The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-12-07
LATER FROM PORT ROYAL.
Arrival Of Gn.S6oat Nc clellan.
Reconnaissance At TYBEE ISLAND.

Tie Y. s. steamer Mcclellan, Alfred q. GRAY.
com harding, arrived yr4tcrl1v mnrntns al n n
past seven o'd OK, from 1ybec II,nd and n |.
ton Head. The iuilowir item Of in'olii .,cnrc
are furnished T.; the ealing master Of the
steamer
On the day before the McC clan sailed she
conveyed Gen. sherman an staT to T,b,c f..
land, which is situated sixteen mil from Id
ton Head Just south VI the trance % Tia,
Savannah river, and within cay rang, OF Fort
Pulaski, which gu.r's the entrance 10 tho liver.
and IL, therefore, the KEY 90 Savannah. The
object u the r'cunnuisinrc WIS to Tx upin n
plan Of terrifying tie i.land, So as ~ make IL a
ba'e OF operations against Fort phl.h ani
savannah. II IL unicr,to to be he intention
oil our forces to erect mortar ba'tal ,s alta very
Iaily Day, with Wow TO thc rodnc ion OF Pll.
na'ki. The prcj,ci is thought to be entirely T as
lille.
In the course 81 the recon- oiSanc,. III, r,rty.
Consisting Of e. neral Sherman, his staff, Car
Gtey, and guard Of about 20 mirine.. Wa
fred On by Fort pua,ki. Fuuf shall, W.re
discharged. The Grst feli short ilou, % y.rI..
but was an excellent line SHOT. The ueXt oae
exploded in the air. Had Il fillru before OK
ploding II is believed that cons 4 ral,e l,.s Of
life would have cusuc1. The ITCH II IA, hill
was noticed, and the order given {, lie up,n ,he
ground. q ucral Shcrmtu al orwArIs -aisI
that 1t would undoubtedly hive fallen ia the
M DIST OF his party. Tho tlirl shelf fell short.
and the fourth exploded on the beach, too lar
Jf to do any damage.
An abandoned cn'ronchwlnt which had
mounted battery, was iolu A. the south ,nl
81 Tybcc Island. The cannon h.d. however.
l., u removed.
~, ,tta'L Of Commodore Ta'nall on the
% h., which has been referred 10, was not worthy
g.. tho name OF battle. Tatptll cana with hi,
Three Of four vessels near enough Ia iira "A few
sho'-, which did NO damage, and Immediately
retired.
Tylce Island is not yet occupied by our
troops; but each nj Ia, pry il sent from or
vessels IN light fire. The national cOlOrs are
d. ing from the lighthouse tear.
Prrparllions are going on at Pot ROYAL for
IL ~ pcdi ion Soutb, hut ia dost iratiJn Is no
stated. lernaLdiuh, for several REASONS, T. sIb-
posed to he the II &C. whore the blow will fll
The following y,s.ls, among o b'r-, will con-.
pose it .-CthawhI Dmicl Webster Oricgll
Matanzas, Brlviicrc, PHILADELPHIA 90 cary
horscs,) Empire City, Roanoke aud o.ar Of th
South.
Among the war vessels which were a. Port
Royel and. il wls supposed, would take pare In
the expedition, arr he following. ) eIm-i'i ,l'o
Wabash, sloop-of.N var Dtlc tho Piwnoc, MDhi-
car. Seminole Isaa T.. Smith, Mnrclrv Ptttit.
Pcmbira, OttaWa, Una iilla, AMI Ellen.
Tho Vixen was assisting in surveying the To-
calites near lliltsu Head and was laying dowu
buOys.
Kinds found thofO is not yet exhausted CIrle,
sheep, turkeys, chickens, are very plenty; s,mi
or them obtained hy iuiaging parties. mich pro
coed 10 the islands nm the vicinity, and In sOma
cases, it is sad, TO the mainland. There Is and
will lie, for long time, no satuity OF fresh meat
from tho sources near the present encampment
of our troops.
There is no longer any conNan. guard Of
vessels NJ Beaufort aud It is left almost eN-
clusivelv in the possession Of the ne srocs, OF
whom there are many. Th-To il, however, GU
white man, u sccessionist, who remains in tho
town nights, and on those days when the United
States forces arc not seen, but on the appear
ance Of danger, lac Instantly rotires. lio II
supposed to lie spy.
II was understood, when the Mcclellan SIiloi,
that Beaufort would h' Occupied, probably tho
next day, 10y a force Of about Two thousand men,
which could he easily spared even ia addition
20 the fvo thousand which would nplny
the expedition. Tho purpose OF the Occupancy
WIS TO prevent the sccessions;s from taki0e
possession, AMI also 10 retain the considerable,
amount of property which vet remains there
The secessionists have come there in the night
in few cases, and taken away property bur 1
is understood that no large bodies OF their troop.
are in the immediate vicinity
THE coSTRABASDs.
The "contrabands' occupy Beaufort, II !.
tnus Head Island and the contiguous islands in
~NSt4aNt nulnDefFs those VINO nave hfedll
.vn., "a "'n their masters and are only I'M
der their own contro,, are estimated q iiye hun
dred TO a thousand These axe within. easy
reach of our forces. Those at and a,t1nnd bs, u
f,rt are hy some estimated at nearly the nSareS
given. A few Of the latter are supposed to be
looking after the property Of their masters
But Of The great majority II is known that they
would be very glad to enter our lines for the
purpose generally Of obtaining employment
The men OF the steamer Mcclellan, when they
we're al Beaufort, could have brought away a
fun load Of them had they been authorized
10 do SO. The ''contrabsnis' crowded around
them, begging 20 he allowed the privile &c of
getting on board. Quite a number assisted in
loading the lumber, for VII n they asked and
received no pay, aud worked, &c men say, "likc
good fellows" Thirteen OF them were finally
Ilken to Hilton Head.