The New York Herald Newspaper, March 18, 1862, Page 1

/ THE NEW YORK HERALD. be NO. 9320, . NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1862.-TRIPLE SHEET. PRICE TWO CENTS. MSPORTANT RAVAL OPERATIONS. | Paditiona) Details of the Southern Expedition ad Captare of Pernendina, Florida. penetrable, of live oak, OPERATIONS ON THE FLORIDA AND GEORGIA COAST. |2:2222:2:=:= times at the bends, and were obliged to get_ out hawser} POLI DLL ORIEN PIL to the trees to haul the hin ig the turns. = — Scene of Flag Officer Dupont’s Last Operations--The Port of Fernandina, with 0 | :ifuihitity cm udm ci cies View of Fort Clinch. icing them Thy" were ede Sith regen fmm iandiog st Judge Albertie’s we were it received and invited to his house. Wo then had Hae Pans . note to the people not in arms, inviting them to return to their homes, and offering pow, This Judge Alburtie promised to convey to them; but I doubt whether any results will flow from the invitation. ‘the people fear to return on account of the rebel authorities, although they are m @ suffering condition, having litle or no provisions, ahd no clothing with them excsp what they wear. After the interview had terminated we started cn our return trip at about four o'clock. Un- fortunately two or three miles below the Judge's place, which is composed of a large saw mill, grist mill, seve: ral housee and a church, we again ran aground, and soon found that we must wait the flood tide again. Captain Stevens despatched the Wabash’s cutter, in charge of Midshipman Vearson, back to the Judye’s op business, and while Mr. Pearson was trast it with Mr. Aiburtie a negro informed the coxswain of the boat that two companiesjo! artillery had been sent for to in- tercept us as we went down. This information came #0 direct that it was determined that we would not pro- ceed down at night, but wait for daylight, so we coula gee the enemy. ‘AS we were ashore, nearly fifty miles from aid, in @ swamp, where artillery might be brought, we naturally Organization and Movements of the Fleet. Railing from Warsaw Sound and Diti- culties of the Inland Navigation. A Brush with the Enemy and List of the Wounded Unionists. Hoisting the Stars and Stripes on Fort Clinch. Whe Dead, the Living and the Runa- 4 ways of Fernandina. felt a little nervous during the night, andnone sbept | much on board. Rarly in the oymning pFaparations w emeaad made for defence. Hammocks wera lished along the bulwarks to prevent, in & measure, splinters frem fly'ng, and the engine was protectod as well ascould be. The ' NARROW ESCAPE OF EX-SENATOR YULEE — for acti. All the rifles, muskets and pist: loaded, anid we were quite prepared for any emergency. Curious Rebel Documents Found wa wk TReE E ‘The men were at quarters all the way down, im the City, & CONCEALING § ey alae bed tiveen miles, and boyan to breathe Rey Re, ae little free, when the lockout at the masthead reported men in the woods and bushes on a bluff on our right or starboard hand, and in an instant wo were greeted with a sharp volley of rifle balis, which whistled over the bul- warks or struck the side of the ship. Jtdid-no injury. It was lontantip. LoBomed by a hot fire from the riflemen stationed in the trees and bushes the river, not more than thirty yards from the opened fire with our three howitzers, eleven-inch and rifled gun, using shrapue!, canister and @ terrible execution. Our muskete were effectually, too, and did good service. Our special correspondenee—written on shipboard and tm shore—from the naval expedition operating against 1 the rebels on the coast of Florida, which we publish to- fay, contains ina very interesting form the details of theadvance of the Union fleet from Warsaw Sound to ort Clinch and the Palmetto Fort, ae wellasof the cir- pamstances and actions which preceded the capture and be swabs stink re followed the occupation of Fernandina city by