The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-03-01
INTERESTING FROM ST. HELENA ISLAND.

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INTERESTING FROM ST. HELENA ISLAND.
Cur 30. Helena Island Correspondent.
81 HELENA ISLAND, 8. O.. Feb. %, 1863.
Arrso1s q taeS r.. Spauldi'a wM Colonel L. %. Yows
sesd, Asisnm Adtada; GestrL Direct from the War
Department SnleaeW Of ne Troubles in TIC Graf
Soase1s EaEed.isos General Fbser Docs Not Accompo
nv isGc'cral Huaier Conssands the Forces but Does
Not Aosorb:h EgAe<th Army Corps, 9Ach RsmaiSs in
Command Of Gceyol Henry ~ Nac'ee, the Absence Of
General fSsse,7se Late Avress Of General 7Aowans "
Sxoaso's- HIS Command i Josned 70 General Heck
'sAss BvtOade WhoA Clues Hickman a Doision--Fas
ArSt Of General Foers QaartnaaSxr Sld0As for Con-
Ssc~9as ne Ciondei.e Departure VI Steamship Cahaao-
t-AHor General Fbssrs STAFF Ordered 10 Leaue the De
yartsssal Visit b Fort Palasti aud Da1uskie Island
Tye'aendes: Firing BY TIE Rebel battery Taun<rbon-
T1 Expected Aun1 oftse ReslI Clad Finsai Es
say~-Rctei Ram Georgia ia Sight, dc.
About seven o'clock yesterday morning the anxious "
expected steamer :. r. spauld,ns steamed up the bay
passing Hilton Head and coming the head
quarters Of General Na.iec ION board steamer r.
secos) OF the wharf >; st. Helena city i supposed
that as the Spaulding The boat which Gen.
lad eft Port Royal harhor she would return with tho
neral on beard and enry settlement had Of the vexcd
question at issue Immediately after coming to anchor
the cutter Of the spauldng approached the
Uaiou officers went on board the latter They proved
DO oonel T. Townsend, Assislan, Adutant General
The ned States arrny and Lieutenant Colonel Darr Of
General Fosters staG They both direct Wash
Dgton city Colonel Townsend bearing Instructions from
the War Department, with power 10 accommo-
date matters IN the most peaceabe and salts.
factory manner possible. His fret interview was
wirh General Narco the result OF which is Of course
unkrown TO those who not officially entitled to the
'ormator To Judge ny rLbsequent events however the
interview had satisfactory conccson and during the
day after the yar,oas high authorities and around
these waters Including Admiral Dupont, Major General
Hrnter &C, had been consulted ascertained tina,
the siege immediate operations had raised
that tho work Of preparation would he proceeded with
Vigorously and effectively. Matters stand substan-
TALLY ths-Tbe divisions under Naglee aud Gene
raj Ferry, and the brigade under General Stevenson,
iain their connection with Inc Eighteenth army corpe
entirely distinct from the Tenth bu, for tho being
and daring active operations, 70 be under the command
of MAJOR general Hunter the ranking officer. A General
Foster Will not return his command devovos upon Gen
fageo, an ocor Of expor ence judgment zeal and vgi
lance barring the time thus far occupied by rendez
Of the pcdton this harbor systemszed
his commnnd s0eced police regulations which pre-
introduced babits OF sohretv cleanliness
good order and excited the admiration or MS onceFs
aus men for tho ass duly with which he has worked tor
their Interests.
report has ust been by confidential commission
appointed by Admiral Dupont TO examine INTO the merits
OF three Inventions presented to tho consideration OF the
Admiral by Gen yagee. The Inventions were calculated
10 be Or service forthcoming operations and the com
mssioa unan ously decued Two OF them to be simple,
practca cheap and tho third while exhibiting groat
inventive genius be Of dangerous Standardization
internal internal macbpe-to be handles with safety
by either friend &c toe.
