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the city, and made a speech to tlfe troops, pledging
his word that he would retake Fort Pulaski
within 30 days. The Fingal is nearly completed,
and the floating battery has bjen put in working
frim. In about two weeks both these craft arc to
l.c used in the work of reducing the For.1.
Another Kaid on Bluff-ton.?On Tuesday
last, Col. Barton, of the 4?th N? Y , stationed af
Fort Pulaski, with the left wing of his regiment,
and with the boats Planter and Starlight, having
^ guns aboard, started, by order *cf Siyor General
* Mitc.iel, to destroy the extensive Salt-works at
llluffton. After a slight delay, occasioned by the
Planter's going aground, he arrived, and his men,
under Capt. Strickland, landed and drove in the
pickets. The boats then ascended the river, ?nd,
^ at sight of them, the Rebels, ha\ ing no batteries,
incontinently fled, leaving the expedition to accomplish
its purpose and returrt in safety. The
next day the Colonel, with a detachment of his
& own Regiment, under Capt. Lent, and of the 3d R.
I. A'tillery, under ( apt. Gould, in the same boat. ,
went up tlu Savannah, and shelled a battery at
Cranston's Bluff, and a picket at the " Needles.'
* The rebels replied, but their guns wore of so short
a range that they were easily silenced.
The Negroes.?Some wholesome changes are
contemplated by the new regime, not the least of
which is the removal of the negro quarter beyond
the stockade. It is wisely determined to put them
by themselves^ where they can at once have more
coinlort and freedom for improvement, for it is designed
as soon as possible to educate them to selfrcapecting
independenceand habits of self-reliance.
Accordingly, a spot has been selected near the
Drayt?u plantation for a Negro Village. They a;e
to build their own houses, and will probably be
encouraged to * stiblish their own ]>olice Under supervision
of their Superintendent. A teacher,
Ashbcll Laudon, has b.en appointed, to be paid
from the Quartermaster's Lepartiuent, and to the
proper conduct of the school the diligent Com
inanding General will himself attend as a Government
iutere.-.t. This is as it should be. . It is of
course of public importance that these new heirs
to the rights of Liberty should be taught bow not
to abuse them. Mr. McMaJh is at present the active
and efficient Suj C"intendent of this people on
this Island. We notice with pleasure the return
of the former Superintendent, Mr. Lee, who will
be employed by Gen. iaxton, at Ue&ufoit. . .
Tub- W*ir.i?n*n.?Somebodv in nuthoritv has
. been enterprisiug enough to order the construction
of that railroad the material for which has been
cumbering the pier for mo^tuS. The work is progressing
under the direction of Col. Serrell, of the
Engineer Regiment, and with a rapidity which ensures
its completion within a day or two. The
cars are to run from the end of the pier to the now
torage-house, with " turnouts" communicating
with, the Ordnance Yard and Commissariat
store houses. It has been a matter t)f surprise to
^ most people that the convenience which the road
will atford has not been made available before,
when i? certainly was needed as much as it is now.
But "b'etter late than never.'* Horse flesh, cut
joyful capers! Negro-power, dance your breakdowns
!
Quarantine.?The fchooner Tr uinph, Captain
t ? Knnni) *n Vito Pm-t u'ith ft sutler s earcro.
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pickei up at sea a boat containing ten negroes escaped
from Wilmington, North Carolina. She was
boarded by the Health Officer, Dr. Crispell, who,
learning that there was yellow fever al Wilmington
and that the-negroes had been employed in grave
digging, sent the schooner -to St. Helena Sound
Sympathy is due to the Triumph thus suffering
gn inccnven.ence for the sake of humanity.
Horse Auction.?Our faithful Post Quartermaster
emulates the theory of his countryman,
" Poor Riehard," that" a penny save J is a penny
earned" for the Government. Some used-up
Horseflesh, that?to use a trenchant phrase of the
Richmond press, upon their prisoners,?were fast
eating their own he .ds off, was sold at auction last
Tuesday at surprising rates, ranging, from twelve
to seventy dokars, and realizing a total of seven
hundred dollars. Good for the yuai termaster.
e> Divine Services will be held on Sunday morning,
at the usual hour, in the Lodge Room at the
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Commissary building. negimenuii uuh^ui UO ft 111 I
officiate alternately. At the same time it is understood
that the negro church just finished is to be
dedicated. '
Returned to his Reorient.?Col. E. W.Serrell,
of the New York Regiment of Volunteer
Engineers, who had been suspended from duty
and was tried before a general Court Martial recently
held at Beaufort, has been returned to his
command.