the Union Pec ina momenta was wrist, anether the thumb, and acting Master's Mate De Gordy, while : } Casemare’s Dis. cleyen in fell through the Ns acca tas eiitag essounte oe MASKED BATTERY Pata tet fate oem, nse each re walties of inland navigation in that quarter of the coun- pgp aes poder ppv geod wy, the desolation of the shores bordering on the sounds, riddled with balls. ee oat seen Car cen |... e-parila of stocring through dismal swamps, and the half an hour, the enemy's fire being hot and very well petual dangers of a sharp attack from the rebel rifemen sll re ge Se aver! - a peated in the woods on the banks of the waters. as the men were too much e: co evi them, and throwing iu canister, grape 4 the papers is @ complete ist of the dames of the inhabitants found in Fernandina on the en- trance of our troops. ‘Two men were killed by a shell fred from the gunboat @ttawa, on the railroad train freighted with flying rebels, already mentioned. Their bodies wore taken back to the town, and our cosrespondent assisted, with other loyal. tate,at their sad funeral, Ex-Senator Yulee was sitting fm the ear beside these men when the head was shot from F ai i 3. 5. ; i é i E : point where the euemy were in force, very result, But we got around safely storm of rifle balis that whizzed like a hurricane over us, cutting the rigging ond splintering the masta and booms Br rochansp bayer ego Pophorp a mall Pen ome ee nome wi = 94 bowen a . Mr. Duer ex but little from the blow. - Parrowly preserved. Sine rotsid nat-Eeair pan Wassw twe other bodice of rebela on bluffs ‘We print copiea of some curious rebel decuments found te thetown, One i a first mortgage bond for one thou, h # gené dollars on the Florida Railroad, issued by that com. pany, The coupons are attached and made payab'o in WATERS XKSON © WMew York. They ranon half-yearly to the March o between ‘this point and St. Marys, but dispersed them with shell andcanister. They gave us no trouble, ‘The starboard side of the ship was struck at) least hundred times with bullets, and it was a miracle Do one was killed. Ail the officers and mon behaved most gallantly. As ‘ale to their friends at home, are also giveo. dare speak and act 2001, and entitle the holder to receive the sum of thirty | ,, t the mail closes soon I must be brief. “five dollars every six months from the tressurer in thi; plamtera, that be must. “Wispouo of Bin cotton to the Con. Herne nweok pot the New watanateh village ot ity We landed several times'on going up the St. Marys, Dut ay. It to needless to say that the paper is useless: buy ‘ate States agents and take their bonds. To this he of Now nesndan, taluted. with the waving of handker- | found no Union sentiment. All strong secesh. t#-would, no doubt, cause a sensation even now in Wall moet omphatically refused, and, rather than de go, turned chiefs from quite a numb-r of ladies and gentlemen on the nr a Fa street. It ie exeguted ina very excellent style of art toand burned it. If be is nota good Union man, then I foe tope and wharves, with now and thon more boiste- ON Boano mae Burana Grr, o ery sty! 5 I would Jike to see one. ‘That be will receive tlie protec- rous exprossions ,of deligit at our Sonate ot some. St, AnpREw’s Sounp, March 2, 1862. i Senator Yulec’s report announcing the approach of (h' ped earverteas: zou may rest assured, in the beat We noon gained a ven of the pte a idge. fie Shifting Quarters—Orders Issued for an advance—Strengih irgi- , ube there are hui of equal! While of the town, a‘ ry | ‘Galen forces, with letters of Florida men living im Virg! Sa loyal, good men as thie im the country, if heh ony, i eattea ep tee reed araliel vo us, evidently Of the Fleet, de. anxivus to get out of our way, and boldly discharged his After transferring myself to this ship on Friday after- fevolver several times at tho Otiawa and then pasted | noon, the Ottawa steamed