The New York herald., 1862-03-07
Our ship Isla..,a Correspondence.

at ninety Eve degrees in tho shade.
Our ship IsI; md correspondence.
CAMP CossTnrTIrY, I
SUP ISLAND, Miss, FEB 22, lSc2. !
Celebration Of Washing tons Bithdap-EGciency Of The
r. oors-nsceF.on OF the NeHs of Ms Unioa Titorie--
Arrival Of Mails and Paynsasers-iforeneas Of Ncoal
Vess 1.-The Niagara Gong 10 Neo YorI-Capsure Of
the Rele .seonsr MagneIic and Letd Oyste Fie DC.
Tho United States steam transport Saxon, from Boston
the 9th inst, arrived here yesterday mornings with
sixty thousand ratons for TIC New England division and
os sic leaves for Boston this afternoon seize tho oppor
trnity to send letter by her.
Yesterday Brigadicr General Phelps issued the follow
ing ORDER
SnP ISLAND Miss, Feb. 21 1852.
Tomorrow being the bir 10y OF Washington. and the
rcceat glorious OF the government ms over Tho
coAslraors n Kentucky giving new assu ances that the
blessings Of these free Ls: tons corl medand estAb
liz he'd by him tin to be to future genera
and will he C lobratad by national salute. The
troops will form at hill past e!evon O'Clock a. H. on
the respective parade sroads under arms AT meridian
the santc will commence at the fort Iuring tic rst
thirteen guns the bands will play "fia CoGmbia," and
during the last twenty guns Inc Star Srangei Can.
rcr At the copci' sion OF the salute the companies will
march their q tcrs to the tune OF "Yarkee oodle,
and all atigro abos and dr!ls for tho day will cease
J, W. PHI LIPS, Brigadier General Commanding
In acco darco with the above "crcular tie guns at
the fort rcsoundcd at con with saves in hn''r o. hin
whose be dil,lsu, so. though The glv
reus fabric; to the establishment Of Which his pure and
nob.c lie was sven may crumblc iEto iratricida r
Tie m.sc by the excellent bands Of the Twenty Sixth
Massachl ard Ninth Connecticut regiments and the
laradc Of the troops place ordered BY General!
helps. Tie nagships Niagara ard Hartford also fire
rscrll sal"cs ss r,on. at s.nrieo This morning the
ching Of cannon on Ia, main land CT Mississippi S
ard on Slip Island showing thai evcr. tho rebels have
lot ceased TO verorato tho of Inn who has evc
bcea "1rst in the hearts Of his countrymel.''
Tho troops becoming thoroughly domestiCa,e ed on
the island, and delighted with tie genial climate
They have company drills every day for several hou.s,
ard will shortly commerce In regimen al am brs sade
n vcments. Tic officers a. indc sabo in tLer efforts
to develop, thu admirable rateral Of their spectvc
m:nands. A dress pa adc is spectacle that would
not disgrace Broadway the Boston Comm and their
proficiency Las been nred by riac les on soil whore
the nj IL deep and soft to render battalion move
N. IS difficult in the extreme
BY the rel el steamer Magnolia w.ch brought In
hcrc tho 2Hh learned Of thc splendid Union vcto
ries in Kentucky and ut Roanoke Is and. IT
Eicatcd to the soldiers and was received by them with
great enthusiasm. Every hca,t ci ceI cd and
age. by IT, General helps has been in state VI almost
,Dal!cyed happiness ever since. Whatever may b.
thought Of tho Generals radica ism,
with him half hour, and watch his conduct in CAM,
wi!hat conceving the highest esteem for him rs good
man carEcst h nest pst.ot and thorough sodicr.
The tn-cc men, oil whom wrote in my last as having
sit tho 'aid ia beat. have not returned, aad have
T!N Sniiagc dc Cuba arrived here 0,. the 18th ins
fom Key Wcs. b.iasinr tho mails Of h Pensacola aud
End their assistants, Licuonants Mo?rc AMI Tarbox
They will pay ca the troops at .h:S rsint.
Mr.. tsa $, Bake, the agcat of the Adams Express
o. p,. ,.ad his ASSISTANT Ho W. Bates have o..
taLlislod themselves here, and go aready dcng an OK
cc)cnt tasircss in their line This ehier rise !s hsil.
with great satisfaction by all on the slaud and is regard.
ei lerv .f the most cesi.abc nsttltons OF the
rost Nec-rs Blake CaSs have tho good wishes
Of s ~ ccrs enc fcldicrs by tacr rrbany ana read
ts 70 ipist all "ess,ry inorna'i N in regard 70 ,h
shil ment OF money ana freight.
