The national Republican., 1862-10-02
FULL ARTlCULARS OF REBEL RAMS
CORrRUCrikG AT SAVANNAH
AND CHARLESTON.
DEfENEs OF MOBILE, SAVANNAH AM
CHARLESTON.
sAILiM MASTER OF THE NASHVILLE
CAPTURED.
HOW CHARLESTON AND FORT SUMTER
LOOK.
PoRr ROYAL, September 26.

The gallant Mitchell" had become household
word withbem. He made al eloquent speech
ou taking command, during the delivery Of
which tc was warmly applauded.
A fev days after his arrival, Gen. Mitchell
yisI,edtort Pulaski, and inspected the works,
expressing sntirs satisfaction with the condi-
ton Of saairs shere.
rh LATE LtFARs on sr. JoHN's RIVER.
The rebels having erected battery on e
high Nuf on st. Johns river, the gunboats
Uncas and Psal Jones have been continually
shel,ine them ont, but without any definite re.
suit as .et
GOVERNOR sTANLY.
The vAshIDgton correspondent Of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, under date Of Sep.
tember,s, writes ss follows:
"Goernor Stanly Is believed 10 have left
here satisfied with the emancipation pr0clama'
ton, he 10 COZ adent that before the lst day
OF nex January North Carolina will be In good
States, which 40 the document goes on 10
say sail be deemed conclusive evidence
tha. s,rh State and the people thereof are not
iheu iurebellion against the United States
II Ia ex,ec,ed that Missouri, Kentucky, Tennes-
sec, snl Louisiana will also thus be exempted
from tle proclamation Of liberation, with which
the nes year ID 10 be ushered In"
TIE NASHVILLE.
lern that the Nashville Ia al present pen.
nd I'd by three gunboats, ut the Railroad
wharf on the Great Okeechee river. There 10
40 oos.bls chance for her 10 escape, one of the
gunbo,ts being stationed at He'll Gate, another
at Bi1ards Island, and another 10 the centre
Of the liver channel
CAP1UM or THE CHIEF OFFICER or THE NASH.
VILE AND KATE
JobI NJ. Susscn, lsec chief officer Of the
steaus Nashville, aud more recently Of the
Kate, las been captured, at last, on a pilot
boat, while attempting to run the blockade.
a, viii be sent north, 10 day, by the keystone
St IL, which vessel will also take out Admiral
Dupon. and Commodore Rogers, who go al.
r.ctly 10 Washington for special Instructions
relative 70 the management Of the fleet, now
greatly increasing In our Gulf stations.
have had conversation with Susson, aud
be states that he had command Of the Nash.
vile, and ran the blockade with her several
tim 0. She only carries one gun on her fore
c,stle, and generally crew Of from thirty five
to forty men. Captain Gooding, a merchant
seaman, has command Of the Nashville, and IL
daily watching for an opportunity 70 escspe
wi6 her. Suson, previous 10 bis capture, fsft
Oaeba, on the Georgia coast, In command Of
,hs'ksts, having been traa.frrred from the
Nashville On the Path Of last July, and vent TO
Nassau, N p. He ran ont at high noon, In tie
sight Of three blockading vessels. On reach
ips Nassau. be at An Toned the Kate, and, taking
command Of q pilot boat, attempted to run To-
10 Charleston, when he and bis party were cap.
;ured. They we're taken TO Port Royal as
prisoners ot war.
REBEL RAMS BUILDING.
The rebel ram, Fingal, building at Savan
nah, will coon be completed, and when her
iron plating is finished, tLe will be fully equal
in point OF strength 10 tho Merrimac. She was
an English irou steamer, and ran the blockade
lat sprns, aud on this account, Is much
stronger than ordinary vessels, being ron.
braced in every part. She was bu.lt q, Gree.
rcck, 10 England.
The rebels have Gu! this vessel down ra2 as
ing her some eight GerI, ald widening erby the
10 reduction OF sight feet 1f white OAK IN either
side, boiled on, and tue iron plating is bcltcd
and rIvsted to this. TIL whole vcssel IL rooted
over With ir9r, nu IT,, atna principle az that
evident In tho construction OF the Meriimac.
she Ia p-ovi,!ad with eisLthuudred horse.
power, double o.oillatinS engines, and will te
! troblesoma cnsto,ler, IL -is Is ever allowed
/, 90. out from TIC Savannah river.
rhs ram Gsorgs, tir1 building at Savannah,
aud the Palmetto State, commonly called the
Ladies' Gunboat, and third (nsme unknoWnJ
building at Charleston, will probably prove
failures. Tho reason why one Of these gun
boats haa tho cognomen Of the Ladics' Gnn
boat H. that 1t has been built chiefly from snail
contributions by the Southern L1dies The
rebels report that thsse gunboats were of little
account all along. but il must be remembered
that they cried "fsilnre' up to the very day
that Buchanan brought the invulnerable Nor
rip,ac out into the Hampton Roads, and spread
CONSERVATION over tho whole country.
pEPEScEs OF CHARLEsToS AND SAVANNAH.
These Two cities are being newly fortified
continually. The work In the trenches Is done
by thousands Of poor slaves, the white meu
having all enlisted and are now under arms,
The whole quarter Of the city Of Charleston
which was destroyed by dre last spring, aud
the squares and streets, are oil defended by
riff pits, so that the people may have the I'm
pressiuu that the city itself would be defended
to the last even after the national troops may
enter It. All the corner houses Of the streets
are fl,ted ND as block houses and barricades
from which riff ,men will FIRE upon the Yankees,
provided they do not shell the city In advance
and burn 1t down.
Charleston Bay is obstructed directly across
the shipway with piles, flre.raitp, &C., In order
to keep vessels from entering. When vessel
runs the blockade one Of The RATS Ia removed,
and abe Is allowed to pass In, when the vacuum
10 at once Filed up with the raft removed.
1t is impossible 10 tell the exact number oi
men forming the garrison of Fort Sumter, ss
/. II used Us sort Of school for the instruction
OF green troops, and the force Is continually
being changed from the fort to other points
The petty officers and prlvates In the fort are,
for the.m part, composed OF Germans and
Frenchmen together with criminals Of all sorts
Three gunboats are also guarding the tar'
bsr Of Charleston, mouhting three nlne.inch
guns, and one riasd pivot each. They have nc
masta, and are to he used az ram guhboats, and
for the immediate defence Of the city. These
are called the I" blood-tubs' of the harbor, aud
are bntt for the jokes and jibes Of the citi-
zenB.
CHARLESTON WILL FALL.
Everybody seems to think that Charleston
will soon be attacked, and that Gen. Mitchell
is mnturng his plan for its capture. In the
Charleston Mercury Of the 22d learn that our
troops had appeared in force on Broad river
Although have been here for some months
of course know nothing publicly Of anything
hat Ia going on In the planning way, ] may
express the opinion OF all here by saying thai
the flag will soon again wave over Sumters bat
Elements, without causing any detrimont ever
to the most delicate Government interest.
SUFFERING IN THE s. UTH.
The rebels In Charleston and throughout tbt
South are certainly suffering for many Of thu
necessaries of life, but this Is Just the reason
than hardar than auor