The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-06
From Port Royal.

The steamer Ericsson arrived Yesterday
from Port Royal, with passengers aud freight.
Left on the LIST of March.
The Ericsson brings large mail and three
hundred and twenty bales Of cotton.
The steamer Cosmopolitan arrived at Port
Royal February 2sth, with the 9th Connecticut
regiment on board with some sick with ship fe-
yer. The CAhAwba has troops on board ready
for sailing South.
On Thursday, February 27th, Commodore
Dupont and his fleet left for the South.
A passenger from Savannah reports that there
are thirty thousand troops within few miles
from there.
Our Pert Royal Correspondence.
THF FLEET ~ WARSAW SouSD-lSACTIvITY
OF 1HE ENrEDITIoN-DEBARKA oF
TUR TRooPs, AND THEIR RI KMnARKA-
TtoN-A DEsERTER AND MS SroRl-BAT.
TtluFs OF TIE ENHMY.
on board tran'r1rt steamer Empire Chy,C
WAE-AW BOUND Co., Feb. Il, 1902.
Your asst data from Port Rlya, informed you %
the sailing o. large expedition Of land and uaya
| forces which had anchored In Warren sound. Not
WithaAnding tie enc IL OF time which has eapied
since, roAing has yet been accomplished, Att tie
lar re Heei OF ssels ,idiDg st anchor in WArsav
sound give il somewhat the appearance Of another
| Port Roysl.
Returning g. thu feet on tie 18Th instant, found
| that the SOC irrs bad been dsemblrkei fr IN the
several transports and encSmped on warsaw
Island, where their willie tents Incl the shore,
i and the men moving hither and thnher present, d
an active and animated scene. Warsaw is sandy
island, Sbounding in swAmps aud marshes, which
renders the place very unheathy; nevertheless, the
| men were glad 10 he again terra drnid after q
l couhnsment on shpboard Of four weeks. Several
| ~ th' 9th Connecticut regiment have died here -
ngestlye lever, which Is IA dangerous and speedy
In It's effects the yellow fever, and 10
plstely battle the skill Of the physicians. The
island Is covered with fine sand, which induces a
breaking out about the ankles and lsgs,-a species
Of Y ouId.itch which is very Irritating, al from
| which tie soldiers suiSr considerably. The water,
| Is very bad. The soldiers have sunk many wells
| but could not succeed In procuring good water
| all Of II being of a dark color snd 81 filled with
foreign MISTER AS " render IL almost unhs for use
notwithstanding these many disAgreeSbles We
| soldiers bear very well and are gsd " be On
| land again.
For four weeks This expedition has been a, an
| Choir heIe waiting for orders, We pace the deck
Of the steamer IN lsteas inactivity, ard amure our
| selves with col lectures ss 30 our Defamation, At
| when We are gong " move, and Nmos' wonder
They have no, t,IE3''hb saSrs 81 he ship an,
l in1l al sIiddawRy battery, where on tne day W
S-arye them AZ busy as beavers al Woil
| can H. 'Nsr Ssithwork and moubting guns
strens,b.utpg -"r Is &c. n near the bate ~
| S ,metin es a little steau.- -'usS'he nSr Pro
and we expend half au hour in Ne ID val
| bable business, and we peer through gas,
endeavors " read her name. Sometimes am >,
ourselves by shooting the wild pigs and coons with
/ which Warsaw Island aboundf. Wild ducks are
| very plenty here, but we have never succesitu W
shooting many of them, indeed our only sa'eessIu
| sportsman is cur good natured and geniM u'ctr
who hunts for crabs anu - "ers' anu MN ~ ~.
| oeeds in bring ny back \ boat loadeu s'n o'N''N
Glous spois Tue ol s'ers are very nhe, 80,
| toward tie docEr. There are immense quAntitei
| OF oysters beetle shore Is covered with them
| but II pquiTea some kuoVledgs ~ seect W -
water mark, and are fitqueutly len by me tdt-
thee are wtaI are cAlie1 coon oysters And are un
! heethy and scarce TT for i,Si'
/ The rebels have been very busy placing more Oh
| EtruCtions IN wilmington NNrrUws, snd that elau
| mel IL no d ubt sfiec'ua y bockAdtd nog.
Last Munday sold deserted from SKID lAVay,
| aud su seeded in TeA hu z Ihe steamer ulu1e.
lie Is Iish, about 10 Yeas CfSge, aud re- g. luu
the battery is cgumatdei By Captain Prohsrd
| TletC are only three hundrtd sll lors, and. M
very yeun --IuNuy of thtm under Xtsen, ,u . '-w
older than huise' and Of these many are vii s
aId read Il desert could they g't chsnce'
TEeue are Other half neon bat'e'ie-, noun lrg i'r
runs but they are built ~ Light sand, which, hel
the wind 10 at AL violent IL thrown agoul Ia suer
quantities rs 10 rslhsr 1. ipposSele 70 wog
the guns, Many Of the s0ldiSs are "era'kor7'
Ioountrymen,t who, he thinks viii ran, =. A.,
Two dang ago the RunNoat Ehen 49,, -, -
PERI Royal bringing orders 90 rsitubark ths ttosP
imEat dlately, ard WIKI such dispatch Wa mas %
der executed, thai the tenta were sttnoa Az n
soldiers together with their basgase suo ~ S1 ,p
tquippaee, we're ON board tie vessel py nses w
next day, We ORsFw this vim SAN" NOH ''
4ba la,h Rsaimsni have been employed In oon
| atrnctirg a battery lt Jonas LlAnc, which nov
somsnanas Ole s4ssnnIh riyer, Theg have bee