The sun., 1862-02-15
THE NEW YORK SUN.
SATURDAY MORNING yEB "a rae,
Tho New York Cu, P,s..

letter from the Port Royal correspondent Of
the tribune, Feb. 2, saysi-
Overwhelming and unchsllenged sviJenoc
| Gou all eonroes ostablishes the fact OF the sf.
| fort n ads BY the fugitive rnastars 10 cSrrv ofT
tho huvos by force, and failing in that, ho do
| stfOy them by wholesale marder. That no
grtater number have actually been sh 4 "a
partly Deesuse OF thar ingenuity In oludisg
pursuit. p~tly becsass the rebsis were tco
niueh frightened 10 oOntinuo their Efforts for =
Great length Ct time. Tho isands which were
thus deserted 1--we been only in p.-t ocupi,d
by oar troops. large teuitory has been left
IN mo exclusive control ~ tho negroes or su1
loe. on'y 70 the psrtial or OCCASIONAL and tempo
thy ocroPauon q naval or military toro-s
BaWist clergy nan from Boaton. the R.y.
MT Peck, hss tndsNvsr,d to give some, reli.
gioue AID othor ibstructi,n n to the nAyto,y.
,chool haI been ostsbliahod un winch soth
teachers sLt pupils so neprey4, and Il Mn
eNiSts by tho safioranoe " aen. sn.y,ns. thcrah
he nas declared that he rsc 4ynz,I the local laws
OF south Carolina al still In fore. and will rr,.
nit 10 Illegal N'empts at yhTis, il nizipg or odu.
ea,itg this blAc4s.
A correspond 'Ni from For ii,nry thus do
sciibc' tha reb,l ,oTcdoOs:
Lieut.. Pnel pa advanced half , xrle. above the
can with his Rurb,at, in tho cha N sl on tho
west side OF Panther Island, which ~ protected
from the guns Of tho fort by the ,laud and sue
= " I
structiun.
Ore of them was ts!ren apart. Il ,nsi,ts of |
rv1S, 'hoet iron cylit dor, pointed at u th ends,
"a iset long and ono foot IN di,mstor. In tho
interior Ia a canvas bag containing 10 ounds Of
Powder Connected viii tho upocr ~ al 1, an
iron lever, ~ feet long armed with pronga
designed to catch IN the bottom of se bo Al 10 bo
demoli, hod The motion Of the boat IA an oscted |
70 -ork this lever sufficiently to move al iron |
Iou 70, on tne insAie OF the cylinder acting upon |
lin trigger OF lock, which 10 20 oxploIos per- |
cussion cap and iiro tho powder. Tho mac bio |
y anchored, presenting tho prongs on tho " ,por
ond OF the lever in such way that boats q, tng |
iown stream will slide over thom but tn, las
on'lnR up will catch tho points and work no
ever.
The TiMTs advances the idea that tho re,o, +
ion by tho senate of the legal tender clause u
he financial bill will prevent tho ispreciaiio n
4 the Treasury notes, and their forced sale in
eiuctant market at runous rates. Tho for,
oming accompaniment Of security by taxatio, 4
vii maintain their par valuo with gold, ano
urnish healthy circulating medium through
ut the whoie country.
It's Fort Henry correspondent, Po.s 2 mys,
The rebels seemed to have evacuated in great
nate, 90 much ~ that they forgot, or had not |
mo,to ukoawNy many OF their perscnAl effccta.
no quantity ot dAp puerroOty pos and love epistles
hat were captured, exceeds in quantity all be-
Of. In these letters tho Northsrnors ara ali
snko,r, tboy arc nasty lankoas thsy are difty ,
aLkees, oowardly Yankees, Internal Yankea,
d iako'S in short every kind Of Yankees ! G
at the dictionary OF abuse aud .pJGrEuou,- I y.
10 they anticipate their speedy and utter D.
nihlaiiOn when they como. V,
The victory at Fort Henry givos us a work IA
immense strength, ono which can be dc. | p
nd, against all Il 9 force tho rebols can mus T.
z against II. II menaces Columbus from the -
ar and affords tho National fOrcos an oppor- 4,
nitv TO extend a line ~ operations 20 points 81
low Columbus on tho Mississippi, and In roal r.,
v does more toward reducing that formidable ~
ronehold than would one which dismounted "
NJ its guns and captured half its defenders. ..
hon Donolson falls, as II speedily will, seces. ., sr
IN in Kentucky and Tennossoe will have ro- 4,
lived its death blow. ~
The HERALD publishes an oxculpatory lotter 7.
om Mr.. Ives, dated from Fort Mcllenry, in ID,
cad Of Fort Lafayette, in which ho states no De
ing new but that he only sndoavorci to sorve q, q,
Q interest of his employer, and did not intend DI
be unciyil TO the government authorities. ~, n,
ur contemporary comments on II in an ediiy- w
& tone Of injured Innocence, and takes occA- o'
On to kick its unlucky agent overheard and
pudiats ali conEcxion with hin, in very
,arartaratic manT or -