The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-18
NEWS FROM PORT ROYAL.
ARRIVAL OF THE FULTON.
A General Engagement Between Dahlyrsn'S
Fleet and The Rebel Forts and
Batteries OF Charleston.
The Blowing Up Of the Harriet
A. Weed,

The United States steam transport Fulton, oemmandsr
wot.ou from Port Royal. s. c., May a. 70 MAJOR yaS
vlss arrived at this port yesterday.
When OF Charleston bar . general snsagsmsna Vac
going on between the Union feet. Admiral DAhgrsa,
and the rebel forts and batteries James and suvaas
islands An the Mouitors appeared 70 b euSAoed ase
the New Ironsides. Fort Putnam, On 0rssg's Point,
seemed directing her nrs principally a Fort 6untsSs
which was replied 70 by Fort AoutSis, - sslvan's
Island, and Battery sinpkins, on James Island. The
contest spirited. and seemed general - Aa0
transpred since last autumn. Tt8
Sunday May Is, at I'VE minutes past SIX o'clock In she
morning. Frying Pan Shoals the Fulton sighted large
side wheel blockade runner. evidently bouad out nom
Wilmington Gave her chase for ave hours and half,
and then abandoned II. - a
Among the passengers werc the following 1orsgn on
Gers who Of observation 70 the Depart
mont Of the South
Colonel G dc Strive, Russian Engineers; Captain
Koren Norwegian Navy; Captain L ssgsike. Norws-
gaD EDgnserp.
The Eultou y detained on Sandy Hook eleven and Q.
half hoqna7 Asnse fog.
Purpg Eus, Of the Fulton. has our thanks for o
pren9 yet our dispatches
'0alen III. Osbornc's Despstch.
HnroS HEAD, s O., Nay II, 1884,
ANOTHER STEAMER m THE q. JoHm
II b my painful duty to record another disaster IN the
S. Johns river The favorite Harriet A.
Weed Captain Gasks. while tbs passage from Jack
sonve mouth OF the rver with the coast survey
schooner Caswe tow the morning Of the 9th inst,
struck by two torpedoes and instantly blown 70
atoms The catastrcphs occurred opposite the mouth Il
Cedar about miles below the city, and IL
station Of the gunOoat Mshasks for whose dsstrucon
the torpedoes we're evidently planted.
the transport Boston, with the schooner Ella Haght n
tow. about four hundred yards In advance Of tAo
Weed q the time Of the explosion, and most sngulasiy
had passed the internal machines without exploding
them, although she drew water than the Weed.
Immediately upon the explosion the boats OF the Boston
and ths caswsn were lowered, and the survivors wse
picked up the Cssws returning VITA them v Jasksoe-
vile, 10 TOW 4 the Maple Leaf. .
1us CASUALTIES ~4esH
Out OF forty-four board ave men hss, Two q
three very severely wounded all ~ injured
BY the terrible shock. The names q ~ kllsA
follows Huet.Aew tEeM
q l. Bell, assissan. engineer.
Wilbur Harding, waiter.
Thomas johnson, fireman. ne .efr-r
Abraham Brown, fireman.
Stephen Wkins. coal passer. aE NNtN4
The following Msrs c Sound 1s,;-...
psr%sD; ;h,ly Captain a,', s,ssi sonnsnd:r e The
Henry Coeback. thigh: Jacob Norcoti slightly; alse
some twenty colorsd soldiers belonging 70 the Thra
Unlteu sAtes rokiWenss I'll uoIo OF ~ UOuIeo IL
Weed was totally destroyed. .81
Fred. Hamilton and Henry Coeback, deck hands, loo
each . leg.
Tho Weed n the third steamer lost n the g. johns
river within The past two months. She built In New.
burg 10 1851 and designed for the towing business
New York harbor little moro than . year ago she
came thence 70 this department, whore abe has sveg
since been most usefully employed. W
ExCITSxEST OVER the VIRGINIA Nwh
Reports from the enemy relative to the great coossss
Virginia have furnished us with FOOD Tor excitement for
tns PAST iour dsy We nave nao news, nrss OF Union
victory; then OF Gen. Grants repuss and. lastly, 0
grand Triumph OF our ARM, Win Les army Gus VI swo
sno zen Slans IN u reAl. oevor1 osssfsen nave ar-
!,vec wtnn .no PSI .wen.y Iouf nours az coonrmme
us sss .uho' -. -. oous " oose
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M Sr uee' nr nc o., n,n , e p.nesi s -
- smyIna, On we CossI, capturing Two small pockade