New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-24

IND sbip coupht glimpse Of her and hred gun Or
= s;craI 70 the Mobicap, Capt. Godor, who instantly
.inpsd lis cable, and being unable TO see either The
Roebuck or the IsaJel, stood across tie channel 10
Inherent the latter. Az soon as TIE rebel steamer
loaned through the fog, and saw the Mohcan she
wore shin TO escape. but finding that the Moiican
.lousr than abe WAS stood in again for the har
bor. Cart Godon being unable to overhaul her win
his ship, tried Der with she'll, orc OF when stfueA ncr
in the stern and opened it nearly down 70 tne "ae'
With this me mer to she succeeded IN getting H.
| TIE Savannah Republican thereupon ralher OK
ultiprly axis "wbat has become OF the twenty one
Yaul ee wlalers Just sunk in the main channelf'
Only sixteen were sunk, but those, so far I'd can be
Judged, have done their duty remarkably well Inc
bulks have disappeared below the water exactly AS
il was hoped they would, and nothing remains to IN
dicate the SPOT where they lie, or in any way marx
out channel About them the sand has gathered
and lifted toe bar in separate crests and scattered
mounds, which soorer or later msy swallow the
sbips. but only to make tie blockade more perma'
penty eectual The Isabel entered DOT by f'ns' Out
either by the North or Mathis Channel. Ste could
not have got in at all but for The fog, and when one
of these channels also is blocked by another sunken
fleet she cannot hope to escape by any such help us
carried her in.
There il little Of Interest in the Savannah paper,
except an advertisement which announces, IN SUB
stance, that tire city il under martial law, and part
of which | copy.
"CoxrEnERArx Sr.rrs or AMETc.,
"HEsDeUAHIEns MiL!r.Ri nstT, to- ~ a. I1Si
ESPECIAL ORDER No. 396.-From AID after The
third Day Of Jspusry s2 no person Il her cysn or .s
der wall be permitted 70 rnter or 50 out Of te o, %
,suuah rs the esers raj roads OF other r'ue' "i'nou
ysss the proper authorities =, a., lit,
the ,esef. count, yrsct u the Inferior Court
Oeei, srd .o'aIss 80. De is spt aud eemp.nie.
and the e.in.ents to which they belong
/ The rect of the sheet is tom off. The fragment
from which this s taken wac brought by an escaped
negro to tie Provost Marshal. His statements aud
Others from similar sources confirm and add to pre-
yious accounts Of Tue condition Of affairs in tie city,
Few of the stores are open, goods Of every kind are
exceedingly scarce, aud even Of provisions only rice
aud corn are abundant. TIE schooner which arrived
from Nassau Jest before the Fingal tried to 90 out
through Warsaw and stopped, brought 800 zach =
of oof,e, which WIS sold Mt - cents pound. Spite
OF the 1000 troops in aud a5on the city. no conf
dence in It's security was generally felt. When Fort
Walker was taken Geo families nd many Of whom
have since returned, with tie puVoee ~ remain Ill
Fort Pula,ki ia captured an event which they seem
to consider only question Of time; for az my contra
band friend remarked, this place disappointed them
50 much. they don't feel at all sure about Pulaski"
The bArbeue guns Of the fort have been removed To
tie caseinates. A telegraph connects the fort and
the city, which built, n, least in part, by negro
worhIoen. Negroes are daily carried from Tue city
two or three carloads by every train. II Iheir mas
tefs have plantations in the interior, they are re-
moved to them; if not they are sent 10 whatever ID
thought the moot secure retreat Most Of the troops
were armed with Enfield rifles but coarsely clad in
gray homespun, with small attention TO uniform ap-
pearance. Much the largest portion Of the force lie
from the inland counties Of Georgia. II 1t seem sur
pri.ing 10 yer0ns Of we-relulaled politics that a
negro should know what I'm Enfield rifle is, what
will be their alarm when they learn that come OF the
slaves in this camp even know bow to use theml
The relations oi Government to the slaves already
emancipa,ed from the rebel control can only be
called chaotic No policy has been adopted, no gem
eral ,uperyison attempted. In the urgent need Of a
.,.,en Which should at leart for the present supply
tns deficiency the Secretary of the Treasury has sent
All agent TO Port Royal, whose mission is perhsFs Of
too general IA character 20 be exactly defined, but
whose pnrpose may he stated TO be, among other
thing,, 10 inform himself and the Department. of the
condition aud wants Of the pegroee, and whose au-
ihority VIII extend, suppose, TO general superin-
teudence of Il cir welfare Mr.. Edward l.. Pierce Of
Boston was selected by Mr.. Chase for this mission
and arrived in lie Baltic. Readers Of Tie atlantic
WILL remember bis article in the November number
- The Contabands OF Fortress Monroe" narr,-
~ distinguished for ceaIness and courage OF state
fAnt and sill more admirable for it's Chrslisn hu-
mainly. lie was then in charge OF "A number Of ne
groes ut work under Gen. Butler, and in ciicum-
sances 10 novel was entirely successful in dis
charging difficult duty that in the wider field here
opened hs services must be OF still greater value.
Oser the ten or fifteen thousand negroes ON th. aud
the adjacent ISLANDS, 10 one bat Gen. Sherman has
charge or control, aud he, whatever may be bs
wishes, cannot attend TO details. Col. Reynolds is
almost exclusively concerned with cotton while Mr..
Lee, the only other person whose name is known in
connection with the slaves superntends only those
in ths camp. IL is plain that sposiilon of wide ex-
tent and great Importance remains 10 be filled, and
such position it is, Lope, that Mr. Pierce Ia to
cupy.
MoEDAY, Jan. 90 1852.
nave to add an unpleasant postscript. The cor
res nondent of The Nec- York Tunes was this morn
ing arrested by the Provost Marshal, and sent on
bosrd the stenmer Atlantic 10 return 10 New-iork.
| know 10 reason whatever for this extraordinary
proceeding. The Provost Marshal, Major o. w.
Beard Of the 4Sth New-York, announces that nm Or
der bas been issued by Gen. Sherman that all per-
sons uring disrespectiul language toward the Com