out of Warsaw Sound, having i @ur special Bapesieneery Correspond- Unrren Seams Gernot Orraw a, } from sight cn bad deen observed, and before wo had | otided the gunboats and transports of the orders of the i! “ a Fervaxvina, Fla., March 7, 1862. ty paneed the vill we were startled by seeing 3 | Commodore, and delivering despatches toGeneral Wright. MH Guepoar Orrawa, Warsaw Sounp, Feb. 28,1863. | Operations Previous (0 the Occupation of Fernawdina by the pe ry with eat re attached, dashing out of | 4 peing ‘abd tide it was imponsible for some of the towa, up the tree Le the bg a rin eae thei eo \sore clearly, some Fol rs in ral iecharged theve imuaketp at Us, the balls striking short | the bar, and it was not until quite dark before of whiting barratoasly past he. A from rather | we were abie to move, Wo, however, all passed 5 nn we wi cughisevel, was not tho lees. exciting hor inerentng out over the bar about nine o’clock at night without any musketry from the cara eontinued, and as t! pad wate gilowed we let fly un eloven-inch shell at the | 804 the night mh age gin On getting. outaide train just after it had entered a little wood, and that prod neon tag pe ip \boats, the transports Drought the train to a stop, and killed, as we have since hao ee nee some days learned, wo brcthera—one # soldier ail the other acivi. | fora start, and, ra van » began to arrange ' addition to this, as we tearned. tion of | themselves ian, and 1m addicion tothe Mv ene time’ we hed got | Theentire feet now comsialed of the following vee. 2 mile ot the bridge, the train came | *is— asa tg turious’ manner “and ‘Taid | , Flagship Wabash, Susquehanna, Morida, Flag, Utawe, no attentwo to the shells we fired ate Poimiy oe Lime gy ee Smith, Penguin, Pawnee, Wt, but coatiiued on at every hazard On nearing th ee te oe ae oe brhige we discovered tho rebel steamer had not got Mohican, Ellen, _ os through, as the bridge was closed for the passage of the ‘ana pilot boat a ey —— vast trea «We fired ashell at her,s pposing hor to be City, Star of the South, nes o Pe de armed steamer, bat elicited uo ‘response The train | Marion tow! the schooner J. yr gt) , towing 4 and crossed the bridge in safety, and in spite of oriercsprereval orm be ayo — = ceed veeded in excaping, whistling im the most taunting | Piss i 0 i pena pyr drs —— Gaiting of the Great Naval Eapedition from Hilton Head— Union Troops—The Delay in Warsaw Sound—Appear” " Move the. Fleet was Crganized—lts Pregres—Delay i | ance of the Union Fleet and Hope Ayain—Steaming and Warsaw Sound—Becellent Weather—A Union Planter | towing Dewn the Georgia Coast—A Re-onnoissance at the Banks of the Cumberland, dc., dc. St Andrews and no Enemy Found—Important In After a long delay, ingident to every extensive move: | formation and the Run Through tha Inland Passage— ment of the same charactor, the naval portion of the | Keciting Sporting Excursion on Shore—Position of the Grent expedition intended to makean onslaught on some | Revenuc Cutter Henrictla—Difficuities of the Navigation ‘@f the Southern ports was finally ready on Thursday , Feb- and Ves els Aground—Passing the Kort Clinch and Pal- Puary 27, and st twelve o'clock that day Commodore Du- | wmetto Batteries— Hoisting the Stars and Stripes on the For- pont, with his flagship Wabash, in company | mer—Saluted by the People of New Fernandina—A Lene q@ith the Susquebanna, left their anchorage at Hilton Rebel Horseman—Engagement with and Sh iling a Rait- ‘Bead and went tosen, Early the uextmorving, at the | road Train of “Seceshcrs—Men Killed on the Train— Droak of day, the feet of gunboats, headed by the Otta- | Capture of a Priseartl a Sceneon Bourd—A Negro Pilog ‘wa, Commander Stevens, followed. On getting outside Tukes the Ottawa toan Anchorage— At St. Marys—Sterring the bar they found the Wabash and Susquehanna at | rayough Dismal Swamp—An Enemy in the