Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-14

tNfoF tAN1 lhoh fOhI hOGAL.
, A Portion of the Gharies.sa and Sa yanaah
Railroad Destroy I'd = Offensive Opera.
tioRs tontem plated hy fae kebels-Tke
New Ram and the Fis.aI 10 csne sat.1
The u. :. runboet western World, whfch ar
rived n: New York on Thursday from Port
Royal. sriBgs tho toIlo wing Information: -. "a
The s;"sms, Planter, which Ma ssiz,d by
SInatl, tisr negro, from the rebels a Charleston,
last spnpg, had saiied vida go Rhode Island
troops 10 tear up fhs rails on th, harles ton aad
savannah rsi'road. This eapsdi t,cn met with
The rails ioT SOME distance were rSmoyed.
&Ho the 'el'Eraph wires cut. Every pr.caution
vas iaktii 70 prevent the reb'i pickrfs on the
shore giving information Of the stitrrppsr
ne Iaui Jonts was the f.ag-sh ~ ON tn ocea-
sioll, and h"r launch succ.a-d..tl in capturing
r'b'i heuirnant and the pick ts under his CON-
land. 10 ....."- -
Soon after the rails werr torn nm. = train vr.x
Observed coming down the line VITA ordinary
Si'e', Filled with a regiment from 9eorsia.
J. ,4F troops ilr"d on them, and -oon after erwaras
10y rcceiNed, the deadly compliments of a
hove I'zrT ana n shower II baus from the run
I hcats meas and Patroon, witch had arrived
IL ato the work. The train was stopped by the
. "hgi;!s'"r. v frD was after ards killed and the
T. htis retIeated towards Charleston. Suhse-
lnenry lmmense r-lnforcernents came down
al" iihe tor the enemy. which cempetied our
troops "a retreat to the Planter. The coiers OF
ne Georgia regiment 9gd SCI verssl pieksts were
cantuieG on ihis occasion.
TIE Western World. while ~ OSAKA s,rfore
piocH'.dlnc 10 Port Royal, took a reb 4 dss-rter
from tie runhoat Wiss.lhlckon. He stated thai
a. was member OF a great battery on thc shore
guarding the pgeechee River. which contained
'F'o rifle, guns of long range. and eight tru
'hch guns that the artilleTlsts there were re-
du'ea 10y dysentery, ia eonsequ nee of the
S'arci'y 9i nourishing di-t. that hominy and
: aier THREE times daily formed their raj ,ue:
a"d ia" Battery could b. easily taken The
dcscrer arpear,d d 10 be thorcng gtiIY con ve-sant
IN ahalrs IN reb-ltiom. He stafed that the
>ifaniei. Nashville was n ing "A short distances
Seohv lie tarechee hati'-rt, and that workmsn
N-Ir engaged IN removing her machinery and
. bc'i'fs. " Ll'b were 20 be placed an one OF the
rams now being completed nj Sayauulh One
r"ii, aDd 1Seauregard, on the 18th instant. WAS
i'' ara Z" say. be would make an attack on, ard
capture Fort fulas ki in "a days from sila; time
L Er r'tel STEAMER fingal was bring fitted ont
q $40 the ram In tlis aftempt-in order 10
Guard The onter approaches 70 the Savannah
hlNtf. lie also reported that there was TIVE
large iron rams additional in the port of Saynu-
nah, which was Icing rapidly made ready for
sea.
This dcsrrter effected his escape from the
Battery by lying three days and nights i'm the
aaJoining marshes. He was AT one time, ac-
- IofsinC 10 ms own report, a member Of the
New Ori"ans Emmett Guard. and In the be-
Fli ming o. tho war was clerk 10 Beauregard
ID" offi,e OF the gunhoai Western World
dehNtI.c him over TO Commodore Dupont at
iort Royal who, IL Is stated, placed rrliance
CD hls information.
ST. Catherine Island has been eyacuafed nv
The rebels-who took their negroes with them.
killing Two who refused 10 20.
The health Of the troops ~ Port Royal was
good