The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-02-27

The Ottawa, which had run down the evening pre-
AID Comncdoc cIAuoush but had not crossed the b,r,
laid on AZ night and nearly all tho next day, AMI was
part q 'lr ooekadng squadron u Charleston III ne time
~ shc guarded favorHe o-shore approach 10 the snuth
orn channel TO tharksonan approach frequently taken
by blockade runners. Ia short, out Of the b'ckading
sect nut lou' Nesse.- were absentthc Mcmphs, lowing
the keystone State, disabled the Mercsdita partially DIS
abled, AMI The Augusta, down report 10 Admiral
Dupont and nv him Instantly ordered back without com
ing 70 nm anchor Every other vessel of the squadron
WINS present al their ugua. positions OIL Charleston
ssrexhou. tne day, as any blockade runner woad
IN full daylight One vessel ~ ordinarily andy suf
hcicnt 70 sustain an cliclent blockade Oh Charleston
curing ,hc daytime but tho approach Of night brings
with u tho necessity ~ larger number Of vessels 70
preserve comparatively impossible barrier 10 Illicit
radc II was acknowledged that several vessels wcre
secn On lido par At night, and one vessel was OIL during
tlc day a. there certainly was and more, blockade
wus not Tor moment interrupted But why discuss
rebels he'd most certainly about tho AMIR, and when
their reports are properly understood further heed
nccd Do gwen them. ! merely alluded n the affair
asan " call attention TO the injustice done the navy by
Tho papers north accepting true rebel loEts and
tncn discussing tho effects 81 rupture Of the blockade
~ II II were really un fat dcconspii.
The gunbpat Wissihickup in this afternoon tow
ing the gnnboat Dawn from ossabaw Sound. The latter
has long been partially disabled hut IL sti II good
eneIh condition ~ make servicoabe blockade In inland
wsseSs She win be speedily repaired at the machine
fhoo and sent hack ~ her pst At 0sabaw sound The
coalGd
mo gunboa Ottawa, Lieut. Com W. D. whrns.
e1Aen Gay Tor New YORK Tor the purrso ~ having her
boilers and engines thoroughly overhauled and repaired
The Ottawa haa performed good service In these waters
since the expsdit,onary CORPS arrived ana has nAdo an
c0yabie reputation TOR herself secnnd TO nono In the
squadron When repaired she VIII return 10 this depart
nient.
Tue steamship Ericsson Capt Lowber seventeen days
from New York, arrived on tho 18th, towing some
terta for the navy she has AFRO little play things
which is not necessary to describe but which will bo
hoard from In DIE time
Nothing cdnts has learned relation 10 the
Of the heavy hring heard To day tho drecou Of War
saw sound II not Improbable that Captain Drayt1n
has taken the Passac UP Wilmington river give the
crew little heavy gun practice and has used tho fnga
or Atlanta az target IN that Is quito certain that
lou. continued rng induces many W believe that such
was really The You Will hear III the affair, II has
oorurFei, through rebel long before ths VIII
reach YOU.
The ADAMS Express steamer Mary SANFORD has Just
arrived, with later dates
Tho Steamboat Mary Burton arrived the 18th, and
th0>tcamer Atta, from New York, IN the 18Th.
The Augusta UinemOTc after long delay In dIscharg
ING cargo, through The distractions thrown la her ~ay by
the authorities here, has finally got ready for sea, and
leaves Tor New York.
Four Steamers Running the Bloc Il do OF
ChRrAestOn.
Especial despatch TO tho Savannah Republican,
cHARLEsToN AN opEN PoRr-yANKEE CRUELTY To
PRISONERS.
CHARLESTON, Feb IA, 1863
Three s.eamers-the Ruby, Leopard and Wagner--from
Nassau GU the 9th, arrived here this morning With
valuable cargoes.
me eamr D,uolass ran ont socessfuuy last ssaAt and
took Nm. James u. Cay n Kentucky, 10, Liueypcot
The blockade ~ virtually raised as not gun was hred
at any VI these vcsscls.
Captain Carton. who captured last July with the
steamer Memphis and risoned Fort IAfiy
released n the instance ~ Lord Lyons British sub
jet In January and had arrived az Nassau. He repre-
SCENTS tho horrors of tha aboltfn bastile terrible
C,,onsi zarvona sin kept solitary confinement,
and expected TO do tgugn cruel treatment.