New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-27
TIE RsTyLE At PORT ROYAL TEBBY.

TIE RATYIE ST Port ROYAL JERRY.
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About lU click h Years morning, 10 enemy
came up from Brook liver, toward Tort ho'ti
Ferry. Taking n position ig.t oppoie Peg
I'ilt, ara west a. iic ferry, icy c,tneo law
tie II t.or aHJ fl,ii against Ifll battery Whicg
.ni been constructed ~ Pages Point, bt which l,o
never received ils o.Gfia n-Ht Of guns. judging
iiom ihc srrefity o. tie cuoryr fire. D. jig supposed
VA, he "as no. awaic oi tif oc.cu.c as c1la i.l
81 tle l0rg. There We're 10 o.. ops It P..e'5 Poia.
~ t'e iluci o. ccliiGg two companies II OH bon-
iinN 'ts L"gii ert, rrd.r Caft o'ter nn1 trO
De OF tait. lcl.c's NiTi b. 4 ~ battery. They
rii t"ck short distance aud Oaiainpd cover Behind
me eUlau kmert 81 & fence. TIE Yankees kent up
r. vigorous sh"irg Of INC earthwork, the llita
non end TIE dwelling 81 u. y. S a,t esq.. fh'W
inY excellent artillery practice, by kuocIus down
clEheys and perlOrtiig TIE houses IN the most
lnumifclous aud unceiem0nous style. Finally,
ethed there were 10 mgGsed bate les in the ie h.
boihoyf, they sent toats crew aslore, which
econnoitcred tie place and Immediately returned 10
then CUR boats. This ended Ihe hcstics at Pages
Lo4nt. NCl ~ guu was fired by cur side, and when
be rugbolts dloisted from TIE loubardment, orr
forces 20 tho Point retired. There Is q ruuor that
suhssuenIly tlcy returned with re-aufoccmeuip,
~ hold ihrt posi'ion bat Of Ibis We have 10 salts
fc cry assurance.
in the mean time the Yarlcer were making far
more serious demonstrations the othcrside Of Port
Royal Very. Five Of ther pm-5Jais came mp from
81. Helena Sound, and landed q force estimated to
consist OF about . 600 men, upon the plantation Of
Alexander Chnshom, esq. While they were PER
forming ON the shore tie gun-loat proc edet up to
the ferry, and opened furious iEo of shells upon
small thgle-gm battery, which we bad erected on
ride Of the ferry, 30 os 10 command The cause
way.
Ii soon lecame evident that our men would be
unable to hold the battery, they fell back, carry
iug of with them two OF thcIr guns. The beayest
of the three guns was Accidentally overturned in
ditch by a nervous mule, which had taken light az
the noise o. the shells. Aa there was time for
delay this gun was huuiediy spiked and abandoned
Willie tbs going on, the Yankees, whose land
inc al ClTisholms had been ee ted wi hout os-
tiop beg their march along the shore n the Cifec
ton Of Port Royal Ferry. When tbei advance had
reached field IN The rear Of Mr. John Chaplin's
house, they suddenly net by Col. JCnes'a reg-
ment and four companies of another regiment. Pour
in one yoey into the ranks OF the elemy, Ouf Toys
advanced with the bayoret ~ double Quitk. The
Yankees, thrown somewhat INTO disorder by Ire ire
witch they bad received, did not wait to close, bot
dropped titir guns and foi toward the river, where
they were separated from their guabOats ty only "a
ttnp o. marsh.
Col Jones kept mp tie pursuit until he hal nearly
hris fire uron him to cover the rcIct % Their men.
\ single shell which exploded killed six and
wounded nine o! our soldiers.
Tie fire q the gunbcuis being quite severe, Col.
Jones deaisted from rurtult, and Ictreiei, ieav-
ing the IauLets luddled TO- ether On the fhogc,
uuder thc gums Of tier steamer.
Tie cloly now hold t.4t position Of the ainl1ud
ric.iug ou ilc Coca River, aud efrC' hing from
Ihri.lolu's 20 the ferry. 1LCy have mounted guns
on our deserted batteries % tle latter place, and
ofherwi strengthened eirposition.