... sea, we passed the southern extremity of the shoal, and had a clear course to the inlet. As we approached the bar just outside the inlet, the steamer S. R. Spaulding which left Fortress Monroe for Port Royal , and brought Com. Goldsborough to Hatteras, came steaming along in company with our vessels. A small side-wheel tug, with a gun mounted fore and aft, came through the inlet with a pilot to conduc...