The New York Herald Newspaper, February 27, 1863, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 9662. INTERESTING FROM PORT ROYAL. ee eee Arrival of the Augusta Dinsmore and United States Gundoat Ottaw: Gen. Stevenson Arrested for Objecting to Fight in Company with Negroes. SAFE ARRIVAL OF THE MONITOR NAHANT Steamers Run the Blockade of | Charleston in One Day. General Foster's Staff Peremptoridy Sent North by General Hunter. BBAVY FIRING HEARD IN THE OGBBCHEB, ao., ae, ae, ‘The United States stoam junboat Ottawa, Lieut. William BD, Whiting, arrived st this port yosterday morning from Bert Royal, S. C., whieb plaice she left on the 20th iust., QA atx o'clock P.M. She vomos hero for repairs, baving Fecently sustained tnjury to both engines and boilors while doing blockade duty off Charleston bar. ‘eo brings no news of importance, ‘Tho heath of the troops and squadron is good. There bas been no recent movemout by the forces on either ete. ‘Tho Ottawa captured on the night of January 21 the ‘@chooner Fitiwan, while attempting to ran the blockade us of thoSwash ebanuel, aud subsequently assisted in @etting afloat the prizo steamer Princess Royal, which waa drivea on shore near Breach Inlet buttery by the ‘Waited States gunboat Unadilla on the morn.ng of the 29sb i. The Ottawa's battery ie heavy, including a wwo undred pound rifled gun, SMe has been actively employed since she was put io @caumission in Ovtober, 1841, and will be made ready for pea with al) convenient despatch. Sho brings with her from Port Royal alarge quantity of mesa stores and express: matter rocently received for the ill-fated steamer Isaac P. Smith. They wil! be landed at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn. She passed, off the ontrance of Port Royal, the United stoamer State of Georgia, with the tron-clad Na- in tow. Same time Adams Express steamer Mary Baudford, all bound to Port Royal. ‘The following is a list of the officers of the Ottawa — Theutenant (ommanding—Wm. D, Whitney. Hheutenan’ and Executivv Offic:y—Goo. 2. White. Acting Masier—Samuel Hanes. Acting Assisiant Surgeon—Chas, 0. Carpenier. —Jas. P, Sprague, second Assistant; KRdward W. Koehi, Franklin C, Prindie aud Robert P. Hine, Third A tng Bnsigns—Job L. Gamb cis nL. Gambto and Benj. Mitchell, srtdant Pa -—Charles HI. Noyes. Caylain’s Clerk —Horace L. Petersou. ing Master's Males—Edward M. Dimon, Alden W. ‘and David McKewan. The Augusta Dinsmore, Capt. I. Crowell, from Port Royal, S. C.; February 20, arrived here yesterday after- ‘Boon. During ber yoyage the following testimonial was gotten ‘ep by tho passengers and presented to the captain:— ‘The undersixned, passengers on board the steamer asta Dinsmore, on her passage from Port Royal, 8. (., Beaufurt, N. ., take this modo of expressing to Captain Isaac Crowell, the commander of the vessel. their pened character as a geaman and a gentieman, fidelity to his vessel, whether in storm oF and indness and attention to every one on 5 Pa desire wo say to him, as well as to the vthor officers of his vessel, that they leave with the pleasantest Secolletions ftom sod with the best wishes for succeus ob e future voyage. Seo. C. boages Jr. 7 Samal, W. Eaton. Wm, B. Bi Franklin A. Rich. M4.Col. Wm. McNany, Edward R. Fuller, ‘128th regt., N.Y.8.V.' W. Adams. aap. L.A. Lsiey, A. Parrish. 3. Bibiaexpole. Lae Br. Hall Curtis. Max Maherd. a R.E. W. G. Uptegrove. . William E. Perkins. L, F. Sava:e and others. ‘Stuart P. Graves. M. Swenton. ‘We are indebted to Mr. Williams, purser of the Augusta Dinsmore, for late papers and other favors. Our Hilton Head Correspondence. Hiro Hxap, 8. C., Fob. 18, 1863. Arrest of Brigadier General Stevenson—He is Reported to Haws Preierred to be Beaten Rather than Fight with Megrece—Arriva! of Desertera—Anetrer Iron-Clad Ram Launched at Savannah—News by @ Play of Truce— Bribulation of the Taw Commissioncrs—Some Reasons why the Lands Should Not be Seld—Smalipos in Beau- fort—The Negroes Ordered Out for Sanitary Reasons— Arvet of @ Gambler—Amusements Among the Soldiers end Sailors, éc., dc. @u Monday last, the 16th instant, Brigadier General ‘Thomas G. Stevensou was placed in arrest by General Hunter. General Stevenson entered the service as Colonel @f the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, and was premoted for gallant and meritorious service in North Carolina. His brigade is a portion of General Nagleo's divi- ston, which reinforced this department some days since. ‘The following are the circumstances which induced his arrest:— Genera) Stevenson, on bis arriva! at Port Royal, called, ® company with several members of hie staff, at the Onstem Rouse, the officers of which are mainly Boston ‘men and former ecquaintances of tho General. While ‘there the conversation turned upon the eudject of negro Qweops, the General stating emphatically that be was op. [pesed te arming the blacks. A conversation, substantially aa follows, ensued :— “ Well,” eaid one of the gontiomen present, ‘I had vather the negrees would fight for us than for the re- els.” ‘The General responded that he liad no evidence yet that the Confederates used negro troops against us; but if they 404 it was DO reason why we should fight with the same allies. “ Bat,” interrupted an officer of bis sta, you know that Diack treops wero successfully used in tbe war of the Revolution.” * That was a different war.” ** And you know,” continued the officer, " that General Seske0n employed black men at New Orleans, and pubtic Wy thanked them for their services.” “] don’t care anything about that,” was the reply. “Circumstances were not the same then as now. | don’t ‘want to fight with a negro.” “Hadn't you raier have them for vs than aguinst us?” 6 be command of General y; cus. Maron, ARst. Adit Goa EAvID HUNTER. . Stevenson If sto,/ping at the Port Ro his arrest is the subject of much fe baka personal friends sympathize with him, but the majority of those who express aa opinion deem his lan. advised and tending 0 insubordination. “What Section the President will take in the matter remains to be , though a rumor prevails that Geo. Hunter hay ro. mended that he ve ‘lischarged from tho service. couple of deserters from Capst-n’s Muff reached yp tom Head on Friday last, having made their eseape from the rebel battery ina sinall boat just after tattoo, They aro both Irishmen, conscripted Kome mouthe eince, and ‘Welonged w the First Georgia regiment of infantry.’ Re. the announcement that another rebel iron-ciad ram ched in Savannah last week, they bring little importance. The people of that city are in te ing av attack momengarily, ‘the inbabitants were, rhsioes, saions our or. bevert }, auxions for our ar. rival. Tasked bim about fe # i and Atlaata, The authorities are straining every © vo insure her speedy completion. The steamer Mattano returned yesterday from the upper part of Elba Island, haying bec on a mission from General Huwter to General Mercer, under a flag of truce. During her absence Captain Kinzie, of General Honter's tat, who accompanied her, sought am interview with his sister, who i the wife of @ rebel officer in Savannah, Generai Mercer courteously complied with the request, and the lady and her husband were sent down in one of the rebel stoamers, The feeling against General Hunter ig very bitter in Savannal, and it has Leen determined to hang him as soon as he can be eiptured. Captain Kinzie acted as the colencl of General Munter’s original negro regiment, and in the interview he had under the flag of Gruce with the rovel officers he was assured that, once among them as 4 prisoner, no power would be able to save his neck from the rope. The recent negro raids along the Georgia coast haye created a good deal of con- Bternation among »laveowners. who fear for the safety of their persons and their property, if they are to be sub- Jected to the tender mercies of negro troops The rebel officers spoke most triumphantly of the re | ¢ent achievements of the Chighra and Palmetto State at and declared that the blockade of that port that the steamers Ruby. Leopard and \ riveit from Nagsau in a single day, a | steamer, bound for hiverpcol, with . Clay, tocky, as a passenger, pagsed out successfully at 10. mit) Direct Tax Commissioners are etill in tribulation. General Hunter remains Girm to Dis refusal to permit the land sales to go on, the same expensive. The bill of tue Frida Tax Commissioners aguinat the South Carolina Tax Comunissionere for adver tixing the sales in the Free Siuth—a paper with a fictitious circulation, established by the Tax Commission in order to Secure the Tax Commvasiouers’ priuting—amounta to sx tbewand six busdred and seventy dol- jars, and yot the advertivers could not better have avotded inviting general competition than by velecting the mediuin they employed. The salaries of the three Tax Commissioners, amounting to $9,000, and the pay of a surveyor aud a clerk, reaching to the sum of $2,400, are in uddition to the expense of advertising, and must be paid out of the proceeds of the sales. But the lands, had they been sold, would never bave realizod enough 4 mect these expenses. They would have passed tow the bands of a few specuiatore, who coukt have bled Uncle Sam to any extent for the grou: ds now oceupied by the troops, posts und fortiications. In case the govern- ment from any causo should {aii to make good the title to she confiscated lands, tho sales would constitute the basis of intormiuable lawsuits, and swinging claims ior da- mages would be brought before Couxress, It in the opi- nion here that General Hunter in this affair has put his foot upon one of the Dizgest swindies yet attempted, Last Wedsuesday was the day appointed and, though it had been forbidden in a gene: | the previous Saturday, the Commissioners conv atown lot aod adjourned til the jollowing day. The | next morning they were informed by Colonel Good, com | manding the post at Peaufort, thot if they attempted to | Proceed witb the sates he should send them under a guard © the provost guarduonse at Hilt.m Head. This bad the desired elect, and the Tax Commismoners now rest from their labors. ‘The smallpox is just mow prevailing to some extent at Beaufort. its vietinw are princ bands, though six or eight cases we week amotg the solders of the Eighth Maine regunent. The vegroes, by their fithy habits, nre constantly con- tracting avd disseminating the louthsome disease, Surgeon Crave, the Medical Divector, bas adyied their removal beyond the limits of the city, aud Gen. Hunter has dire: ed that ali negroes not necessary in the Guartermaster's Department shali be £0 disposed of. The necessity of this measure is apparent when it is von-idered that the city of Beaufort abounds in hospitals, la two of which the smallpox bas already appeared. uring the bot months to come ft is wot uniikely that most of he myaiid soldvers of the department will be trausterred to Beaufort for treatment, and banishing the negroes is but the begin- ning of the work of purifying and disinfecting the town. The only deaths from ¢malipox that have come to my kuowledye have occurred ia the colored regimen:, which ig encamped about four miles sucth of Beaufort, near the river bauk. ‘The arrival of the paymasters by the las: trip of tho Arago was an auspicinis event, and already tho ditusion of the greenbacks has commenced. Bat with them there was an advent of shurpers, whose object im coming was simply to reap tho harvest of Treasury notes sown among the troops. One of these gainPlers—a fellow named James A. Story, alias Horton—was arrested at the Port Royal House yesterday. Ho hails from Nor- wich, Conn.,and in his poaseseion wero found various memoranda, advantage card-, and other ingenious de- vices for cheating at play Story is now in confinement at the provost guardhoure, with a sisty two pound ball and chain attached to his leg. ith bis fine clothes and solemn countenance he cu sorry figure among his rougher-featured and more plainly clad companions, whore chief amusement isto set bie cannon bali rolling and watch the involuntary nimbieness of the unlucky prisoner, a¢ the ponderous weivht bounds over the ground.’ Story ~was accompanied to this point by a con- federate named Elisbury,on whore track a skilful de- lective is Dow at work. It is aileged that Both these worthies were permitted to land here throngh the influence of a sutier in Beaufort, ‘Beard, who voucked for them as is clerks, aud who is #upposoa to have been aware of their real character. Beard’s store has been closed, uis goods seized, and he himself bas been ordered to quit the department by the next steamer. Soldiers and sailors find numerous means for happiness, even iu the midst of war. At Fort Pulaski & theatre of no mean dimensions has been established, aud will be opened ov Monday evenlog next, in commemoration of Washing- ton’s Birthday. Ihe Wabash Minstrels are to give their sixth public entertainment on board the flaysmp on the same night, aod a liverary association in Peaufort is tw do vote that evening to Shaksperian readings, ‘These per- formances are in mavy in-teuccstupheld by able talent, and are patronized not only by those in camp, but by Ad. miral Dupont, General Hunter and other geveral officers. pally ainony the contra discovered last Hiro Heap, 8. C., Feb. 19, 1863. The Prouble Between Generals Foster and Hunter— Foster's blag Ordered to Quit the Department of the South—Briga- dier General Saxton, Military Governor, Assigned to Duly With Ircops—Very Heavy Firing in the Ogeechee—Our TromClads Again at Work—Beld Feat of Some Rebel Scouts—They Capsure @ Picket on Hilton Head Island— Affairs at St. Augustine—Resignations im the Tenth Army Corps— Adams Expres Company—The Wreck of the Schooner Lotus,and Who is to Blame for t, dc. ‘You are doubtless acquainted with tho nature of the dispute between General Foster and General Hunter. The former brought reinforcements for this department, but claimed to command them as a separate corps, When be subsequently returned to Newbern and to Washington, be turned over bis forces to Naylee instead ef to Hunter. ‘The latter. after Foster's departure, assumed command in general order, and directed that the transportation brought down should be turned over to Col. Riwell, Chief Quartermaster, and that the heads of the various staff de- partments among the now troops rhould at once report to the proper officers at tho department neadquar- ters. Thin they failed to do, and one of them—Capt. Biaght, Gen. Foster’s quartermaster—wan accordingly placed in arrest. They alleged that, as members of Gen. Foaver’s staff, they were not bound to receive orders from any other general. To-day the thing bas culminated in an order from Gen. Hunter sending them back to their posts in North Carolina, The course of Gen. Foster may have been dictated by the wiscet patriotism, but 't places him in the light of an extremely anmilitary and discour- teous officer. The subjoined special order is rather severe ‘apon his eta — SPECIAL ORDERS—NO, 97. Fkapquaatens, Derakaweyt ov tite Soctn, Hiutow Heap, vont Rovat, 3... Feb. 19, 1868. ‘Two members of Gen. Foster # staf, now rojourning with- in the limits of this department, uaving been enyaged in sending North a steamer belonging to this command and for the operations about to commence—euch steamer being sent away clandestinely, and witheut the anowle ige, consent or order of the Mayor General command- jog—and jt being found that many, if not all, the mem. bers of Gener: ster # stat have indulged in statements and remarks tending to create disaffection, jneubordina tion and matiny, it is hereby ordered that All the mem- bers of the staff of Major tienoral John 6. Foster, com- manding the Department of North Carolina, now withia the limits of the Department of the south, shall quit this department by the Grwt steamer going North. By com- mand of Major General D, HUNTER. Cas. G, Matrinm, Agst, Adjt, eral Tenth army corps. Brigadier General R. Saxton, in couformity with autho- rity recel from the War Department, bas been assigned to duty with troops, and placed in command of the poat of Vort Royal Island, relieving Colone! T. H. Good, of the Forty -#eventh Penusylvania Volunteers. The latter is ordered, with his command, to report at bead- quarters for aseignment to special service, General Saxton bar long been desirous of taking an ctive position, General Hunter's own idea is under- stood to be that he will make a better soldier than « military governor, and that bis mititary education abould not be thrown longer away in the management of Georgia laborious zoal: but fis eforts lave not remuited in any military or pecunury advantage to the government, nor in auy eongde rable amount of giory for hinself. For his new postion he is professionally fitted, ord as the commanderot a Drigade oF divisiod will io doubt accomplish more for the country than al) the military governor® yet appoinwd, From ten o'clock untiltwo today, very heavy firing has been heard in the direction ef the Opeecher river. It is generally believed that the Montauk ha» made an. other attack upon the Genesis Point battery, dut the sound of the firing indicates ie engagement to te nearer at hand. A deapateh from Firt Pulark: to ater tho en gagement, or whatever it may be, at Thonderbdt butte Ty, i Warsaw Sound. !