Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-11
LATER IRON PORT ROYAL.

The steamer Arago arrived at N,E York on Saturday,
with dates from Port Royal to tn l,t inst The EIpeS
has the following news by her:
The new military Governor of South CiroliRa G'b'l
Rufus S,1tou has arrived at aufori, which place has
been designated his iu residence. Ttu' tar Gent
Saxon bad not issued any proclamation or made any
pontnents.
Gen Hunter is much censured by all the Officers for
his condu,t at the ba tie OF James Island
Though the withdrawal OF the troops from James Is
land il said 10 be bu, sanitary measure, is not looked
upop with much favor by the soldiers who cay that
there was 10 necessity for taking Il place at so great
a sscr fee Of human life, aud giving 1t up nov.
All the hospitals a, Hilton Head filed with the
sick and wounded, but the mortality does not exceed
Eve per day Chiefly wounded the weather Inducing NOR
,6csucn OF the wounds All the available transports
are bei, o got ready to take the wounded men North
hilton Head il oyerrIn with as, which peaetrate
eye-yhpg With their stugs arc thus iaF remedy Las
been o. any avail.
The femt us negro brigade remains quartered at Hi
ton Head on Gln. Drsytons plantation. lew men
arc daily sent to the Head working party, but it Is
said tia; this pan would scon be abandoned.
xcLILLLE's INTERvIIw WITH FATrERsoN-A PICTURE OF
YANKEE ARMY.
We COPY the following from the Maryland News Sheet
of the sn;
The correspondent of the New York Iribuas writing
from Harr soL Landing the ~ inst describes Gen.
Mcclellan az coming board the mail boat greatly per
turned Gen Mcclellan" are told, "met Gen. Pat
tersou AZ he stepped on board laid his hand on his
shosd ,r aud took MIN in hurried manner into the att
cabin or ladies' )ou. "A he went in be beat the cir
with his right hand cenchcd, from which all present ill.,
Gsrred there was bad neRs' To the establishment Of
the writer il subsCq lenty explained that the whole
army Of the Potomac lag stretched along the banks oil
the river Hhere Jay, having iorgt their way oil thro
| from Fair Oaks a distance Of thirty miles General
Mcclellan however cliimed that HE troops "had fought
the Confederatts in superior numbers every day for
week and whipped them every time" To question as
10 the location Of certain divisions and their Generals
the answer they scattered every where, but
nevertheless iu q solid compact body; aud In ply to
another remark il said Sha. want is fresh men,
they'-the troops-"Are worked to death" The des-
c1pion OF the roope, dead level on the banks OF
the river covered from head foot and up to their
knees In mud 10 the soft moist alluvil soil 10 painfully
graphic Under some which lay 10 clusters, the
men we're crouched They lJoked says the writer, as
| il they were moredea tban alive They we're covered
| to the crown OF the heal with mud their faces and
clothes we're tea coiie1 while their sloes AMI boots
had vera pounds of the nasty, yeloS stuf into and
all around them" But the were safe for the pres
en ald ready to fight again. If reinforced. The safety
Of tie army is however by no assured il We may
credit the STATE made by this writer. He tells
that he enemy lie in large force the east side OF the
Obickabouiny AID threatens not oily hcOeaos right
| wing out the navigator OF the james river. Toe
construction OF batteries interrupt the naviga
ZION Of the river would b laying direct siege 10 hcOe
lane position and would pac; his army In critical situA
ton"