Niightor- wachor, and after the exchange of some signals the latter | ing Wiods—A Hot Fiyhl, a Triumph, and Lit of the Iwo s00n got up anchor and the fleet movedoff in five | Wounded, de., dc. ‘style, Where bound to of course everybody bad bis Beforo this reaches you oMfcial despatches will have i own views; but no one knew except the Commodore and | announced tho occupation of Feraandina, Florida, and 1 8 few others. it is left with me to supply the details of the affair, a ae ‘The naval part of the expedition was to be under At this late day I shail not attempt any description ! @arge of Commodore Dupont, and the land forces under | of affairs at Warsaw Sound, where the military portion of Oueral Wright, both officers in every way competent fo" | ihe expedition remained for five we ks. ) the important duties assigned to them. Since then I have lowrned that tho delay was owing to i the troops were neorly all of them embarked at Warsaw | causes beyond control, and therefore biamo cannot justly Gound, where they had been im camp for some time! | attach to any onc; bit the delay was not the loss irk- ‘while a portion of them had been lying im transports for | gome to those who wore unfortunate enough to be im- r Over two weeks. prisoned in that most undesirable spot—Warsaw Sound. i ‘The fleet about twelve o’clock that (Friday) night However, after weyhad settled down to a qniet state of Jommenced moving off—the flagship ‘aking the lead, the | apathy, the immeuse spars of the Wabish loomed dimly y ganboats following, according to the programme, and the | through tho haze of a beautiful morning on tho day us manoor 00 1t passed out of range war, gunboats, kc., with over 160 more for it had auw become quite dark, and we observ: d the 1» motion, so we threw three or f¢ midable battery than has yct been under sail during war—with six large transport steamers tow’ five schooners, all loaded with troops, ammunition sup- pore e he Wabash’s | Piter. ‘ Cerys ee Nga aac: ‘At Tybee the flect was increased by the addition of y ene up to the steamer, | Several gunboats there stationed, they and, ae Rodgers inquired if she | respective places assigned to them in the line. remit was ollered to Captain | long row of yessels moved in most admirable order, ar- gers’ boarding which he did at :he head of hie | Tiving off Warsaw Sound at about noon- Here the sig- men and took her a prize, Sho proved to be the Darling- nals were given from the flagship for all to =. high pressure boat of three pare Leo chor but the Ottawa, and she was despatched into furoiture and provisions, which were be- ne one. away to Prjacksouvilie, A meat die. | and at anchor there, and also the gunboats, to come out. soone met tho eye of Captain gers prompt Wrheu he entered the cabin vy chat contracted pince, | bere your correspondent transferred his quarters to oe upon their knees, engaged in peayer, and cvincing the | steamer Empire a go the transporte Greatert state of fone and despair, weie between thirty | Beadquarters of General W rebel steame ton , Aranaports after. We arrived off the;coast of Florida | of February, and dispolied in an iastant the clouts of mo Exrms ? r arty, wor tre" hought their Inst in i Sarly next morning, and albeame toanchor. After ro- | doubt that had loug brooded over us, and gout w bright Ceabieh Rn ently aren, wie Uiteent ee Ox Boano ory, " ‘waining at this point for some time, within, probably, | gicam of hope through the entire force, After “the Wa- 3 a gore could engage the attentive of any of them, so as to- Feaxanpina Sounp, March 4, 1862. t M@irty miles of shore, and the signals passing freely be- | bash came the magnificent Susquehanna, and in her train 4 - assure them of their safety and lis prote tion gmety The Plead Again in Molion—Movements of the Revenw tween the different vessels, wo again got up anchor, tbo | were nineteen mon-of. war, of