New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-17
PREM PORT ROYAL.
sinking Of a glockadc-Eunneri i'm Charles
ton EEarbor-Ano;iscr Drivsn Back "a
she Ciiy--saccessfal Expedition fro


she Ciy--saccessroI Expedition iIs
EIor1in.
The Unit d States steam transport Fulton,
which le PORT Royal 5. c. on the 18th inst, arrived
at this port last evening.
A BLccKApE-RUNNER SUNK.
From The Palmetto Herald, oct. -
On "wednesday night last large sde" heel steamer,
with two su0kestacks and two nasts was discovered
attempting 20 run into Charleston harbcr under cover
feet opened hre on her ard SINK her off the outer
tTemy of Long Island ard far enough from the ehCro
" h. out "a range Of the ensnys guns. She now lies
llero her hn nnder water but hsr smokp stacks and
masts pl1uy visible. 1t is probable that she may be
raised and such vi her cargo has been ruined by
he wGtrr saved. She Is supposed 10 have come from
Nassau and her cargo Is believed to have been vana-
blt one.
On Tho same night tho advance piosetboots in 100
hIrbO discovered blocLaile onner attempting 10 ron
OF They 'frrtl OF her. mn picks; boat from tho
rawnee opened on her vita lJRi,Scr. 8isr several
shots she put back 10 the city.
CAPTCRE or 4 MILITIA NETTING.
From Floida. We have report NJ zen. Hatch hts
rccrni,y eout OFT force unl Col Noble. which pro-
cccdea % Enterprise a long distance away. end eep-
iusr = winnie ml'tw meeting u oiusia County without
,rmbIc. The meeting had been advertised and the
news Of II 20 Gca HATCH who drr,trd the expo
GDs agrine IT, be force started NJ night, and. amer
long miTct succeeded IN saFlvuudiDg Tie gathering
bsfois ANYBODY peced h,J presence. Twenty Dins
men. forty horses and soDe property were secured.
Amo. thc prfsoacrs vas col. Watson, bong known %
irgosssil .uesIill chief whose caiiiy Ia, teen
the o. ta.a!n- % cattle from va. II il believed th"s
oxen $50 cows wiz now thrive under Union culture
anywfrTe IN Eastern ~ Northern Florida
We lad 40 loss his expedition, thanks 10 the abii-
~ Of li- wsnngeTs
Gen I.sfcr has recently made 4 tour OF the posts IN
FLORIDA At Jack s0ny He be found Gen. Hatch CON-
pietirg impreEnahe works outside the city, when he
approved. Al Magnolia and pcoata StroGs WORKS arc
gis, t.1g constructed. At ST. Augustine, Gen. tcser
care orders for improvements the fort, and sc
Eey.s gd.n. alterations have been suggested On
the who.e all tho works IN Florida wcEa fouEd IN eooa
condition, and tie soldiers glrTisonBs them would Dc
pest pleased By an attack in force.
No lever OK THE COAST
From re New south.
II i currently reported IN the Northern papers fhst
the yellow fever is committing terrible rasags anng
our c0ag and particularly at Jacksonville ami 81 An-
gusline IL Is needles 10 Iefate such charges. for the
Department was never In more healthy c0naltion
than ut present The weather for the few days past
has been cold, and tho chances of bIonsn Jack even
making his appearance Womb be materially lessened
FROM cHARLESsDN.
From The Palmetto Hsieh
Cent Cox of the Fihy.ffth PenDsy lvanis prisoner
81 Charleston arrived here Tuesdsy ls ing escaped
from the Rebel hands IN very adro:t manner but ~
meens which II is not proper for us 10 describe He
reports The yellow fever very prevalent there. and that
some twenty deaths per day are occurring
Oar prisoners with rho exception OF the colored SOL
d.ers cap,ared at Wagner have been removed iIcm
Charleston.
Tie reports in regard 10 Union soldiers taxing the
Confederate oath OF allegiance sre IN part true, hut tl
detection 10 principally confined to men whose torn oi
service has expired and who have been led 10 b-eFs
they would not 10 exchanged. ,
Capt Cox was two days and a night N arriving inside
our lines