Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-11-28

in store for them if they would defend thei
fhomes. their rights and their sacred honor IT
! Arms must be the watchword from this day
B hebceforth. Every man in the country shofllt
be prepared for the emergency"
4 NEWS FROM PORT ROYAL.
A Survey of Port Royal Island for strategy.
cal Purp0ses-What is to be Done with
: the Cottom:-Arrival of the Sloop-of-yval
Dale from the Coast of FIOrfdn-Capturt
of n Schooner Attempting to Rum tn,
Blockade with Supplies for the Confed.
crates.
/ The steamer Baltic, at New York, from Per
Royal, whence she sailed on the 18th, brings
but little additional news. A letter in the
Herald, dated Hilton Head, contains the l6f.
lowing:
1t is now little over a week since the Unloa
troops landed on this Island, and as | take a
retrospect of that brief period and the work ac-
complished in that time, in the erection of large
storehouses, the building of temporary dock
an the establishment of large hospital, the
landing of over two millions of dollars worth oil
stores, camp equipage, ordnance and ammuni-
ton, it seems almost incredible.
! Our military engineers have made thorough
Typographical survey of this Island, with view
of selecting strategical points on which to con-
veys, besides successfully accomplishing their
object, has furnished indubitabe evidence that
the decent Of the expedition upon this Island
was wholly unexpected, from the fact that en-
tire plantations of the rich Sea Island cotton re-
main ungathered, and the. which has bee,
harvested has either been DESTROYED by tie
kebels IN their retreat, or else it remains uns
ginned, and nov in the possession of our troop}
Our nigh military authorities seem in guam
/ Diary what to do with the seized cotton. There
is enough to load the clipper ship Great Repub-
| lie, now at this port
On Friday last Captain Isaac O.. Phillips.
Chief Engineer j. Mcnamara, First Officer
VIM. Ballon and Purser J. II. Nichols, of the
United States steamer Mayfower, and Chief
Engineer Fl. E. Holland, of the steamship Illi-
nois, with detachment of ten men, made a
reconnaissance up Port Royal Sound, going
within few miles of Beaufort. They reached
point far beyond where the Union scouts had
been, and collected valuable information as t.
the condition and whepabouts of the Rebels, all
of which was communicated to Gen. Sherman,
They first visited the plantation of the late DIR.
jerks Here they found a large private resi-
dence, elegantly furnished, but entirely deserted
by its former white occupants. The house is in
charge of the faithful slaves belonging to the
estate. An intelligent slave, who acts as major
domo, states that his master died about three
months ago, of yellow fever. Since that time
the estate has been in charge of administrators,
and managed by numerous white overseers all
OF whom made a retreat when they heard Of the
bombardment and capture Of this place. The
plantation comprises several hundred acres of
rich cotton land. The crop of cotton, which is
of very fine staple, has nearly all been gather
ed, ginned, stored and ready for market Two
large warehouses are filled with cotton, and can
be made an easy prize Besides numerous do
mestic slaves on this estate, there are no less
than one hundred field hands, all Of whom still
remain in their quarters. These slaves comprise
old and young-from seventy-fve years of age
down to months and days old. These slaves
report that there is a great scarcity of salt in
that district, and that that article is worth its
weight in silver. There is much suffering ow-
ing to this fact.
Since the arrival of our troops here, besides
landing two batteries 81 artillery, we have now
Siege tram Of 81 T,.ed guns,
ana a full supply Of ammunition. The range
OF these Guns is superior to any that the Rebels
can ..ring into the field.
Fort Walker has been greatly improved since
it came into possession of our troops. Its ar
mament has been increased, the magazines en-
larged and filed with ammunition, the troops
quarters rendered comfortable, the parapets re-
paired, and the ditch of the work widened and
deepened so that the tide GIBBS and flows into it.
It is now ready for defense against any force the
enemy may bring against it.
The United States sloop of war Dale arrived
here to-day from short cruise on the coast of
Florida. On the 14th inst, when off Fernan-
dina, she seized the schr. Mable, Capt Black,
of $50 tons, while in the act of running the
blockade. The schooner had British colors fly
ing when captured by the Dale. The Mable
was four days out from Havana. Her cargo
consists of seven bales of army blankets, two
cases Of MIME muskets, five cases of blankets
twenty barrels Of potatoes, seven cases of tin,
sxty-seyen cases of cream of tartar, one hun
bred and thirty bags of coffee, twenty-four sacks
of salt. On examining the schooner's papers it
was found that she had a regular British regis
ter. Her clearance from Havana, alleging her
destination to be for New York, was signed by
the American consul at the former place. Capt
Black and his crew are all New Workers. The
crew of the Mable are on board the Dale, and
will be sent to New York for trial. The schoon-
er is in charge of a prize crew and will be sent
to New York.
The ship Great Republic will sail for New
York in few days; also the steamers McClel-
Ian and Philadelphia.
LATEST FOREIGN DETAILS.
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Progress Of the Cotton Famine.
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