¢ in poasible that the Passaic and Atianta have come together The latter, it» known, bas been waiting and w tcling for an epportw ity toe cape from Wilmington river, and the Vasrac hae heen Just a8 closely yuarding the channel and preparing for the advent of the Confederate cratt, Brigadier General Terry, commanding the post at Hil top Head, regeived agdenpatch on Jhureday of The publicity gaven to the proposed | sule, though very limited, has nevertheless beou rather | | | i ag docile aga lainn by the suitey party of ” rebe avin raised. In proof of this they stuted | mer had ar: | lash week, | during at day, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, from the captain in charge of the picket at -papien We m him that Ca he Jonce—one of the guards that station—had dese-ted to the enemy. As Caleb Jones: private io the Ninth Maine Volunteers, and as oue member of that regiment had alread: ; for'e similar crime, tho character of Degan to be commented happily for the Ninth Maine, and Caied Joves in partion ch's com lai, it how turns out that be wae captured by a party of but four enterprising gcouts, who #eized him while at bis post. T cut the following agcount of the aflair from 4 recent rebel Journal: DARING ADYKNTURK, OF A SOOUT—A YANKEE PICKET RAGGED. {From the Chavieston Mercury, Feb. 14.) We lear that quite @ hold feat was accomplished on Weds nesday avening ¥y 1. J. Mctirn. the sonut and privates Gell son, Welis and Reynolds, irom Captain Mickler's company, Eleventh South Carol Ther actnally went on Hiltow Mead Leland ans themselves near sAace them to. the amuintand to hae fate, and was man hed — H Yankee very quietly suibin I hunderman seins to by delighted at encaped frat Hunter's army. orrohurates the news ot au inrywendit stack in this departmen Charieston. is Wie He says, however, t the troops, aud thinks tack is maite, Colonel BuMvgton and famity, who were bronght away from St. Auguste by Mr. French a few days since, have been returned by (choral Hunter w their home, Dr, Boyuton, ap old resident of St. Augustine, bus been ap- pointed a commissioner to investigate the conduct of the Jnhabitante of the ancient city, and is to determine the disposition te be made of those whose résideuce there muy be found inconsistent with the public interest. He bas been given fall discretionary power to vend to Hilten Head as prisoners or to transport to the rebel tines such gerne he may deem proper, until Lieutenant Virgil Ht, € who was captured in the suburbs of the own @ few weeks since, and who is now in close continement in Charleston jail, stmll be released. He is algo to decide to whom rativos sball be issued Quite a number of resi; jons have been accepted during the past week, vearly allef thens having been of fered on the ground of ill health. J append a list — i Major Cyrus Diller, Seventy e'xth Pennsylvania Volun- cers. Major Jas. B. Roberts, One Hundred and Seventy fourth Pennsylvania Militia. First Licutenant Samuel C, McCoombs, One Hundred <eveuty-fourth Pennaylvania MiMtia: jeutenant F. N. Barlow, One Hundred and Fif- York Volunteers. utenant T. KR. Horton, Adjntant, One Hundred and Frtconth New York Volunteers. First Lieutenant Nathan F. Hall, First South Carolina Volunteers (through incompetency, Second Lieutenant W. W. Meeker, Sixth Connecticut Volunteers, (uncer charges). Latins jeutenant Kebert Nevin, Third Rhode Island artillery. In cloning my letter permnit me to say a good word for Mr. Jobn K. Stimron, ot the Adams F3 4 Company, to whori the representatives of the press are under obliga: tions for many courtesies since his residence at Port Roya!. He gees North to morrow to assume the manage- ment of the new line of steamers botween New York and this port, and leaves as many personal friends aud ad fortnight will elapse before the at- mirers behind him as are usually inckided in the Acquaintance of @ genial, whole.souled, warm-hearted gentleman. He i succecded in the management of the Express ix. this department by Mr. Ralph Trembly, who brinys a long experience and @ national reputation to aid hiro in bis position. Speaking of the Exprees, | am reminded to say that het more than one-third of the packages ehipped by the schooner Lotus for this point will ever reach tneir dest nation, eo vessel was wrecked on the north shore of North fela and the nearest place where the rescued goods can be shenered is on the south side, some three miles distant. Commander Beaumont, — of the guntoat Sebago, piaced a guard of sailors over them, and a large pomber of contrabands have been emplosed in taking them across the saodhilis and through the woods, in order to put them where they can be reshipped ; but the temptation to ‘loot’ bas been irresistible, and the dusky natives have appropriated or secreted a jarge portion of the cargo, The offivers of the naval vessei- in that vicinity have labored commendably te save everything they could; but the loss to the Ex; will nevertheless be very heavy. The Lotua was overhauled off Wilmington by Actin ter Warren, commanding the gunboat Day hght, and com- pelled tw come wo anchor. Though her papers were al) correct, her cargo was examined, and a keg of whiskey found among her stores was retved and taken aboard the gunboat, she herself was ined, without cause, for four days and a balf, loving @ fair wind. afterwards she was caught ina gale and wont ashore. Hat for the un- warrantable detention by Captain Warren there would been no shipwreck, no loss to the express company, and no disappointmeut Or inconvenience among the na- merous parties to whom the cargo was consigned. Ce. Feb. 19, 1863. Our Port Reyal Corresp Port Rovat, 8. C., mus—How the English Olserve Neutrality— Suspension of Their Visits to Blockaded Ports—Naval Intelligence, de. There is a lamentable dearth of news in the Naval De- partment at present, quito distressing to correspondents. Not a ingle affair has occurred since the rebel raid off Charleston worthy of more than a brief mention, The famous Palmetto State and Chicora, rebel iron-clats, have been withdrawn from our sight, and now lie near the ity of Charleston, well guarded by long lines of batteries, against apy sudden attack from our Monitors. The Charleston people have rehearsed so often the highly colored, and, forfthe moat part, false, re ports of Ingraham and Tucker, that