NEW YORK, May 18.
By the Atlantic from Port Royal, we learn that negro pilot
brought from Charleston a fast rebel tug with a number of men destined for Fort
Ripley. He surrendered her to our
squadron. He is [a] great acquisition,
knowing all intricacies of navigation in that region.
Gen.
Hunter’s proclamation being published in Charleston, negro insurrection was
imminent. Vast preparations are making
to bombard Savannah.
Our gunboats are up the river, and pickets within four miles
of the city.
Massive batteries, with Parrott guns, are erected around the
city.
We have a portion of Charleston and Savannah RR in our possession.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, May 20, 1862, p. 2
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