all classes, moving in two {hey Decade Ore tem aowared thntitcaptared | Taek Henriella-—At the Pirnandina Lighship-Soler’ ‘Bagahip and gunboats preceding the transports far in @d- | grand lines, under steam, and steering south. In a fow = — — a ~—— —~—-————«~ | by usthey would suffer every indiguity and outrage ay Funeral at Sea—General Wright's Landing at Fernan ‘ wanes; s0 before the latter started the former wore far | momonts the {lect in Warsaw Sound were astir, and the our Lig? = ‘ Re f Ges nat ncn nomaes tly dina, de. eatof sight. After a while, however,and late in the | transports be, would fortunate. ou y floet again in motion, gan to run about, picking up ti respec. r = = en were not inthe most cheerful state of mind whe» our Early the next morning the was was late. ‘Fhe Ottawa anchored in St. Andrews Sound ‘Tho creek is narrow, ana us cow > Alrwyy = ys ~aan 9 weet ce the steamer. Huwever,as no | the gunboats, with the pow Boston ovening, we again joined the rest of the fleot. tive tows, ready for a final start. As the tide would not | for the night, sending & buat oa xhore, in charge Ag soon as the fleet was all together the gunboats com- | serve us until late in the afternoon, there was ample | ing Master Haines, who raised the Stars and str tt ih menced moving off, the Ottawa taking the lead, making | timo to yet the lighthouse on th nd. Ho foun’ ighthouse | got baif way lo Fernandina | se i Geet for the shore. ‘The flagship, with the Susquehanna | sot flag Mita dgen a Fagg sok . wine | deserted aad the a is carried away A smail | @d, bus the rising tide soon flo aad ee ‘es ag Wee guebon!, Pity, flagship quautity of oil and afew minor articles were found, but | was aground two hours ormore a' : transports, came to anchor as soon gu a | transports, was under way, piloted out by the Marion | everything of value had been stolen by the rebeis creek, and the prospects geting through that day Qed sailed, and lay there until Sunday morning carly, | and Georges Crock. Wo passed the bar aftor dark, in Ay morning, Commodore Dupont having trans. | seemed, for & time, most discouraging After » great deal when Commodore transferred ican, the sloop-of.war Mohican, Commander | of trouble and savor, she was got around tho point and wo solemn beg his flag to the Mohican, | tho following order:—Steamer Empire City; Marion, tow- fleet, excopt the Wabash und Susquehanna, | again learned on. We touched cn the divide" between ping from it 1 was awakened about sunrise by hearing the and the Wabash and Susquehanna weighed anchor and * . ; he Ott having taken possession of New 4 traniporte also weighing anchor, and starting for F¢. | and'Georgon Creek, both with schooners in tow. We | tie ‘eta, No, cumculty occurred in roaring, tho bas.,| erdiccua, mulen wept close te the Ottawa, every, vessel nine Ocal night, it possibles We obia'net | the deep, with all due renpect and solemaity,, the body of ' Androw’s Sound to join the ovher gunboats. On arriving | ran out to the Wabash, which was at anchor off the bar, | Seuthern vast, and 7 uh a wel marked | dendee the Pawnee and. dtiawe mere ontner groves arith | from tbe Parl gon oe nites rat Georgo Evans, of Company K, who died the night pre- @@ tho bar the Mohican took the lead, followed by the | and Goneral Wright proceeded on board tho flagship, and | T*Anel—one of those harbors which has been strangely | @ failing tido, or blocked 1p the oreek by those preceding, jp a on miailigues poe omy fellow and we | vious. He was from Boultenbury, and, eame from home Ottawa verke _ r it ‘ ! coast, al | pares saan the gunboats, and all went over | had an interview with Flag Officer Dupont, After an Sau pag? es mone mare taea eos venet | scvecnuntarpenn aivet ‘our an (ron, Pornandind; Jaaay NO trouble ia aacending tbe St. Marys river, | afflicted with the consumption, hoping the Southern cli aty armed vessels