they have begun to piace some degree of faith in the truth of the statement that the blockade was raised, and that none of our ves sels wero seon off the bar on the day of the conflict. Those who had eyes and used them in the direction of our block ading fleet saw most of them riding at their anchor all day long at their usual stations, and now have some diftl- culty jn accepting as true the entire yarn of the com mander of the Confederate naval forces to the contrary. It was unfortunate, and a painful blow to our naval officers here, that the New York papers should gi full credeuce to the rebel reports of the Charies- ton affair, and base grave censure upon our forces in the affair, without waiting our side of the story to confirm or alter it, The officers and men of the navy— who carry their lives in their hands, ready at all times to sacrifice them for their country’s good, and who find their main reward in the proud consciousness of having performed their duty faithfully and well, and in the full recognition of their services by the government and the people—compiain that undeserved and unjuat reflections upon their character as officers and men and the manoer in which they have performed their dangerous and ardu ‘ous services have been generally indulged in since the re- coipt of rebel news of the Charleston affair. After bay {ng done alt that men could do in sustaining @ vigorous blockade of Charleston, through fair weather and foul, and under all circumstances of peril, they have just cause for complaining that too ready credence has beem given to @ report that bore on its face exaggeration and falsehood. A fuil belief in the rebel accounts of the raid carried with jt corresponding de gree of doubt as to the bravery and the faitbfal manner io which the navy performs its duties to iteeif and to it« coautry. Apd no greater injustice could be done them than to question their courage, energy and devoted at- tention to the highest interests of the servicer. The thariesten affair was, through a combination of'cir cumstances, nearly & surprise tour, It was imponsibie to prevent it at the time, and it j# only #trauge that the Tesults were bot more serious than they proved to be. With ail the advantages of &@ surprise, in tne first place, and nearly an invulnerable coat of mail to | them in A” contest which immediately fol- lowed @ discovery of their presence, these rama were enabled to effect but little, comparatively speaking, hearty guise of a singe sloop of war, the Housatonie, re ceiving, an they crossed the bar, the fire of that ship, ae they acknowledge, and effectually setting at rest the story that the fleet waa dispersed by rebel prowess. The of the Catmus, which came out of the harbor « ye after the attack, in & boasting alr, repeate! 7 Godon, the senior officer off Charleston, the watement that pone of our fleet were in sight at nine Celock of the morning of the conflict, and that the fect had been dispersed in ihe eogagement. Capt. Godon ef | fectually silenced the Englishman by qnoting the acknowlelgment of the officers of the Valmet to State of the fact that she war fired upon by tho Housatonic while crossing, aod after she had crossed the bar, showing conclumvely at leant ‘one vessel did not run when the rains came out, | and the additional fac ‘on the | blockade long after the rams had retired and the veces | rity of a retreat had passed. The neutral hing iehrnan wilted at thie statement and was silent, Hy the way, this Is the same fellow who gave the rebels all the infor mation ho bad of Our movements, and violated the com monest rules of neutrality. Ihe Cadmus will not be per. mitted to enter the harbor of Churleston again, and 1am | ipelined to think no other Englishman, while the rebels id it | ave invariably communicat the rebels all the information they co for that purpose, avd have exhibited ways than one their active syrnputh ‘The Iaat etfort of ts it is likely no more eB Will be extended them, until they can give sat ty eviience that they have honor enough w observe the most ordinary obiivations impor 4 by intervational law upon neatrals. We have Seen Ro Many glaring VHlLONA Of these obligations that we question their poreersion of amy hoverable traite or friendly feelings towards But to return to the Charleston affair, In forther reply 10 revel statemen's tha! the foot was dispersed, and out of # ght av -erwaria, it ts quite suf ‘emt to Ray that po inew than five gunboats remained at anehor during the entire content, and took no part in it, and never ratred acebor Dub reuatued quietly at their posts, | o for fs waa #0 trauaparentiy howvtile tbat | | Dearth of Naval News im Ure South Atlantic Blookading Squadron—The Charlestonians on the Rebel Raid—The Remarks of the Nortaern Journals on tha Affair and the Navy— What Was Effected by the Redele and What Was Not—Ihe Truth of tha Matler—The English Frigate Cad- | founded, at least am fi | and dually hastily retired when daylight came, before the | | | FEBRUARY 27, 1863. PRICE THREE CENTS The Ottawa, whieh had run down the evening Dee vious W “toon, to aid, if possibio, the Base Smid Comnicdore McDouough, but had not crossed the b off it all night aud nearly ail the next day, and was part of the blockading squadron of Charleston at the time, as sho guarded a fayorwe Wu-shore ap} 10 the south: im rather severe terms: bub | Orn channel to (barhstan--an approach frequently takea fr ers. In short, out of the Dlockading seiv were absent—the Memphis, wwing Keystono State, disabied: the Mercedita, partially dis }, and the Auguata, sent down to repart to Admiral Depont, and be him instantly ordered back, without com. , to an anchor, Kyvery other verse) of the squadron present at their toua! positions of Charleston it the day, as any blockade runner would discovered if” presumed w rup in ip full dayticnt One vessel i ordinarily amply suf- Sharteston t to vustain