...tions on St. Simon's Island, but, with one exception, all were deserted, though some time previously one thousand five hundred troops were quartered there. Commander Godon speaks in warm terms of Lieutenant Commanding Balch , and Acting Lieutenant Commanding Watmough, as well as the officers and crews of all the vessels under his command, in which I heartily concur, desiring, however, to add my commendation of the zeal a...