firat,and then the Empire | jour or more he rotarned, and soon tho flagship hat | har entered it. isfely teansie-red its caago to small | tu fuil sight of tue city, tae Pawnee unfortunately ground’ | although 16 Wt quite tortaces and ditiealt to sarignte. bim. wa fun the blockade, After all had | ed, and refused to stir from bor position So the Ottawa ‘We anchored off the village of St. Marys at one «clo as it winds through the broad marsh botween *' frowe wat Cumberland Sounds By the time. we bai | outr age was offered, aod every attention shown them, | with the Ninety-seveuth Pennsylvania regiment, and also Trcaine quite resigned and slightly cheerful during BY cronas Llewennat Gores ve Mneet in ane, the yacht Henrietta, passing along through the river inside with twenty men,and he eusceoded in bringing Hee ove Sue island, while tho Mobigam, with the other naval he city, where she anchored. After we cen, nt Ge in ‘ launch was cent to the draw bridge . other transports, mer, proven (he rebels from coming back | &84 went back, parsing out to ren again. i Gity, General Wright's flagship, followed by tho other : j > anchor up and was undor way, followed by the naval | Steamers, and ly the t {ters from the twas @ransporte—and moved slow! M ‘entered the Hound the flagehip camo to anchor, and the | and Huron came to anchor, to await the movements oa the morning. and instantly the two cu ‘ Giaiteciand river, Wo ‘ana prev cmt nth portion of the fleet, which had been joined off the | fost of the fleet flowed suit : the Pawnee, At this time four of fve of Wabarb,and the Ottawa's first and second cutters, in deemed imprudent 1 ventureover the bar: go the, dovt gad at balf-past eloven o'clock gy 3 >. bar by the sloops-of-war Seminole, Captain Gillis; | During the ay inforination of @ very important ch ‘ttle floet were visible towards St Androwst | charge of Acting Mastor Duer Lgl gener! wd 7 we the | The Mohican in the van, moved | thé Potomska, Commander Walmough, and tho | Factor wan gain from parties who were found on ebore, | but ail evidently fast sm the mud. Outside, | and lr Carpenter, respect SL ee aon ‘appears, — | ‘great caution, watching the shore for Sanbed t Ellen, Lieutenant Budd. Th ? © the effect that the battery on Careriand island, | we could distinguish the spars of the Wabash : | the command of Captain who t an warning coming. = eS Gavia, Wille the Ottawa actea a6 @ sors or oes od bat- | Ellen, Lieutenant Budd. The traogports followed | j-uking towards the entrance to. Furnandiaa, had bean | quebanna, with soino of the other vessels, and we wers.| the village, Our, men - Pine village, butte woes en and fol- Fa eee re ha cone tact beet, Fun: | in the order -above indicated, and the entice | evacuated by the rebels during ihe past woek, and thas | © huted ihas they were on hand for their part of tho | Dridled, belonging to a rebel eeout in the village, but ite 4 as 8 every DOK | feet of nearly thirty versels were soon slowly steaming | We tebets were about evacurting, of had evacuated, | work, Captain Ster ‘after bringing the Ottawa to | riders escaped tn the darkness. A strong sya: Hy hater 4 atarted s. s "OF course everybody was on deck and on the iproniagies mire 8 | ee eet Wut the batiorios, poatectiog. Fecnaucina, | anchor, weut on board the Pawnes, and goon returned | on shore during the night. pickets Being well (Hrown Oy i eleven A. M. ses aD, predate miosne the rendervous, off St. Andrews | This, of sourse, produce!» change inethe plan of tha | with Orinmander Drayton and ©, & P Rodgers, of the | and every precaution taken sgene urprise. The enemy efforts econd Iannch and second cutter of the | did cot trouble us at all. and the night pasted quietly. success, wea tk the upper endof Cumberland tated ine | "0ue4 Georgia. movement which was concla“@ | rpon on the report of | Wabash, with Favela had erected two btirie. About