an cilieent blockade vif © the daytime; but the approach of night brings ib the necessity of a larger number of vessels to he night, and if one vessel was off.during 1,a8 there certaibly was, and more, the bloekade for % moment juterrupted. But why discuss a which scarcely admita of controversy’ Tho Hed most certainty about the atthir, and when Feports aré properly understood no further heed be riven them, § merely alluded to the afir Diockwle ri t call attention to the injustice dope the navy by the raters Norch im aecepting a8 true rebel reposts, and discussing the eftects of a rupture of the blockade ae if it were really um fait accompli. Mhe gunboat Wisevhickon came in this afternoon, tow the gunbeat Dawn from Ossabaw Sound. The litter long beep purtially disabled, hut is stilt ia good condition to make @ serviecab!e blockade in intaue Sho wilt be speedily rojairea at the machine sent hack Ww her past at Ossabaw Sound. The ‘m™ returns to her station as soon as she is gunbowt Ottawa, Lieut. Com. W. D. Whiting, Bailes W-day jor New York, for the purpose of having her boilers and engines thoroughly overhauled and repaired. ‘The Ottawa hae performed good vervice im these waters since the expediiionary corps arrived, and has mado eaviable reputation tor herself, wecoud to none int squndron, When rbpaired sho will return to this depart- hondeseript iu abehttecture, embodying some idens bor- | rowed from the famoox Monitor, and others entirely { Original inher. She site very low in the a THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG Cee Beye 5. weed and amidships but about two feet of hei, } hax an obieng stationary jwrtet red, sanding | thwart whip is ea ommal astern, J Reported Capture of a Rebel Steamer | ing in oxies sweeping aft is ted witb both vorow gwhoels, worked Reparaie sets of © A wore general deeeription her was furnished yuu some tine rine, and more minute details 9 ¢ withheld now fr obvious reasons, Enowgh te given. however, to farnieh an ides ¢ | ee is, and to #bow ber adapta ty for Suffering Among the Rebels ; %! "05 :onton ay ve i sie in Vicksburg. Near Port Hudson. Lich an exenTsioD wing Master=-dohn A. Yate ative officer, Hincns— Wm. 8 Pease and Thos. Me Acting Arn tint Surgem-—Henry Mixer, Accing Aswwant Paymaster—Thom ox © Acting Chief BnginceranYhormns Doar Actiny Second Awwwiant Nnginerri—W iiace | Hovey anc vovid Hawksworth. Deserters Repert that the Enem: will wait a Hard A um Engine 14—Thomas F beholen Evacuate Uniess Soon Relleved. | dicing WasdeiicGencco A. Hoice and Jooophon Bake. Acwy Mavlers MayeomWittam 3. Ward, Gardoer $ genset ba) 29 ag | Fiteh . 1 Tifops and Lewit Keany Acting Ge nmer »b. Keys. s, LAW am Ae 4. y Flrewart. Running of the Blockade by the | f)4 50.) tu itt patos non inal, Indi I fh tdviou Absennnens a a inom a te waeauriry ot boat shih | : nore w as ioe Anon Ky we, rendering the - | un we hat nothing c uld Be fen apon we | . fem the river it was bacely powtitle to i ty banks im thine Co a rugning up GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPLOIT, of the eit bee anchoras the mouth as. oe ae. tam g'emek. Her ¢ ‘on for bs ourney #he wos to make bad ring Of & © of oat fints, Caino, Ped. 26, 1843, fo of hor, each contalniog to bowr it wolh dowm ia tis ‘The steamer Walloce brings the contirmation of the . wrance fort were not be onwitered necersary, taken but that the coal Vicksburg wh the river through the abic Howe made by her capture of (be ram Qucen of tho West. It ip reported that the Indianola destroyed a robe! steamer near Port Mudson, | Passengers report noibing of impertance transypizing ‘Tee stoainship Friceson, Capt. Lowber, soventeen daye fromm New yi rrived om the 17th, towing some me | relow. the ween of her, F the wi She haa aileo some tittle play tht 3 but Cig uel disclose her where orga in not novessary to describe, but which will be | I is Belioved that much sufloring existe at Vicksburg in | ab, the m1 She wad TunIOg, awd the duugh rem e a « apred a which he owas mnnyving, or ete pueden learned wn relation to the cause | onsequenco of Lhe interruption of river communication pas t ntlraly Uicough the leet, and on re ine the vt Of the beavy tiring beard to day yn the direction ot War- : ve einit the upper ¢ Mi anal the to@ efeam pawhousd > It i not improbable that Captain Drayina | Deserters renm to tink that unless relief wom arrives | °) See os gt = Bile has taken the Passaic up Witmington river to give the | the place will be evacuated. current fat dhe bend iu bout Kebarg sweep alias at crew @ ilttic heavy gun practice, and has used tho Fingal 5 niles au hour, Of course the haat Bibeavy content most have sumed, aod tho honey am Gur Army Chxxespanuenes. Taree it auiaa To. thie mane Joug. conti firing ‘uduees many to Hee pguanrens Neca Viemnt na, Feb. 9, L863, point and “wae th was really the case, You will hear of the affair, if it bas ocurred, through rebel sources long botore the wil reaob you. ‘The Adame Express steamer Mary Sandford has just arrived, with liter dates, Steamboat Mary Burton arrived on the 17th, and ogimamer Attila, from New York, came in on the 18th. Augusta Dinemore, after a loug delay in divebarg ing eargo, through the obstructions thrown in her way by the authorities bere, has Mnally got ready for sea, and leaves for New York. Four Steamers Running the Blockade of Charte: me {Special despatch to the Savannah Repubtican. } CHARLESTON AN OVEN POWT—YANKEB CKUELTY TO PRISONERS. Cihanuumtom, Feb. 14, 1563. ‘Three stcamers—the Ruby, Leopard and Wagner-—(rom Nassau ou the 9th, arrived here this morning with valuable cargoca. ‘The teamer Douglass ran out successfully last night, and took Hon. James B. Clay, of Kentucky, for Liverpoot ‘The blockade i virtually raised, as not a gun was fired was captured tast July with the privouedsn Fort Lafayette, was Lord Lywan, as a Britisb aub- ect, in January, and had arrived at Nassau, He