The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-16
OUR DISPATCHES FROM HILTON HEAD.


DisEmBARSAIloN TRooyS.
The advantages gained by the expeditonary naval
il the capture OF this place have been FUZZY appreciated
W the general commanding General Shernan) the land
forces Of the expedition In foryei.lt hours after tho
rebel battery Fort Walker scncel fourteen thou
sand troops dsembarkcd FROM the transports Con
sidcrug the poor supply Of boats TO do il WITH it wa
great achievemen-one accomplished without the loss "
single life. These troops in South Carolina al
me very keystone Of Observation-Disclosures. Geuera
sherman has made several Reconnaissance in person 10
learn thc topography Of tho island, with view Of i'm
proving al the natural advantages Of ground
and has already submitted plan for frtf ing the stand
t. his en- neers for their concurrence.
POSITION oF THE TROOPS.
TIE position Of tn troops here follows --Gencrai
Wtigh,'s brigade is encamped in the vicinity OF Fort
Walker. Tho Rhode Island artillery garrisons the fort
The larger portion Of General Stevens brigade posted
about one-half mile south of Wrieh's brigade, On
fuG the seashore. General Viee's brigade occu
PICS The advance position, aboGt two miles west Of the
bfigades before mentioned sherman and the Rhode
Island iat batteries bivonaekcd near Fort Walker
The seventy ninth New York State Militia (DishandeFs}
and a detachment Of three hundred ami seventy Ave
FORT Baaureeard and another fort Hunting Island.
The encamfmons Of the troops are eotioa pauta
tons some Of the crops have been gathered,
others not Tho cotton grown here IL what
is known a. the sen Island or long staple Besides
the cotton Hilton Island is famous or its crops
OF peanuts, oranges, qs and corn The latter l. sur.
posed by our best We tern growth.
GENERAL pnAyTtN's PLANTATION.
Among the most prolific plantations here l. that OF the
rebel General dayton 1t is situated about SIX ,nis
nom The lehcl camp which he so Iac|y commanded The
haese which tile folks in Yankee land woad call second
cas one bn, which passes for something grand in these
quarters is not very gcoi seosy furnished. On the
lam is srsI mill and saw mi! driven BY STAN power.
There also two large barns ed TO rcpetion with cot
% the best quality There ten twelve acres OF
une adhered corn which viii promptly be hsbanded ana
ground in Nj. General prayton's mil for the benefit Of
Uncle Sams horses.
RgRsI STRENGTH IN the t1cnr
Apcopos of the late rebel retreat and defeat the rebels
had four or five thousand men at Fort Walker, portion
ur which arrived after eet entered Port Royal sound
The rebel officers in their conversation TO Their posi-
lively assured them that their guns sufficient 10 snk
the ID Yankee ice This assertion in turn appears To
have been implicitly relied upon by thc soldiers.
SOUTHERN GAscoSuE
From copy OF tho Confederate army regulations found
by nrser j. IL. Nichols Of the steamer hayiiowcr in
thc reb, camp On one Of the ny leaves this laconc
memorandum-Nov Soy Yankees arriy ed, large forces"
Nov I've are reinforced. Tomorrow the Yankees
die" The book was the property Of . rebel Colonel,
FORT f}eauregard Captain Elliott saw the ritltv Of his
making stand against d.et, hc spiked his guns
stroyc large quantities Of amnu, on ana left letter
III his ofcc directed TO General Sherman stating that
since each OF the two rebel forts depended the other
support aod Fort Walker had been senced he hid
determined to withdraw his TROOPS he thought both
he tnd they could serve their country better in s,me
other locality than Fort Lafayette. Tie Of the
rebels from here was not adopted until all hopes
pull ing rs had l.tt.
WELL.
To eir credit BE- 1t said they fought bravety aud to
the last When they did retreat 1t prccpitae aud
IN great disorder Georgia regiment the first to
J. leave he ground. AS therebels away they threw
away thoir and equipments and stripped them
selves almost TO nudity in order 70 effect their escape
A RECONNAISSANCE.
day two after the bombar inent detachment or
scouts from the Sixth Connecticut regiment found
pieces Of cannon with caiss0ns complete, in q wood
about miles from here lhe guns were in perfect or
der and possession of the Third Rhode Island
arerists.
EMPLOYING
Contraband negroes constantly arrive and give them
selves up to our troops. There about hndred
and forty Of them employed in the Quariermasters do
par nent. They allowed pay and rations the
| as othor aborers
REBEIIIoS POPULAR
Tho white rebel prisoners, oil which have several
insist that the not popular with the Of the
people Of South Carolina II has already impoverished
These assertions fully corroboraed by letters
foun in the rebel camps. From the tenor of the latter
appears that tho drafting OF troops had
Carolina In October last. Some men rather than
I the army bad muated themselves rather than Gght
| for the rebel nag.
CAPTURE BRArToRT
presume the steamer Benvile brought you the
Of the CAPTURE OF tho village Of Beaufort 1t was ef.
feced the day before yesterday by vessels Of
h0ta. They sailed up "a the town. shottcd their guns
then shore, demanding he surrender
reached tho village they found 1t entirely deserted by
tho white population III negroes loft behind. and
were found IN tag ACT % pilasne tie toYn The town