cia thn on & ‘Tho night passed quiotly. ‘Tho air was caim and the ‘hor: previous a wi escaped from the | sea smooth and pleasant, and everything betokened a | 3 , vident that the Motican, Seminole SSainiand. or” Fernanda Pleasant morrow. deep vessel, woul eat di At daylight we saw bat @ small portion of tho fect, | Wirunah, Mi, thy Pawnen, ae lok ' but as the haze that hung over the smooth sea lightened the pilots whe hid ponetented several miles towards | Wabash, wv chi Fernandina, th ough the Intand passag an enant Barnes and Midshipman in the morning we went ashore, and found quito a | G alized to tol. | numbor ot people left, but a great majority had ng our under weigh, | died a day or two ——, 7m banger bay Set ind stood buldiy down the sound N | be called Unionists. Somo er irene | dua. panic ae, | ‘us, while others were more quiet and reserved; | having come down through A sharp ookoat was kept on Fort Clinch, that frowned | b ‘t all were more or lees against us. her shore. grinly upon us with ity huge black guns peering sus- St Marye is a smail village, well laid out, of about ‘on around the point, when Feresadinn, eopeares nf 1c was quite | Pears n respectively. ther long ant | Jow ‘he vitswa’s motions, and we agay i : t ik = | : i up, Wosaw the Wabash at anchor ahead of us, Picionely over ts walls, and wo w dy 10 reply to | eight hundred inhabitants, and the residence of many | view. Woe passed up iment be lll eames men They Pherepcis ded they aispiate Our passage Upon approach. | Sifu" satthy ‘Georgians. Formerly there were several | tance of the dock and let go anchor. | & boat wee, tees. @ busy sceno and one full of excitement and interest; | th ia reas Raga . oting ing the ond of Cumberland Istand, whore we knew there | gawmilis in the place, but lately, I bell but one has | diately lowered, and, . ret tivilion om Mbese Ga the transport steamers being fo for jn the the transports, the Empire City ran down and anehoret ~ Was . heavy battery, we steamed more siowly on, di been in operation. We found quit number of negroes | Feapondent had the honor of deing an Fear were entiroly ignorant of what was (he cauge of tho near tho flagship. .General Wright again proceeded to | (ity, Star of the for, Ke m ted wot to be caught in any (rap We were all alone, | jn the village, who sold us an lant bt bed eggs, | shore. A few marines and one oF two naval eatery: and could only apeculate on the probabilities of | the flagship, where he remained duri i trankporis, should govai-v'e with the remainder of the | the Huson having ge wudad @ inoment after ber anchor | ghickons, ducks, &¢., green }eas and other delicacies. but one army officer, were on shore wi Belvidere Sarees? rebels, rcouts, rand bare, ? Said tak at eee LRT a EO crated. that the portion of the | Wad up, aud Ovuld but effect litte, if the rebels opened | “VOC. ac acornoon, when the Isaac Smith re- | Bt her fret boat ashore, 0 hat us OF, , jndovd, barely save ourselves from de. —— J nd started up the river on a reconnoissance, as ‘wt visible op the brick walls of oved for the purpose of inviting tho Inhabitants tore. | Our Fernandina City Correspondence. Mibout due echoes the Otters earketrom thehead of tho | 12 the forencon the Ottawa was sent in to the shore, | *xvelition which was ty gv insite shuld proc ud t Persons ould be seen about | Try to their homes, assuring thom of protection to per- Fauxaxona, March 7, 1862. passing down by them and gy ga ae with Mr. Godfroy, the pilot, on a reconnoissance. Capt. =, b ghey od ae cheens, of water in river, and lly came to | Stevens approached near the shore and sent a boat in, | sent ashore to get beefend fresh provisions Soverel we rounded the end of Cumberland 20, ee ce thermen Mont, 4, Board, | whieh palled to tne entrance of Brunawick harbor, which | cHtile ware Killed and dressed, ani the ment :istributed | Island we obtained