repre. sents tho horrore of the abolition bastile as terrible. Covel Larvena wire still kept ip solitary coutinement, and wae expected to die (rum cruel treatment. THE REBELS IN VIRGINIA, Cavairy Ratd Across the RB: hang | hnceferward, bad concluded that the machinery must ee rays pay pt eid i= Femoved and the steamboat abandoned, He «aid mor meock—A Ke! Stonewall Jackson Reported Centrevil Wasmctos, Feb. 26, 1863. To-day’s Star says :— the Valley—Capture of Union Pickets near A large iorce of rebel cavatry doubtless crossed the The Situation Neay Vickiburg—Arrival of Leserters— Lian Age w the Reb-l Stumboat Oity of Vickabura— Acti the Enemy—Condition of the Canal—A New Hebel f lery Firing on the Ram Queen of the West—Ihe _ Demana for Cotton—Order Against Trailing on the Ay | ME elo—A Barys of Coil Kunming the Blockade at Viel A me bee burg— A Con flagration— bout the R opening of the al + Nom ivy rissippi Ror , she. , be. ‘The situation in thie vicinity remaing unchanged, The |; Improvement in the weather hax caueed a correspon ing | Improvement im thespirite «f the men, The aurgeous in | ¥ this department are iabsring faithfully to prevent a pre | valence of diseases 4 by the character of tne | country, and other unta ations which act adversely to tho heath of the unaechmate Three deserters, who left Vicksbarg | crossed tho river evasively and came within our fines, | bar! ‘They state that the recent exploit of the ram Queen of the West, which pasted all the Vieksburg Datteriow tu surety, has caused the greatest excicerment throughout th f aiers wongshie way und tin ly by withont hink pheutd ber below tat we rot Crate and ft rable ce on rday, | bank so erry weteiib ting, even of Luis for. The rebels foot of that levee T inot be city. Nobody imagined that one of our boats would attempt t ca the gauntlet, They say thas th: rebel steamboat City of Vicksburg, which — the ram run into, was really injured much an than was at first supposed, From their statements appears that her ball was considerably damaged, aud that the rebele, despairing of being able to make her useful Fold bo haved i rib 2 te. A brlgit binve ver land aud water, phere. The Indiana ihoy shunted: the flavhed wp te a anon expan evaryit: hin the pentinel : nthe Wonk, and at Whe same time tteehargedt him ‘wore already at work removing the machiuery, and | icokotat the bout. The dselarge waa heaed, and every. while this was being done she was partly supported by | Where along tbat boi soldiers sprang tearion, A Dagtory Darges. From this shore, however, she doce wot appear | #inort ue Ui of the was fret to be yreatly damaged, mani « nothing a6 fire A at The rebelx about Vicksburg continue very uctive. ryitig ex 4 Signal by the When the atmosphere is clear. as it in at present, the city oe S Lgre,algre, Joomns up in prominent proportions, and the ine can occa sionally bo seen working ou their batterlos, They are Rappahannock last vight at Kelly’s Ford, a few miles be- oie strengthening, their pension. iit oe vert peers os erasdons ito tn bow Station. Their movements from that | the policy of the revels, and # policy tBat \they have vor bain abs always porsisteutly pursued spare aparent. Ne Doles, rald upon wur forces someubere inthe | rendering coming epenasohio ‘havever iraeen ade, 80 Ch Nobody Know, vicinity of Court House. they may Deve assume: Such is the case at [| The camp totes Senet Persens whe came into our lines yesterday represent | Vicksburg. Knowing what vital point it is, they are cone Oa wheres . pati ott “ “ << that © conriderable rebel force is now at Warrenton, | ie ae ete Oat eting on their’ bat, | piseem. up stream. ddown steeans, | ive tb while others say that Jackson, with some force, has gove | teries on the bluffs at Vicksburg, just aa from Falmeut up the valley to Strasburg. If all these things be true, our belief ts that the ven- turesome rebels will find their movements duly attended by the Unien forces. Last night our picket cavalry guard, out from Centre ville, on the Chantilly road, were all but one man captured Dy a rebel force of about one hundred men, after firing two rounds. An example will of course be made of the officer com- manding the picket by dismissing him from the service | te water near her, one within summarily for permitting thie surprise to succeed. NEWS FROM SAN FRANCISCO. at Fifty Cents Discovery o Colerado—State of Valuable Mines in Markets, dc. Sav Fraxessco, Feb. 25, 1863, ‘The British steamer Robert Lowe sails on saturday next for Hong Kong, and will take out four hundred thousand dollars in treasure. Legal tender notes are selling at fifty cents en the Advices from the Colorado river mention continued discoveries of mines supposed to bo valuable. Large numbers are flocking thither wo explore that vast extent of country, hitherto umknown, There in an extensive region beyond the Colorado abounding im valuable mives of gold, silver and copper. = wealthy men are interested in their develop- ment. Our markets are sonfewhat excited by telegraphic ad- vices from the Kast; but transactions are mostly private. There is some inquiry for cotton goods for the Kaxtern market, Coal oil-—Sales of 5,000 gallons at 6c, Sugar— Bales of 600 bbis. of New York crushed at | Sailed ebip Rising Sun, for Callan, ¢ | Warrenton. a Autes pureed lor that firat had wot yet unboat tom way. Hlor machine the exeape pines mode, The wh severs) n war fleet, abil we could ree the rebels working Ou the batterieson the hilie at Frederick+burg. The water six or seven fect deep in th presse it runs through only sluggishly. It wever, that something will sou Be done idea of pasning Vicksburg sally with our ariny perfoo'ly cticabie. Mince the ram returned to her present anchorage below the jower end of the caval, the rebels bave been endeavor ing W hit her, From the new battery which they lave erected they firod several shots wt her vn “aturday They w all splendid