The New York herald., 1862-09-10
NEWS FROM PORT ROYAL.
Our Hilton Head correspeaAsnee.

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Dersytsre Of Geaerals Hssr aad Sarsos TIE North
What They Haze Achievcd-A Singular Coincidnce-
Ossqf the Boats Of the Morgan F1eThe Steamer KGr.
nak-DeatA Of q Cagymdm-- Health of ne Troops. dc.
The arrival OF the navy transport Massachusetts, at
late hour yesterday developed another experiment In the
Department Of the South. We must get along without
our undica generals. Hunter and Saxton bid adicu 70
Hiltd Head at Ave O'Clock to-nightthe former to come
no more back the recruit hts health and return
Each with him the greater portion Of his STAFF and,
In view Of the active operations in field further north,
II is possible that may either again. Gene
raj Hunter goes home con eave" but rs his desire to
have hand whatever fights may be In prospect around
Washington and, as the government has been closing
money on him. since be has been In this depart
meut is to be hoped that his wishes may be grasd
In the profession or arms Is reckoned able
Let him bc placed in position stick his professon
and he may yet be Of service TO his country.
AS General Hunter reres, General Brannan succeeds,
By virtue Of his rank to the conand Of the Depart
ment Of the South The country will hnd in
him an earnest, gallant soldier, and : shrewd
and sensible manager Of the arduous task committed to
his hands The headquarters Of the department win
continue at Hilton Head.
Rear Admiral Dupont came shore to-day to pay his
respects General Hunter with whom he has been on
most cordial tsrs since the haters advent last spring
Il may mot bs generally that forty years ago.
when the youthful Dupont negotiating TO get out OF
the Military Academy young David Hunter was making
his nrst cruise . midshipman in the United States
Navy Each dlsatised with the branch Of the SER
vce which he originally entered, and each obtained
transer Since then each has risen shs foremost rank
in his profession, and what II remarkable, they
have been allotted labor side by side in the putting
down o. this rebellion. What Of success has
attended their efforts you well know. 10 Dupont all
look as OF the ablsst In the navy, while the gal
antry and fearlessnees Hunter obscured by his
wild and fanaca course with regard 10 the manner Of
should be glad 10 accompany General Hunter fhaye
reason believe that he will have another command and
to expect hard fighting In the Geld to which he
is going but where the lighting q the newspaper gentry
are excluded, and so remain on Gideon's footstool-
S a; esv Sn cannot m. ,ss. 81 Sasn
tyr as Elder French says, have been planted here"
Just my only occupation will b TO watch the state
BY the steamer Neptune which arrived from Fortress
Monroe few days since there TO Port Royal
aged Cuban planter named Jean Charrand, armed with
portfolio OF documents from Washington, and seeking
entrance to the rebel lnes for the recovery OF his
wife and children. BE has not seen them since the
bouts or their condition since then He obtained the
permission he sought, and yesterday LETT for Fort Puas
k whence he win be sent forward under cover Of nag
The Official report Of Colonel Barton dssignatss tho
steamer burned In the Savannah river Sunday
Ing rs the Emma He states that the entrance 70 tho
river by the way OF Catalogue Sound Is guarded by
and has e sDeed
and light draft With this miniature n.ofwar
pedtion TO Bluton made Saturday last, and the
rebel camp at that point was thoroughly sbeled out
She has already, within the past few days, caused
general skedaddle among the rebel rinemen Dawfus
kie Island, who had evidently intended pick of
pilots and thus virtually blockade the inside passage
Pulaski ~ EA 4t& tts
East river boats, which has been in the government
service since last June, was yesterday discharged.
This vessel, whose value expressed In her charter
lie pya1 fnv doy tnA
rate of $3.50 per day. the government ut the time
supplying her with coal It requires mathematician
TO calculate the ultimate result OF such charters these
To pay $50 900 for three months use OF vessel
worth only 900 and then to return her 70 her
cannot afford 70 Indulge in General Hunter has accord.
ngy declared such contracts Illegal and void, and has
ordered tho vessel TO be discharged
There was little mutiny on board the steamer Kar
max few mornings She came hithcr from Nassau
and by direction Of the medical director tug sent to
her 10 Quarantine mt II. Helena Sound. Her
refused 10 hoist anchor and placed in irons sub
soquonty the orders Of surgeon Crane were modified
and the vessel Is sl at Port Royal Some Of her men,
however, still In durance.
Tho Delaware, with General Terry and star
board, is still in Quarantine. Tho only per-
who has been allowed 10 leave her Is Dr.
Conick who Notwithstanding the fact that he had been
III with yellow fever the passage from Key West has
recovered and returned TO duty ut the latter point One
Of the passengers board the Deawarethe Rev Mr..
Miller, Episcopal clergyman. OF Baltimore--dicd on
Saturday evening last He had been invalid for
years, suffering from pulmonary consumption Some
months since he visited S. Augustine with view
store his health and on the return Of the Delaware he
embarfed with his family for the North. He buried
on Otter Island Ibis family are still board the Della
ware
the recent heavy rains, and the sick list has received
about fifty additions the LIST instant but there are
no indcations o. an epidemic, and with proper scare On
the part of officers and men, nothing OF that character
need be apprehendcd. MA
The steamer saxon, which came into port on Sunday
last with broken shaft, 10 stu here, repairing She Is
bound for New Orleans.
The acamer st. Mary is just arriving from New York