Ism rclr stcd to say hat in tho iaattcr OF sending
le.os t, Ship Island II wous be wcil Tor all WHO arc
with to their fr.eds here 10 js. leave the mslns OF
ya.ce 10 tho Jtdgmcnt OF tho Posi- .hice Depart
mcnt. In such 'ss the ettc will b. sent S. Moper
vessel and viii be mdh sur,r freiching their desspa
Il n than Ii mark q PEI 0so ship Or another.
ship slid oa,.s daily pres varied sccne. Shi,s
ara grnboas constantly arrvn, and departing coasli
trte an object OF interest in thcmse vts.
On the afternoon CT the 20 TIC sCop OF Hartford
arrg cd and tho transfer OF authority from Coniiodoc
KEN, Of the Niagara 10 CJmmoscro iuragu', the
liar, ord. took p:acc. Tho Ngglra'wih ny for NV
York probably Monday OF tuesday stopping n. Kcy
Wcst. iIcr b,ilers ve.y bId condition. md rho
will be obliged to rcpai: in Ne~ York before taking
oto.r cruise.
Tie gunboa, II. r. Cuylr, Captain Francis winsiow,
lct hero yesterday morning for Key WcsI ealing at
racdolo Sic,. on is u DO III, Fig OGicc-. Com.
m dorc McS,an viii ps9nasly SO on bcasd
TO flagship Until tbs san Jscto arrives, when she
vii! be made tho nis hip. The eastern dis.n OF thc
Gu sqra 'ren comp ail saiions eas. ship and
n le wes,er; d.s isi,n, OF which Commodore Faragm
is the Flag Occr comprises ship Island Roads aud all
west. Commoiore ia.ragut is very Highly SPOKEN Of.
annex an atc,rnt cr tue capture cr splcn n prize
By the gubosI soah Citoaa, W. IT, Hopkins L,u .aan,
Commands ~ and alo thc capture Of a oys.cr leei
by the New London, Captain .lblcr Eta'.
CAPTURE OF THE i,.:BLL STEAMER MAGS5iii
On the morning OF the 10Th ns at about half ssst six
eacck, as The scop-ov ar Brooklyn CAPT T. T. ceavcn
was lsS... " P: IGyIrs a. lbs r.c.ts Of ts A.si.
sp,i, she saw stca, ctias col OF the Fass and make
fr tho eastward She immedate; gave chase, ard iol.
lowed her closely until late in tho aftornoon when the
rebel steamer roing tic Brooklyn gaining her,
in close to tho land, for tbs purpose Of getting into
-mttaor water. where she could make better time. As
Iar az the rrookyn was corcsrncd this proved polite
measure FOR the rsbcl gained rapidly her pur-
suer, ard wogd In all probability have escaped: but
subsequent events proved that Ia avoiding Scyla sc
met her .Chary biis AS sho approached the Danphn
land Pass oil Mobile bay, the gtnboat South ina
saw nor and headed her OIL hiring several sl~ll ut her
fhc South Carolina came U? with tho rebel abot six
O'Clock in tho evening and boarded and secured bcr
tho was round to be thc Magnolia, a large sdewhgsl
steamer, almost built by Vanderbilt q, Now Yo
for the suuthcgn Scamshp Company and bound from
New orleans % Havana Nth heavy cargo Of cotton
no Asnol.l left New Orlcdsa with about fourteen hun
drei-bscs ,r ccI.oa, but tbs crew had thrown the
deck l,ad--coi sisli Of some two hundred and Nifty
bales Of cotton-te tighten tho vesscl they had also
thrown over fine sun for tho same purpose. Tho
riding cers fonnd the snip ON lire, and were three
hours in cxingushng The faics.
Tho captain WIN. S. shannon Of Now Orleans former
ly OF Phi adephis AID crew. and two pasccugers--in
ali tweity.olc rcrsons--were made pr oners. The
captain aud FIRST gnccr, bling perfectly desperate,
were double roned and the prize was hen towed into
ship Isnn Reads ard dclivcrerto tho lns officer Com
roloro Ac. can, tho ncSt day, the goth Tho Masno-
la will probably be- sowed To Koy West by te Niagara,
he aEo resp, oil FOR to North, and sh. VIII hen be
repaired and rs,d in the ice gunboat. she 10
vol adapted FOR tho purpose, being capable Of sxtccn
keots, end when light drawig only i've and ha'fee
Cf wa,cr Win her full cargo Of cotton she rev only
eight feot aud half.
Tie valuo OF tho vessel and rargo--clcycn hunjrc
and seventy bales "a cOiion--is estimated at .
quarter OF million Ct dollars The de- pcratlon OF her
oics Is striking Illustration OF tho terrible earnest
nc Of tho foe with whom We hsvo to deal Tie owners
Ct tho crtton agreed with cagain Shannon that he
should deliver his cargo to the Snecs at f1ynaa or
in tho cnt Of lis nrdng carurc inevitable, he should
destroy the chip. The reward cf a succc sful ss,c cf
the enterprise was % be enc thousand dollars moro tina
his paw Whom Captain shannon that thera was no
h N oschnc from th, south Car0lina 10 bod tLc cn