shot«, som splashing the wate ‘The Queen rept rough 6 @ work throwing up a est bili below Vicksburg. It i presumed that the elevating tome of their largest guns, in order to im the range and sweep the river between Vicksburg on her deck, bi rred he . the toll nuns bert twenty with the pumber of baler here except that be! ra Duat Ie thoroughly searched by the Vrovort fore leaving bere, Une of the boats that loft day# ago had pome bales secret up with comb, General No cotton is allowed ¢ vein 10 ony erument Marshal be It i# wonderful to see and bear the effort \ & were accordm! of various persons to cotton aod the bold Bhip-—sbe was teye perch. We alter theriver. A bale of ¢ now beeome at teaaet « the nth digeha whintio rent hook © foundation for atortune. speculators have ; th be Nad poonee eo rebet here with their pockets (ali of money, auth » | neaty, Tt Wes 6 tore roe hat tra: would follow closely the progr: the sures nA rHRo08 folie our armies, and that they would ypeedily yea Wraant Come Very wealthy men i* conse, ec ba nabay: Meth w tut, A ower now pou with envious ey one nen well be (ound Tt ix @ great temptatinn, And U erin yt ten yore soudiwe oF wttee passing Vvery | ‘The ¥ State Warn Union Troops, &e. 1808 vhels in Kee fingiow 4 inened treet weeets ust special order that the deepet b boats reonin any other jrinte tasn myer Enemy Leaving the it by the here and Mempbis invist no: two, whicu are mentioned iu the order, tive necesrity requires it, and that they ton on board, witout ‘dere or perm) ey 1‘ leas a There are vare te Fimors reepe one tint A Frankte od repent trent at Memphis, under penalty of (ti i and the boat After the ram Queen of the West returned from her feiture of tie cation veh Tevent excursion it Was a rauatier of mach Imporian:- Unt French Interests in Texas. she should be mappied with coal At firwt it wae a pe General Wright pom taek night OPFICIAL BEPUDIATION OF THE LATE CUNBUL OF THE | plexing question how the Admiru ovaid got it down te be The invading Colonel Chuker wan leaving the EMVRROR, Tt war at length revolved that the mort direc nd t " ‘From the Paria Mouitenr, Feb. 10.) Mmanuer wee roun| by the river, Coneementiy « aw and ie h, puraned vy The L Tomes attributes great iinportance to an in- ve berge contain pg eight oF bine th vstud bookel was | Clot bie, With ene thoarand ele teacaiy cident by which—aceording to its asser|ion—the govern- vemiog | aod intiate mm the Confederate states of America has been vigitenos 4 * ‘ foue by th 1 rit im into agitation, aud in which acne Fi roid epi anyhaod 77k = ye said to be compromised. Cue of t 1 with ‘ ro Kentocky haw Mr. Rewjamin to Mr, Slidell, which were intercepted and | where the Queeu could cate ae 1 ’ we kK by Contral Reuroed published by: federal government, give, as the motive | past. Mavy persows boveves that It would mut roach ties. | - for the #1 ‘in of M, ron, counular agent of France | The experiment was atvmpied ou & veuturo, and jeans are ree og Noe and View ul of Spain at Gal on, an ill advised step | worked itell mucemem Ny. 4t eRbt o clock the bere rT Manly Wh taken in virtue Of secret instructions emanating either | with the coal, war Losted of ue moun. when it re ere ary. stl from the Department of Foreign Affaire or from the Em- | was geveraily obecured by Clade ands tie rebe ped. perer’s Minister in Mexico. W. have every reason w be | seems, did ut perceive the barge. for it came od w tea . ves Neve that the government of Richtnond was xoun dia | the current, and the Quem cuigut It before mudmight i wbelg Weaet Clube abused of an erroneous impression. but the English jour. nal does not the ess persist ti etaggerstivg the i tance of thim incident, b; improbability o whieh thi would have ad. mitted of it had been better iwformed uf the real porition of the agent imeriminated. M. ihorou, who lett Fea rope twenty Years ago to take uo his reeidesce in Texas, is neither consul nor even pad on#wlar ayent of branes at Galveston. The honorary fonctions with whieh he war invested in 1869 make bin a «mple de egate of the Coven! of New Orleans. and unde ai tith he bax never corresponded, @xeepting with hix \minediate head The euly instructions that he has reesived from bie superior Sates have beruder ae aud forward ana recommendations to the agents ylacel wider their order Ae to the other agent, M. Tale ielie, who-e neme has beer iso mixed up tm the pretenied stscovery 6° diy lomavie mavcuvres, he ik neither vonwe! nor vier comwul, bet iy a clerk in the Freveli teat kk vnond | Mr ron Davia, it cawoetiing the given toM. Tabouelie to leave four boure from the tine it lid b shown that the trifling inctdew’ wr entirely aervdenial cercumslan ¢ aie wder whieh had been Mula witon twenty sm hal aor Personal Imtetliigence. Macor Genres (Sigel arrive! i town “ stopping at the residence of hiv (4° the @ pert of the ety. Me haw laken e4vante ' favorable weather which hae vem 4 army movernenta, to virit at erday Was @ ery qui © brilbant Wht ae Feen comr feared that rome of the Ricamoe tho whole heavens were Hh ny vn ea the wppe | boat ea: on jor Me tent up to inquire th , perceived that « large «bit ne planta | Another tious was to famer. It bad been ace dente ily ret yenerie end was burned UW th tw S beverything ie quiet bere (hs morning as Ub . ph t ly the dertre of every one in | a ' this vieiwty that the «x the whole country Abell be ivi river d T abkary are ou the “ 1 tee rebels ome ' Tob. 14. 18 i | pq e thom war . During the four ave iain of A Railroad Train seis by Metelmone tury on towed egnwt the nbd the mmstony | tempt to Destroy Amother, oa ‘ te n by det tHe { vin Vee we ents worthy a& om About he a . ¥ Queen of tha Went ‘ k bete 6 afoot i ’ | , ' 4 rebein a ow , ' . t ' ow * ' ] - ng whe torgan . ‘ | ‘ cdl Abort mm bun red! Morgan's t ho attempt war pow | ‘ oye ean t naees fo Cowspbet, f , . ron, baving 6 . pr tnt ne we we ihe * ~ the anee Se ed