New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-10


% land t OH ON tie beach, by res,on Of the maishes
which extend 70 the southwark long distance, the
puuboa,s c.p Nose complete circuit and cut oil The
e.care Of the enemy by boats or launches. The OBJ
stacles rres, pted by the longesching shoals he'o
been r,ovided against BY ponIoons a"o Hoa''"s
t,uss.bri5res over which the regiments can "A'c"
In double fle We have guns enough ID tue meet '"
p.ur oroirc,iles at terrible rste upon the enemy
aid secure cafe landirg for our troops out We naVo
eve ,easop to believe hst tho fight will DC OF long
duration. The delay TO which we lave been forced
N submit has been improved by the enemy in throw
mo mn Notifications and collecting reenforcemen'' ~
tho ,bres,sr.d po,is. Three weeks ago there were
m, more than 900 men on RosnOAe Island ana not
more than 70 OF Is gum; there are now probably hot
lea than 8 600 men and 80 guns. 30 much We ge'
from .praren,y well.informed sources
Nv las, letter brought my record down to Tuesday
might. On Wednesday, it wss determined TO oring
IN. schooner Scout scross tho S~Ash. and 10 Tighten
her the remaining four compsnits Of the 3lst Penn
svivxuis were ouhrterrd OH board the Cossack thus
cxu,iup our cup of dsconfo, already brim-iull, to
overflow, Dy dirt of filling every vacant space
vapywsys and all with hunks, we ad managed 70
re, space for six companies, the field and staff, aud
dunn corps. You msy imagine our miss'ir' when
400 men more were stuffed into the crevices ana
crannies previously overlooked. In the afternoon
We were enlivsn,d by The chase VI rebel recon-
noiteling schooner by one OF the gunboatA. lie
,pie. lad too much ofng and their vessel drew too
much water for our craft 10 come even within gtf'
s.or. 40 they escaped. Tho bcsuriful steamer B. X
ScauIdnp bss been taken Cen Burnrides Hay
sbir and VIVA started up the channel on "Wednesday.
81. " ounded Just at the UNCLE, however aud stuck
hard and fart until Thursday afternoon. when she
Wa helped Of aud came over into the Sound IN
grind style che. RID by tie wholo army, and saluted
by all the r.gim-n'a' hands.
y Tie wrecked guhboa, Zouave has been a. valuable
TO the fleet ~ = sLiI-cbsndlrry could have been.
She has supplied the Cossaek with gunf, and guy,
furpished . dorm verses with rigging and extra
sTarr, given spchors nrd ch.in-caLls 10 tbo+s In
~slt xi,d, to cap the Whole. ! raw The euubost
Shaw.Lene, on THURSDAY, getting pilo'-house snd
fixtures complete in place 81 her o-n. which whs
ground 10 pieces in tie collision with TWO tchoonerr
the day before. Many Of tho gubboals were Prac.
,icipg with eliot aid she'll Thnrsdsy, and some
fife shots were made. Tie Wizard steel gnns
already iu high favor among t'e srIi-ists l fipd,
but tie grand test Il tier merits viii be nnde Oil
Monday or Tuesday. The gunto-t Chssscnr was
Jrnctioing among the rest, Wien one Of her 30
FOUNDER Parrot rifles burst at the muLzlc, and small
portion WIS blown away. Fortunately. the piece
WIS not iriur,d. Tic Incident 10 said To Lave re-
suited from flaw In the casting. On Thurtdsy, We
u cot our tanks aud casks filed with waters MT
GOO gallons 10 al-Gud werc thus relieved Of ore
great source Of anxiety ard trouble. Amer his ex
,erence with this exIed.t on, it 10 mt likely that
Burnside will ever take another steam transport to
sea without good coDdensers Oh board.
Yesterday u.olbing u small schooner" China
boats they are called by the people here-was ssen
b. airing town for us under Il hug Of truce. One OF
the gunboais met her aud toSed her down TO the
aag-sLip. She proved to he loaded with cord.wood,
and in the hands Of five de-eren from the rebsl
army Their names are Trysl Stiles of New jersey
Peter New. Da,is beaufort County, n. c., TlomsS
BskeIy Of New o,k, Lewis Lanergsn Of New
York, sbd Thomas BuIrer (Irish) OF New-York.
htiles has been in thee waters about four Year,
Bnksiy and Lane gan lads VI Is and 20, respec.
lively, and Bulser has served five years in the 81
Artillery hnd iive IN the Marine corps lie was dir
charged from the MAIN in April last snd went TO
Chsries,ou TO enlist with Major Anderson u Fort
SUMTER but wss iaksn prisoner, kept Stopo Island
! Caroiipa. Herr be wss arrested snd, choosing The
kss~r oftwo evils, enlis'ed, and has now sscaped
from the hands of the Pbilistnes second time.
These tell story Of barlshps and suffering in
the rebel army sxfrrngs from disease, lack Of food
and lack Of money Buger has received nine dollar.
and Lanergan the same, in shlnplnsters, for six
months service. They all belonged to u COMPANY
called the beaufort County Plow-Boys, Capt Henry
Harding. which forms part Of the 7th North Carolina
Regiment, commanded by Mhjor Hall. They were
stationed ut Middleton, Hyde County the force con-
sislng Of Elk full companies They report about 200
.ick with mumps, measles and small pox They
escaped ON the night Of the 30th ult. by stealing a
boat. and rowing under cover Of night, past tho SEN
tries distance Of three miles down the river TO the
Sound Finding small wood schooner at anchor.
they seized her, and under the pilotage Of Davis
crossed the Sound and bore down to NJ. Their ioy
at reaching fleet in safety 10 apparently genuine
They say that on the 18Th, Msor Hall went twelve
miles from shore in small schooner, and rcoonnoi.
tered our fleet. On his return he reported 30 yes
sells inside the Swash, and force at 80 600 strong
lie cent at once TO Swan Quarter for Increment
Of two companies u. giving out 10 his men ut the
time that this force would be enough to dispose
Of at least 5000 Yankees ALL in fact that were likely
to attack Middleton He directed the inhabitants 70
houses everything when pos ession by our
forcssseened imminent and to give quarter those
who fell into their hands Dr. G.. s. West of |
New-York, who was at Norfolk when the rebels .
took tho Navy.Yard is reported rs being Surgeon \
General TO the North Carolina forces and 10 be very
active In the performance Of his duties Drafting lie
very actively carried on ia tho State AT TIN. time II