Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-03-20
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
BA1rIsoHE. March. 70

BALTIMORE, March, 10.
The steamship Ericsson arrived this A. NJ.
from Port Royal 9Th inst, with mails and
dispatches for the Government in the hands
Of Chief Engineer Spincars, who was on
board the gunboat Pessaic during the attack
on Fort McAllister.
The Monitors are all back at Port ROYAL in
good condition. A l0-inch mortar shell
struck the deck Of the Passaic, but did not
go through her. The bombardment lasted
twenty hours, but the boats could not get
near enough to the Fort to dismAntle il. The
distance was 400 yards.
The movement on Charleston has not yet
commenced.
The bombardment Of Fort McAllister was
grand sight
The steam gunboat Quaker City from Port
Royal, via Charleston bar Sth, has arrived.
She comes TO repair and receive new boilers.
On the 9th inst off Cape Fear the Quaker
City captured the British steamer Bouria af-
ter exciting chase Of six hours. The
Bouria had a cargo of 40 bales of cotton and
was bound from Wilmington, N. q. to Mas
sau. She was ordered to New York for ad-
judication.
The Quaker City brought large number
of prisoners, captured persons and invalids
from the South Atlantic Squadron.
The steamer captured by the Quaker City
was the neutral British propeller Bouro, with
four hundred bales Of cotton from Whining
ton for Nassau.
A refugee who arrived within our lines to-
day from Charleston says the rebels have
about four hundred guns in position around
the city. The west side is poorly fortified.
There are number OF iron-olad shore bat
teries in the harbor, mounted with the
heaviest guns.
He denies the report that the forts there
have been faced with railroad iron.
Another iron-clad is ready to launch but
the rebels lack the necessary machinery to do
so.
Several thousand negroes are kept busy
daily in strengthening the defences of the city.
He thinks the city impregnable from the wa
ter approach.
Port Royal advices of the 10th contain
the following order from Gen. Hunter for a
forward movement
Soldiers of the Department of the South
After long and wearing delays due to
causes over which no one in this department
had control, we have at length the cheering
prospect of action and very important services.
Soldiers Of the 10th Army corpr, you are
stimulated by every consideration of honor
to vie with the men of the department of
North Carolina, who have been sent here by
the government to take part in the danger
and glory of operations now pending.
Officers and men Of this command You
are adjured to the performance of every du-
ty. All who earn distinction, no matter how
humble their positions, have my pledge that
their services shall be honorably scknowl-
edged, aud that acknowledgement placed to
their advantage. Commanding officers Of
the several brigades aud divisions. in making
their reports to these headquarters, will give
the name OF every officer. andN full descrip-
tive list of every non-commissioned officer
and soldier Of their command, who has at
tracted their observation by special gallantry
or good conduct, in order that the names of
all such may be published with honor at their
own homes and all who are thus mentioned
may rely that no effort shall be lacking on the
part of the Major General Commanding TO Sc
cure their promotion. Should any officers
neglect their men, or evince the least
disposition to shrink at any momont from
any of the responsibilities of their position
they will likewise be reported aud made
amenable to military law, for misconduct in
the presence of an enemy. Should private
soldiers distinguish themselves while officers
become liable to censure, it would be treason
BILE to the country not to compel change Of
places.
The attention of all officers is called to
Article 81, revised regulations for the Army,
ia relation to troops on board transports,
this Article being of particular importance
BY command of
Maj. Gen. DAVID HUNTER.
Gen. Hunter has also issued an order draft
ing all able-bodied negroes for garrison duty
except those employed by Quartermasters
and other officers. They are to be under the
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