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The Daily Dispatch: November 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Summary of Northern News. (search)
e expedition upon this island was wholly unexpected, from the fact that entire plantations of the rich sea island cotton remain ungathered, and that which has been harvested has either been destroyed by the rebels in their retreat, or else it remains ungained, and now in the possession of our troops. Our high military authorities seem in a quandary what to do with the seized cotton. There is enough here to load the clipper ship Great Republic, now at this port. On Friday last Capt. Isaac O. Phillips, Chief Engineer J. McNamara, First Officer Wm. Ballon, and Purser J. H. Nichols, of the United States steamer May flower, and Chief Engineers H. E. Holland, of the steamship with a detachment of ten men, made a private reconnaissance up Port Royal Sound, going within a few miles of Beaufort. They reached a point far beyond where the Union scouts had been, and collected valuable information as to the condition and whereabouts of the rebels, all of which were communicated to Gen. Sh