The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-01-21

night Was fast approaching. the bugle
sounded The recall Of eur ,roog-. and hos.
tllities suspended tor the pighl Al dark
i WAS reported from thorv that our los
was one Killed and seven wounded, while
that q the enemy was no, asccnaincd Tor
they sent flag q truce Cor permission 20
carry away their dead ana aound 4. bur
their loss must have b. en- considerable lot
genllemaa ou board, visited the held to-
day and saw the ieartpf ifre,s OF roHsH
shot, he reported seeing par's Of bolis.
aud pieces 81 fe.h scattered about. aud al.
20 Two gtaves where our own sohliers had
buried Two Of the enemy found on the fell.
We anchored near the ierry Tor the night,
and sen, the howitzers IL IN the boat on
,hor'. to protect the army during the night,
f,r the enemy in large numbers wrre ly.
ing in the edge OF the woods u Ia IL Ills.
lance of. However nothing took place
except little diminishing beIN cen the
picAets, until morning when il WAS brliev-
ed The enemy was reinforced. as they con-
menced moving down. As it WIS useless
iol Our little iorc,s to contend, with such
odds against them, they commenced cross
ing the ferry back to the is and. and going
on boald the transports again, and Il en-
lhe gun boats began Smelling the wood.
right and LETT where The enemy were |, ing
IN amb sh, rs reported by llie pickeis.--
W. could not see the eilcl, OF our she'll,
only that they were seen TO burst IN the
proper place and with great violence, 20
that thcy must have disturbed the ch,val-
~ 10 somc extent Yesterday forenoon
We heard heavy firing just around the point
above here, from the gun boats Seneca aud
Ellen, that hal gone up Broad river o co.
operate with US, but meeting small bat.
terry IN process OF erection, they shelled
out the rebels and took possession, captur-
ing one large gun and few field pieces,
together with quantity of amunitior,
rebels were seen IN large fierce in the re r,
but fled in great haste after the first shell
had dropped among them. SO this morn.
ing the latter vessel steamed up to the fer
ry and assisted in Smelling the woods. We
changed the direction Of our fire occasion.
ally according TO signals from Zen. Stevens
who was notified Of The movements OF the
enemy, Ivy our pckets, Al noon the troops
were all across aud the pickets recalled.
they firing the buildings as they Jeff, so that
nothing remains but the bLlckened ruin. |
OF the fine mansions Of yesterday, and the
ferry house too is now a heap Of ashes
Our men reduced The emhankm~nt thrown
up at the terry house, and brought away
a heavy field gun, the only one left by the
rebels.
This ferry leads from Port Royal Island
to the mainland, and all the travel 10 and /
from Beaufort comes by this route. The
ferry itself consists VI 4 causcway about
half n.ie III length, extending from the
firm land on each side, out TO the channel
where the piers are ABBOTT seventy or eigh-
ty yards apart, and the boat is worked
back and forth between them by means Of
a rope A few buildings are ON either
side Of the river, and good roads extending
to Beaufort on the one side and out IN the
country toward the railroad on the other.
We are nom aLoui eight miles distant from
The Charleston g. Savannah Railroad, ten
miles from Beaufort, and 20 from Hilton
Head, having penetrated 30 far int the
interior OF South Carolina. Farther than
this the enemy have greatly the advantage
unless we have much larger force, for,
by means OF the railroad they can bring nm
army Of 10000 TO 10000, or even more
rom Charlcstou aud Savannah, and drop
hem any where along lis route at few
hours notice. What the next move will
Dr., know not. bul will write you again
I ANYTHING interesting occurs soon. III
, lew minutes We are off Tor Beaufort again
md then 10 Port Royal.
Yours IN haste, Fer.
81 Company w. sharp Shooters,
CAsP or INSTRUCTION.
WAsHIAcIoN. h. C.. Jan. IL, 1862.