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PERSONAL?Mftjoc-General
Hunter arrived at Washington
on the loth ult. lie has been appointed P^psident
of a Special Commission for the administration of
certain subjects connected with the army. The
night of the President's serenade he was called
upon to address the assemblage, and replied like a
soldier that he was ready to do anything in his
power to aid in carrying out the President's proclamation,
except making a speech?that he could
not do. lie will probably be put in command of a
c .rps,either one of the two cast of the Alleghanics,
or the Department of the West.
?Rear Admiral Dupont departed for the North
on Saturday last, on important business connected
with the Squadron, and was accompanied by Fleet
Captain Rodgers, his Chief of Staff. The Admiral's
absence from his command will be very brief,
and meanwhile ( apt. Godon is the senior officer
on the station.
?Capt. M. A. Morgan, U. S. A., Chief Commissary
of Subsistence In this Department,*has
been ordered to report at Washington. Capt.
Morgan's duties here have been of the most perplexing
character, and in their performance he has
displayed a prudence, fidelity and skill which entitle
him to the gratitude of the country and a recognition
of his abilities by giving him a higher
position in her service. We trust that his departure
henee is the precursor of well-earned promotion.
Cant. Scull. C. S.. U. S. V., has been an
pointed Chief Commissary.
- The act of July 10, 1862, authorized the appointment
of officers of higher rank on the Staff
of a Major General commanding an army corps
than was formerly allowed. In accordance with
thid act the following promotions have been made
among Gen. Mitchell's staff-officers. Major TV. P.
Prentice, A. A. G, to be Lieut. Coloneland A. A.
G. Capt. E. P. Abbott, Sd Ohio Volunteers, to be
Lient. Colonel and Assistant Inspector General.
Lieut. Bushrod Birch, to be Mjyor and A. D. C.
Lient. James C. Williams, to be Captain and A.
D. C. Lieut. Fred. A. Mitchs), to be Captain and
A. D. C.
?Capt. Chas. E. Fuller has been returned to
duty as c hief Quartermaster of this Department,
resuming his laLors on the 1st inst. Those who
knew him best never doubted his honorable restojation
to a position from which he was summarily
displaced, and which he tilled with advantage to
the interests of the Government. Capt. J. J. Elwcll,
who shouldered the responsibilities of the
Chief Quartermaster's oaice in a saiismciory umuner
duriug Capt. Fuller's suspension, will continue
his services in the Department, and so, too, will
Capt. Chas. Garetson, who is winning a name for
energy and business tact. With such able assistants
Capt. Fuller cannot fail to administer the affairs
of the Quartermaster's bureau effectively and
commendably.
SEWS FROM THE NORTH
Arrival of the Star cf the South.
Since our last issue there have been several arrivals
from the North, the latest of which was the
steamship Star of the South, on Thursday, bringing
dates to the 28th ult. Her obliging purser,
Mr. Chas. F. Burke, has sent us hies from which
we collate, briefly, the heads of tli^new*:
?A series of bloody battles has been fought in
Maryland by McClellan's army opposed to the in- .
vaders under Lee, Jackson and Lougstreet, ending
in the tight of the 17th and Uth at Antietam
Creek, characterized as one of the bloodiest since
Waterloo. The Rebels are effectually expelled
from Maryland with a total loss of not less than '
30 000 men. Our loss is believed to be only half
as large, but the brave GeneralsMansffeld and Reno
have fallen, and Generals Sedgwick, Hooker, Ilartsuff,
Sumner, Meagher, Richardson, .French,
Riotptts. Max Weber, and Rodman.
LfUIJCVj vuuw, ?iv??.?, ,
are wounded. Harper's Ferry was surrenderd on
the 15th with 14,(XX) men and rati jns for 20 days
with several pieces some of them heavy Parrotts,
in consequence of the evacuation by Col. Ford of
the Maryland Heights opposite, which overlook
and command the place. Col. Miles in charge at
the Ferry was killed while the negotiation for surr
nder was going on. His staff state that Col.
Ford had been ordered by him to hold on " till the
gows tails drop off." Col. Ford has accordingly
feeen summoned to answer for his strange conduct
before the Military Commission of which Major
General Hunter is President. Harper's Ferry is
again in our hands. The armies rest opposed
upon either side of the Potomac and our latest advices
state that all was still quiet.
?Louisville has been saved by the seasonable
junction of Buell and Nelson, opposite that city,
opposed by the rebel general Bragg.
?Reports from Gen. Morgan's old Headquarters
at Cumberland Gap assure us that he is still
secure, in good spirits, and provisioned for seventy
days.
?In Missouri a rebel airny, under Gens. Hindman
and Kains, are at Granby Mines, near the
State Line, and Gen. Scoflcl l advances to meet
them, with a well-organised force.