excitement created these parts
arising from three four recent occurrences some OF
which may have been referred to IN former letters from
your cores this city The Grst was
the arrest ot General Stevenson, commanding detaci
cnt OF his brigade herethe Tenth Connecticut and
the twenty fourth Massachusetts. II IS stated that hrs
command win be turned ever 70 Brgader General Heck
man. which will gyo the latter highly respectable dv
son Aboulths Of General Stevenson 10 may sot
be- untiney or embarrassing 70 relate lew facts
II appears that certain occason party OF omeers
ana civilians were tho Custom House oihcc Mt Hilton
Head when tho suhecto conversation nrned upon inc
snsmrn. % nes,es . ~ ~ s .ervies
whea m his aide, IL 70 reported, Remarked, Why,
General. you would rather DO y'cofsous VAN nsxross
ECONOMICALLY II would not, fbe declaration electrified
tho ~ may well be imagined, bat only resulted,
plied 10 by federal o,ucr from Massachusetts then pre-
sent This and rvxofs 70 the duoio
ould probably followed had not auef ION o. rank
n,ery cnod somo days elapsed before the subject
officially taken 10 naad ny Maor General Hunter, when
called aud one re iuired 10 axe written
rtaAccut respecting tho utcrancc Of tho offending re
maTK The officer who responded on tho occasion Dire
cns taking initiative steps TO secure the arrest OF Cen
Stevenson prcfsrrng 70 leave punishment 70 tue prick
ings u the Generals conscience may not be- ia
proper imagine that the git and silver edged oonserva
tiyss ol Ma, sachuscs well the ebony mnsd auti
slavery men that patriotic state already inside
raby eyecod on the subject IL may 10 interesting Tor
Inc er 10 spow that the dan g.rous General has been
oaged or rather confined TO tho limits u a certain
locality 'on Head Island. He has the run Of tho
Por, Roya House, kept by Gibson, formerly Of Charles
town Mass thence flaza SILICA 10 the signal sta
ton via HrsAtn hcadiuar,ers tho printing Office o.
tho .,D South tho Post Once, Adams Express office and
a New England grocery tho northwest corner II the
plaza lie n IN good spirits receives hourly the oongra
tulaons cotnuseratlon q his friends who joe sey
style him tho Fourth Napoleon mol because ne was SEM
Helena Island but because he Was sent forth from
there In his banshmeut General Stevenson enjoys the
Of fellow prisoner % state, General fos
ter quarermaster, Captain slasht, who charged with
being implicated In sending the steamship tahawba In
,landestne from harbor aided ts these tho
entire star u General Foster have been published
| IN Official order as having been guilty o.
| yersation calculated ~ incio INSTRUMENTATION and
! mutIny and ordered 10 leave tho department
\ va transmitted 10 tho HgRAip by the last steamer
since the order promulgated, the officers Of General
Foster stat been in very perturbed state OF
mut they have mos, occasions before the order
was i.sued connned themselves to their stsamcr-the
cna Farren-ans iously awaiting tho return u their
chef II they 20 abroad they keepas they have gene
,.llv always sspt-tn.nselycs very escusiv. and
serysd and, 50 far from bong accused .. akng 700
nuch they clearly oten 70 an accusation " whnl
aeurnity never having been known, since tho eNpod
tn started TO open th. VS. y .no preeuca o. any sne
rewsp,per This is fault o. theirs, perhaps for their
nri.nce n AZ have heretofore been abused and beng
al, hiyn toned high bred gentlemen they probably con
ceivs v to be unwse tnsae anu ptsluo 70 .no puulf
rvce 10 ropose confidence 10 any oresona.nt on esh
800 Il MAJ once have abused by one W tho moon
Tho arrival of Colonel Townsend fresh from tho war NO
parrosut reey ed the stan Of General Foster of some az
about tho time "a their departure from ths
aenartnent aad their poiat Of destination They knew
1 II Nas In tho rover Il MAJOR General Hunter 4
| s.nd mem 10 tho Iry Tortugas u no - dc
sired: and being denied an interview with mo General
because they did not wait upon nun AZ we po.., = w
they we're al a loss know whether they coui 'sso'
| their own conveyance YOU'D be obhged y iaso tha
nrst offered whether they would so BY tho Aagn hary
Sanford, Augusta Dnsmorc, May Boardmsn ha y van
or by somo unucsy English prize steamer orough' nv
| port by some OF yigiiant Dlockaders Lhe @fagc
would leave before they ready II the Way Sand
ford taken by tho goyernm mt then they would 20 !
the Boardman The nary Sand ord Aas tscn up and m
Bcardman was taken up: the Augusta Iinsmore migh
be, and tho ia kah adams Express, now one) nal no
yet lett New York. Timely, then was the arrival o. 1o
Townsend, when tho subject of tbe length u ter sta
was Indefinitely postponed, and they left At ibert