Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-11
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From .he New York TrlbuIes Special terrier yordrn,
PoRT ROYAL, March 26.-News from Charles
tim was brought this morning by the Unite,
States snnboat Fanbeau, Lieut Com,aandin,
tpshur. one OF the squadron bloekad,ng lha
rrrt | air indebted to her commanding Of
dcer Tor the following interesting details, ub
:alncd by him from party Of Eve negroes
! Ta3 escaped from the city IN tnu lis shI end il
sfEa!l beat reached the FIorida, UoDnodn.,
'1odsbosoush, yesterday morning at STE.
/ ,:se.
lhu E3g!l1t iron a,ssmat Crnn.crcr. csn",
rccT'6ars from Liverpool, arrived =: Charles
toG, March H., having rur IN bT Ret.l::..,;s:t
Sa".., ard 20 through Nafti:'G channr! 10 tnt
hara;r. Il Is to ha renembcrct' t.. his !:
! Tue po!Ht * CT nssr which The s-.:o.: s:nnt
naet wal, souE, =. rrd=r 80 prevent v.sSsr,s
Iro'u awaiting themselves ol Ike passas: IL.
~eoh the sbosi arI Log l:i.rt. Case i;
! Fss nsi,-ddus for h,ccaSui-y c=,sris lu lie
s.i!: or acco:lT, q! Us :..,ai srd 5h- hs.c...a.
o.! SHORE, Tie Jom~r, y. b.c:2h: c..;s, C!
"ooi!ef', ,s:,v1, aiils SID a1nIuul.;tica, acG is
! ;.oH osGiGg III Charleston p;:h cy.,ar, s2i!
expecting 20 r1!1 :Ar t!ocl:.a: an! ,:.u.u 10
England
/! Ine iIat.u la nTri:sh !hr-e wc.i.f since, and
| Is now loading Will ce,.un. hap:n; u, ~ III.
.;sE2r ;!irs frc ship Mackinav is siso in
port. Ioai.ig with COTTON, and bound i,.r IN
Ensl;sh port Ona orig ami two or ih.;o
schoSnare, drstlnstlon rnknowu. aye i;,sinc; in
tia s,ne Cargo. On the PSI inst. !kU sl.smer
Caroline ran in about II O'clock d. right ;.oE.
Nassau. win ~ assorted cargo. Ti:u piivt
So.: Chase srrySd OH tic satne day from toe
6slna piA2:, !radvj win ssli. The Cecil and
!he Ella Marley s:e da!iy expected. olsC frou,
Nassau-the Ella beiog tue Old Isabel. aud
hsTing Eun III and oct within lGu months,
escaping tine squadron when che lag. enlered
by Inc holp CT foS, ut ge.,irg q sEo: il her
Sta:n from tho Muhican.
1t neld not be supposed, bOTever tnAl tie
blockade OF Charleston is entirely jatif 'ctiye.
Tho nuu Der Of vessels that have suc.eedra il!
E gsttjng IN is an evidence Of the great diff cul-
les in the way ST making it perfect The
Fiorids James Adser, Sumter, Flsnoesu and
Onward arc tie present blockadins Squadron
the Flambesu being here osly foF :.oed4d re
psirs, and to return liz day or two. No Yis,
3:l5 Of any dTaught enter the l1ain ship chen-
ne Tlere the .frst stone hce. was succcss
fully sunk, and is still an etfsctual barIirsde.
Eut the skill and ingenuity OF the Charleston
pilots are very great Whoneyer vessel is
running out, small bosts precede h6y w,;h
lights alo0g Mattlts channel;; while for vessels
from The outside sisusls are arranged ur they
hsye pilots on board whose knowledge, si,i
by darkness aid log, enables thr,u TO ball.
the vigilance III tho blcckading squGiron.-
Nor is any blockade ui:un, perhaps never, So
Y,rt, l,.f c1 a,
Two !ines OF inirenchmeDts entirely sur
round the city of Chsrlc:ton. Th5 nerrea: at &
distance Of two ui!e= AID nef ths ou.er five
miles from Tho city Extensive Notifications
have bsen erected On Ashley river, three miles
distant, snd 5ucng works also on Cooper iiv.
c., four miles trom Mount Pleasant. james
Island, considered 10 cop,nand an tlpa!tan,
spprusch u tie city, Is strongly fortified ard
nuucrousiJ garrisored. Ithas long been known
that the river from Stono TO Charleston is OBJ
rtrucscd BY piles Every effort has teen and
ontlnues 10 be made TO strengthen the deiences
% ali sides and in tho Larbor. The ihmous
d>atiag battery, built and used for Tho attack
On Fort Sumter, now lies 'moored near Fort
Johnston, which. is only on open Garth, work
ltr ,R su9pcrt5shd psutecticl.
