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d for such a mission till the occupation of Beaufort was rendered secure. It must be recollected, too, that the telegraph in South Carolina is in the hands of the rebels, and that the news could only come from the fleet by steamer to Fortress Monroe or Annapolis. On the contrary, the South Carolinians could send the news instantaneously over the magnetic wires throughout the whole Southern States. That this important news has produced its effect at the South is very evident. Davis, Beauregard and a number of rebel troops from the army of the Potomac have been reported as moving in the direction of the point attacked. General consternation prevails. The fact that, notwithstanding the severity of the tempest, and that probably some twenty vessels, some of them shoddy vessels, foisted on the Government by speculators and peculators, have perished or been disabled, the fleet has effected a successful landing, and the Union flag waves over Beaufort, and the whole island of Port Roy
vaged by small-pox.--Much of the sickness is ascribed to the putrefied state of the atmosphere around Manassas, arising from the unburied bodies of men and horses killed in the battle of Bull Run; and great dissatisfaction was expressed against Beauregard for keeping his army there instead of advancing against Washington. On the most commanding part of Church Hill still stands, in good preservation, too, the church in which Patrick Henry made the famous speech at the commencement of the Revoluterein the old European style; that to that regularity of movement of Southern cohorts is ascribed by some the repulse of our impetuous soldiers at Bull Run; that it is yet a disputed point whether that victory is to be credited to Johnson or to Beauregard, as also whether Jeff. Davis was on the field at all that day; that there was great dissatisfaction at the failure of the Southern troops to follow up their success by the occupation of. Washington; that they are now fortifying Warrenton juncti
regiments lost heavily. The Federals report Col. John V. Wright, of Tennessee, killed, and admit the loss on their side to be from 600 to 700 in killed, wounded and missing. There has been great rejoicing throughout the North over the Federal successes at Port Royal. A steamer was momentarily expected at Annapolis, which would bring the details "Ion, " the well-known Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, says that it is understood that the Federal advance will be expedited by the success of the fleet in the South, and adds that Gen. Beauregard has gone to the South to defend the coast against the operations of the Federal armada. [This is news] Great difficulty is experienced in Washington for supplies of wood, &c., on account of the blockade of the Potomac. Wagon trains now run daily between Washington and Baltimore, and the Government is urged to seize the turnpike for its uses. The most of the regiments detailed for service in lower Maryland have returned.