New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-16
yr,m Our Special COrresponaen:
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allowing annie time loI . wa NN''~
-. n.1sso, o very peaeefnl footiDgl TO wIte out
~ 10. ,,a,bered at leisure BETTING the
roe heats of The region end season. lney ale "so'
, 20 ,bo rb;te man Of colOred aneedote, mighty
,o.ssrt;o % FOR have just heard how one dispatched
,U;,,on Head six days ago was judieousy sent
sck h;,her which agreeable little instance OF postal
seretiop NAV explain possible delay in the receipt
,,, Letters However, mail leaves this alter
on shall avail myself OF it, casting my bread
nrop the waters, in the hope that The TRIBUNE VIII
40, the benefit Of it, after many days propose 10
w,te of what little s here occurring, or at least 10
ull what may be with prudence related.
We are very quiet here; quiet, but not inert as l
a., ose. the Rebels will discover in due time. Ids
Ia j. wish It's almost tropical luxuriance OF dense
~ ode its rushy swamps, It's neglected heds OF corn
g., cotton. i,s muddy creeks les apparently MS
To- ely m the wipking and glitteripg salt water as
IN q hook Of old romance IN the heart OF
l,i.a. Except for the hostile camps, the few DE-
ted houses peeping ont Whitley rom AND 'he
ecs, and the unpleasantly named village Of Secs
pnville, it might DO the island OF Cos on the DAY
: zen the Christian Knight Gaultier sdventured
" hin its Businesses 20 deliver, by the kesowal OF
a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS kiss the enchanted daugh-
te fHippocrates from the loathy form of a horri
Die serpent. We are here, by the way, on an
orr nd akin 10 Gaultier's ana albeit unluvlted and
inc sposed TO adopt snch gentle means rs MS nave
biie doubt Of our ultimate success.
think the aquatic prospect is the liveliest, for
m steamers, big and little, make the Stone River
u,ne populous than 1t can have been within me
M mory Of the oldest shark or alligator familiar with
It sedgy banks. These the steamers, not the cav
u ora, with irregular feet OF schoopeTs, saul
b. IT, and row-boats, are constantly plying to and
n between our upper and lower landings while
Il gunbOats Il wish we had a score OF them, with
nitor or TWO, in winch case l should nave 10
v te anything but idle letters keep. watch and
W ri over the shore still in possession Of the enc
%. We occupy but q email portion OF the island,
yoa knOw-about ten square mlles-no more; al
III. rest would be terra incognta but for our look
out and observatOTies. Sometimes the Rebels try
htte Inefficient shell practice at the gunboats, which
ordinarily treat the demonstration with silent con-
,eppt saving their ammunition and bldng their
upe So very quiet have we been since Gen. Ben
hams reconnaissance i'll force-until last night
thu, these things were absolutely talked Of! Any
boey familiar with the reckless expenditure OF shot
sno shell common 10 our arInes-so common and so
use,ess In lie iufniteesimal esuts that gets 70
regard it as a sort Of grown-uP pyrotechnics-wili
be able 10 estimate our general tranquility by The
staement.
Ne work. however Col. Serrell's engineers are
"A lusy as bees or rather as moles, and we know
tha the enemy is doing his best 10 emulate the ex-
sm)le. Apropos, three days back there came within
the lines Of Gen. Stevens another deserter, whose
ue;ger information confirms that OF the lTlshman,
GrfIin. detailed in my last. lie is a sharp, forward
lsdof Nineteen named Pollock, with the air OF being
vey much petted and spoiled by those about hun.
Heclams to be a German, saving that he arrived II
the United States ten yeare ago, TWO OF when ne
has spent down South. Evidently his valuable SYM
paties are with the Rebels he assigned no other
reason for deserving than a general desire 70 GET
back to HE kinsfok in the North. Il think pre-
bmnary course OF contemplating or whai-IaboT
IL Il. Ia'g Cot q
5lst Georgia regiment. and reports that the enemy
10 tstween 5000 ana 10000 on the island, corr
lnsrg ten regiments, Of which he named the iol-
loving the 4th 46th, 47th, 18th, and DIST Georgia
the 2st and 18th South Carolina; LOUISIANA bat
talsn Eutaw battalion, and the Charleston nile
battery. He adds that a cOOred man, recently
fsnar about our camp, il now desefter win the
Retes Gen. Stevens supposing II probable that
Pollock might follow the example OF the contraband
has sent him to Hilton Head.
With Col Serrell and the two gentlemen men
t,c ed in previous letter yesterday took another
rids 10 oar outskirts, this time in south easery
direction. OF course it Is not my intention to
sdad the Rebels (whO are doubtless, dligent read
errof The TRIBUSE) any contraband Information
relive to the DISPOSITION Of forts and batteries
-touch they are respectfully requested to witt
,he1-still some admissible particulars as to the
lociity and look Of things may possess their nodi-
Gun Of interest.
,e,,ss furrowed but implanted fields, redolent OF
w,,ds and wild thyme, generally pursuing the taek
q ARROW, shallow burrows serving as drains, ana
II Iing ObHquely or traDsversely across ihem, Dy
MIN Lanes and thick hedges, with here and there a
troical.loOking palmetto marking the fultry land
tcae. This tree, by the way. ID almott invariably
II qwn as a variety Of the palm, which 1t 10, but
pealiar one. On hrst sproutlDg, iis long, narrow
ieaes fadiate from the end OF stalk IKE ian !
The IL Crows TO resemble an insane pineapple, 10
ds,lop IN time into tree with the hardest Oi rough
II ks and leaves as aforesaid, growing spiby
iI the ends Of its branches, the whole presenting
sher cabbageous rOtundity OF aspect. Reaching
ale spalsely tOIdeTed with pined and other trees,
wepresently obtained "a view OF the Rebel ceionses
snC VILLAGE Of Secessionville.
Jerc standing On the edge Of the eaItbem parapet
With partially buried some Of the trunks ot tIe
rToing trees Of TIE hedge, Or from the summit 81 "a
hy oak, eXtempoGiLed into an observatory by
mems OF q rough ladder, We could command AZ,
e1tlent view az certainly not more than mile
sgti halls distance. In front lay rushy swamp,
spimetto or two marked the middle distance, aud
te,nd WA the lire Of the eneiny's Entertainments,
tbeicbel tower SecessiOnville, with flag lying
On tallest hOuse, and 10 the night, Fort Sumter.
Soehoyg, failed to ob-erye the latter until my
desent from the tree, when was taken through a
gam The adjacent hedge, and bidden LOOK over inc
low marshy ground on the rght--nothing else
micyehing-tO the south-west. Then the neaIness
81 ne famous foIt surprised me. 1t rose from the
wartime Of The haIbJr distinct and massy, ominous
81 ern opposition 10 be encountered and bloody
"oS TO be done before the Stars and Stripes should
sollant their bastard lmitator then fouting the
suehl' Opposite, on the further side OF the chan
pei Out inst Ie.leptible, behind the sand-lills Of
S1LVan leland, was MOultre, an old fort Of the
aOan isshion, and the village Of Moultrieville
= " o9lsloe the harbor bar rode our blockading
=, e'61' VI Yen steamers at anchor OF the flood Of
remembrance.
when LAD last looked On Charleston harbor il
"affom me deck Of vessel stean.inp notbyard.