?The dnglo-Saxon arrived from Europe reports
that the rebels are building war steamers in England
; purchasing steam vessels already fitted, and
thata steam-ram was constructing for them Jn the
river Mersey.
?Paris correspondents assort that there is more
danger than ever, that France and England, and
Prnssifl. on account of her relations with the Ger
man Union, will favor the Southern Confederacy.
?Com. Geo. H. Preble has been summarily dismissed
from the Navy for allowing the rebel gun
boat Oreto to run the blockade of Mobile Bay.
?Disloyal persons not being adequately restrained
by the ordinary processes of the law-from hindering
volunteering, on the 24th inst., the President
issued a proclamation declaring that offenders
of this character shall henceforth be subject to
martial law, suspending the writ of habeas corpus
in all cases where persons are in custody of the
military officers of the United States.
Acting Rear-Admikals Appointed.?The following
officers h ive been*appointed Acting RearAdmirals,
on their respective stations:
Commodore Charles H. Bell, commanding Pacific
Squadron; Commodore Charles Wilkes, com-manding
Special West India Squadron; Commodore
J. L. Lardncr, commanding Eastern Gulf
Blockading Squadron ; Commodore Charles Henry
Davis, commanding Mississippi Flotilla; Captain
Samuel Phillips Lee, commanding North Atlantic
blockading Squadron.
Almanac, Port Royal, S. C., Oct. 4, '62
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8CK SETS 6 42 HIGH WATER 4 42 *" ,
MAE1HEJTEWS.
PASSENGERS ARRIVED
In the Steamship S'ar of the South?Surgeon
Eastman, 3d N. H. V.; Capt. Campbell, Schr.
Washington; Lieut. W. Butterfleld, N. H. V.;
Asst. Surgeon W. S. Young, 47th N. Y. V.; Lieut*
II. M. Dalrymple, Vol. Engs.; Lieut. Geo. 0. *
Eddy, 3d R. I. A.; Lieut. Nichols, 48th N. Y. V.;
Lieut. Thomas, U. S. Nary; Capt. Tuzo, Steamcr
flora; Capt. Geo, Low, Steamer Geo. Washington
; J. R. Clark; J. N. King, Assist. Harbor
Master, P. R.; Messrs. Briggs, H. A. Whitney,
A. P. Ketchum, J. P. Low. J. M. Fairfield, D. F.
Thorpe, M. Loomis^ B. K. Lee, and ?2 in the
steerage. Lieut. Dalrymple brings 25 Recruits for ^
the ranks of the Vol. Engineer Regiment. M
N ARRIVED. f
Sept. 27, Steamer Geo. C. Collins, Lunt, New /
York via Beaufort, N. C.; 29, Schr. Joy, Hender- f
son, Philadelphia; Schr. Albert Crandall, Avery,
New York; 30, Brig Benj. Delno, Baxter, New
York; U. S. S.Massachusetts,Cooper, New York;
Oct. 2, Steamship Star of the South, Woodhull,
New York; U.S. Bark Guerilla, Smith, New
York; U. S. S. Rhode Island, Boston.
CLEARED. ?
Sept. 22, Schr. D.W. Eldridge, Ogden, Phila.;
Steamship Ericsson, Lowber, New York; 29,
Schr. Anthem, Stuart, Philadelphia; Schr. Tunis
Det)e\v. Edmonds, New York; Steamer Geo. C.
Collins, Lunt, New York; 30, Schr. William E.
Legeit, Gibson, New York; Oct. 1, Brig Adelphi,
Roberts, New York j Schr. John Walker, Bunnell,
New Orleans; 2, Brig Abby Ellen, Gilmore, Philadelphia;
3, Steamship Star of the South, Woodhull,
New York.
SAILED. ~
Sept. 29, Steamship Ericsson ; Schr. Trojan; '
Schr. N. W. Smith; Steamer George C. Collins ;
30, Schr. Tunis Depew; Brig Intended; Oct. 1,
Brig Adelphi; Schr. John Walker.
P)R SALE VERY CHEAP.?AN ASSORTMENT OF APples
and Cake, shipped two weeks since by Adams'
Express for this port, and now on its way per schooner,
hourly expected. The owner offers this consignment for
sale, as he expects the appies nave iwku uu >ut ~
grown musty, consequently they can be of no use to himself
Address x. Y. Z., Post Office.
Mb. c. g. bobbins, beaufobt, s. a, is now established
on the corner opposite "Stevens House." He
has always on hand, for sale, the most desirable goods for
this section of the country, and for army uses, at the lowest
prices. ' ft