New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-14


GEsERAL oEpEE. No 81. Al sble.bodied cortrsbsnds
tax iDto e rice Of the Qu1teImesiefs DepanmeI in
Par.nsnee of oss Heretofore ued M be Compromised for
Gei ssrvif o. olOws:
Kecbsne. najtr ory ye.rs sss from rne dollar, to
t~ee dollars month according n cir All those
oPT ct Tory ays years Of age eight doiT' month
sir dollars per those from tTcny five yes-s q
age fT1u al dollars eight coaa PER those ups ard
Of yeas Of age TON four dollars to siI dollars yer
mouth
p All coutisbsnds employed in cutting wood for pos,
sebe I'D by the Couner Of sna wih De rid
frou tie proceed. q she Bakeries
An eorusosud employees viii receive one rstion day
each. . , go
also thei fsHies VIII be 1Inshed With evitsbe clothing
By the sters Department Whenever cannot Dc
Their families Will be supplied with rsions at the following
rsiss' -
ZACH person upward Of two snt under fourteen wears Of og'
one half ration.
eacpoe What is.uee to employees will be deducted FROM
ths wages Of the latter
cooks snd sGndreses It h to Dc hopsd that sbunseDt
p!oynent sill % given then The 6eneyoience Of Tho patti,
b. orae. Of Hrgaaet-Gcnersi I. ". SHERMAN.
L. H. PEIorzs Cspt. 18th Infantry Act Asst Adj Gen.
february 9.--Nevs of the investment, of Fort
Pulaski arrived az Port Royal from the North rather
In advance Of the event The steamer which carries
this letter will probably carry of tue 6na ac-
compshment of the plan long since undertaken for
that purpose. but although / am writing at late
hour of the evening before her sailing, cannot YET
say il done. Indeed it ia certain that at this mo
men. the movement is not accomplished. The gun
boats hich passed through Walls Cut on the 9Th
OF January end appeared in Wrights River simul-
taDeoasy with the approach Of tie feet under Capt
Davis. through Wilmington Narrows. have no, yet
entered the Savannah. A full explanation Of tie
purpose Of that reconnaissance must DO deferred ill
1Lo happening Of tie event for which it prepared the
way. The squadrous on 10th side. Of the savanna
sre COOPERATING in combined movement il is true
and one pant Of it, referred to in tie account already
Siysp, may be tafely described more particularly.
SDee the 18th Of January, the way through Walls
GU has been Gear. As ali enhance to Savannah
Rgor, practicable Cor light-draugbt sean.ers, by
plich lie flank Of For PulAsH might be turned its
importance was great that the Kobels blocked up
ths channel by driving piles scroas the stream aud
sinbiGg Lalh in the center. by means Of this cut;
wb.eh is sn artificial canal, an inside pissage was
originally opened for vessels between CLsretiOn ano
savannah, behind DaufusAie Island, from Catalogue
Sound through Cooper River into y shts River ard
from re latter INTO tie Savannah. gen miles above
Paissk, opposite Lcug isand, or through Mud River,
the lower end Of Elba Island, five Lilies
She.uan expected tbal the gu0.bOats would iInme-
disiely pass through and that under their protection
batteries could be thrown up by the troOps on Venus
font, The center of Joness Island ana on the upper
ena oi Long Island, nearly abreast, both commepd-
ins lhe Savannah River, here not over IA milo in
"-'D' ana rendering i,s passage by the Rebel seam-
ers IMPOSSIBLE On account of lie sbaljoyyneas Of
the ehShne and its dangerous shoals, a reconnois- |
sauce was oec'ced on by Commodore Dupont but
vi '',N0 ioaeCn unknown, no movement il force
sO0N p'1'1 u" TIC ''h Of January, when tie cut had
been twelve days open, guarded orlv ~, l.,,
prevent iis discovery by Rebel s1ager. ,yticb ofl
oosse could Lot have hindered the approach oe
sieauef. An armed roy-boat lay constantly a., a.
bend Of The stream aud twice arrested ns,t;o.
sportsmen, who would otherwise have disoove,os
she miscbief and defeated the plan.
When the ganbOats were ready 10 move. largo
force Of troops yas sent ever te paafesk!e Llspd