a view of the Palmetto balers 08 fon and property. “After the Landing and Mecting the Ctisent—The Furs! Man communicate with us by the army’ rignais, a | Proved to bo about two miles north of the M among the fleet. Some wilt we. the point, bat conld see no guns. Across the bay and up We did not succeed in getting over three miles when ‘an Intelligent Negro— Bodies of tha Men Killed by tha ‘ef quick and prompt communieation thst js be- | the fleet, and no ai anchorage of | the biue jackets were not first class shite on the wine, | the Amelia fiver we could seo the b acl moke of arebel | the pilot ran us ashore, as the poor darkey feared an ‘Ottawa's Shot om the Car—Recape of Bx-Senator af. mamanne gorvies ia the Goat The Ollawa , and no sigue of the cecupation of the rebel bat- | thelr sucoeas in shooting Funuing hogs was not brilliant, | steamer, and we determined to take it aud at tbe same | attack from tho rebels on & biuf ahead of se en Ante ot the Reneredaiie Order foo ned to the lo, when & consultation was hed tories were observed. Our anchorage deing wight miles | However the fun was exciting, though fatiguing, if not | time c tof the drawbridge between ‘Amelia fsiand and | us, which we must pass in the darkness. So, Tulee—Union Men between General Weiant Commodore Dupont, aad | forth of St. Andrews, we up auchor 2 me successful. the wats Ia ‘We approached still nearer the walls of | with the falling tide, we were obii to apen’ Beacuation Issued by General Mercer—List of the Rebel altar along sitting the q aga stood | “Early on Monday morning the Pawneo started on ber | Fort Clinch; bat so of life was visible, Was it a | the night there. Barly in the morn! wareday), 0 | seer hich Held the City—How Theygwere Paid and t and plans and movements for the | down the coast, and again come to rtuous I ever moxt ‘were consummated anchor off St. An- | devious way, clorely followed by the Ottawa, on which I | trick of the Sven tus ie 5 coats ‘gr ~ drews, when @ reconnoissance wax made in force by the | fortunately tN nged OY Sig Le the Fenvire city, ag a PA FO a deserted? Sage Dah ng which ee et te 7 at we = i tesa pipe enna y Ottawa Hanan’ rok ens 4 boats. - the reiwainder 0 fleet—the other portion be: | for it, and st boldiy on, toa point near , | were so sharp river To , road Train—Priconers from i seen ‘one of the ’a specials, hyght dracght gunboats. They pr ceevad to the bar, and | Mi avuu ta yet under way to proceed outside’ and then 1 \eavennae George, Bivhive went ashore inthe | the greatest ekill to navigate; but we suceveded in Heath of Oe “among the Ree ‘gamed to draw us inte aquick and sure de- | again got under way and steamed rapidly up the tive, | 78 Tt 1 oe pnt cinch Saning @ Rail lying in Cumberland river afine | tho Ottawa steamed over it, dudiog it woll b eae ‘ol! buoyed out, bina, commander Jobu itenkheat, took in tow ig, and raised Over one of the bastions of the fort, on | escaping any serious mishap. ascended the river t and ran wound the north ead of Cy and Jeland oad the cutter Hen ‘#t'>, Commander J. G, Bennett, fhe rebel flagstaff, the Ottawa's largest ensign, and Fort | a potne forty mien above St. Mar: Sh ie place gpiled bele—General Wright's Order— Property Saeed from te 2 fi 8 Mille. jeads of Ciscrvore! no @ gow of the enemy. Lis fact was wignAlinert ch hat te alloted posiiion in the Hine of attack? | Clineh was again ours. Not awaiting Lieutenant White's | Alburtio’s Mills, one mile below Ki The river, | amps Goold for Lowot Men, dtc, do ey fogiaes \ i hart, we tho Amelia ri t tho hand jog ‘through ® marsh ten or fifteen vessels, Hie Asked the protection Of the Vuion | ihe gytoaus witeile, but non® entered ae the how, cogrars darough Che jase paawage 28 Arcomearily 1 CoV Tuunes that Constitute Ube town of Old TO | eae sencegmnp,” in places ‘werve. and im. | Immediately ca getting om shore, in company with