The weekly sun., 1862-03-15
From Port ROYAL.

The steamer Ericsson arrived Yesterday
from Port Royal, with passengers and freight.
Loft on tho 1st Of March.
Tho Ericsson brings largo mail and thr,,
hundred and twenty balos of cotton.
The steamer Cosmopolitan arrived at Por
Royal February 2Sth, with the 9th Conuecticul
regiment on board with some sick with ship fe,
yer. The Cahswba has troops on board roaIy
for sailing South.
On Thursday, February 27th, Commodore
Dupont and his oot left for the South
4 passenger from Sayapuah reports that there
arc thirty thousand troops within a fow miles
from thoro.
Our Port Royal Correspondence.
THE FLEET IN WARSAW SouND-lNAcrTyrrY
or InE ENrEDITIOE OE-DEBAHkAIIoy OF
THE IEoOrs, AND 1HEIR RE ENuAHkA-
TIoN-A DEsERTER AND ms SroRN-BAr.
ThIgIE, OF TIIE ESBMN.
On hoArd tran, port rtaaIner Emuiro Chy(
WAnsAw S'us ~ Ga. Feb, ~ 1902, I
Your last data from Ppt Royal in rmsd you -
the sailing ~ large expedition Of land and nlva
fnic which hsi anchored Ia Warren Sound. N,t
withsHuding Ihe ous Oh of time which hIs eapsd
since, ing has yet bsen accomplished, and tie
large feet " vessels riding At anchor In WTaa~
Sound give II sjmewhai the appearance OF Nno,her
Port Royal.
Returning " ths feet On the 18Th instant, found
that tho ~ ciers had been disembsrkol n IN the
several transports and encampcd ON Warsaw
Itabd, where their white tents lined the shore,
and tie men moving hiIher and thithor presented
an a,tiyo and animated scene. Warsaw s a sandy
island, aboundiDg in swamps aud marshes, which
rende's tue place very unhealthy; neysrtheoss, the
men were glad g. bo again on terra dTUd after a
confinement ON shipbosrd Of four weeks. Several
Of the 9th Connecticut Tegimeut have died here Il
cungestiye lever which In aA dangerous and speedy
IN i,s effects tue yellow fever, anl g. IN
pletely baiile the sslli ~ thB physicians. The
island Is covered witt hne sand, which iniuros
breaking out about tie Hnslss and tgs,-a species
otgiound.i'ch which IL very irritating. an from
which the soldiers suior considerably, The water,
IL very had. Tne Suldlers have sunk many wells,
but could not succoed Ia procuring good water
ali Of being ofA dark color and ~ hlled with
hreign matter as n render 10 almost unfI for use.
Notwithstanding these many dsagrseablea, the
soldiers bear u very well and are glad ~ be on
land again.
For four weeks Ibis expedition has been a, an
chor here, waiting vr orders, We pace the decks
Of the steamer in hssss inactivity, and Smuse our
seV'l with COL lectures 81 g. our Destination, al
when are going ~ move, and almost wonder II
they have not JrglttOn US alt gethor, We lean
induently against the bulwAIkH of the ship aud
look at Shiddaway battery, where on a tine day We
aan ouss. Te them IN busy rs beavers, At work
ttreng gthening their eaTthwoTk and mounting guns.
metiu es a lit q steamer N sefn near tho b dtery
and we expend hn.f IA hour In discussing her pro-
bRble business, and we peer through glasses In vain
eudegvurs W read hgr name. Sometimes we gnuss
ourselves by shooting the wild pigs and CONS with
which Warsaw Stand ounds, Wild ducks are
very plenty here, but we have never succeeded IN
shooting many Of them, Indeed our only successful
sportsman In cur good nAtured aud genial doctor,
who hunts for crabs and ~ ,ters, and always sue
oeeds In bring NJ back boat losied with crust
cious spoi's. Tue oy ysters are very Ane, s.d We
deyour the delicious bvslves with grateful feelings
toward the doctor. There are immense Quantities
OF oysters here-the shore m covered with them
but II requires some knOVlolge ~ select Oh
witch are heSlthy. Many Of them grow above low
water mark, and are frequently left by the tide
these are what are cal ei coon oysters, and
healthy and scarce ht Tor food.
The rebels hsye been very buly placing more Oh
~ actions in Wilmington Narrows, and that cham
ne Is no ubt etiecIua.ly hockaded nov.
Lat Monday 81 der deserted from Skddaway,
and hu 'CeCdtd in r'N hing the steamer Ssmiu1s.
lie IL lsh, about 10 years OF age, and report that
the battery Is oommshdOd by Captain Pritchsrd.
There arc only three hundred spl iers, aud A.
very y3unt many ot them under sxieon, AMI 'ew
older than him elf-and OF these msny are Wtlag
and ready to desert could they get chanre'
There are other half moon batteries, noun inB ten
guns, but they are bul' " Light sand "Ll. y, when
the wind In al all violent Is thrown Hhout In such
quantities rs o. render Il tuI ''siOle W work
the guns Many Of the s,ll.0is are "crackors"
loOuntrymCn,' who, he thinks VII run,
Two days ago the gln'sat Ellen arrived from
Port X val bringing orders - reimbart the troops
immt iitIely, anl With such difpatDh was this Or
der executed, that the tents werr struck aud TIE
soldiers, together win thoir bag 'age and camp
t1uppage, we're board q vessel Il by SUNSET 'he
next day. We observe this With salts a'uon SS
augurs q m.geu ent.
The i3th Rel iment have been employed In con-
structiBg battery at ne" Island rmoh now
commands the Savannah rivor IneY nave peen
obliged TO build q long cOrdur1y road over swamp
quarters OF an hour with TS'nAlls hes,, on Nor
day MoRLAUK.