There are out two armed SteamtIS in
Charleston harbor-.the Lady Davis AID & tug
TIE former rauc down to Port ROYAL ut the
time oi the bou.5srdueGt, and, being obliged
10 ruturn by the inside passage. Was llghtened
BY tho removal of aii Ger passengers stores,
coal, ard, finally, eveu the machinery. ii. order
10 get her over shnal in one OF the lnlrts-
Strenuous efforts are making to build III :ron
clad sunboat, and every means IS reSorted 10
in oIIer 10 raise money. Concerts and the
u;rcais are inside 10 contribute, and exhlbi
tlons Of negro nlns,relsy, in which the per
formers have no need OF charcoal to sppear in
character, hss beon given for Ihs same objec:
Even slaves arc solicited for oH,tinSs. The
vessel was commenced, on: OF he negroes
thinks, three or four GAYS Siico, ano ia eX :
pcc.ed to lie ready within mGath W!ien
;ua lion *;eaIner CoMIr:rce a,!:vrG. ~ above
gated, nn the 10Th, it hss prrIsaud % pur
chase ard plate her, hut cha was la's;:j "a b-.
TO :::stt An otsr VAS Lirh Ina1e fgr i-r boil
crs snd mscbinery, which &c: -ertL. refused
Ir eoma Cb.clt ston papers iouac :: Jackson
7iiis, FloriIs, Saw :uCi srrt;a 'nIes!i :: "
:rioi!c oitY1n; ~ ovntrlbGIe ;owsrds the in:!d
iaEt; GpnbcA.s, though noting E-s .i:crs
aai3 a5o;s iron pisting-s 'ha7.s of plan, 20
iou;., dns t. tee iIcG:tor Myyt!ulsc Get--
Conrerning dis ia;iur, the GSarlc5tja papers
admitted tsa, .welye n.n we're killed On bnsto
:.!a Msrrinac, ,hat her sI1rke-s.sck We; shSt
aguv, and .tat she went in!o -'1:!2'k III
g,nAing corl.tien. Tbs hrs: report stated
tha. Uoinulaodur Buchanan TAs 1'j;'5dei the
second anIcunccd his death.
Provisions >. ue.riy every kind urc c1.rcne-
" scarce aud high. Coumon course salt
Tor,h 25 or 30 cents ia New York, wss sold
a. SIS sack tes "a 30 q pou0d bsoon a..
mos, impossible ID ue he'd a. soy price The
,nis,rsss Of vne Of these slaves ned psid $40
the daY befe.a fCr sms! ham. Ths com
,urGrst brosans, ordinarily work. rs cents 8
pair, sc:d ;or 81 aud IS, while for boots :':e
prize was $50. Two regiments from North
Carolina we're sent home q few days sinca.-
Trey were 10 PRESSED By hunger that taey
broke into the bskeres and seized their con-
ten,a, Offering North Carolina monoy IA pay
n,anL and when thai was refused as worthless
they carried OF the brzsd dcGaEtly.
Many OF tie country troops h.d died ron
the use of Erlny biscuit, and the Cotnmisasry
DsIsrtment wss obliged 20 issue corn for the
soldiers ratio15. Cotton thread is 25 cents y
SPOOL needles hundred times the usual pri e;
matches ono cent each. Very li!,lo business
is uone in the city. The stcrcs sre mostly
closed, the stock Of good being exhausted
7S:thout u,esns of renewsl
Families are constantly leaving the city Tor
:re interior, and others preparing 20 move at
me moment OF assault, /: is universally as
serted and believed that the place Is tn oe at
tacked by concerted movement OF oil sides
90 the 18th Of April, with overwhelming land
aid naval forces. The necessity Of surrender,
and the policy Of giving up the place without
lighting, snce it must eventually MN, are
openiT discussed in the city +; and it is not
long siDcs party OF officers came to blows on
the question ina public conversation. Troopa
baqc lately been sent from ChNlesson to
Georgetown, South Carolina, in expectation OF
az at,ack. Or the line of road from Charles.
ton to Savannah are sbou, 10000 troops In
rasF Of the city srs very few cannon, and only
two have been mounted
Tue Emiy ST Pierre, fne ship Of q thou
sand tons, from Calcutta, with 1000 taics 9!