The New York herald., 1862-10-02
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Our SssssoA Head Correspondence.
HnraH HKAo, y T.. Sept. rs 1661.
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Cax,we Of an tFor'g ne Rashsssse, ee., &c.
Tho gunboat Keystone state, Commander Ie Roy will
leave this port to-day Philadelphia long service with
South Atan%c squadron rendering some ro
pairs to her machinery. Admiral Dupont ana iiset
Captain Rodgers win 80 home in her. Their mission
doubtless has reference the winter campaign and 70
the future movements Of the fleet now here.
Naval matters assuming lively character ana the
largo number Of vessels coDgregating on the Southern
coast gives ground the opinion that the government
oontcmplasss an early advance CHARLESTON or
Savannah. Admiral Dupont 10 anxious " undertake
tAc reduction Of elther Of these places, pro.
yided has the support VI one or two Tonciaus ana
land force suitable strength. without such aid an ad
vance would be extremely hazardous, especially ~ unn
sua has been given to the forfcaons Of both
Savannah and Charleston, and each fairly prstles with
batteries.
Admiral Dupont unm,sakable ana positive informa
tion Of the condition the rebel gmea she will be
completed during the coming month"; and WIN BE- ofa very
form ,dabe shsractcr The Fnga you recolleet WIS
Glasgow screw steamer. but few weeks out Of the
docks when she the blockade, ana whom her meta
morphoss shall havo been effected will undoubtedly be
nearer TO success than any naval attempt OF the Con
fedcra,es has hitherto been. In size and ehape
she viii De similar 70 the Aerrimac, and
on account OF the extra pains taken in
rebuilding her will it 10 thought, be even more for
midable az engine of than her predecessor Of
Hampton Roads.
Though Admiral Dupont xpcc!s eventually 10 confront
this monster he expresses no msgyings as 70 the result
contest He 10 confident OF his ability TO sink or de-
sroy her with the wabash alone To this end his noble
flagship kept night and day in readiness for action,
with springs on her cables her steam up and her i'm.
spar deck battery and hundred FOUNDER
rDed Parrot guns double ehotted The keenest yig-
lanco is maintained land and shore, and
with warm reception stll I can detect on
nearly every hand q nervous anxiety a. to what will be
the work she viii accomplish and the fate she will re-
ceve
Fort Pulaski which visited the other day, has been
entirely repaired with the exception Of few marks Of
the shell upon its faces. II mounts now extraordinary
number OF guns the heaviest Of which turned toward
Savannah and bear upon the northern channel It's
rison is composed Of nine companies Of the Forty
eighth New York And one company OF the Rhode Island
artilery-the latter under command Of Captain Could
This officer that it impossbity for the Fin
gal pass the fort without being disabled by its
| guns.
Georgia, which wrote you two months since She has
been proclaimed TO be failure, and did undoubtedly dis
appoint the ardent hopes Of her builders and their back
hanng her. and will persevcrng and untring energy
accomplish anything yet make Of her powerful
in Charleston employing between three and four hundred
laborers in their completion Reports to their condi-
tion vary but they create nothing of nneasiness
part
wrote you by the Arago OF the activity Of new
commander, and Of the rapdity with which he madc
| himself acquainted with, and gained the confidence
Of, his troops Already he has organized and sent on
expedition composed Of 500 well drilled troops who
have long been spoing for fight" They embarked
Monday but not permitted to give their destination,
TO ailude 20 the work they 70 accomplish ill
shall have succeeded or failed md General Mitchell
opinions on this point very tightly drawn and differing
widely from those OF General Hunter He is unwilling
tina. III: rebels should through any source obtain nte
them when he is least expected and TO strike where
blow will most effectively fab.
the charge Of the negroes aud plantations TO Captain
Moore, his chief of staff General Mitchell scnt for the
two ago, and the management OF the contrabands
the subject Of lengthy ersaton lam informed that
feeling either side General Mitchell expressed himself
decidedly opposed the which had hitherto been
hnd with whatever might conduce % their elevation
their comfort but hs should not forget that his first duty
was 70 the soldiers Of his command, nor that II was i'm
possible TO place the blacks footing with them The
work Of caring for the contrsbands must be alicgeth
| er . secondary matter, while the putting down
est object General Mitchell, however, is an abo.
| Itonist--I might almost say annihilating aboli-
war and hence as deserving ot the most isnominous
end. His position Is not based upon the humanits ian
notions Of Hunter and French, but solely upon military
The keystone State win convey to Philadelphia AZ a
acer Of she rebel steamer NASHVILLE he wss csp,nrea
while endeavong 10 enter Charleston In charge OF
small schooner from Nassau The Nashville still lies in
the Ogeechee river behind tho powerful battery at Gene
There 10 rumor tha, Captain Charles E. Fuller for.
rsusated in his old p0rton with the rank Of isuiensn,
colonel.