10y tn other vessel ran across the bay t. llua,
iNilhis flVct NtcfNi eHl' anu huStG fii tbt ul
tNrt,ions ou tbo point al Hunting Island, bat could upt
ind HE least appearance Uf ever having been a,v
there Tho lighthouse had bcen recently III, up ard
Nd ~" pah'lG property carried away. had ~.
1nnru ali sAe p0hl. MENTIONED IN voJr better except
t9hL landing, whoi lad been visited by lieutenant
oHonr,e on has way acrtss, and he yep ring that NJ
works had been erected the cI did tank 10 worth
the Gelay that would haSe been cc.astIed there LIl
Euutue Island harbor seven clock tins morning ana
/ reached nay a,clo, as hore At meridian.
With regard to the 9th Inquiries tina, ordered
make ~0elc beg cave 20 say that wherever ptactea.
bl.. tbs slaves Ia i}c renewed. o The rl~f horn
sidt a, no Athep"o ~ietc there Il lac nAof rs IN
h I'd Al Sil WIS plantations souta at that .eat
many son rcua At Hutchinson is'aud no, css thr},
tlpr 100. Nut wEite I've lsi trirre
etsid. tle me Of m!.r, occupation, which wa higher
than was able "a "a with The Sesae's
Ibe saves ac 0oipg npl ms, are very friendly ana
and sometimes az ~ For. Eay ward oi,ed very rrd
Ioyeteari one 81 them -. that trt 10 thev
sho1d do so for IA were working vr ti,n, Tfr
norc irteiIeront among Iieln to-" tat there ~
packed cltiGn tS year and that r,ucE nose Than
IAN tGe cotton ana scaryry sny Of tho lrcie crop
bad heeu "a. hered
forge, ,Donion that ~ far wc cc4,G rs, az,
p"ared TO be burning houses the direction al The RI
ftisIo river. these plantations VT oh 'a,s ba,c
st been ~ the Possession az tho whites rra Tie ssu.
.i'.g seemed TO hc contained dufipg III. utglt
csunCt Hnish rithoti mentioning vi. oil cations A.
unaer 10 CAPTAIN Po..slle for the skii! and Hnr 81
orgy hr aallayed IN psHnE III through those luis
waters amt h,ins tee people Lans. have been a ltr
Surprised AT seen, vesse2 ~ passing full Sweet
narrow ad Iot deep, s;chas ,ns .osay
and AsheNo am very respectfully, your ehcdienJ
servant, T. nfaYIoN
CHIl!n.ryrr q ,ft,.-t