New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-17
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY. DECEMBER H. 1861.

H. "a 0xred,ion WAS again delayed, and only got
ves,erdav. Iii sufficiently formidable 10 ho'd
,hs fort .oaiua, any thing. Commander dayton
.o,,,unaa on Monday from a second expedition WITH
,ho po,rnee Uuadila, and Islac Smith, Leaving u
mart of his force behind him, and some marines III
ross es,ion Of the fort to await the arrival OF te
,c,.,ar Garrison. lie reports that Hntchison ls'aho
h. been wholly abandoned u the rebels, every
thing burned and that all the negroes on whom they
could Law hands have ben carried away. Large
numbers. however, escaped, and came over 10 o''e'
I.land where fonrsbing colony of 2OO Is S"e"o!
establish ed and constantly Reinforced ny airiVaIs
from all the islands near ~. Here, as elsewhere,
great quantities Of cotton have been Durhen' ho he
missing without the fires of the burning
and fields being seen in all directions. regret 'na'
could not 60 With the expedition yesterday ior 'n'
pee,oes who have Just collected on that island, COM
inv from different section Of the coast, ana o',pS
80 60, almost without communication with lnquiripe
strangers, must possess great fund OF unadu'eFeu
information. =
Tbe,e are some further interesting particulars oil
Tho reeu',s Of the naval Reconnaissance last week ny
Cant. ROGERS with lis gunboa's. They entered
Warsaw Sound, south OF the entrance to Savannah
River and went ten miles inland. bar lies live
miles of the entrance. On the seward point ol
Varaw leland Wa found desorted fort whico bau
mounted eight guns and wac work OF consideraoie
strength, projected by faces and abattS on tne
lI.ua siIs The guns bad been removed. aud the
magazine blown up. The feet proceeded as iar az
the entrance Of Wilmington River, channel con-
ecling Warsaw Sound with Savannah River. About
tnee miles up this river were discovered rebel
camp and O. strong battery. On the water lace
fearest to them were five guns. The number On
the other face they were unable to count. In
creek lending from tie other SIDE Of tie sound
through marsh rebel siean.tag anu two or three
scboouerg were seen, which ran the moment they dis-
covered our feet. TIE report that a gunboat went
within forl miles of Savannah seems to have been
erroneous. The 20 Mt already mentioned at the en-
trance Of the Wilmington River, was tie nearest
Sayanuah then reached, and was eighteen miles dis
tant. Capt. Rogers went South yesterday with the
gunboas Ottawa, Seneca, Pembino and the steamer
Audrews on anotl er reconnaissance, and vii! be alb
sent two or three days.
The cotton explorations are pushed fast as POS
sibls. Col Noble, to whom the business is intrused,
estimates that million dollars worth can beco!eced
from the ,lauds in The immediate vicinity. Tie ne
croes are employed in gatbeing IT, aud are very busily
az work. Depcts established at convenient land
Ing PLACES and ss fast as the cotton il brought down
a steamer conveys II 10 safer storage.
have only time to add that we heard on Monday
that there was a negro hunt on grand scale in the
ewamp behind Blu1ton, few days since, in which
about City negroes were either canght or fho', and
xix white men, deserters from the rebel army, were
also arrested. Tie account was brought by TWO con-
trabinds now or late the property OF one EPhraim
Baynard, who were five days in coming f'om Barn
well, AID succeeded in escaping by travelling only IN
Tie night.